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Submission + - 22 Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting

Submitted by nexuspal on Monday April 16, 2007 @02:41PM

nexuspal writes: 22 confirmed dead at Virginia Tech. Shooter killed some at residence hall then two hours later killed others in classrooms. Worst school shooting in US history. CNN Link

Submission + - Return of the Vinyl Album

Submitted by bulled on Monday April 16, 2007 @11:57AM

bulled writes: NPR ran a story this morning about the comeback of Vinyl. They highlighted a turntable with a USB interface and speculated on the possible reasons for the resurgence. They mentioned sound quality and lack of DRM as possible causes. Sound quality can and will be debated but the second reason should get the response, "Duh."

Sort Linked Lists 10X Faster Than MergeSort 326

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 25, 2007 @03:43PM from the out-of-sorts dept.

virusfree tells us about a new algorithm that has been developed that the author claims can sort a linked list up to 10 times faster than MergeSort. "BitFast," a member of the Hash algorithms family, is available in C and C++ under the GPL.

Comment Sounds great but... (Score 3, Insightful) 391

by common middle name on Monday January 29, 2007 @05:35PM (#17805170) Attached to: US Missle Interceptor Tests a Success

...how many tracking devices was the "target" running so that the projectile could find it and hit it? I really don't think enemy missiles will do the equivalent of waving a banner and screaming "Hey defense system! I'm right here!"

Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine 681

Posted by timothy on Monday July 31, 2006 @01:25PM from the oh-but-that's-a-feature dept.

WhiteDragon writes "The folks at Open Voting Foundation got their hands on a Diebold AccuVote TS touchscreen voting machine. They took it apart (pictures here), and found the most serious security flaw ever discovered in this machine. A single switch is all that is required to cause the machine to boot an unverified external flash instead of the built-in, verified EEPROM."

Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code 330

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 18, 2006 @01:24PM from the rife-i-say dept.

osxpetition writes "As noted in a News.com article, Symantec researchers have been testing the latest Microsoft Windows Vista build (Beta 2), and have found that the code is 'complete with new corner cases and defects' in the networking component. Symantec describes how Microsoft scrapped the old networking stack code from Windows XP in favour of newer, rewritten code. 'Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and replaced it with freshly written code.' Since January 2002, Microsoft has put a stronger emphasis on protecting PCs by attempting to implement stable, secure code into Windows XP and their new operating system. This latest report from Symantec brings attention to Microsoft's trustworthy computing campaign, and shows how it will be a long way before it is ready for the mainstream."

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