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Submission + - Fraud Ring Uses Compromised Card Readers (wsj.com)

Submitted by marshotel on Saturday October 11, 2008 @10:38AM

marshotel writes: European law-enforcement officials uncovered a highly sophisticated credit-card fraud ring that funnels account data to Pakistan from hundreds of grocery-store card machines across Europe, according to U.S. intelligence officials and other people familiar with the case. Specialists say the theft technology is the most advanced they have seen, and a person close to British law enforcement said it has affected big retailers including a British unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tesco Ltd.

Submission + - NASA developing small nuclear reactor for the moon (nasa.gov)

Submitted by marshotel on Thursday September 11, 2008 @01:12AM

marshotel writes: NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system.

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