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Submission + - Hackers penetrate top medical device makers .. (sfgate.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Hackers have penetrated the computer networks of the country's top medical device makers, The Chronicle has learned.

The attacks struck Medtronic, the world's largest medical device maker, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical sometime during the first half of 2013 and might have lasted as long as several months, according to a source close to the companies.
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - A Kinect Princess Leia hologram in realtime (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: True 3D realtime holography is not only possible — it makes use of a Kinect as its input device. A team at MIT has recreated the famous 3D Princess Leia scene from the original Star Wars — but as a live video feed!

It's a great stunt but don't miss the importance — this is realtime 3D holography and that means you can view it without any glasses or other gadgets and you can move around and see behind objects in the scene. This is more than the flat 3D you get in movies.
Programming

Submission + - How to get hired as an entry-level programmer? 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I received a state university degree in Computer Science. After graduation, I immediately took jobs in QA to pay the bills while waiting for other opportunities, which of course turned out to be as naive as it sounds. I've been working QA for several years now and my CV does not show the right kind of work experience for programming. For all intents I'm probably no better as a a candidate than any CS graduate fresh out of college. But all of the job postings out in the real world are looking for people with 2-5 years of programming work experience. How do you build up those first 2 years of experience? What kinds of companies hire programmers with no prior experience?
Portables

Submission + - 24 Hour Laptops (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by daveyboy79
daveyboy79 writes: This article from the BBC shows HP's new laptop, the HP EliteBook 6930p. Configured with several options, such as the 80Gb SSD and the mercury-free LED displays, allows users to get 24 hours of non-stop computing. It's probably not counting on heavy gamer use, but for mobile users it should be enough.
Music

Journal Journal: Toddler sued by Prince (ok, mother sued by publisher then)

Journal by Stooshie

If you thought suing a 12 year old was bad, how about suing a toddler.

The holder of the publishing rights (Universal Music Publishing) is suing the toddler (well her mother) for uploading a video to youtube of her toddler dancing a prince song.

... As a result, she has not posted a single video on YouTube since she received the takedown notice ...

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