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Dangerous Java Flaw Threatens 'Virtually Everything' 323

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 13, 2007 @11:02AM from the let-it-cool-down-first dept.

Marc Nathoni writes with a ZDet article about a critically dangerous hole in the Java Runtime Environment. Due to the ubiquitousness of Java, this could prove a serious security problem. "Australia's Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) analyst, Robert Lowe, warned that anyone using the Java Runtime Environment or Java Development Kit is at risk. 'Delivery of exploits in this manner is attractive to attackers because even though the browser may be fully patched, some people neglect to also patch programs invoked by browsers to render specific types of content,' said Lowe."

Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns" 423

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, 2007 @08:26PM from the distinctive-Hawking-radiation dept.

David Shiga writes "If we ever make black holes on Earth, they might be much stranger objects than the star-swallowing monsters known to exist in space. According to a new theory, any black hole that pops out of the Large Hadron Collider under construction in Switzerland might be surrounded by a black ring — forming a microscopic 'black Saturn'. This could happen if extra dimensions exist, as string theory suggests, and if they are large enough." An evocative excerpt from the article: "...there is an outside chance that in a few years in a tunnel near Geneva, physicists will make a black hole far smaller than a proton and circled by a squashed four-dimensional black doughnut."

Apple Unveils Extra Leopard-isms To Developers 181

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 30, 2006 @12:35PM from the look-what's-coming dept.

devilsecret writes to point out that some of the new Apple capabilities for developers on Leopard have been unveiled. The most interesting parts appear to be the opening of more of iLife to other programs, and the inclusion of Ruby on Rails.

Comment Re:Old & incomplete news. (Score 1) 412

by mr_mozz on Tuesday September 27, 2005 @12:48PM (#13659289) Attached to: Spider-Man 3 Villains: Sandman & Venom

"remember, there are two Eddie Brocks."

Indeed. From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_(Spiderman_vill ain)#Ultimate_Venom

"In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Eddie Brock is Peter Parker's childhood friend, and the symbiote is not an alien, but the creation of their fathers. Richard Parker intended it to be used for medical purposes, but Brock Sr. was more interested in the military applications. Eddie continued his father's research, and created two symbiotes. One bonded with Peter, leading to a variant of the "alien spider costume" storyline. Afterwards, he warned Eddie of the dangers of the symbiotes, but Brock nonetheless bonded with the other one, becoming Venom. It's interesting to note that whilst the original version of Venom had a personal vendetta on Spider-Man, he just knew he was Peter Parker, this version had a vendetta against Peter and the Spider-Man identity meant nothing to him."

I think it is likely that Raimi will work with this version of the Venom story.

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