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Submission + - Stroke risk spikes in healthy adults who don't get enough sleep (msn.com)

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hessian
hessian writes: "Attention, busy middle-aged folks. You may be healthy and thin, but if you habitually sleep less than six hours a night, you still could be boosting your risk of a stroke.

That’s the surprising conclusion of a new study being presented Monday at SLEEP 2012, the annual meeting of the nation’s sleep experts."
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Submission + - House of Commons could force social networks to identify internet trolls (techworld.com)

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concertina226 writes: Websites such as Facebook and Twitter could be forced to unmask so-called internet trolls, under new government proposals in the Defamation Bill.

The move comes after a British woman won a landmark case to force Facebook to reveal the identities of internet trolls. On 30 May, Nicola Brookes from Brighton was granted a High Court order after receiving “vicious and depraved” taunts on Facebook.

The bill, which is being debated in the House of Commons today, will allow victims of online abuse to discover the identity of their persecutors and bring a case against them. The move also aims to protect websites from threats of litigation for inadvertently displaying defamatory comments.

“As the law stands, individuals can be the subject of scurrilous rumour and allegation on the web with little meaningful remedy against the person responsible,” said Justice Secretary Ken Clarke.

Comment Questionable Funding? (Score 1) 6

by proficiovera (#31813828) Attached to: Is Internet Porn Creating a Damaged Generation?
The Witherspoon Institute is a faith based organization with connections to Family Research Council and Roman Catholic traditionalists. There is a lot of potential for bias here. Their site doesn't really back their claims at all or list sources. Also their FAQ states that their claims came out a three day conference and not a scientific study. Also they go as far to recommend in their FAQ the removal of sexually arousing images in sex manuals. Sources: http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/o/515-witherspoon-institute and http://www.socialcostsofpornography.org/faq.php
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Remote Malware Injection Via Flaw In Network Card 49

Posted by timothy from the just-where-you-least-expect-it dept.
kfz-versicherung writes "During the CanSecWest international conference in Vancouver, members of ANSSI described how an attacker could be able to exploit a flaw to run arbitrary code inside some network controllers (full presentation; PDF). The attack uses routable packets delivered to the victim's NIC. Consequently, multiple attacks can be conducted including man-in-the-middle attacks on network connections, access to cryptographic keys on the host platform, or malware injection on the victim's computer host platform."

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