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Submission + - Nigerian "Scam Police" shut down 800 web sites\

Sooner Boomer writes: "Nigerian police in what is named Operation "Eagle Claw" have shut down 800 scam web sites, and arrested members of 18 syndicates behind the fraudulent scam sites. Reports on Breitbart.com, and Pointblank give details on the busts. The investigation was done in cooperation with Microsoft, to help develop smart technology software capable of detecting fraudulent emails. From Breitbart "When operating at full capacity, within the next six months, the scheme, dubbed "eagle claw" should be able to forewarn around a quarter of million potential victims.". So maybe Microsoft does a little bit of good after all."

Submission + - HTC Finally Releases Hero Source Code (phonenews.com)

An anonymous reader writes: After months of prodding by developers, HTC has finally released the long requested Android source code for the HTC Hero. This follows up on a previous recent report on Slashdot concerning device manufacturer HTC's perceived stonewalling over releasing source code for the device after repeated attempts to initially obtain source were met with vague responses, which is covered here.
Security

Submission + - Time Warner Cable Modems Expose Users to Hacks (wired.com)

eldavojohn writes: "Wired is reporting on a simple hack putting some 65,000 customers at risk. The hack to gain administrative access to the cable modem/router combo is remarkably simple: '[David] Chen, founder of a software startup called Pip.io, said he was trying to help a friend change the settings on his cable modem and discovered that Time Warner had hidden administrative functions from its customers with Javascript code. By simply disabling Javascript in his browser, he was able to see those functions, which included a tool to dump the router's configuration file. That file, it turned out, included the administrative login and password in cleartext. Chen investigated and found the same login and password could access the admin panels for every router in the SMC8014 series on Time Warner's network — a grave vulnerability, given that the routers also expose their web interfaces to the public-facing internet.' If you use Time Warner's SMC8014 series cable modem/Wi-Fi router combo, watch for firmware to be released soon that they are reportedly in the process of testing."
Idle

Man Can Tell a Cow's Age, Gender and Breed From Taste 1

Laurent Vernet has a taste for beef, such a good taste for it that he can tell gender, maturation, breed, feed, time of year the cow died and whether it was under stress prior to slaughter with one bite of steak. "There's almost no science involved. I've met farmers and butchers who can immediately identify the same things I can, but they do it informally," he says. The real question is, can he tell where a can of Beefaroni was packaged by taste?
Mars

Submission + - Using VASIMR Could Cut Moon Trip to 39 Days (canada.com)

An anonymous reader writes: It would take about 39 days to reach Mars, compared to six months by conventional rocket power. “This engine is in fact going to be tested on the International Space Station, launched about 2013,” astronaut Chris Hadfield said. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR®) http://www.adastrarocket.com/VASIMR.html system encompasses three linked magnetic cells. The "Plasma Source" cell involves the main injection of neutral gas (typically hydrogen, or other light gases) to be turned into plasma and the ionization subsystem. The "RF Booster" cell acts as an amplifier to further energize the plasma to the desired temperature using electromagnetic waves. The "Magnetic Nozzle" cell converts the energy of the plasma into directed motion and ultimately useful thrust.
Idle

Cat Registered as Hypnotherapist 3

Chris Jackson has proven how strict the UK is when it comes to regulating psychologists by having his cat certified as a hypnotherapist with three industry bodies. Chris's cat George was registered with the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (BBNLP), the United Fellowship of Hypnotherapists (UFH) and the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association (PHPA). A spokesman for the PHPA said his organization makes great effort to ensure every applicant is a fully-qualified hypnotherapist. He has a point. It's not as if Mr. Jackson's pet had been a horse. Who ever heard of a horse hypnotherapist?
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Man Accused of Really Liking Piggy Back Rides 28

Police in Bonney Lake, Wa. are warning high school students to watch out for a man who might have a developmental disability and a fixation with high school athletes and piggy back rides. On Monday a Bonney Lake High School football player was lured to the public library by the man, who'd said he would help the player with a college term paper interview. Instead of helping the student the man starting acting strangely, jumped on the student's back and asked for a piggy back ride. The football player left soon after when the man gave him a package that contained "odd amounts of money."

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