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Comment Thanks Linux (Score 1) 181

by unmovablenerd on Thursday August 25, 2011 @01:58PM (#37209424) Attached to: Linus' First Linux Post, 20 Years Ago Today

Of all the people I would like to meet, Linus is certainly the one on the top of the list. But just in case that never happens, I say: "THANK YOU LINUS", and thank everybody else that contributed, of course. (My boss hates Linux, any tips on that?)

Submission + - NASA shoots down comet Elenin doomsday predictions (networkworld.com)

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coondoggie

on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @11:08AM

coondoggie writes: "The comet Elenin which will pass by Earth October 16 has generated such an inordinate amount of doomsday reports from a number of different sources that NASA today issued a release meant to address a variety of them. To address the myriad concerns, NASA said its scientists compiled a list of the most popular questions it has received about Elenin."

Submission + - How to steal ATM PINs with a thermal camera (sophos.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @10:11AM

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers from UCSD have demontrated how thermal imagery cameras can be used to steal customers' PINs when you withdraw cash from ATMs.

Their paper, entitled "Heat of the Moment: Characterizing the Efcacy of Thermal Camera-Based Attacks", discovered that plastic PIN pads were the best for retaining heat signatures showing which numbers (and in which order) were used by bank customers.

Fortunately the methodology does not appeared to have been used by criminals yet, but a third of people surveyed admit that they do not check ATMs for tampering before withdrawing cash.

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