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The Real Impact of the Estonian Cyberattack 172

Posted by Zonk from the mad-world-it's-a-mad-world dept.
An anonymous reader writes "News.com offers up an interview with Arbor Networks' senior security researcher Jose Nazario. He takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation of Estonia, and considers the somewhat disturbing wider implications from the event. 'You look around the globe, and there's basically no limit to the amount of skirmishes between well-connected countries that could get incredibly emotional for the population at large. In this case, it has disrupted the Estonian government's ability to work online, it has disrupted a lot of its resources and attention. In that respect, it's been effective. It hasn't brought the government to a crippling halt, but has essentially been effective as a protest tool. People will probably look at this and say, That works. I think we're going to continue to do this kind of thing. Depending on the target within the government, it could be very visible, or it could not be very visible.'"

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Adults with recurrent sore throats may benefit from having a tonsillectomy in the short term, but the overall longer term benefit is still unclear, and any benefits have to be balanced against the side effects of the operation, according to an article in the British Medical Journal.

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Feed The 12.1-inch Averatec 2371 laptop runs Vista and AMD (engadget.com)

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While we don't have any clear word on when or if to expect Averatec's 6700 laptop we just spotted to hit the States, things are a bit more promising with the Averatec 2371, which the company is also announcing today. The ultraportable is a slight bump to the 2300 line we spotted last year, and Averatec's first laptop for the States running Vista. Along with Home Premium, the 2371 runs 1GB of RAM, a 120GB HDD, dual-layer DVD burner, 802.11b/g WiFi, an ExpressCard/54 slot and a 4-in-1 card reader -- not too bad for a 1.3-inch thick, 4 pound, 12.1-incher. The screen runs at 1280 x 800, and there's a 1.6GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 processor under the hood. Prices range from $900 to $950.

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Comment Re:Let's put fault where it belongs. (Score 1) 2088

by wereteddy (#12187426) Attached to: Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills
It depends on who did the handcuffing, how it was done...

Who could do the handcuffing but the police? Best Buy doesn't employ anyone with the right to use handcuffs. They don't even have rent-a-cops (at least, not in any store I've ever been in), just standard loss prevention employees who are supposed to watch the store.

the person who made the false statement should do six months to a year in prison for it.

So, a cashier has to do jail time if they misidentify a counterfeit bill? That seems way off to me. Best Buy could not properly verify the authenticity of those bills. The customer, already wanting to be an ass (hence the $2 bills), refuses to pay by any other means. I still say Best Buy did the right thing. If the cops mishandled the situation as laid down by their guidelines, then the man has a legitmate grievance with the police, not Best Buy

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