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Reporters use Google, find breach, get branded as "hackers"

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Hackers, Law and Order, Security

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Call it security through absurdity: a pair of telecom firms have branded reporters for Scripps News as "hackers" after they discovered the personal data of over 170,000 customers—including social... read more

Google's Chrome team developing app launcher for Mac

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Apple, Chrome, Google, OS X

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Google is looking to bring a version of its Chrome OS app launcher to the Mac, possibly as an add-on to the Chrome browser, allowing users to access a slew of Web apps normally available only from... read more

Chinese hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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China, Hackers, Security

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In January 2010, Google shocked the cyber world by confessing it had been the target of an advanced persistent threat lasting months and mounted by hackers connected to China's People Liberation Army... read more

The true root causes of software security failures

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Security, Software-Programming

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In the 10 years since I launched my consulting/training venture, I've worked with thousands of software developers around the world. As you might expect, I've seen many software security failures.... read more

Practice Makes Perfect? Not So Much, New Research Finds

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Science

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Turns out, that old "practice makes perfect" adage may be overblown. New research led by Michigan State University's Zach Hambrick finds that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why... read more

LEGO

LEGO Turing Machine Is Simple, Yet Sublime

Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-06-21 03:15

Two researchers in the Netherlands helmed the construction of a LEGO Turing machine, a quirky manifestation of the classic computer science concept first devised by Alan Turing in 1936.

The device, built by Jereon van den Bos and Davy Landman using a single LEGO Mindstorms NXT set, is one of the most impressive — and simple — attempts we’ve seen at building a physical Turing machine.

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