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In this issue:
* Viking Landers Might Have Missed Martian Organics
* Big Brother In the School Cafeteria?
* Biometric IDs For Every Indian Citizen
* Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates
* DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster
* Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half
* IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already
* Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites
* DHS CyberSecurity Misses 1085 Holes On Own Network
* GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room
* Apple Relaxes iOS Development Tool Restrictions
* Cybercriminals Create 57,000 Fake Sites Each Week
* New Adobe PDF Zero-Day Under Attack
* Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite
* Robots Taught to Deceive
* T-Mobile To Begin HTC G2 Preorders
* Open Source VLC Media Player Coming To iPad
* Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers
* Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4
* Researchers Create Real Tractor Beams
* New Email Worm Squirming Through Windows Users' Inboxes
* Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright
* HDR Video a Reality

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| Viking Landers Might Have Missed Martian Organics |
| from the police-the-planet dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 08, @20:01 (Mars) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/2247201/Viking-Landers-Might-Have-Missed-Martia|
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Sonny Yatsen writes "A new study suggests that the Viking Landers might
have found organic compounds on Mars, but [0]failed to recognize them
because of the methodology used to detect organics. The findings may
suggest specific strategies that would improve on the way organic
compounds are detected on the red planet."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/08/2247201

Links:
0. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63137/title/Mars_organics_get_new_lease_on_life

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| Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? |
| from the getting-an-A-in-cafeteria dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 08, @21:06 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/08/239204/Big-Brother-In-the-School-Cafeteria |
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AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks
children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it
can [0]monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some
parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over
reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?"

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/08/239204

Links:
0. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/08/big-brother-watching-kids-eat-at-school/

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| Biometric IDs For Every Indian Citizen |
| from the one-card-to-rule-them dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 08, @22:09 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/0024239/Biometric-IDs-For-Every-Indian-Citizen |
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wiedzmin writes "This month, officials from the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris
scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and
villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the
project whose aim is [0]to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID)
number for 'anytime, anywhere' biometric authentication. While enrolling
with the UIDAI may be voluntary, other agencies and service providers
might require a UID number in order to transact business. Usha
Ramanathan, a prominent legal expert who is attached to the Center for
the Study of Developing Societies in the national capital, said that,
'taken to its logical limit, the UID project will make it impossible, in
a couple of years, for an ordinary citizen to undertake a simple task
such as traveling within the country without a UID number.' Next step,
tying that UID number and biometric information to to their RIM
BlackBerry PIN number."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/0024239

Links:
0. http://www.alternet.org/world/148097/creepy_biometric_ids_to_be_forced_onto_india's_1.2_billion_inhabitants

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| Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates |
| from the roll-for-initiative dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 09, @00:28 (Piracy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/0047234/Film-Industry-Hires-Cyber-Hitmen-To-Take-Do|
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thelostagency writes "Girish Kumar, managing director of Aiplex Software
says his company is being [0]hired by the film industry to attack online
pirates. He says if a provider did not do anything to remove the link or
content hosted on its site, his company would launch what is known as a
denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the offending computer server. From the
article: 'Kumar said that at the moment most of the payment for his
company's services came from the film industry in India. "We are tied up
with more than 30 companies in Bollywood. They are the major production
houses." As for Hollywood films, he said they, too, used his services.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/0047234

Links:
0. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/film-industry-hires-cyber-hitmen-to-take-down-internet-pirates-20100907-14ypv.html

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| DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster |
| from the no-down-time dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 09, @02:49 (The Military) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/032206/DARPA-Wants-Extreme-Wireless-Interference-B|
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coondoggie writes "This month the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency will begin looking for technology that will let [0]wireless
communications work through the most extreme interference. From the
article: 'The CommEx program will assess next generation and beyond
jamming threats and then develop advanced interference suppression and
avoidance technologies to successfully communicate in the presence of
severe, traditional, and novel types of interference that are
orders-of-magnitude more severe than what are currently addressed by the
most advanced systems, DARPA stated.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/032206

Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66028

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| Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half |
| from the not-so-bad-after-all dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 09, @04:57 (Earth) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/039223/Scientists-Cut-Greenland-Ice-Loss-Estima|
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bonch writes "A [0]new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of
ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature
Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's
crust called [1]glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the
crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have
concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at
approximately half the speed originally predicted,' said researcher Bert
Vermeeersen."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/039223

Links:
0. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100908/tts-climate-warming-science-ice-c1b2fc3.html
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound

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| IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already |
| from the what-took-so-long dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 09, @07:57 (Cellphones) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/036201/IOS-41-Jailbroken-Already |
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mspohr writes "Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare,
hardware [0]hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new
operating system. More surprising still, there doesn't appear to be
anything Steve Jobs can do to stop them in the near future. The exploit
in the boot ROM of iOS devices was first announced by iPhone Dev-Team
member pod2g. It was soon confirmed by other hackers, who said that
because the exploit targets such a low-level part of the operating
system, Apple won't be able to stop jailbreakers without making
significant hardware changes."

Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/036201

Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/ios_4_dot_1_jailbreak/

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| Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites |
| from the that's-a-sticky-wicket dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @08:47 (Censorship) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1228231/Rackspace-Shuts-Down-Quran-Burning-Churchs-|
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theodp writes "In response to a complaint, [0]Rackspace has shut down the
websites of the Dove World Outreach Center, a small 50-member church
which has received national and international criticism for a planned
book burning of the Quran on the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. The
center 'violated the hate-speech provision of [1]our acceptable-use
policy,' explained Rackspace spokesman Dan Goodgame. 'This is not a
constitutional issue. This is a contract issue,' said Goodgame, who added
he did not know how long it had hosted the church's sites. Not quite the
same thing, but would [2]Kurt Westergaard's cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad also violate Rackspace's AUP? How about [3]Christopher Hitchens'
Slate articles? Could [4]articles from [5]one-time Rackspace poster child
The Onion pass muster?"

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1228231

Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/florida.quran.reaction/
1. http://www.rackspace.com/information/legal/aup.php
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11236158
3. http://www.slate.com/id/2171371/
4. http://www.theonion.com/articles/radical-islamic-extremists-snowboard-into-us-embas,5594/
5. http://news.cnet.com/The-Onion-finds-home-on-Rackspace/2110-1011_3-1013083.html

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| DHS CyberSecurity Misses 1085 Holes On Own Network |
| from the do-as-i-say dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @09:24 (Software) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/136204/DHS-CyberSecurity-Misses-1085-Holes-On-Own-N|
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Tootech writes "In a case of 'physician, heal thyself,' the agency ���
which forms the operational arm of DHS's National Cyber Security
Division, or NCSD ��� [0]failed to keep its own systems up to date with the
latest software patches. Auditors working for the DHS inspector general
ran a sweep of US-CERT using the vulnerability scanner Nessus and turned
up 1,085 instances of 202 high-risk security holes. 'The majority of the
high-risk vulnerabilities involved application and operating system and
security software patches that had not been deployed on computer systems
located in Virginia,' reads the report from assistant inspector general
Frank Deffer."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/136204

Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/us-cert/

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| GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room |
| from the can-someone-win-already dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @10:08 (Google) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1341217/GoogleTV-AppleTV-and-the-Battle-For-The-L|
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An anonymous reader pointed us to an article talking about Google TV and
AppleTV [0]challenging the major networks and taking their place in your
living room. It'll be a tough battle, amusingly waged on cable company
wires in many major markets.

Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1341217

Links:
0. http://thesecondopiniontribune.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-tv-and-apple-tv-how-living-room.html

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| Apple Relaxes iOS Development Tool Restrictions |
| from the no-complaints-here dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @10:51 (Iphone) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/141254/Apple-Relaxes-iOS-Development-Tool-Restric|
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An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year Apple caused major upset
among developers by updating the iPhone developer program license with
[0]clause 3.3.1. It basically stopped the use of cross-platform
compilers, meaning Adobe Flash could not be used to develop an app for
the App Store. The move also put into doubt which other development
platforms could be used and generally caused a lot of confusion. [1]Apple
has just significantly relaxed that policy and allowed for the use of
development tools, as long as 'the resulting apps do not download any
code.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/141254

Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/04/11/0719213/Steve-Jobs-Weighs-In-On-iPhone-Programming-Language-Mandate
1. http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/apple-relaxes-ios-development-tool-restrictions-app-review-guidelines-released-2010099/

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| Cybercriminals Create 57,000 Fake Sites Each Week |
| from the because-they-can dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @11:32 (Crime) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/153222/Cybercriminals-Create-57000-Fake-Sites-Each-|
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wiredmikey writes "In a recent investigation, it was discovered that
[0]cybercriminals are creating 57,000 new 'fake' websites each week
looking to imitate and exploit approximately 375 high-profile brands.
eBay and Western Union were the most targeted brands, making up 44
percent of exploited brands discovered. Visa, Amazon, Bank of America and
PayPal also heavily targeted by cybercriminals. Banks comprise the
majority of fake websites by far with 65 percent of the total. Online
stores and auction sites came in at 27 percent, with eBay taking the spot
as the No. 1 most targeted brand on the Web today."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/153222

Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-creating-57000-fake-web-sites-every-week

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| New Adobe PDF Zero-Day Under Attack |
| from the duck-and-cover dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @12:07 (Security) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/157246/New-Adobe-PDF-Zero-Day-Under-Attack |
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Rahmmp writes "Adobe has sounded an alarm for a new zero-day flaw in its
PDF Reader/Acrobat software, warning that [0]hackers are actively
exploiting the vulnerability in-the-wild. An Adobe spokeswoman described
the attacks as 'limited' but warned that that could change with the
availability of public samples and exploit code."

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/157246

Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/new-adobe-pdf-zero-day-under-attack/7283

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| Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite |
| from the just-missed-the-dinosaurs dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @12:52 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1624210/Supernova-Shrapnel-Found-In-Meteorite |
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coondoggie writes "Talk about finding a needle in a cosmic haystack.
Scientists this week said they found microscopic [0]shrapnel in a
meteorite of a star they say exploded around the birth of our solar
system 4.5 billion years ago."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1624210

Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66068

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| Robots Taught to Deceive |
| from the of-this-will-be-fine dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 09, @13:34 (Robotics) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1626244/Robots-Taught-to-Deceive |
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An anonymous reader found a story that starts "'We have developed
algorithms that allow a robot to determine [0]whether it should deceive a
human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques that
help the robot select the best deceptive strategy to reduce its chance of
being discovered,' said Ronald Arkin, a Regents professor in the Georgia
Tech School of Interactive Computing."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1626244

Links:
0. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/giot-rgr090910.php

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| T-Mobile To Begin HTC G2 Preorders |
| from the but-who-wants-hspa dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @14:14 (Cellphones) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/189228/T-Mobile-To-Begin-HTC-G2-Preorders |
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cgriffin21 writes "T-Mobile Thursday finally confirmed what it's been
hinting at for a while: [0]The HTC G2, T-Mobile's HSPA+ successor to the
HTC G1, is on the way. It'll be an Android 2.2 phone and run on
T-Mobile's HSPA+ data network, which while not a 4G network offers what
T-Mobile is calling 4G-like speeds up to 21 Mbps. T-Mobile hasn't
confirmed pricing or exact availability but said it would open the G2 to
presales for existing customers at the end of September."

Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/189228

Links:
0. http://www.crn.com/news/client-devices/227400035/big-plus-t-mobile-to-begin-htc-g2-preorders.htm;jsessionid=0pIrlwcZxkIceNNEvbnLFw**.ecappj02

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| Open Source VLC Media Player Coming To iPad |
| from the might-make-'em-temptinger dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @14:58 (Media (Apple)) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1839215/Open-Source-VLC-Media-Player-Coming-To-iP|
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Stoobalou writes "The people behind [0]VLC, quite probably the most
useful media player available right now, have submitted an iPod version
to the Apple software police. VLC ��� which is rightfully famous for having
a go at playing just about any kind of audio or video file you care to
throw at it ��� [1]should appear some time next week, if it makes it
through the often unfathomable approval process implemented by Apple. The
Open Source Video Lan Client has been tweaked to run on the iPod by
software developer Applidium."

Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1839215

Links:
0. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
1. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/9/9/open-source-vlc-media-player-coming-ipad/

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| Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers |
| from the they-sure-get-my-goodwill dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @15:40 (Open Source) |
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/1925214/Broadcom-Releases-Source-Code-For-Drivers|
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I'm Not There (1956) writes "Broadcom, the world's largest manufacturer
of Wi-Fi transceivers, [0]open sources its Linux device drivers. This is
a big win for Linux users, as there are a lot of users that face Wi-Fi
problems when they use Linux on their laptops. With these device drivers
now open source, distributions can ship them out-of-the-box, and that
means no Linux Wi-Fi problems for new devices and upcoming distributions
at all."

Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/1925214

Links:
0. http://www.osnews.com/story/23786/BREAKING_BROADCOM_OPEN_SOURCES_WIRELESS_DRIVERS

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| Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4 |
| from the some-big-hype-to-live-up-to dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @16:27 (Firefox) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/2018218/Mozilla-Unleashes-JaegerMonkey-Enabled-Fir|
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An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla has published the first Firefox 4
build that integrates a [0]new JavaScript engine that aims to match the
performance in IE9 and reduces the gap to Safari, Opera and Chrome. This
is really the big news we have been waiting for all along with Firefox 4
and it appears that the JavaScript performance is pretty dramatic and
seems to beat IE9 at least as far as ConceivablyTech shows. Good to see
Mozilla back in the game." The Mozilla blog gives a good [1]overview of
the improvements this brings; [2]Tom's Hardware also covers the release.

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/2018218

Links:
0. http://www.conceivablytech.com/2673/products/first-look-firefox-4-jaegermonkey/
1. http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2010/09/07/firefox-4-beta-with-faster-graphics-and-new-audio-capabilities-for-the-web/
2. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/directx-dx11-direct2d-firefox-mozilla,11246.html

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| Researchers Create Real Tractor Beams |
| from the rebels-will-be-crushed dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @17:26 (Australia) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/2126244/Researchers-Create-Real-Tractor-Beams |
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Gadgetank writes "Researchers out of the Australian National University
have created a device, working in conjunction with other necessary
devices, that [0]can literally move small particles with light. And only
light. [1]The way it works is by shining a hollow laser beam around some
tiny glass particles. The researchers heat the air around the particles,
and therefore cause the dark center of the beam to remain cool."

Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/2126244

Links:
0. http://gadgetank.com/latest_tech_news/researchers_create_real_tractor_beams_514.0.html
1. http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978506944

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| New Email Worm Squirming Through Windows Users' Inboxes |
| from the vermicide-delicious dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @18:12 (Communications) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/227254/New-Email-Worm-Squirming-Through-Windows-User|
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Trailrunner7 writes "There appears to be [0]an actual email worm in
circulation right now, using the tried-and-true infection method of
sending emails containing malicious executables to all of the names in a
user's email address book. The worm arrives via emails with the subject
line 'Here You Have' or something similar, and the messages contain a
link to a site that will download a malicious file to the victim's PC.
The malware then drops itself into the Windows directory with a file name
of CSRSS.EXE, which is identical to a legitimate Windows file. From
there, it's 2001 all over again, as the worm attempts to mail itself to
all of the contacts in the victim's Outlook address book."

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/227254

Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-email-worm-turns-back-clock-virus-attacks-090910

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| Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright |
| from the heel-to-toe-heel-to-toe dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @18:58 (Crime) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/2248221/Swedish-Police-Shoe-Database-May-Tread-On-C|
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An anonymous reader writes "The Swedish police, who have been
instrumental in various raids against file-sharing sites, may have a bit
of a piracy problem on their own hands. It seems they wanted to put
together a database of shoe print information for matching crime scene
shoe prints to particular shoe types. To do so, they used images found
online, and some Swedish copyright experts have noted that this appears
to [0]violate Swedish copyright law. The police claim there's an
exception for police investigations, but people (and some shoe companies)
are pointing out that creating a database isn't about an investigation."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/2248221

Links:
0. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100903/04490510892.shtml

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| HDR Video a Reality |
| from the dreamlike-intensity dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 09, @19:47 (Input Devices) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/09/2342218/HDR-Video-a-Reality |
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[0]akaru writes "Using common DSLR cameras, some creative individuals
have created an example of true HDR video. Instead of pseudo-HDR, they
actually used [1]multiple cameras and a beam splitter to record
simultaneous video streams, and composited them together in post. Looks
very intriguing."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/09/2342218

Links:
0. http://m8udol6j/
1. http://www.sovietmontage.com/2010/09/09/hdr-video-a-reality/


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