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Facebook Password Spam Conceals Malware AttackResearchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users. The e-mails, which pose as communications from Facebook about password resets, contain a nasty downloader that ultimately makes users part of a notorious botnet. - Researchers at several security firms have tied the Bredolab Trojan to a spam campaign targeting Facebook users. The malware is being blasted out by spammers in e-mails claiming to come from ?The Facebook Team. quot; Inside the e-mails is a message that the recipient's Facebook password has been c...
eWEEK Wednesday, October 28, 2009Intel's Larrabee: The CPU and GPU, Together at LastWill Intel's hybrid CPU and GPU revolutionize computing?
Extremetech Wednesday, October 28, 2009Scientist accused of espionage described as gifted, ambitiousBy all accounts, Stewart D. Nozette is a brilliant and creative scientist, an astronomer who once sketched a key part of a lunar
mission on the back of a cocktail napkin and daydreamed of colonizing the moon.
Washington Post Wednesday, October 28, 2009Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO saysAs the spread of the H1N1 flu keeps more Americans away from work and
school, a federal report warns that all those people logging on to the Web from home could overwhelm
internet networks.
Washington Post Wednesday, October 28, 2009Moving Away From the IT Field?irving47
writes 'With the
economy the way it is, it's a little iffy to even think about switching careers completely, but lately, I've gotten more and more fed up with trying to keep up with the technical demands of companies and customers that are financially and even verbally unappreciative. While I might be good at it, and the money is adequate, I'm curious to hear from Slashdotters who have gone cold-turkey from their IT/Networking careers to something once foreign to them. How did you deal with the income difference, if any? Do you find yourself dealing with people more, and if so, how did that work out?'Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Wednesday, October 28, 2009The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Pleorobotsrule
writes "This article contains notes from a 1-hour phone call with Ugobe founder Derek Dotson, now CEO of Innvo Labs Corporation,
the company that acquired the rights to Pleo at the recent bankruptcy auction. Dotson reveals the hidden story behind Pleo's rise, fall, and resurrection including intriguing facts about the money trail and what he feels caused Ugobe to fail, including how he had to save Pleo's future on more than one occasion. He also lays out in plain detail Innvo Labs's strategy to help owners of older Pleos and those whose units were swallowed up by Ugobe's bankruptcy." We've been
following the Pleo saga for years.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Wednesday, October 28, 2009Discovery of ''Cancer-Proof'' Rodent Cellsanglico sends news of research out of the University of Rochester that has identified a gene that "cancer-proofs" cells in rodents. "Despite a 30-year lifespan that gives ample time for cells to grow cancerous, a small rodent species
called a naked mole rat has never been found with tumors of any kind — and now biologists at the University of Rochester think they know why. The findings, presented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that the mole rat's cells express a gene called p16 that makes the cells 'claustrophobic,' stopping the cells' proliferation when too many of them crowd together, cutting off runaway growth before it can start. The effect of p16 is so pronounced that when researchers mutated the cells to induce a tumor, the cells' growth barely changed, whereas regular mouse cells became fully cancerous."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Wednesday, October 28, 2009Digital cinema still a work in progressORLANDO (Hollywood Reporter) - The movie
industry seems almost embarrassed about the prospect of promising too much too soon regarding digital cinema.
Reuters Wednesday, October 28, 2009E.U. Plan Could Lead to Lower Cost International CallsA proposal urging member countries to
reserve a uniform slice of broadcast spectrum for a pan-European mobile broadband network is likely to gain momentum.
New York Times Wednesday, October 28, 2009Phishing scammers try new tricks to snag Web dataPhishing attacks suddenly spiked 200% from May through September, according to IBM's X-Force research team, and phishers are ...
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