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SlickCash hands over $500,000 for allegedly hacked social networking site's computers, sought to contact members

Available with Intel Dual- or Quad-Core LV Xeon processor, dual-slot Model V7812 features 4 MB L2 cache and supports 4 GB DDR2 ECC SDRAM, 6 USB 2.0 ports, and 4 GigE ports. Intel 5100 MCH chipset provides 6 on-board PCI Express connections. Based on 65 nm fabrication process, M72 graphics module features ATI Radeon E2400 processor with HD decoding, and Unified Shader Architecture, which brings vertex and pixel processing to embedded graphics applications.This story is related to the following:Computer hardware and PeripheralsSearch for suppliers of: Single Board Computers

snydeq writes 'Kris Kaspersky will demonstrate how attackers can target flaws in Intel microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of OS. The demo will be presented at the Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur in October and will show how processor bugs can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler. The demonstrated attack will be made against fully patched computers running a range of OSes, including windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Linux, and BSD. An attack against a Mac is also a possibility.' of this story at Slashdot.

A lot of manufacturers have notebook computers that they consider ruggedized in some form or another, but it's not always clear just how much they can take. Panasonic gave Geek.com access to their testing facilities in order to see some of what their notebooks go through. Some tests include temperature shock, drop testing (from various angles), a 360-degree shower with pressurized water, and more. In addition to describing parts of the test process they got some video of a Toughbook 30 standing up to a few drops and a lot of water.