Watchdog for online piracy trains at UCF
-- Posted by Patrick on Tuesday, April 17 2007
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"The music industry's next weapon against online piracy is being tested at the University of Central Florida -- a new front in the battle to stop college students from stealing music and movies.
School officials have confirmed that the campus is experimenting with a new watchdog program designed to prevent students from using computers to swap copyright-protected files."
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Technology could transform slot machines
-- Posted by Patrick on Monday, March 19 2007
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"Engineers at PureDepth Inc. spent years developing tools for helping the military plot 3-D maps of war zones, eventually licensing top-secret technology to the U.S. Air Force and Navy.
But the Silicon Valley startup hit the jackpot in October when it inked a deal with International Game Technology Inc., the world’s largest maker of slot machines."
Source: MSNBC
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Hackers Promise Month of MySpace Bugs
-- Posted by Patrick on Monday, March 19 2007
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"They won't divulge their real names, they call their project a 'whiny, attention-seeking ploy,' and they appear to take their fashion cues from Beastie Boys music videos.
But two hackers going by the names of Mondo Armando and Müstaschio promise to begin disclosing security vulnerabilities in MySpace, News Corp.'s popular social networking site, every day next month."
Source: PC World
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Radioactive Boy Scout
-- Posted by Patrick on Monday, March 19 2007
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"In 2006 Thiago Olson joined the extremely sparse ranks of amateurs worldwide who have achieved nuclear fusion with a home apparatus. In other words, he built the business end of a hydrogen bomb in his basement. The plasma 'star in a jar'—shown at the left—demonstrated his success."
Source: Discover Magazine
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