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North Korea pushes up state of missile site readiness: report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Increased activities involving vehicles and troops at North Korea’s mid- and long-range missile units have been detected by South Korea’s military, Yonhap news agency said on Friday, Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A look at Mandiant, allegations on China hacking
WASHINGTON (AP) — A private technology security firm on Tuesday described in extraordinary detail efforts it blamed on a Chinese military unit to hack into 141 businesses, mostly inside the U.S., and steal commercial secrets. Headquartered in Alexandria, Va., Mandiant was started in 2004 by Kevin Mandia, a retired Air Force officer who carved out a lucrative niche investigating computer crimes. Mandiant alleges that it has traced a massive hacking campaign on U.S. businesses to a drab, white 12-story office building outside Shanghai run by Original post on sfgate.com Comments on reddit.com
China’s Army Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.
An overwhelming percentage of the attacks on American companies and government agencies start in a building on the edge of Shanghai, say cybersecurity experts and American intelligence officials. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Raspberry Pi sales surpass one million units
The numbers are in and the $35 Raspberry Pi Linux PC is a success. After pre-orders sold out in less than 24 hours, the credit card-sized computer faced a number manufacturing hiccups and distribut… Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
Hewlett-Packard Says It May Dispose of Units Not Meeting Targets
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it’s evaluating the disposition of businesses that don’t meet goals more than a year after Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman said she didn’t plan to spin off the personal-computer division. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
Israel approves another 1,200 settlement units around Jerusalem – World news
Plan brings total approvals to 5,500 in just over a week as right urges Binyamin Netanyahu to drop two-state solution pledge Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Why everybody wants a slice of Raspberry Pi
In a world where computers are increasingly powerful, the Raspberry Pi (RPi) offers surprising proof for the virtue of moderation. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
iPhone 5 sales: iPhone 4S seen outselling Apple’s iPhone 5
Apple (AAPL) investors received more cause for alarm late Thursday evening as new research suggested consumer interest in Apple’s popular iPhone lineup may have peaked. Shares of Apple were d… Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
AFP: Israel hits back with new settler homes after UN vote
Single photon could detect quantum-scale black holes: Nature News – Comment
Tabletop experiment proposed to show whether space-time is made of indivisible units. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
DNA sequencers stymie superbug spread: Nature News – Comment
Whole-genome analysis helps identify source of MRSA outbreak on infant ward. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Special Report: How Starbucks avoids UK taxes
LONDON (Reuters) – Starbucks’ coffee menu famously baffles some people. In Britain, it’s their accounts that are confusing. Starbucks has been telling investors the business was profitable, even as it Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Russia told Assad to shoot down Turkish plane, murder captured pilots, ‘leaked Syrian documents’ show
Devastating intelligence papers purport to prove jet was downed on Moscow’s orders, pilots captured alive by intelligence unit and then killed; Damascus had claimed June incident was an accident Original post on timesofisrael.com Comments on reddit.com
FedEx says economy is worsening, cuts outlook
FedEx Corp. says the global economy is stalling, and it’s going to get worse next year. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Behold, the Toothbrush That Just Saved the International Space Station – Megan Garber
Astronauts aboard the ISS find a low-tech way to solve a high-tech problem. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
NYPD secret police spying on Muslims led to no terrorism leads or cases – World news – guardian.co.uk
Police department admits demographics unit spied on Muslims for six years without triggering a terrorism investigation Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
FBI raids homes of Occupy protesters in Oregon and Washington
These raids are only the latest in an emerging pattern of similar “anti-terror” raids conducted by the Obama administration in order to terrorize, suppress and chill political dissent. Original post on wsws.org Comments on reddit.com
California Starts Up a Privacy Enforcement Unit – Threat Level – Wired.com
Watch out, Silicon Valley, there’s a new startup in town and its gunning for you. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Thursday she’s created a unit intended to actually enforce federal and state privacy laws. Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
MacBook Pro with Retina Display Teardown – iFixit
This is the least repairable laptop we’ve taken apart. Apple has packed all the things we hate into one beautiful little package. Original post on ifixit.org Comments on reddit.com
FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit – Security & Privacy – CNET News
CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Security & Privacy. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
This well-known Egyptian symbol is actually an early math problem
Chances are you’ve seen this symbol before, because it’s one of the most well-known Egyptian symbols. It’s called the Eye of Horus. It’s been in the background of plenty of mummy movies, and been turned into a lot of necklace charms. Original post on io9.com Comments on digg.com
Pay TV piracy hits News
A secret unit within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation promoted a wave of high-tech piracy in Australia that damaged Austar, Optus and Foxtel at a time when News was moving to take control of the Australian pay TV industry. Original post on afr.com Comments on reddit.com
Portsmouth Woman Locked in Bitter Legal Battle – Portsmouth, NH Patch
Kimberly Bois being sued by her condominium association board for planting flowers and shrubs in front of her unit. Original post on patch.com Comments on reddit.com
World’s smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists have built the world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, and squeezes a whole byte (8-bit) into as few as 96 atoms. More
The world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world’s smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, and squeezes a whole byte (8 bit) into as few as 96 atoms. A modern hard drive, for comparison,… More