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Radiation levels in seawater off Japan plant spike to all-time highs!
Link Removed Tokyo (CNN) -- The levels of radiation in ocean waters off Japan's embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant continue to skyrocket, the nation's nuclear safety agency said Thursday, with no clear sense of what's causing the spike or how to stop it. The amount of radioactive iodine-131...- whoosh
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First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets (What species dies next??)
Link Removed PORT ALLEN, La. — A virus has killed millions of crickets raised to feed pet reptiles and those kept in zoos. The cricket paralysis virus has disrupted supplies to pet shops across North America as a handful of operators have seen millions of their insects killed. Some...- cybercore
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Announcing Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
Today, Microsoft is announcing a shift in philosophy on how we approach the topic of vulnerability disclosure, reframing the practice of "Responsible Disclosure" to "Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure." In recognition of the endless debate between responsible disclosure and full disclosure...- News
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MS10-063 - Critical: Vulnerability in Unicode Scripts Processor Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2
Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (September 14, 2010): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Unicode Scripts Processor. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted document...- News
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BP gears up to halt oil spill confirmed 'world's worst'
The US government has said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest accidental oil leak ever, as BP prepares its "static kill" operation to permanently seal its well. A new government estimate suggests BP's Macondo well leaked 4.9m barrels of oil before being capped last month...- whoosh
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Gulf Oil Full of Methane !
NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) - It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of Mexico's fragile ecosystem. The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent...- whoosh
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Windows 7 AMD Hires Away Nvidia's CUDA Guy
AMD Hires Away Nvidia's CUDA Guy Earlier this week, AMD announced that it has hired Manju Hegde as corporate vice president, Fusion Experience Program. Hegde previously served as vice president of CUDA Technical Marketing at Nvidia, and before that was chief executive officer and...- cybercore
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Weird friendship-when food became best friend…
Link Removed due to 404 Error This duck got himself all in a flap after inadvertently straying into the path of a giant Shoebill while heading towards water. But it was all water off a duck’s back for the imposing 4ft tall bird which instead of eating his smaller friend, carefully picked him...- cybercore
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Windows Embedded Partner Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Link Removed due to 404 Error Windows Embedded Partner Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Enhancements to Help Microsoft Ecosystem Support the Latest Windows 7 Technologies REDMOND, Wash.  Dec. 10, 2009  Today, Microsoft Corp. celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its...- whoosh
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