Collaborate Disseminate
Freshly Exhumed writes: Redox OS, a project on GitHub aimed at creating an alternative OS able to run almost all Linux executables with only minimal modifications, is to feature a pure Rust ecosystem, which they hope will improve correctness and securi… Continue reading Rust-Based Redox OS Devs Slam Linux, Unix, GPL
An anonymous reader writes: The Australian government has announced that Bitcoin and other digital currencies would no longer be subject to Goods and Services Tax, and regulations would become more lenient to support startups and entrepreneurs in the c… Continue reading Australia Promises To Remove Tax On Bitcoin, Support FinTech Innovation
HughPickens.com writes: The American presence at the Guantanamo Prison Camp has been deeply contentious since even before terrorism suspects began to be housed there beginning in 2002. Now as President Obama prepares to make the first presidential visi… Continue reading Scientists Propose Biodiversity Lab To Redeem Guantanamo Prison Camp
techmage writes: In 2002 Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson set the altitude record for a glider climbing to 42,000 feet in the Perlan I. This year the Perlan II glider will attempt to reach over 90,000 feet. Carried aboard will be be 10 science experi… Continue reading Students’ Experiments To Fly By Glider To the Edge of Space
Flu writes: Yesterday, at 19:30 CET, an unprecedented DDOS attack shut down both Swedish government sites and all major news outlets, including www.aftonbladet.se, www.expressen.se, www.svd.se, www.dn.se, www.di.se and others. The attack was announced … Continue reading Unprecedented DDoS Attack At Swedish Government, Media Outlets
prisoninmate writes: What’s ubuntuBSD? Well, it’s not that hard to figure out yourself, but just in case you’re not sure, we can tell you that ubuntuBSD promises to bring the power of the FreeBSD kernel to Ubuntu Linux. The best part of using the FreeB… Continue reading Meet UbuntuBSD, UNIX For Human Beings
itwbennett writes: CSO Online’s Steve Ragan reports that dozens of Russian banks were targeted this week by meticulous attackers who formatted a Word document ‘to look like a legitimate FinCERT bulletin – suggesting that the attackers took their … Continue reading Dozens of Russian Banks Phished By Crooks Pretending To Be FinCERT
Earthquake Retrofit writes: A Silicon Valley startup called SmartCar in Mountain View, California signed up for Comcast Internet service. After hearing Comcast excuses for months, company owner Katta finally got fed up and decided that he would find a … Continue reading Comcast Failed To Install Internet, Then Demanded $60,000 In Fees
Mic.com reports that the “total war” declared by Anonymous against presidential candidate Donald Trump has resulted in a grandly presented leak of some personal information. Items alleged to be personal information about Trump have been posted to Paste… Continue reading Anonymous Doxes Trump, But Leaked Info Underwhelms
Tekla Perry writes: Earlier this month, BART engineers shut down a substation in hopes that the closure would quiet the power surges that were frying the electrical propulsion equipment on BART cars — a peak of 40 in just one day in February. The shut… Continue reading What’s Frying the Electrical Systems On BART Trains?