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Scientists Find Water on Extra-solar Planet Scientists have, for the first time, conclusively discovered the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our Solar System, according to an article appearing in Nature. ...

Help EFF Figure Out What's In the FBI's Secret Docs
Yesterday I blogged about how the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published 1000+ pages' worth of FBI docs, with a Freedom of Information Act request. As a recap, these docs document the FBI's abuse of power after the PATRIOT Act was ...

Homeland Security Adopts "gut feeling" Security System
Ryan Singel of the 27-Stroke-B blog says: "Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune that his 'gut' was telling him the country might be hit by another big attack this summer. Now THREAT LEVEL has found the new ...

PQ Computing Inc. Releases Free iPhone Activator
Well finally, iPhone activation made easy - and free (I can barely believe it) - by the fine people at PQ Computing Inc. We all know DVD Jon's solution works a treat, but some folks might have issues with the HEX edits required on the ...

Former Surgeon General Describes Censorship From Bush Administration
The NY Times is reporting that the former Surgeon General in damaging testimony given to the Senate describes how he was repeatedly censored by the Bush administration while speaking out about topics such as global warming, ...

Free Slurpee Day
I guess if you go to your local 7-11 they will give you a free Slurpee! (or maybe Squishy if they have the place all Simpsons decorated.) Check it out.

Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Being Root
This year's Usenix security symposium includes a paper (PDF link) that implements a "cheat" utility, which allows any non-privileged user to run his/her program, eg, like so 'cheat 99% program' thereby insuring that the programs would ...

Hide the Security Center Icon in Windows Vista
The Security Center is an application that informs Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista users about their security settings, or better saying - the lack of. Windows Security Center in Windows Vista has a separate section for the Firewall, ...

Quick Tip: Windows Vista Temp Files Directory
Windows Vista Disk Cleanup wizard is really not all that bad, but I did find a small problem with it… It doesn't fully empty your temp folder. It only allows you to delete temporary files that haven't been modified in a week, ...

Strangle With Style
The Supreme Edition Darth Vader Costume is the full package: you get a jumpsuit complete with fake leather pants and sleeves (though the codpiece is real leather), Darth's signature cape, and all of his armor cast from the original ...

Amazon Unbox Lets TiVo Users Be Couch Potatoes
TiVo lovers rejoice, the partnership between your favorite DVR and Amazon just got a little sweeter. Amazon announced today that TiVo users can buy or rent movies and tv episodes directly from their TiVo unit without having to get off ...

Korea to Clone Drug Sniffing Dogs
Scientists at Seoul National University Korea are seeking to commercially clone dogs this year — the world's first attempt to create canine clones for money. Senior researcher Kim Min-kyu at the Seoul-based University is spearheading ...

Make Your Alcoholic Friends Feel Inadequate With The One Gallon Flask
You're the kind of guy that always has to stick it to someone; your neighbor gets a pool, you get three with two jacuzzis each. Never mind not needing that. Your best friend gets a BBQ, you go out and get this. ...

iPhone Hackers: "we have owned the filesystem"
Well, that didn't take long - the hacker crew of irc.osx86.hu channels #iphone-talk and #iphone-ma have managed to enable shell access to the iPhone just a week after its release. There's not a lot to the hack - the iPhone's 30-pin dock ...

EFF Publishes 1K+ Pages of FBI Docs on PATRIOT Act Abuses
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has received the first set of FBI documents detailing the misuse of the secret warrants called "National Security Letters." EFF filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for the documents and last ...