Category: Software
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“God Mode” Backdoor
Some x86 CPUs have hidden backdoors that let you seize root by sending a command to an undocumented RISC core […]
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New Evidence Links a 20-Year-Old Hack on the US Government to a Modern Attack Group
The artifacts they found on Hedges’ server provide an interesting look at the group’s early operations, showing how they improved […]
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Google Brain’s Co-Inventor Tells Why He’s Building Chinese Neural Networks
To chat with Andrew Ng I almost have to tackle him. He was getting off stage at Re:Work’s Deep Learning […]
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DARPA to hunt for space and time vulnerabilities of software algorithms
In the endless chess game of cybersecurity, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to thinks a few moves ahead, […]
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University research dollars poured into developing a Holodeck
It may seem like this would be an early April Fool’s joke, but the image above shows serious research in […]
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Silent Circle: Mike Janke’s iPhone app makes encryption easy, governments nervous.
Lately, Mike Janke has been getting what he calls the “hairy eyeball” from international government agencies. The 44-year-old former Navy […]
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Windows XP: The OS that won’t die?
And from the LOL dept.… Microsoft has had to create a new build of Windows XP Professional for computer makers […]
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First pirated HD DVD movie hits BitTorrent
Ars Technica – First pirated HD DVD movie hits BitTorrent The pirates of the world have fired another salvo in […]
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Build a Web spider on Linux
IBM: Build a Web spider on Linux Web spiders are software agents that traverse the Internet gathering, filtering, and potentially […]
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Which Vista Is the Right Vista?
eWeek: Which Vista Is the Right Vista? Eventually, we’re going to see Vista come out. Yes, I know, even at […]