New Firefox Add-on Hijacks Facebook, Twitter Sessions
A new Firefox add-on called Firesheep lets “pretty much anyone” scan a Wi-Fi network and hijack others’ access to Facebook, Twitter and a host of other services, a security researcher warned today. Firesheep was released Sunday by Eric Butler, a Seattle-based freelance Web application developer, at the ToorCon security conference, Butler said he created Firesheep…
Read MoreIntel opens first chip manufacturing plant in China
IDG News Service – Intel announced the opening of its first ever chip manufacturing facility in Asia on Tuesday, in Dalian, China. The US$2.5 billion chip factory is producing chips on 12-inch (300-millimeter) silicon wafers, mainly chipsets to be used in desktop computers, laptops and servers, Intel said. The factory is already fully operational. When…
Read MoreBody scans to begin at New Orleans Armstrong airport
A trip through airport security in New Orleans will subject you to a new piece of technology for national security “a complete body scan”. The next time you pass thru a security check point at Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, you may be randomly selected for a full body scan. This raises a number…
Read MoreMortgage-Finance Quick Fix Unlikely
Weakness in the U.S. housing market will make it impossible for the federal government to withdraw its support for the mortgage-finance system in the coming year, Freddie Mac Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Haldeman said. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored firms that own or control half of the U.S. mortgage market, have been…
Read Morerugby players among athletes who have tested positive for a banned stimulant
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has found four rugby league players are among athletes who have tested positive for a banned stimulant. Nine sports players have returned positive tests for methylhexaneamine, also called dimethylamylamine or DMAA – a substance commonly found in body-building and dieting supplements. All the players that tested positive face a two-year…
Read Morenew roller coaster and a tropical fish venue are coming to SeaWorld Fl.
Orlando Florida’s SeaWorld and Bush Gardens has a new roller coaster and a tropical fish venue coming soon. Park officials announced that the roller coaster named Cheetah Hunt is coming to Bush Gardens Tampa, while Grand Reef will open at Discovery Cove in Orlando. The new roller coaster at Bush Gardens will launch riders from…
Read MoreLance Armstrong to ride his last professional cycling race outside the US
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has announced he will ride his last professional cycling race outside the United States in January’s Tour Down Under in South Australia. The stage race will run from Jan 16-23 and give cycling fans the chance to be part of history as Lance Armstrong competes in his farewell…
Read MoreShark kills bodyboarder off coast of California
Matthew Garcia was surfing two feet away from his friend who was body boarding when he heard a desperate cry for help. A shark raised out of the water and bit his friend’s leg and pulled him under in a cloud of blood off the coast of California north of Santa Barbara. “When the shark…
Read MoreCheaper Than Ever For Women To Return To School
– Susan Broderick, a 53 year old mother of 3, has always wanted to get a degree in nursing. “I love helping people and it pays well,” she says, “but I’ve never had the time or money to spend to go back to school to get my degree.” That was until Susan started applying for…
Read MoreNevada’s Supreme Court denies O.J. Simpson’s appeal
The Nevada Supreme Court refused to overturn O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery and kidnapping convictions, rejecting the claim that some jurors were dismissed because they were black making for a unfair trail. Simpson attorney Yale Galanter planned to take Simpson’s appeal to the federal court after his 2008 conviction in the gunpoint heist in a Las…
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