12th March 2011 Archive

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• Politically motivated exploits target activists on Google

  Serious Windows bug used in 'highly targeted' attack

  Politically motivated attackers are exploiting an unpatched flaw in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows to carry out highly targeted attacks against activists using Google, the company's security team warned. The unidentified attackers are wielding a serious vulnerability in the way Windows parses webpages containing …

  Malware 12 Mar 00:02

• Emergency declared at second quake-wracked Japanese nuke plant

  Updated 'Fukushima No. 1, meet Fukushima No. 2'

  The Japanese government has declared an emergency at a second Japanese nuclear plant: Fukushima No. 2, seven miles away from Fukushima No. 1, which lost cooling after Friday's devastating megaquake in northeastern Japan. Japan's Kyodo News reports that on Saturday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) released news …

  Science 12 Mar 00:52

• Japanese nuke meltdown may be underway

  Update 2 Fukushima No. 1 damaged

  The Japanese earthquake-induced nuclear emergency is growing worse by the hour. After sustaining heavy damage to its cooling systems during Friday's megaquake, and after problems were encountered when damage mitigators attempted to release pressure that was building up in its reactors, Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor may now …

  Science 12 Mar 07:43

• Panasonic HDC-SD900 camcorder

  Review Full HD with 3D extras

  The HDC-SD900 was the first of Panasonic’s expanded 3D camcorder range to arrive in the UK. It sits below the HDC-TM900 and HDC-HS900 (which offer 32GB memory and 220GB HDD respectively), but shares the same functionality, recording Full HD and 3D video to SD card. Card sharp: Panasonic's HDC-SD900 If you’re keen to film in …

  reghardware 12 Mar 08:00

• Ruskie Java coder lifts inaugural Facebook Hacker Cup

  C++ men squashed

  The sliding glass doors at the entrance of Facebook headquarters don't say Facebook. They say HACK – in big, bold, black letters, two on each door. The company goes out of its way to cultivate an extreme developer culture built around the non-pejorative definition of the word. "There's this whole definition that engineers have …

  Developer 12 Mar 21:52