16th September 2012 Archive
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Foreign hacks in China hit with malicious emails
Beijing correspondents under fire
Foreign journalists in Beijing have been bombarded with information-stealing malware in the past fortnight, as tensions rise before the much anticipated Communist Party leadership transition later this autumn. The malware was delivered in a standard email attachment, with the attackers relying on tried and tested social …
Security 16 Sep 23:30
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IBM scientists take image of atomic bonds
Ready for my close-up, mister DeMille
How’s this for a close-up: an image that can differentiate between the different chemical bonds in an individual molecule? That’s what IBM’s Zurich research lab is claiming in a paper published in Science. The paywalled piece is titled with the pizazz typical of science papers – Bond-Order Discrimination by Atomic Force …
Science 16 Sep 23:33
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NSW Police wins global gong for Facebook project
Social reinvention of Neighbourhood Watch going ... erm ... gangbusters
NSW Police has won a global social media gong for its project eyewatch, a social reinvention of Neighbourhood Watch. The prize was awarded by ConnectedCOPS.net, a hub for all things social and law enforcement run by a consultancy to law enforcement agencies. NSW won the prize for Excellence at a Large Agency, beating out the …
Policy 16 Sep 23:44
