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OZONE Widget Framework

A customizable open-source web application that assembles the tools you need to accomplish any task and enables those tools to communicate with each other. It allows you to take information from different web based software packages you might have and turn them into widgets on a centralised website dashboard. OZONE is a web application that Read more about OZONE Widget Framework[…]

Drugs and cheating: Half of U.S. nuclear missile wing implicated!

Just over half (92) of the 183 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a widening exam cheating scandal, the Air Force said on Thursday, acknowledging it had “systemic” problem within its ranks. The cheating was discovered during an investigation into illegal drug possession among airmen, when Read more about Drugs and cheating: Half of U.S. nuclear missile wing implicated![…]

DARPA Open Software catalog

DARPA Open Catalog contains a curated list of DARPA-sponsored software and peer-reviewed publications. DARPA funds fundamental and applied research in a variety of areas including data science, cyber, anomaly detection, etc., which may lead to experimental results and reusable technology designed to benefit multiple government domains. via .

Police will have ‘backdoor’ access to health records despite opt-out, says MP

The database that will store the entire nation’s health records has a series of "backdoors" that will allow police and government bodies to access people’s medical data. David Davis MP, a former shadow home secretary, told the Guardian he has established that police will be able to access the health records of patients when investigating Read more about Police will have ‘backdoor’ access to health records despite opt-out, says MP[…]

NL Court rules Pirate Bay blockade is illegal

After many court cases, it looks like BREIN (the Dutch RIAA) and Tim Kuyk have finally suffered a humiliating defeat. In a victory for common sense and freedom, they were made to pay EUR 326000,- in legal fees to the providers, who showed that not only was a blockade completely unenforcable, there were plenty of Read more about NL Court rules Pirate Bay blockade is illegal[…]

Objet500 Connex3 – High Resolution Full Colour, Multi material 3D Printing

Brilliant Color The Objet500 Connex3 lets you incorporate as many as 46 colors into one prototype, from true jet black to sunny yellow to shocking magenta and hundreds of beautiful blended hues. Pick from ten color palettes — including rich opaque and stained-glass-like translucent — for vibrant, repeatable color that will wow your colleagues and Read more about Objet500 Connex3 – High Resolution Full Colour, Multi material 3D Printing[…]

China Eastern Airlines passenger uses first class ticket for free meals

The man used his first-class ticket to score free meals and drinks at a VIP airport lounge nearly every day for a year, the Kwong Wah Yit Poh reported. He changed his flight itinerary more than 300 times within the year so he could enjoy the facilities at the Xi’an Airport in Shaanxi, China. What’s Read more about China Eastern Airlines passenger uses first class ticket for free meals[…]

Insecure healthcare.gov allowed hacker to access 70,000 records in 4 minutes

70,000 was just one of the numbers that I was able to go up to. And I stopped after that. You know, and I’m sure it’s hundreds of thousands, if not more and it was done within about a four-minute time frame. So, it’s just wide open. You can literally just open up your browser, Read more about Insecure healthcare.gov allowed hacker to access 70,000 records in 4 minutes[…]

Bank data of 20 million customers leaked in South Korea

In the latest case, an employee from personal credit ratings firm Korea Credit Bureau KCB has been arrested and accused of stealing the data from customers of three credit card firms while working for them as a temporary consultant.Seoul’s financial regulators on Sunday confirmed the number of affected users as at least 20 million, in Read more about Bank data of 20 million customers leaked in South Korea[…]

NSA Phone Spying Is Useless In Preventing Terrorist Attacks, Study Says

In the study, the New America Foundation reviewed 225 terrorism cases and found that traditional investigation and law enforcement methods actually did the most to prevent attacks. About a third of the leads in terrorism cases came from tips or an informant, while old school surveillance warrants were used in 48 cases. All things told, Read more about NSA Phone Spying Is Useless In Preventing Terrorist Attacks, Study Says[…]