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Remember the robot Toyota is developing that seemed to be the next step in robots moving similar to humans? Well, they have already been trumped. Boston Dynamics, the company that has introduced the BigDog rough terrain locomotion robot and a robot able to jump 25 feet in the air (VIDEO), have now introduced the Petman. Petman was developed to test military clothing, but since it walks just like a human, it is just another step in making robots that will be able to chase you. At this pace, robots will be able to run at 50 mph at peak efficiency in just a few years.

Robots one step closer to being able to chase people | Robot Armageddon

Video footage has been released of a robot that can leap over obstacles more than 7.5m (25ft) high. – VIDEO

People who use public WiFi to make iPhone calls or conduct video conferences take heed: It just got a lot easier to monitor your conversations in real time. At a talk scheduled for Saturday at the Toorcon hacker conference in San Diego, two security researchers plan to show the latest advances in the open-source UCSniff tool for penetrating voice-over-internet-protocol systems. With a few clicks of a mouse, they will eavesdrop on a call between two audience members using popular iPhone applications that route the calls over the conference network.

Hotspot sniffer eavesdrops on iPhone in real-time " The Register

LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study. The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumors. The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation..

Daily Express | UK News

Scientists claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future to save the world.

In a bizarre sci-fi theory, Danish physicist Dr Holger Bech Nielsen and Dr Masao Ninomiya from Japan claim nature is trying to prevent the LHC from finding the elusive Higgs boson. Called the “God particle,” the theoretical boson could explain the origins of mass in the universe — if physicists can find the darn thing.

The scientists say their math proves nature will “ripple backward through time” to stop the LHC before it can create the God particle, like a time traveller who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.

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Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec (SYMC.O) report on cybercrime.

░ Fake security software in millions of computers – Symantec

Researcher: Hackers Hijack Some Facebook Apps A number of games and other applications built to be used on Facebook.com have been hacked so that users are quietly sent to sites that try to install malicious programs, a security researcher has found.

Security Fix – Researcher: Hackers Hijack Some Facebook Apps

By being oblivious to the fact or just plain lazy and not keeping your PC up to date you are inviting Malware and easy access to your banking Details, this is if you are banking on your system like most are.. If you use Firefox for your browsing, Outdated plug-ins are a high risk because older versions may have been exploited and if not updated and patched of these exploits allow a way for the bad guys to enter your system… Its one thing to update your Windows Operating System, and another to update your Browser Software and plugins.

Alas! A easy way to check and make sure your plugins for firefox are up to date by just simply going to a webpage! ► Plugin Check

When you visit the Plugin Check website, This site will scan Firefox, and it will inform you which of the plug-ins you have installed needs patching. What is fantastic about this, Any outdated plug-ins for which Plugin Check can find an updated version will land at the top of the list, and when you click the "update" tab, Mozilla will send you to the software vendor’s download page to grab the latest version.

Well, Start Checkin: Plugin Check Website

Thats right folks, your SSL connection is not secure unless you are using good ol firefox..

PayPal suspended the account of a white-hat hacker on Tuesday, a day after someone used his research into website authentication to publish a counterfeit certificate for the online payment processor.

"Under the Acceptable Use Policy, PayPal may not be used to send or receive payments for items that show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law," company representatives wrote in an email sent to the hacker, Moxie Marlinspike. "Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience."

theregister.co.uk » Paypal Banishes SSL Hacker

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Adobe Systems Inc. late Thursday issued an alert saying that hackers are exploiting a newly-discovered vulnerability in its free PDF Reader and Acrobat products to break into Microsoft Windows systems.

Adobe said it plans to release a patch to fix this vulnerability next Tuesday, in keeping with its recent shift to push out security updates in tandem with Microsoft’s regular monthly patch cycle, which occurs on the second Tuesday of each month (a.k.a. "Patch Tuesday")…. Adobe says disabling Javascript in Reader and/or Acrobat can help mitigate the threat from the specific exploit that is circulating at the moment.. SecurityFix

Why not install Foxit reader? You’ll never look back!

A WOMAN who ripped off a frail aged pensioner to the tune of $18,000 has been jailed for her predatory actions and ordered to pay back every cent immediately.

Yesterday Sylvia Monk, who celebrates her 86th birthday next month, was overjoyed to hear more than half of her entire life savings would be returned to her.

"Well that’s lovely!" she beamed… Gold Coast Bulletin