Would you feel comfortable driving down the highway with a Temporary Auto Pilot (TAP) behind the wheel of your next Volkswagen ? A new technology proposed by the German automaker won’t take you from A to B automatically , but it will help out with more simple driving, so you can take your hands off the wheel while cruising down the highway at up to 130km/h (about 80 mph), for example. The system pairs Lane Assist with cruise control, and can be overridden by the driver at any time. The TAP system’s Pilot Mode uses radar, laser, camera, and ultrasonic sensors to maintain a safe distance between vehicles, start and stop in traffic, and slow down before a bend. Speed is set by the driver, who you’ll need to remain aware of your surroundings in case you need to take over control — so don’t get too comfortable poking around the menus on that AppRadio just yet. Continue reading Volkswagen Temporary Auto Pilot brings hands-free driving to the highway Volkswagen Temporary Auto Pilot brings hands-free driving to the highway originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Justin Bieber played the dutiful boyfriend, turning up to the premiere of Selena Gomez’s new film, ‘Monte Carlo’ – hours after a scuffle at his New York fragrance launch. (June 24)
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A Marine Corps reservist arrested in a security scare near the Pentagon last week was charged Thursday in a series of pre-dawn shootings at the Pentagon and other military buildings in the Washington area last year. (June 23)
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The eurozone’s debt crisis poses the biggest threat to Britain’s financial stability and banks must come clean on their full exposure, the financial policy committee says The eurozone’s debt crisis poses the biggest threat to Britain’s financial stability and banks must come clean on their full exposure, Britain’s new risk watchdog said on Friday. “Sovereign and banking strains are the most material and immediate threat,” the financial policy committee said in its inaugural report . The watchdog, which is chaired by Bank of England governor Mervyn King, turned up the heat on banks to use strong profits to boost capital cushions, but stopped short of specifying a figure. It also warned authorities needed to keep a closer eye on the explosion of opaque instruments, such as exchange traded funds, which banks are increasingly using to raise funds. The report came as EU leaders scramble to avert a Greek debt default that would send shockwaves through international markets. “Market concerns remain over fiscal positions in a number of euro area countries and the potential for contagion to banking systems,” the FPC said. “Any associated disruption to bank funding markets could spill over to UK banks.” Its key recommendations include: • Improved disclosure of sovereign and banking sector debt exposure by major banks on a permanent basis. • Requiring smaller banks, not part of current EU stress tests, to compile data on sovereign and banking debt exposure. • Ensuring banks use strong profits to build up capital cushions before new Basel III rules come in. • Asking the Financial Services Authority to report back to the committee by the fourth quarter on whether banks are adequately building up capital buffers. • Better monitoring of opaque funding structures such as collateral swaps or similar transactions used by exchange-traded funds. • Improved data from banks on forebearance in household and corporate sector. Financial policy committee Financial crisis Banking Financial sector Bank of England Economics Economic policy guardian.co.uk
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Nearly six months after his arrest , one hacker pleaded guilty to charges that he exposed the email addresses of over 100,000 AT&T iPad 3G users. It’s been a year since Daniel Spitler and his compatriot, Andrew Auernheimer, coaxed Ma-Bell servers into delivering the goods, with a brute force script they lovingly named the iPad 3G Account Slurper. The hacker’s plea agreement suggests a 12 to 18-month sentence, which is a lot more lenient than the 10-year maximum we hear he could face. Spitler’s collaborator is apparently still in plea negotiations with the prosecutor. Both men initially claimed they were just trying to draw attention to a security hole, but maybe next time they’ll think twice before embarking on such altruistic endeavors. Hacker pleads guilty to AT&T iPad breach originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Hacker known as The Jester claims to have taken the LulzSec website offline on Friday morning The website of the notorious hacking collective LulzSec was temporarily crippled on Friday morning after an apparent retribution attack by an ex-military hacker. The lone-wolf operator, known as the Jester, claimed to have downed the LulzSec website “for the lulz” and exposed its shadowy leader in a Twitter message on Friday. The main LulzSec website was down for a short time on Friday morning but resurfaced shortly after. The Jester, notorious in the online hacking community, has waged a long-running battle with senior members of Anonymous and its splinter group LulzSec. Significantly, the Jester also posted what appears to be an attempt to out the founder and leader of LulzSec, a long-term hacker known as Sabu. The investigation pieces together a trail of information gathered from public and private social networks and concludes the following: Name(s): Xavier Kaotico, Xavier de Leon Email: [redacted by the Guardian] Age: 30 as of 2011-06-21 Location: Possibly New York City, NY (has lived there) Websites: sabu.net, pure-elite.org, confinement.org Profession: Independent IT consultant Interests: Python programming, Linux, network security, exploit development Attempts to name-and-shame each other has become a feature of the online hacking community. The Jester is one of the most closely-guarded activists, with numerous attempts to reveal his real-life identity by Anonymous members apparently falling short. Most have a number of online sobriquets which change hands almost as often as they change targets. Overnight, LulzSec claimed to have hacked into the website and database of the Arizona Department of Public Safety and released a tranche of allegedly confidential information. The group also denied claims it was behind an attack on servers used by the Sun: Update: Another lone-wolf hacker, Oneiroi, is claiming credit for crippling LulzSec’s website. Writing on his blog , Oneiroi says: “I’m afraid I’m unable to post a mission statement at this time. I’d like to let the public know that phase one of OPERATION SUPERNOVA has been successful. Lulzsecurity.com is Tango down at this time. The attack will stop by Midnight PST. Also, Cloudflare is not my target. Please don’t argue that lulzsec is up. Cloudflare creates a backup of the website. It’s doing its job. I want to make it bloody clear that Cloudflare isn’t my target.” LulzSec Hacking Internet Anonymous Computing Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk
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BB 450/550 Classroom Lecture #1 for June 21 – Protein Structure I & II BB 450/550 Classroom Lecture #1 for June 22 – Protein Structure and Purification BB 450/550 Classroom Lecture #2 for June 22 – Protein Structure and Purification BarbecueTips says: New blog post: Securing the eCampus 2011 http://chikina.com/securing-the- ecampus -2011.html
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Mexican president Felipe Calderon delivered an impassioned defense of his military assault on organized crime to an audience of people who’ve lost family members to the ongoing violence. (June 24)
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A Clever Ruse Suits S 1 X 1 Part 2 of 5 Just another ordinary family… JoanPadilla3 says: Ruse used in Buffalo Grove jewelry theft http://bit.ly/jENltt
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