by Joseph Forbes | Jul 27, 2013 | SCIENCE
from the erik-the-red-in-spaaaaaace dept. “For Ved Chirayath, a graduate student and amateur fashion photographer, a photo project that involved NASA researchers dressed as Vikings was just a creative way to promote space science. ‘I started this project...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 27, 2013 | HAPPINESS, LAW, POLITICAL
from the you-bunch-of-sweet-talkers-you dept. “The WSJ reports that Attorney General Eric Holder promises Edward Snowden won’t be tortured or face the death penalty in a new letter hoping to persuade Russia not to grant him asylum or refugee status....
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 27, 2013 | HARDWARE, HEALTH, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, TECHNOLOGY
from the siri-replace-team dept. Apple’s had a small, very secretive office in Cambridge, MA for a few months now. And we finally know what they’re doing: Building a team that works on speech technology for Siri. Sure, it’s interesting for Apple to...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 27, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the trust-no-one dept. Following the /. story on the Feds demanding SSL keys, now comes news that the feds are demanding user passwords, and in some cases, the encryption algorithm and salt used. From the article: ‘A second person who has worked at a large...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 26, 2013 | HAPPINESS, HEALTH, NERD NEWS
from the bofh-demands-tribute dept. July 26 is Sysadmin Day, the system administrator’s version of Secretary’s Day. Are you giving your hardworking sysadmin the recognition they deserve? Blogger (and, yes, sysadmin) Sandra Henry-Stocker argues that a...
