Scientific purposes for distributed computing is now being explored on gaming devices, according to Seed. Sony’s ironically named “cell” chip will be working on how the study of proteins in disease: Volunteers would download a program giving access to the PlayStation’s superfast Cell chip, which the researchers would use when the gamer is not playing. … Continue reading Protein Cell-net to run on PS3
It is a good idea to keep an eye on sla.ckers.org if you are curious whether your organization’s shorts might be swinging in the breeze. Take the Google Search Appliance post from November 17th, for example: an XSS in most sites that uses the google search API with it’s generic results template. The api allows … Continue reading Google Appliance XSS
This Grammy Award winning song was released last year by Kanye West. It’s a remix of a 1971 hit “Diamonds Are Forever” by Shirley Bassey (vocals on the intro and hook), the theme song to a James Bond film of the same name. “Blood diamonds” usually refers to brutality of white South Africans who used … Continue reading Diamonds from Sierra Leone: Anti-Semitic Remix