First responders know that white powder scenarios—or suspected biological threats—require quick and decisive action. Having the right field-deployable equipment available to determine what the suspicious substance is ...
Other
Apr 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Jail stays and costs increase dramatically when federal immigration authorities request that inmates be held under what are called "detainer requests," according to research by University of Washington sociologist ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2013
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On the morning of December 6, 1917, in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, near the U.S. border in Maine, a French ship, the Mont Blanc, filled with military explosives collided with another vessel. Twenty minutes later, a ...
Engineering
Mar 25, 2013
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Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.
Software
Jan 31, 2013
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Justin Cappos, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU-Poly, has long been wary of the security risks inherent in Java, the programming language developed by Sun Microsystems ...
Software
Jan 31, 2013
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Oracle Corp. said Monday it has released a fix for the flaw in its Java software that raised an alarm from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week. Even after the patch was issued, the federal agency continued ...
Software
Jan 14, 2013
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Oracle Corp. says it will soon fix a flaw in its Java software that caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Software
Jan 13, 2013
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The US Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that a flaw in Java software is so dangerous that people should stop using it.
Software
Jan 11, 2013
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(Phys.org)—If a nuclear device were to unexpectedly detonate anywhere on Earth, the ensuing effort to find out who made the weapon probably would be led by aircraft rapidly collecting airborne radioactive particles for ...
Engineering
Jan 10, 2013
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A Silicon Valley executive whose previous venture was synonymous with Internet piracy has found a way to play nice with Hollywood. BitTorrent Inc. co-founder Ashwin Navin is working with television networks and consumer electronics ...
Internet
Dec 27, 2012
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