The FBI for the first time has placed an animal rights activist on the bureau’s "Most Wanted Terrorists" list.
Animal rights activist on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list
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Top jobs for night owls
At 2 a.m., most workers are asleep in their beds, blissfully unaware that their alarm clocks will sound in a few short hours. But for 41 percent of Americans this is the time of day is when they are most productive, according to a 2005 poll by the National Sleep Foundation. You can probably pick these folks out of your own office — they’re your co-workers who slouch into work, never a minute early but often several late, bleary-eyed and lackadaisical during the earlier part of the workday
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
The Conficker worm is finally doing something–updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday. Researchers were analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto infected computers but suspect that it is a keystroke logger or some other program designed to steal sensitive data off the machine, said David Perry, global director of security education at Trend Micro. The software appeared to be a .sys component hiding behind a rootkit, which is software that is designed to hide the fact that a computer has been compromised, according to Trend Micro.
April Fools’ may be no joke for computer users
Computer experts waited early Wednesday to see what impact — if any — the worm known as Conficker.c will have on the world’s computers.
Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients?
At Imperial College London, medical students navigate a full-service hospital where they see patients, order X-rays, consult with colleagues and make diagnoses.
25-year-old rows across Atlantic alone
After almost 3,000 miles of rowing, bouts of seasickness, equipment failure and salt sores, Paul Ridley is back on land.
No joke in April Fool’s Day computer worm
A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool’s Day.
Crowded courtroom for start of Kercher murder trial
An American woman and her Italian former boyfriend went on trial in Perugia Friday in the 2007 killing of a British exchange student, with reporters crowding the courtroom as proceedings began. The cases of Amanda Knox, 21, and 24-year-old Raffaele Sollecito are expected to take months.
Alibi undermined in Kercher murder trial
A grocer has told a court in Italy that an American woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher was in his shop the morning after the death, contradicting the timeline she had previously given. Amanda Knox, 21, has said she was at the home of her former boyfriend and co-accused Raffaele Sollecito, 24, until 10 a.m. on the day after Knox’s roommate, Meredith Kercher, was stabbed to death
Artist uses optical tricks to create ‘moving’ murals
A huge mural greets visitors to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston.