Topic: SCIENCE - on May 31, 2009 at 2:17:00 PM CEST
World's Most Powerful Laser Unveiled
The world's most powerful laser was dedicated at the Livermore National Laboratory in California. It's designed to shore up the nation's aging nuclear weapons.
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Topic: TV - on May 31, 2009 at 1:05:00 PM CEST
Jay Leno’s Last Show
Jay Leno had his last show Friday night, turning over the show to Conan O’Brien.
Jay Leno took over “The Tonight Show” back in 1992 from Johnny Carson. And now after 3800 shows, Leno passes the Tonight Show on to Conan O’Brien.
Leno, 58, thanks everyone that helped make the show No. 1. Jay’s eyes filled with tears although he was still smiling.
Thankfully, Leno will remain with NBC and be hosting a new primetime show at 10 p.m. weekdays.
Leno’s show finale opened with a standing ovation from the audience and a monologue targeting politicians and other favorites.
“Seventeen years,” he began. “I want to thank all the people who made it possible. Michael Jackson, Monica Lewinsky, Bill Clinton. We could not have done this show without them.”
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno wikipedia.org Clippers take it on the chin in Jay Leno's final monologue Jay Leno signs off Tonight Show Video
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Topic: FUN - on May 31, 2009 at 1:00:00 PM CEST
Some Ridiculous Shoes
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Topic: SECURITY - on May 31, 2009 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
L0phtcrack ist zurück
Statt der Rückkehr des Duke gibt es nun die Rückkehr des legendären Passwortcrackers L0phtcrack – und zwar in Version 6. Nach dem Kauf des unter anderem aus den L0pht Heavy Industries hervorgegangenen Unternehmens @stake durch Symantec war L0phtcrack vom Markt verschwunden. Das ehemalige L0phtcrack-Team aus Christien Rioux, Chris Wysopal und Peiter Zatkhat (Mudge) hat Anfang des Jahres die Rechte an dem Tool von Symantec zurückgekauft und es weiterentwickelt.
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Topic: SECURITY - on May 31, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again
L0phtCrack — now 12 years old — used to be a security 'tool of choice' for black hats, pen-testers, and security auditors alike — that is, until it was sold by L0pht to @stake, then Symantec, to be released and subsequently dropped as LC 5. As an IT security consultant, I used this tool to regularly expose vulnerabilities or recover data when there were few other options available. Eventually, I let it go as tech evolved away. Now, after being returned to its original developers, version 6 was released this week with fresh features: support for 64-bit multiprocessors, (current) Unix and Windows operating systems, and a number of other features, including enhanced handling of NTLM password hashes and support for rainbow tables. Interested parties, especially consultants, will find this shiny new version sports a hefty price tag. It raises doubts in my mind whether it can effectively compete with open source alternatives that go by similar names, but as I found earlier versions so useful, its re-emergence seems worth the mention.
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Topic: FUN - on May 31, 2009 at 12:48:00 PM CEST
Einstein Says What?
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Topic: STRANGE - on May 31, 2009 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Change on Earth
Over the past decade, the number of people on Earth shot up by more than 13 percent, to nearly 6.8 billion people. To make room for all the hungry, breeding, CO2-emitting bodies on our small planet, we’ve ravaged Earth’s surface with staggering feats of deforestation, irrigation and urbanization — and NASA satellites have captured it all. Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted on NASA’s Earth Observatory, of some of the most impressive conquests of man over environment.
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