Friday, 20. September 2013

Douglas Adams was RIGHT! TINY ALIENS invaded Earth, say boffins


Aliens rained down on Earth from space, sprinkling microbes on our once lifeless planet, according to boffins from the University of Sheffield.

And the scientists claim they managed to photograph one of the extraterrestrial blighters from a balloon.

The balloon was launched to a height of 27km, which the eggheads argue puts it above the usual height of any terrestrial microbes floating around the atmosphere.

theregister.co.uk

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Journey of Guitar Solo


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Crowdfunded Bounty For Hacking iPhone 5S Fingerprint Authentication


There's more than $13,000 pledged for a crowdfunded bounty for bypassing an iPhone 5S's fingerprint reader. The bounty, set up by a security expert and an exploit reseller requires entrants to lift prints 'like from a beer mug.' It has a website — IsTouchIDHackedYet — and payments are pledged by tweets using #IsTouchIDHackedYet. One drawback: the scheme appears to rely on trust that sponsors will actually pay up

slashdot.org

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