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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Is Your Car Safe From Hackers?

Interconnected computer systems provide openings for attackers.

By Erica Naone

This week researchers will present a study showing what could happen if a determined hacker went after the computer systems embedded in cars. The researchers found that, among other things, an attacker...

158 feared dead in India plane crash



By the CNN Wire Staff

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

All but three bodies recovered from charred wreck of plane
Eight of 166 passengers aboard plane taken to hospital
Plane overshot the runway, crashed into valley and burst into flames
Boeing 737 flew from Dubai, UAE to Mangalore in southern India...

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 9:10 AM on 21st May 2010

Married men be warned: Don't enjoy yourself too much.

Research shows that if you're happier than your wife, you could soon be heading for the divorce courts.

Economists have identified a phenomenon called the 'Happiness Gap', which states that the bigger the difference...

A Russian man is hoping to overhaul the technology within Taser-type weapons -- transforming them from single-shot, short-range devices that stun for a few seconds, into more effective long-range, rapid-fire weapons -- by modifying the wires and the type of shock they generate.

Traditionally, remote electroshock weapons work by firing a pair of...

May 20, 2010

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and AMY SCHOENFELD

In Yonkers, more than 100 retired police officers and firefighters are collecting pensions greater than their pay when they were working. One of the youngest, Hugo Tassone, retired at 44 with a base pay of...