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Everyone relies on their
ATM cards pretty frequently -- after all, there's no better (or, often, more necessary) way to start your evening than with a $40 quickdraw from your favorite local money machine. Well, you may want to think twice (that is, if you're among the paranoid security-minded types) next time you whip out that thin piece of plastic. A group of researchers at Algorithmic Research (ARX), an Israeli security firm, published a paper two weeks ago describing a
very serious flaw inherent in most ATMs. Apparently, between the time that you input your PIN and the time that the machine spits out your cash, a dataset containing your PIN and account number is encrypted and decrypted a few times while being routed along the banking network -- and somewhere along that point, it's conceivable that those numbers could be intercepted. MSNBC reports that while no attacks using this method have been detected, the US Secret Service is already on the case, and that while Visa and the American Bankers Association are acknowledging the problem, both are dismissing the hacking scenario as being unlikely. Still, we might consider busting out that money belt sometime soon, getting the USSS on the job means it could be big. [Warning: PDF link]
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time
Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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While this is a good mouse with nice software, consumers should be sure to also check out Apple's similarly priced wireless Mighty Mouse, which has a more stable Bluetooth connection.
Their decline is irreversible, says banking industry body
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An anonymous reader writes "CNETTV.co.uk has up a video interview with Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario. Charles talks about flying out to Japan to record five games, including Super Mario Galaxy, and about his gaming experiences pre-Mario, which were made up of Pong, Pac-Man and Tank. The most interesting part of the video has to be when Charles discusses how he came up with the voice of Mario, which didn't exactly start off sounding like the Mario we know and love today."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Dre wraps up the '07 Thanksgiving holiday with the world's greatest wine pitchman.
The adventure continues with downloadable content and free pack to release mid-December 2008.
122 new shots posted.
Criminals have been using social engineering skills to gain access to AT&T networks and mimic emergency calls.
New Gameplay clip for Turok!
Expansion hits retail this week, PlayStation Store next Thursday.
Ben Cross has been cast as Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock in the upcoming Star Trek feature film.
Redline99 released a new version of Xbox Backup Creator(info (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/XboxBackupCreator.php )), a tool that will allow you to easily dump, create/patch and burn Xbox and Xbox 360 images with full support for SS, DMI and PFI.
What's new/fixed:
* Added - Added support for Kreon's SH-D163B firmware
* Added - Added support for Kreon's SH-D162D firmware
* Added - Verify Disc button on the Drive Tools(info (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/DriveTools.php )) Tab
* Added - Added option to do a Verify Disc after a Burn (Note: Used ImgBurns build in Verify when selected)
Official Site: n/a, by Redline99
Download: here (http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/xbox360pc/isotools/Xbox_Backup_Creator_v2.7.0.265.zip )
Full Readme: xbins.org (http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1641.nfo )
daveewart writes "BBC News reports that the UK Building Society Nationwide has admitted that a laptop containing account records of more than 11 million customers has been stolen from an employee's home. This story raises a number of worrying questions: The theft happened three months ago, why has the news only just been made public? Why was it possible (indeed, why was it necessary at all) to put data relating to their entire customer base on an employee's laptop stored at an employee's home? Why was the information on the laptop not encrypted?"
Things got off to a very good start for the new Sci Fi original series Estate of Panic. The show took in 1.3 million viewers in its premiere, which took place last Wednesday, November 12th. This earned Panic the spot as best premiere performance ever for a Sci Fi original reality series leading out of Ghost Hunters in the Adult 18-34 and Adult 25-54 demographics.
IGN: "The DS Lite regained the top spot in Japanese hardware sales during October 2007 after PSP claimed the title in September. According to Famitsu, the dual screens moved 318,000 units last month. Sony's handheld wasn't far behind, though, with 279,000 sold. The portable duo left all the home consoles in the dust.
The Wii came in a distant third with 110,415 units sold. The numbers drop off considerably from there: 47,183 for the PlayStation 3, 45,447 for the PS2, and 18,717 for the Xbox 360".
But there are winners and losersÂ…
Top spot for second weekend straight, but Bond is coming.
Date Added: Bush gives Obama a tour... 11/10/2008 22:37
Chainsaw Maid
The Pitch: “THEY are coming for your FLESH and BLOOD! Now the last hope of the family rests on a sexy faithful MAID! The most brutal clay-animation you’ve ever seen!” Thanks to Jorge H for the tip.
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You could be a red shirt.
This is a video I foind on themagicschool.com .Enjoy the trick....
Bionic Commando, Super Mario Galaxy, Manhunt 2, and more.
TV spot for Twilight focuses on the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.
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It may have only been a few days since the second generation iPod shuffle was officially released, and somebody has already managed to take the little bugger apart. What did they find in it? A small circuit board, obviously. All that is needed is some tiny tools and delicate hands. Follow the linkage for the step-by-step tutorial. – Travis Hudson
iPod Shuffle 2nd Generation Disassembly [ifixit]
In addition to recent reports that Ridge Racer 7 can be installed to the PlayStation 3 hard drive, GamePro has learned of additional details.
Industry rating board says Take-Two is not culpable for AO-rated violence accessible through mods to M-rated action adventure.
Reporting a $33.5 million loss during July-September quarter, publisher says PS3 game delays will affect its holiday revenues; Stranglehold ships 1 million units.
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We interview BJ at the Intel booth talking about their latest technology, like their quad core technology. Gil is about to multiply his groove just like on the commercial, come see him dance.
12 new shots posted.
Reuters reports that Activision's Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was the top game last week.
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Some questions regarding the PlayStation 3 Eye have been addressed by Sony with the obvious answer to one questions being "Taking that into account, gamers can't have webcam chats with PC users, since the PlayStation Network is a closed network".
According to developer build notes leaked on the web, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard's new Finder and "almost all" other graphical apps will be delivered using Cocoa. Here's why, and what benefit this additional use of Cocoa will provide to users.
Two million YouTube viewers recently sought the answer to the question, "Can water burn?"
"The second Orange Box 360 update has been released by Valve! This time, the focus is primarily on Team Fortress 2. What, exactly, have they changed?
- Reduced network bandwidth usage in multiplayer.
- Improved overall game performance.
- Arranged search results to favor preferred host conditions.
- Improved searching for ranked games.
- Addressed a possible false report of too little storage space on larger hard drives". - Gamernode
The Mac Pro reverses course from the Power Mac G5, adding more hard-drive bays—which you can set up in a striped RAID volume—and making them easier to access.
Reader Comments of the Week
ZDNet Education: "She hates computers in general and change in particular, using computers for simple communication, Internet research, and basic productivity tasks. She didn’t like Fedora or OpenSUSE during her brief sojourn with each over the last few days."
What will Hollywood do if the Writers Guild strikes?
Hire Alex Perez, “Helping Hollywood in its Time of Need”. (...)
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Bored at work? How about drumming away on this drum mousepad, simultaneously passing the time and annoying your office mates. Why is this cool? Because it's a drum set in your mousepad, that's why. Everything on that drum picture makes the correct sound when you pound it with your finger. You can even record 30 of your own drum "rhythms" for later use, which is 28 more rhythms than we can concurrently hold in our heads at once.
Best of all, it's only $39.95, which is cheaper than an actual drum set, and makes it all the less painful when your wife throws it away. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Hammacher via The Raw Feed]
Bill Maher kicks ass!
At some point last night, the Daily News fed the Web address above into its RSS feed. The XML file appears to have been subsequently cleansed, but Google Reader still has the original address, attached to the much tamer headline, "Side Dish: Juliette Lewis isn't into 'Gossip'." Clicking it is a dead end, of course, but we're now way more intrigued by what the tabloid's gossip section didn't say than by anything it could have possibly printed about Jared Kushner's girlfriend. Maybe it's a clever bit of reverse psychology, hyping tomorrow's Rush & Molloy. Anyone care to 
