Who’da thought hiding passwords behind asterisks as you entered the characters could be a security problem? …read more Source:: Linux
Day: February 4, 2020
Pluto’s icy heart makes winds blow
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•A ‘beating heart’ of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto’s winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
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•Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we …read more Source:: Science
Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other
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•Even though they are inanimate objects, sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other. A team from the University of Cambridge has found that as they move, sand dunes interact with …read more Source:: Science
Major Japanese hardware vendor joins Open Invention Network
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•Usually, it’s Linux and open-source companies which join the Linux patent consortium Open Invention Network. Now, Japanese hardware firm Taiyo Yuden, realizing technology’s future lies with open source, has joined …read more Source:: Linux