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Unique Mineral Discovered In Australia | Popular Science - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 24 Apr 14
     
    "While dozens of new minerals are discovered each year, it is rare to find one that is unrelated to already-known substances."
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Rent-to-own PCs surreptitiously captured users' most intimate moments | Ars Technica - 0 views

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2012 security malware spyware fraud USA Canada Australia

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  • The software, known as PC Rental Agent, was developed by Pennsylvania-based DesignerWare. It was licensed by more than 1,617 rent-to-own stores in the US, Canada, and Australia to report the physical location of rented PCs. A feature known as Detective Mode also allowed licensees to surreptitiously monitor the activities of computer users. Managers of rent-to-own stores could use the feature to turn on webcams so anyone in front of the machine would secretly be recorded. Managers could also use the software to log keystrokes and take screen captures.
  • In some cases, webcam activations captured images of children, individuals not fully clothed, and people engaged in sexual activities, the complaint alleged. Rental agreements never disclosed the information that was collected, FTC lawyers said.
  • PC Rental Agent also had the capability to display fake registration pages for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Yahoo Messenger. When customers entered their names, addresses, and other personal information in the forms, the data was sent to DesignerWare servers and then e-mailed to the rent-to-own licensees.
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Climate change is 'absolutely' linked to wildfires, says UN chief | The Verge - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 22 Oct 13
     
    "The head of a United Nations committee on climate change said this week that global warming is "absolutely" linked to a recent spate of wildfires and heat waves, while calling upon international leaders to address the matter with more urgency. Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), made the comments in a recent interview with CNN, as massive brushfires continue to rage across Australia"
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