Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild?; The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus

Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger | Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?  To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild? The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger Emma Watson Photo Leak Threat Was Hoax Aimed at Taking Down 4chan Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?   Hot Comment: "Finally! Wi-Fi enabled thermostats have found a set of customers who..." From the Vault: The Stigma of a Tech Support Background Watch It: Sci-Fi Predictions, True and False Poll Booth: It's Banned Books Week; I recommend ... Sponsored Resource: Develop in the Cloud, Deploy Anywhere Bash Remote Exploit Vulnerability Already in the Wild? The recently disclosed bug in bash was bad enough as a theoretical exploit. But now, Ars Technica reports,  "The vulnerability reported in the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) yesterday, dubbed 'Shellshock,' may already have been exploited in the wild to take over Web servers as part of a botnet." And some experts say it could be worse than Heartbleed. Sound Off>> The Amazing Bendable iPhone 6 Plus iPhone 6 Plus weighs six ounces, and it's a scant 7.1mm thick. As an added bonus, according to a number of users, it has a hidden feature -- it bends! Hot Hardware reports, "And no, we don't mean it bends in a 'Hey, what an awesome feature!' sort of way. More like a 'Hey, the entire phone is near to snapping' kind of way." Sound Off>> Google Science Fair Winners Take On World Hunger Three Irish teenagers have won the Google Science Fair 2014 with their project, Combating the Global Food Crisis. The project's aim is to provide a solution to low crop yields by pairing a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that naturally occurs in the soil with cereal crops it does not normally associate with, such as barley and oats. And the results were incredible. Sound Off>> Emma Watson Photo Leak Threat Was Hoax Aimed at Taking Down 4chan After Emma Watson gave a speech on the need for feminism to the United Nations, 4chan users reportedly threatened to release nude photos of the Harry Potter star in retaliation, setting up a website with a countdown clock. Now it has been revealed that the site was an elaborate hoax intended to publicize a movement to shut down 4chan. Sound Off>> Why Is Job Hunt for Computer Science Ph.D. Coming Up Dry?   An anonymous reader, who recently completed a Ph.D. in computer science and is not having any luck so far finding a job: "Online resume submittals get no response and there is no way to contact anybody. When I do manage to get a technical interview, it is either 'not a good match' after I do the interviews or get rejected after an overly technical question ... What am I doing wrong?" Sound Off>> Customers for Wi-Fi enabled thermostats "Finally! Wi-Fi enabled thermostats have found a set of customers who have a genuine need for them: security researchers. But if the thermostats were truly secure, even that small market would dry up. After all, who wants to play a game that can never be won? Personally, rather than buy a Wi-Fi thermostat, I've been training my cat to..." --by Marginal Coward Read More>>   The Stigma of a Tech Support Background Six years ago, an anonymous reader, who works in tech support while searching for a "real job," wondered if the choice was wise: "I've had several employers tell me to my face, and in rejection letters, that my 'professional background' isn't what they're looking for even when they've clearly stated that they're looking for recent graduates. In fact, a few have even told me that they decided against hiring me simply because I've worked in tech support at a call center for the last two years. I'm wondering if others have experienced similar problems and if there are any good ways to get employers to realize that my experience from tech support is actually a good thing and not a sign of incompetence." Read More>>   Sci-Fi Predictions, True and False From Star Trek's communicators to nanotech and cloning, science fiction is the domain of predicting future technology. But we rarely stop to account for which predictions come true, which don't, and which are fulfilled in... unexpected ways. A panel--that included a forensic science expert, a professor, and an expert in Aeronautical Management--at a recent science fiction convention in Detroit explored this subject in depth. The panelists ran down a list of science fiction predictions, both successful and unsuccessful, and evaluated how realistic or far-fetched each now seems. 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