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Are Cyber-Weapons Effective? Assessing Stuxnet's Impact on the Iranian Enrichment Programme

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:11:40 +0200

Are Cyber-Weapons Effective? Assessing Stuxnet's Impact on the Iranian Enrichment Programme :

When news of Stuxnet first emerged, many thought that it had caused a major setback to Iran’s uranium-enrichment programme. Ivanka Barzashka argues instead that while Stuxnet may have had the potential to seriously damage Iranian centrifuges, evidence of the worm’s impact is circumstantial and inconclusive. Her analysis of the related data shows that the 2009 version of Stuxnet was neither very effective nor well-timed and, in hindsight, may have been of net benefit to Tehran.

Cities and their millionaireseconomist.com Which city has the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:45:44 +0200

Cities and their millionaires
economist.com

Which city has the most millionaires?
MORE millionaires live in Tokyo than in any other city, according to a new report from WealthInsight, a consultancy. The city, which boasts 460,700 indi …

Quelle parole “ultraconservate” che raccontano...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:38:30 +0200

Quelle parole “ultraconservate” che raccontano l’origine delle lingue
(red), lescienze.it

Una serie di parole “ultraconservate”, che si mantengono nel corso dei millenni con minime variazioni in diversi ceppi linguistici, testimonia l’esistenza di un’antica origine comune per le lingue ind …

Crisi, la ricerca: i suicidi sono aumentati del 10-15% in due anni

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:21:33 +0200

Crisi, la ricerca: i suicidi sono aumentati del 10-15% in due anni:

Redazione, ilfattoquotidiano.it

I suicidi legati alla crisi sono aumentati del 10-15 per cento negli ultimi due anni. La stima è stata fatta da Maurizio Pompili, direttore del servizio per la prevenzione del suicidio dell’ospedale S.Andrea di Roma,…

I suicidi legati alla crisi sono aumentati del 10-15 per cento negli ultimi due anni.

Tax in cyberspace

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:19 +0200

Tax in cyberspace:

economist.com

Online retailers may soon have to collect sales tax. Amazon, oddly, is gloating
AMAZON, which became America’s biggest internet retailer by selling things more cheaply than anyone else, used to …

Why Mapping Your DNA Could Save Your Life Lauren Drell,...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:46:43 +0100

Why Mapping Your DNA Could Save Your Life
Lauren Drell, mashable.com

You may think you know yourself like the back of your hand, but unless you’ve been DNA tested, there’s probably a lot you don’t know about yourself. Within each of the 50 trillion cells in your body rests the microscopic DNA that programs your ent…

Why Mapping Your DNA Could Save Your Life

What Will You Create to Make the World Awesome? Greg McKeown,...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:42:12 +0100

What Will You Create to Make the World Awesome?
Greg McKeown, hbr.org

When web designer Ben Blumenfeld was working for a major TV network, he was responsible for creating websites for mainstream shows. One day, he made a breakthrough that led to a significant uptake on a show, but the success struck Ben in a way he …

Who are the Jesuits, exactly?economist.com THE election of Pope...

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:45:38 +0100

Who are the Jesuits, exactly?
economist.com

THE election of Pope Francis on March 13th was surprising for several reasons. He is the first pope from South America, making him the first non-European since the 8th century. He is also …

RELAZIONE SULLA POLITICA DELL’INFORMAZIONE PER LA SICUREZZA 2012

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:05:24 +0100

cyber spionaggio ad i danni dei think tank, oggi è il caso dell'aspen institute.

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:29:19 +0100

cyber spionaggio ad i danni dei think tank, oggi è il caso dell'aspen institute. :

Hackers spied on employees at the Aspen Institute for two months, snooping on their email correspondence before the FBI discovered the breach and traced its origin to China, executives at the think tank told The Huffington Post.

It was the second time the Washington-based Aspen Institute has been hacked in the past two years, according to Trent Nichols, its director of IT services. And it was the latest in a string of organizations, including Facebook, Apple and The New York Times, disclosing in recent weeks that their computer networks had been breached by hackers, including some that have been traced to China.

Photo Sharing!flickr.com

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:01:59 +0100

Photo Sharing!
flickr.com

"Un uomo non può possedere più di quanto il suo cuore possa amare."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:59:21 +0100

“Un uomo non può possedere più di quanto il suo cuore possa amare.”

Making guns at home: Ready, print, fire

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:59:29 +0100

Making guns at home: Ready, print, fire:

economist.com

LAST autumn Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas, leased a Stratasys 3D printer. He wanted to print a gun, and more—he and the group he founded, Defense Distributed, wante …

3D printing of guns and gun parts is making many people nervous

How to Pick the Next Pope

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:44:41 +0100

How to Pick the Next Pope:

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, hbr.org

A few years ago I was having dinner with a high school friend who had just been ordained as a bishop in the Catholic Church. He told me that he’d inherited two assistants, both older than 80, one of them almost deaf. I asked whether he’d received …

Google’s flu snafu and the reliability of web data Derrick...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:03:16 +0100

Google’s flu snafu and the reliability of web data
Derrick Harris, gigaom.com

Google Flu Trends significantly overestimated the number of Americans afflicted with flu-like symptoms during the season’s peak a couple months ago, but assuring accuracy is a big part of the puzzle any time we’re talking about web data.
The web…

What does "-4^(1/4)" mean and why is it connected to porn?

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:27:57 +0100

What does "-4^(1/4)" mean and why is it connected to porn?:

If you type this equation -4^(1/4) into Google, the only results are hardcore porn. If you turn on safesearch, there are no results. I Googled things like “equation porn” and came up with nothing. Anyone have an explanation?

We’re Running Out of Resources, and It’s Going to Be...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:12:03 +0100

We’re Running Out of Resources, and It’s Going to Be OK
Kyle Wiens, hbr.org

The economy is broken. It’s not because of partisan bickering or the debt ceiling. It’s not because there is too much government spending or too little, too many taxes or too few. The problem cuts much deeper than that; it’s systemic and it’s glob…

“The economy is broken because the principles that make the marketplace thrive will eventually destroy it.”

Are Drones Watching Your Town?

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:47:18 +0100

Are Drones Watching Your Town?:

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, mashable.com

Have you ever wondered if drones can fly over your head? That’s still a very tough question to answer thoroughly — but now we have a better idea of who has applied for permission to use flying bots in American airspaceThe Federal Aviation…

Why You Should Be Excited About the New Record for the Largest Prime Number

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:22:22 +0100

Why You Should Be Excited About the New Record for the Largest Prime Number :

Scoperto il più grande numero primo (17 milioni di cifre). Perchè dobbiamo essere eccitati di questa scoperta, nell’articolo allegato.

Troppa Tv, pochi spermatozoi

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:52:00 +0100

Troppa Tv, pochi spermatozoi:

Galileo (Giornale di Scienza), galileonet.it

Se siete uomini, anche se giovani e sani, e volete avere dei figli, c’è un oggetto da cui dovete stare assolutamente lontani: la televisione. E’ quanto suggerisce uno studio della Harvard School of Public Health, che ha…

“20 ore di televisione settimanali diminuiscono quasi del 50% la quantità di spermatozoi. “