Do you remember the magnetic card spoofer in Terminator 2? It was a bit farfetched because apparently the device could be swiped through a reader and magically come up with working account numbers and pin numbers. We’re getting close to that kind of magic with [Jaroslaw's] card spoofer that is button-programmable.
Building off of a project that allows spoofing via an iPod and electromagnet, [Jaroslaw] wanted something that doesn’t require a computer to put together the card code. He accomplished this by interfacing a 20-button keyboard and a character LCD with an AVR ATmega168 microcontroller. Card codes can be…

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Want to scale a system which can handle over 300 million monthly users, approximately half of which are logging in daily? It’s not an easy task however Facebook has managed to pull off an impressive feat but as many users are noticing: not everything is working as it should. The primary problems exist for the minority, yet rapidly growing population, of hyper-connected individuals who have thousands of contacts. So what’s going wrong?

Facebook Scales Horizontally
Facebook has been the most effective platform so far for attracting a large volume of users on a global scale. In an interview with Fast…

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Academics at the University of Warwick believe they are the first to use the processors as a cheap way to conduct “parallel processing”. Parallel computing is where a number of processors are run in tandem, allowing a system to rapidly crunch data. Researchers traditionally have to book time on a dedicated “cluster” system or splash out setting up a network of PCs. Instead, the Warwick team harnessed a single Xbox 360 Graphical Processing Unit (GPU). The chip was able to perform parallel processing functions at a fraction of the cost a traditional systems. Dr Simon Scarle, a researcher on the…

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The rupee dropped on Monday in tandem with lower stock markets, which could slow down foreign inflows, and a stronger dollar overseas. At 10:57 a.m. (0527 GMT), the partially convertible rupee was at 48.68/69 per dollar, 0.4 percent weaker than its previous close of 48.48/49. It had risen 0.9 percent last week. “It is the same old story — stocks are down, so the rupee has also weakened,” said Ashtosh Raina, head of foreign exchange trading at HDFC Bank. He expected the day’s range at 48.50-48.80. Shares dropped 0.9 percent early as weak Asian markets encouraged…

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The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real 39 s revolutionary new Harmony technology RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices including the Apple iPod RealPlayer is the only digital media player you need for finding and downloading new music playing and managing audio and video clips and taking your digital entertainment with you RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand Keep all your digital media clips organized in one place save CD tracks with one click pause and rewind live…

A breach at Network Solutions has exposed details for more than 500,000 credit and debit cards after hackers penetrated a system it used to deliver e-commerce services and planted software that diverted transactions to a rogue server, the hosting company said late Friday.
The unauthorized software was in place from March 12 to June 8 and affected transactions Network Solutions processed on behalf of 4,343 merchant websites that mostly belonged to small businesses, spokeswoman Susan Wade said. While the company discovered the software in early June, it waited until the close of business Friday to disclose the breach. Wade said…

Protect yourself against the possibility of writing bad checks.
The most important thing that you need to do in order to manage your checking account is simple: keep track of all of your transactions.  This might be annoying if you end up writing a lot of small checks for small things, but in the end it will definitely be worth it.  By writing down each check you write and the amount that they were for, you’ll know exactly how much money you have to spend, how much you have spent, and whether or not you can afford what you are…