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Week 28 (July 9, 2012)

Techland | News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web | TIME.com
Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away

Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From traces of drugs or gun powder on your clothes to what you had for breakfast to the adrenaline level in your body—agents will be able to get any information they want without even touching you

Hackers Expose 453,000 Yahoo! User Accounts | Geekosystem
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Have you had to change your login information in a paranoid fever after discovering that a major online service provider has been hacked in the last few weeks? Well, if you have a Yahoo! account, you might have some worrying to do. A hacker group called D33DS Company has apparently dumped 453,492 usernames and passwords obtained in plaintext from a Yahoo! service.

Ars Technica is reporting that usernames and passwords allegedly from Yahoo! were posted online by the D33DS Company group. Other sources indicate that the user information was specifically from the Yahoo! Voice service, formally known as Associated Content.