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Critical vulnerability affects latest VLC media player

2013-01-31 15:29:38| InfoWorld: Top News

Versions 2.0.5 and earlier of the popular VLC media player software contain a critical vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on computers. The vulnerability is located in the VLC component responsible for playing ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) video files, VideoLAN, the non-profit organization that develops the media player, said in a security advisory published on its website.

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Study finds urban waste heat affects temperatures across thousands of miles, warming some areas and cooling others

2013-01-28 12:30:21| Green Car Congress

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Wasted heat from large cities affects temperatures in distant regions

2013-01-27 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: The waste heat generated by large cities can affect temperatures in areas hundreds of miles away by changing wind patterns in the upper atmosphere, a study has found. Scientists have estimated that the heat released into the atmosphere from buildings, cars and factories could play a significant role in the warming and the cooling of locations in other countries. Using computer models of how heat is transported around the globe, the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change says that...

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Popularity Of Words Affects Public Acceptance Of Climate Change

2013-01-23 07:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: In an op-ed published last month in The New York Times, anthropologists R. Alexander Bentley and Michael J. OBrien previewed their study, Word Diffusion and Climate Science published in the open journal PLOS ONE. In last months article, they put forth an excellent explanation of how they studied the popularity of words and terms that rise and fall in the public lexicon. The method they used for their research is an invaluable tool that is open and available to anyone who can find an Internet...

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