From Security Watch/PC Magazine:

The problem with most hacking attacks is that the source of them is, fundamentally, unverifiable.

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp’s (LMT.N) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program may be discontinued if the next round of testing this summer does not go well, a top Air Force official said on Friday.

“I think that if this next round of missiles does not perform well, that it will not be positive for the program,” David Van Buren, acting assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition, told reporters when asked how long the Air Force would maintain funding for the program despite years of technical problems.

He said performance on the program had not met the Air Force’s expectations and it was essential that the missile perform better on tests scheduled for late summer.

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My Comment: This will be one hell of an effective weapon once all the kinks are ironed out.

A Tanzanian health institute is testing the use of a fungus to stop the spread of malaria. The Daily News Leonard Mwakalebla reports on the research going on at the IFAKARA Health institute.

IFAKARA Health Institute (IHI) has embarked on research experiment of infecting mosquitoes with fungus with view to killing the insect and subsequently combat malaria disease.

Very sad. I sure hope I’ll have future chances to use my arsenal of Fred & Geri pics.

“Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.