Archive for March 2010

CAT Scan, Literally

Computed axial tomography scan— Scan—is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing. And cats’ groins. That’s what inventors thought at the beginning, anyway. Then they got rid of the cats.

The Coolest Invention Ever: Smokeless Caffeine Cigarettes

A Harvard professor has invented possibly the most useful caffeination product ever: caffeine (no nicotine, only caffeine in air form).

The inhalable product, “Le Whif,” is going to be incredibly helpful in many Wall Street situations:

  • all nighters
  • too much coffee already in your stomach
  • hangovers

Mostly this is just a huge time saver. No waiting in line for coffee, no waiting for your machine to make coffee, no waiting for your coffee to cool down or waiting while you re-heat it in the microwave.

Just use Le Whif! It’s a “lipstick” style container that you pull open, insert into your mouth, and inhale. It’s equivalent to 1 shot of espresso (100 mg of caffeine).

This is going to be a huge hit. Especially for anyone who hates the taste of Red Bull, any caffeine product’s #1 competitor.

You will be able to buy it at Dylan’s candy bar in packs of three ($8) or individually ($3) later this month. Sadly, Dylan’s sold out of the product within three hours of unveiling it on Thursday. They are also sold out online.

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New password-stealing virus targets Facebook

Hackers have flooded the with virus-tainted spam that targets ’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.

The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc.

If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a program that steals passwords, McAfee said on Wednesday.

Hackers have long targeted Facebook users, sending them tainted messages via the social networking company’s own internal email system. With this new attack, they are using regular Internet email to spread their malicious software.

A Facebook spokesman said the company could not comment on the specific case, but pointed to a status update the company posted on its web site earlier on Wednesday warning users about the spoofed email and advising users to delete the email and to warn their friends.

McAfee estimates that hackers sent out tens of millions of spam across Europe, the United States and Asia since the campaign began on Tuesday.

Dave Marcus, McAfee’s director of malware research and communications, said that he expects the hackers will succeed in infecting millions of computers.

“With Facebook as your lure, you potentially have 400 million people that can click on the attachment. If you get 10 percent success, that’s 40 million,” he said.

The email’s subject line says “Facebook password reset confirmation customer support,” according to Marcus.

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