http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Comments & Reviews of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm on StumbleUpon en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:13 -0800 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:37:47 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:17:35 -0700 http://aroman007.stumbleupon.com/review/25060722/ aroman007 - Computer Viruses Make it to Orbit]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:09:59 -0700 http://zaibatt.stumbleupon.com/review/24859694/ zaibatt - it was not the first time computer viruses had travelled into space and it was investigating how the machines were infected.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:52:35 -0700 http://lambdoid.stumbleupon.com/review/24848797/ Lambdoid - Did it take out the alien mothership or are we all still doomed?]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:29:43 -0700 http://dataharm.stumbleupon.com/review/24828159/ DataHarm - From the page: "Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG."]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:32:02 -0700 http://emberjohn.stumbleupon.com/review/24827167/ EmberJohn - A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS)]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:01:59 -0700 http://chikoos.stumbleupon.com/review/24822452/ chikoos - From the page: "A computer virus is alive and well on the International Space Station (ISS)."]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:28:47 -0700 http://virustechie.stumbleupon.com/review/24818879/ virustechie - Virus Technology Mcafee Enterprise edition 7.1,Notron Antirus and Trend Micro are very good Anti virus Tools. Ryan Pereira Landline(mumbai)-91-22-23876133 mobile-9819283345 birth address-4,Nirmala Mahal,Bomanji Petit Road,South Mumbai-36.Landmark St.Stephens Parish,Maharashtra.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:22:55 -0700 http://gemjeweled.stumbleupon.com/review/24817207/ gemjeweled - Viruses are lucky to make it into space, but I don't think its writer made it into space too.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:28:56 -0700 http://dethmonger.stumbleupon.com/review/24811253/ dethmonger -

"Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG."

What do you expect when you run Windoze? One reviewer asks why NASA doesn't run Linux (which is much more secure against viral attack). Well, they do... when it counts. Linux, and many open source applications, are used in mission critical applications, for instance in controlling the Mars Rovers. What did Jeff Norris, a senior computer scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who headed development of the rover's Science Activity Planner (SAP) software have to say?

"Among the components we used, we found the open source components to be of far greater quality" Hmmmm...]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:01:55 -0700 http://mershaullk.stumbleupon.com/review/24810606/ Mershaullk - From the page: "Nasa said it was not the first time computer viruses had travelled into space and it was investigating how the machines were infected." Astronauts get lonely too...]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7583805.stm