Easter egg Software easter eggs are secret screens, videos, graphics, or other type of message that has been buried in an application. Typically, easter eggs are used to display the credits for the development team or to display a humorous message. Easter eggs are intended to be fun and can be found in any type …
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1024-bit RSA encryption cracked by carefully starving CPU of electricity
By Sean Hollister Mar 9th 2010 http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/1024-bit-rsa-encryption-cracked-by-carefully-starving-cpu-of-ele/ Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts (and 1,500 years of processing time) felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year. Now, three eggheads (or Wolverines, …