Fingerprints provide new evidence

A technology to extract fingerprints from a crime scene could show if a criminal suspect has taken drugs or been in contact with explosives, reports the BBC.

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have developed a way to capture fingerprints that can identify substances touched, and secretions from a person's body.

This could provide new information about a suspect's actions and habits. Scientists hope the technology will be available to police within three years.

Members of Anonymous are developing a new attack tool as an alternative to the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) DDoS utility, according to The Register.

The move follows a spate of arrests thought to be connected to the use of the LOIC, which by default does nothing to hide a user's identity. The new tool, RefRef, due to be released in September, uses a different approach to knocking out Web sites.

LOIC floods a targeted site with transmission control protocolor user datagram protocol packets, a relatively unsophisticated yet effective approach, especially when thousands of users use the tool to join voluntary botnets.

Facebook says Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is leaving the company after six years, reports the Associated Press.

Facebook said yesterday that Zuckerberg, who had led Facebook's consumer marketing team, is leaving to start her own company. Facebook says the company is “grateful for her important service”.

Zuckerberg did not immediately respond to an e-mail for comment.

In LinkedIn's first earnings call as a public company, CEO Jeff Weiner revealed the site adds two new members every second, which is up from one member per second in November 2010, reveals The Washington Post.

In Q2 alone, LinkedIn added 14 million members, after passing the 100 million mark earlier this year.

Weiner also said the network is now north of 120 million members, so LinkedIn has added five million members in the past month.