Laser strikes against airplanes now an "epidemic," says FBI

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Check out the Dealmaster every Monday in October! Top stories: Oct 05 - Oct 12 Features "Can you fix my Windows 95 computer?": How to troll a tech support scammer by Jon Brodkin Pity the poor employees of companies like "Windows Technical Support"—scammers who make money by "fixing" computers that were never broken in the first place. For the people who pose as Windows support technicians and cold call unsuspecting victims to warn them about bogus viruses, life is good as long as they can wrangle credit card numbers and remote PC access from the gullible. Read More Scientific Method That smooth SpaceX launch? Turns out one of the engines came apart by John Timmer Those of us who watched the live feed of last night's Falcon 9 launch could be forgiven for assuming that everything went according to plan. All the reports that came through over the audio were heavy on the word "nominal," and the craft successfully entered an orbit that has it on schedule to dock with the International Space Station on Wednesday. But over night, SpaceX released a slow-motion video of what they're calling an "anomaly." Read More Gear & Gadgets Laser strikes against airplanes now an "epidemic," says FBI by Nate Anderson You may not be the kind of person who gets his kicks by standing at the end of a runway and firing a small laser into the cockpit of jets during their takeoffs and landings—but plenty of other people are. In 2005, the FBI only heard about 283 such incidents; this year, it expects to record 3,700. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories New date pegged for alleged "iPad mini" event: October 23 EU regulators unimpressed by genetically modified crop study Dell's $1,200 XPS 12 makes it easy to put the top down Playback: RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, 18 months later Anonymous declares war on WikiLeaks in retaliation for "paywall" Reading someone's Gmail doesn't violate federal statute, court finds Linux Foundation to offer signed solution for UEFI Secure Boot conundrum Top Rackspace lawyer: "We'd love to get rid of software patents" EPA fracking investigation in Wyoming revisited after objections Office 2013 reaches RTM, general availability planned for Q1 2013 Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.