Tools of the Trade - Blended Wing Body

Blended Wing Body, or BWB, designates an alternative airframe design which incorporates design features from both a traditional tube and wing design into a hybrid flying wing configuration. The claimed advantages (see Potential Advantages below) of the BWB approach are efficient high-lift wings and a wide airfoil-shaped body. This enables the entire craft to contribute to lift generation with the result of potentially increased fuel economy.

The innovative Boeing Blended Wing Body (BWB) research aircraft -- designated the X-48B -- flew for the first time last week at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in CA.

The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound unmanned test vehicle took off for the first time on July 20 and climbed to an altitude of 7,500 feet before landing 31 minutes later, according to Boeing.

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On to the tools....

On July 28th, Paint.NET 3.10 Beta was released. Check the history page for the details.

On July 27th, Wine 0.9.42 was released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.

On July 27th, Nessus 3.0.6.1 for Windows was released. This version fixes a security problem which exists on every version of Nessus 3.0.x for Windows with regards to the NessusGUI.exe interface which registers an ActiveX which contains a security vulnerability.

On July 25th, ClamAV/SOSDG for Windows v0.91.1-1 was released. ClamAV/SOSDG is a port of the powerful ClamAV anti-virus software package from UNIX/Linux to Windows using the Cygwin compatibility layer. It has been tweaked to the best of our abilities while still maintaing complete compatibility with the original version, allowing unmatched compatibility with other apps that can use ClamAV.

On July 25th, 7-Zip v4.51 Beta was released. Check the history page for all the details.

On July 24th, Tor 0.1.2.15 was released. Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Tor 0.1.2.15 fixes several crash bugs, fixes some anonymity-relatedproblems, fixes compilation on BSD, and fixes a variety of otherbugs.

On July 17th, Cain & Abel 4.9.5 was released. Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. New features:

• Added Windows Vista support for Active Wireless Scanner.
• Off-line capture file processing now compatible with 802.1Q Vlan encapsulation.
• Sniffer filter for LDAP passwords.
• Automatic Certificate Collector for LDAPS protocol.
• LDAPS Man-in-the-Middle Sniffer and password collector (TCP port 636).

Recently, McAfee released Rootkit Detective 1.0. McAfee Rootkit Detective 1.0 is a program designed and developed by McAfee Avert Labs to proactively detect and clean rootkits that are running on the system.