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Submission + - Patents show Google Fi was envisioned before the iPhone was released (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: Contrary to reports, Google didn't become a mobile carrier with the introduction of Google Fi. Google Fi was launched to prove that a network-of-networks serves smartphone users better than a single mobile carrier's network. Patents related to Google Fi, filed in early 2007, explain Google's vision – smartphones negotiate for and connect to the fastest network available. The patent and Google Fi share a common notion that the smartphone should connect to the fastest network available, not a single carrier's network that may not provide the best performance. It breaks the exclusive relationship between a smartphone and a single carrier.

Submission + - Pirate Bay Blockade Censors CloudFlare Customers (torrentfreak.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The blockade of the Pirate Bay by UK ISPs is causing trouble for CloudFlare customers. Several websites have been inadvertently blocked by Sky because a Pirate Bay proxy is hosted behind the same IP-addresses. In a response, CloudFlare threatened to disconnect the proxy site from its network.

Like any form of censorship web blockades can sometime lead to overblocking, targeting perfectly legitimate websites by mistake.

This is also happening in the UK where Sky’s blocking technology is inadvertently blocking sites that have nothing to do with piracy.

Submission + - Apple Watch Launches (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Apple Watch's release date has arrived, and retailers around the world have quietly begun putting them on their shelves. Reviews have been out for a while, including thoughtful ones from John Gruber and Nilay Patel. Apple has published a full user guide for the software, and iFixit has published a full teardown to take a look at the hardware. They give it a repairability score of 5 out of 10, saying that the screen and battery are easily replaced, but not much else is. Though Apple designated the watch "water-resistant" rather than "waterproof", early tests show it's able to withstand a shower and a swim in the pool without failing. Ars has an article about the difficulty of making games for the Apple Watch

Submission + - Microsoft, Chip Makers Working on Hardware DRM for Windows 10 PCs (pcworld.com) 1

Submitted by writertype
writertype writes: Last month, Microsoft began talking about PlayReady 3.0, which adds hardware DRM to secure 4K movies. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm are all building it in, according to Microsoft. Years back, a number of people got upset when Hollywood talked about locking down "our content". So how important is hardware DRM in this day and age?

Submission + - Russia ends effort to build a nuclear-powered rocket engine

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The Russian government has decided to shut down its research project to build a nuclear rocket engine for interplanetary travel in space.

The idea of using nuclear power for propulsion in space has been around since the 1960s, and has shown great promise. It would provide far more power for less fuel than any existing engine. The U.S. unfortunately abandoned this research in the 1960s, partly because of the cut-backs after winning the space race and partly because of environmental protests that fear anything to do with nuclear. If the Russians had followed through, it would have given them an advantageous position in any competition to colonize the planets.

Submission + - A Complete Guide To The 5 Cybersecurity Bills Now Before Congress

Submitted by blottsie
blottsie writes: At press time, the House had passed two cybersecurity bills, one Senate bill had been passed out of committee and reported to the full chamber for a final vote, and a third House bill and a second Senate bill were awaiting review by the appropriate committee. The two House bills that passed earlier this week will be combined and sent to the Senate, but the Senate won't take up them up directly; instead, it will vote on its own two bills. It's complicated, so here's a quick breakdown of the key details.

Submission + - After Hacks, A Dark Web Email Provider Says a Government Spied on Its Users (vice.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: About a week ago, the administrator of an email provider that caters to âdark web denizensâ"be they security-conscious journalists, dissidents living in repressive regimes, or even criminalsâ"noticed that someone was trying to hack their service...

Comment Re: Have they considered (Score 1) 114

Some persons are real jackasses, especially online. They will follow you, sometimes to different forums too, and all they do is insult and denigrate you... Just because they can. And sometimes moderators aren't just enough.

If this law can teach them how to behave in a civil manner, then I welcome it. Unfortunately some persons learn to behave and leave others alone only if they actually risk something, like a big fine or jail. Sad, I agree, but I even had to stop logging in in many forums to get rid of one of them... and this shouldn't happen.

Couldn't you say block them??? On Slashdot you can block people, on Google+ you can block people, and Facebook you can block people, and any email service you can block people, what major site can you not block people?

Comment Re:Chimp interview ... (Score 1) 336

by lister king of smeg (#49521643) Attached to: Update: No Personhood for Chimps Yet

I think to be granted rights of a person you should;
A - Be able to ask un-coached to be considered a person. (to prevent some one from say training a chimp that sign language for "give me liberty" is rewarded with a banana and having no idea of what it is asking.
B- And pass a Turing test. (to prevent a simple script form filling out forms and DDoS the legal system with requests for person hood for computer viriuses.)

Comment Re:Trus but verify... not (Score 3) 67

The new Tor network, funded by the government, and with no back doors! Really, we promise!

Tor has always been funded by the government. The part that built Tor wants a secure way to communicate with undercover government operatives and foreign dissidents. the government isn't homogenous with one goal it has competing faction with their own conflicting goals.

Submission + - Security Companies Peddling Snake Oil - Buyer Beware Says Paul Vixie

Submitted by penciling_in
penciling_in writes: There are no silver bullets in Internet security, warns Paul Vixie in a co-authored piece along with Cyber Security Specialist, Frode Hmmedal: "Just as 'data' is being sold as 'intelligence', a lot of security technologies are being sold as 'security solutions' rather than what they for the most part are, namely very narrow focused appliances that, as a best case, can be part of your broader security effort." We have to stop playing "cops and robbers" and pretending that all of us are potential targets of nation-states, or pretending that any of our security vendors are like NORAD, warn the authors.

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