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Comment Re:Faster is not necessarily better: Quality matte (Score 5, Informative) 101

by marcansoft (#46315575) Attached to: FFmpeg's VP9 Decoder Faster Than Google's

This is false. Decoding for modern video formats is strictly defined, and all decoders must produce bit-perfect output. You can add as many filters as you want after that, but that's a postprocessing step in the video player and has nothing to do with the decoder. Things like in-loop filters are strictly defined as part of the decoding process and must be there for the decoder to be considered correct.
Android

Drive-by Android Malware Exploits Unpatchable Vulnerability 120

Posted by timothy from the bad-people-are-out-there dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Attackers have crafted the E-Z-2-Use malware code that exploits a 14-month-old vulnerability in Android devices. The vulnerability exists in the WebView interface a malicious website can utilize it to gain a remote shell into the system with the permissions of the hijacked application. Vulnerable devices are any device that is running a version earlier than 4.2 (in which the vulnerability was patched) which is a staggeringly large amount of the market. The vulnerability is in Android itself rather than the proprietary GMS application platform that sits atop the base operating system so it is not easily patched by Google."
Medicine

Egg-free Flu Vaccines Provide Faster Pandemic Response 64

Posted by Soulskill from the not-that-we'll-stop-panicking-every-time-a-new-flu-comes-around dept.
eggboard writes "Jen A. Miller has an egg allergy of a variety that her doctor has told her could produce a severe reaction if she were vaccinated for the flu, as flu vaccines are grown from viral strains incubated in chicken eggs. But, she explains, two new approaches have been approved by the FDA and are in production that don't use eggs at all; they're on the market in small amounts already, but will be available in much larger quantities soon. It's not just about egg allergies: the new vaccine types (one relying in insect proteins and the other on animal proteins) provide a much faster turnaround time in response to flu pandemics — as little as two to three months from isolation of a strain to mass production instead of at least six months with eggs."

Comment Re:Why does Wikimedia hate batteries? (Score 1) 235

by marcansoft (#46259171) Attached to: FLOSS Codecs Emerge Victorious In Wikimedia Vote

Nope, they just crash, lag, or play it with severe artifacts (the latter happens with some hardware codecs and 10bit files).

Basically no modern video codecs are designed to gracefully degrade given limited decoder features, because they rely on bit-perfect output to be used as a reference for future frames. Any error accumulates in the decoding loop and becomes significant artifacting until the next I frame.
Japan

Japan's Alleged Death Threat-Making, Cat-Hacking Programmer Says He's Innocent 69

Posted by samzenpus from the cat-made-me-do-it dept.
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Inside the memory card in the cat's collar, authorities found a resentful message criticizing the police along with versions of the virus (iesys.exe) used to carry out the threat messages, which were made remotely, through other people's computers. If you hadn't heard about the story in the news, you'd be forgiven for confusing it with the plot of a Haruki Murakami novel. In Tokyo District Court Wednesday, the former employee of a Japanese IT company wore a black suit, a wide smile, and pleaded not guilty to 10 charges brought against him. The Japan Times explained the string of threats were directed at 'schools and kindergartens attended by the Emperor Akihito's grandchildren,' as well as a Japan Airlines jet headed for New York. The plane had to stop mid-flight, costing the airline ¥9.75 million (about $93,000)."
Image

Sinkhole Swallows 8 Vehicles Inside Bowling Green KY Corvette Museum 97

Posted by samzenpus from the mole-man's-new-ride dept.
OakDragon writes "A sinkhole about 40 feet wide — and 30 feet deep — opened up inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY early Thursday morning, swallowing eight vehicles that were sitting inside. At least one of these cars is one of a kind, and due to its location the fire department allowed its removal. The sinkhole is remarkable in that it has left the surrounding ground which supports the circular structure intact, although that assessment may change up on investigation. Security footage from inside the museum shows the collapse as it happened."
Security

NBC News Confuses the World About Cyber-Security 144

Posted by samzenpus from the think-of-the-athletes dept.
Nerval's Lobster writes "In a video report posted Feb. 4, NBC News reporter Richard Engel, with the help of a security analyst, two fresh laptops, a new cell phone, and a fake identity, pretended to go online with the technical naiveté of a Neanderthal housepet. (Engel's video blog is here.) Almost as soon as he turned on the phone in the Sochi airport, Engel reported hackers snooping around, testing the security of the machines. Engel's story didn't explain whether 'snooping around' meant someone was port-scanning his device in particular with the intention of cracking its security and prying out its secrets, no matter how much effort it took, or if the 'snooping' was other WiFi devices looking for access points and trying automatically to connect with those that were unprotected. Judging from the rest of his story, it was more likely the latter. Engel also reported hackers snooping around a honeypot set up by his security consultant which, as Gartner analyst Paul Proctor also pointed out in a blog posting, is like leaving the honey open and complaining when it attracts flies. When you try to communicate with anything, it also tries to communicate with you; that's how networked computers work: They communicate with each other. None of the 'hacks' or intrusions Engel created or sought out for himself have anything to do with Russia or Sochi, however; those 'hacks' he experienced could have happened in any Starbucks in the country, and does almost every day, Proctor wrote. That's why there is antivirus software for phones and laptops. It's why every expert, document, video, audio clip or even game that has anything at all to do with cybersecurity makes sure to mention you should never open attachments from spam email, or in email from people you don't know, and you should set up your browser to keep random web sites from downloading and installing anything they want on your computer. But keep up the fear-mongering."
Crime

NYPD Is Beta-Testing Google Glass 158

Posted by samzenpus from the watching-you-better dept.
Presto Vivace writes "The New York City Police Department is trying to determine how useful Google Glass would be for law enforcement. From the article: 'The New York City Police Department's massive and controversial intelligence and analytics unit is evaluating whether Google Glass is a decent fit for investigating terrorists and helping cops lock up bad guys, VentureBeat has learned. The department recently received several pairs of the modernist-looking specs to test out. "We signed up, got a few pairs of the Google glasses, and we're trying them out, seeing if they have any value in investigations, mostly for patrol purposes," a ranking New York City law enforcement official told VentureBeat.'"

Comment Beta is garbage. (Score 1) 135

1. Einleitung Dieses HOWTO enthÃlt viele Informationen aus dem Serial HOWTO von Greg Hankins und behandelt externe und interne Modems. Bei den internen Modems liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Behandlung von ISA-Bus-Modems, obwohl das meiste auch für PCI-Bus-Modems gelten sollte. Für PCMCIA- Modems siehe das (englische) PCMCIA HOWTO: ÂPCMCIA serial and modem devicesÂ. Dieses HOWTO behandelt weder PPP (Point-To-Point Protocol, es wird verwendet, um mit Hilfe eines Modems eine Verbindung zum Internet herzustellen) noch Kommunikationsprogramme. Es erklÃrt aber, wie Kommunikationsprogramme verwendet werden, um zu testen, ob Ihr Modem korrekt funktioniert und eine Verbindung aufgebaut werden kann. Wenn Sie ein Modem verwenden mÃchten, um einen Zugang zum Internet zu bekommen, dann ist es notwendig, PPP einzurichten. Es gibt eine Menge Dokumentation über PPP (siehe z.B. im Verzeichnis /usr/doc/ppp; es gibt auch ein PPP HOWTO).

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