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Comment Re:-exec as a test (Score 1) 2362

by wanderingknight (#25652081) Attached to: (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks?
find is especially useful when dealing with a huge number of files. I once had to copy a crapload of files (over 12000) from a specific directory in one of our client's server to another directory, and cp was outright refusing to take so many arguments.

I solved it with find . -exec cp {} /path/to/directory \;, since this way cp would execute on one file at the time.
IT

Exchanging Pictures To Generate Passwords 123

Posted by timothy from the worth-a-thousand-words dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Today, Ileana Buhan, a Romanian computer scientist, is presenting her PhD Thesis at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She is using biometrics to protect confidential information when it is exchanged between two mobile devices. This is a very innovative approach to security. Buhan's biometric application will generate almost unbreakable passwords from photos taken by the connected users. Here is how it works. 'To do this, two users need to save their own photos on their PDAs. They then take photos of each other. The PDA compares the two photos and generates a security code for making a safe connection.'"
Portables (Apple)

Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air 774

Posted by kdawson from the must-have dept.
Steve Jobs just got through announcing new MacBook lines in Cupertino. The MacBook, the Pro, and the Air all got revved. The old line of plastic-body MacBooks drops in price by $100, to $999. The new MacBooks have a metal body and multi-touch trackpad, just like the new Pros. The Pro features two NVidia graphics chips. Quoting Jobs: "With the 9400M, you get 5 hours of battery life, with the 9600M GT you get four hours of battery life. You choose." In summary: "We're building both [MacBook and Pro] in a whole new way. From a slab of aluminum to a notebook. New graphics. New trackpad, the best we've ever built. And LED-backlit displays that are far brighter, instant on, far more environmentally responsible." They are shipping today and should be in stores tomorrow. Oh, and one more thing: Steve's blood pressure is 110/70.
Social Networks

Submission + - Video to Grandmother

Submitted by
uid7306m
uid7306m writes: "We have elderly parents who live a long way off. However, my technological radar tells me that it's possible to set up a 24/7 video link between our kitchen and theirs. It'd be good for our kids and good for the parents, and we can now get pretty cheap nearly unlimited broadband connections at this end (UK).

What's the best way to do it? Has anyone tried it? On the far end, it ought to have, in Dilbert's(TM) immortal words "One big button on it, and we push it for you in the factory.""
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - Game developer asks to hear from pirates (positech.co.uk) 1

Submitted by
cliffski
cliffski writes: "Indie game developer Cliff Harris has long waged war against games piracy, but has issued a call to pirates to tell him why he is wrong. Assuming that developers are missing out on potential sales from disgruntled pirates, Cliff wants to hear specifically from people who have pirated his games. Not to criticize or lecture them, but to answer a simple question. Why? The reasons people give for copyright infringement/piracy are many and varied, but much of the debate has centred around music and movies, with big 'Triple-A' games an occasional consideration. With specific application to the world of small budget 'indie' games like those cliff makes, he wants to know the thought processes behind people pirating the games. What puts people off buying? is it quality, cost, DRM, ease of access? Is there anything that can be done to convert those people to buyers? Why many pirates often make good general points about the reasons for the widespread pirating of PC games, it's unusual to get a chance to address specific developers with specific reasons. If you knew 100% that the developer would read your email explaining why you pirated their game, what would you say?"
Enlightenment

Submission + - Flat Earth True Believers: Real or Hoax? (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by TFGeditor
TFGeditor writes: In the 21st Century, the term "flat-earther" is used to describe someone who is spectacularly — and seemingly wilfully — ignorant. But there is a group of people who claim they believe the planet really is flat. Are they really out there or is it all an elaborate prank? Nasa is celebrating its 50th birthday with much fanfare and pictures of past glories. But in half a century of extraordinary images of space, one stands out. On 24 December 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 mission took a photo now known as Earthrise. To many, this beautiful blue sphere viewed from the moon's orbit is a perfect visual summary of why it is right to strive to go into space. Not to everybody though. There are people who say they think this image is fake — part of a worldwide conspiracy by space agencies, governments and scientists. Welcome to the world of the flat-earther.
User Journal

eBay'er Arrested For Attempting To Sell His Vote 501

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the probably-should-have-thought-this-one-through dept.
The Associated Press reports that Max P. Sanders, 19, is charged with a felony for attempting to auction off his vote on eBay for the upcoming presidential election. From the article: '"Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote," said John Aiken, a spokesman for the office. "There are people that have died for this country for our right to vote, and to take something that lightly, to say, 'I can be bought... It's a real shame"' Yes, that is a terrible shame, isn't it. Perhaps we should arrest, prosecute, and imprison everyone who sells their vote. The boy says it was all a joke, but prosecutors aren't laughing. Max faces up to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines if he is convicted.
Microsoft

Submission + - Hotmail may be no longer accessible via POP3

Submitted by Sanat
Sanat writes: I have had a couple of Hotmail email addresses for years that I use as throw away email accounts when needed (before Gmail) and I use Hotpopper to download the emails into my email client (Seamonkey).

I was just notified by Microsoft that as of June 30, 2008 that Hotmail will no longer be acessible by Outlook Express and that may mean Hotpopper as well. Here is the email...

Thank you for using Microsoft® Outlook® Express. Our information indicates that you use Outlook Express to access a Windows Live(TM) Hotmail® e-mail account via a protocol called DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol). DAV, like POP3 or IMAP, is the way that a mail client communicates with a web-based mail server.

As a valued customer, we want to provide advanced notice that as of June 30, 2008, Microsoft is disabling the DAV protocol and you will no longer be able to access your Hotmail Inbox via Outlook Express. As an alternative, we recommend that you download Windows Live Mail, a free desktop e-mail client that has the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more. This next generation of free e-mail software will allow you to easily manage multiple e-mail accounts — including Windows Live Hotmail, plus other e-mail accounts that support POP3/IMAP. Better yet, Windows Live Mail integrates well with other Windows Live services, and downloads in minutes. After you provide your user name and password, you will automatically be linked to your Hotmail account, providing continued access to your email and contacts.

We encourage you to download Windows Live Mail at http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview.

And, to make your transition smoother, we've provided answers to frequently asked questions below.

Again, thank you for your use of Outlook Express and we are confident that you'll be just as delighted with the new Windows Live Mail.

Your Windows Live Mail team

Frequently asked questions:

Why are we disabling DAV?

DAV is a legacy protocol that is not well suited for client access to large inboxes. Over time, as we've provided more e-mail storage to our users — and now offer 5GB inboxes for free — a more efficient access protocol is needed.

What are we replacing DAV with?

We have developed a new, much more efficient protocol called DeltaSynch that is far superior to DAV especially for large e-mail inboxes. It enables email clients to only download changes since the last time the client polled the email server for changes. This is much more efficient and high performing than having to download all the headers in every folder as is the case with DAV.

Is DeltaSynch compatible with Outlook Express?

The new protocol unfortunately is NOT supported by Outlook Express and support would require too many changes to the Outlook Express software.

Is there a different or new mail client I can try that uses DeltaSynch?

Microsoft is providing Windows Live Mail, a free e-mail client that has the familiarity of Outlook Express and much more. This free, next generation email client enables users to easily manage multiple e-mail accounts including Windows Live Hotmail and other e-mail accounts that support POP3/IMAP. Windows Live Mail also integrates well with other Windows Live services, is optimized to work with Windows Live Hotmail, and offers:

        * Offline mail
        * Windows Live Hotmail account aggregation for those users with multiple Hotmail accounts
        * Account aggregation for POP and IMAP mail accounts
        * Rich photo-sharing capabilities
        * Advanced search via integration with Desktop Search
        * Safety tools (Anti-Virus scanning, anti-phishing, anti-spam features across aggregated accounts for customers who do not have an Anti-Virus product)
        * Integration with Windows Live services including Windows Live Spaces
        * RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feed aggregation
        * Ability to send SMS (short message service) text to a mobile phone from Windows Live Mail

Where can I download the new Windows Live Mail client?

You can download the new client at http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview.

Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online Privacy Statement.

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
Google

Submission + - Valid HTML + Google? Yeah right! 2

Submitted by
xarium
xarium writes: "With all this hype about how good (or bad) various browsers are at passing the acid tests put forth by the W3C, many seem to be oblivious to the equally important "validation test" which ensures that compatible browsers have valid HTML to work with. We demand that Microsoft fix their browser to, at least seem to, make an attempt at compliance, but what about website compliance? Websites have an equal share of the responsibility.

Test Google's front page and laugh

Most websites, those which don't pass, usually have only a few fairly technical and nit-picky kind of mistakes; Google however is beyond ridiculous; the validator has to guess at numerous points because the pages are so badly constructed that it's amazing any browser renders anything at all. Not a single one of Google's various websites comes even remotely close to being valid (as any kind of HTML) — in fact, I can't even find one that is well-formed."
The Internet

Submission + - Wikileaks has a posse! (latimes.com)

Submitted by
souls
souls writes: "Seems like the forces to protect freedom-of-speech in the groundsetting Wikileaks.org case have spoken: Henry Weinstein at LA Times reports that a coalition of media and public interest organizations today urged judge Jeffrey White to rescind the shutdown of Wikileaks.org, which presents "restraint on free speech that violated the First Amendment", and is generally considered to become a representative case for free online speech.
The dirty dozen organizations fighting for your voice and mine include the EFF, the ACLU, The Times, AP, Gannett, Hearst, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. Lets hope that is enough muscle strength to stop a judge running wild in favor of a bunch of offshore bankers!

Meanwhile wikileaks is still going strong via all available other domains, and is currently organizing support and donations."
Microsoft

Submission + - Hotmail down (huliq.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It seems that the hotmail servers are down world wide. Some people are also claiming MSN is down as well as major slowdowns on all the Microsoft websites. One person is even saying msn messenger is down including on his mobile service.
Data Storage

Submission + - Toshiba To End Format War (reuters.com)

Submitted by wanderingknight
wanderingknight writes: According to Reuters, Toshiba Corp is planning to stop production of equipment compatible with the HD DVD format for high-definition video, which would free Blue-Ray of its opposition. Toshiba is expected to suffer losses amounting to tens of billions of yen (hundreds of millions of dollars) to scrap production of HD DVD players and recorders and other steps to exit the business.

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