Comment Re:Missing Option - Maria... (Score 1) 608
She's the mother of all robots. Too bad she's been omitted from the list.
Submission + - Backdoor found in Arcadyan-based Wi-Fi Routers
Mojo66 writes: A recently reported flaw that allowed an attacker to drastically reduce the number of attempts needed to guess the WPS PIN of a wireless router isn't necessary for some Arcadyan based routers anymore. According to german computer publisher heise (google translation, original here), some 100,000 routers of type Speedport W921V, W504V and W723V are affected in Germany alone. What makes things worse is the fact that in order to exploit the backdoor, no button has to be pushed on the device itself and on some of the affected routers, the backdoor PIN ("12345670") is still working even after WPS has been disabled by the user. The only currently known remedy for those models is to disable Wi-Fi altogether.
Since all Arcadyan routers share the same software platform, more models might be affected.
Since all Arcadyan routers share the same software platform, more models might be affected.
Submission + - One in 10 Used Hard Drives Contains Old Personal Data (threatpost.com) 1
Trailrunner7 writes: A U.K. organization today released independent study results that show one in 10 secondhand hard drives sold online may contain "residential personal information," such as bank statements, passports and medical details.
In an effort to underscore the need to throughly scrub machines, mobile phones and memory sticks before passing them on, the Information Commissioner's Office contracted with the NCC Group to secret shop some 200 hard drives, 20 memory sticks and 10 mobile phones from primarily online auction sites in December 2010. Some also came from computer trade shows.
Using widely available freeware forensic tools, a team found more than half (52 percent) of the hard drives were unreadable or had been wiped of data. The remaining 48 percent still contained information, 11 percent of which held personal or corporate data.
In all, 34,000 files holding personal or corporate information were recovered, according to the study report.
In an effort to underscore the need to throughly scrub machines, mobile phones and memory sticks before passing them on, the Information Commissioner's Office contracted with the NCC Group to secret shop some 200 hard drives, 20 memory sticks and 10 mobile phones from primarily online auction sites in December 2010. Some also came from computer trade shows.
Using widely available freeware forensic tools, a team found more than half (52 percent) of the hard drives were unreadable or had been wiped of data. The remaining 48 percent still contained information, 11 percent of which held personal or corporate data.
In all, 34,000 files holding personal or corporate information were recovered, according to the study report.
Comment Re:why wait for an off brand "ultrabook" (Score 1) 351
..plus, by the time Intel expects Ultrabooks with Thunderbolt to hit the market, Ultrabooks will be dead already. Who wants to buy an Macbook Air clone for the same price but with all those silly stickers on it and the illuminated Apple logo missing?
Comment Re:Microsoft Deserves It (Score 1) 364
Man too bad I haven't kept a mod point for you.
Criticism of Microsoft might be mainly because of the whole anti-trust issue: forcing PC makers to ship new PCs with Windows exclusively is criminal. Even more so is the fact that they still can do that. Helloooo corporate America!
But it all started with Microsoft trying to put DRDOS out of business, I guess.
Then we have _NSAKEYS in Windows, WGA and Media Player phoning home, Windows genuine "advantage" (hahaha) bullying ad nauseum, Ballmer throwing chairs at everyone and their dog, oh and maybe Microsoft copying other's ideas? As Linus noted in his book "Just for fun", a monopolist is increasingly busy administering his monopoly, and not innovating. This works up to the point when a niche grows sufficiently big to host competition. In a few years,Microsoft and Windows will be what the Roman Empire is since 1500 years: history.
Comment Re:Government working for the people??? (Score 2) 38
Ballmer will surely throw a chair at them.
Comment Re:Of course not. (Score 4, Insightful) 409
As much as I love Apple products, I hate their arrogance towards anything related to security. Could break their neck.
Comment Re:Netflix (Score 1) 144
I'd love to hear other explanations.
Microsoft shoved a lot of money up their asses in order to get a foothold in a market where they don't yet dominate.
Comment Re:User Guide anyone? (Score 2) 144
I think MythTV is in dire need of a more polished and coherent UI. And a comprehensive user and installation guide.
New tech feats are ok, but they'll probably make the whole thing even less useable.
I'm still on 0.23 for exactly that reason. It took me ages to set it up properly and now I hesitate to upgrade.
Comment Re:MS is competing with Apple and Google, not Mozi (Score 1) 129
I agree. MS needs these patents to enable a revenue stream past their current cash cows into the post-PC aera.
Comment Re:Bye-bye Instagram... (Score 1) 162
Yup. Just deleted the app. I also recommend doing this.
Comment tv.slashdot.org and Flash (Score 1) 410
I see that you check the User Agent string for Mobile Safari to serve HTML5 video to my iPhone. But why am I getting served crappy Flash with Safari 5 on Mac OS X? That's not nerd-like. I had expected more from
Submission + - The Blueprint for 1970s Planetary Exploration (wired.com)
dsinc writes: In August 1967, Congress refused to support NASA’s plans for the 1970s. Citing fiscal restraint, it rejected piloted Mars/Venus flyby missions in 1975 and 1977 and canceled the Voyager Mars/Venus program, NASA’s only robotic program planned for the decade. The Apollo Applications Program, which had been tapped as the agency’s main 1970s piloted program, suffered a cut of half a billion dollars.
After lengthy negotiations, in late February 1968 NASA came up with a blueprint that included Mariner-based robotic Mars and Venus spacecraft as precursors to piloted Mars and Venus flybys and robotic pure science missions to Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and beyond.
After lengthy negotiations, in late February 1968 NASA came up with a blueprint that included Mariner-based robotic Mars and Venus spacecraft as precursors to piloted Mars and Venus flybys and robotic pure science missions to Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and beyond.
Comment Sounds creepy (Score 1) 1
From TFA:
acts as a personal journal and records the user’s behavior.[...]The platform is creating apps that are ‘persistently sensing’ things around the phone owner. Think amalgamation of motion sensors and location sensors. Alohar apps can monitor user passively, running away in the background without making any sound. The platform can tell if someone is walking, driving, running, etc. It can even help call an ambulance if the user has an accident.
I expect Alohar to be able to deliver targeted ads to users depending on the movement of their extremeties.
Submission + - Children becoming addicted to video game fantasy worlds, teachers warn (guardian.co.uk) 2
silentbrad writes: From The Guardian: "A growing number of young children are acting out violent scenes from adult computer games in the playground, teachers have warned. Pupils as young as four and five are simulating car crashes and graphic injuries as a result of playing games unsupervised in their bedrooms, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) annual conference was told. Primary school teachers said the games were making their pupils far more aggressive and addicted to "fantasy worlds that separate them from reality". Doctors found children who continually play computer games may be more likely to develop tendinitis – an inflammation between the muscles and bones – and suffer from seizures, teachers said. Psychologists have expressed concerns that playing some games make children more aggressive. Alison Sherratt, a teacher at Riddlesden St Mary's Church of England primary school in Keighley, West Yorkshire, said her four- and five-year-old pupils spend their breaks pretending to "throw themselves out of the window of the play car in slow motion" and act out blood "spurting from their bodies". "We all expect to see rough and tumble, but I have seen little ones acting out quite graphic scenes in the playground and there is a lot more hitting, hurting and thumping in the classroom for no particular reason." She said her pupils believed the violence depicted in computer games was real and tried to recreate it in play. "Obesity, social exclusion, loneliness, physical fitness, sedentary solitary lives – these are all descriptions of children who are already hooked to games Sadly there is a notable correlation between the children who admit to playing games and those who come to school really tired," she said.
