Comment Re:What happened.... (Score 1) 172
Yes, some is from our own gov't. BUT, they also get funding from other gov'ts GLOBALLY as well as private contributors. This is not a sole gov't entity.
Comment What happened.... (Score 5, Informative) 172
...to all the traditional slash-dotters I know?!? Do you people not do your research? If you paid attention to who it was and did a little, few minute research, you would find out that this is a global private company. They can do whatever the frak they want with their money.
Before you start to go off on the "gov't," do some research to find out.
Submission + - London Could Soon Get Free Wi-Fi Everywhere (dailymail.co.uk)
fangmcgee writes: London could soon be covered with a free public WiFi network as Virgin Media moves to challenge BT's Openzone network.
Virgin Media's network would be freely available to anyone at 0.5Mbps, and to subscribers to its home broadband at speeds up to a blistering 10Mbps.
The proposals would see WiFi routers installed in each of the company's street-side cabinets, which distribute its cable network to homes and businesses
Virgin Media's network would be freely available to anyone at 0.5Mbps, and to subscribers to its home broadband at speeds up to a blistering 10Mbps.
The proposals would see WiFi routers installed in each of the company's street-side cabinets, which distribute its cable network to homes and businesses
Submission + - Wireless Carjacking Now Possible (cnet.com)
brunes69 writes: "The convenience offered by mobile apps for unlocking car doors and remotely starting their engines is also a weakness, as two hackers will demonstrate at the upcoming Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Researchers Don Bailey and Mathew Solnik managed to use a laptop to hack the mobile app connection in two different car brands.
The researchers discovered that, when a user pushed the unlock or remote engine start buttons on the app, the phone sends a signal to a service center, which then sends a signal to the car telling it what to do. The researchers intercepted and duplicated the signal sent to the car, afterwards using it to repeat the function."
The researchers discovered that, when a user pushed the unlock or remote engine start buttons on the app, the phone sends a signal to a service center, which then sends a signal to the car telling it what to do. The researchers intercepted and duplicated the signal sent to the car, afterwards using it to repeat the function."
Submission + - NASA News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science (nasa.gov)
ipsender writes: NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.
Submission + - Winner of Develop for Privacy Challenge Will Be An (wordpress.com)
BeatTheChip writes: "An international coalition of privacy groups will announce the winner of the 2011 Develop for Privacy Challenge (www.develop4privacy.org) at the DEFCON security conference this week. The winning app – which will be unveiled at the event – demonstrates that advances in consumer technology do not need to come at the expense of privacy. Other outstanding submissions will be also recognized. The winning developer will be onsite at the event, and the app will be available under an open source license.
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Submission + - Brain Cap Can Control Computers, Prosthetic Limbs (ecouterre.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a noninvasive, sensor-lined "brain cap" capable of harnessing brain waves to control computers, prosthetic limbs, motorized wheelchairs, and even digital avatars. The “Brain cap” fits snugly over the head and uses electroencephalography (better known as “EEG”) to read brain waves. The researchers are using this technology to develop a thought-controlled prosthetic arm for amputees that allows them to feel whatever it touches — just like a regular one would.
Submission + - Celebrity tech ignorance can lead to PR woes (blogspot.com)
An anonymous reader writes: With the number of celebrities now furiously tweeting and blogging while they and their staffs remain ignorant of Internet and IT basics, embarrassments are bound to happen. An example is how Khloe Kardashian linked to some pedophile's YouTube channel from her blog.
Submission + - Hadoop, Big Data and Small Businesses (enterpriseappstoday.com)
storagedude writes: "Hadoop and Big Data are all the rage these days in enterprises, but what's a small business to do if it wants to get in on growing trends like distributed data mining, search and indexing? The options for small businesses are limited: they can either move their data to the cloud for such services or build their own infrastructure, which few SMBs have the expertise or infrastructure to support. HPC veteran Henry Newman says what's needed is a search and indexing appliance with multi-level security (MLS) that can be installed and run with little IT expertise. Some appliances are on the way, says Newman, but they'll lack MLS and other critical features that could make Big Data work for SMBs."
Submission + - DIDO Wireless claimed to break Shannon's limit (venturebeat.com)
Matt_Bennett writes: "Steve Perlman (Quicktime, WebTV) claimsDIDO will break through Shannon's limit by at least 100x and possibly up to 1000x. This is described in a white paper. The technology uses a centralized server to take advantage of constructive and destructive interference to distribute data to multiple users simultaneously."
Submission + - Amazon Cloud Stores 339 Billion Objects (datacenterknowledge.com)
1sockchuck writes: Amazon's S3 storage cloud has more than doubled in size over the past year, growing from 150 billion objects to 339 billion objects, according to Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon Web Services. Vogels gave the "State of the Cloud" address today at the Structure 2011 conference.
Submission + - Cyber Attack Threats Nearing Statistical Certainty (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: It’s rare that a day goes by without seeing news of another breach or other form of cyber attack in the news headlines. According to a recent survey, organizations are currently experiencing multiple breaches, with more than half (59 percent) of respondents citing two or more breaches in the past 12 months.
The survey included responses from 583 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States with an average of 9.57 years of experience. More than half (51 percent) were employed by organizations with more than 5,000 employees. The results revealed that the threat from cyber attacks today is nearing statistical certainty and businesses of every type and size are vulnerable to attacks.
Overall, respondents to the survey indicated that security breaches have cost them a least half a million dollars to address in terms of cash outlays, business disruption, revenue losses, internal labor, overhead and other expenses. Most respondents (59 percent) said that the most severe consequence of any breach was the theft of information assets followed by business disruption.
The survey included responses from 583 IT and IT security practitioners in the United States with an average of 9.57 years of experience. More than half (51 percent) were employed by organizations with more than 5,000 employees. The results revealed that the threat from cyber attacks today is nearing statistical certainty and businesses of every type and size are vulnerable to attacks.
Overall, respondents to the survey indicated that security breaches have cost them a least half a million dollars to address in terms of cash outlays, business disruption, revenue losses, internal labor, overhead and other expenses. Most respondents (59 percent) said that the most severe consequence of any breach was the theft of information assets followed by business disruption.
Submission + - Intel Introduces AVX2 (intel.com)
David Greene writes: "A little over a week ago, Intel announced that its Haswell microprocessor will support a new SIMD extension dubbed AVX2. It brings 256-bit vector integer operations, gathers and some interesting permute and shift operations. Discuss."
Submission + - US House takes up major overhaul of patent system (yahoo.com)
Bookworm09 writes: WASHINGTON The House on Wednesday took up the most far-reaching overhaul of the patent system in 60 years, a bill that leaders in both parties said would make it easier for inventors to get their innovations to market and help put people back to work.
The legislation, supported by the Obama administration and a broad range of business groups and high tech companies, aims to ease the lengthy backlog in patent applications, clean up some of the procedures that can lead to costly litigation and put the United States under the same filing system as the rest of the industrialized world.
The legislation, supported by the Obama administration and a broad range of business groups and high tech companies, aims to ease the lengthy backlog in patent applications, clean up some of the procedures that can lead to costly litigation and put the United States under the same filing system as the rest of the industrialized world.
Submission + - Oracle Patent Case Against Google Weakening (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "If Oracle thought that they'd wave their vague Java patents around get licensing money from Google and other vendors in perpetuity, they may have another thing coming. The judge in the case seems skeptical of many of Oracle's claims, and indeed some of the patents at the heart of the suit are being re-examined — and rejected."
