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Wireless Networking

Submission + - NVIDA video cards crack WPA/WPA2 100 times faster (theregister.co.uk)

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teamhasnoi
teamhasnoi writes: "A Russian company called Elcomsoft has applied GPU acceleration technology to its password recovery tool to allow PCs or servers running supported NVIDIA video cards to break Wi-Fi encryption up to 100 times faster than is possible by using conventional microprocessors. Recovery times for Wi-Fi keys are increased by a factor between 10 to 15 in the use of Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery in combination with a regular laptop featuring NVIDIA GeForce 8800M or 9800M series GPUs. Security consultancy Global Secure Systems said that the development means Wi-Fi networks — even those running the latest encryption algorithm — can no longer be considered to be secure."
Networking

Submission + - How cops use IT to catch bad guys

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dratcw
dratcw writes: "Ever wonder what that cop is doing in his cruiser that's parked behind your car with lights flashing — while your heart is pounding and you're searching for your license and registration? Most likely, he's researching you on his laptop, and finding a surprisingly large amount of information. This article looks at an oridinary midsize police department and the technology they use, and poses the question, is Big Brother getting too much info in the interest of public safety?"
Portables

Submission + - Zune Pass songs can be loaded on non-Zune players

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Harvey Chute
Harvey Chute writes: "A member of Zunerama has discovered that songs downloaded from Zune Pass can be synced to his daughter's Creative Zen. The link has screen grabs showing Zune Pass songs being loaded onto a Creative Zen. We're monitoring to see what happens over time — i.e. if the songs remain available as long as the Zune Pass is maintained. LINK — http://zunerama.com/forum/index.php?topic=3079.0 — Harvey Harvey Chute Editor, Zunerama admin@zunerama.com http://www.zunerama.com/"
Software

Submission + - File Deleting Software a Hoax

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teamhasnoi
teamhasnoi writes: "In a followup to yesterday's story the developer of Display Eater has responded to the poor publicity, admitting that the app does not delete files. Quote: "It was my hope that if people thought this happened, they would not try to pirate the program. I could stop wasting time writing copy protection routines to be broken over and over. It turned out to be a mistake." He has now made the application free by posting a registration code, and plans to open-source it."
Microsoft

Submission + - VMware attacks Microsoft?

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An anonymous reader writes: On Monday VMWare will release a white paper detailing its concerns with license changes on Microsoft software that may limit the ability to move virtual-machine software around data centers to automate the management of computing work. This was reported by Steve Lohr of the New York Times in an article published on February 24, 2007. Two choice quotes: "Microsoft is looking for any way it can to gain the upper hand," said Diane Greene, the president of VMware. ... "This seems to be a far more subtle, informed and polished form of competitive aggression than we've seen from Microsoft in the past," said Andrew I. Gavil, a law professor at Howard University. "And Microsoft has no obligation to facilitate a competitor."
Software

Submission + - Software Deletes Files to Defend Against Piracy

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teamhasnoi
teamhasnoi writes: "Back in 2004, Slashdot discussed a program that deleted your home directory on entry of a pirated serial number. Now, a new developer is using the same method to protect his software, aptly named Display Eater. In the dev's own words, "There exist several illegal cd-keys that you can use to unlock the demo program. If Display Eater detects that you are using these, it will erase something. I don't know if this is going to become Display Eater policy. If this level of piracy continues, development will stop." Is deleting user data ever acceptable, even when defending one's software from piracy?"
Security

Submission + - Myspace and GoDaddy shut down security archives

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Gerald
Gerald writes: "According to a post on the nmap-hackers mailing list early this morning, Myspace had GoDaddy shut down the entire SecLists.org domain. SecLists.org is run by Fyodor of Nmap fame and hosts many important security-related mailing list archives. This is an important service for the security community.

It looks like someone posted a list of Myspace usernames and passwords to one of the lists archived at SecLists.org. Instead of contacting Fyodor directly about the problem, they contacted his DNS provider (GoDaddy) and had them shut down the entire domain."
Communications

Submission + - Scientists store whole image on a single photon

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WebWeasel2006
WebWeasel2006 writes: "Taken from The Register Scientists from New Yorks University of Rochester have stored an entire image on a single photon. The image is stored by passing a single photon through a tiny stencil, quantum physics forces the photon to pass through all of the the holes in the stencil picking up a shadow of the image. The photon is then slowed in a caesium gas cube. The potential for information buffering is staggering. Thousands of photons could be stored in a single cell...."
The Internet

Submission + - Google expert debunks 'undetectable' link spam

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netbuzz
netbuzz writes: "Google's Webspam expert Matt Cutts sort of channels Chris Rock's famous "No matter what a stripper tells you" bit in debunking new SEO claims of the "undetectable" link scheme. To illustrate his point, Cutts digs out a 2002 e-mail from another SEO "expert" who inadvertently and amusingly makes the point for him — a point he contends is as valid today as it was then.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1073 3"
User Journal

Journal Journal: Haiku is Here! 1

Journal by teamhasnoi
My story was posted, announcing the new name of OpenBeos. I am honored to have submitted the name that made it.

I think this marks the first day of OpenBeos becoming more than a 'clone' of BeOS, and secures its position as a viable OS choice for the future.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Ask a Music Producer Interview - Bill Evans Answers!

Journal by teamhasnoi
Awhile back, Slashdot had a request for interview questions for Bill Evans in a story called, "Ask a Music Producer". For reasons unknown (I'd guess he was just too busy), he never responded to the interview. He did, however, send lil' ol' me an email answering my questions. I've meant to post this for awhile, but for reasons unknown (I must have been too busy
Music

Journal Journal: Copyright Infringement and Internet Crack 2

Journal by teamhasnoi
Well, here I am with an update on what's up - You may have seen this story that I'm reprinting here.

I just happened to see a post [slashdot.org] earlier on /. mentioning this. I happened to look up my old band, The Lovejoys (from Mpls, MN - all others on the net are newer fakes :P )
Software

Journal Journal: Northgate Omnikey Software Search 15

Journal by teamhasnoi
Help me, O /.ers! I have been looking for months(year) for the windows(95/98) software for the Northgate Omnikey Keyboard.

FTP searches have come up with nothing except OS/2 drivers and the DOS software - the windows software is nowhere that I can find :( and as we may all know, Northgate has been 6 feet under for years.
Be

Journal Journal: BeOS you can Be! 1

Journal by teamhasnoi
I thought I'd bring /.ers up to date on some exciting things going on with BeOS. Yellowtab's CTO Bernd Korz will will demostrate Zeta, YellowTAB's nextgen BeOS in Tokyo, Japan on April 19th. Blueeyed OS has a snazzy new website and is ready to release a 120 meg demo cd of their Knoppix Linux-kernel based BeOS. However, they need someone to host it. Any brave users out there? Perhaps

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