Comment It's true. (Score 5, Funny) 606
It's me.
shhh.
Sending Secret Messages Via Google's SearchWiki 160
We discussed the advent of Google's SearchWiki when it was introduced a few days back. Now Lauren Weinstein offers a thought experiment in transmitting coded messages using SearchWiki, with a working example encoded into the results of this Google search.
Microsoft Announces Windows Azure, Cloud-Based OS 419
snydeq writes "Microsoft today introduced Windows Azure, its operating system for the cloud. The OS serves as the underlying foundation of the Azure Services Platform to help developers build apps that span from the cloud to the datacenter, to PCs, the Web, and phones. Cloud-based developer capabilities are combined with storage, computational, and network infrastructure services, which are hosted on servers within Microsoft's global data center network."
Submission + - NVIDA video cards crack WPA/WPA2 100 times faster (theregister.co.uk)
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."
Submission + - NVIDA video cards crack WPA/WPA2 100 times faster (theregister.co.uk)
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."
Submission + - Pirates crack Vista at last (apcmag.com) 5
El_Oscuro writes: A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn't require product activation — apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient. The question, how can I do this with XP?
Submission + - How cops use IT to catch bad guys
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?"
Bookmark Do you think we Americans will get $800 for tax relief this year? (ubuzzit.com)
Comment Re:CmdrTaco's in the basement mixing up the medici (Score 1) 267
You sir, are my new hero.
Submission + - Online gamers bypass Internet with private network (networkworld.com)
jbrodkin writes: "Amidst all the political and moral rants against video games, sometimes it's easy to forget about the real victims of video game violence: the people with slow Internet connections who just can't shoot their virtual machine guns fast enough. A Missouri startup called GameRail feels the pain of latency-challenged online video gamers, and has developed a private network that routes game traffic from PCs to about 10,000 servers hosted by online gaming companies. Essentially, it allows online gamers to bypass the Internet, the company claims.
For players of first-person shooter games, GameRail's target market, "the higher the latency the slower the bullets and you can't dodge out of the way," says John Alden, vice president of business development. "With lower latency, you can shoot better, faster, and react faster."
GameRail is initially focusing on first-person shooters because the quality of those games is heavily dependent on latency, Alden says. Latency matters less in fantasy role-playing games like EverQuest and World of Warcraft. GameRail serves PC players exclusively for now, but Alden says the company's plans include developing peer-to-peer connections between Xbox Live players for "LAN-like connectivity.""
Comment On the subject of a class action suit (Score 5, Funny) 315
Dear RIAA,
Turnabout is fair play, you
rich smokers-of-cocks.
Love, Haiku 4 U
P.S. I look forward to
great music sans you.
Turnabout is fair play, you
rich smokers-of-cocks.
Love, Haiku 4 U
P.S. I look forward to
great music sans you.
Submission + - Volunteers to build RPG.
MrShaggy writes: According to an article over on the bbc, Acclaim, is making an RPG. However this RPG is going t be written by volunteers. '"I want it to be a title they own and feel excited about," said Mr Perry, a 24-year veteran of the games industry.' They already have 20,000 people ready to go.
This is the link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6422333 .stm
Submission + - Zune Pass songs can be loaded on non-Zune players
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/"
Submission + - Dell's daylight robbery | APC Magazine
Watertowers writes: http://www.apcmag.com.au/5401/dells_daylight_robbe ry
Yet another case of a big company doing the wrong thing by its customers. A laptop is purchased with an insurance agreement for theft, then when the laptop is stolen from under the customers hands (literally) Dell refuses to pay up.
Submission + - File Deleting Software a Hoax
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."
