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Submission + - Ashley Madison Hackers Threaten Release Of All Data Unless Site Closes (krebsonsecurity.com)

Submitted by heretic108
heretic108 writes: According to KrebsOnSecurity, the infamous Ashley Madison affairs hookup website has been hacked by a group calling itself The Impact Team. This group are demanding the immediate and permanent shutdown of Ashley Madison, as well as a related site Established Man, or else they will publicly release all customer personal data.

Comment Future of free hosting at Sourceforge? (Score 3, Interesting) 75

by decaffeinated (#50138325) Attached to: A Note On Thursday's Downtime
Serious question: Just out of curiosity, who pays the bills for all of the infrastructure that keeps Sourceforge running?

Hardware isn't free and employees aren't free. I seriously don't understand how Sourceforge has kept the lights on all these years.

And by the way, I'm a very satisfied user of their services. But I do worry about their future.

Submission + - Financial analyst: Intel is already the last man standing

Submitted by decaffeinated
decaffeinated writes: A SeekingAlpha analyst opines that Intel, by way of its 14 and 22nm finfet processes, is rapidly pulling away from its competitors. His predictions/observations:
  • When the first 14nm based PC is in a consumer's hands, Intel will be three generations ahead of the nearest competition, two shrink nodes and the finfet process itself.
  • He predicts that TSMC will give up on a 14nm process (can't afford the expense).
  • He notes that Samsung is publicly skipping 20nm in favor of 14nm finfet. Node hopping (28nm to 14nm) and bringing on finfet in one move is an extremely difficult thing to pull off.
  • IBM is attempting to sell its wafer fab business.
  • He suggests that Intel can snuff all competitors in the smartphone AP business by putting DRAM on the processor chip via its upcoming 14nm process.

What do you think? Is Intel crushing its competitors?

Submission + - A week before MS layoffs announcement, Bill Gates calls for more imported labor (nytimes.com)

Submitted by walterbyrd
walterbyrd writes: We believe it borders on insanity to train intelligent and motivated people in our universities — often subsidizing their education — and then to deport them when they graduate. Many of these people, of course, want to return to their home country — and that’s fine. But for those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let’s roll out the welcome mat.

Comment Lotus Notes...oh boy...stand by for heavy rolls (Score 1) 300

by decaffeinated (#47462533) Attached to: Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees

Wow. Prepare for some serious employee dissatisfaction once everyone is migrated to Bloated Goats.

Daimler switched from Exchange to Notes in 2008, just before the economy crashed. The ensuing deep hatred of Notes (at the frontline employee level) never, ever subsided. Some suit with a clue finally realized that Notes was a mistake and 6 years later (Q1 2014), the company switched back to Exchange and Outlook.

Submission + - Student-Designed Device Reduces Gas Lawnmower Air Pollution By Over 90% (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: Gas-powered lawnmowers are notorious polluters. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, running a new gas mower for one hour produces as much air pollution as would be generated by 11 typical automobiles being driven for the same amount of time. Switching to an electric or reel mower is certainly one option, but for those applications where it's gotta be gasoline, a team of engineering students from the University of California, Riverside are developing another: an attachment that they claim reduces noxious emissions by over 90 percent.

Submission + - The Pentagon's $399 Billion Plane to Nowhere (foreignpolicy.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: On July 3 the the entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet was being grounded after a June 23 runway fire.

The grounding could not have come at a worse time as costs have soared to an estimated $112 million per aircraft.

One thing the grounding won't do, however, is derail the F-35, a juggernaut of a program that apparently has enough political top cover to withstand any storm.

Part of that protection comes from the jaw-dropping amounts of money at stake. The Pentagon intends to spend roughly $399 billion to develop and buy 2,443 of the planes. However, over the course of the aircrafts' lifetimes, operating costs are expected to exceed $1 trillion. Lockheed has carefully hired suppliers and subcontractors in almost every state to ensure that virtually all senators and members of Congress have a stake in keeping the program — and the jobs it has created — in place.

"An upfront question with any program now is: How many congressional districts is it in?" said Thomas Christie, a former senior Pentagon acquisitions official.

Counting all of its suppliers and subcontractors, parts of the program are spread out across at least 45 states. That's why there's no doubt lawmakers will continue to fund the program even though this is the third time in 17 months that the entire fleet has been grounded due to engine problems.

Submission + - Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages to UVA, Michael Mann (southernstudies.org)

Submitted by ideonexus
ideonexus writes: In January of 2014, the American Traditions Institute (ATI) sought Climate Scientist Micheal Mann's emails from his time at the University of Virginia (UVA), a request that was denied in the courts. Now the Virginia Supreme court has upheld a lower court ruling that ATI must pay damages for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

Submission + - Plug-In Car Sales Cross Global Half-Million Mark

Submitted by decaffeinated
decaffeinated writes: Cumulative world-wide total sales of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) recently crossed the half-million unit mark. Two interesting stats from the referenced article:
  • Of all countries, the U.S. has accounted for around 45 percent of sales since numbers started to tally in earnest in 2010. Among the top half-dozen PEV consuming countries, Japan ranks second, China third, and the Netherlands is fourth.
  • The world sales leader is the Nissan Leaf, which Nissan today said has sold “over 120,000” units, sold in 35 markets across the globe.

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