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Submission + - Thousands of Tumblr Accounts Compromised (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes: Tumblr users have been targeted with an aggressive phishing campaign in the last week or so and are still being lured into entering their login credentials for access to adult content. And it seems that the scheme is working very well — GFI researchers have accessed one of the dropzones for the stolen credentials and have discovered a massive amount of data. What makes this phishing scheme stand out from others is the fact that the scammers are using the compromised Tumblr accounts to set up more and more phishing pages.

Submission + - In violent video games, teens face (and fight) the (heaven4geeks.com)

Submitted by kingkaos69
kingkaos69 writes: Sixteen-year-old Evan Jones played his first violent videogames when he was 3. He slew demons in Diablo II, blasted Lovecraftian horrors in Quake and shot terrorists in Counter-Strike. If you buy conventional wisdom, by now Jones should be a tightly wound coil of aggression, ready to attack someone at the slightest provocation. Instead, he’s a pretty...
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Submission + - 30 Creative 404 Error Pages (flashuser.net) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It’s frustrating sometimes when you explore the web and encount the famous message 404 Error – Page Not Found. I’m pretty sure that after 1 seconds or 2 if there’s nothing that will grab your attention, you’ll leave the page and never come back. So it’s good to take in consideration customizing the 404 page and prevent the users leaving your website.
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Submission + - An Ode to Turntables (in HTML) (schillmania.com)

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scottschiller
scottschiller writes: "In late 2010, Panasonic/Matsushita announced that it was ceasing production of the famous Technics SL-1200 series turntable, known and loved by DJs worldwide. As a web developer and turntable owner, it seemed appropriate to try building some turntables in HTML, CSS and JavaScript (and sometimes Flash,) emulating specific turntable behaviours within a browser.

The development article ( http://www.schillmania.com/content/entries/2011/wheels-of-steel/ ) discusses the technical approach, performance challenges and considerations made during development. The demo ( http://wheelsofsteel.net/ ) is experimental — Chrome 12 or Safari 5 are preferable — and the code is on github: https://github.com/scottschiller/wheelsofsteel.net"

Comment Re:...opaque language is the norm. (Score 2) 374

by rainmayun (#36577996) Attached to: If You're Working For Stock, Read the Fine Print

If I were hiring a CxO, I'd put a clause in the middle of their contract saying that they could be fired for any reason within the first 10 days and would have to pay a $100,000 fee to cover the costs of hiring a replacement if this clause were invoked. If they didn't object to this, I'd fire them on the first day - I wouldn't want someone who didn't read contracts and understand the implications of the terms in a senior management position.

That'd be a pretty good way to scare off any future CXO candidates of any quality.

Comment Re:Why is it... (Score 1) 275

by rainmayun (#36488314) Attached to: Weather Satellites Lose Funding

Let's see... $422M annually for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (a small portion of which funds NPR), $160M for NEA... how does that compare to the $1B annually for JPSS?

By the way, it's worth noting that while NPR only gets 2% of their budget from CPB, $94M went to fund local radio stations. NPR estimates 100 local radio stations would stop broadcasting if they lost CPB money, and many of the rest would be substantially crippled. Are you ready for all your radio stations to be ClearChannel and CBS?

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