Comment Re:Additional tablet feature (Score 1) 789
I dont have a problem with this.
Submission + - Debian is the most important Linux (earthweb.com)
inkscapee writes: Without Debian we are nothing. Debian is the most influential and important Linux, and is unique for being the largest, oldest, 100% non-commercial community-driven distro. "...just under 63% of all distributions now being developed come ultimately from Debian. By comparison, 50 (15%) are based on Fedora or Red Hat, 28 (9%) on Slackware, and 12 (4%) on Gentoo."
Submission + - Assange to be extradited to Sweden (bbc.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled. The judgement was delivered at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court, south London, after an extradition hearing two weeks ago.
Comment Simple answer, win win for everyone (Score 1) 997
Three hour lunches.
Submission + - Virgin Mobile to start throttling Broadband2Go
Daevad writes: Virgin Mobile sent an e-mail today informing me of their plans to start throttling the Broadband2Go Plan. The web site doesn't seem to reflect the change yet, but here is the message they sent to me:
Here at Virgin Mobile, our mission is to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Sometimes that means making difficult choices in order to provide the best possible service to the greatest number of customers.
To make sure we can keep offering our $40 Unlimited Broadband2Go Plan at such a great price, we're putting a speed limit in place for anyone on that plan who uses over 5GB in a month.
How will it work?
Starting February 15, 2011, if you go over 5GB in a month on the $40 Unlimited Plan:
Your data speeds will be limited for the remainder of the monthly plan cycle. During this time, you may experience slower page loads and file downloads and lags in streaming media.
Your data speeds will return to normal as soon as you buy a new Broadband2Go Plan.
This change will only affect plans bought on or after 2/15/2011.
How will it affect me?
Keep in mind, 5GB is A LOT of data. To give you an idea, it's about 250 hours of web browsing or over 500,000(!) emails*. So this change shouldn't affect you unless you're a heavy downloader/streamer/etc.
How will I know if I'm getting close to 5GB?
We've updated the progress bar in your Connection Manager to show the amount of data you've used. If you go above 5GB in a month, the bar will turn yellow, letting you know your data speeds will be reduced until you buy a new plan.
By putting this speed limit in place, we're making sure we can deliver the same quality service you've come to expect from Broadband2Go. We hope you understand.
Thanks for being a Broadband2Go customer.
Virgin Mobile
Submission + - 3 Fired For Accessing Shooting Victims' Records (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: Three employees at Tucson's University Medical Center have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of some of the victims in last Saturday's shooting spree outside an area mall that killed six people and wounded 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). A nurse working under contract for the hospital has also been terminated by her employer, the medical center said in a brief statement on its Web site. Many of the victims, including Giffords, are being treated at the hospital. UMC said the three clinical support staff were caught inappropriately accessing the confidential electronic medical records of some of the victims. They were fired 'in accordance with UMC's zero-tolerance policy on patient privacy violations.' So far there is no indication that any of the improperly accessed information has been released publicly, the statement said. The families of the victims whose information was breached have been notified of the incident, the hospital added.
Submission + - No Verizon iPhone at CES (tekgoblin.com) 1
tekgoblin writes: There has been many rumors that Verizon may announce their own version of the iPhone 4 at CES this year. Well Verizon has released information on what they will be previewing while at CES and it doesn't include the iPhone.
Submission + - Skype: Client Error Causes Global Outage (threatpost.com) 1
Gunkerty Jeb writes: In response to a 24 hour outage that occurred last week on their internet voice and video chat platform, Skype's Chief Information Officer has revealed that an error in some versions of the company's software client is to blame.
CIO Lars Rabbe, writing on Skype’s ‘The Big Blog,’ confirmed reports of outtages last week and posted a detailed explanation of what went wrong. He said the company was taking steps to prevent further outages.
CIO Lars Rabbe, writing on Skype’s ‘The Big Blog,’ confirmed reports of outtages last week and posted a detailed explanation of what went wrong. He said the company was taking steps to prevent further outages.
Submission + - Apple's Creepy 'Under the Covers' Xmas iPhone Ad 1
theodp writes: With its Christmastime 'Under the Covers' iPhone 4 ad, which not only reveals that Santa doesn't exist, but also shows a young boy left alone in his bedroom to FaceTime with a grown man from under the covers, Apple has joined the well-intentioned-but-what-were-they-thinking tech ad club. Other members include Logitech, which had to yank a Google TV ad in which a pants-less, unshaven Man-TV jumps into bed with a terrified tweenage girl, and Microsoft, which continued to air its nyuk-nyuk 'Hallway' dorm room sex ad touting Windows 7's DVR capabilities even though the Tyler Clementi suicide was making national headlines. Any others?
Submission + - South Korea Launches First Electric Bus Fleet (inhabitat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Seoul Metropolitan Government just rolled out the world’s first commercial all-electric bus service. The buses were designed to be as efficient as possible — each bus can run up to about 52 miles on a single charge and they have a maximum speed of about 62 miles per hour. The vehicles’ lithium-ion battery packs can be fully charged in less than 30 minutes and they also feature regenerative braking systems that reuse energy from brakes when running downhill.
Submission + - Sony's PS3 Jailbroken Forever (psgroove.com) 1
ReportedlyWorking writes: It appears that Sony's PS3 has been fatally compromised. At the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, a team named "fail0verflow" revealed that they had calculated the Private Keys, which would let them or anyone else, generate signed software for the PS3. Additionally, they also claim to have a method of jailbreaking the PS3 without the use of a Dongle, which is the current method. If all these statements are true, this opens the door to custom firmware, homebrew software, and OtherOS! Assuming that Sony doesn't take radical action and invalidate their private keys, this could mean that Jailbreaking is viable on all PS3, regardless of their firmware!
"Approximately a half hour in, the team revealed their new PS3 secrets, the moment we all were waiting for. One of the major highlights here was, dongle-less jailbreaking by overflowing the bootup NOR flash, giving complete control over the system. The other major feat, was calculating the public private keys (due to botched security), giving users the ability to sign their own SELFs Following this, the team declared Sony's security to be EPIC FAIL!"
"Approximately a half hour in, the team revealed their new PS3 secrets, the moment we all were waiting for. One of the major highlights here was, dongle-less jailbreaking by overflowing the bootup NOR flash, giving complete control over the system. The other major feat, was calculating the public private keys (due to botched security), giving users the ability to sign their own SELFs Following this, the team declared Sony's security to be EPIC FAIL!"
Submission + - Cheaters Exposed Analyzing Statistical Anomalies
Hugh Pickens writes: "Proctors and teachers can't watch everyone while they take tests — not when some students can text with their phones in their pockets, so with tests increasingly important in education — used to determine graduation, graduate school admission and, the latest, merit pay and tenure for teachers, Trip Gabriel writes that schools are turning to "data forensics" to catch cheaters, searching for data anomalies where the chances of random agreement are astronomical. In addition to looking for copying, statisticians hunt for illogical patterns, like test-takers who did better on harder questions than easy ones, a sign of advance knowledge of part of a test or look for unusually large score gains from a previous test by a student or class. Since Caveon Test Security, whose clients have included the College Board, the Law School Admission Council and more than a dozen states and big city school districts, began working for the state of Mississippi in 2006, cheating has declined about 70 percent, says James Mason, director of the State Department of Education's Office of Student Assessment. "People know that if you cheat there is an extremely high chance you're going to get caught," says Mason."
Comment Re:To summarize the article ... (Score 1) 696
Its less than one percent that have been released so far. 1,942 of 250,000 cables.
Comment Re:Perspective (Score 2) 696
Mr. Assange is giving the materials, a few at a time, to the NYT, and others, so that they may determine, in their journalistic opinion, based not just in support of a single government, but with the principles they hold defending democracy.
It must always be remembered, the data is being filtered, and redacted, and withheld, if immediate danger to individuals is expected, among other reasons.
I for one am glad that The Guardian, El Pais and Le Monde have access too.
He is not releasing all the data at once, or just on the opinions of wikileak volunteers or staff.
Comment Re:Journalistic Hubris (Score 1) 696
"Very noble of them to take on this weighty responsibility."
As in a people governing themselves, as in government of the people by the people for the people. Which is I think very noble of them, to take on this weighty responsibility, but more than noble, Americans have offered their lives over and over again to ensure that such a government shall not perish from the earth.
