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Successful Alternatives To Password Authentication? 188

Posted by Cliff on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:52PM from the seeking-different-ways-to-login dept.

DonaldP asks: "Have any of you successfully deployed a key, token, or biometric-based access control for Windows machines to replace (or enhance) the typical login/logout authentication process (even image-recognition schemes would be considered)? I see different stuff out there but short of actually evaluating each one, it's hard to get a good idea of what the scene is like, what is crap and what actually delivers. Does anyone have experience with such systems, or can suggest other suitable solutions?"

Submission + - MySpace Shifts from CDN to Peering for Video

Submitted by

miller60

on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:45PM

miller60 writes: "As it ramps up its focus on video, MySpace has changed its video delivery system to better manage costs, dumping content distribution network (CDN) VitalStream in favor of direct peering with other major networks via Equinix data centers. MySpace represented nearly a third of revenues for VitalStream, which was sold to Internap less than a week after the MySpace announcement."

Submission + - "The war is over and Linux won"

Submitted by

xtaski

on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:34PM

xtaski writes: "Dana Blankenhorn puts bluntly what we've all know for some time: "The war is over and Linux won". With Oracle and Microsoft putting Linux in the spotlight and positioning themselves to grow with Linux. "A new report shows that 83% of companies expect to support new workloads on Linux against 23% for Windows. ... Over two-thirds of the respondents said they will increase their use of Linux in the next year, and almost no one said the opposite.""

Submission + - Steve Jobs On Zune WiFi Getting You Laid

Submitted by aeonsafe on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:31PM

aeonsafe writes: Steve Jobs On Zune WiFi Getting You Laid Funny. Must read.

Submission + - PS3 linux kernel patches released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: From linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org mailing list: This is the set of patches I have queued for 2.6.20. Patches 1-6 have already been posted, but I did some re-work on a few to bring them up to the latest powerpc.git. Patches 7-16 are new and add the core platform support for the PS3 game console. For the convenience of anyone interested, I have put this patchset, plus a few other drivers I am working on with some info here: http://67.117.136.164/pub/cell/

New Mono 1.2 Now Supports WinForms 304

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:19PM from the who-doesn't dept.

smbarbour writes "The Mono project (the open-source .NET compatibility library acquired by Novell when Ximian was purchased) has released version 1.2. They are now including support for WinForms. Ars Technica has a detailed rundown on the new release. The Mono project supports Visual Basic.NET as well, so developers that use VB.NET now have the possibility of directly porting applications to Linux." From the article: "Relatively high memory consumption and performance bottlenecks are commonly perceived as being amongst Mono's most significant weaknesses. Some critics frequently refer to various performance issues to support arguments against broader adoption of Mono technology in open source projects, most notably within the GNOME community. The performance improvements in Mono 1.2 could potentially address such criticisms, but it is likely that a lot more work will be required before the problems are completely resolved."

Submission + - The Google Will Now See You

Submitted by

jellings

on Friday November 10, 2006 @06:05PM

jellings writes: "Should you see Google before making your next doctor appointment? Maybe. According to research done by scientists at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Australia, the search engine aided in returning "a correct diagnosis 58% of the time" based on rank, and "that in difficult diagnostic cases, it is often useful to "google for a diagnosis." Of course, searches by knowledge experts, i.e. doctors will yield better results, but only until Google decides to implement Google Health.

Is the time ripe for Google to enter the healthcare industry?"

Submission + - PS3 Lacks HD Cables Out of Box

Submitted by stas on Friday November 10, 2006 @05:46PM

stas writes: Earlier today, IGN reported about their encounter with a retail Playstation, and while much of it remained positive, it is worth pointing out that if you were expecting any component or HDMI cables, you won't find any. On top of the $600 machine, they will come at an extra cost as it only includes a "Multi-AV cable with composite connectors." For a company that makes claims of controlling this next generation of consoles, it certainly is not offering much incentive to jump on board.

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