When Oracle acquired DynDNS they charged a hefty fee. Recently they raised that fee even more and made it pointless for home users. Duckdns.org is the service to use if you want something for DDWRT/OpenWRT and for it to be free.

By every station, you mean not every station right? In major cities yes, but go to any small town in any state, they accept post-pumping payment.

I receive Fox Sports (Detroit) on YTTV. Are you not in a regional area? It's great for hockey too, 60fps!

"internet access is down".....there is an option. Non-existent problem solved ;)

The next time RIAA/MPAA issues a DMCA to me I'll let them know the song or video is more than 2 years old and its OK to copy.

I have programmed and support Crestron devices (among many other AV solutions) over the years (coming close to 20 years). This is all hype.

Yes, you can open a web page on an embeded browser, you can send/view video streams, etc. But it is all very complex since their systems run proprietary code which has to be written then compiled in their editor. Then you have to load the code on the system, which mind you if you don't have the original source code you immediately break the room/system. And all of this assumes the Crestron(AV) system is not on its own vlan/control subnet. It's like saying a Linux box with a web cam sitting in a conference room can be used to spy on people....as soon as you write, compile and wipe the existing kernel/OS.

Where is the Cisco article discussing how a "hacker" can open the web interface of a Cisco telepresence system and spy on conference rooms!?!?! Or make it answer an incoming call while overriding what the user in the room might otherwise deny?!?!? Oh wait, thats working as designed....

They are shutting down the gateway because their system is more advanced than IRC and other XMPP clients? The entire point of the gateway is to allow two disparate systems to work with each other, even with limited features.

Since when? I have certain phones at my work I mask behind a xxx555xxx number to prevent robo calls into the phone. Any PSTN call made from this phone shows the receiving end a "555" number, which is not legitimate. This allows me to make out going phone calls from an e164 formatted number, but to not allow anyone on the outside to call back in.

Poor analogy. If I call in a false fire alarm, the fire department shows up, and without investigating applies water to the entire building, who is at fault for the water damage? I would certainly say the fire department since they blindly applied water without all the facts.

And the article needs to clarify a little. They mention "under a contract" then they mention "without benefits/full-time employment/etc'

Here are the different types of "contractors": -Traditional full-time employees who also have a contract with the company. Probably less common in the US, but more common elsewhere. Could also be considered union workers. They receive full benefits from the company, but have a little extra positioning when it comes to not getting fired for no real reason.

-Staff augmentation/out sourced, most common "contractor" for large companies. These are full-time workers, typically with benefits of some sort from their true W2 employer, but don't go towards the head count of the company paying for them. It also lets them focus costs intro a straight per hour rate, rather than calculating salary, bonus, benefits, etc. These are common with large companies where they need lots of workers but doesn't want to report it to Wall-street or the local news outlet when large downsizing occurs.

-Independent contractors/1099 workers. These are the ones which are usually not receiving any benefits because they work for themselves. They likely receive a 1099 for everyone they work for, and you can more or less set your own hours/schedule.

Even soldiers are held to higher standards and typically cannot, and will not, shoot unless shot at first. Obviously different when they are actively invading a building after having tons of intel, but normally on patrol they do not shoot first in hostile zones.

I love how city policy do more killing, with less info, and in less hostile areas, than our military.

Parent was naming Microsoft's products. Cisco has also committed to Jabber and is not EOLing it any time soon.

I agree, however the judge noted that there are other competitors out there using the same similar colors on similar cereal products. When it came to the TMO, Home Depot, etc, examples, no other competitor was using the requested color and thus the trademark was granted. I can see General Mills point, but I also agree with the judge in this case.

It's the government for you. I remember seeing an audio/video tech job posted on the USA Jobs website. It was nothing special, similar to an IT job and only paid around $55k at the time (not many years ago). However, they wanted the person to have a PhD!

But what is a spoofed number? If I mask a DID behind a general number for the operator is that spoofing? If I mask a DID behind a 555-xxxx number to prevent call backs is that spoofing?

I think spoofing should be defined as masking behind a range you do not own, with the exception of xxx.555.xxxx