Comment Linux (Score 0) 131
Will it work on Linux?
Submission + - Cold Boot Attack Solved for Linux (illinois.edu)
linuxrocks123 writes: "An open-source solution to the cold boot attack has been published online, complete with working code for Linux. This is the first solution to the cold boot attack available for any operating system. Instructions for use have also been posted."
Submission + - Analysts Call for Sony CEO's Head (industrygamers.com)
donniebaseball23 writes: With millions of PlayStation Network and Sony Online user accounts compromised worldwide and credit card information stolen, financial analysts are turning their gaze towards Sony CEO Howard Stringer, saying that the security breach is the last straw and he needs to go. "Stringer...has overseen a number of failures across most divisions of Sony. At some point, the blame has to be put to the top of the company," said analysts at Panoptic Management Consultants.
Submission + - Hacker pwns police cruiser and lives to tell tale (theregister.co.uk)
Gunkerty Jeb writes: As a penetration tester hired to pierce the digital fortresses of Fortune 1000 casinos, banks and energy companies, Kevin Finisterre has hacked electronic cash boxes, geologic-survey equipment, and on more than one occasion, a client's heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system.
But one of his most unusual hacks came during a recent assignment testing the security of a US-based municipal government. After scanning several IP addresses used by the city's police department, he soon discovered they connected directly into a Linux device carried in police cruisers. Using little more than FTP and telnet commands, he then tapped into a digital video recorder used to record and stream audio and video captured from gear mounted on the vehicle's dashboard.
But one of his most unusual hacks came during a recent assignment testing the security of a US-based municipal government. After scanning several IP addresses used by the city's police department, he soon discovered they connected directly into a Linux device carried in police cruisers. Using little more than FTP and telnet commands, he then tapped into a digital video recorder used to record and stream audio and video captured from gear mounted on the vehicle's dashboard.
Submission + - Attachmate Fires Mono Developers (internetnews.com)
darthcamaro writes: Love it or hate it, Novell's open source Mono project has inspired a lot of debate over the last 7 years. Mono brings .NET to Linux, with some interesting patent connections. The project is now at a crossroads, with news today that Attachmate had laid off the U.S. based development team for Mono.
Submission + - US legislature demands answers after PSN attack (computerandvideogames.com)
rev_media writes: "The US Congress, the United States' legislature for the federal government, has issued a letter to Sony requesting answers for a number of unanswered questions concerning last week's "outside intrusion" of the PlayStation Network.
The two-page letter is signed by Mary Bono Mack, Republican of California, who requests a reply by May 6 (Friday). Replies are requested for 13 questions."
The two-page letter is signed by Mary Bono Mack, Republican of California, who requests a reply by May 6 (Friday). Replies are requested for 13 questions."
Submission + - Airtime Goes Automatic for the People (sourcefabric.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Airtime, the free, open source radio software, increased its feature set significantly in April and May with three releases in thirty days. The Airtime server software runs on Ubuntu Linux, Debian, and Redhat and multiple users can use the software to schedule radio shows remotely through any web browser.
It is developed by Sourcefabric, a Czech non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting quality journalism through open source software and tools. The latest release was Airtime 1.8.1 on May 3rd.
It is developed by Sourcefabric, a Czech non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting quality journalism through open source software and tools. The latest release was Airtime 1.8.1 on May 3rd.
Comment duh 1st has passed... (Score 1) 1
In other news... This is total garbage...
Submission + - 10 of the Best Free Linux Earth Science Software (linuxlinks.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Earth science (also known as geoscience) is the focus of understanding the sciences related to the planet Earth. It includes a wide range of fields such as geology, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, and glaciology. Some people are surprised to learn that astronomy is also regarded to be an earth science. Geology is generally considered to be the primary earth science.
Science really prospers and advances when individuals share the results of their experiments with others in the scientific community. There is a certain logic that scientific software should therefore be released under an open source license. Software is crucial in helping earth scientists carry out scientific research in understanding the system earth and its interplay with society.
To provide an insight into the open source software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 of our favourite earth science software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for budding scientists that need to work with large amounts of data with spatial attributes.
Science really prospers and advances when individuals share the results of their experiments with others in the scientific community. There is a certain logic that scientific software should therefore be released under an open source license. Software is crucial in helping earth scientists carry out scientific research in understanding the system earth and its interplay with society.
To provide an insight into the open source software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 of our favourite earth science software. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for budding scientists that need to work with large amounts of data with spatial attributes.
Submission + - The physics of Little Big Planet and others... (wildbunny.co.uk)
wildbunny writes: "This is an article about a new continuous collision detection technique used in games such as Little Big Planet PS3/PSP — its fast, robust and most of all easy to understand and implement and solves one of the biggest problems in physics simulation today — Time Of Impact ordering."
Submission + - FF4 takes lead over IE9, IE loses market share (winbeta.org) 1
Arneh writes: "Net Applications has released its latest round of monthly browser market share data. Results show that despite IE9's earlier release in March, Firefox 4 is outpacing IE9 in adoption and usage."
Submission + - Apple, Microsoft, Google, others sued over smartph (cnet.com)
suraj.sun writes: Apple, Microsoft, Google, others sued over smartphone patent :
A lawsuit filed by H-W Technology earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division claims Apple, Microsoft, Google, RIM, and 28 other major technology companies are infringing on a U.S. patent number 7,525,955, described as an "Internet protocol (IP) phone with search and advertising capability." was granted in April 2009.
In its filing from Wednesday, which was picked up by The Loop, H-W Technology says the patent deals with smartphones that can plug into applications and thus get "information and offers from merchants and to complete a transaction with one of said merchants without having to generate a voice call." In other words, this affects both application stores and commerce applications.
CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20049714-94.html
A lawsuit filed by H-W Technology earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division claims Apple, Microsoft, Google, RIM, and 28 other major technology companies are infringing on a U.S. patent number 7,525,955, described as an "Internet protocol (IP) phone with search and advertising capability." was granted in April 2009.
In its filing from Wednesday, which was picked up by The Loop, H-W Technology says the patent deals with smartphones that can plug into applications and thus get "information and offers from merchants and to complete a transaction with one of said merchants without having to generate a voice call." In other words, this affects both application stores and commerce applications.
CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20049714-94.html
Submission + - PETA Quits GoDaddy after CEO Shoots Elephant 1
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Bob Parsons, chief executive of the Internet domain-hosting company Go Daddy, has been roiled in controversy after he killed an elephant in Zimbabwe and posted a video of the hunt on his blog that justified the shooting because the meat fed villagers and helped farmers scare pachyderms away from crops. Now the LA Times reports that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has closed its account with Go Daddy and urged others to do the same. "Parsons is hiding behind the lame claim that killing elephants helps farmers in Africa whose crops are damaged by the animals," says PETA. "In fact, there are ample effective and nonlethal methods to deter elephants from crops, including using chili-infused string and beehives on poles to create low-cost 'fences." Meanwhile Parsons continued to defend his actions as good for local villagers. "These people have literally nothing and when an elephant is killed it's a big event for them, they are going to be able to eat some protein.""
Submission + - RSA: SecurID Hack Was Phishing With Flash 0-Day (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: RSA confirmed on Friday that the attack that compromised the company's high-value SecurID product was essentially a small, targeted phishing campaign that included a payload of a malicious Flash object embedded in an Excel file.
Comment haven't seen a bigger advertising campaign (Score 1, Informative) 129
my n8 from which i am currently posting can do hands down 9mbps in wifi networking @ speednet.net let alone gprs. So please spare us with the google's white knight there is *better hardware*
