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Comment Re:Javascript (Score 1) 475

by idiotwithastick (#25843819) Attached to: Silverlight On the Way To Linux
I am not a web app developer, but as far as I can tell Flash and Silverlight will still have their own place for a long while, especially until browsers (most notably IE) get their act together with regards to standards compliance and Javascript performance. The iPhone is a single platform, and the apps only need to work on that one platform. Considering that no browser is completely standards compliant and they all have their own Javascript and HTML quirks, I would imagine it very difficult to program any complex game in purely JS and HTML and have it provide a quality experience in all browsers and platforms, either because it is too slow on some platforms and broken on others because of the lack of certain features. At the very least, Flash and Silverlight provides a uniform platform across all systems for a developer to work on, making life that much easier for everyone.
Moon

Unbelievably Large Telescopes On the Moon? 292

Posted by CmdrTaco from the thats-no-moon dept.
Matt_dk writes "A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. 'It's so simple,' says Ermanno F. Borra, physics professor at the Optics Laboratory of Laval University in Quebec, Canada. 'Isaac Newton knew that any liquid, if put into a shallow container and set spinning, naturally assumes a parabolic shape, the same shape needed by a telescope mirror to bring starlight to a focus. This could be the key to making a giant lunar observatory.'"
Portables

Best Technology For Long-Distance Travel? 257

Posted by kdawson from the unbeaten-path-warrior dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Over the past year I have traveled across the globe for work but I can't seem to find the right balance of technology to take with me. After reading a CNET article about tech for traveling, I'm still slightly undecided about what hardware suits me best. On the work side of things I need a laptop, nothing fancy but it can't be too heavy or slow. I also need a smart phone that can receive emails across the world and if possible a satellite navigation device, as I need to get to less-traveled locations on a regular basis. From a personal perspective I need my music but I don't care about video, so I'm looking for something with high-quality audio and great battery life. A compact camera wouldn't go amiss but dSLRs are too heavy for my needs and carrying strength, so something I can tuck in a pocket would be perfect. Any suggestions greatly appreciated."
Security

Submission + - Mac, BSD prone to decade old attacks 7

Submitted by BSDer
BSDer writes: An Israeli security researcher published a paper few hours ago, detailing attacks against Mac, OpenBSD and other BSD-style operating systems. The attacks, says Amit Klein from Trusteer enable DNS cache poisoning, IP level traffic analysis, host detection, O/S fingerprinting and in some cases even TCP blind data injection. The irony is that OpenBSD boasted their protection mechanism against those exact attacks when a similar attack against the BIND DNS server was disclosed by the same researcher mid 2007. It seems now that OpenBSD may need to revisit their code and their statements. According to the researcher, another affected party, Apple, refused to commit to any fix timelines. It would be interesting to see their reaction now that this paper is public.

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