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Submission + - I won't go back to Microsoft: Bill Gates (smh.com.au)

Submitted by AcidAUS
AcidAUS writes: On holiday with his family in Sydney, Australia, Bill Gates scotches reports in Fortune that he was considering returning to the helm of Microsoft. Gates said he had made the transition to work full-time at his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "and that will be what I do the rest of my life". He also replies to Steve Jobs' barbs, saying they were driven by the fact that "Microsoft machines outsold his machines by a lot".
Java

Submission + - JavaScript JVM runs Java (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: The world of software is made slightly crazy because of the huge flexibility within any computer language. Once you have absorbed the idea of a compiler written in the language it compiles what else is there left to gawp at? But... a Java Virtual Machine JVM written in JavaScript seems like another level of insanity. A lone coder, Artur Ventura, has implemented a large part of the standard JVM using JavaScript and you can check the code out on Github. Notice this isn't a Java to JavaScript translator but a real JVM that runs byte code. This means it could run any language that compiles to byte code.
Security

Submission + - The Evolution of Proxy Trojans (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: The Evolution of Proxy Trojans — With large amounts of money being spent online, it comes as no surprise that the online banking and online retailers are attractive targets to hackers. Proxy Trojans are nothing new. They’ve evolved into three categories: Keyloggers, Browser-session recorders and Man in the Browser (MitB).

Most prominent Trojans, such as Zeus, Gozi, URLZone, Sinowal and SpyEye all have MitB capabilities. As one-time passwords and two-factor authentication mechanisms become more common among online banking applications, the credentials obtained by Proxy Trojans will become less effective. Consequently, attackers are starting to improve the autonomous capabilities of MitB code. The recent, and potentially costly, SilentBanker Trojan targeted more than 400 banks and had the ability to intercept banking transactions – even those guarded by two-factor authentication.

While avoiding infection by Proxy Trojans is presumably the responsibility of consumers, MitB attacks are quickly becoming a concern of online service providers. The actual rate of infection and the proliferation of the many types of MitB malware suggests that providers must be able to serve and protect those customers who may be infected with one type of malware or another.

Comment Re:That's not all Isps (Score 1) 111

by Orphis (#33468472) Attached to: Major Battle Brewing Between French Gov't and ISPs
Orange has never given any identity for free, that's a lie. Even when the police is investigating pedophiles or other serious online crime. Sometimes, they even report some fraudulent activities or people in danger and then you have to PAY them to get the information. And the police has to do it, even if it's a false alert. SFR and Free on the other hand are nicer, you can ask them and get an answer quickly even before contacting the prosecutor to have an official paper. When someone is going to commit suicide and tells on internet and the police is notified, they have to act quickly and paperwork has never been easy.

Comment Great idea but... (Score 1) 483

by Orphis (#33319614) Attached to: Building a Traffic Radar System To Catch Reckless Drivers?
So imagine, you manage to build a radar with a camera. Now, how will you catch all the people without a valid license plate ? I've traveled a little in those countries and they either have no plate, a funny invalid plate, and unreadable one or an old invalid one they never changed. Well, the governmental organizations have valid license plates, but I don't think they'll ever pay anything ;-) So before using tech to make the roads safer, I would first ask the police to ensure every driver has a valid driving license, papers, a valid plate, isn't drunk or high. Basic work and it will help a lot better !
IT

Submission + - Flash hidden features - AEC and P2P Streaming (wagner-sebastian.com)

Submitted by Emil_and_the_Detecti
Emil_and_the_Detecti writes: I recently discovered two features of the Flash Player that are only available for “Premium” customers. I think it is quite strange to develop on Platform for years and finally discover that the real soup is only available for the Adobe.

Did you ever notice that this flag in the ActionScript API *useEchoSuppression* does not seem to have any effect to the behavior? (API Docs: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0_de/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/media/Microphone.html#useEchoSuppression)
Well it is because there IS NO! This echo Cancellation is only available if you use Adobe Connect Pro. You can find a hole history of reports about this feature and people that investigated at the Adobe Bug Tracker (you have to sign up): http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-273 (this issue has started in August 2008, so its not really new). It seems like Adobe has the Code for the Echo Cancellation ready since SWF 9. But they refuse to include it into the Flash Player for everybody. You get an additional Add-On for this feature. Automatic Echo Cancellation (AEC) is probably the reason why users prefer using Skype instead of Flash to do their conference.

Another interesting feature can be seen live when you watch the CNN Live Broadcast:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

you should watch your network through-put. You will encounter after some minutes, that your upload is as big as your download rate! That means the Flash Player is able to use P2P to broadcast a Live Stream. Quite nice, unfortunately it seems the same thing here, you need a modified Version of the Flash Player for that feature.

Lets see how long they can follow that route

Links/References:
http://wagner-sebastian.com/wordpress/2009/11/06/flash-player-hidden-feature-echo-cancellation-and-p2p-live-streaming/

http://www.lingolesson.com/misc/adobe-s-mysterious-systemproduct-and-connect-pro/

http://blog.flaphone.com/index.php/2008/05/31/fp10_aec_support/

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/cnn-p2p-video-streaming-tech-raises-questions.ars

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/05/1443206&from=rss

Submission + - Kaspersky CEO Wants End to Online Anonymity (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Andorin
Andorin writes: Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of well-known computer security company Kaspersky Labs, is calling for an end to the anonymity of the Internet, and for the creation of mandatory "Internet passports" for anyone who wishes to browse the Web. Says Kaspersky, "Everyone should and must have an identification, or internet passport... the internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the US military. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong...to introduce it in the same way." He calls anonymity "the Internet's biggest security vulnerability" and thinks any country that doesn't follow this regime should be "cut off." The EFF objects, and it's likely that they won't be the only ones.
Mozilla

Submission + - Firefox 4.0 goes Chrome, new UI in Q4 2010 (tgdaily.com)

Submitted by sv_libertarian
sv_libertarian writes: Mozilla recently updated its product roadmap through 2010. According to the first draft, the current browser will see a minor update in Q4 2009 as well as Q2 2010. Version 4.0 is headed for an October or November 2010 release and will bring a new user interface and browser sync integration.
Google

Submission + - GMail back up

Submitted by Laptopdude
Laptopdude writes: As of 5:37, Google posted the following report:

The problem with Google Mail should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support.

It has been around 27 hours since Google's first response.

Software

Submission + - Opera 10.0 released (opera.com) 2

Submitted by neonsignal
neonsignal writes: Opera 10 has been released. It now supports rich text email, the 'turbo' Opera proxy server feature, some HTML 5 support, XML 'pretty printing', extra skinning features, and a 100/100 score in the Acid3 test. There has been no official announcement as yet.

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