Comment what can stop them (Score 5, Insightful) 249
watching their customers dropping like flies...
Ericsson and Intel Offer Remote Notebook Lockdown 105
MojoKid writes "Ericsson and Intel have announced that they are collaborating on a way to keep your laptop's contents safe when your laptop goes MIA. Using Intel's Anti-Theft Technology — PC Protection (Intel AT-p) and Ericsson's Mobile Broadband (HSPA)
modules,
lost or stolen laptops can be remotely locked down. Similar to Lenovo's recently announced Lockdown Now PC technology, the Ericsson-Intel technology uses SMS messages sent directly to a laptop's mobile broadband chip. Once the chip receives the lock-down message, it passes it to the Intel AT-p function, which is integrated into Intel's Centrino 2 with vPro technology platform. Unlike Lenovo's anti-theft solution, the Ericsson module includes GPS functionality as well."
Comment Re:Any othetr industry?? neve happened? (Score 2, Informative) 456
see comment below about ARM shipping 1 billion processors last quarter
Comment Re:Here's hoping (Score 1) 44
is there going to be a PC version of SFIV? I only saw ps3 and xbox360 versions. seeing as i have neither of those, but i do have a pc...
oh please tell me you are not toying with my emotions.
Comment worst ask slashdot ever... (Score 1) 584
Where Have All the Pagers Gone? 584
oddRaisin writes "After recently sleeping through a page for work, I decided to change my paging device from my BlackBerry (which is quiet and has a pathetic vibrate mode) to an actual pager. After looking at the websites of Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint, I'm left scratching my head and wondering where all the pagers went. I can't find them or any mention of them. Pagers of yore offered some great features that reflected the serious nature of being paged. They were loud. They had good vibrate modes. They continued to alert after a page until you acknowledged them. I didn't have to differentiate between a text from a friend and a page from work. Now that pagers seem to have become passé, what are other people doing to fill this niche? Are some phones better pagers than others? Are there still paging service providers out there?"
Comment ipython (Score 1) 2362
for python hackers, ipython is essential. it's a wrapper for the python shell which has tab completion of all class/function/method attributes and interactive access to documentation, plus all kinds of other fancy tools. it has made learning python so much easier.
Comment Re:Stupid Tricks (Score 1) 2362
try
du --max-depth=1
Comment Re:Show attached block devices (Score 1) 2362
a lesson learned the hard way: don't drink and root
Comment Re:Show attached block devices (Score 1) 2362
if you like vi and diff, you'll LOVE vimdiff
it brings up the two files next to each other and highlights all the differences. quite a beautiful thing.
Comment Re:rm -rf / (Score 1) 2362
sudo -s works
(brings up a shell)
Comment some nice things i keep in my bash .profile (Score 1) 2362
export PAGER=/usr/bin/less
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim # emacs if you like
# places i ssh to often:
alias sshx='ssh user@server-x'
# and if i have a command i frequently want to use as a 1-off:
alias x-command='sshx command'
# i really hate the pc speaker bell, so i put this in my
xset -b
# also, for linux--get rid of it altogether (as root) by banning the driver module from your kernel:
echo -e "#fucking pc speaker\nblacklist pcspkr" >>
Comment Re:Stupid Tricks (Score 1) 2362
actually, i was going to say:
du -a --max-depth=1 | sort -n
does the same thing, but more explicitly. then if you want everything:
du -a | sort -n
or just things on your current filesystem:
du -ax | sort -n
for straight summaries, du -cks is crap. instead use:
du -sh
Handling Caller ID Spoofing? 556
An anonymous reader writes "A nice little old lady I know has had her number spoofed by some car warranty scammers. They're calling hundreds of potential victims per day pretending to use her phone number, and the angry ones call her back; some of them have even left death threats. She's terrified. Some well-intending anti-telemarketing folks have posted her address on the 'net as well. How can we figure out where these scammer bastards are, and what's the state of the current legislation to prevent caller ID spoofing? I called the FBI in Boston (near where she lives) and they said they can't help. She's called her phone company, but they said they can't help either. She's had the same number for over 50 years and doesn't want to change it." If the Feds can't or won't handle it, what's the best approach here?
Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf Endorses Obama 713
SEAActionFund writes "Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist who also happens to be credited with co-founding the Internet, submitted a video to our AVoteforScience YouTube challenge. In it he discusses the importance of net neutrality and endorses Barack Obama specifically because he supports net neutrality (John McCain does not.)
The AVoteForScience challenge calls upon scientists to upload videos to YouTube explaining who they are voting for and why. The first two videos were by Cerf and the 2008 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Marty Chalfie. Any Slashdotters game for explaining who they are voting for and why?" Still waiting for one of the campaigns to ask for my endorsement, which is totally available to whichever campaign offers me the better cabinet seat.
