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Submission + - Google's False Start reduces SSL latency by 30 % (theregister.co.uk)

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sridharo
sridharo writes: "Google implemented SSL False Start in Chrome 9 that lead to a significant decrease in overall SSL connection setup times. SSL False Start reduces the latency of a SSL handshake by 30%.
Considering that more and more sites are turning to SSL ( Facebook and Twitter moved to SSL early this year ) , this move might benefit in making the web more secure."
Android

Submission + - Android security practices? 1

Submitted by Soft
Soft writes: Smartphone security recommendations seem to boil down to Windows-like practices: install an antivirus, run updates, and don't execute apps from untrusted sources. On my own computers, running Linux, I choose to only install (signed) packages from the distribution's or well-known repositories, or programs I can check and compile myself, or run them as a dedicated user--and I don't bother with an antivirus.

What rules should I adopt on my soon-to-be-bought Android device? Can I use it purely with open-source apps and still make the most of it? Are Android's fine-grained permissions (accessing the network, contacts...) reliable? Can apps be trusted not to scan your files and keyboard for passwords and emails? What precautions do security-conscious Slashdotters take to keep control of their phones?

Submission + - Anonymization is not really anonymous (oreilly.com)

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sridharo
sridharo writes: "The articles points out by cross-linking multiple anonymized data-sets, there is a good chance of matching identifiable public records to an individual.
In one of the papers, using the IMDB as the source of background knowledge, a individual subscriber can be identified from anonymized data of Netflix."
Robotics

Submission + - Amazing Lego drawing robot (minfinity.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A gyroscope turns a Lego toy into a robot capable of drawing any Encapsulate Postscript (EPS) file. The robot localises itself using the gyroscope and wheel encoders. The system does not use any external reference.
NASA

Submission + - 'Superflares' Spotted in Crab Nebula by NASA (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Astronomers were shocked when the dusty remains of an exploded star, the Crab Nebula, unleashed a surprising blast of gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the Universe.

The outburst, which was similar to an enormous 'superflare' five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object, was first detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on April 12 and lasted six days.
Idle

Submission + - Einstein for Everyone (pitt.edu)

Submitted by sridharo
sridharo writes: An interesting post simplifying Einstein's Theories. It's Relativity theory made relatively simple.
Facebook

Facebook Admits Hiring PR Firm To Smear Google 172

Posted by CmdrTaco from the yeah-we-meant-to-do-that dept.
hasanabbas1987 writes "The clash of the Internet Giants reached new heights after a spokesman for Facebook confirmed to Daily Beast that Facebook paid a high level Public Relation firm to publish and spread stories against Google throughout the media to study various methods to examine the allegations that Google has been violating user privacy."

Submission + - How do I prevent websites from tracking me?

Submitted by witch-doktor
witch-doktor writes: I use FF4. I have "do not track" ticked. But when I go to discovery.com it seems to know all about me and my facebook friends. How do I stop this? How do I stop this in general?
Google

Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Self-Driving Cars 275

Posted by samzenpus from the to-drive-or-not-to-drive dept.
b0bby writes "The NY Times reports that Google is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state in which self-driving cars could be legally operated on public roads. 'The two bills, which have received little attention outside Nevada's capitol, are being introduced less than a year after the giant search engine company acknowledged that it was developing cars that could be safely driven without human intervention.'"
Google

Submission + - Sergey Brin: Windows is "torturing users" (networkworld.com)

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jbrodkin
jbrodkin writes: "Google created Chrome OS because Windows is "torturing users," Google co-founder Sergey Brin says. Only about 20% of Google employees use Windows, with the rest on Mac and Linux, and Brin hopes that by next year nearly all Googlers will be using Chromebooks. "With Microsoft, and other operating system vendors, I think the complexity of managing your computer is really torturing users," Brin told reporters at Google I/O. "It's torturing everyone in this room. It's a flawed model fundamentally. Chromebooks are a new model that doesn't put the burden of managing the computer on yourself." Google claims 75% of business users could be moved from Windows computers to Chrome laptops."

Comment s/w dev != manufacturing (Score 1) 460

by sridharo (#36092572) Attached to: Is Process Killing the Software Industry?
Processes are defined in the manufacturing industries to prevent slippage of 'achievable/defined' quality. Unfortunately the extension of processes from these industries (six sigma?) to software development doesnt reap the intended benefits.
Blame it on the guy who thought the role of a programmer and the line technician are the same!

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