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Comment Re:Lets play 'Pass The Blame!....' (Score 3, Informative) 152

not unless configured by a really clueless person

I think that is what was being implied by the summary. When I read it, I didn't assume that that was how PHPmyadmin came out of the box. They probably should have used better wording like "nd this application was configured to allow database access without a password", to ensure they got the correct point across.

Comment Re:Keyboard is too small (Score 1) 627

Surely if you connect a keyboard to a tablet device you just destroyed the entire point of having a tablet. What you want is a lightweight laptop or netbook instead.

Not entirely. I find it beneficial to take notes on the tablet with a stylus for things that don't type out well (workflow diagrams, server layouts) but I like having the option of typing when I want to describe the diagram I just drew.

Comment Keyboard is too small (Score 1) 627

The thing I don't like about the Zagg keyboards is that they are just a tad too small. I understand that they are trying to fit the form factor of the iPad for creating a nice looking and natural feeling case. So I use the Zagg when I am on the go, but use a standard apple wireless keyboard when I am at my desk. I can't say I have completely switched over to the iPad for productivity apps, though, I prefer a much larger screen for my workspace.

Cellphones

Submission + - Class-Action Suits Against Carrier IQ Filed

adeelarshad82 writes: Not surprisingly, the Carrier IQ controversy has resulted in some legal action. Class-action lawsuits have been filed in California and Missouri that accuse Carrier IQ, as well as Samsung and HTC, of violating federal wiretap laws. The California case was filed on behalf of four smartphone users with HTC and Samsung devices and accuses the companies of violating the Federal Wiretap Act, which prohibits the unauthorized interception or illegal use of electronic communications, and California's Unfair Business Practice Act.
Games

Submission + - The Return of Flight Simulation Games (shacknews.com)

SharkLaser writes: Several years have passed without a single good flight simulator. However, Microsoft is now taking in beta applications to their upcoming Flight game, which will be released in summer 2012. On top of that, X-Plane 10 demo is now available for download from their site. Will this be the grand return of good old flight simulation games?
Android

Submission + - Serious New Android Privacy Leak Demonstrated

An anonymous reader writes: Security researchers have discovered a way to bypass an Android smartphone owner's permissions and access private data stored on their smartphone. A video demonstration illustrates that a black hat hacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to record phone calls, wipe out your phone, call or text premium rate numbers, and read your private messages and emails, all without your permission, of course.
Businesses

Submission + - Half Life of a Tech Worker is 15 Years 1

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Matt Heusser writes that when he went to work for Google all the people he met had a sort of early-twenties look to them. "Like the characters in Microserfs, these were “firstees”, young adults in the middle of the first things like life: First job out of college, first house, first child, first mini-van," writes Heusser. "This is what struck me: Where were the old dudes?" and then he realized something very important — you get fifteen years. "That is to say, your half-life as a worker in corporate America is about age thirty-five. Around that time, interviews get tougher. Your obligations make you less open to relocation, the technologies on your resume seem less-current, and your ability find that next gig begins to decrease." By thirty-five, half the folks who started in technology have gone on to something else — perhaps management, consulting, on to roles in “the business” or in operations. "Yet a few stick it out. Half of the half-life is fifty, and, sure, perhaps 25% of the folks who started as line technologists will still be doing that when they turn fifty," adds Heusser. "But by the time you turn thirty-five, you’d better have a plan.""

Comment New Screen (Score 3, Interesting) 133

If they are not replacing the screen, just the board, then I think they are wasting their time. Based on how awkward the FreeRunner is with regards to the shape and size of the screen (480x640), they will never be able to compete with any recent Android or iPhone model.

Since they stated it will be using the same case, they are really limiting how much they can do for the FreeRunner.

Apple

Submission + - iPhone 4 burns up in Brazil (networkworld.com)

alphadogg writes: It's hard to imagine the Apple iPhone getting any hotter, but a report out of Brazil says that an iPhone 4 short-circuited and burned up next to an owner's bed. The iPhone Blog reported that an iPhone user awoke to the sparking, smoking iPhone near the bed. The incident took place just a few days before an Australian airline had to extinguish an iPhone 4 that began glowing red and smoking during a flight.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/112811-exploding-iphone-253507.html

Comment Re:Depends on the machine (Score 1) 261

The downside of this approach is the risk of data leaking onto the unencrypted volume, through temporary files, swap space, browser caches, files inadvertantly saved in the wrong place and so-on.

That's 100% correct if you need plausible deniability, and it is why TrueCrypt recommends using a "Hidden Operating System" or mounting from a live-cd for this kind of protection. While scripting all of what you said above is possible, if you miss one small thing then you can lose your plausible deniability.

If you just want to protect the data and the names of files don't matter, then there are a finite number of places on windows you could clean via scripts out that would clean up any temporary files laying around.

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