Comment Re:Taleban.com (Score 1) 208
Wish i could upvote you but yeah, that website did not exist when he claimed it was up.
Submission + - Eric Schimidt gives some tips on how to switch from IOS to Android (google.com)
Celexi writes: Google's Eric Schmidt took it to Google+ today to urge people to switch from IOS to Android, mentioning that Android is more secure, and switching will be just like switching from a PC to a Mac "You won't switch back" and detailing some steps on how to "switch".
Submission + - Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million (arstechnica.com) 1
qwerdf writes: Newegg, an online retailer that has made a name for itself fighting the non-practicing patent holders sometimes called "patent trolls," sits on the losing end of a lawsuit tonight. An eight-person jury came back shortly after 7:00pm and found that the company infringed all four asserted claims of a patent owned by TQP Development, a company owned by patent enforcement expert Erich Spangenberg.
Comment to post about already patched vulnerabities (Score 1) 153
Really? Why is this on front page of Slashdot? A vulnerability that was patched months ago via windows updates is now an issue?
Comment XMPP (Score 1) 95
I quite like XMPP for this reason, its open ( or can be closed too ). And communicates with a major one ( Google Talk ) . I have managed to convince a few friends and family to use either pure XMPP or Google talk, i honestly don't have anyone i consider important or that i would have an important conversation with in either text or voice or video in Skype.
Submission + - PayPal security holes expose customer card data, personal details (scmagazine.com.au)
mask.of.sanity writes: Dangerous website flaws have been discovered in PayPal that grant attackers access to customer credit card data, account balances and purchase histories.
The holes still exist. One was publicly disclosed after a failed effort in July to responsibly disclose them under PayPal's bug bounty program.
PayPal is working to close the holes.
The holes still exist. One was publicly disclosed after a failed effort in July to responsibly disclose them under PayPal's bug bounty program.
PayPal is working to close the holes.
Submission + - User Tracking Back on iOS6 (sophos.com)
connor4312 writes: Apple got caught with its hand in the cookie jar when privacy experts protested the use of a universal device identifier, or UDID, to track the online preferences of iPhone and iPad users. Enough is enough, right? Well, maybe not. It looks like device tracking is back with iOS 6, courtesy of a new tracking technology: IDFA, or identifier for advertisers.
Submission + - Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal available today (geek.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The six month cycle that Canonical adheres to for Ubuntu releases has come around again today. Ubuntu 12.10 ‘Quantal Quetzal‘ has been released. There's a whole range of new features and updates, but here's the most important:
- WebApps — treats online services as if they are desktop apps (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook)
- Online Services — control logins to all your services from a single window and get them integrated into search results (e.g. GDocs for file searches)
- Dash Preview — right click any icon, get a detailed preview of what it is
- Linux kernel 3.5.4, GNOME 3.6, Nautilus 3.4, latest Unity
- No more Unity 2D, fallback is the Gallium llvmpipe software rasterizer
- Default apps (Firefox 16.01, Thunderbird 16.01, LibreOffice 3.6.2, Totem, Shotwell, Rythmbox)
- Full disc encryption available during install
- Single, 800MB distribution for all architectures
Download should appear today at some point.
- WebApps — treats online services as if they are desktop apps (Gmail, Twitter, Facebook)
- Online Services — control logins to all your services from a single window and get them integrated into search results (e.g. GDocs for file searches)
- Dash Preview — right click any icon, get a detailed preview of what it is
- Linux kernel 3.5.4, GNOME 3.6, Nautilus 3.4, latest Unity
- No more Unity 2D, fallback is the Gallium llvmpipe software rasterizer
- Default apps (Firefox 16.01, Thunderbird 16.01, LibreOffice 3.6.2, Totem, Shotwell, Rythmbox)
- Full disc encryption available during install
- Single, 800MB distribution for all architectures
Download should appear today at some point.
Comment A violation of the Geneva convention and treaties. (Score 1) 1065
Regardless of the rape charges,
This would be a big violation of international law regardless of what the national law might be. They can't just storm an embassy. They might close it, but as have been said they have to give enough time for staff to leave.
Although he really should answer and defend himself. Storming an embassy is the last thing needed here, it would set an horrible precedent.
I am sure Ecuador could perhaps work out someway to have him in equador after the interrogation if no charges pressed or having him there after sentence is carried.
Comment Re:Benefits of free services (Score 1) 222
If you pay for Google apps they do offer phone support. However you would need to have the support pins which you can only get by logging in your account. There is no way to access support without those pins at all.
Comment No clippy (Score 5, Funny) 368
No clippy, no thanks.
Submission + - Motorola wins Xbox and Windows 7 ban in Germany (bbc.com)
Celexi writes: In a surprising move, Motorola mobility which is to be taken over by Google, has won an injunction preventing the distribution of windows 7 and the xbox in Germany until Microsoft starts paying royalty fees for the patents Microsoft is said to be infringing( two patents needed used to display H.264). The ruling is suspended as of now because of an restraining order, the effect in the rest of the EU and US if the ban is enforced if the restraining order is lifted, is unclear.
Submission + - Apple blocks Dropbox-based apps (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: "Apple is rejecting apps that use the new Dropbox SDK because they inadvertently allow users to buy extra online storage without Apple taking a cut.
Online storage service Dropbox is commonly used by iOS developers as a way of allowing users to share files created within their apps to other devices.
Dropbox's latest SDK has incurred the wrath of Apple, because users who don't have the Dropbox app installed on their iPhone/iPad are instead pushed to Dropbox's website via the Safari browser. Here, they can click a link to the desktop version of the service, which allows them to buy extra Dropbox storage without Apple taking its usual 30% cut.
"Apple should reject all web browser apps because they can take you to a page that lets you purchase stuff," writes one infuriated developer. "Go Apple! Crack down on all commerce!""
Online storage service Dropbox is commonly used by iOS developers as a way of allowing users to share files created within their apps to other devices.
Dropbox's latest SDK has incurred the wrath of Apple, because users who don't have the Dropbox app installed on their iPhone/iPad are instead pushed to Dropbox's website via the Safari browser. Here, they can click a link to the desktop version of the service, which allows them to buy extra Dropbox storage without Apple taking its usual 30% cut.
"Apple should reject all web browser apps because they can take you to a page that lets you purchase stuff," writes one infuriated developer. "Go Apple! Crack down on all commerce!""
Comment Microsoft's online encryption has always been bad (Score 2) 453
Hotmail's default isn't SSL as far i know, and their chat service isn't ssl or encrypted or even able to run encrypted ( unlike google's chat/XMPP).
So it isn't exactly safe, not long ago someone was trying an dictionary attack of some sort for days on my MSN messenger account as it prevented me from logging in due to "too many password attempts" . ( when i had not been the one doing those attempts.)
Comment Re:uh what? article expired already a few weeks ag (Score 1) 353
So weird to see such an outdated article in
I don't think that is weird at all in Slashdot
