Follow Slashdot stories on Twitter

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×

Submission + - Critical Infrastructure Initiative panic reaction to Heartbleed: ESR (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by Bismillah
Bismillah writes: "They have backers with money, but no plan and no staff. We need to work out a way to either merge or not to step on each other," ESR believes.

ICEI being the Internet Civil Engineering Institute [site locked currently] that Eric S Raymond and others were about to launch soon, but then Heartbleed came along.

Submission + - Microsoft drops support for IE 8 (microsoft.com)

Submitted by Billly Gates
Billly Gates writes: With the death of XP it is no surprise if other ancient software with it such as IE 6 no longer become supported. However, IE 8 is still the de factor standard browser right now for the majority of internet users. This is especially in China and enterprises world wide who are not ready for HMTL 5 yet and need support for unsigned ActiveX controls and older encryption standards for specific sites.
Microsoft no longer supports IE 8 and will perform security updates according to its default homepage for first time IE use.

Where I work we use unprotected mode as it is to run sites designed for IE 7 and for state governments who still use quirks mode for Medicare processing.

Now IE has it's first known vulnerability since the EOL for both Windows XP and now IE 8. Should we IT professionals worry? We were given no advanced notice unlike XP!

Comment IE 8 no longer supported and 0wned! (Score 1) 152

by Billly Gates (#46854835) Attached to: Microsoft Issues Advisory For Internet Explorer Vulnerability

I did a re-image of a computer and saw this

Since corporations like my own use IE 8 with low rights mode with sandboxing and protected mode turned off so they can run compromised certificates for ancient java I wonder if we will get patched?

This is much scarier as we handle HIPPA and credit card information and can be hacked.

Submission + - China Working on Linux Replacement for Windows XP (ndtv.com)

Submitted by Tontoman
Tontoman writes: Here is one possible solution to Microsoft's End of Life announcement that could provide long-term benefits for the world's largest creditor nation. From the article: "China will focus on the development of a new operating system (OS) based on Linux to cope with the shutdown of Windows XP, an official said Wednesday.
Zhang Feng, chief engineer of China's ministry of industry and information technology, said "the ministry will beef up support for the development of such an OS", Xinhua reported."

Submission + - Goodbye Carwash! Nissan Develops a Self-Cleaning Car 1

Submitted by Hugh Pickens DOT Com
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: Nicole Arce reports at Tech Times that engineers at Nissan are using a "super-hydrophobic" and "oleophobic" paint finish called Ultra-Ever Dry on the new Nissan Note supermini that can repel water and oils, as well as dirt, dust, mud and grit. The paint uses nanotechnology to create a thin air shield above the surface of the car that makes rain, road spray, frost, sleet and standing water roll off the car without tainting its surface at all. "By creating a protective layer of air between the paint and environment, it effectively stops standing water and road spray from creating dirty marks on the car's surface," says Nissan's press release. Nissan says it has no plans of making the special paint job a standard on factory models but it will consider offering the self-cleaning paint as an aftermarket option. Nissan is now attempting to determine if the material is durable for long-term use on vehicles — and if it will hold up in different weather conditions around the globe. The Japanese automaker plans to test its custom technology this summer in Europe, with researchers based in its England technical facility using a Versa Note for testing.

Comment Re:E.T Hype Fest (Score 4, Insightful) 179

by Billly Gates (#46850265) Attached to: E.T. Found In New Mexico Landfill

...waiting desperately for the most boring piece of sappy ass garbage to end so I could go home.

And that day in 1982, a 10 year old boy became jaded and cynical.
It was truly a "Drink your Ovaltine" moment.

And then you had to watch Star Wars Episode 1 with Jar Jar and racing graphical effects in an unrealistic plot.

Comment Re:That word doesn't mean what you think it means (Score 5, Informative) 179

by Billly Gates (#46850251) Attached to: E.T. Found In New Mexico Landfill

Atari denied it.

When prompted key Atari figures would not comment and the lead programmer said there is no way we would have done that.

Locals say otherwise.

I was interested and there maybe more gems there (like ET was a gem) like the experimental controller that never hit the market, documents, and other materials. Centipede was found there too. It looks like they just cleared a whole warehouse and dumped it.

So yes this qualifies as an urban legend.

Comment Re:oh (Score 4, Interesting) 306

by Billly Gates (#46812459) Attached to: Our Education System Is Failing IT

You can. In India.

The fact that MBAs and CIOs are the ones whining make me always suspicious who of course get quoted in all these articles and probably contribute to them. How convenient this propaganda can now be used and passed around to politicians to increase H1B1 visas as a response.

Sadly many with years of experience now can be as good if not better than the native ones anyway so go cheap.

Slashdot Top Deals

"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs

Close