Submission + - Edit: HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards (slashdot.org)
mc10 writes: Please replace all of the WC3 acronyms with W3C, which is the correct acronym.
Submission + - EU Parliament Debates their own DMCA 2
bs0d3 writes: Right now, what is lacking across Europe, is a standard law to handle notice-and-take down's of illegal sites like the US' DMCA. Right now illegal content across Europe is subject to non-standard take down letters, some of which include no mention of what was allegedly infringed, nor in which jurisdiction in Europe it's infringed, or who to contact in your jurisdiction to challenge the claim, or even which company it is that is being represented by the law firm that gets in touch with he project. They need a system so that the notices would have to include information that makes them verifiable as correct. EU is holding a public consultation discussing notice-and-take down laws, which can be found here.
Comment Re:If you're subscribed to him.. (Score 2) 335
Honestly? "Stocky"? What is wrong with you cowards... She looks fine in her picture with Zuckerberg.
Comment Re:Hahahahaha (Score 4, Insightful) 335
She looks perfectly fine. Too many people like you promote the development of anorexic models.
Comment Re:Hahahahaha (Score 2) 335
Coward, post this with an actual account.
Comment Re:Interesting... (Score 1) 153
It's been long known that Facebook does this, after the EU required that Facebook must send DVDs to users requesting info about their accounts.
Submission + - Curiosity, NASA's Latest Rover, is Halfway To Mars (singularityhub.com)
kkleiner writes: "The Mars Science Laboratory mission, with a rover affectionately named Curiosity, reached a milestone this past Sunday, April 1, as it hurtled across the halfway point at over 10,000 miles per hour on its 254 day-long journey to the red planet. Scheduled to land on August 6, the rover will spend close to two years analyzing Martian soil around its landing site near the Gale Crater to determine whether conditions are favorable for microbial life to thrive on the planet. But its back on Earth where the real threat to the Mars mission looms as President Obama’s proposed budget includes a 20% reduction in NASA’s funds for planetary science"
Submission + - Anonymous China: Hundreds of Beijing's Government Websites Defaced (ibtimes.com) 1
Hkibtimes writes: The Anonymous hacking collective has landed in China, home of some of the most tightly controlled internet access in the world, and defaced hundreds of government websites in what appears to be a massive online operation against Beijing.
Anonymous listed its intended institutional targets on Pastebin and has now attacked them.
Anonymous listed its intended institutional targets on Pastebin and has now attacked them.
Submission + - EFF Files Brief To Allow Users Access To Their MegaUpload Files
mc10 writes: Correction: First link should be to https://www.eff.org/document/brief-interested-party-kyle-goodwin without the comma at the end
Submission + - Mozilla Changes Firefox Update Cycle (itproportal.com)
hypnosec writes: Mozilla has confirmed that it will no longer be releasing Firefox updates on Tuesday as they usually do in order not to clash with Microsoft's scheduled monthly update to Windows and other related applications. In a blog post by Johnathan Nightingale, Senior Director of Firefox Engineering, the not-for-profit entity confirmed that Firefox would be released for manual updates only before adding that "in order to understand the impacts [sic] of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" fixes, we will initially release Firefox for manual updates only. Once those impacts are understood, we'll push automatic updates out to all of our users."
Submission + - How do I research a new hosting provider? 1
Osama Binlog writes: In the last couple weeks, I have been noticing our web site has been slowing down. Everything *really* slows down in the evening. For instance, loading the initial page takes about 3 seconds. In the evening, it takes 12 seconds. Other operations involving data transfer are also taking about 4 times as long. In the day time, things are fine. In the evening, data transfer is unacceptably slow. I want another hosting service.
We are using a quad core box with 8G memory and Cent OS 64. We would want root access, a LAMP stack and CentOS. We are currently paying $200 per month.
What are our options for hosting the web site? Cloud computing? Grid computing? Another hosting provider?
We are using a quad core box with 8G memory and Cent OS 64. We would want root access, a LAMP stack and CentOS. We are currently paying $200 per month.
What are our options for hosting the web site? Cloud computing? Grid computing? Another hosting provider?
Submission + - Ex-Google employee says Google+ has ruined the company
mc10 writes: Ex-Google employee James Whittaker, now returning to Microsoft, left a scathing post on a Microsoft blog about why he left Google.
Writes Whittaker, "The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus." He believes that the 20% spirit, meaning that Google employees spent 20% of their time working on non-work-related projects, has been damaged after Larry Page became Google CEO and decided to focus on Google+.
Interestingly, Whittaker is not alone in his opinions. Several high-level employees have also left after complaining that the "start-up spirit" of Google has been replaced by a more mature but staid culture focused on the bottom line.
Writes Whittaker, "The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus." He believes that the 20% spirit, meaning that Google employees spent 20% of their time working on non-work-related projects, has been damaged after Larry Page became Google CEO and decided to focus on Google+.
Interestingly, Whittaker is not alone in his opinions. Several high-level employees have also left after complaining that the "start-up spirit" of Google has been replaced by a more mature but staid culture focused on the bottom line.
Submission + - Box.net offers 50 GB lifetime upgrade for Android users (makeuseof.com)
MisterMonday writes: Box.net, arguably the second most-popular online storage service, is now offering 50GB of storage space free for users who log in through their Android application until March 23. This is a lifetime upgrade, compared to the standard free 5GB for other users. Larger storage spaces are available, of course, for a monthly fee. Box.net has offered similar promotions to attract users before, including for iOS users. Unlike the iOS promotion, however, file sizes are still limited to 25 MB, whereas the iOS promotion also increased it to 100 MB.
Submission + - 51% Of Internet Traffic Is 'Non-Human' (itproportal.com) 1
hypnosec writes: Web traffic — the actions of real people, or by other computers? A recent study explains. Cloud-based service, Incapsula, has revealed research indicating that 51 per cent of website traffic is through automated software programs; with many programmed for the intent of malicious activity. The breakdown of an average site’s traffic is as follows: 5% is due to hacking tools looking for an unpatched or new vulnerability within a site, 5% is scrapers, 2% from automated comment spammers, 19% the result of “spies” collating competitive intelligence, 20% derived from search engines (non-human traffic but benign), 49% from people browsing the Internet.
Submission + - Boosting Your Pay Without Becoming A Manager (itworld.com) 1
jfruh writes: "Most geeks who enjoy the technical parts of their jobs harbor at least a certain amount of resentment against their pointy-haired bosses — but most also assume that in order to climb up the corporate ladder and boost their salaries, they'll ultimately need to become managers themselves. While it is difficult to match the salaries of management-track workers, it is possible, and the key is being the best techie you can be."
