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Submission + - Linux Vendors Push for Open-Source in Hybrid Datacenter Clouds (slashdot.org)

Submitted by Nerval's Lobster
Nerval's Lobster writes: Linux vendors Red Hat and SUSE are pushing to make sure Linux-based virtual machines are an important part of datacenter-based hybrid clouds. The two are taking significantly different tacks toward the same destination, however. SUSE is using the visibility and cloud hype of VMware by extending its partnership with the virtualization provider to promote its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware as an alternative operating system for virtual machines running on VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service. Red Hat is happy to include VMware in its plans, but isn’t limiting itself either to VMware-based clouds or, in fact, the idea that a Linux vendor has to tag along with a cloud- or virtualization developer to find its place in mixed infrastructures. “We do not buy into the premise that a private or a hybrid platform based on one vendor’s technologies and products is the answer,” wrote Bryan Che, general manager of Red Hat’s Cloud Business Unit. More than 25 percent of customers want clouds or datacenter infrastructures using virtualization products from more than one vendor, according to a buyers’ guide published in August by market researcher IDC.

Submission + - Researchers reverse-engineer Dropbox cracking heavily obfuscated Python app

Submitted by rjmarvin
rjmarvin writes: Two developers were able to successfully reverse-engineer Dropbox http://sdt.bz/64049 to intercept SSL traffic, bypass two-factor authentication and create open-source clients. They presented their paper, "Looking inside the (drop) box" at USENIX 2013, explaining step-by-step how they were able to succeed where others failed in reverse-engineering a heavily obfuscated application written in Python. They also claimed the generic techniques they used could be applied to reverse-engineer other Frozen python applications: OpenStack, NASA, and a host of Google apps, just to name a few...

Submission + - London Internet Exchange Brings Euro-Style Exchange Model to US (datacenterknowledge.com)

Submitted by miller60
miller60 writes: The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is teaming with Dutch data center provider EvoSwitch to start a European-style neutral internet exchange in northern Virginia. In the European model, traffic exchanges are managed by participants, rather than the colocation providers hosting the infrastructure. LINX will launch in EvoSwitch's Manassas facility, but also build a fiber ring to expand the exchange to at least two other sites in Virginia. The project is part of a broader effort to launch Euro-style exchanges as an alternative to Equinix and other commercial network hubs focused in single facilities. In London, the LINX spans 10 data centers run by four different colo providers.

Comment TheTrueHOOHA on spooky types .. (Score 1) 107

by dgharmon (#44684871) Attached to: Report: Snowden Stayed At Russian Consulate While In Hong Kong
"It really concerns me how little this sort of corporate behavior bothers those outside of technology circles. Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types." TheTrueHOOHA, Feb 2010

"I can authoritatively state that those specific question types absolutely cannot be asked without specific cause [i.e. reporting]. If you got asked this, there's a specific reason, creepster." TheTrueHOOHA, Nov 2008

Submission + - The lies of Brian Deer .. (youtube.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 'Who is Brian Deer? Vigilante for truth or front man for Big Pharma? Selective Hearing covers Deer's part in the heartbreaking betrayal of vaccine damaged children by the medical profession, the pharmaceutical corporations and the British government.`

An Open Letter to Brian Deer Rebutting His Article

Comment Classics inaccessible for students .. (Score 3, Interesting) 308

by dgharmon (#44683547) Attached to: 100% Failure Rate On University of Liberia's Admission Exam
'US colleges increasingly view anything published before 1990 as 'inaccessible' for students. So much for timeless themes` ..

"For American college students, 1990 appears to be a historical cliff beyond which it is rumored some books were once written, though no one is quite sure what. Why have US colleges decided that the best way to introduce their students to higher learning is through comic books, lite lit, and memoirs?" link

Submission + - Pastafarian Rally physically attacked by Moscow police, 8 arrested (huffingtonpost.com)

Submitted by drfuchs
drfuchs writes: `Glorification of the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster offends [our] religious feelings [which is against the law]' explained the leader of a Russian Orthodox group that joined in the melee. The Huffington Post has a `video show[ing] members of the police chasing Pastafarians through the streets, who can be recognized by the strainers on their heads.' Not to mention their otherwise generally nerdy appearance.

Comment Re:Official Secrets Act? (Score 1) 395

"How is the Official Secrets Act not adequate to cover this?"

I think he means they're going after the IT staff, the current legislation only applies to high officials ..

"Most of the legislation about state secrets is in the Official Secrets Act and it only concerns an official .. I think there is going to have to be a look at what happens when somebody possesses material which is secret without having authority"

Submission + - Appeal Of Xiaomi's Hongmi And Other Low End Smartphones (gizmobeast.com)

Submitted by jarold
jarold writes: Xiaomi, perceived as a budget version of Apple in China, ruffled the market when its low end smartphone Hongmi ( which means red rice ) sold 100,000 units in 90 seconds. This and other cheap yet capable smartphones are especially appealing to the masses and emerging markets. Selling for half the price of known models from Apple and Samsung, they offer the same basic experience like web surfing, gaming, photo and video recording.
Apple is reportedly working on a lower-priced smartphone to sell, but it may already be too late.

Submission + - X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 "Non-Profit" Status (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The X.Org Foundation that is the organization behind driving the X.Org Server projects, Mesa, and Wayland open-source programs had their 501(c)3 status revoked by the IRS. It turns out the X.Org Foundation lost their 501(c)3 status after quite a lot of work to become a non-profit organization with guidance from the Software Freedom Law Center, but they got in trouble after failing to routinely file their taxes on time. There's also been a host of other X.Org accounting errors in recent years. There was also the recent news of the IRS going after open-source projects too.

Submission + - The Causes of Thursday's NASDAQ Crash (informationweek.com)

Submitted by CowboyRobot
CowboyRobot writes: Despite there being apparent evidence of an online attack, that does not seem to be the case.
Available clues point to a data feed error. Outages at exchanges are actually not very rare, and hacking is seldom the cause.
In fact, rodents are a much more likely suspect. One of the more embarrassing Nasdaq outages occurred in 1994, when a kamikaze squirrel triggered 34 minutes of downtime. And that was the second 'rodent incident' in seven years.

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