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Submission + - iPhone Hacked Within Minutes

Submitted by ancientribe on Monday July 02, 2007 @04:56PM

ancientribe writes: It took security researchers at Errata Security longer to get their iPhone service activated than it did for them to find security flaws in the new handheld mobile device. Within a matter of minutes, the researchers say they found multiple vulnerabilities in the iPhone, including a bug in the Safari browser, the Bluetooth feature, and in its WiFi capability, according to an article in Dark Reading. Interestingly, the researchers say they found the iPhone actually more secure than any other mobile devices, mainly because Apple will offer security updates through iTunes. But they expect the bad guys to target the iPhone big-time.

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=128 169&WT.svl=news1_1

Draft Scheme Standard R6RS Released 235

Posted by kdawson on Sunday September 17, 2006 @03:21PM from the scheming-with-a-lisp dept.

Watson Ladd writes, "The new version of the official Scheme standard has been released as a draft (PDF)." From the draft: "[This] report gives a defining description of the programming language Scheme. Scheme is a statically scoped and properly tail-recursive dialect of the Lisp programming language invented by Guy Lewis Steele Jr. and Gerald Jay Sussman. It was designed to have an exceptionally clear and simple semantics and few different ways to form expressions. A wide variety of programming paradigms, including imperative, functional, and message passing styles, find convenient expression in Scheme."

How To Fight Spam Using Your Postfix Configuration 158

Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 07, 2006 @10:05AM from the not-welcome-here dept.

hausmasta writes, "In this guide you will learn how to tweak your virtual Postfix setup to better combat spam by stopping the mail before it hits SpamAssasin, using RBL (Realtime Blacklists) and RHBL (slightly different), greylistings, and Helo Checks." A clear, step-by-step guide to a complex subject.

Vim 7 Released 665

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 08, 2006 @12:58PM from the time-to-get-your-upgrade-on dept.

houseofmore writes "After many years of development, Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, today announced version 7 of the widely used editor. New features included spell checking in up to 50 languages, intelligent completion, tab pages, extended undo branches and much more. Downloads available here for Unix, Windows, Mac and more."

Comment Brush with an older rocker (Score 1) 289

by yack0 on Sunday February 05, 2006 @11:19PM (#14648086) Attached to: Tech Support to the Stars

I was working a wireless project at a venue and the talent wanted wireless in the dressing room. Dressing rooms weren't in the spec. We added it temporarily as we were still doing installs.

I ended up on stage during the sound check helping the keyboard tech get access to the net over our wireless network so he could do his email and stuff. I also ended up at the apron of the stage for the duration of the show and had an all access pass for the evening.

Thing is, I still don't know whether he spells it MeatLoaf or Meat Loaf.

Still, it was an awesome show and I had a great time.

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