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Comment Re:And then I got my eyes tested. (Score 1) 183

by xatr0z (#44918283) Attached to: The Dash Is Now Anonymized In Ubuntu 13.10
Context: This only happens if you type in a word in the textbox "SEARCH YOUR COMPUTER AND ONLINE SOURCES". So yes, then it is going to search online sources. If you don't want this at all then you can disable it, or just remove amazon etc.
I think that this possibility to configure your own online and local sources is an huge improvement compared to what people otherwise would do (search google if you want a recipe, something on wikipedia, name of an artist or do an calculation).

Comment Re:Why is this news? (Score 2) 118

by xatr0z (#44428889) Attached to: Google Starts Upgrading Its SSL Certificates To 2048-bit Keys
Yes, but unlike almost all other certificates and big websites Google uses elliptic curve diffie hellman, which means something like every user having their own key. That key also changes every day. So after breaking one they would only be able to intercept traffic form that user for 1 day.

So google's certificates give much more security than other ones, even if they use 4096 bit keys.

Submission + - Mozilla Launches Firefox OS Devices In Stores, Opens Up App Payments

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: After almost two years of development, Mozilla today officially launched Firefox OS devices in stores. At the same time, the company has opened up payments for developers interested in charging for their apps or charging for content inside their apps.

Last week, the first commercial Firefox OS devices arrived in Spain ready to be sold by Telefónica, starting on July 9 with the ZTE Open for €69 ($88.80) including VAT. Mozilla says Poland, Colombia, and Venezuela also have upcoming launches soon, and more countries will be joining the list as well, but today today marks the day official Firefox OS devices are available in store.

Submission + - AMD/ATI drops WindowsXP support (amd.com) 1

Submitted by Billly Gates
Billly Gates writes: The latest beta drivers for the Catalyst drivers control suite only list Vista as the lowest version they will support. We still have almost a year before WindowsXP support finally ends. Will NVidia follow?

So if you own a AMD system you will not receive audio, chipset, video, or any other drivers for your XP system and must upgrade or use an outdated legacy version. Looks like another death knell for this very long lasting platform.

Submission + - Wi-Fi That Sees Through Walls (informationweek.com)

Submitted by CowboyRobot
CowboyRobot writes: Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have come up with a way to create a low-power, portable device that can see through walls using Wi-Fi signals. Technology of this sort, similar in concept to radar or sonar, has existed for years and relies on radio waves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is used mainly in law enforcement and military applications. Wall penetration systems have become common enough that the U.S. Department of Justice last year funded a market survey of what's known as "through-the-wall sensors," or TTWS. MIT's Dina Katabi says, "Today the technology does not show body parts or the face of the person... As a society, we still have time to look at these issues and ensure our society has the right policies by the time such high-resolution version of the technology becomes available." That future already has been contemplated: University of Tokyo researchers have developed paint that blocks Wi-Fi signals.

Submission + - Snowden: NSA spying on EU diplomats and administrators (www.dw.de)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: According to a report dated 2010 recently provided by Snowden to the German news magazine "Der Spiegel", the NSA has systematically been spying on institutions of the EU in Washington DC, New York, and Brussels. Methods of spying include bugging, phone taps, and network intrusions and surveillance according to the documents.

Submission + - How Silicon Valley's Tech Reign Will End

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Silicon Valley's stranglehold on West Coast innovation is in danger. The main problem? It's no fun to live in Silicon Valley. Technology is people, explains The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, and more people are choosing to live in cities. And Silicon Valley isn't like a city, it's like a suburb. "What's happening now," says author Bruce Katz, "is workers want to be in Oakland and San Francisco." So, how might Silicon Valley save itself? "Silicon Valley is going to have to urbanize," Katz said. "[There is a] migration out of Silicon Valley to places where people really want to live."

Submission + - ICANN set to broaden world of domain names (paritynews.com)

Submitted by hypnosec
hypnosec writes: ICANN, as a step towards, expanding global top level domain (gTLD) names, has approved a new Domain Name Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) that is expected to bring about waves of continued improvements in the domain name ecosystem. The new agreement is a result of efforts of over a year of negotiations that took place between ICANN and Registrar Stakeholders Group. The new agreement brings about quite a few improvements including making it mandatory for registrars to appoint a point-of contact for reporting abuse, establishment of registrar responsibilities for reseller compliance, enhancement of compliance tools, audit rights, certification requirements among others.

Submission + - Australia Air Force uses math puzzle for job ad that was unsolvable (nydailynews.com) 1

Submitted by KernelMuncher
KernelMuncher writes: Australia's Royal Air Force has been left red-faced after a job ad asked applicants to solve a complex math problem was revealed to be unsolvable. The service posted the puzzle in a bid to attract the country's best minds to its ranks. "If you have what it takes to be an engineer in the Air Force call the number below," it read above a complicated formula which candidates had to crack. But there was a slight difficulty. The problem had typos and ended up not giving potential operatives the correct contact information.

Submission + - The Los Angeles Schools buy iPad Trojan Horses for 30,000 students

Submitted by lpress
lpress writes: The Los Angeles Unified School District will spend $30 million over the next two years on iPads for 30,000 students. Coverage of the announcement has focused on Apple winning over other tablets, but that is not the key point. The top three proposals each included an app to deliver Pearson's K-12 Common Core System of Courses along with other third-party educational apps.

The Common Core curriculum is not yet established, but many states are committed to it, starting next year. The new tablets and the new commitment to the Common Core curriculum will arrive around the same time, and busy faculty (and those hired to train them) will adopt the Pearson material. The tablets will be obsolete in a few years and the hardware platform may change, but lock-in to Pearson's default curriculum may last for generations.

Submission + - Airplane Cockpits Likely to Resemble Giant iPads (wsj.com) 1

Submitted by pbahra
pbahra writes: In the not-too-distant future, airliner cockpit panels are likely to resemble giant iPads, as the current dizzying array of knobs and switches gives way to touch screens adapted from consumer devices.

If implemented quickly enough, new designs unveiled at the Paris International Air Show would mean that by the end of this decade airline pilots will issue basic airborne commands—from changing course to controlling engines—by tapping or dragging icons across screens, people in the industry said.

There are obvious issues though. What happens if there is severe turbulence and the engine fire-extinguisher function is deep in a menu?

Submission + - Which Hacking Group has the coolest logo: Anonymous, Cult Of The Dead Cow etc? (concise-courses.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Rather than discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of these hacking groups, we thought we’d run a poll on whose logo is the coolest. Seriously though, the branding of these groups is amazing — the anonymous logo is likely as well known as say Ford or McDonalds (well, in our world anyway). The Cult Of The Dead Cow has our vote so far. Check 'em out and vote!

Submission + - Is that really the source code for this software? (kde.org) 1

Submitted by oever
oever writes: Software freedom is an interesting concept, but being able to study the source code is useless unless you are certain that the binary you are running corresponds to the alleged source code. It should be possible to recreate the exact binary from the source code. A simple analysis shows that this is very hard in practice, severely limiting the whole point of running free software.

Submission + - Ubuntu closes longstanding bug #1

Submitted by dargaud
dargaud writes: Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame has closed the primal bug on launchpad, standing since 2004 and titled "Microsoft has a majority market share", due to the 'changing realities' of tablets, smartphones, wearable computing...

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