Aydsman - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Aggressive Social Sites (Score 1) 158

by Aydsman on Thursday March 19, 2009 @03:56AM (#27252557) Attached to: Social Search Reveals 700 Comcast Customer Logins

These days most of the major providers such as GMail and Hotmail have an API which allows you to supply your username and password only to the service itself and Facebook (or whatever wants access to your contact list) simply gets given a security token which they can utilise to retrieve the data. The Google login screen at least also notifies you about the type of access you will be granted.

Comment Re:Too little too late (Score 5, Informative) 186

by Aydsman on Monday May 12, 2008 @10:39PM (#23387098) Attached to: Using Microwaves To Cook Ballast Stowaways

Some environmentalist has to tell me why we don't just import its natural predator. And don't give me crap about 'well it could be an invasive species too.' If it's high up the food chain, it will be forced to live in equilibrium with its prey. Has it ever even been tried?

Well in other cases, yes - it has been tried. Unfortunately that hasn't worked out so well.

Submission + - Australian coverage of all ADSL2+ providers (apcmag.com)

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday November 01, 2007 @12:10AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "ADSL2exchanges.com.au reveals the locations and coverage of all ADSL2+ providers in Australia. The site plots all exchange locations onto Google Maps, allowing for approximate wire-length estimations (Google Maps calculates "as the crow flies" figures but ADSL2exchanges.com.au estimates what that would be in "as the road runs" terms). You just need to type in your address and phone number, and the site figures out what exchange you're on and who services your exchange."

Submission + - CSIRO's US win for 802.11a/g patent (news.com.au)

Submitted by

CRC'99

on Monday June 18, 2007 @10:27PM

CRC'99 writes: "The Australian IT is reporting:

THE CSIRO has won another round in its lengthy battle in the US to collect millions of dollars in royalties for its 1996-patented Wireless LAN technology. Last Friday, a US federal court granted the science agency's application for an injunction to stop the Buffalo group of companies from infringing the CSIRO patent in the US. The injunction prevents the sale of products using CSIRO-patented technology until a licence is negotiated.
It's good to see that Australian Government research may finally get the rewards of inventing technology that is used by millions of people these days. The CSIRO however has yet to see a single cent from US companies using CSIRO patented technology without any licensing."

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