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Comment Re:Apple's activity is criminal here, Palm's is le (Score 1) 656

Link? Apple has a pretty extensive developer site at http://developer.apple.com/ so if there was a way for non-apple devices to work in itunes then it should be documented there. I'm not even going to bother looking because if such a document existed there would be a lot more devices that support itunes. If this interoperable standard exists then palm would much prefer to use that instead of this constant can and mouse game of changing vendor id's.

Comment Re:It would be really nice... (Score 1) 427

This is why I don't understand why Sony doesn't do this. Supposedly the ps1 games are selling good, why not add ps2 games to that list? And it's not like they don't know how to code the software compatibility because it was in the launch 60gb ps3 (I think). Just seems like a no brainer to me as it's something that would make money. Although sony never really seems to "get it" when it comes to... anything

Comment Re:This article is too forgiving. (Score 1) 259

Open up dictionary app on os x, or even just use the spotlight search (dictionary gives you more suggestions though) and you can search for any of the common 4 letter swear words. The word that fuck has a TON of suggestions as to what you mean all include said word. Also all the other words you mention can be found in the dictionary app on os x.

Security

Submission + - Nmap 5.00 Released! (nmap.org)

iago-vL writes: "The long-awaited Nmap Security Scanner version 5.00 was just released (download)! This marks the most important release since 1997, and is a huge step in Nmap's evolution from a simple port scanner to an all-around security and networking tool suite. Significant performance improvements were made, and dozens of scripts were added. For example, Nmap can now log into Windows and perform local checks (PDF), including Conficker detection. New tools included in 5.00 are Ncat, a modern reimplementation of Netcat (with IPv6, SSL, NAT traversal, port redirection, and more!), and Ndiff, for quickly comparing scan results. Other tools are in the works for future releases, but we're still waiting for them to add email and ftp clients so we can finally get off Emacs!"

Comment Re:Always. (Score 1) 627

Remember the story not too long ago about a XSS vulnerability that essentially let you display your own content on an EV certified SSL page? Even a $500+ certificate can't protect against buggy sites. One of the bigger annoyances with firefox 3 is what happens when you go to a site with a certificate that is not valid (self-signed, untrusted CA, expired, etc). You see a page styled similar to the server not found messages. You then have to click on like 4 things with one of them saying that its really bad to do this, etc before you can continue. The time where "valid" certificates I'd encourage are for sites that do payments in some way. Imagine if your bank was suddenly using a self signed cert for login? I've used http://cacert.org/ for years now for the various admin sections of sites. Browsers still don't recognize it as a real ca but adding them is trivial and they are listed in the latest editions of most Linux distros. Its nice not having to add exceptions for all these certs, but can't make self signed ones that last 10 years either

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