Comment Speakers (Score 1) 567
I think it's quite a bit about the quality of your speakers. I couldn't hear any difference between the qualities until I got my $200+ speakers.
Comment Re:the real question is... (Score 1) 272
Won't happen since, as far as I know, the Windows version of Qt3 is not released under GPL.
Comment Re:Corruption? (Score 1) 250
... they can be octal ...
Since when is 8 an octal number?
Submission + - Microsoft admits security product crap
Anonymous Coward writes: "Bloody hell. We knew OneCare was flawed, but now Microsoft's European security product manager is (probably about to lose his job and) admitting it should never have been released, according to ZDNet UK.
I guess this means it'll have to be withdrawn, at least for now. OneCare users beware!"
Submission + - Microsoft admits to serious problems with OneCare
ZDOne writes: "A ZDNet reporter has got some truly amazing quotes out of a Microsoft product manager about the troubled OneCare product:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,3928 6351,00.htm
Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business security product manager said:
"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a bad product, but bits and pieces are missing."
And: "OneCare is a new product — they shouldn't have rolled it out when they did, but they're fixing the problems now,""
Submission + - Can a Rootkit Be Certified for Vista?
winetoo writes: "Forget what Microsoft says about Vista being the most secure version of Windows yet. More to the point, what do the hackers think of it? In a nutshell, they think it's an improvement, but at the end of the day, it's just like everything else they dissect — that is, breakable. "Not all bugs are being detected by Vista," pointed out famed hacker H.D. Moore. "Look at how a hacker gets access to the driver: Right now I'm working on Microsoft's automated process to get Metasploit-certified. It [only] costs $500." Moore is the founder of the Metasploit Project and a core developer of the Metasploit Framework — the leading open-source exploit development platform — and is also director of security research at BreakingPoint Systems. The irony of his statement lies in the idea that Vista trusts Microsoft-certified programs — programs that can include a hacker exploit platform that walks through the front door for a mere $500 and a conveyor-belt approval process.
Full details at source."
Full details at source."
Submission + - Blu-ray aims to exterminate DVD within three years
An anonymous reader writes: Armed with continually strong sales data, the Blu-ray Disc Association has said that Blu-ray will replace the DVD storage format within three years, according to this post.
"Within three years it will just be Blu-ray," Frank Simonis, the Blu-ray Disc Association's European chairman, said at the CeBIT technology trade show.
"Within three years it will just be Blu-ray," Frank Simonis, the Blu-ray Disc Association's European chairman, said at the CeBIT technology trade show.
Submission + - SPAM: A biref history of data breach apology letters
alphadogg writes: "Exposing sensitive personal information means always having to say you're sorry. Some people do it better than others, however. Here are 10 examples of data breaches (from ChoicePoint to Boeing to TJX) and the resulting apologies, which are evaluated and ranked here by an apology expert.
[spam URL stripped]r -net-apologies-letters.html
More analysis of the evolution of data breach apologies: [spam URL stripped]r -net-apologies.html"
Submission + - What will Google PageRank for Video be?
An anonymous reader writes: Read/WriteWeb has an interview with Matt Cutts, about Google and Next-Generation Search. At the end Cutts talks about where Google is heading with Video search. He says they are looking for a PageRank equivalent for video search:
"...we have this notion of reputation — which is PageRank, it's how many people link to your site and it's also the quality of that incoming set of links. So it's fun to think about things like reputation in video search — whether it be for Google Video or YouTube — because you don't have links necessarily. You might have things that are somewhat similar to links, but you look at the quality of the users, the quality of the ratings. I think in lots of ways it gives Google good practice to think about the power of people, and the power of trust — and how to apply that in a lot of different areas."
"...we have this notion of reputation — which is PageRank, it's how many people link to your site and it's also the quality of that incoming set of links. So it's fun to think about things like reputation in video search — whether it be for Google Video or YouTube — because you don't have links necessarily. You might have things that are somewhat similar to links, but you look at the quality of the users, the quality of the ratings. I think in lots of ways it gives Google good practice to think about the power of people, and the power of trust — and how to apply that in a lot of different areas."
Submission + - Hewlett Packard's Dunn Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
GogglesPisano writes: CNN reports that former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent wire communications stemming from her involvement in last year's corporate eavesdropping scandal. The original charges, four felony counts, were reduced to misdemeanors in exchange for a plea bargain. Her three co-defendents are expected to receive 96 hours of community service; in Dunn's case this sentence is likely to be waived due to illness.
So, apparently Dunn will face no punishment for her disgraceful role in orchestrating this debacle. Another case of separate legal standards for the rich and powerful?
So, apparently Dunn will face no punishment for her disgraceful role in orchestrating this debacle. Another case of separate legal standards for the rich and powerful?
Submission + - SETI@Home is now the World's Fastest Supercomputer
jemecki writes: I was looking through the distributed computing statistics at BOINCstats today and I noticed that SETI@Home distributed computing grid just passed 280 TeraFLOPS in computing power. The reason this is so remarkable is that the fastest supercomputer in the world Blue Gene/L ALSO operates at a sustained 280 TeraFLOPS. So while governments are busy using their supercomputers to model bombs and nuclear weapons, the geeks have put together the world's fastest computer and they're using it to look for aliens. Awesome.
Submission + - On Becoming The Family Tech Support Guru
tiktok writes: "GOTD has a humorous article about the dangers of offering tech support to family members. We've all been in this situation before, where you have fixed one family member's "minor" computer problem, and all of a sudden, you're the one expert that everyone in the family relies on for all their technical support."
Submission + - Torvalds Blasts GPLv3
An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds is once again coming out against the upcoming GPL 3.0 rev to the open-source license. In a short email interview with IWeek blogger Charlie Babcock, Torvalds places himself firmly in favor of the existing GPLv2 license, and against Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, who are the main proponents behind GPLv3.Here are Torvalds comments: "I absolutely love the GPLv2 because it embodies that 'develop in the open' model," Torvalds noted. Also this: "He [Torvalds] notes GPLv3 has been criticized as a Free Software Foundation political platform. He agrees and quarrels with FSF's conception of "proprietary software as being something evil and immoral. Me, I just don't care about proprietary software. It's not evil or immoral. It just doesn't matter." Finally, Torvalds said: "The GPLv2 is something that you can agree to despite different politics and that's something I think the Linux community has been very good at."
Do you think Torvalds' opposition will cause a protracted battle over GPLv3? And how can this be a good thing for the open-source community?
Submission + - Microsoft attack Google over 'fair use'
Theendisnigh writes: Quoted from the Guardian online: "Microsoft will today launch a blistering attack on Google, accusing the Silicon Valley giant of a "cavalier" attitude to copyright.
In a prepared speech to the American Association of Publishers, senior Microsoft lawyer Tom Rubin is expected to hit out at Google for profiting from other people's work.
"Companies that create no content of their own, and make money solely on the backs of other people's content, are raking in billions through advertising revenue and IPOs," he says."
Complete Guardian story available here.
In a prepared speech to the American Association of Publishers, senior Microsoft lawyer Tom Rubin is expected to hit out at Google for profiting from other people's work.
"Companies that create no content of their own, and make money solely on the backs of other people's content, are raking in billions through advertising revenue and IPOs," he says."
Complete Guardian story available here.
