Comment Re:Name one (Score 1) 182
The daily show and colbert report videos on comedy central require flash and are not on youtube in full. That's really the only thing i am waiting for.
Submission + - GPL wins in court. (theregister.co.uk)
fishthegeek writes: The Software Freedom Conservancy has received a judgement against Westinghouse Digital Electronics for $90,000 in damages, $50,000 in costs plus a donation of all of the offending HDTV's that were using BusyBox in violation of the GPL. Given that WDE is nearly bankrupt it's likely that most if not all of the cash will disappear in a legal "poof", but it is a victory regardless.
Submission + - My smartphone can beat up your smart phone (kismetwireless.net)
An anonymous reader writes: Noted wireless security expert, Dragorn, goes into detail on why the iPhone web based jail break is worse than people think. Security researchers have already talked about why this is more dangerous than it seems but Dragorn drives the point home with some very neat scenarios that have yet to be discussed involving using an IMSI catcher to control the phone, send spoofed SMS messages and jail break someones phone forcibly. Also drive by jail breaking's are now a possibility, weather you wanted to or not. Now with updated scenarios in the original blog post.
Submission + - Trends in Patent and Trademark Filings Worldwide
David Weiskopf writes: While many ways exist to establish, create and protect continuing and valid intellectual property rights, many of which differ from country to country, one telling inquiry presents itself: how, in these interesting , changing and tumultuous times, have worldwide patent and trademark filings around the world trended, compared both over time and across geography? Thanks to data made publicly available by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), we can see the answer:
Submission + - Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence (newscientist.com)
Calopteryx writes: New Scientist has a story on how Avidians — digital organisms in a computer world called Avida — replicate, mutate and have evolved a rudimentary form of memory. They — or things like them — might eventually evolve to become artificially intelligent life forms.
Submission + - Fast Forensic Test Match Suspects' DNA in 4 hours 1
An anonymous reader writes: A newly developed test could make checking DNA from people arrested for crimes with DNA samples from crime scenes stored in forensic databases almost as easy as matching fingerprints. With the test, police could check on whether a person's DNA matches that found at past crime scenes while suspects are still being processed and before a decision on whether to release them on bail. A report on the fast forensic test appears in the ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal.
Submission + - Google kills Wave (blogspot.com)
mordejai writes: Google stated in it's official blog that they will not continue developing wave as a standalone product. It's sad because it had a lot of potential to improve communications, but Google never promoted it well, denying it a chance to replace email and other collaboration tools for many uses.
Submission + - Two Unpatched Flaws Show Up in Apple iOS (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: The technique that the Jailbreakme.com Web site is using to bypass the iPhone's security mechanisms and enable users to run unapproved apps on their phones involves exploiting two separate vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities is a memory-corruption flaw that affects the way that Apple's mobile devices, including the iPad and iPod Touch, display PDFs. The second weakness is a problem in the Apple iOS kernel that gives an attacker higher privileges once his code is on a targeted device, enabling him to break out of the iOS sandbox.
The combination of the two vulnerabilities--both of which are unpatched at the moment--gives an attacker the ability to run remote code on the device and evade the security protections on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The technique became public earlier this week when the Jailbreakme.com site began hosting a set of specially crafted PDF files designed to help users jailbreak their Apple devices and load apps other than the ones approved by Apple and offered in its official App Store.
The combination of the two vulnerabilities--both of which are unpatched at the moment--gives an attacker the ability to run remote code on the device and evade the security protections on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The technique became public earlier this week when the Jailbreakme.com site began hosting a set of specially crafted PDF files designed to help users jailbreak their Apple devices and load apps other than the ones approved by Apple and offered in its official App Store.
Submission + - Gamers beat algorithms at finding protein structur (arstechnica.com)
jamie writes: "Researchers have turned the biochemical challenge of figuring out protein folding structures into a computer game. The best players can beat a computerized algorithm by rapidly recognizing problems that the computer can't fix."
Submission + - CIA Software Developer Goes Open Source (wired.com)
von_rick writes: Some of the people who manage and use the softwares used in CIA and defense related systems find it hard to work on cases when they have to pay, repay and keep paying for a program because it never becomes the property of the government even after paying hefty sums of money. Some of them seem to be in favor of open sourcing their work in order to share ideas and lower the costs involved in solving crime and managing the gathered intelligence.
Submission + - Why Music From World War I Isn't The Public Domain (techdirt.com)
An anonymous reader writes: While Disney and others have done a great job pushing the end date for works entering the public domain ever further forward, most people have assumed that anything from before 1923 is in the public domain. However, it turns out that this is not true for sound recordings, in part due to an accidental quirk in copyright law history — in that Congress, way back in 1909, believed that sound recordings could not be covered by copyright (they believed the Constitution did not allow recordings to be covered), and thus, some state laws stepped up to create special copyrights for sound recordings. A court ruling then said that these state rules were not overruled by federal copyright law. End result? ANY recorded work from before 1972 (no matter how early it was recorded) won't go into the public domain until 2049 at the earliest.
Submission + - Open Source Projects Using Best Practices?
balbus000 writes: "I recently graduated with a degree in software engineering (software emphasis). However, most of the homework and projects given were extremely small scale. I want to be exposed to more "real-world" projects to help me in my career. What open source projects are out there that are well organized and use best best practices in object oriented design, design patterns, etc. and aren't bloated to the point where it would take me 6+ months to get up to speed with how it's structured? I mainly want to study the source code, but would also like to start contributing once I feel comfortable enough."
Submission + - Google, AT&T, and Verizon in closed meeting w/ (businessweek.com)
Presto Vivace writes: " Business Week reports that:
The companies and senior FCC aides have been holding private meetings since June over the regulations, known as net neutrality rules, according to disclosure statements on the agency’s website. Issues include the extent of FCC power over Internet service providers, and whether phone and cable companies can favor some traffic, such as making their own videos run faster.
Art Brodsky says that the FCC is playing a dangerous game of "lets make a deal" If you are an Application Service Provider or sell SaaS, or are a Web 2.0 company, any threat to net neutrality is a threat to your business model. If you have an opinion about net neutrality, now is the time to make yourself heard. Note — comments to the FCC or any other regulatory agency are considered public records and will be made available to the public."
Submission + - Video Game Helps Solve Protein Structures (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Science reports: People playing a simple video game can match, and even surpass, the efforts of a powerful supercomputer to solve a fiendishly difficult biological problem, according to the results of an unusual face-off. The game isn't Pac-Man or Doom, but one called FoldIt that pushes people to use their intuition to predict the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a protein.
Submission + - Bizarre materials can't be stretched thin (sciencemag.org) 1
sciencehabit writes: Science reports: Imagine a rubber band that grows fatter when stretched and thinner when released. Such materials, called auxetics, actually exist, but scientists haven't totally figured out how they work. A new mathematical model may help. Researchers say the model can accurately predict the properties of these materials, opening the way for a number of applications, including bandages that dispense medication when a wound swells and earthquake-resistant building structures.
