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Comment One security flaw with the IronKey discovered (Score 0) 146

by overlook77 (#22630192) Attached to: 7 Secure USB Drives Reviewed
We ship our clients 4GB IronKey flash drives along with postmarked return envelopes so they can securely send my company sensitive financial data. We did discover one security flaw with our IronKey process however. The drive ships to the client blank with a piece of paper with basic instructions, including the password for the drive. The first drive I received from UPS arrived on my desk with the IronKey drive with the client's private data, encrypted and safe from prying eyes. Along with the drive was the damn sheet of paper with the password on it. That prompted me to add a comment to the instructions at the bottom in boldface: "DO NOT RETURN THIS PAPER WITH THE IRONKEY". I have since received two more IronKey drives, with the instructions (and password) included in the package. Lesson: Never underestimate the stupidity of a client. The IronKey works great however.
Windows

Vista vs. XP Game Stability and Performance 114

Posted by Zonk from the going-for-both-not-quite-getting-there dept.
boyko.at.netqos writes "HardOCP does a side-by side comparison with a battery of games to check stability and framerates in Windows XP and Windows Vista. In addition to the lowered framerates in Vista, they had stability issues in Need for Speed: Carbon and Prey. From the article: 'For some titles, especially Company of Heroes and Need for Speed, we saw dramatic framerate discrepancies. What's more, both of these titles have recently released patches! Other titles showed a slight, but essentially negligible difference, such as BF2142, World of Warcraft, and Prey. Really, there was only one instance where Vista was able to pick up a few more frames than XP — World of Warcraft at greater than 90fps, where the human eye can't even see the difference. To see this overall trend against Vista is very interesting and makes us wonder as to the cause.'"
Media

Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales 500

Posted by kdawson from the papers-please dept.
DrBenway sends us to Ars Technica for a report that Florida and Utah have placed draconian restrictions on the sale of used music CDs; Wisconsin and Rhode Island may soon follow suit. In Florida, stores have to hold on to CDs for 30 days before they can sell them — for store credit only, not cash. Quoting: "No, you won't spend any time in jail, but you'll certainly feel like a criminal once the local record shop makes copies of all of your identifying information and even collects your fingerprints. Such is the state of affairs in Florida, which now has the dubious distinction of being so anal about the sale of used music CDs that record shops there are starting to get out of the business of dealing with used content because they don't want to pay a $10,000 bond for the 'right' to treat their customers like criminals."
Operating Systems

Are End Users to Blame for OS Flaws? 278

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the end-users-are-always-to-blame dept.
tomsHH writes to mention OSWeekly author Brandon Watts claims that really it is end users who should be blamed for many OS flaws. "Believe it or not, as users, we also have a large role to play in the evolution of an operating system. We use what's been created, and this means that we're the best people to turn to for judging what works and what doesn't. Passionate communities that are supportive aid development, and when users join their efforts to make their voices heard, this benefits everyone. Have you ever thought that if you wanted something to be improved, then maybe you should just speak up and offer a solution instead of quietly or publicly venting without offering any input? Nothing changes by staying the same. Companies are listening, and as taboo as it may seem, most of them want to make their users happy, so if you shout loud enough, you're bound to be heard. If you need proof of this, then just look at how Linux has progressed in its development."
Music

Submission + - KISS singer: "Illegal downloading is robbing&#

Submitted by psymastr
psymastr writes: KISS founder, guitarist and singer Paul Stanley gave an interview to Australia's Herald Sun in which he calls illegal music downloading a "tragedy."

"Downloading is one of the tragedies of the 21st century [...] Under the guise of technology and fancy jargon, people have legalised stealing. [...] you can't share what you don't own. [...] Sharing something with one person is one thing, sharing with tens of thousands of people is a crime. It's robbery."

"I don't owe anyone any justification for wanting to get paid. For anybody else to decide when I have enough money is bollocks."
Businesses

Submission + - Strategic incompetence

Submitted by ezekieldas
ezekieldas writes: Is it simply incompetence or absent mindedness, or is it with cunning calculation one chooses to avoid or fail the easy tasks? Early on in my IT career I was sympathetic to those who could not or would not operate office equipment, then it gradually became annoying. This article helps explain the behavior of failing the simple things — a refreshing explanation. "Strategic incompetence isn't about having a strategy that fails, but a failure that succeeds. It almost always works to deflect work one doesn't want to do..."

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Strawberry daiquiris all round

Researchers from Kasetsart University in Thailand and the US Department of Agriculture Research Service have rather agreeably found that alcohol boosts the antioxidant properties of some fruit, the BBC reports.

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