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Blizzard Authenticator adds extra security to WoW-> 0

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on Friday June 27 2008, @04:38AM

Asmor writes "When I first read it, it sounded like a late April Fool's joke: Blizzard will soon be offering an electronic keychain device, dubbed the Blizzard Authenticator, which generates 6-digit codes at the press of the button. Once you associate an authenticator's serial number with your WoW account, in the future in addition to a password you must also supply the number from the authenticator. Each number is valid one-time only, and only for a short period. Though the press release and accompanying FAQ are light on technical details, from the temporal nature of the codes it seems likely that they're the result of some hashing algorithm based on the device's serial number and the current time."
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xkcd creator gives talk at Google-> 0

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on Thursday December 20 2007, @08:18PM

Asmor writes "xkcd creator Randall Munroe gives an entertaining talk at Google. Learn about how he writes the comic and how Google helps him urinate!"
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Is Slashdot really anti-Microsoft and pro-Apple?

Submitted by Asmor on Friday October 20 2006, @08:13PM

Asmor writes "We all know it. Slashdot, and geeks in general, hate Microsoft. They all bash "M$" as being fat and bloaty and just all around crap, even if they happen to put out a good product. But is this really the truth? For a long time, I've noticed that all I really see with any frequency are people saying things like, "I know I'll probably get modded troll for this, but the new MS _____ is actually pretty good," and often moderated highly as insightful or interesting. All in all, it seems that most posts (or, at least, most highly-moderated ones) are quite balanced when it comes to MS issues, giving them kudos for doing things right and only really bashing when they do things poorly. Similarly, there seems to be pretty balanced conversation about Apple, rather than the perceived stereotype of everyone automatically gushing over whatever Steve Job's newest announcement is. So what say you, Slashdot? Is the default anti-Microsoft/pro-Apple sentiment still the norm? If not, was it ever?"