Comment: Re:Is Apple being compensated? (Score 1) 237
presumably through a backdoor or brute force.
I doubt there is a backdoor because if there was then it wouldn't take them so long. Probably brute-force.
Comment: Re:TPB trackers down for days (Score 1) 193
Can you post the IP adress it resolves to?
Comment: Re:Write threatening letters (Score 1) 247
I've seen the same as well. Suppose I'd register with abcdefg@mydomain.org, my catchall would receive mail addressed to bcdefg, abcde, cdef, and so forth. It's really hard to deal with those kind of spammers.
Comment: Re:Why HTTP? (Score 2) 50
Why redirect the traffic at all? Why not just use a key logger and grab credentials that way?
Because a keylogger would alert anti-virus Software, while a PAC script wouldn't.
Comment: Re:They can afford (Score 1) 84
+1 because the math is easy: 99.9% of all Malware lives on Windows, hence more Macs means less Malware.
Comment: Re:August 2012 to January 2013 (Score 1) 243
Why can't the larger companies, e.g. Microsoft and Oracle, respond to and fix the sucrity issues more quickly than on a timeline expressed in months?
They probably had a fix in the drawer since months but didn't release it in order to give the impression to be able to react quickly once the vuln is public. This makes the company look good to consumers and the press, and it pads statistics that measure reaction time to vulnerabilities. Everyone is doing it. Publicity first, consumer last.
Comment: Re:Uh, where's the video? (Score 1) 28
This is funny. On my iPad, I can watch the movie. On my Mac with Safari, it Slashdot tells me I need to install Flash. When I set the User Agent in Safari to iPad, I can watch the movie without Flash.
Why is Slashdot lying and tries to force users to install Flash?
+ - NASA Planned to Nuke the Moon in '58->
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Tablizer writes "'The military considerations were frightening. The report said a nuclear detonation on the moon could yield information "...concerning the capability of nuclear weapons for space warfare." Reiffel said that in military circles at the time, there was "discussion of the moon as military high ground."
That included talk of having nuclear launch sites on the moon, he said. The thinking, according to Reiffel, was that if the Soviets hit the United States with nuclear weapons first and wiped out the U.S. ability to strike back, the U.S. could launch warheads from the moon."
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That included talk of having nuclear launch sites on the moon, he said. The thinking, according to Reiffel, was that if the Soviets hit the United States with nuclear weapons first and wiped out the U.S. ability to strike back, the U.S. could launch warheads from the moon."
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+ - LiMux Project saved Munich €10m so far->
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Mojo66 writes "After project savings had been estimated to amount to at least €4 million in March, more precise figures are now in: Over €10 million (approximately £8 million or $12.8 million) has been saved by the city of Munich, thanks to its development and use of the city's own Linux platform. The calculation compares the current overall cost of the LiMux migration with that of two technologically equivalent Windows scenarios: Windows with Microsoft Office and Windows with OpenOffice. Reportedly, savings amount to over €10 million. The study is based on around 11,000 migrated workplaces within Munich's city administration as well as 15,000 desktops that are equipped with an open source office suite. The comparison with Windows assumes that Windows systems must be on the same technological level; this would, for example, mean that they would have been upgraded to Windows 7 at the end of 2011. Overall, the project says that Windows and Microsoft Office would have cost just over €34 million, while Windows with Open Office would have cost about €30 million. The LiMux scenario, on the other hand, has reportedly cost less than €23 million. A detailed report (in german) is available here."
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+ - Raspberry Pi to Get Camera Module Capable of 1080p Video Recording->
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hypnosec writes "The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new add-on – a camera module that will enable the credit card sized computer to snap pictures as well as record 1080p videos. Showcased by RS Components at the Elecontrica 2012 in Germany [watch video here] the £16 (apprx) module will be equipped with a 5MP sensor and will plug into the otherwise unused CSI pins of the Pi. The camera module’s board is still in prototype stage and is expected to reach production sometime soon. Liz Upton, Executive Director of the Foundation said in a blog post, “We’ve a (very) little way to go before we’re able to send it out to manufacture.” According to Upton, testing slots have been booked in December to check on electromagnetic radiations from the ribbon cable."
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Comment: Re:I always thought.. (Score 1) 409
Can I call my new operating system "Windows" ? Or maybe "My Windows" ?
Comment: Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio (Score 3, Informative) 687
But the orientation of the polarization is unknown. It could be adjusted by the pilot but wouldn't prevent an initial surprise effect. It is practically useless.
Comment: Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio (Score 1) 687
Lasers emit monochromatic light, hence it shouldn't be too hard to block just the few small wavelength bands that common lasers use while letting the rest of the light pass through the cockpit wind shields.
Comment: Re:Mac version (Score 1) 221
+1
Comment: The real problem is (Score 2) 437
..that almost every PC comes with Windows pre-installed in conjuction with Microsoft abusing this monopoly despite all the anti-trust affairs.
I know the M$ fanboys will point at Apple and their iOS devices, but the big difference is that Apple does not force other smartphone manufacturers to put iOS on their hardware, whereas PC manufacturers have to pay for not putting Windows on their PCs.
Given those circumstances, the fact that I'd have to pay $99 in order to install my own private Linux distro on my own private PC is just crazy.