Comment: Re:Well done Rackspace (Score 1) 33
Strongly agree. This should be a big help.
Comment: Secure BGP (Score 1) 181
I know of folks working currently on secure BGP. I would imagine that's part of the solution.
Comment: Re:Good Article (Score 1) 273
Sadly, yes, there is every reason to expect it.
BlindType — the Amazing Keyboard of the Future 125
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kdawson
from the do-what-i-mean dept.
from the do-what-i-mean dept.
kkleiner writes "BlindType has created a new touchscreen keyboard program of the same name that changes size, orientation, and position to match your wandering fingers as they type. BlindType also features some of the most impressive typing correction software I've ever seen. The result is a practical touchscreen interface that knows what you meant to type, even if you make mistakes. Lots of them. In fact, you can type without looking at the screen at all."
Dell Ships Infected Motherboards 326
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CmdrTaco
from the scanners-do-nothing dept.
from the scanners-do-nothing dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Computer maker Dell is warning that some of its server motherboards have been delivered to customers carrying an unwanted extra: computer malware. It could be confirmation that the 'hardware trojans' long posited by some security experts are indeed a real threat."
Comment: lurkers and outside contributors (Score 1) 141
That's wisely put.
As I look at the landscape, I'm actually inclined to think that opensolaris is usefully distinct enough from *BSDs, with interesting and rich tools and infrastructure to attract developers from (esp.) the *BSD kernel development communities, if it becomes clear that a clearer cut opportunity to do this exists.
Also, it looks to me as if the internal Solaris devs actually liked having an open process, and valued being open source, and that while a lot of the reasons for keeping the development and design communication internal were competitive, they were also just intended to avoid taxing the productivity of a very productive team. I'm surprised Sun's solaris devs wouldn't have tried to make more (perhaps piecewise) efforts to engage external developers in areas where those interests wouldn't conflict, and, perhaps they still might.
Comment: caiman: was:Oracle might have already lost (Score 1) 154
Project caiman the installer? I don't follow.
Comment: hs computing saved me for mathematics (Score 1) 269
For what it's worth, Deerfield High School (which also served Highland Park, among other places) made computing available in a form that encouraged creativity--one of the best things about it was the lack of any relation to classroom activity.