Comment: Re:OS/2 was XP A decade earlier (Score 1) 94
I miss downloading "fixpack" disks onto floppies and inserting them one at a time... not really :P
Comment: Re:OS/2 was XP A decade earlier (Score 1) 94
I had no idea, thanks for the info.
Comment: OS/2 was XP A decade earlier (Score 1) 94
OS/2 was XP a decade earlier, IBM just dropped the ball in their marketing department. I have fond memories of dual booting Warp with Slackware. Good to see eComStation is at it still. I might just have to pay the $159 or whatever it is for a personal license now that it can be ran inside VirtualBox.
Comment: What I did was... (Score 1) 247
My situation was a little different. When Linuxworld.com launched back in '98 or so, it was it's own site and didn't redirect to networkworld.com. Not too long after launch they made user registrations available. For some reason I was screwing with the URL in the address bar and accidentally hit enter.. they had left 'directory browsing' enabled and stored the username/email/password list in clear text inside the webroot.
I emailed them and didn't get a response. The next day I emailed them the list and within an hour they disabled all user registrations, the feature was completely removed from the website but still didn't ever get a response.
I never visited the site that much so I have no idea if they ever went back to it, but I still can't believe someone would develop something that stored passwords, email adresses and usernames in clear text in a flat file, inside the webroot.
Comment: Sequel (Score 5, Funny) 128
When I first created my account on /. I remember getting excited about the sequel that was going to be released soon.
Comment: cool-headed logicians (Score 1) 215
Unabomber manifesto comes to mind.
Comment: Re:Not that many. (Score 1) 247
i let mine lapse for a good 5 years i think and was able to recover it later
Comment: can 3-digit UID peeps get a shirt? (Score 0) 247
Not too many of us still around I'll bet!
Comment: easiest way... (Score 1) 298
Easiest way is to get into the hosting industry for somewhat low pay (~$40k in the Chicago area). You get experience and exposure to other technologies and you can always get certs in the meantime.
You may have to start off doing Level 1 Tech Support over the phone or DC stuff, rebooting and making cat5 cables to start, but this is a very common gateway to the IT industry.
+ - The Long Arm of the Tweet->
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itwbennett writes "According to a recent Lexis-Nexis survey of 1200 law enforcement personnel, 80% use social media to conduct investigations. And it's easy to see why: While it helps that you share 'enormously detailed information' online, it's your social network that really does the talking, says Lee Altschuler, a Federal defense attorney. 'Cops will figure out who the associates of the suspect are,' Altschuler explained. 'The police will then friend or connect to the associates, working to gain their trust, and then will eventually friend the target directly, or be able to glean information about the target through the associates.' Of course, this is pretty much the same action they've always taken in the offline world, it's just far more efficient on social media (plus, there's the aforementioned willingness to share information online)."
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+ - ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds->
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hypnosec writes "A new report by an open source internet measurement platform, Measurement Lab, sheds light onto throttling of and restriction on BitTorrent traffic by ISPs (Internet Service Provider) across the globe. The report by Measurement Lab reveals that hundreds of ISPs across the globe are involved into throttling of peer-to-peer traffic through and specifically BitTorrent traffic. The Glasnost application run by the platform helps in detecting whether ISPs shape traffic and tests can be carried out to check whether the throttling or blocking is carried out “on email, HTTP or SSH transfer, Flash video, and P2P apps including BitTorrent, eMule and Gnutella”. Going by country, United States has actually seen a drop in throttling compared to what it was back in 2010. Throttling in US is worst for Cox at 6 per cent and best for Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and others at around 3 per cent. United Kingdom is seeing a rise in traffic shaping and BT is the worst with 65 per cent. Virgin Media throttles around 22 per cent of the traffic while the least is O2 at 2 per cent. More figures can be found here."
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Test post.
+ - Facebook Prepares for release of iPad App->
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An anonymous reader writes "News is spreading quickly around the web that Facebook is preparing to release an official iPad app.
According to the New York Times, unnamed sources have reported that Facebook will be releasing the iPad app in coming weeks. The new app will be free for users and has been crafted to work specially with the iPad.
The release of the iPad app is significantly delayed compared with the release of the iPhone Facebook app. The iPhone version was available upon the opening of the Apple App Store back in 2008.
The app will reportedly allow users to snap pictures using the iPad’s camera. Facebook users will also be able to upload pictures and videos directly from the tablet device. The same report also noted that the production of the iPad Facebook app has taken about a year. The app is now apparently in its final testing stages before the major release.
The new app could certainly benefit both Facebook and Apple. Facebook recently announced that the social network is nearing 700 million global users. A propitious Facebook app for the iPad could sway customers from purchasing Google’s Android tablets. The new iPad app could benefit Facebook by increasing user interaction on the social network. Apple announced earlier this month that the company had reached a new milestone with 25 million iPads sold.
Increased pageviews on Facebook would fundamentally amplify the social networks revenue through advertisements.
There are reportedly plans to improve Facebook’s normal web-browsing functionality on the iPad. The improvement are not meant to directly compete with the new app, but rather to improve user-experience all around."
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According to the New York Times, unnamed sources have reported that Facebook will be releasing the iPad app in coming weeks. The new app will be free for users and has been crafted to work specially with the iPad.
The release of the iPad app is significantly delayed compared with the release of the iPhone Facebook app. The iPhone version was available upon the opening of the Apple App Store back in 2008.
The app will reportedly allow users to snap pictures using the iPad’s camera. Facebook users will also be able to upload pictures and videos directly from the tablet device. The same report also noted that the production of the iPad Facebook app has taken about a year. The app is now apparently in its final testing stages before the major release.
The new app could certainly benefit both Facebook and Apple. Facebook recently announced that the social network is nearing 700 million global users. A propitious Facebook app for the iPad could sway customers from purchasing Google’s Android tablets. The new iPad app could benefit Facebook by increasing user interaction on the social network. Apple announced earlier this month that the company had reached a new milestone with 25 million iPads sold.
Increased pageviews on Facebook would fundamentally amplify the social networks revenue through advertisements.
There are reportedly plans to improve Facebook’s normal web-browsing functionality on the iPad. The improvement are not meant to directly compete with the new app, but rather to improve user-experience all around."
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Comment: another reason to not have to use flash (Score 2) 250
Now if only the pr0n industry would hurry up and get with the program.
JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash 250
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from the race-to-easy dept.
from the race-to-easy dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The introduction of HTML5 and super-fast JavaScript engines to the latest web browsers has brought with it a wealth of new functionality. The focus seems to have been put on the ability to play video in a browser without Flash, or making games. But a project born out of a Music Hackday in Berlin is just as exciting. It's called jsmad and is a pure JavaScript decoder that allows you to play MP3s in a browser without Flash. So, for example, a music artist could create a website and upload songs for visitors to listen to without need of any plug-ins. Alternatively, why not have an MP3 jukebox that can play songs off your hard drive or Dropbox folder just by loading a website? You can try out the decoder by visiting the jsmad.org website where there is a sample song, on the same site you can browse for your own local file to play. Be warned, it only works in Firefox 4+ at the moment, but Chrome support is coming and already works in some cases."
Another reader tips news of a JavaScript PDF viewer.