Comment: Re:Many versus Awesome (Score 0) 600
Yep, I've pretty much achieved geekgasm on this thread. Oh yeahs.
+ - The IT Certs That No Longer Pay Extra->
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snydeq writes "Overall employment in tech is improving, but the certs you could once count on for a job or extra pay are losing their value, InfoWorld reports. 'Businesses no longer value what are increasingly considered standard skills, and instead are putting their money both into a new set of emerging specialties and into hybrid technology/business roles.'"
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+ - Flying robots flip, swarm and move in formation at UPenn->
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techgeek0279 writes "The University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory has released a video of flying nano quadrotor robots. Inspired by swarming habits in nature, these agile robots avoid obstructions and perform complex maneuvers as a group."
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+ - Half of Fortune 500 Infected w/ DNSChanger Malware-> 1
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wiredmikey writes "Despite the recent success in taking down a criminal operation that operated a massive DNSChanger malware operation, new research shows that the malware is still prevalent and lingering in many corporate and government networks.
In fact, according to recent analysis, approximately half of all Fortune 500 companies and major U.S. federal agencies are infected with DNSChanger malware.
Security firm IID says that it found at least 250 of all Fortune 500 companies and 27 out of 55 major government entities had at least one computer or router that was infected with DNSChanger in early 2012.
If an enterprise’s employee has DNSChanger on their computer, it means that enterprise is susceptible to having their proprietary information stolen because DNSChanger disables Anti-Virus.
While the FBI replaced rogue DNS servers operated by the cybercriminals with legitimate servers for 120 days, without further court actions, on March 8, 2012, infected computers and routers will have no servers to handle their DNS requests, the Internet may literally go dark for people using those computers or routers and create a major help desk issue."
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In fact, according to recent analysis, approximately half of all Fortune 500 companies and major U.S. federal agencies are infected with DNSChanger malware.
Security firm IID says that it found at least 250 of all Fortune 500 companies and 27 out of 55 major government entities had at least one computer or router that was infected with DNSChanger in early 2012.
If an enterprise’s employee has DNSChanger on their computer, it means that enterprise is susceptible to having their proprietary information stolen because DNSChanger disables Anti-Virus.
While the FBI replaced rogue DNS servers operated by the cybercriminals with legitimate servers for 120 days, without further court actions, on March 8, 2012, infected computers and routers will have no servers to handle their DNS requests, the Internet may literally go dark for people using those computers or routers and create a major help desk issue."
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Comment: Re:Why Apple is good (Score 1) 715
If you're talking about the window buttons like Mac's dock. Mine sits hidden on the left. Windows toolbar also allows this. But, I think your point still stands.
Comment: Re:What happens to them? (Score 1) 592
I once dated this Latina who made simply the best whackamole.
Comment: Re:AKA "Help the EPA justify its existance" (Score 1) 48
More like, "Cooter, let's git them fridgeraters to the bottom of the crick fore sheriff Lobo comes round!" Throws beer bottle into brush. Peels off in lifted Chevy belching hydrocarbons.
Comment: Re:Movies... (Score 1) 865
I like your point about your home theater system paying for itself, however I have always thought that seeing a DVD of a movie is much like seeing it at a second run joint. Well, before we could see movies at home anyway. Those places charge about half that (from my anecdotal experience) of the megaplexes if you were willing to wait. Even if the payoff is twice as long though, it's hard to beat the home experience. Even those second run cinemas have lost their charm for me.
+ - Business finance for the IT professional->
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davidmwilliams writes "You don't want to know but you know you need to know. If you are like me, you're a hard-core techy who has somehow bubbled to the top and now spends your days dealing with the CFO and the board instead of running servers or cutting code. It's imperative you understand the financial concepts and the numbers which matter at the upper echelons. In fact, knowing these will help you be successful in driving your own agendas because you will have the appropriate vocabulary to get attention. Let me tell you more in this installment of The Wired CIO, my own blog to help new IT leaders achieve success and direction."
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+ - Sneaky AOL 3
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An anonymous reader writes "A letter to "Dear Valued Member" announces an upgrade to AOL Advantage Plus at $11.99 per month. If you want to keep your $9.99 per month plan you must call AOL at 1-866-872-8994. As the letter says "Otherwise, your continued subscription to the AOL service constitutes your acceptance of this change.""
+ - Atari targets retro community with cease & des->
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svenski writes "Atari User reports that Atari Inc. have begun to target the retro community and have now turned their attentions to atari2600.org, a website first registered in 2000, demanding the domain name be handed over."
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+ - Millions of Sunflowers Soak Up Fukushima Radiation-> 2
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An anonymous reader writes "Nearly six months after the devastating tsunami hit Japan, communities are turning to nature to help restore theirs homes and hopes. Sunflowers plants are known to soak up toxins from the soil, so Koyu Abe, chief monk at the Buddhist Joenji temple has been distributing sunflowers and their seeds to be planted all over Fukushima. At least 8 million sunflowers and 200,000 other plants have been distributed by the temple and are now sprouting between buildings, in backyards, alongside the nuclear plant, and anywhere else they will possibly fit."
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