Comment: Re:Why are we still using passwords? (Score 1) 245
I had a bowl of Insensitive Clods this morning.
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Comment: Re:Two basic steps (Score 1) 245
Not to mention that they allege this was the case six months ago. Curious--albeit not enough to RTFA--as to why they sat on such a golden nugget of PR for so long. My inner cynic is tempted to envision this:
Hrm... Okay, next security vulnerability. This one was submitted 2011/09/29.
(several minutes of analysis pass)
Hey! We fixed this one already. Hey boss! Come here! I GOT ONE!!!
Comment: Re:Yes, but other than that, how did you like it? (Score 1) 453
actually... being nerds, we avoid the clap without all that much effort.
+ - Magnetic Microprocessors, UltraEfficient Computing->
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zedmelon (583487) writes "According to researchers at the University of California-Berkeley, http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/future-magnetic-microprocessors-will-be-1-million-times-more-efficient-todays-computers">electron-free magnetic microprocessors would use 1 million times less energy per flop than today’s computers. At 18 thousandths of an electron volt--the "merest whiff of energy"--they would consume the least amount of energy allowed by the second law of thermodynamics and generate an infinitesimal amount of the waste heat exhibited by today's microprocessors."
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Comment: Big Deal (Score 1) 91
Fergie has had an artificial windpipe for years...
Comment: Re:Stupid (Score 1) 213
that reminds me. tell your mom to also quit emailing *me*
Comment: Judge Keeps Google on the Domain-Tasting Hook (Score 1) 155
A federal district court recently refused to dismiss cybersquatting claims against Google based on its AdSense for Domains program. The plaintiff is accusing Google of "trafficking in" domain names via that program, which allegedly brings Google profits from large-scale domain-tasting activities. As the blog post in the first link reports, Google has recently made some policy changes in response to widespread domain-tasting activities.
Which eBook Reader is the Best? 469
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Zonk
from the i'm-still-waiting-for-holopaper dept.
from the i'm-still-waiting-for-holopaper dept.
Mistress.Erin writes "I cannot decide between Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader. I've read some
reviews, but their motives can be somewhat suspect. So, I come to the most tech savvy group around to ask: which eBook reader is the best? If not Kindle or Reader, then what?" We've discussed this question before, but things have changed a bit since 2005.
Comment: What happened with CD Baby and Snocap (Score 4, Interesting) 93
When not on Slashdot, I'm the owner of CD Baby, which was the largest provider of music to Snocap.
Snocap had everything going for them, and could have probably succeeded, but their execution was so bad that it was unbearable.
Check out my What happened with CD Baby and Snocap article, and especially the comments below it, with all these musicians so frustrated that Snocap won't reply to anybody's emails.
The most brilliant idea, with bad execution, is worth nothing.
Comment: "Tote?" (Score 1) 242
Google announced today that it plans to offer online personal health records to help patients tote and store their own x-rays and other health data.
What, are they going to put all the ones and zeros in little baggies or something?
What, are they going to put all the ones and zeros in little baggies or something?
SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 421
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Zonk
from the a-true-catastrophy dept.
from the a-true-catastrophy dept.
Can you say "the SCO, the" in German? writes "Trading of SCO's stock has been halted on news that SCO has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. This move just so happens to fall on the eve of SCO's trial with Novell. One would think that their prior boasts were mostly bluster, that they believe they have almost no chance of prevailing at trial, and that they're now desperate to protect their executives from SCO's creditors while seeking yet another delay. From the release: 'The SCO Group intends to maintain all normal business operations throughout the bankruptcy proceedings. Subject to court approval, SCO and its subsidiaries will use the cash flow from their consolidated operations to meet their capital needs during the reorganization process. "We want to assure our customers and partners that they can continue to rely on SCO products, support and services for their business critical operations," said Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group. "Chapter 11 reorganization provides the Company with an opportunity to protect its assets during this time while focusing on building our future plans."'"
Top 15 Free SQL Injection Scanners 103
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kdawson
from the looking-for-trouble dept.
from the looking-for-trouble dept.
J.R writes "The Security-Hacks blog has a summary of the 15 best free SQL Injection scanners, with links to download and a little information about each one. The list is intended asan aid for both web application developers and professional security auditors."
What Vista Is Really Like 305
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kdawson
from the hotsauce-on-your-meatloaf dept.
from the hotsauce-on-your-meatloaf dept.
This waking dream has been making the rounds: what if you woke and found a strange and beautiful woman in your bed, and she was inscrutible, unpredictable, and dangerous... but oh so beautiful? That's Vista for you.
Net Neutrality Act On the Agenda Again 242
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kdawson
from the end-to-end-tubes dept.
from the end-to-end-tubes dept.
blue234 writes "On January 9th, Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Democrat Byron Dorgan reintroduced the bill popularly known as the Net Neutrality Act, and officially called the Internet Freedom Preservation Act. The bill was killed in the Senate last year in a vote split along party lines (Democrats yea, Republicans no), with the exception of Senator Snowe, who voted with the Democrats. Now that the Democrats have a slight majority in the Senate, the bill certainly has a better chance, but it still needs 60 votes to prevent a Republican filibuster.
Judge Rules Shared Files Folder Not Enough 156
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Zonk
from the you-actually-have-to-commit-a-crime-to-be-punished dept.
from the you-actually-have-to-commit-a-crime-to-be-punished dept.
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In UMG v. Lindor, Judge David G. Trager rejected Ms. Lindor's objection to a Magistrate's Report, in which Ms. Lindor complained that the Report could be read to imply that 'the mere presence of a shared files folder on an individual's computer would ... satisfy the requirements of 17 USC 106(3)', saying that the Report of Magistrate Robert M. Levy could not be so read, since '[t]he report and recommendation does not comment on whether or not the mere presence of a shared files folder satisfies 17 USC 106(3). Instead, it makes clear that plaintiffs will have the burden of proving actual sharing. [Report and Recommendation, at 5] ('At trial, plaintiffs will have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant did indeed infringe plaintiff's copyrights by convincing the fact-finder, based on the evidence plaintiffs have gathered, that defendant actually shared sound files belonging to plaintiffs.') (emphasis added)'"
