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Comment Re:Not USA (Score 1) 225

It wasn't released in the USA, it was released in North America.

If you really want to post at +2, you'll have to do a lot better than that. Try using the phrase 'walled-garden' or 'rounded-rectangle', then you'll be rolling in karma.

Or perhaps express his affinity toward tasting various body parts.

Comment Re:Well, half and half. (Score 1) 417

Poll: I typically run Windows ...

OTOH, WTF is up with the choices on this one? No Linux, on a site like this? Where is the "Which distro do you run" survey? That one should be up every six months.

I wasn't aware Microsoft made a Windows Linux.

Security

Submission + - Apple Laptops Vulnerable to Battery Firmware Hack (threatpost.com)

Trailrunner7 writes: Security researcher Charlie Miller, widely known for his work on Mac OS X and Apple's iOS, has discovered an interesting method that enables him to completely disable the batteries on Apple laptops, making them permanently unusable, and perform a number of other unintended actions. The method, which involves accessing and sending instructions to the chip housed on smart batteries could also be used for more malicious purposes down the road.

Miller discovered the default passwords set on the battery at the factory to change the battery into unsealed mode and developed a method that let him permanently brick the battery as well as read and modify the entire firmware.

"You can read all the firmware, make changes to the code, do whatever you want. And those code changes will survive a reinstall of the OS, so you could imagine writing malware that could hide on the chip on the battery. You'd need a vulnerability in the OS or something that the battery could then attack, though," Miller said.

Submission + - Judge Prevents 23,322 Does from Being Sued For Now (slyck.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Judge overseeing the US Copyright Group's lawsuit against 23,000 individuals sharing "The Expendables" has shut the door on progress. In a ruling made yesterday, the Judge has ordered the US Copyright Group to show cause as to how all 23,322 fall under his Court's jurisdiction. Considering the US Copyright Group's failure in the past to show cause on jurisdiction, this could be the beginning of the end.
Space

Submission + - The most distant object in the Universe. Maybe. (discovermagazine.com)

The Bad Astronomer writes: "A gamma-ray burst seen in 2009 may be the single most distant object ever seen. If the estimates pan out, it's at a whopping 13.4 billion light years away. The estimates look good, though the exact distance isn't known. If it holds up, this explosion occurred when the Universe was only 2% of its current age."

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