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Comment Re:They probably will work. (Score 5, Informative) 240

Actually no, this is probably a sign that a new socket is on the way. This is not news, as Intel has been doing this exact pattern for a while now; Intel will keep a single socket compatible for at least two Core generations before replacing it and breaking compatibility. Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge (1155). Haswell, Broadwell (1150), Skylake, Kaby Lake (1151).

Comment Re:Won't work in Canada (Score 1) 564

Yes, we transitioned to digital OTA television (ATSC), but the CRTC doesn't let broadcasters use digital subchannels willy-nilly unlike the U.S. The CRTC, on the other hand, has been progressively deregulating aspects of specialty/cable TV (unlike the U.S., all cable channels also must be licensed)

Comment Re:Won't work in Canada (Score 1) 564

It only works in Canada if you live close to the border. I used to live near Detroit, now I don't. The only major networks the closest city to me actually has OTA, are CBC (English and French), CTV, and Global. City is cable only (having taken over the province's "educational" broadcaster), and CBC doesn't even have a station anymore in the province's second major population centre (Saskatoon) because the CBC said they would only convert their originating stations to digital in digital transition markets, and not rebroadcasters (it was technically just a translator of CBC in Regina but with Saskatoon commercials). That's only five channels OTA in Regina, and two in Saskatoon, all with only one channel each (in a perfect world CTV could run CTV Two on subchannels, but less they incur the wraith of the CRTC). The closest U.S. city I could theoretically pull from is Williston, North Dakota, which is around 150 miles south. "wide array" includes not only major networks, but independents, as well as those digital subchannel networks.

Comment Won't work in Canada (Score 1) 564

Firstly, due to federal policy, all broadcasters are effectively discouraged from operating digital subchannels on their stations, despite the fact that we use the same television standards as Americans, by requiring a multitude of regulatory hurdles to be cleared before you can get permission to do so. Furthermore, due to almost all major broadcasters being vertically integrated with pay television providers, there is little incentive to actually invest in over-the-air television beyond mandatory carriage in the markets where they do end up operating, since it's more profitable to collect subscriber fees for a "new" channel where 90% of the content is literally just recycled from its sister channels, forcibly bundled alongside 2-5 more channels (despite being required to do so, providers also discourage a la carte options by making them as unattractive as possible and giving them little promotion). Hence, we do not have the wide array of options over-the-air as there are in the U.S. or the United Kingdom (given how consolidated the networks are here, maybe a model closer to Freeview could work here). Additionally, because the majority have pay TV here, broadcasters largely cut down on their OTA transmitters during the digital transition to save costs..

Submission + - China Forces Muslim Minority To Install Spyware On Their Phones (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Chinese authorities in the province of Xinjiang are forcing locals of the Uyghur Muslim minority to install an app on their phones that will allow the government to scan their device for "terrorist propaganda," local media reports. In reality, the app creates MD5 hashes for the user's files and matches them against a database of known terrorist content. The app also makes copies of the user's Weibo and WeChat databases and uploads it to a government server, along with the user's IMEI, IMSI, and WiFi login information. The app is called Jingwang (Citizen Safety) and was developed by police forces from Ürümqi, Xinjiang's capital. Authorities launched the app in April, and also included the ability to report suspicious activity to the police. At the start of July, Xinjiang officials started sending WeChat messages in Uyghur and Chinese to locals, asking them to install the app or face detainment of up to 10 days. Police have also stopped people on the street to check if they installed the app. Several were detained for refusing to install it. Locals are now sharing the locations of checkpoints online, so others can avoid getting arrested.

Submission + - Fragging A Player In Some Steam Games Allowed Installation Of Malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A buffer overflow vulnerability in Valve's Source SDK, a library used by game vendors to support custom mods and other features, allows a malicious actor to execute code on a user's computer, and optionally install malware, such as ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, banking trojans, and others. The vulnerability could be triggered when fragging another player. Malicious code could be added to rag models — dead body animations — packed inside custom mods and map files.

Multiple Source games were updated during the month of June 2017 to fix the vulnerability, such as CS:GO, TF2, Hl2:DM, Portal 2, and L4D2. Steam has also informed third-party mod creators, who now have to update the Steam Source SDK version they use in their mods. Developers who have created a Source engine game modification should apply the following patch. The security researcher who found the flaw has refrained from releasing a proof-of-concept demo for the Source SDK vulnerability for the next 30 days in order to give mod creators more time to patch their maps and mods. The proof of concept will be published here.

Comment This is a problem affecting all OSS licenses (Score 1) 474

I've seen multiple pieces of software, including Paint.net and Classic Shell, change to proprietary licenses because of this exact issue; being able to effectively plagiarize a program just because it's open source and you can theoretically do anything to it, like change the name and claim it as your own, claim it's a "new version" that's littered with malware or add-ons that aren't open source, etc. Open source licenses do not give you a carte blanche to infringe on any other proprietary intellectual property associated with the software, such as trademarks and trade dress.

Submission + - Tylenol may Kill Kindness

randomErr writes: In research published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience scientists describe the results of two experiments conducted involving more than 200 college students.Their conclusion is that Acetaminophen can reduce a person's capacity to empathize with another person's pain. "We don't know why acetaminophen is having these effects, but it is concerning," senior author Baldwin Way, an Ohio State University psychologist, said. One of the studies has half the group consume a liquid with Acetaminophen while the other group received a placebo. The group that drink the Acetaminophen thought that people they read about experiencing pain was not as severe as the placebo group thought.

Submission + - FCC Can't Cap the Cost of Cross-State Prison Phone Calls, Court Rules (theverge.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The Federal Communications Commission does not have the authority to cap the cost of prison and jail phone calls within states, an appeals court ruled in a decision today, dealing a massive blow to inmates and their advocates who have spent years litigating caps on the cost of such calls. Over several years, the FCC, under Democratic leadership, moved to cap the cost of calls for inmates. Activists argued that prisoners were effectively being extorted by private companies charging exorbitant rates — a move that benefited private prisons and the states that got cuts of the revenue. Some of those states joined with companies in appealing the FCC’s rules. The agency first moved to cap rates across state lines, and then, later, within states. Today, the court ruled that the FCC had overstepped when it attempted to regulate the price of calls within states. In the majority opinion, the court left little wiggle room for advocates of price-capping, with the possible exception of the cross-state caps, which are a minority of calls made by inmates. The opinion vacated not only the agency’s proposed caps for in-state calls, but said the agency also lacked justification to require reports on video calling services. It also vacated a provision that would ban site commission payments.

Submission + - Russian malware communicates using Britney Spears's Instagram account (welivesecurity.com)

JustAnotherOldGuy writes: A key weakness in malicious software is the "Command and Control" (C&C) system- a central server that the malware-infected systems contact to receive updates and instructions, and to send stolen data. Anti-malware researchers like to reverse engineer malicious code, discover the C&C server's address, and then shut it down. Turla is an "advanced persistent threat" hacking group based in Russia with a long history of attacking states in ways that advance Russian state interests. A new analysis by Eset shows that Turla is solving its C&C problems by using Britney Spears' Instagram account as a cut-out for its C&C servers. Turla moves the C&C server around, then hides the current address of the server in encrypted comments left on Britney Spears's image posts. The compromised systems check in with Spears' Instagram whenever they need to know where the C&C server is currently residing.

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