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Submission + - IPv4S coming soon? IPv6 is dead? (acostasite.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: After a secret meeting almost a week in Switzerland, major hardware and software manufacturers worldwide took the drastic decision not to continue with the development and implementation of IPv6. Alternatively they unanimously decided to use the same IPv4 protocol and create a new concept of sub-IP (IPv4S).

Technical details are described as follows: "Let's use a bit that is reserved in the IPv4 header from source (RFC 791), the bit to be on the hosts will read the data fields indicating more IPv4 addresses, ie, is a subset of IPv4 ". According to the TNIV PhD Freq: "This is something that should be done long ago."

Submission + - Hacker took over BBC server, tried to 'sell' access on Christmas Day

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC, Britain's public broadcaster, and then launched a Christmas Day campaign to convince other cyber criminals to pay him for access to the system.

It was not clear how the BBC, the world's oldest and largest broadcaster, uses that site, ftp.bbc.co.uk.

Submission + - The future as Sir Clive Sinclair predicted 30 years ago. (nvg.ntnu.no)

Submitted by canada_dry
canada_dry writes: From a speech given to the U.S. Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future in 1984 he eloquently describes our world today... from personal cell phones to bullet trains and convicts wearing tracking bracelets. It's a great read.

Submission + - ask - what do you think caused the NSA to start collecting so much data? (slashdot.org) 13

Submitted by raymorris
raymorris writes: Many people believe that the NSA collects far too much data, violating the privacy rights of the very citizens the NSA is supposed to protect. How did we get here? What specific structural or cultural changes can be identified that led some to believe it is okay to engage in this sort of broad dragnet surveillance as opposed to getting specific court orders for specific suspects?

Many people simply assign the blame to the opposite political party, which doesn't get very far in solving the problem and ensuring it doesn't happen again. Can we look at specific, identifiable factors and show exactly how they directly caused the intelligence community to get off track? For example, precisely which sections of which laws are being used to justify these programs, and what caused those laws to be passed? Is the surveillance directly authorized by law, or do the justifications require "creative" interpretation of the law?

In order to avoid getting into yet another fruitless political flame war and keep the discussion factually focused, please provide citations where possible.

Submission + - Moving a city to Linux needs political backing, says Munich project leader (itworld.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This year saw the completion of the city of Munich's switch to Linux, a move that began about ten years ago. "One of the biggest lessons learned was that you can't do such a project without continued political backing," said Peter Hofmann, the leader of the LiMux project, summing up the experience.

While Hofmann can look confidently to the city's future, he recognizes that switching to Linux is not for everyone. Yet even those who don't want to switch can still profit from the city's experience: "Some guy once told me, 'Since you started your project I can negotiate with Microsoft.'"

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Can commercial hardware routers be trusted? 1

Submitted by monkaru
monkaru writes: Given reports that various vendors and encrytion algorithms have been compromised. Is it still possible to trust ANY commercial hardware routers or is "roll your own" the only reasonable path going forward?

Comment Netscape was crushed by Internet Explorer? (Score 1) 100

by codeusirae (#45744633) Attached to: After 22 Years, Walt Mossberg Writes Final WSJ Column
"Netscape Navigator: The first successful consumer Web browser, it was later crushed by Microsoft's Internet Explorer " ..

Only because Microsoft sabotaged Navigator on Windows, mainly by extending the protocols and cloning Netscape eg. a full embrace strategy and excluding them from the development program and implementing a common Netscape/Corel attack group

"What kind of date do we have about how much software companies pay Netscape? In particular I am curious about their deals with Corel, Lotus and Intuit"

Submission + - China rejects 545,000 tons of US genetically modified corn (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by hawkinspeter
hawkinspeter writes: The BBC is reporting that US corn that was found to contain an unapproved genetically modified strain. Although China doesn't have a problem per se with GM crops (they've been importing GM soybeans since 1997), their product safety agency found MIR162 in 12 batches of corn.

"The safety evaluation process [for MIR162] has not been completed and no imports are allowed at the moment before the safety certificate is issued" said Nui Din, China's vice agricultural minister.

The Chinese are now calling on US authorities to tighten their controls to prevent unapproved strains from being sent to China after the first batch of corn was rejected in November due to MIR162.

Submission + - Microsoft Security Essentials misses 39% of malware (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by Barence
Barence writes: The latest tests from Dennis Publishing's security labs saw Microsoft Security Essentials fail to detect 39% of the real-world malware thrown at it. Dennis Technology Labs (DTL) tested nine home security products on a Windows 7 PC, including Security Essentials, which is distributed free to Windows users and built into Windows 8 in the form of Windows Defender. While the other eight packages all achieved protection scores of 87% or higher — with five scoring 98% or 99% — Microsoft's free antivirus software protected against only 61% of the malware samples used in the test. Microsoft conceded last year that its security software was intended to offer only "baseline" performance".

Submission + - Microsoft pulls update for Surface 2 after problems. (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by whoever57
whoever57 writes: On Decemer 10, Microsoft released a firmware update for Surface Pro 2. Now, due to widespread issues with battery life, charging, sleeping, etc., Microsoft has pulled the update. It appears that some of the tablets failed to completely install the update. The number of people posting about the the problem in the Microsoft Community site shows that there are at least hundreds of users with this problem. What propeortion of the Surface Pro 2 user base does this represent?

Submission + - Saab wins Brazil jet deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid (reuters.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Brazil awarded a $4.5 billion contract to Saab AB on Wednesday to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets, a surprise coup for the Swedish company after news of U.S. spying on Brazilians helped derail Boeing's chances for the deal.

The contract, negotiated over the course of three presidencies, will supply Brazil's air force with 36 new Gripen NG fighters by 2020. Aside from the cost of the jets themselves, the agreement is expected to generate billions of additional dollars in future supply and service contracts.

The timing of the announcement, after more than a decade of off-and-on negotiations, appeared to catch the companies involved by surprise. Even Juniti Saito, Brazil's top air force commander, said on Wednesday that he only heard of the decision a day earlier in a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff.

Until earlier this year, Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet had been considered the front runner. But revelations of spying by the U.S. National Security Agency in Brazil, including personal communication by Rousseff, led Brazil to believe it could not trust a U.S. company.

Nice work Mr President, members of Congress, FISA court members and General Alexander. You've done the Stasi proud.

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