Tri - Slashdot User

Submission + - Reinventing politics with Linux at Daily Kos

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Tri

on Monday February 09, 2009 @09:38AM

Tri writes: "Computerworld talks to Jeremy Bingham and Markos Moulitsas of DailyKos fame . Between late nights with K&R and hacking on lighttpd modules, Jeremy has kept the DailyKos servers going through some huge traffic spikes on election nights without anything catching on fire. He's also released his new modules under a FLOSS license."

Submission + - Why Facebook needs a government bailout (idg.com.au) 1

Submitted by Hippo the Hippo on Thursday December 18, 2008 @01:57AM

Hippo the Hippo writes: It's all doom and gloom on the economic front. The latest corporate giant to suffer the effects of the US recession is social-networking site Facebook. According to Valleywag Facebook has lost $13.7 imaginary dollars in value (based on how much Microsoft paid for a stake last year). PC World explains why the US government needs to step in and bail out Facebook before it's too late.

Submission + - Most Memorable Computer Ads of the 80s (slideshow) (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Nigel_story on Thursday December 20, 2007 @06:24PM

Nigel_story writes: Very funny selection of computer ads from the eighties and early nineties; including microsoft dissing on apple, a gun holster for your cell phone, NEC's Brain computer, inside the Mac, Dr Who, the earliest commercial 'portable' computers, Dumb Terminals, and a cracker from 1985 about a PC trying to talk to a Mac — Deja Vu anyone??? A great trip back in time

Submission + - New way to build unhackable quantum encryptor (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Bergkamp10 on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @06:53PM

Bergkamp10 writes: Researchers at the Australian National University have built an unhackable, completely secret Quantum cryptographic system (QKD) out of common telecommunications electronics and optics, marking a dramatic decrease in the cost of quantum encryption devices. The researchers also claim their system is much more robust than the two main commercial companies developing Quantum encryption devices; MagiQ in the US, and idQuantique in Switzerland. Both of these companies use specialised single photon sources and detectors in their QKD's, which can cost upwards of US$100,000 and are extremely delicate. The ANU researchers have not only developed a completely unhackable quantum encryption device using off-the-shelf components that is much cheaper, but also much more durable than the current market offerings. Quantum cryptography works by using laser beams that are encoded in a way that makes interception physically impossible. The article includes a step by step guide from ANU physicist and Stanford Sloan Fellow Vikram Sharma, who details exactly how Quantum encryption works, as well as suggestions for its future implementation in areas such as personal banking.

Submission + - Doing IT for POTUS

Submitted by Tri on Thursday November 29, 2007 @10:11AM

Tri writes: Computerworld Australia has a story on Ben Wrigley. Normally an IT Manager at the Intercontinental, he got to liase with the Whitehouse Communications Agency during the recent APEC meeting in Sydney last September. From dealing with some PSTN gear that was so old the junior techs didn't know how to plug it to having to triple the network's capacity, he got to deal with it all. This was a user that wanted more reliability than the average joe. One major upside: no budget!

Submission + - Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Sonny Bill William on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @12:40AM

Sonny Bill William writes: As of this week, Microsoft have activated a function in Vista called 'Reduced Functionality'. This is a specific function in Vista which effectively disables non genuine copies of Windows. Therefore, anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will experience: A black screen after 1 hour of browsing; No start menu or task bar; No desktop. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1029262671

Submission + - Microsoft struggling to gain endorsement for OOXML (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Tri on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:12AM

Tri writes: The Open Source Industry of Australia (OSIA) has formally contacted Standards Australia, requesting that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format not be endorsed by the body as an ISO standard.

"Quite apart from the technical problems with OOXML, the main problem from OSIA's point of view is a substantive one — the 'standard' is designed so that it can only be implemented by a single vendor", said Brendan Scott, Director of Open Source Industry Australia. "So, while in theory a third party could create an independent implementation, in practice it is very unlikely", he said.

Submission + - Aussie phone spammer fined $150k (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Tri on Monday July 23, 2007 @03:40AM

Tri writes: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has hit DC Marketing Europe Limited with a $150,000 fine, the biggest penalty it has issued since the Spam Act came into force in April 2004. This is hopefully the first of many to come.

Submission + - 12 IT skills that employers can't say no to

Submitted by StonyandCher on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @07:17PM

StonyandCher writes: Have you spoken with a high-tech recruiter or professor of computer science lately? According to observers across the country, the technology skills shortage that pundits were talking about a year ago is real.

The market for IT talent is hot, but only if you have the right skills. If you want to be part of the wave, take a look at what eight experts — including recruiters, curriculum developers, computer science professors and other industry observers — say are the hottest skills of the near future.

Submission + - Google and Yahoo battle for print-ads domination

Submitted by StonyandCher on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @06:48PM

StonyandCher writes: Google has expanded its Print Ads so that anyone subscribing to its AdWords program can purchase print advertising from a growing network of newspapers.

Both Google and rival Yahoo have deals with a network of newspaper companies to sell print advertising through their respective Web-based search advertising services.

With Google Print Ads clocking up more than 225 newspapers and Yahoo with 264 newspapers in its consortium, will there be a clear winner in this battle of the ads?

Submission + - Matthew Szulik: The culture of Red Hat (cnet.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @06:34PM

An anonymous reader writes: Red Hat takes community seriously, to the extent that it tries to bake open source processes and ethos into the company's operations. Matthew Szulik talks about the value of free software to the industry, and how hiring and firing the right people leads to strong open source businesses.

Submission + - Are we ready for a cashless society? (smh.com.au)

Submitted by skegg on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @06:07PM

skegg writes: Following a security scare, a major Australian bank cancelled thousands of credit cards belonging to its customers. The article mentions one customer unable to leave a store as she spent 40 minutes on the phone trying to sort out the mess. Do incidents like this teach us anything about preparing for a cashless society? Is a purely cashless society even possible by today's technology standards?

Submission + - Federal court denies Internet Radio appeal

Submitted by StonyandCher on Thursday July 12, 2007 @08:59PM

StonyandCher writes: A U.S. federal appeals court has denied a petition from music webcaster associations for an emergency stay of new royalty rates that Internet radio companies have to start paying on Sunday.

The stay, if granted, would have delayed the July 15 due date of the increased royalty payments that are owed by music webcasters to SoundExchange, the nonprofit organization set up by the Recording Industry Association of America to collect so-called digital performance royalties for recording artists and record companies.

"If Internet radio goes silent, I will fight to make sure the silence is brief," Inslee said in a statement sent via e-mail. "One thing is sure: After July 15, national pressure for a resolution of this travesty only will increase. We are not going away."

Submission + - Nathan Myhrvold on patent mongers and business

Submitted by StonyandCher on Thursday July 12, 2007 @07:07PM

StonyandCher writes: In this interview, Nathan Myhrvold (boss of Intellectual Ventures), details his business strategy and defends himself from those who call him "the most feared man in Silicon Valley" and "a very large patent troll."

From the interview: "The primary reason that one would fear someone who owns patents is because they believe they're currently cheating that person. I believe the attitude about patents that has existed for many years in the technology industry has lead to a tremendous amount of infringement. I think this is just a function of the development of the industry.

Submission + - Microsoft admits all 360s sold so far are flawed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 12, 2007 @04:01AM

An anonymous reader writes: CNN reports that Microsoft has admitted all xbox 360 consoles sold in the past 19 months suffer from a design flaw. But it does not have any plans to start a recall program.

It seems like everyone with a functional (like myself) are lucky. This seems to be a bad time for Microsoft. But as a 360 owner, I am glad they actually admitted this instead of denying and repeating their line on how the actual failure rate is very low.

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