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Networking

Submission + - Travelers Will Take WiFi Over Food Any Day (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "For the business traveler (and the traveler in general, really), Wi-Fi is important — crucial, even. But more important than sustenance? That's exactly what was found in a recent survey by American Airlines and HP, where some 47% of business travelers responded that Wi-Fi was the most important airport amenity, outscoring basic travels needs such as food by nearly 30 percentage points."
Security

Submission + - Virus Hits FBI and US Marshals (therunningtally.com)

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "Looks like CNET has a story of the FBI, and US Marshals Service being hit with an unknown virus. The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were forced to shut down parts of their computer networks after a mystery virus struck the law-enforcement agencies Thursday, according to an Associated Press report. A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that it had disconnected from Justice Department computers as a precaution after being hit with the virus, while an FBI spokesperson would only say that it was experiencing similar issues."
Television

Submission + - Breaking Up With DirecTV (therunningtally.com) 1

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "The Running Tally has a piece on ditching DirecTV for Internet TV. There are tons of articles covering the legal, and illegal, ways of transitioning from broadcast television to broadband television. Once I found the world of Vuze and Boxee the only thing that concerned me is my four year old son. How to replace hours of cartoon network and Disney shows."
Data Storage

Submission + - Social Sites Not Deleting Photos (therunningtally.com)

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "It turns out that deleting pictures on social networking sites might not make much of a difference to anyone with a direct link to the picture. Researchers posted photos on 16 social networking and Web 2.0 websites, keeping a careful record of the URL associated with the photos, before deleting the images. Even after this supposed deletion the researchers were able to find the photos on seven of the 16 websites a month later, simply by visiting the web location associated with the image. The problem arises because sites often fail to remove image files from their photo servers after they are deleted from the main website."
Space

Submission + - Astronauts Drink Their Own Urine (therunningtally.com)

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "Here runs a story by the NY Times about drinking urine in outer space. "The three crew members of the International Space Station raised plastic pouches in a toast of their first taste of urine that had been recycled into drinkable water. "The taste is great," said Michael R. Barratt, left, a flight engineer. A recycling system, installed last fall, purifies the urine. A distillation unit in the system initially proved balky, and a replacement was brought up and installed in March. After the system passed tests, the station's two astronauts and one cosmonaut finally took a sip. ""
Linuxcare

Submission + - Is Software Raid on Linux Unreliable?

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secludedhabitat
secludedhabitat writes: "Heya all,
I have a dedicated webserver that I run and currently have 1x 500GB drive (primary) and 1x 320GB drive (secondary).

I recently asked my dedicated server provider about the possibility of setting up an additional 320GB drive and using software raid to create a Raid 1 array on the secondary drives.

However they said that software raid is often unreliable and I am likely to see CRC errors and hence loose the whole array. The dedicated server already costs an arm and a leg so the additional monthly cost of the hardware raid card would be a bit painful to my wallet LOL.

I have been trying to find anything on the net to back up the claims of unreliability but thus far have been unable to find anything to back it up so I wanted to ask Slashdot users. What are your experiences? Thanks in advance all.
Stuart"
Security

Submission + - Windows 7RC Has A Virus Botnet (therunningtally.com)

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "There are reports that the Windows 7 RC that was found on torrent, that appeared with the MSDN release, has a major botnet. "The rate of infected machines at one point was growing at over 500 machines an hour, and looks to have over 27,000 installs." The control machine looks to have been taken out, but now all those machines lay as zombies, ready to go."
Security

Submission + - MS Patches PowerPoint Hole (therunningtally.com)

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Drivintin
Drivintin writes: "Microsoft releases a patch to fix the hole in PowerPoint. Microsoft on Tuesday released a patch aimed to fix a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint that had already led to exploits. The vulnerability is listed as critical for Office 2000, but rated only as important for Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007. However, the hole had already formed the basis of targeted attacks, prompting Microsoft to issue a warning last month. Microsoft said that the vulnerability is not rated critical for PowerPoint 2002 and later versions because they prompt a user before opening a document, meaning that the vulnerability requires more than a single user action to complete the exploit. Not sure about your work, but an extra step before opening a dumb pic, doesn't even slow down a normal user."

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