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Comment Re:Not sure if trolling, or just stupid. (Score 1) 346

by nugatory78 (#37376844) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: P2P Liability On a Shared Connection?
I guess you don't live in Houston. I'm astounded how often we loose power here. I get a small power interruption at least once per week, but those are handled by my UPS. Maybe once a month they go longer than my UPS's can supply power. I think its time I just invested in my own power plant in my back yard...
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Wireless HDMI On a Stick Using WHDI Technology (the-generalist.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It will soon be possible to transmit full 1080p video wirelessly to your television using a transmitter that's not much bigger than a thumbdrive. WHDI supports 1080p video with no noticeable latency making it great for games.

Submission + - Incandescents use less energy, CFLs an elaborate c (express.co.uk) 2

Submitted by bluefoxlucid
bluefoxlucid writes: From the article, "BANNING the humble 60-watt light bulb to make way for so-called energy-saving ones and 'help save the planet' was last night exposed as an elaborate EU con." What justification could the have for such accusations? "The carbon footprint of manufacturing, distribution and disposal of a compact fluorescent bulb is far greater than the energy usage of a standard bulb." Imagine that. Complex electronics and mercury tubes are harder to make than an evacuated glass bulb with a wire in it; and reclaiming hazardous waste takes more energy than just chucking a harmless glass bulb in the standard recycling bin.

Submission + - Fans boycott Star Wars on Blu-ray (deadline.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: FTFA: "LucasFilm has confirmed some very controversial changes in its upcoming 9-disc Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga with 40 hours of extras. (...) The Ewoks’ eyes have been CGI’ed and now blink. Yoda’s not quite the same Yoda of yore because of digitalized alterations. (...) [T]here are widespread online campaigns cropping up to boycott this new Blu-ray collection when it goes on sale September 16th."

Submission + - TSA Groper Files SLAPP Suit Against Blogger (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: TSA employee Theldala Magee has filed a lawsuit against a blogger demanding $500k in damages for alleging a particularly invasive search involving multiple incursions of a finger into the passenger's vagina. The passenger, who likened the feeling to being raped, is being sued for defamation for supposedly sullying the otherwise good name of a checkpoint smurf.
Space

Submission + - Space scientist,MIT PhD pleads guilty to espionage (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "A space scientist with a PhD in Planetary Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who once worked for NASA, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the White House's National Space Council, pleaded guilty today to attempted espionage for offering classified satellite information to a person he believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer."
Security

Submission + - Coming Soon: Antivirus Software for Your Car? (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: Researchers Highlight Emerging Risks and Lack of Security in Automobiles

As more and more digital technology is introduced into automobiles, the threat of malicious software and hardware manipulation increases. In a report released today, security researchers highlighted research into the risks facing the automotive industry as companies continue to add connectivity to embedded systems.

The technology has made its way into today’s cars in a number of ways, including anti-lock braking systems and GPS navigation systems.

Tim Fulkerson, senior director of marketing for McAfee Embedded Security, contended consumers are starting to become more aware of the fact that connectivity has its risks. So far, McAfee has not seen specific tools available to hack into cars available in the cyber-underground, he noted.

“However, hackers can surf the internet and find techniques and tools to exploit Bluetooth and Cellular communications technologies used in cars,” explained Fulkerson. “So if a hacker wants to start targeting attacks to cars, it is not big a leap for a talented hacker to find ways to make this happen.”

The report highlights several examples, ranging from a rogue employee at a car dealership remotely disabling 100 vehicles to a team of researchers from Rutgers and the University of South Carolina mounting an attack that targeted vehicles’ use of RFID technology.

Will we soon need AV and other security technologies in our cars?
Data Storage

Submission + - Seagate Unveils World's Biggest HDD At 4TB (itproportal.com)

Submitted by siliconbits
siliconbits writes: Seagate has smashed the storage capacity barrier again today by launching an external hard disk drive with a 4TB capacity, one year after having launched the world's first 3TB drive. The GoFlex 4TB uses four 1TB 3.5-inch platters with an areal density of 625Gb per square inch, spins at 5400RPM and has 32GB cache (rather than 64GB). That said, even with a rather low spinning speed, it should, in theory, outperform faster spinning hard disk drives from 2007 or 2008.

Comment Re:Punish Trolls (Score 3, Interesting) 209

by nugatory78 (#36685718) Attached to: Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin
When BK wanted to enter the Australian market, the name Burger King was already in use. They tried to everything possible to get ownership of the name but failed. The current owner was happy with his business and refused to sell. Eventually (I think it was ~2003), BK got rights to the name and started renaming every store BK. I used to work for Hungry Jacks in the late 90's. All the training material was BK branded, even the equipment was.
Security

Submission + - WikiLeaks, a lesson for security admins (blogspot.com) 1

Submitted by nickh01uk
nickh01uk writes: No data, no matter how carefully guarded, is ever truly safe. Now that the dust has settled and the hype has dissipated, the guys over at the 360 security blog have attempted to provide some advice to security admins on keeping their jobs in the brave new WikiLeaks world.
PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Why is everyone attacking Geohot? (tekgoblin.com)

Submitted by
tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes: "Okay so Geohot (George Hotz) was sued by Sony for hacking the PlayStation 3 and releasing the root keys out to the web. So what! Everyone is against him and his legal battle with Sony, saying that he deserves it. I have got news for you guys, Geohot has never condoned or supported piracy or hacking on the PSN network. He does however support the ability to hack YOUR OWN equipment that you have purchased legally and therefore releases tools to do so. Right on his website and the statement below it states that he fully supports anti-piracy when it comes to equipment and networks that are not your own. Sony should not be allowed to sue based only on the fact that he is hacking his own PlayStation, I do agree that releasing the root key for the PlayStation may have been ill-advised. However like I stated before, he never condoned the piracy on equipment other than your own.

I am an advocate against mass piracy, do not distribute anyone's copyrighted work but my own, do not take crap lying down, and am even pro DRM in a sense. For example, I believe Apple has every right to lock down their iPhone in the factory as much as they want, but once it's paid for and mine, I have the right to unlock it, smash it, jailbreak it, look at it, and hack on it. Fortunately, the courts agree with me on this point.

Geohot does not control what other people do with those tools on the PSN network or on their own consoles, he just makes it easier. Nobody was mad when he jailbroke the first iPhone and then released said Jailbreak to the public for everyone else. Now as soon as he Jailbreaks the PlayStation 3 and posts information and tool-kits for it he is the worst person on the planet."
Space

Submission + - Why Faster-than-Light Travel is Impossible (reddit.com) 1

Submitted by
rsk
rsk writes: "reddit user purpsicle27 asked "Why exactly can nothing go faster than the speed of light?" and got a slew of excellent replies. One reply in particular, by user "RobotRollCall" (RRC), was a favorite thanks to its simplification of an inherently complex matter and easy to understand examples.

According to other reddit folk, RRC has been notoriously tight-lipped about his real identity but continually drops excellent written comments into the community from time to time. reddit user mazsa suggested that RRC is actually popular science author Brian Greene, author of the The Fabric of the Cosmos. I don't know if that is true, but the reviews from his existing books seem to suggest that the easy-to-understand style is a very Greene trait."

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