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Submission + - The future of Java - Oracle & inventor's dilem (computerworlduk.com)

Submitted by E5Rebel
E5Rebel writes: Oracle and its close Java partners are in a classic "innovator's dilemma." It may take a decade, but the bottom-up innovation the open source community drives will find expression elsewhere, and smaller companies that Java's high-end capabilities do not serve well will gravitate toward a new "good enough" open platform — likely based on a combination of LAMP and HTML 5 open standards.
Interesting blog post from analyst group Forrester

Submission + - Tech Insight: Layering Up For Malware Protection (techweb.com)

Submitted by Batblue
Batblue writes: Malware has traditionally entered the enterprise through two main avenues, Web and email. In the early 2000's, email was the favorite vector for malware writers: controls were low, email was everywhere, and it was easy to convince someone to open an email and run the attachment. Attackers still use email to infect machines, of course, but also have moved to more sophisticated drive-by downloads. They inject their malware into legitimate websites through advertising networks or by compromising the site, and unsuspecting visitors download the malware unknowingly and join the malware creator's army of infected systems.

The most cost-effective method of preventing and detecting this type of malware is a Web filter. Using an open-source system such as Squid, or purchasing an enterprise offering from Barracuda, Websense, Webroot, or others provides the ability to block known malware distribution sites and in some cases, analyze traffic for malicious content, such with M86's offering. Some tools let you provide filtering to your users even when they are off the corporate network.
Hardware

Submission + - Thermal Nanotape Promises Cooler, Healthier Chips (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw
Blacklaw writes: A team of researchers comprised of members from the Semiconductor Research Corporation and Stanford University has developed a new thermal nanotape which it claims will lead to chips that run cooler and last longer.
The thermal nanotape, constructed of binder materials surrounding carbon nanotubes, promises to lead to the creation of semiconductors — including CPUs and GPUs — that don't suffer from the rigours of frequent temperature changes, known as thermal cycling.
Facebook

Submission + - Nicolas Sarkozy’s Facebook account has been (geekword.net)

Submitted by TechieAlizay
TechieAlizay writes: 2011 has been predicted as the year in which hackers will target social media and we have a proof which we wonâât forget easily. An anonymous hacker got hold of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account. He then followed that effort with a fake an eye awakening announcement of Nicolas Sarkozy terminating his plans of running for re-election.

Here's how the hacker made the false announcement:

        Dear compatriots, given the exceptional circumstances our country is experiencing, I have decided in my spirit and conscience not to run for office again at the end of my mandate in 2012

The announcement which was posted Yesterday evening has now been removed which means the account has been reclaimed by his rightful owner, Sarkozy. Here's what he had to say about the whole incident:

        My Facebook account has been hacked tonight, perhaps to remind me that no system is foolproof. I will take the lesson of writing and spelling, but disagree with the conclusions a bit hasty message ⦠Thanks to those who have recognized the error, and thank you again for your support.

So what lesson do we learn from this unfortunate turn of events? Become more active about protecting your account and set secure and not easy to hack passwords.
Facebook

Submission + - Researchers Showcase Anti Child Grooming App (itproportal.com)

Submitted by DaveNJ1987
DaveNJ1987 writes: Researchers at Lancaster University have showcased an app that enables young people to find out if their online peers are really adults masquerading as children. The Child Defense app has been developed by a team of scientists working at Isis Forensics — a Lancaster University spin out company — with the help of children and parents from the north west of the UK.
Crime

Submission + - Ever performed Computer Forensic Investigation? (myfixlog.com)

Submitted by
anon
anon writes: "Have you ever been asked by your boss or friend to sneak into someone's computer and find out what they are doing? If so, what tools did you use? A few years ago my boss called me aside and asked me to investigate a rouge co-employee. I followed these instructions http://www.myfixlog.com/fix.php?fid=32 and imaged his hard drive then created a virtual machine of his computer. After some investigation I found out that he had tried to cause over a million dollars in damage — and tried to frame me for it. My little investigation saved me and the company a lot of legal trouble. What experiences have you had as a freelance Computer Forensic Investigator?"

Comment Re:But its ok for Google? (Score 4, Interesting) 299

by Algorithmnast (#34980224) Attached to: Domestic Use of Aerial Drones By Law Enforcement

Hopefully the parent will get modded up for humor. But if taken seriously, it's still a good segue into useful discussion.

It'd be pretty easy to land in jail for that, as well. The "fried tech" would establish a radius, and therefore a center. And while you can try to do a covert op and put it in a box that's remote-controlled (blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, etc), it's amazing how good government forensics can get when you've actually annoyed the government.

It would seem to be one way to get labeled with the terrier-ist word...

Plus - have you considered what such a stunt would do for our individual "rights"? The Supreme Court has already declared that when you're in public spaces (including outside a building) you have no expectation of not being recorded both visually and audibly.
Hardware

Submission + - Nvidia's Tegra 2 3D Details Leak

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: A slideshow screenshot featuring snippets of a new Tegra 2 processor from Nvidia was leaked this weekend. The company is allegedly set to unveil its Tegra 2 3D processor at this year's Mobile World Congress in mid-February. According to the details, two editions of the processor are in the works: An AP25 version for mobile phones and a T25 for tablets. Both will ratchet up Tegra 2's dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor to 1.2 GHz instead of the common one GHz for Tegra 250-series CPUs. Nvidia expects that its processor will be able to hit 5,520 MIPS (million instructions per second).
Open Source

Submission + - Open Source Movie Recommendation API (thenextweb.com)

Submitted by michuk
michuk writes: Filmaster.com, an open source film community website that serves only Creative Commons content, unveiled their movie recommendations & reviews API enabling external programmers to create independent services that harness its power. Beta testing of Filmaster iPhone app dubbed ‘Foursquare for films' launched at the same time.
Databases

Submission + - The Global Repertoire Database of Music Rights (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: A major issue with modern music and its world distribution boils down to a really simple question: who do you pay? The BBC is reporting on a new initiative to database the rights of which songwriters and publishers own which rights to songs so that appropriate royalties can be paid to the appropriate people. The Global Repertoire Database has some documentation on what the end result will do. This new service is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars yearly that would normally be lost to copyright bureaucracy and administration. This new database would empower small new services to start up whether it be streaming or distributing music.
Music

Submission + - Spotify signs US deal with Sony (thelocal.se)

Submitted by
Orre
Orre writes: "Swedish online music service Spotify has signed the long-rumoured agreement with Sony Music Entertainment report The Local. It is Spotifys first United States distribution deal, bringing the popular music service one step closer to the desktops and mobile phones of US-based listeners."
Security

Submission + - Microsoft woos Hacker George Hotz (h-online.com)

Submitted by mvar
mvar writes: Where Sony Computer Entertainment has chosen to deal with alleged PS3 hacker George Hotz by instituting legal action, Microsoft is more interested in seeing where the two can help each other out. After Hotz posted on his web site his intention to go out and get himself a Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Microsoft Developer Platform Product Manager Brandon Watson tweeted an offer to send him one with the signoff, "let dev creativity flourish". Hotz first came to fame in mid-2009 when he announced an iPhone jailbreak.
Television

Submission + - Japanese Supreme Court Rules TV Forwarding Illegal (nikkei.com)

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: If you use anything like a Slingbox in Japan, you may be dismayed to find out that a Japanese maker of a similar service has been successfully sued by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five Tokyo-based local TV broadcasting firms under copyright violations for empowering users to do similar things. TV forwarding or place shifting is recording and/or moving your normal TV signal from its intended living room box to your home computer or anywhere on the internet. Turns out that Japan's Supreme Court overruled lower court decisions confirming fears that to even facilitate this functionality is a copyright infringement on the work that is being transferred.

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