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Submission + - Passwords Are The Weakest Link In Online Security (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes: It's not surprising to find that 79% of consumers use risky password construction practices, such as including personal information and words. The recent Gawker breach and a detailed analysis of breached passwords show undeniably that passwords continue to be the Achilles' heel of the average Internet user. This insecure trend sadly doesn't shift as 26% of users reuse the same password for important accounts such as email, banking or shopping and social networking sites while 29% had their own email or social network account hacked, and over half (52%) know someone who has had a similar problem.

Submission + - Microsoft Windows for ARM (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by randallman
randallman writes: According to this article an article on Bloomberg.com, Microsoft will be presenting an ARM version of Windows. "The new product will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, said the people, who asked not to be identified because Microsoft's plans are confidential. The software would be tailored for battery-powered devices, such as tablet computers and other handhelds, the people said." Will Windows on ARM be able to compete with iOS, Andriod and the other operating systems already in the ARM handlheld market?

Submission + - Any competent hosting companies for e-mail? 2

Submitted by cpm99352
cpm99352 writes: I've had my domain for 10 years, and the hosting company was doing a pretty good job — all we needed was POP3 e-mail for five accounts. However, as of the past six months, they've gone rapidly downhill. I tried looking at older slashdot submissions, but I see a ton of articles from 2003 and before, which doesn't do me a lot of good.

What I'm looking for is POP3 e-mail, ideally with a secure method of transmitting the userID/password.

Does such a thing exist in the United States? Googling hasn't proved useful, either, since it appears a ton of dubious outfits have gamed the Google search results.

I'm not looking for any discount fly-by-night outfit. I want secure reliable e-mail for a small business. Are there any out there?

For that matter, is there a website to get reasonably unbiased reviews of domain hosting companies?

Comment Re:You can protect yourself from the ADS (Score 1) 406

by Ironlenny (#32938378) Attached to: US Deploys 'Heat-Ray' In Afghanistan

The EM radiation is generated in pulses. The human body involuntarily reacts to the sensation generated by this device. This means unless you have an abnormal nervous system, your eyelids will automatically close and shield your eyes from any damage.

Because eyelids can effectively shield against microwave radiation.

Comment Re:uhhhhh (Score 1) 6

by Ironlenny (#31786864) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are Qwest's Modems Compromised?
I had a clean netbook directly connected to the modem with no other machines connected physically. Wireless was off. The gateway was 192.168.0.1, my netbook's ip was 192.168.0.2. There were two other addresses 192.168.0.101, and 192.31.80.30. I do not know where they come from. It was not from any of the family's machines, because they were not connected (wireless was off). My netbook is clean, and it had never been connected to their network until I visited. We are monitoring the IPCop box remotely, and there are still attempts by 192.168.0.101 to connect to an address (the attempts are recorded by IPCop's intrusion detection module and blocked.)

Submission + - Your Personal Emails At Work May Be Private (lexology.com)

Submitted by ICLKennyG
ICLKennyG writes: Many are aware that what you do at work on your work computer is subject to being discovered and owned by your employer. The Supreme Court of New Jersey has reversed course and found a reasonable expectation of privacy in using personal, password-protected web-based email to communicate with a lawyer. It is unclear if this is a state specific anomaly or the beginning of a shift where computers are considered so ubiquitous that privacy is expected in personal communications.

Submission + - Possible New Homonid Species Remains Discovered

Submitted by mindbrane
mindbrane writes: The BBC is reporting on fossil finds "...uncovered in cave deposits near Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site near Johannesburg." The fossils of a mature female and juvenile male have "...small teeth, projecting nose, very advanced pelvis, and long legs..." suggesting more modern forms. "And yet its very long arms and small brain case might echo the much older Australopithecine group to which Professor Berger and colleagues have assigned it."

Aside from the debate as to classification the find is note worth in that it's discovery came about "...thanks to the "virtual globe" software Google Earth, which allowed the group to map and visualise the most promising fossil grounds in the World Heritage Site." Further the find in a cave bears the hallmarks of chance that often plays so large a part in fossilisation. "Their bones were laid down with the remains of other dead animals, including a sabre-toothed cat, antelope, mice and rabbits. The fact that none of the bodies appear to have been scavenged indicates that all died suddenly and were entombed rapidly.

"We think that there must have been some sort of calamity taking place at the time that caused all of these fossils to come down together into the cave where they got trapped and ultimately buried,""

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