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Submission + - UK benefits claimants forced to use Microsoft Windows XP and IE6 (theinquirer.net)

carlypage3 writes: Benefits claimants in the UK are being forced to use Microsoft's now obsolete Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 software. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) states that its online forms are not compatible with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9 and 10, Safari, Google Chrome or Firefox. As if that wasn't unnerving enough, the Gov.UK website says that users cannot submit claims using Mac OS X or Linux operating systems, either.

Submission + - Antivirus firms "won't co-operate" with PC-hacking police (pcpro.co.uk)

nk497 writes: Dutch police are set to get the power to hack people's computers or install spyware as part of investigations — but antivirus experts say they won't help police reach their targets. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, said the Dutch bill could lead to antivirus firms being asked asked to cooperate with authorities to let an attack reach the target. So far, Hypponen hasn't seen a single antivirus vendor cooperate with such a request, and said his own firm wouldn't want to take part. Purely for business reasons, it doesn't make sense to fail to protect customers and let malware through "regardless of the source".

Submission + - Warner Bros Scribblenauts Characters In Blatant Copyright Infringement (bbc.co.uk)

Krazy Kanuck writes: The complaint alleged that the cats were used without permission in Scribblenauts, a series of games on the Nintendo DS and other platforms. Neither Warner Bros or 5th Cell, the game's developer, have commented.

"Compounding their infringements," court papers said, "defendants have used 'Nyan Cat' (designed by Christopher Torres) and 'Keyboard Cat' (created in 1984 by Charles Schmidt), even identifying them by name, to promote and market their games, all without plaintiffs' permission and without any compensation to plaintiffs." Court documents alleged that Warner Bros and 5th Cell "knowingly and intentionally infringed" both claimant's ownership rights.

Submission + - Slashdot is now relevant 1

An anonymous reader writes: And it has editors that are competent.

Comment Re:EA is a toy maker, not a game maker. (Score 1) 569

Why is this concept so hard for the industry to understand, or perhaps it is foolish for those like us to expect that they understand or care. Perhaps we are the minority now? Regardless, this summarizes my thoughts and those of the people I care to play with.

NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO FUCKING PLAY GAMES WITH INTERNET MORONS OKAY?

I certainly don't. Sometimes, I do. Sometimes I will play with friends, in certain games, when my mood fits it. But any game that I'm going to sit down and dedicate hours of effort and planning to, I'm only going to play with about 3 select friends who will NEVER have the time to be online at the same time as me (kids tend to make schedules hard on you). The rest of the Internet is pretty fucking annoying to deal with in those games, I certainly don't want my game to have to deal with how that jack ass sells his commodities and prices which screw my plan or spews his environmental mess at me.

I ALREADY HAVE REAL LIFE, I DON'T WANT IT IN A GAME.

In a game I want to be in control. I don't want to be at some little 'Anonymous' asshole's whim.

Comment Re:It's a bolt, from Curiosity (Score 1) 396

It's pretty small to call a bolt. Based on the dimensions of the scoop (provided below from NASA), it's visible size is less than 0.5cm x 0.1cm. Though I did laugh at the idea until i looked at the unadulterated pics.

This image from the right Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows a scoop full of sand and dust lifted by the rover's first use of the scoop on its robotic arm. In the foreground, near the bottom of the image, a bright object is visible on the ground. The object might be a piece of rover hardware. This image was taken during the mission's 61st Martian day, or sol (Oct. 7, 2012), the same sol as the first scooping. After examining Sol 61 imaging, the rover team decided to refrain from using the arm on Sol 62 (Oct. 8). Instead, the rover was instructed to acquire additional imaging of the bright object, on Sol 62, to aid the team in assessing possible impact, if any, to sampling activities. For scale, the scoop is 1.8 inches (4.5 centimeters) wide, 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) long.

Comment You're doing it wrong... (Score 1) 454

You password is only as good as the system recording it. You could have a 30 character complex password and if the site can be comprised by a simple SQL injection and stored in plain text then it really doesn't matter now does it? All this shenanigans lately around password hash files and security needs to be put back on the providers.

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