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Comment Whew (Score 2) 104

by DWMorse (#39996777) Attached to: Minneapolis Airport Gets $20 Million Hi-Tech Security Upgrade
Thank GOD! I felt so scared I was going to die to terrorists, when I managed to catch my flight to Denver in under 30 minutes of xrays, scanning, and waiting in line. Something needs to be done remove this streamlined process. We're talking about entire HOURS less of waiting in line while the TSA herds people like cattle. It's about time someone corrected this oversight at MSP and got those wait times up where they belong.
Encryption

Submission + - Cops Can Crack An iPhone In Under Two Minutes (forbes.com) 2

Submitted by Sparrowvsrevolution
Sparrowvsrevolution writes: Micro Systemation, a Stockholm-based company, has released a video showing that its software can easily bypass the iPhone's four-digit passcode in a matter of seconds. It can also crack Android phones, and is designed to dump the devices' data to a PC for easy browsing, including messages, GPS locations, web history, calls, contacts and keystroke logs.

The company's director of marketing says it uses an undisclosed vulnerability in the devices it targets to run a program on the phone that brute-forces its passcode. He says the company's business is "booming" and that it's sold the devices to law enforcement and military customers in 60 countries. He says Micro Systemation's biggest customer is the U.S. military.
Books

Submission + - The Books Programmers Don't Read (itworld.com)

Submitted by
itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "You know those must-read programming books? Turns out most of you haven't actually read them. Skimmed, maybe. Been assigned sections in college courses, sure. Programming blogger Bill the Lizard calls you out, with a plea to 'stop recommending books to others that you haven't read yourself'. What books are on your 'haven't read it, lied about it' list?"

Comment Re:Pub? Where? What? (Score 5, Funny) 169

by DWMorse (#39447899) Attached to: Hobbit Pub Saved By Actors Stephen Fry and Sir Ian McKellen
Because IP law is a thing of interest to nerds, and they believe that it's stuff that matters. But maybe not to you, sooooo, quick, let's bicker on the Internets now because your preferences aren't the same as everyone elses. Your whiney post has been somewhat legitimized by my humorous comment; you're welcome, no charge, it appears you could use a little bit of a sense of humor, and I have a little extra to share with the less fortunate. ^_^
Amiga

Submission + - Amiga returns with Linux-powered mini PC (techreport.com)

Submitted by crookedvulture
crookedvulture writes: Commodore has revealed the Amiga mini, a small-form-factor system that runs a custom Linux distro dubbed Commodore OS Vision. A trailer for the OS hardly inspires confidence, and the rest of the system doesn't help. While the Amiga mini features a high-end Intel desktop CPU and modern conveniences like Blu-ray, USB 3.0, and 802.11n Wi-Fi, it's stuck with one of the slowest graphics chips Nvidia makes. Some of the other specifications are head-scratchers, too. The mini comes with a whopping 16GB of RAM but only a terabyte of storage. You'll have to pay extra to get an SSD, which makes the $2500 asking price particularly onerous. The case, Blu-ray drive, and power supply are being made available separately, but at $345, they're hardly a bargain. Add this to the list of nostalgia-baiting remakes that don't live up to their inspiration.

Submission + - HDMI Cables: A Closer Look Under the Jacket (cepro.com)

Submitted by
Stowie101
Stowie101 writes: "There are some basic guidelines that must be followed. But at the end of the day, each HDMI manufacturer has the power to build its own concoction of “Magic Sauce.”

A total of 19 wires and shields are needed for this system to work. That’s a lot of wires to cram into a single jacket, not to mention certain attributes for how they are in placed within the jacket.

So where do you start? How does one determine placement, gauge, insulators, shields, size, etc? This is where that “Magic Sauce” can enter the design phase.

Each design has to be defined before it starts. Decisions such as bandwidth, with/without Ethernet, length, and cable size must be carried out first. A precise selection process now takes place not only on the wires specification themselves, but the challenge of just how to proportionate them all to fit into a limited jacket, kind of like the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scenario. Favoring video and not DDC could put the system in an HDCP deficit. Reverse that order and the video can go south. Or is a fair and balanced approach the answer for HDMI integrity?

"Video, DDC (HDCP&EDID), 5 volts, Hotplug, CEC and a spare wire take up most of the real estate inside the jacket. For discussion purposes, we will use a relatively short cable length of 5 meters to analyze. With this form factor a small 28-AWG wire gauge is all that is necessary for the 5-volt function to perform reliably."

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