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Submission + - Securing the endpoints

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As every admin knows, controlling what your users can actually do on your network is an uphill task. The latest attempt to deal with the endpoint security, with tools appearing from a variety of directions — from Microsoft itself, from NAC (network access control) suppliers, and from developers specialising in system deployment and management, such as Altiris, LANdesk, ScriptLogic and others. http://www.techworld.com/networking/features/index .cfm?featureID=2964
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Neuros OSD Review

Submitted by Derat
Derat writes: The Neuros OSD promises a lot — it claims to be the first open source Linux-based embedded media center and it "records video and links your PC, portables and entertainment center". Bold claims, but can it live up to them? Linuxlookup.com has a two page review of the Neuros OSD from both a developer and user perspective.
Censorship

Submission + - Senators squelch debate on climate, U.K. responds.

Submitted by
JohnnyGTO
JohnnyGTO writes: "Nice to see some people understand that freedom of speech means both sides of an opinion!

British Lord Stings Senators Rockefeller and Snowe: Uphold Free Speech or Resign Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, has sent an open letter to Senators Rockefeller (D-WV) and Snowe (R-Maine) in response to their recent open letter telling the CEO of ExxonMobil to cease funding climate-skeptic scientists.

Lord Monckton, former policy adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, writes: "You defy every tenet of democracy when you invite ExxonMobil to deny itself the right to provide information to senior elected and appointed government officials who disagree with your opinion.""
Security

Submission + - The Month of Apple Bugs

Submitted by wiredog
wiredog writes: From the man who brought us the Month of Kernel Bugs comes the Month of Apple Bugs! Details in the Washington Post Security Fix Blog.

Opera Running on the OLPC 193

Posted by Zonk from the music-in-the-strangest-of-places dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The Opera developers have ported their browser to the $100 laptop. Håkon Wium Lie writes: 'Seeing Opera run on the OLPC for first time was a revelation — no browser has ever been more beautiful. The resolution of the screen is stunning (200dpi) and Opera makes the most of the embedded DejaVu fonts.' Claudio Santambrogio writes: 'Opera runs beautifully on it. The machine is not really the fastest, but Opera's performance is excellent — the browsing experience is beautifully smooth: all sites load fine and quickly, and even complex DHTML pages with heavy animations do not suffer.'"
Portables

Submission + - OLPC runs out-of-the-box Opera browser

Submitted by
Mark Schenk
Mark Schenk writes: "When Opera Software's CTO Håkon Wium Lie received a prototype of the OLPC, the first thing he did was install the latest Opera browser, which runs straight-out-of-the-box on the OLPC. He makes a very good point about the importance of a good browser on a device such as this, as an application platform. And for low-end devices Opera is surely the best choice around."
Announcements

Submission + - Humans sense of smell "Underestimated" - B

Submitted by Benjamin Long
Benjamin Long writes: The study, by a team of neuroscientists and engineers, led by Noam Sobel of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, blindfolded college students who crawled through grass to sniff out a chocolate-scented trail. They found evidence of a human smelling ability that experts thought was impossible.
Bug

Submission + - Effective operations of a small helpdesk system

Submitted by
El Presidente
El Presidente writes: "I'm the department head of a small IT helpdesk in a not-quite-so-small business. The department's small in the sense that (a) there's only three people (including me), and (b) not only do we do helpdesk, but develop all the in-house systems, build our own servers, etc.

We're supposed to log every helpdesk call that comes in (we've previously developed our own software for this), log notes on each call, and log the resolution. However, although I do set a good example by logging (most!) of my calls, the other two don't, even though I've talked to them numerous times.

Although they do the job well, this is the one area that is letting the department down, and now management want full stats on what we do every day, so obviously a full helpdesk log for each day would go a long way to prove what we do (or don't do!!)

I don't want to come down on them with the Big Iron Fist (tm) and check up on them every few minutes (because I've got better things to do with my time, like real work) how can I actually get them to buy into logging calls, and not "forget" or be "too busy to log properly""
Games

The Future Playground 40

Posted by Zonk from the where-is-the-power-glove dept.
eldavojohn writes "The BBC has an article on the London Science Museum's exhibit 'The Future Playground' which showcases some new technologies that may transform gaming. You may recognize some of these technologies as 'old news' but it's the way they're being utilized for gaming that makes this interesting. The most interesting one is the inflatable display which the article describes: 'The Puffer Sphere is an inflatable ball on which images can be projected, said Oliver Collier — one of its creators. Mr Collier said the idea of using the inflatable as a display grew out of an undergraduate project at the University of Edinburgh to use it as the basis for an interactive art installation.'"
GUI

Submission + - A Fast Way to find the Best Web Design Tools

Submitted by
taylorhayward
taylorhayward writes: "If you're looking for web icons, fonts, images, etc. thePeoplesToolbox is a very fast way to find the best sites. The links on this site are sorted by how many people use them, so you can avoid the crappy sites, and quickly find the good ones. The site also remembers the sites you like, so you can find them again months later. There are 500 sites with descriptions that have been broken out by category. You can also add your own links."
The Courts

Submission + - Jack Thompson: "I'm out to shut down Rockstar.

Submitted by
SyncNine
SyncNine writes: "Jack Thompson was recently interviewed on Nightline by Bill Weir, in which he can be heard stating that "I want to shut down Rockstar because they're run by a bunch of sociopaths and they're a one-company crime wave." Something of value to note is that Bill Weir does a solid job of not agreeing with or really responding to Thompson's comments regarding this.

It seems that Thompson's vigilante quest to destroy all violence and disrespect in video games is actually a one-man assault on Rockstar Games, specifically. As his intentions at this point are crystal clear, at some point you've got to wonder how long Rockstar will put up with this before finding a way to counter-sue for lost revenue, etc. Does anyone think he'll succeed? Is he trying to wear Rockstar down?"
Nintendo

Submission + - Wii web browser trial out on Friday

Submitted by
jtorry
jtorry writes: "Nintendo has announced that the anticipated Wii web browser will be available to try from Friday, December 22. The fully featured Opera web browser for the Wii was intended to be available for the launch of the console. Sadly it wasn't, but the good news is that you'll only have to wait until Friday to get a taster of what it can do.

A trial version of the Wii Opera web browser will be available for free from December 22. The final version of the Opera browser will be released at the end of March 2007 and will be free for all Wii owners until the end of June 2007. After this date, anyone who hasn't already downloaded the browser will have to pay 500 Wii Points.

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/19-12-2006-4336.html"

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