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Submission + - Dell lays off 200 at small-town call center

Submitted by

mr_josh

on Friday August 03, 2007 @01:45AM

mr_josh writes: "Dell closed its Roseburg, OR call center this morning, giving its employees less than 24 hours notice. FTFA:

"They've already had all of our checks cut," said another employee, Travis Dominguez. "They knew the whole thing was coming and everything."

Roseburg is a small (about 25,000 people) timber town in southern Oregon, and it was a pretty big deal when this call center opened in 2002. They were given huge property tax incentives at the time of their opening, and those incentives are about to run out. Also, some employees from the call center put together a lawsuit several months ago, "claiming Dell violated federal and state wage and hour laws."

Coincidence?

http://www.newsreview.info/article/20070802/NEWS/7 0802014"

Submission + - What OS/FS to use for 16TB storage array? 1TBx16!!

Submitted by

Dan Cabrera

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @11:58PM

Dan Cabrera writes: "So I just took delivery of a large package (pickup truck bed sized box) labeled 'server' — turns out it's the one I've been waiting for a while from a client. We had some miscommunication and I assumed this was a 2-4, maybe 5TB system for use as a production content shared drive, but it turned into a real monster, SuperMicro SC-836 with HighPoint 2240 Controller and *16*x*1TB* Hitachi drives in a RAID5 array. It's got WinXP64 loaded, but there must be a better solution after reading of ZFS and related technology now available as open source, no? Looking forward to your comments and suggestions! I'll repost with some benchmarks as this puppy grows up (into the wee hours of the morning I'll work :) Happy SD'in! PS: Just need a large drive to save rendered projects to and backup music/other projects (This is for a world known DJ, so the each tour/show can involve a LOT of media!) ...and, how the heck am I gonna do off-site backup for this in event of disaster? Ay-yay-yi!"

Submission + - Apple holds out on resellers 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: Anecdotal evidence from Australian consumers indicates Apple are holding back stock from their resellers, while shipping from their online store in record time. A workmate ordered a MBP 8 weeks ago from a reputable reseller who has been saying each week 'apple say they have no stock, they won't tell us when our orders will be filled', yet people ordering from the Apple online store are receiving their laptops within 1-2 business days. My workmate canceled his order on wednesday and ordered online, he just received his laptop today (friday), after phoning the reseller they still have no word on when stock will be coming through. Forum posters from around the state indicate similar issues.

Submission + - Hacker does a DIY Amiga in FPGA (hetnet.nl)

Submitted by on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: Developer Dennis van Weeren recently announced completion of his from-scratch completely re-engineered Amiga chipset. His PCB design is fully operational and compatible and his verilog code has been released under GPL. Will this finally give the Amiga community a new breath of life?

Submission + - New Tool Automates Webmail Account Hijacks (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @03:35PM

An anonymous reader writes: A pair of software tools demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference today automate the interception of cookie files transmitted over a wireless network that allow attackers to hijack accounts for Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook and a number of other Web 2.0 services, washingtonpost.com's Security Fix reports. From the story: "the attack works even if victims subsequently change their passwords, or actively sign out of their accounts. However, attackers would be unable to change the victim's password, as all of the above-named services force the user to reenter the current password before changing it to a new one."

Submission + - Microsoft delays Office 2008 for Mac until mid-Jan (appleinsider.com)

Submitted by i_hate_robots on Thursday August 02, 2007 @02:00PM

i_hate_robots writes: AppleInsider is reporting that Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) said Thursday that the release of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac has been pushed back from the second half of 2007 until mid-January. The Redmond-based firm now anticipates showing a final version of the software at the Macworld trade show and conference in January, with global availability to commence in the first quarter of 2008. "This was a business decision based on the Mac BU's commitment to deliver a high-quality product," said Mac BU General Manager Craig Eisler. "Our number one priority is to deliver quality software to our customers and partners, and in order to achieve this we are shifting availability."

Submission + - Virtualization, Vista security issues at Black Hat

Submitted by BobB on Thursday August 02, 2007 @12:44PM

BobB writes: Can rootkit malware that hides by mimicking a software-based virtual machine ever be detected? That was the topic of debate as security researchers presented their latest findings to packed audiences at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas. Vista security questions also swirled at the event. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/080207-black -hat-virtual-machine-rootkit-detection.html

Submission + - Google to Mobile GMaps: No tiles for you (hacktheday.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @05:43AM

An anonymous reader writes: Apparently Google doesn't like the idea that their maps service has become so popular. As an example, they asked MGMaps to stop using Google Maps. But since you can enter the url of any map server in MGMaps, here's the hack to get support for Google maps back in: add a custom map type and enter http://mt.google.com/mt for maps or http://kh.google.com/kh?v=20 for satellite imagery.

Submission + - Spammers use modified PDF files to avoid detection

Submitted by thefickler on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @07:04PM

thefickler writes: In the continuing effort to get more spam past email filters, professional spammers are not only stepping up their use of PDF attachments to deliver their offers of penile implants and cheap pharmaceuticals, but they are also modifying the PDFs to avoid detection. Worse yet, the chief security analyst at MessageLabs, Mark Sunner, has suggested that PDF attachments might soon be used by spammers to delivery malware.

Submission + - eBay Changes Tune on Gun Parts

Submitted by

theodp

on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @10:34PM

theodp writes: "Only two more weeks left to buy bullet tips on eBay, kids. Prompted by reports that items purchased on eBay may have been used in the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the auction giant will prohibit listings of parts required for the firing of a gun beginning in mid-August. Over at The Hunting Club, displeased eBay sellers are pleading-the-Second."

Submission + - U. of C. Requiring PowerPoint for Admission

Submitted by

theodp

on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @12:06AM

theodp writes: "The University of Chicago, one of the world's top business schools, will require prospective students to submit a four-page PowerPoint with their applications beginning this fall. 'In four slides or less,' MBA candidates are asked to 'please provide readers with content that captures who you are.' Holy Tufte, Batman!"

Submission + - Timestamp all free software against patents?

Submitted by

jkechel

on Saturday May 12, 2007 @05:43AM

jkechel writes: "Publictimestamp (http://publictimestamp.org) has the goal to timestamp as many free software file releases as possible — so all free software can be used as prior art against bad patents more easily.

To timestamp files, publictimestamp.org goes a completely new way: Every three hours a new cryptographic signature is calculated, that hopefully soon lots of people will attach to their emails. By doing so, we spread mathematical evidence across forums, mailinglists, websites and internet archives, and so we create lots of evidence for the date of existence. If enough people participate, this is way more secure than any so called trust-company could ever be. (Explanation: http://publictimestamp.org/index.pl?pass=info&pass 2=timestampingdetailed)

So there are actually two questions that should be discussed here:
1. Do you think this community way of creating evidence is really as secure as they claim it to be?
2. Do you think timestamping free software will have any impact on patents in the future?"

Submission + - Hanoi Imprisons Pro-Democracy Advocates

Submitted by

reporter

on Saturday May 12, 2007 @02:54AM

reporter writes: "According to a recent report by the BBC, the Vietnamese government has just sentenced two human-rights lawyers to about 5 years in prison. Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were "accused of collaborating with overseas pro-democracy advocates and using the internet to spread their views". Interestingly, Vo Van Kiet, the former prime minister of Vietnam, has urged the government "not to execute administrative measures". That is political speak for "not to imprison pro-democracy advocates". Is there hope for Vietnam?"

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