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Submission + - Smile, you're on Google (com.com)

Submitted by Paul Mah
Paul Mah writes: Just completed a major project successfully and felt it's time to move on? Updated your resume and already linked up with a headhunter from that top recruitment agency in town? Before you click "Send" to forward your resume to the headhunter, there's one more thing left to do. Do a Google — on yourself.

And you know what; you might make a lose your next job by digital bits of yesteryear. Read Smile, you're on Google.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy? 1

Submitted by Zack Melich
Zack Melich writes: Cryptography Research Inc. (CRI), a San Francisco company, is developing chip technology aimed at helping printer manufacturers protect this primary source of profit. The company's chips use cryptography designed to make it harder for printers to use off-brand and counterfeit cartridges. CRI plans to create a secure chip that will allow only certain ink cartridges to communicate with certain printers. CRI also said that the chip will be designed that so large portions of it will have no decipherable structure, a feature that would thwart someone attempting to reverse-engineer the chip by examining it under a microscope to determine how it works. Its chip generates a separate, random code for each ink cartridge, thus requiring a would-be hacker to break every successive cartridge's code to make use of the cartridge. "You can see 95 percent of the [chip's] grid and you still don't know how it works," said Kit Rodgers, CRI's vice president of business development.
United States

Submission + - New York! My kinda' place... I got a permit! (nytimes.com)

Submitted by G4Cube
G4Cube writes: From the NY Times, New York City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography... "Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks". If ever a law was made for cops to "thump and trump" anyone, this is one. "Hey buddy. "You got a permit? Yeah, I'm talkin' to you.
Privacy

Submission + - CallerID spoofing to be made illegal (loc.gov) 1

Submitted by MadJo
MadJo writes: US Congress has just approved a bill that will make it illegal to spoof CallerID.
If someone is found guilty of spoofing his CallerID, he could face fines up to $10,000 per violation.

From the bill:

The amount of the forfeiture penalty (...) shall not exceed $10,000 for each violation, or 3 times that amount for each day of a continuing violation, except that the amount assessed for any continuing violation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000 for any single act or failure to act.
Mars

Mars Rover Ready for Risky Descent into Crater 156

Posted by Zonk from the go-opportunity-do-your-best dept.
Riding with Robots writes "After months of scoping out the terrain, the robotic geologist Opportunity is ready to drive down into Victoria Crater on the Meridiani Plains of Mars. Mission managers acknowledge the hardy rover may never come back out, but say they think the potential for discovery is worth it. 'The rover has operated more than 12 times longer than its originally intended 90 days. The scientific allure is the chance to examine and investigate the compositions and textures of exposed materials in the crater's depths for clues about ancient, wet environments. As the rover travels farther down the slope, it will be able to examine increasingly older rocks in the exposed walls of the crater. '"
Movies

Submission + - Has America lost it's Geekyness?

Submitted by gurps_npc
gurps_npc writes: Today, the Harry Potter movie premiered. But I can't see it yet, because I don't live in Japan. As you can tell in this Reuters article, it won't show up in America for two more weeks. The same thing happened with the Transformer movie.

Has America lost touch with it's geekyness? Why didn't these movies open in LA, or NYC first?

Is this just one more sign that America has 'jumped the shark', forgoing the geeky science for the 'cool' religion (or worse, for nothing at all?) It was not even India. I could see premiering in India, it is a larger country, with a strong movie culture, that speaks English pretty well. But why are American movies Premiering in Japan?
Privacy

Submission + - Non-fraternization vs. your rights 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I have been placed on suspension pending investigation regarding violation of my employer's "no fraternization" policy. During the past 3 days of interrogations I have had many prying, personal questions asked, including whether or not I had sexual relations with another employee who works in the same facility but not on my shift (we are never in the building at the same time). We are considered lower level management of the same level, so union support is out, and have no authority or interaction with one another in the course of business. I have not responded to the allegations and stated that certain things are none of their business and that I am awaiting counsel (which I am).

No proof of any wrongdoing was given, and the source of the allegations is not being revealed.

It is my feeling that my personal life and who I associate with off the clock is my own business as long as it has no effect on my job performance. I am awaiting legal counsel, but I have been told by the company that there is a strong possibility I will not have a job within the next few days, if not sooner.

What are my rights in this situation, can an employer question you about your private life in this manner, and am I obligated to answer?
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - iPig announced to compete with iPhone

Submitted by dublin
dublin writes: The St. Paul Saints baseball team today announced the iPig, an innovation that leaves the boaring iPhone squealing in the mud. According to newswireless.net and a St. Paul blog and the official website, the iPig offers all of the advantages of Apple's breathlessly anticipated iPhone, with many additional features. Despite the claims, though, the article is short on details — for instance, there are no details on the new hamheld's sowcurity, the device's support for Shoat Message Service, the hoof-it mobility platform, or interoperability specs for the pigtail accessory connector that supplants Apple's 30-pin iPod dock connector. The big downside: Spam is expected to be a much more serious problem for the iPig than the iPhone. (This message sent via iPun.)
Portables

Submission + - OpenMoko Open Source Smart Phone is Ready for Sale (openmoko.com)

Submitted by
Alias777
Alias777 writes: "The smart phone OpenMoko is completely open source, its interface and applications can be modified by anyone. And, starting in July, it is set to go on sale. The OpenMoko Neo and Neo Advanced will cost $300 and $450 respectively, a deep discount on the originally announced $450 and $600 price. If the word gets out there, will this cut into the iPhone's market share?"
The Media

Submission + - Benoit Murder on Wikipedia Before Publicly Known?

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Fox News is reporting that the Wikipedia page for Chris Benoit was updated with information on his wife's death at least 13 hours before police found her body. According to Fox News, the IP where the edit came from is located in Stamford, CT, home of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Operating Systems

Submission + - Wubi, the next generation of Linux installers (blogspot.com)

Submitted by xivulon
xivulon writes: Wubi is a disruptive technology, it fills the gap between a pure demo (LiveCD or VM) and a real installation. Like a demo it is very easy and safe to try/install/uninstall. Like a real installation it gives you a dual boot setup with full HW access. How easy? We are talking 1-click here... One of Wubi authors explains how this new breed will affect Linux installers.
Security

Submission + - Controversial security paper nixed from Black Hat (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "A presentation scheduled for Black Hat USA 2007 that promised to undermine chip-based desktop and laptop security has been suddenly withdrawn without explanation. The briefing, "TPMkit: Breaking the Legend of [Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Platform Module] and Vista (BitLocker)," promised to show how computer security based on trusted platform module (TPM) hardware could be circumvented. "We will be demonstrating how to break TPM," Nitin and Vipin Kumar said in their abstract for their talk that was posted on the Black Hat Web site but was removed overnight Monday. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/062707-black -hat.html"

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