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Intego's "Year In Mac Security" Report 132

Posted by kdawson from the almost-popular-enough dept.
david.emery notes the release of Intego's "Year In Mac Security" report (PDF), adding: "Mac OS X and iPhones that haven't been jailbroken fare pretty well (although vulnerabilities exist, there's not been a lot of exploitation). Apple does come in for criticism for 'time to fix' known vulnerabilities. Jailbroken iPhones are a mess. The biggest risk to Macs are Trojan horses, often from pirated software."

Comment Not as big of a deal as you might think (Score 1) 184

by Dr Reducto (#27141395) Attached to: Stimulus Avoids Serious Solutions For Health IT

The people building health information sharing networks have taken this into consideration and have designed "translators" for all the health record formats.

I'm peripherally attached to the team working on the first state-wide health information network (in Maryland), so I can tell you a lot of these problems have already been solved long ago

Comment Re:The Fundamental reason this is legal (Score 1) 246

by Dr Reducto (#22792380) Attached to: JP Morgan's Insider Trading How-To On Wikileaks
IIRC, these plans are published and noted in company reports and press releases. But of course, these things aren't that important, and a lot of information is priced in by nature, and the analysts who closely follow the company are going to be the only people who really care about it. So it's not really important, but it is available
Privacy

Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act 341

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the watching-the-watchers dept.
happyslayer writes to mention that according to Yahoo! News a recent audit shows that the FBI has improperly and in some cases illegally utilized the Patriot Act to obtain information. "The audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine found that FBI agents sometimes demanded personal data on individuals without proper authorization. The 126-page audit also found the FBI improperly obtained telephone records in non-emergency circumstances. The audit blames agent error and shoddy record-keeping for the bulk of the problems and did not find any indication of criminal misconduct. Still, 'we believe the improper or illegal uses we found involve serious misuses of national security letter authorities,' the audit concludes."
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Eternal Recurrence

Journal by mercedo
I can't get an answer even if I thought it over and over again. I can find many Japanese expression for this state of my mind, though, it's hard to verbalise in English. Probably, no way out, thinking thinking over with no conclusion, cul-de-sac, self food poisoning, conflict along with two opposit values. Oh, I recall it. It's a catch 22.
It's funny. Laugh.

Journal Journal: "Honey, what are you thinking about?"

Journal by GMontag

Finally, a response to the goofy question guys get all of the time from women. The only problem with it is we actually have to think and remember when we are asked.

her: "Honey, what are you thinking about?"

him: "I was thinking about your rear end."

her: "What?"

him: "Yea, I was thinking about replacing that crap from the factory with a Dana 60."

Caution: "What?" could easily get into "Do/So you think I'm fat?/!" territory.
Graphics

Making Animated Fluids Look More Realistic 124

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the smoke-and-mirrors dept.
brunascle writes "Technology Review has an article about recent advances in animated fluid dynamics made by Mathieu Desbrun, a computer science professor at Caltech. 'He and his team are developing an entirely new approach to fluid motion, based on new mathematics called discrete differential geometry, that use equations designed specifically to be solved by computers rather than people.' Desbrun explains that the currently in-use equations for animating fluid dynamics were not developed with computers in mind, and were simply reworkings of older equations. He claims that his new equations use about the same amount of computer resources, but with much better results. The article includes a 5 minute (flash) video demonstrating various results using his equations, ending with 2 fascinating and vivid displays: the first of a snowglobe, and the second of a cloud of smoke filling a volume in the shape of a bunny."
The Internet

UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet 104

Posted by CowboyNeal from the our-hands-are-clean dept.
kaufmanmoore writes "Hamadoun Toure, the new head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN. In his statement he says that the ITU will instead focus on bridging the digital divide, internet security and standardize broadband communications. When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU."
Media

Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD 527

Posted by kdawson from the BetaMax-deja-vu dept.
profet writes "One of the heavyweights in the war between BlueRay and HD DVD has chosen its format. Various members of the adult film industry have decided on HD-DVD. The article says the reasons seem to be based primarily on cost of manufacturing. History has shown that the porn industry can be a driving factor for technology, as it was in deciding for the VHS format over BetaMax." Heise reports that US BlueRay press plants are refusing the adult industry's business (in German).

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