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Comment So it's not unlimited, then... (Score 5, Insightful) 346

I'm starting to get tired of this mentality from service providers that, just because someone is using their services in ways they didn't expect, they're somehow 'abusing' the service. If you advertise the service as unlimited, it should be unlimited. You shouldn't care that I'm using it to torrent or do whatever.

If you can't provide a truly unlimited service, don't advertise it

Submission + - Ofcom Will Remove Mandatory Ham Callsign ID interval, allow encryption for some.

product_bucket writes: The UK's radio regulator Ofcom have today published changes [ofcom.org.uk] in the licensing conditions that remove the mandatory 15 minute callsign ID interval on all allocated frequencies apart from 5MHz, where special conditions remain. In it's place, a requirement for the station to be "clearly identifiable at all times" has been made, along with a requirement to transmit the station callsign "as frequently as is practicable" in a form consistent with the operating mode. The decision also permits the use of encryption when the station is being used for, or on behalf of a user service such as St. John Ambulance. Unusually, no response to the consultation [ofcom.org.uk] has been made available, so there is at present no way to assess the extent to which the changes were based on actual reponses.

Comment Not the only problem (Score 5, Interesting) 72

the problem isn't just the fact that the code and hardware isn't open-source, it's the fact that the developers openly lied on their Kickstarter campaign. Not only is the hardware not open-source but it wasn't even designed by them, it's a cheap Chinese knockoff of a tp-link 3G router! On top of that after looking through the firmware they've found that it's not custom software, but a badly configured OpenWRT build with a standard root password (set to "developer!"), an unsecured wifi ssid and sshd installed and running by default! The scale to which these jokers have deceived their backers is ridiculous, and this Kickstarter needs shutting down.

Submission + - BlackBerry's square-screened phone to free us from our "rectangular world"

EthanV2 writes: Most smartphones produced in 2014 will follow a certain design playbook: rectangular screen, a few buttons around the edges, and just enough thickness to house the internals and the requisite battery. One could argue that this is the idealized design for a touchscreen phone, arrived at after years of research and development and even more years of booming sales. BlackBerry would argue that all phones look like this because innovation is dead.

Submission + - XP Systems Getting Emergency IE Zero Day Patch (threatpost.com)

msm1267 writes: Microsoft announced it will release an out-of-band security update today to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and that the patch will also be made available for Windows XP machines through Automatic Update. At the same time, researchers said they are now seeing attacks specifically targeting XP users.

Microsoft no longer supports XP as of April 8, and that includes the development and availability of security updates. But the about-face today speaks to the seriousness of the vulnerability, which is being exploited in limited targeted attacks, Microsoft said.

Researchers at FireEye, meanwhile, said multiple attackers are now using the exploit against XP machines, prompting the inclusion of XP systems in the patch.

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Submission + - Samsung Hits Apple With 20% Price Increase (marketwatch.com)

EthanV2 writes: The Wall Street Journal cites a report which quotes a "person familiar with negotiations between the two tech giants", apparently confirming this special price hike for Apple. The source said: "Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant price raise in (the mobile processor known as) application processor. "Apple first disapproved it, but finding no replacement supplier, it accepted the [increase]."

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