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Comment Re:Paperwork (Score 3, Insightful) 74

Why would this be a "surprise"? It's in the game. Anyone who's played the original GTA doubtless has fond memories of GOURANGA!, which is to say, running over an entire line of schoolchildren out on a field trip. You get a hefty point bonus for it.

I think you'll find that the Gouranga bonus was for driving over a line of Hare Krishnas.. hence the word "Gouranga", which is a popular Hare Krishna chant

Comment Re:Shouldn't? (Score 1) 176

"The new console also takes measures to protect itself from overheating, so RRoDs shouldn't be a problem with this revision." Except it still has the same faulty X-clamps. Has even worse overheating issues than the original. And has already had green dots of death. (they removed the RRoD in favor of a green dot.)

Got any links to back that up?

Sony

Submission + - Sony Refuses to Sanction PS3 Other OS Refunds (thinq.co.uk)

Stoobalou writes: Sony says that it has no intention of reimbursing retailers if they offer fat PS3 users partial refunds.

Last week, the first PS3 user successfully secured a partial refund from Amazon UK as compensation for the removal of the ability to run Linux on the console.

The punter quoted European law in order to persuade the online retailer that the goods he had bought in good faith were no longer fit for purpose because of the enforcement of firmware update 3.21, which meant that users who chose to keep the Other OS functionality would lose the ability to play the latest games or connect to the PlayStation Network.

Patents

Submission + - Facebook patents the news feed (thenextweb.com)

daedae writes: It seems Facebook has been granted a patent for the news feed, as a method of monitoring activities, storing them in a database, and displaying an appropriate set of activities to an appropriate set of users.

Comment Re:non Linux based routers (Score 5, Informative) 193

'It installs itself on routers and modems by guessing default administrative passwords and taking advantage of the fact that many devices are configured to allow remote access."' Does this botnet attack also work on non Linux based routers and if so the what is the logic behind the subject line ?

No, It requires the router to be running Linux on a MIPS system.

Comment Re:Pointless (Score 1) 167

It looks like they were cracking passwords which were 8 or less characters with simple Alphanumerics. In other words, weak passwords. While the cloud aspect makes it vaguely interesting, is it really news?
Security

Submission + - MS advises users to switch to alternate browser 1

SteveAU writes: "Microsoft has begun flooding media outlets with information advising users to switch to an alternate browser while a serious security flaw is being patched — http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm The flaw, which effects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is manifested via Malware — http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hackers-Compromise-Legit-Web-Sites-to-Target-Microsoft-IE-Flaw/ — and has infected over 6000 sites thus far.

Microsoft states: "The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer. When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object's memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable." http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123338

This will no doubt do some permanent damage to IE's market share!"

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