Comment Re:chicken or egg? (Score 1) 269
Oh my - thanks for the memories of TTY, magnetic tape drives and sequences of switch flipping for bootstrapping / loading /dumping....Are these things still in service?
Submission + - Game site wonders what next when 50% of users block ads (destructoid.com)
6 writes: Destructoid, one of the few remaining bastions of independent game journalism online, wonders what to do now that nearly 50% of their users run ad-blockers.
Submission + - WebKit as broken as older IE versions? (cnet.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It's not everyday that we get to hear about the potential downsides of using WebKit, but that's just what has happened as Dave Methvin, president of the jQuery foundation and a member of the core programming team that builds the widely used Web programming tool, lamented in a blog post yesterday. While most are happy to cheer for IE's demise, perhaps having 3 main browser engines is still a good thing. For those that work in the space, does the story ring true? Are we perhaps swearing at the wrong browser when implementing "workarounds" for Firefox or IE?
Submission + - Users sue Facebook for change in Instagram Terms of Service. (reuters.com)
Alex Belits writes: "Users of Instagram image sharing service owned by Facebook filed a class action against Facebook for the change in Terms of Service. The change that takes effect on January 16 2013, will give Facebook to unlimited rights to use and license all photos that users uploaded to the service."
Submission + - Symantec Tells Customers to Stop Using pcAnywhere (net-security.org)
Orome1 writes: In a perhaps not wholly unexpected move, Symantec has advised the customers of its pcAnywhere remote control application to stop using it until patches for a slew of vulnerabilities are issued. If the attackers place a network sniffer on a customer’s internal network and have access to the encryption details, the pcAnywhere traffic — including exchanged user login credentials — could be intercepted and decoded. If the attackers get their hands on the cryptographic key they can launch remote control sessions and, thus, access to systems and sensitive data. If the cryptographic key itself is using Active Directory credentials, they can also carry out other malicious activities on the network.
Submission + - Lawyer demands pacemaker vendor to supply source c (zdnet.com.au)
oztiks writes: Lawyer Karen Sandler's heart condition means that she needs a pacemaker to ward off sudden death. Instead of trusting that the vendor will create a flawless platform for the device to operate Sandler has demanded to see the devices source code. Sandler's reasoning brings into question the devices reliably, stability, and oddly enough security.
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