Comment Re:Do I have it (Score 1) 171
Thank you. Seriously.
Comment Re:depends (Score 1) 1137
Light rail in London, for example, is better by an order of magnitude. More trains, more stops, less overcrowding.
You must be joking - the Underground's quality has become abysmal and costs considerably more than the NYC subway system, not to mention it shuts down at midnight. Or are you only speaking about the Docklands Light Rail?
Comment And the money went where? (Score 5, Insightful) 232
So, were they on the honor system to funnel the cash back to the 'hacker'? Or was this like winning the lottery?
Flash Mob Steals $9 Million From ATMs 232
Mike writes "A global flash mob of ATM thieves netted $9 million in fraud against ATMs in 49 cities around the world. The computer system for a company called RBS WorldPay was hacked. One service of the company is the ability for employers to pay employees with the money going directly to a debit card that can be used in any ATM. The hacker was able to infiltrate the supposedly secure system and steal the information necessary to duplicate or clone people's ATM cards. Shortly after midnight Eastern Time on November 8, the FBI believes that dozens of the so-called cashers were used in a coordinated attack on ATMs around the world. Over 130 different ATMs in 49 cities worldwide were accessed in a 30-minute period on November 8. 'We've never seen one this well coordinated,' the FBI said. So far, the FBI has no suspects and has made no arrests (PDF) in this scam."
Comment Re:Sounds like a plan (Score 1) 140
I'm sure Monty also made a bucket of cash when Sun purchased MySQL. So while it's a shame he left, he willingly sold his baby and is now off to new things. Isn't that the usual cycle in Silicon Valley?
Submission + - Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment
theodp writes: "The earliest episodes of Sesame Street are being made available on DVD, but the NYT notes Volumes 1 and 2 carry a rather strange warning: 'These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child.' So why are they unsuitable for toddlers in 2007? Well, in the parody 'Monsterpiece Theater,' Alistair Cookie — played by Cookie Monster — used to appear with a pipe, which he later gobbled. 'That modeled the wrong behavior,' explained a Sesame Street executive producer, adding that 'we might not be able to create a character like Oscar [the Grouch] now.'"
Submission + - Mixed news on Wiretapping from 9th Circuit USCoA
abb3w writes: The bad news: the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that the Al-Haramain lawyers may not submit into evidence their recollections of the top secret document handed to them detailing the warrantless electronic scrutiny they received. "Once properly invoked and judicially blessed, the state secrets privilege is not a half-way proposition." The good news: they have declined to answer and directed the lower court to consider whether "FISA preempts the common law state secrets privilege" with respect to the underlying nature of the program itself... which also keeps alive hopes for the EFF and ACLU to make those responsible answer for their actions.
Coverage at CNET, the NYTimes, and elsewhere; PDF of ruling here.
Coverage at CNET, the NYTimes, and elsewhere; PDF of ruling here.
Submission + - NIST Opens Competition for a New Hash Algorithm (nist.gov)
Invisible Pink Unicorn writes: "The National Institute of Standards and Technology has opened a public competition for the development of a new cryptographic hash algorithm, which will be called Secure Hash Algorithm-3 (SHA-3), and will augment the current algorithms specified in the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-2. This is in response to serious attacks reported in recent years against cryptographic hash algorithms, including SHA-1, and because SHA-1 and the SHA-2 family share a similar design. Submissions are being accepted through October 2008, and the competition timeline indicates that a winner will be announced in 2012."
