Comment I'm surprised (Score 1) 435

by Iwishiwasgay on Saturday April 27, 2013 @07:14PM (#43570767) Attached to: New Console Always-Online Requirements and <em>You</em>

Where are all the Sony fanboys? Sony has explicitly stated always-on connectivity isn't necessary for the PS4, nor is it their biggest concern. They may enjoy their fair share of walled gardens, but at least they respond well to what we as consumers actually want.

Submission + - Open-source wearable platform - The FLORA (adafruit.com)

Submitted by

ptorrone

on Friday January 20, 2012 @06:30PM

ptorrone writes: "Limor "Ladyada" Fried's NYC based Open-source electronic's studio, Adafruit, today announced their new open wearable platform called the FLORA (blog post & video). The FLORA is Arduino compatible as well as supporting a variety of sensors and add-on devices including: Bluetooth, GPS, 3-axis accelerometer, compass module, flex sensor, piezo, IR LED, push button, embroidered + capacitive keypad, OLED and more. The first round of hardware is in the hands of testers to create wearable projects."

Submission + - Downloads of LOIC DoS Attack Tool Spike (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Friday January 20, 2012 @06:02PM

wiredmikey writes: As Anonymous initiated what it said will be the “largest attack ever on government and music industry sites” in response to actions taken by the Justice Department against operators of file sharing site Megaupload.com, downloads of a popular DoS attack tool have spiked.

While the Denial of Service tool known as the “Low Orbit Ion Cannon” (LOIC) was developed by the “good guys” to stress test websites, it has been a favorite tool of Anonymous to take its targets offline via denial of service attacks.

Interactions seen on Twitter and IRC, made it clear that the action against MegaUpload has sparked many more individuals to get involved in the online protests and download the LOIC to take part in the attacks and has resulted in a massive spike in downloads according Slashdot sister site Sourceforge.

Submission + - Mozilla Offers Alternative to OpenID (net-security.org)

Submitted by

Orome1

on Friday January 20, 2012 @04:02PM

Orome1 writes: "Mozilla has been working for a while now on a new browser-based system for identifying and authenticating users it calls BrowserID, but its only this month that all of its sites have finally been outfitted with the technology. Mozilla aims for BrowserID to become a more secure alternative to OpenID, the decentralized authentication system offered to users of popular sites such as Google, Yahoo!, PayPal, MySpace and others."

Submission + - DoD Using Plant DNA to Combat Counterfeit Parts (wired.com)

Submitted by smitty777 on Friday January 20, 2012 @02:58PM

smitty777 writes: Highlighting another unique way to use cutting edge DNA technology, the US Department of Defense has a new weapont to combat counterfiet parts: plant DNA. This article discusses how plant DNA can be used to make an almost (1 in 1 trillion) unique code for parts identification. This nifty graphic shows some of the ways this could be done; bolts with DNA-marked coating, invisible barcodes, and flourescing inks are some of the possible applications. In a similar but unrelated project, World Micro has a different solution to detect counterfeit items in the military that have been "blacktopped", where items have been re-surfaced to allow remarking.

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