Comment DirecTV (Score 1) 451
I was eating lunch at the local Hooters when the test aired. All the TV's in the place went to the same test screen, when they were on different sports channels before. So it worked for DirecTV at least.
Comment Master Encrypted File (Score 1) 402
Since your passwords change so often, it wouldn't really help to put it in your will. You could however have a master file with all of your passwords that is encrypted and updated monthly. The encryption key for that could be with your lawyer who handles your will, trusted sibling who will be the executor, etc. They would have the password, but keep the file on a thumb drive or some other device in your possession. To be more secure, you could keep the device with the encrypted file in a safe deposit box. They will then need to take a death certificate and proof of executorship to the bank to get into the box. That way they won't have easy access to the device until after you are gone. Just need to go over it beforehand with whoever is going to handle it for you.
Comment Just throw darts (Score 3, Funny) 209
I think twitter will have the same effect as a monkey throwing darts...
Submission + - Organic semiconductor 30x faster than silicon (stanford.edu)
An anonymous reader writes: Creating a flexible display requires finding an organic material that's both durable and capable of carrying an electric signal fast enough. To create such a material requires choosing the right compound and combining it with an organic base material. It's a hit and miss affair that can take years of synthesis to get right, but even then the final material may not be good enough.
Standford and Harvard researchers have come up with a much faster solution: use computer prediction to decide on the best compound before synthesizing begins. They also proved it works by developing a new organic semiconductor material 30x faster than the amorphous silicon used in LCDs.
Standford and Harvard researchers have come up with a much faster solution: use computer prediction to decide on the best compound before synthesizing begins. They also proved it works by developing a new organic semiconductor material 30x faster than the amorphous silicon used in LCDs.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Best Certifications To Get?
Hardhead_7 writes: Seeing the recent article on Slashdot about how much your degree is worth got me thinking. I've been working in the IT field for several years now, but I don't have anything to my name other than an A+ certificate and vendor specific training (ie, Dell certified). Now I'm looking to move up in the IT field, and I want some stuff on my resume to demonstrate to future employers that I know what I'm doing, enough that I can get in the door for an interview. So my question to Slashdot is this: What certifications are the most valuable and sought-after? What will impress potential employers and be most likely to help land a decent job for someone who doesn't have a degree, but knows how to troubleshoot and can do a bit of programming if needed?
Submission + - A Look Inside the Bustling Cybercrime Marketplace (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: Cybercrime’s underground activity, much like a Middle Eastern bazaar, is a loud and boisterous market. Buying, selling, haggling and cheating all take place in these marketplaces. Each marketplace houses other specialized-markets of illegitimate goods. There’s the credit cards market, the bot rental market, another one for viruses, and one more for the credentials – to name a few. The column discusses how cybercriminals communicate, how these markets operate and how hacker transactions are being performed.
Submission + - SSDs cause crisis for digital forensics (techworld.com) 5
rifles only writes: Firmware built into many solid state drives (SSDs) to improve their storage efficiency could be making forensic analysis at a later date by police forces and intelligence agencies almost impossible to carry out to legally safe standards, Australian researchers have discovered.
They found that SSDs start wiping themselves within minutes after a quick format (or a file delete or full format) and can even do so when disconnected from a PC and rigged up to a hardware blocker.
They found that SSDs start wiping themselves within minutes after a quick format (or a file delete or full format) and can even do so when disconnected from a PC and rigged up to a hardware blocker.
Comment This is how it begins (Score 3, Funny) 28
This is how it begins. First, they are running laps. Next thing you know, a T1000 is running you down in the streets.
Comment Re:So then, (Score 4, Insightful) 119
From the article: "Splintering DNS forks the Internet so that Internet users might never know where to go to get domains, or what they might get. If they connected to some DNS directories, they might enter Coke.com and get Pepsi. Chaos could ensue. All for what Vixie sees as not a noble question to uphold the free spirit of the Internet but instead a self-serving marketing stunt intended to promote Kashpureff's own business. Some things, writes Vixie, should just work, and DNS is one of them."
I'm with Vixie on this one. You shouldn't jack with one of the fundamentals of the internet.
Submission + - PayPal Reinstates Fund for Wikileaker Manning (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "PayPal has lifted a temporary restriction placed on the account of Courage to Resist, a group raising funds to support the legal defense of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who was arrested for allegedly downloading classified information and providing it to WikiLeaks. As you may recall, PayPal was embroiled in controversy late last year when it shuttered an account for WikiLeaks amid the controversy over the expose of U.S. State Department documents. PayPal communications director Anuj Nayar, said in a blog posting that the decision 'had nothing to do with WikiLeaks'."
Submission + - AMD's Fusion APU pitted against 21 desktop CPUs (techreport.com)
crookedvulture writes: When AMD unveiled the Bobcat CPU architecture behind its first Fusion APUs, the company claimed its Atom-killer would achieve 90% of the performance of mainstream desktop processors. But does it? This article compares the AMD E-350's performance to more than 20 desktop CPUs between $87 and $999 to find out, and the results aren't particularly encouraging. Although Fusion offers much better integrated graphics than Intel's latest Atom, neither stands much chance of keeping up with even low-end desktop CPUs. The E-350 does offer very low power consumption and impressive platform integration, making it a good choice for home-theater PCs and mobile systems. Desktop users are better off waiting for Llano, a Fusion iteration due out this spring.
Comment Friday night death slot? (Score 1) 742
While I agree with most of this, how is Friday night the death slot? Stargate SG-1 ran for 10 years in the same Friday night slot didn't it? I am however still unhappy that they killed off Atlantis and Universe.
Submission + - Activists Seek Repeal of Ban on Incandescent Bulbs 2
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Daniel Sayani reports in New American that Senator Mike Enzi has announced that he plans to introduce legislation to reverse the ban on incandescent light bulbs which is scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2014. "CFLs are more expensive, many contain mercury which can be harmful even in the smallest amounts, and most are manufactured overseas in places like China," says Enzi. "If left alone, the best bulb will win its rightful standing in the marketplace. Government doesn’t need to be in the business of telling people what light bulb they have to use." Faced with a phaseout some consumers are taking pre-emptive steps stockpiling incandescent bulbs, although according to a poll by USA Today, most Americans support the U.S. law that begins phasing out traditional light bulbs next year and, despite some consumer grumbling, say they're satisfied with more efficient alternatives. Nearly three of four US adults, or 71%, say they have replaced standard light bulbs in their home over the past few years with compact fluorescent lamps or LEDs and 84% say they are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with CFL's and LED's,"
Submission + - First Ever HIPAA Fine is $4.3M (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: The health care industry's toothless tiger finally bared its teeth, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a $4.3 m fine to a Maryland health care provider for violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The action is the first monetary fine issued since the Act was passed in 1996.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Final Determination to Cignet Health care of Temple Hills, Maryland on February 4. The notice followed a finding by HHS's Office of Civil Rights that Cignet failed to provide 41 patients with copies of their medical records and for failing to respond to requests from HHS's Office of Civil Rights for information related to the complaints.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Final Determination to Cignet Health care of Temple Hills, Maryland on February 4. The notice followed a finding by HHS's Office of Civil Rights that Cignet failed to provide 41 patients with copies of their medical records and for failing to respond to requests from HHS's Office of Civil Rights for information related to the complaints.
Submission + - STS-133 Launches Final Discovery Mission (universetoday.com) 3
Phoghat writes: "Overcoming a down-to the-last second problem, space shuttle Discovery made history today, launching on its final mission to orbit. The most-traveled orbiter is carrying a crew of six astronauts and one human-like Robonaut , along with a new permanent storeroom and supplies for the International Space Station."
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