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Energy Star Program Needs an Overhaul 306

Posted by kdawson from the you-will-sleep-now-and-when-you-wake dept.
Martin Hellman writes "DeviceGuru.com ran my piece raising questions about the EPA's Energy Star program. For example, an Energy Star compliant TV that claims to draw 0.1 watts in sleep mode appears to do that — but only seems to sleep about 25% of the time that it is 'off.' The other 75% of the time it draws about 20 watts, for an effective sleep power draw from the user's perspective that is 150 times what the manufacturer claims. Based on the observations described, it is also questionable how many PC's really are sleeping when their screens are blank, even if the user has turned sleep mode on. Given the billions of dollars and tons of CO2 that are at stake, this situation demands more attention."
Communications

CCC Hackers Break DECT Telephones' Security 116

Posted by timothy from the distibuting-dialtone dept.
Sub Zero 992 writes "Heise Security (article in German) is reporting that at this year's Chaos Communications Congress (25C3) researchers in Europe's dedected.org group have published an article (PDF) showing, using a PC-Card costing only EUR 23, how to eavesdrop on DECT transmissions. There are hundreds of millions of terminals, ranging from telephones, to electronic payment terminals, to door openers, using the DECT standard." So far, the Heise article's German only, but I suspect will show up soon in English translation. Update: 12/30 21:27 GMT by T : Reader Juha-Matti Laurio writes with the story in English. Thanks!
IT

Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic? 396

Posted by Soulskill from the easier-to-replace-with-hardware dept.
I like my current job writes "Having worked full-time in IT for the past 12 years, I would really like to work less and focus on other goals and priorities in my life. I asked my current employer and was shot down. It seems like everyone I know in IT works full-time except for entry-level help desk staff. Striking out on my own seems to be the only way to control the ball and chain around my ankle. However, my experience with independent consulting is a 'feast or famine' situation, with work coming all at once, thus making part-time impossible, or the other extreme (which is even more likely). Is part-time work a pipe dream in IT? Maybe a career in toilet cleaning is calling me."

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 591

by Pacer (#22422794) Attached to: EU Commissioner Proposes 95 year Copyright
That successful artist's wife and kids didn't produce any works of social value, therefore protecting their interest doesn't serve the ostensible purpose of copyright. Besides, if the airplane crash victim was a successful coal miner, there would be no "residuals" to argue about & the wife and kids, after insurance payout, would be left for the wolves.
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Journal Journal: First post in four years?

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I found a link to an active Slashdot thread today on reddit, and felt obliged to join the fray with a smartass reply to a smartass comment. Since it had been a while, I went to my user page and saw that my last logged-in post was in 2003. I can't believe it's been that long. Slashdot was my first forum site, my first social news site years before they were called that, my first real large-scale online community since abandoning the BBS scene for the Web in the early 90s.

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