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Comment Re:Not exactly... (Score 1) 134

by Rolan on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @12:58PM (#52590793) Attached to: LastPass Accounts Can Be 'Completely Compromised' When Users Visit Sites

Not to mention that it's not a zero-day.... The vulnerability has already been patched and the patch pushed to users.... Of course, if it's not a zero-day and it's not "completely compromised" it's a lot less interesting.

EU Exploring Idea of Using Government ID Cards As Mandatory Online Logins (softpedia.com) 367

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @09:35PM from the no-choice-but-to-comply dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Softpedia: Fears that fake online reviews might ruin the consumer market and damage legitimate businesses are making the European Commission consider the idea of forcing all EU citizens to log into online accounts using their government-issued ID cards. Details about these plans can be found in a proposal named "Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market Opportunities and Challenges," announced on May 25, 2016. According to this document, "online platforms should accept credentials issued or recognized by national public authorities, such as electronic or mobile IDs, national identity cards, or bank cards." The reasoning, according to the EU, is that "online ratings and reviews of goods and services are helpful and empowering to consumers, but they need to be trustworthy and free from any bias or manipulation. A prominent example is fake reviews."

Ted Cruz Proposes Bill To Keep US From Giving Up Internet Governance Role (washingtontimes.com) 280

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @07:20PM from the authoritarian-regime-repellent dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Washington Times: Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web's domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the Commerce Department, currently oversees control of the DNS, a virtual phonebook of sorts that allows internet users to easily browse the web by allocating domain names to websites the world over. The NITA has long been expected to give up its oversight role to a global multi-stakeholder community, however, prompting lawmakers to unleashed a proposal this week that would assure the U.S. government maintains control unless Congress votes otherwise. The bill, the Protecting Internet Freedom Act, "would prevent the Obama administration from giving the Internet away to a global organization that will allow over 160 foreign governments to have increased influence over the management and operation of the Internet," according to a statement issued Wednesday by the office of the bill's co-sponsor, Sen. Ted Cruz. Specifically, the bill aims to ensure that the NTIA's relationship with the DNS doesn't terminate, lapse, expire or otherwise end up cancelled unless authorized by Congress, while a separate provision would guarantee that the U.S. government's exclusive control over .gov and .mil domains remains intact. In the UK, the controversial Snooper's Charter -- or the Investigatory Powers Bill as it's officially known -- has been passed through the House of Commons by UK MPs.

Comment Re:Media companies lost the war (Score 4, Interesting) 528

by Rolan on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @03:57AM (#38582676) Attached to: US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted

One major exception: People don't mind paying their Netflix subscription fee to get better service than piracy. But selection is still a big problem.

This is really the key, and the media companies don't seem to get it. People are willing to pay for content, if it is provided at a reasonable price and reasonably easily obtained. If they want to "defeat piracy" they need to make it easier (and cheap) to get the content legally. As a business, "cheap" money coming in is far better than nothing. Add that doing this (providing content easily and cheaply) would improve public opinion of them...

Submission + - Malaysian Goverment Regulates Developers: Board of (themalaysianinsider.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 09, 2011 @06:49AM

An anonymous reader writes: Malaysian Ministry of Science Technology & Innovation is trying to get a Bill passed by registering Software Developers in many levels as Registered Computing Practitioner. The Bill is not only poorly thought but undermining Technology Professionals without certifications. If the Bill is passed, it would be illegal for unregistered developers from promoting or practicing IT development. December 13 would be an Open Day in this Ministry to voice out our views.

Submission + - Amazon makes a move which could fundamentally chan (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover on Friday December 09, 2011 @03:34AM

cylonlover writes: Online retailing leader Amazon is to make a compelling offer this coming Saturday – use their smartphone app to compare prices, and they'll effectively pay you $5 to walk out of the store. It is an historic move in the evolution of retail sales. Gizmag writes that, as smart phone penetration heads for ubiquity, the price comparison app might go mainstream quite quickly from here. For the customer, it means getting accurate comparison information before a purchase. For the shopping app provider it means an opportunity to make a bid on a customer's patronage at the time- and point-of-sale, inside a competitor's bricks and mortar, at the same time as creating a marketing intelligence tool par excellence.

Submission + - Google to kill off YouTube ripping tools (theitchronicle.com) 5

Submitted by Thelasko on Friday March 26, 2010 @10:12AM

Thelasko writes: YouTube is apparently testing a new system that allows you to pay money to download videos from its site. To prevent users from downloading the videos with the variety of tools available for free, YouTube is cracking down. Specifically on an offering from TechCrunch.

Submission + - SPAM: UPS invests $1 billion in technology to cut costs 1

Submitted by alphadogg on Friday March 26, 2010 @08:46AM

alphadogg writes: United Parcel Service (UPS) will make about $1 billion in technology investments this year to improve the efficiency of its operations, with the goal of cutting billions more from its costs over the long term, company executives say.

One of its main goals is to improve the speed and efficiency of its delivery operations. To achieve that, UPS is equipping its vans with sensors that allow it to collect data about things like fuel consumption, chosen routes and how much time its engines spend idling, said Dave Barnes, chief information officer at UPS, at the company's Green Tech Forum in New York. UPS is installing around 200 sensors in its vehicles, in places like the brakes, engine box and on the exterior, to collect data and pinpoint opportunities where drivers can adjust their driving to maximize fuel efficiency. The company wants to reduce idle time of its delivery trucks, as each hour spent idling burns about a gallon of fuel, Barnes said.
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Submission + - WRC - $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers (jalopnik.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26, 2010 @07:50AM

An anonymous reader writes: From the article:
"This is the multifaceted tale of Bill Caswell, a man who bought a crapcan off Craigslist to run against $400,000-plus rally cars in a World Rally Championship race. It is a tale of a guy who had a welder, a bunch of credit cards, and a lot of free time but no real backing or funds. It is a story of a dude who taught himself how to build an FIA-legal roll cage because he wanted to spend the fabrication fee on race tires instead. It's the story of a gearhead who drove a rustbucket to a third-place finish in an FIA-sanctioned event."

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