Comment This can't be true (Score 2) 70
I'm thinking to myself, this can't be true. As I open Slashdot on my phone while juggling work texts and walking into traffic.
There is no...
Comment Re:What do you want to achieve? (Score 1) 66
Don't really need to crack the wallet for that, just need the xpub. Which is probably available unlocked on the user's PC or phone.
Comment Need this for friends (Score 5, Interesting) 226
Would be lovely to see a list of posts shared/liked by friends to your timeline rather than just things you've clicked on.
Comment Re:Run a Tor exit node to conceal your illegal act (Score 2) 241
Could smart criminals just also run a Tor exit node, and just use it to blame anything that they get caught on?
A Tor exit node is just a tool used to obscure your location. Nothing more. So let's rephrase your question as such:
"Could smart criminals just tape over their house numbers, and just use it to blame anything that they get caught on?"
Uh... no...
A Tor exit node is the last "hop" or "layer" before data exits the encrypted tor network.
So let's rephrase the parent's question as such:
"Could smart criminals just operate a package exporting company and just blame other people when they get caught for exporting contraband?"
The answer is yes.
Comment Still no spell checking (Score 1) 99
All these new skype features, yet they still lack basic spell checking.
Someone needs to drag their project manager out back and beat him with his Macbook.
Senate Passes 4-Year Re-Up of Patriot Act Provisions 422
Bloomberg News reports that, as expected, today "[t]he US Senate approved a four-year extension of provisions in the USA Patriot Act allowing law enforcement to track suspected terrorists with roving wiretaps. ... The measure goes to the House for final passage before being sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. The surveillance powers would be extended until June 1, 2015." The story mentions that the Patriot Act powers this approval includes would extend "to so-called 'lone wolf' suspects who aren't affiliated with any terrorist group."
Comment Re:Right on Adobe! (Score 1) 731
This may be a flawed analogy, but wouldn't it be akin to a company releasing a car that only ran on diesel? That impedes all the companies that sell only "normal" gasoline. They're stifling competition! If you want to use "normal" gasoline, buy a car that runs on that.
That is more than flawed... its plain wrong.
Lets try and fix it.
It would be akin to a company releasing a car that only ran on diesel, preventing companies from creating diesel in unapproved ways (from algae, corn, discarded food products), and then having some approval process for checking diesel that would prevent certain companies from selling fuel for the car.
Comment You can opt out here... (Score 4, Informative) 200
Submission + - Senator to FCC: no broadcast flag for you!
Flag waver writes: Senator John Sununu (R-NH) will introduce legislation that will prevent the FCC from creating technology mandates for the consumer electronics industry. As a result, the FCC would be hamstrung in its efforts to revive the broadcast flag. '"The FCC seems to be under the belief that it should occasionally impose technology mandates," Sununu said in a statement. "These misguided requirements distort the marketplace by forcing industry to adopt agency-blessed solutions rather than allow innovative and competitive approaches to develop."' Sen. Sununu previously tried without success to remove the broadcast flag provisions from the massive telecommunications bill that died before reaching the Senate floor during the last Congress.
Cross-Platform Development For Windows and OS X 198
An anonymous reader writes to let us know about an article in RegDeveloper detailing the use of Qt, Trolltech's cross-platform C++ toolkit, for development across Windows and Mac OS X. From the article: "QT not only goes across desktops but onto embedded devices as well. So any app you write with Qt will port to an embedded device with a frame buffer running Trolltech's embedded version of QT, called QtopiaCore."
Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund 372
scottv67 writes "Dell today gave freelance programmer and sysadmin Dave Mitchell, of Sheffield, UK, a refund of 47 pounds ($89) for the unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 bundled with his new Dell Inspiron 640m laptop, Mitchell says. Dell also refunded the tax, for a total of £55.23 ($105)."
Comment Re:Journalism and Blogs (Score 1) 92
So I guess the New York Times doesn't get filed under journalism then.
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