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Comment This saddens me :( But we still have Wine (Score 1) 520

At least I still have games like Urban Terror and Hedgewars though. I think they should have still ported the steam client to Linux. And then just port the source engine and allow devs to choose to port other games or not. People are tired of running everything with Wine and tinkering for some games trying to get them to work properly. But at this rate with companies totally ignoring Linux I'm sure Wine will mature even more than it already is to the point where Wine will achieve 1:1 performance with Windows applications and we won't need to beg for a Linux native client anymore
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Submission + - Apple patents remotely disabling jailbroken phones (patentvest.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Apple today applied for Patent to allow remotely disabling "unathorized usage" of iphones. While the patent application covers using the camera to take pictures of the unauthorized user and using the gps to determine location, it also includes determining whether the phone has been jailbroken, and allows the carrier or any other "authorized" party to disable or restrict the functionality of the device. Are this hidden claims Apple's latest tool to thwart Jailbreaking?

Comment I don't understand (Score 2, Interesting) 100

The point of these subscriptions. I mean they're not expensive or anything but anyone could host a Q3A or OpenArena server for cheaper / free and It would basically be the same thing imo. Just without paying annually. Is there something Quake Live has that Q3A and OpenArena don't? (Last time I played Quake Live was a while back)

Comment Use Encryption or SSH home! (Score 1) 467

Any website that allows file uploading will do, what you wanna do is encrypt the files using something like Truecrypt or 7zip. (I suggest 7zip, easier and better for storage) 7zip will allow you to encrypt all your files into a .7z archive with AES-256, just make sure you have a long passphrase (not password) and it'll be impossible for them to crack. Alternatively you can set up a old pc at home (or build one) and install Linux on it. Then you can ssh to the pc from work and keep all your private stuff on the pc at home. That way if you suddenly die all of your stuff is at home and they can't ssh into it.Any website that allows file uploading will do, what you wanna do is encrypt the files using something like Truecrypt or 7zip. (I suggest 7zip, easier and better for storage) 7zip will allow you to encrypt all your files into a .7z archive with AES-256, just make sure you have a long passphrase (not password) and it'll be impossible for them to crack. Alternatively you can set up a old pc at home (or build one) and install Linux on it. Then you can ssh to the pc from work and keep all your private stuff on the pc at home. That way if you suddenly die all of your stuff is at home and they can't ssh into it.

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