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Comment Adaptive Path designed Aurora with Mozilla (Score 5, Informative) 213

by securitas (#24495161) Attached to: Mozilla Unveils Aurora Concept Browser

Setting aside the gushing tone of the submitter's post, Aurora is Adaptive Path's first open source design project and collaboration with Mozilla -- it's not all Mozilla.

Adaptive Path team designers and members discuss the design process extensively and in detail on their blog. More details in the Firehose

You might want to check out the Aurora Launch Party, too, if you're in San Francisco tonight
Privacy

Submission + - Lost "Clear" Laptop Found (In Office Where (cnet.com)

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jafo
jafo writes: "Over at cnet is the story the the "Clear" laptop that was lost in a locked office was found in that same office.

"The computer, which held names, addresses, and birthdates for people applying to the program, was found in the same airport office but not in its previous location [...] a preliminary investigation showed that information was not compromised."

Pardon me if I have little confidence that an organization that loses a sensitive laptop for 9 days is able to tell if it was compromised."
Nintendo

Submission + - $12 MIT computer based on Nintendo, not Apple II (computerworld.com)

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ericatcw
ericatcw writes: "The $12 computer that a bunch of designers and grad students are talking up at an MIT conference this month as a potential, cheaper alternative to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) for Third World students is actually a knockoff of the original Nintendo Entertainment System gaming console released in the mid-1980s, reports Computerworld, and confirmed in a comment by the project's spokesman, Derek Lomas. According to Lomas' account and pictures, the Victor-70 is an 8-bit NES clone that accepts its cartridges and is wholly contained in the keyboard. It is also likely to be an unlicensed clone made in China, according to Lomas, though he notes that may not matter patent-wise in the US, due to the amount of time that has passed."
Displays

Obscura Digital Demos "Minority Report"-Like Display 124

Posted by kdawson from the grabbing-holograms dept.
Barence and other readers sent along word of a demonstration by Obscura Digital of a new technology it's dubbed a multi-touch hologram — reminiscent of the display in Minority Report. The demonstration shows a man interacting with holographic images projected before him, moving them around and resizing them. It's only sort of like the Minority Report display, which used hand movements to control elements on a screen. Earlier, Obscura had demoed another take on the Spielbergian technology, a multi-touch wall.
Social Networks

Submission + - NYT Night Life Reprogrammed (Party Like it's 1998) (nytimes.com)

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securitas
securitas writes: "Almost a decade after the Internet bubble collapsed, the New York Times reports on the revival of the Silicon Alley technology social scene — with a twist. It's now about substance. Gone are the "glitzy club ... minor celebrities, go-go dancers, an open bar and pricey giveaways" in favor of unconferences, Ignite, Pecha Kucha, ideas and "a night life that involves actually talking to creative people doing exciting things." Most major cities have a geek social scene like the NYC Soldering Championship [VIDEO] featured in the article."
Security

Submission + - Warcarting: the hobo approach to wireless hacking (mit.edu)

Submitted by
Adrian
Adrian writes: "Zack Anderson, an MIT student, created a solution to wardriving on a budget: warcarting. The Warcart is a shopping cart retrofitted with just about every sort of wireless sniffing device available. It has pivoting antennas and a smoke grenade launcher. It can even dispense infected USB flash drives. It's part of a talk about subway fare-collection-system vulnerabilities that will be given at Defcon 16 in a few days."
Image

German Police Women to Get Bullet Resistant Bras 5

Posted by samzenpus
In an effort to save perfectly round, firm, heaving boobs from any undue harm, German police women will soon be issued bullet-proof bras. The bras were created to act as a second barrier of defense when it was found that normal bras would cause injuries to breasts by pushing plastic and metal parts into the majestic globes after being shot. The new bras are emblazoned with the word "police" and made from cotton, polyester, elastic and some other synthetic materials, thickly padded and with no metal or plastic studs or fasteners to cause irritation to the delicate flesh. It is theorized that the bras could actually protect the women attached to the breasts as well.
Businesses

ESA Releases Annual Report For Public Consumption 12

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the demand-transparency dept.
For the first time ever, the ESA has released their annual report for public consumption. Highlighting the details of how the massive amounts of publisher money was spent, the report covers: "federal work, a state-by-state breakdown and goes into other initiatives, like anti-piracy and general research endeavors. There are no answers to why organizations like Activizzard and LucasArts left, but it does give a fairly comprehensive understanding of what the lobby group does to protect its clients."

Comment Re:You had me... (Score 1) 47

by ThePerfGuy (#19747181) Attached to: Fuzzing Toolkit For Web Server Testing
We've been doing this in "Performance Tester Land" for as long as there have been multi-user applications. Thing is, we actually do it rather systematically and against various application layers. I guess takes some folks a while to realize that the wheel has probably already been invented and that maybe it makes sense to talk to some of the folks who are using/building wheels to help evolve the wheel instead of starting over again... and again... and again... and....

Comment Understanding issues before trying to fix them ? (Score 1) 61

by freebsddude (#3491345) Attached to: Michael Smith Leaves Core
We wish the entire FreeBSD team well and appreciate your efforts and commitment. I think the key issue IMHO may be to try and understand the challenges of the entire FreeBSD structure. i.e. are the issues technical or non-technical ? Specifically what are they and what can be done to help ? Sometimes it helps to redefine roles, revisit responsibilities, priorities and expectations.

I think it must be no easy task for core members to understand and resolve such issues. Maybe some kind of a neutral third party could look at the structure and provide positive input to help facilitate the smooth and focused operation of our entire FreeBSD team/effort ?

Or, maybe it is as simple as reiterating and refreshing the rule book (if one exists ?). This may ensure that everyone is on the same page with regards to roles, responsibilites, priorities and expectations. What do you folks think ?

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