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Submission + - New console always online requirements and YOU

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It's almost here and the details appear to strongly say "always on" is the way forward. We all know that this is an artificial requirement and certainly there are plenty of people on all sides of the table. To paraphrase the user "tuffy" who commented on this issue at Arstechnica recently; if you're trying to sell "always online" as a feature of the future, there needs to be some benefit for me the customer...

There is not one. Or rather there is no sign yet of any actual clearly compelling reason why any end user would support this limitation to their purchase. So what's the best way to express this? Spend your money on an Ouya? Contact the XBOX team? These are all valid options but they all lack the same thing. Visibility. Is something new called for that could help actually quantify what the levels of discontent in the gamer community really are. Maybe E3 attendees, could turn their backs in protest like some did during Thatchers funeral procession. or gamers could sign something at We the People. What do YOU /.'ers think? Just buy a Steam machine?

As a gamer I'm of two minds about the whole thing. I really don't like it but I may roll over eventually and join the herd because I could get used to it. Then again part of me is rankled by this slow erosion of access to me and my data.

Submission + - Who is the best bleeding edge FOSS hosting provider?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: For many of us our hosting providers are a way to hone our skills as well as run a business. Which provider out there gives the best bang for the buck for a FOSS developer? Virtually everybody provides Perl, PHP, Ruby, MySQL / MariaDB etc. but where can one get easy and cheap access to a stuff like NodeJS and Big Data?

Companies such as Pair Networks are great but not quite on the mark with any of their service offerings for somebody looking to test out real world scenarios with these technologies from a hosted stance. Obviously hosting from home is always an option but that has the penalty of administration, backup, DR planning, bigger security footprint etc. and for those of us whose time is balanced between making money and friends / family time that's not very appealing.

Submission + - How vulnerable is our power grid in reality

Submitted by coreboarder
coreboarder writes: Recently it was divulged that the Brazilian power infrastructure was compromised by hackers. Then it was announced that it was apparently faulty equipment . A downplay to the global public or an honest clarification? Either way it begs the question, how vulnerable are we really? With winter and all its icy glory hurtling towards those of us in the northern hemisphere, how open are we to everything from terrorist threats to simple "pay me or else" schemes?

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