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Comment SD doesn't stands for Standard Definition (Score 0) 603

by ghostbar38 on Friday November 28, 2008 @08:24PM (#25920313) Attached to: 18% of Consumers Can't Tell HD From SD

You guys should start using standard acronyms for titles. SD doesn't stands for Standard Definition but for Secure Digital, which makes people who use them almost daily think people is confusing High Definition TV with memory cards.

Comment There's time involved (Score 0) 170

by ghostbar38 on Saturday November 22, 2008 @12:00PM (#25857925) Attached to: DARPA's IBM-Led Neural Network Project Seeks To Imitate Brain

Nerves transmit energy at high speed rates... That's most of the trick

id and Valve May Be Violating GPL 399

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 05, 2007 @05:02PM from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

frooge writes "With the recent release of iD's catalog on Steam, it appears DOSBox is being used to run the old DOS games for greater compatibility. According to a post on the Halflife2.net forums, however, this distribution does not contain a copy of the GPL license that DOSBox is distributed under, which violates the license. According to the DOSBox developers, they were not notified that it was being used for this release."

IRS Freely Gives Out Employee User Name/Password Info 146

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 05, 2007 @03:16PM from the thanks-uncle-same dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports that its inspectors were able to get IRS employees to improperly disclose their user names and passwords over 61% of the time. 60,000 of the IRS's 100,000 employees and contractors thus are susceptible to computer hackers, putting personal taxpayer information at risk for unauthorized disclosure, theft and fraud. 'Only eight of the 102 employees contacted either the inspector general's office or IRS security offices to validate the legitimacy of the caller ... The IRS agreed with recommendations from the inspector general that it should take steps to make employees more aware of hacker tactics such as posing as an internal employee and to remind people to report such incidents to security officials.'"

The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCon 299

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 05, 2007 @01:53PM from the old-ways-are-the-best-ways dept.

eldavojohn writes "DefCon usually focuses on electronic security, but Saturday a talk was held that focused on possibly the oldest form of hacking — lockpicking. As software security becomes better and better, the focus may be shifting towards simple hacking tips like looking over someone's shoulder for their password, faking employment or just picking the locks to gain access to the building where machines are left on overnight. From the article: 'Medeco deadbolt locks relied on worldwide at embassies, banks and other tempting targets for thieves, spies or terrorists can be opened in seconds with a strip of metal and a thin screw driver, Marc Tobias of Security.org demonstrated for AFP ... Tobias says he refuses to publish details of 'defeating' the locks because they are used in places ranging from homes, banks and jewelers to the White House and the Pentagon. He asked AFP not to disclose how it is done.' I'm sure all Slashdot readers are savvy enough to use firewall(s) but do you know and trust what locks 'physically' protect your data from hacks like these?"

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