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Comment Re:Just for some clarification... (Score 1) 79

That's misleading. Brazilian voting machines do run Linux, but the voting software itself is not open source. Source code inspection is restricted to authorized organizations, within specific time windows, at the Electoral Court's facilities in Brasília, under supervision and with restrictions on tools and equipment. The public cannot freely download, inspect, compile, reproduce, or independently audit the voting software. Restricted, supervised access to source code is not the same as open source or public scrutiny.
Hardware

Submission + - Chips that flow with probabilities, not bits (technologyreview.com)

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holy_calamity writes: "Boston company Lyric Semiconductor has taken the wraps off a microchip designed for statistical calculations that eschews digital logic. It's still made from silicon transistors. But they are arranged gates that compute with analogue signals representing probabilities, not binary bits. That makes it easier to implement calculations of probabilities, says the company, which has a chip for correcting errors in flash memory claimed to be 30 times smaller than a digital logic-based equivalent."
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Submission + - 75% Use Same Password for Social Media & Email (securityweek.com)

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wiredmikey writes: Over 250,000 user names, email addresses, and passwords used for social networking sites can easily be found online. A study of the data collected showed that 75 percent of social networking username and password samples collected online were identical to those used for email accounts.

The password data was gathered from blogs, torrents, online collaboration services and other sources. It was found that 43 percent of the data was leaked from online collaboration tools while 21 percent of data was leaked from blog postings. Meanwhile, torrents and users of other social hubs were responsible for leaking 10 percent and 18 percent of user data respectively....
Enlightenment

Enlightenment Returns To Bring Ubuntu To ARM 198

Posted by samzenpus from the look-who's-back dept.
mu22le writes "Enlightenment, the daring window manager that disappeared from our collective radar years ago, is back to bring Ubuntu to ARM. The bet that E developers made years ago to neglect 3D, compositing, and make a fast and versatile 2.5d engine may have finally paid off. The current popularity of ARM-based devices could be a niche that the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries can fill comfortably."

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