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Comment IBM Model M Secret key-combination (Score 1) 304

by lanimreT (#48095191) Attached to: The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made
A few years ago I stumbled on a hardware level easter egg of sorts for the Model M: 1) hold down both shift keys. 2) press and hold the v key. 3) release both shift keys. 4) release the v key. Your model M will print out a number that I suspect is a model number of its microprocessor. If you know more please post below. This is my keyboard's output: "1900312120d3d0001"
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Submission + - Facebook Calls All-hands Meeting on Privacy (computerworld.com)

Submitted by CWmike
CWmike writes: A Facebook spokesman said that the company will hold an all-staff meeting on Thursday to discuss privacy issues, but would not say whether executives are looking to make significant changes to to the popular site's highly contentious privacy policies following a bevy of changes to the service. In an interview with Computerworld last week, Ethan Beard, director of the site's developer network, defended Facebook's policies and even said users love the changes that Facebook has made. However, it seems calls for people to delete their Facebook accounts, which have gathered momentum, have not fallen on deaf ears at Facebook. Adding to the perception of a crisis on hand, the NY Times profiled on Wednesday a project called Diaspora*, which is creating a more private, decentralized alternative to Facebook.
Software

Submission + - Common Ground vs. Raiser's Edge

Submitted by lanimreT
lanimreT writes: I work at a medium sized non-profit organization. We've been considering a switch from our current constituent relationship manager (CRM): The Raiser's Edge to Common Ground (a non-profit focused CRM built on SalesForce). I would like to hear from other organizations who have already done this. What features are present in Raiser's Edge but missing in Common Ground? Is your work-flow improved by the new software? If you had it to do over again, would you still make the switch?

Submission + - Cheap cancer drug finally tested in humans (edmontonjournal.com) 1

Submitted by John Bayko
John Bayko writes: Mentioned on Slashdot a couple of years ago, the drug dichloroacetate (DCA) has finally finished its first clinical trial against brain tumours in humans. Drug companies weren't willing to test a drug they could not patent, so money was raised in the community through donations, auctions, and finally government support, but the study was still limited to five patients, showing extremely positive results in four of them. It also raises the question of where all the money donated to Canadian and other cancer societies, and especially the billions spent buying merchandise with little pink ribbons on it goes, if not to actual cancer research like this.
Software

Submission + - Customer Resource Management for Non-Profits (skidmorebluffs.net)

Submitted by
NoTerminal
NoTerminal writes: "My 60 person non-profit organization is looking for a tool or set of tools to keep track of our donors and contacts. A perfect solution will either replace or *gracefully* synchronize with outlook's contacts module as well as provide a powerful back-end that can handle donation tracking, grant reporting, and interaction tracking. What contact management system (CMS) or customer relations management (CRM) package is your non-profit using? How do you like it?"

iPhone Root Password Hacked in Three Days 311

Posted by Zonk from the not-that-it-will-do-anybody-any-good dept.
unPlugged-2.0 writes "An Australian developer blog writes that the iPhone root password has already been cracked. The story outlines the procedure but doesn't give the actual password. According to the story: 'The information came from an an official Apple iPhone restore image. The archive contains two .dmg disk images: a password encrypted system image and an unencrypted user image. By delving into the unencrypted image inquisitive hackers were able to discover that all iPhones ship with predefined passwords to the accounts 'mobile' and 'root', the last of which being the name of the privileged administration account on UNIX based systems.' Though interesting, it doesn't seem as though the password is good for anything. The article theorizes it may be left over from development work, or could have been included to create a 'false trail' for hackers."

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