Comment Facebook (Score 5, Funny) 304
Facebook
Comment slow news day? (Score -1, Offtopic) 211
a site redesign is news?
Comment Linux? (Score 1, Interesting) 165
I bet they used Linux to do this... is it even possible to do something like this in windows?
PS3 Hacked? 296
Several readers have sent word that George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot), the hacker best known for unlocking Apple's iPhone, says he has now hacked the PlayStation 3. From his blog post:
"I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip. 3 years, 2 months, 11 days...that's a pretty secure system. ... As far as the exploit goes, I'm not revealing it yet. The theory isn't really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can't post dumps. I'm hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone's KBAG."
Comment anyone want a game... (Score 1) 1233
of cave explorer?
Comment Partially Successful (Score 1) 317
Only cures good AIDS, doesn't work on bad AIDS
Comment Still more secure than most school systems (Score 2, Insightful) 244
I bet most of us could read everyone else's email at school...
Comment Re:Done it (Score 1) 169
Child Porn Lawn Bowling? How does that work?
Comment Re:Not very bright in most cases (Score 1) 586
Similar to a Subway sandwich artist?
Comment DVB-T (Score 2, Informative) 192
Maybe America should have used DVB-T like the rest of the world, where there is no shortage of set top boxes, and they are about half the price of ATSC ones. Instead they have to be difficult and use their own standard again.
Comment KFC (Score 1) 640
New Air Force One needs a KFC onboard.
UK Gov't To Require ID Cards For Some Foreign Residents 216
craigavonite, writing "It's looking like the UK is in for biometric ID cards within the next few years, despite widespread protest from groups such as 'NO2ID,'" excerpts from an article at the BBC describing a UK identify card to be issued starting later this year: "The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the cards would allow people to 'easily and securely prove their identity.' Critics say the roll-out to some immigrants is a 'softening up' exercise for the introduction of identity cards for everyone."
Submission + - Windows for warships nearly ready.....
mattaw writes: The Register is carrying the sanest and balanced article on Windows deployment in UK warships that I have read to date in the public domain.
As an ex-naval bod myself we have long considered that this is potentially a REAL problem. The main issues are the huge amount of unrelated code that is imported with the kernel and the need for incredibly fast response times.
As an ex-naval bod myself we have long considered that this is potentially a REAL problem. The main issues are the huge amount of unrelated code that is imported with the kernel and the need for incredibly fast response times.
Sun Releases ODF plugin for Microsoft Office 50
Verunks writes "Microsoft Word users now can easily import and export to the OpenDocument Format. The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) is now available"
Tricking Vista's UAC To Hide Malware 221
Vista's User Account Control, love it or hate it, represents a barrier against unwanted software getting run on users' computers. A Symantec researcher has found a simple way to spoof UAC and says that it shouldn't be completely trusted. The trick is to disguise the UAC warning dialog in the color associated with alerts generated by Windows itself.
