Comment Re:DOS! (Score 1) 429
Nobody can deny that windows used to be more vulnerable, windows vista/7/2008 have fixed the security side of things a lot.
Comment Re:yes, you can be, but not instantly. (Score 1) 246
Accuracy varies a lot between countries, for an example in Finland geolocating ip to a city isn't reliable with home dsl users who live in smaller cities(they're usually shown as users from a bigger city nearby or Helsinki).
You can probably get better accuracy from commercial geolocation db's but since i haven't worked with them i don't know how accurate they are in practice.
Submission + - Passwords Are The Weakest Link In Online Security (net-security.org)
Orome1 writes: It's not surprising to find that 79% of consumers use risky password construction practices, such as including personal information and words. The recent Gawker breach and a detailed analysis of breached passwords show undeniably that passwords continue to be the Achilles' heel of the average Internet user. This insecure trend sadly doesn't shift as 26% of users reuse the same password for important accounts such as email, banking or shopping and social networking sites while 29% had their own email or social network account hacked, and over half (52%) know someone who has had a similar problem.
Comment Re:PEBKAC (Score 1) 272
There are several worms for iOS spreading in the internets already, the only reason they haven't been attacked more is the fact that Windows PC's are far more lucrative and populous targets for malware writers.
BSG Prequel Series Caprica Canceled 602
Kethinov writes "The sci-fi TV series Caprica, a prequel spinoff from Battlestar Galactica, was just canceled by the Syfy channel. In response to the cancellation and the recent theme of many similar good sci-fi shows getting canceled over the last few years, I've written an editorial arguing that Caprica's cancellation reflects the decreasing sustainability of the cable TV business model. A better, more modern business model could have saved Caprica from cancellation. If this model is adopted in the future, it could save many other similar niche genre shows from the same fate down the road." Another perspective here might be that a boring, ponderous show got yoinked because nobody watched it. Just sayin'.
Submission + - Linux to take over Microsoft in Enterprises (linux.com) 1
shougyin writes: For years, Linux has enjoyed much of its success as a replacement for Unix. Companies turned to Linux to replace Unix servers, or for new deployments within a Unix-heavy environment. Linux is still king there, but it's starting to encroach on Microsoft as well. Big companies are planning overwhelmingly (76.4%) to add more Linux servers in the next year, and less than half (41.2%) of the companies are planning to add Windows servers in the next year. Even more interesting, nearly half (43.6%) are actively planning to decrease use of Windows servers in the next year.
Submission + - Humans will need two Earths by 2030 (thedeepsilence.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: A recent report warns that, Humans are overusing the resources of the planet and will need two Earths by the year 2030. The Living Planet Report tells that the demands on natural resources have doubled in the past 50 years and now outstripping what the Earth can provide by more than half.
Submission + - DoD Study Contradicts Charges Against WikiLeaks (cnn.com)
Voline writes: Last Summer, after WikiLeaks released 90,000 leaked internal US military documents in their Afghan War Log, Pentagon officials went on a media offensive against WikiLeaks, accusing it of having the "Blood on It's Hands" of American soldiers and Afghan collaborators who are named in the documents. The charge has echoed through the mainstream media (and internet comment threads) ever since.
Now, CNN is reporting that after a "thorough" Pentagon review, "WikiLeaks did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, the Department of Defense concluded." And, according to an unnamed NATO official, "there has been no indication" that any Afghan's who have collaborated with the NATO occupation have been harmed as a result of the leaks.
Will the Pentagon's contradiction of the charges against WikiLeaks get as much play in the media as those original accusations did?
Now, CNN is reporting that after a "thorough" Pentagon review, "WikiLeaks did not disclose any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, the Department of Defense concluded." And, according to an unnamed NATO official, "there has been no indication" that any Afghan's who have collaborated with the NATO occupation have been harmed as a result of the leaks.
Will the Pentagon's contradiction of the charges against WikiLeaks get as much play in the media as those original accusations did?
Submission + - Pirated Software Could Bring Down Predator Drones
Pickens writes: "Fast Company reports that Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle will soon issue a decision on an intellectual property-related lawsuit that could ground the CIA's Predator drones as Intelligent Integration Systems (IISi) alleges that their Geospatial Toolkit and Extended SQL Toolkit were pirated by Massachusetts-based Netezza for use by a government client and is seeking an injunction that would halt the use of their two toolkits by Netezza for three years. The dispute goes back to when Netezza and IISi were former partners in a contract to develop software that would be used, among other purposes, for unmanned drones. IISi's suit claims that both the software package used by the CIA and the Netezza Spatial product were built using their intellectual property and according to statements made by IISi CEO Paul Davis, a favorable ruling in the injunction would revoke the CIA's license to use Geospatial. If IISi prevails in court this would either force the CIA to ground Predator drones or to break the law in their use of the pirated software. But there's more. Testimony given by an IISi executive to the court indicates that Netezza illegally and hastily reverse-engineered IISi's code to deliver a faulty version that could cause predator drones to miss their targets by as much as 40 feet. According to a deposition by IISi Chief Technical Officer Rich Zimmerman "my reaction was one of stunned amazement that (the CIA) want to kill people with my software that doesn't work." Zimmerman was also nervous about any possible legal liability for IISi in case Predator missiles miss their target; in his words they would not continue participating "without some sort of terms around that indemnifies us in case that code kills people.""
iPad Owners Are 'Selfish Elites' 780
An anonymous reader writes "It's not exactly official, but should also surprise no one: According to a new study the psychological profile of iPad owners can be summed up as 'selfish elites' while have-not critics are 'independent geeks.' Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm's conclusion was that iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and finance, while they scored terribly in the areas of altruism and kindness. In other words, 'selfish elites.'"
The World's Strongest, Most Expensive Beer Served Inside a Squirrel 228
If you have $765 burning a hole in your pocket, and a penchant for drinking alcohol out of a taxidermied animal, the good folks at BrewDog have just the drink for you. Their latest creation, called The End of History, is a 110 proof beer that comes packaged in a variety of small stuffed animals.
Microsoft Has No Plans To Patch New Flaw 217
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability that the new malware Stuxnet uses to launch itself with .lnk files, but said it has no plans to patch the flaw right now. The company said the flaw affects most current versions of Windows, including Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 32- and 64-bit. Meanwhile, the digital certificate that belonging to Realtek Semiconductor that was used to sign a pair of drivers for the new Stuxnet rootkit has been revoked by VeriSign. The certificate was revoked Friday, several days after news broke about the existence of the new malware and the troubling existence of the signed drivers."
Comment Blaming your incompetence on others ... (Score 1) 1
Don't blame google if you're unable to configure your server properly and get the correct reverse dns for your server.
I run a small hosting business and google is very forgiving when it comes to spam filtering techniques compared to most small providers.
Submission + - PRS Wants ISPs To Pay For Pirating Customers (ft.com)
Idbar writes: A group representing British songwriters and composers will on Wednesday call for the introduction of a levy on broadband providers based on the amount of pirated music they allow to pass through their networks.
Will Page, chief economist at PRS for Music, will argue at a Westminster conference that a piracy fee would better align the financial interests of internet service providers (ISPs) with rights holders at a time when the two industries are at odds over who should bear the costs of online song swapping.
Will Page, chief economist at PRS for Music, will argue at a Westminster conference that a piracy fee would better align the financial interests of internet service providers (ISPs) with rights holders at a time when the two industries are at odds over who should bear the costs of online song swapping.
Submission + - Nigerian Scammer Gets A Laptop From Me (notla.com)
wiredmikey writes: After switching to a Mac recently, I decided to put my old laptop up for sale to help recoup a little of the Mac cost. I received an email almost immediately from a girl named Rebecca and we had this email exchange
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