nexcomlink - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Can I get one (Score 1) 400

by nexcomlink on Saturday December 02, 2006 @02:15PM (#17081664) Attached to: FCC Sued to Allow Cell Phone Jammers

Last time I when't to the movie theater there are pay phones and 911 is free last time I checked, so your no signal excuse is a mute point at best. The best way to do this is through a penalty, after all theater's are not making that much money as they used too. Who ever uses there cellphone during a movie theater and is reported by one of the customers they shall be escorted out of the theater and will pay a nice fine of a dollar for each person in the movie theater. But to make them really listen just make it 5 dollars per person. That way they will think twice before bugging everyone else.

UK ISP PlusNet Accidentally Deletes 700GB of Email 282

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 03, 2006 @10:47AM from the reality-is-no-excuse-dammit dept.

steste writes "A tale of email woe for PlusNET ISP. According to this announcement they have spent the last month attempting to recover 700GB of accidentally deleted emails. By their estimates, up to 12GB of these had yet to be read by their recipients. Despite the efforts of a data recovery specialist, they have now given up on recovering any of the deleted data. Well that's one way to deal with spam." Spam is one thing; I just wonder how inevitable losses like this one square with the EU-wide data retention laws.

Hackers Clone E-Passport 185

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 03, 2006 @09:57AM from the thank-heavens-for-black-hat dept.

mrops writes "I guess the skeptical Slashdot community always knew that e-passports are a big waste of time and money; now German security consultants have been able to successfully clone e-passports, even onto building access cards. FTA: 'The whole passport design is totally brain damaged,' Grunwald says. 'From my point of view all of these RFID passports are a huge waste of money. They're not increasing security at all.'"

Where the Highest Paying Tech Jobs Are 574

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 02, 2006 @09:17PM from the show-me-the-money dept.

prostoalex writes "Where would you look for a high-paying tech job? If your answer is Silicon Valley or Research Triangle, Forbes magazine suggests some other destinations. When you take the cost of living and consider the net pay adjusted for that cost, places like Montgomery, Ala., Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark. suddenly seem quite attractive."

White House Demands Encryption for Sensitive Data 214

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 28, 2006 @04:21AM from the common-sense-after-the-fact dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Stung by a series of data losses or disclosures at federal agencies over the past month, the White House is requiring all agencies to follow new guidelines when allowing employees to carry sensitive data on laptops or access the information from afar, according to the Washington Post. From the article: 'To comply with the new policy, agencies will have to encrypt all data on laptop or handheld computers unless the data are classified as "non-sensitive" by an agency's deputy director. Agency employees also would need two-factor authentication -- a password plus a physical device such as a key card -- to reach a work database through a remote connection, which must be automatically severed after 30 minutes of inactivity. Finally, agencies would have to begin keeping detailed records of any information downloaded from databases that hold sensitive information, and verify that those records are deleted within 90 days unless their use is still required.'"

HD Video Could 'Choke the Internet'? 629

Posted by Zonk on Sunday May 14, 2006 @09:10PM from the i-like-the-internet-breathing dept.

richdun writes "Yahoo! is carrying an AP story explaining how ISPs are worried large streaming videos could 'choke the Internet.' This is used as a yet another reason for tiered pricing for access to content providers." From the article: "Most home Internet use is in brief bursts -- an e-mail here, a Web page there. If people start watching streaming video like they watch TV -- for hours at a time -- that puts a strain on the Internet that it wasn't designed for, ISPs say, and beefing up the Internet's capacity to prevent that will be expensive. To offset that cost, ISPs want to start charging content providers to ensure delivery of large video files, for example."

Tech Fraud Beating Out Social Engineering 102

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 12, 2006 @09:26PM from the is-this-good-or-bad-i-can't-tell dept.

The Walking Dude writes "BBC News asked Frank Abagnale if technology is driving the old-school conman into extinction. 'Mr Abagnale really ought to know', as the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can was based on his life. He served five years of a 12 year prison sentence for check fraud before being offered a job with the FBI. 'There may, after all, be life in the old con yet.'"

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