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Comment Underutilized (Score 1) 123

by noppy (#28182233) Attached to: AMD's Six-Core Istanbul Opterons

How many of your favorite app already re-written to take advantage of the additional cores?
How many of your favorite compiler already re-designed to generate codes that uses additional cores?
How many of your favorite boss already re-wired to fuss about the additional cores?
Microsoft

Researchers Show How To Take Control of Windows 7 325

Posted by CmdrTaco from the hey-wait-a-minute dept.
alphadogg writes "Security researchers demonstrated how to take control of a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) in Dubai on Thursday. Researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar used proof-of-concept code they developed, called VBootkit 2.0, to take control of a Windows 7 virtual machine while it was booting up. 'There's no fix for this. It cannot be fixed. It's a design problem,' Vipin Kumar said, explaining the software exploits the Windows 7 assumption that the boot process is safe from attack. While VBootkit 2.0 shows how an attacker can take control of a Windows 7 computer, it's not necessarily a serious threat. For the attack to work, an attacker must have physical access to the victim's computer. The attack can not be done remotely." Which makes me wonder why I'm posting this :)

Comment The truth behind the scene ... (Score 1) 307

by noppy (#27584391) Attached to: Work Progresses On 10,000 Year Clock

... that it is silently running linux hosting a simple ntp server that routinely synchronizes its analog dial with pool.ntp.org.

After a few decades when ntp.org domain expires, the clock would mysteriously stop working. And it coincidentally relates to yet another doomsday conspiracy, sparks worldwide chaos and marks the end of humanity.

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