Comment Re:does AMD have this sort of feature? (Score 3, Informative) 140
Yes, it's called a "Platform Security Processor".
Comment Simply plugging the "analog hole" (Score 5, Insightful) 391
This shouldn't come as any surprise considering how it was discussed in the context of DRM a decade ago. People choose the cloud, people loose choice.
Comment Finally consistent naming (Score 5, Funny) 31
Now we just run every JavaScript program through an obfuscator then JSNice and we have consistent naming.
Comment Computers work by COPYING data (Score 2) 183
The latest example of managers who don't get that computers work by copying data.
Comment They probably need to verify HIPAA compliance (Score 1) 1307
Given HIPAA standards I'm suprised they are just asking for a user account. An unknown public server at a medical facility is a definite risk, and IT is probably very aware of HIPAA standards. Then again, they probably don't think twice when installing the latest version of whatever commercial software they use that makes outgoing TCP connections from "license compliance".
Comment If the Phoenicians where as scared as the US is... (Score 1) 244
If the Phoenicians where as scared as the US public is of making a dangerous voyage they would have been forgotten. We can't make the most complicated machine ever built, built by the lowest bidder as safe as a minivan. Then again, if you consider accident risk per mile, the auto industry has a high standard to match. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Comment No coal required (Score 1) 342
My medium format doesn't need coal power electricity, but I haven't seen a digital that doesn't need an electrical power.
Comment Unit of productivity (Score 5, Informative) 556
Unit of Productivity = 1 / (hours of down time)
They are paying you to keep bad things from happening.
They are paying you to keep bad things from happening.
Firefox Quickies 245
First, Gypsy2012 writes with a highly critical security flaw involving both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer, which could allow a malicious attacker to gain remote control of a user's system. It exploits the "firefoxurl://" URI handler. ... Next, reader dsinc sends word that the beta for Firefox 3 has slipped by 6 weeks. The new target date is September 18 at the earliest. The article wonders whether the final release will slip into 2008. ... Finally, reader jktowns points out new anti-phishing features in the latest nightly build of Firefox 3. One of them was added into the code base by the guy who developed the LocationBar2 extension.
Microsoft Move to be the End of JPEG? 447
jcatcw writes "Microsoft Corp. will submit a new photo format to an international standards organization. The format, HD Photo (formerly known as Windows Media Photo), can accommodate lossless and lossy compression. Microsoft claims that adjustments can be made to color balance and exposure settings that won't discard or truncate data that occurs with other bit-map formats."
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