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Comment Re:can someone please explain (Score 1) 229

by putaqpariu on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @12:28PM (#40985739) Attached to: Researchers Seek Help Cracking Gauss Mystery Payload

The key may be a specif hardware driver installed! This would have the benefit of targeting only the intented machines -- lets say the target machine has an industrial controller of some kind -- and also make decryption impossible for those that dont have the correct driver (and cant guess which one is it).

Submission + - TextMate 2 released as open source (macromates.com)

Submitted by DaBombDotCom on Thursday August 09, 2012 @01:36PM

DaBombDotCom writes: Allan Odgaard, the author of the popular text editor for Mac OS X, TextMate has posted on his blog:

"Today I am happy to announce that you can find the source for TextMate 2 on GitHub.

I’ve always wanted to allow end-users to tinker with their environment, my ability to do this is what got me excited about programming in the first place, and it is why I created the bundles concept, but there are limits to how much a bundle can do, and with the still growing user base, I think the best move forward is to open source the program.

The choice of license is GPL 3. This is partly to avoid a closed source fork and partly because the hacker in me wants all software to be free (as in speech), so in a time where our platform vendor is taking steps to limit our freedom, this is my small attempt of countering such trend."

Submission + - Ouya Opens Pre-Orders After Gaining $8.6 Million in Kickstarter Funds (pcmag.com)

Submitted by Chameleon Man on Thursday August 09, 2012 @01:18PM

Chameleon Man writes: "Early this morning, the Android-based Ouya console ended its run on Kickstarter with nearly $8.6 million in user donations. In recent weeks, the company has secured a number of content partners for the device, but now it's time to see if Ouya can really deliver. Interested buyers can now pre-order an Ouya on the company's website. In the U.S., one console and one controller will cost $109, one console plus two controllers will be $139, and one console and four controllers will be $199. All orders include a $10 shipping charge." Here's to hoping that an open-source console can gain a foothold in an already competitive market.

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