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Comment Screen Capture (Score 2) 205

by radius1214 on Thursday July 11, 2013 @08:43AM (#44249151) Attached to: How Do You Get Better Bug Reports From Users?

I believe it was Google who at some point had an option to highlight the portion of the page that showed the problem, as well as submit a comment about it. Being able to see exactly what this user is talking about would help quite a bit when I go to fix a bug.

Seagate Acknowledges Problems With 1.5-TB HDD 239

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @06:19PM from the sorry-for-the-inconvenience dept.

AnInkle writes "Seagate's 1.5TB Barracuda has been available for a couple months from multiple retailers. But shortly after release, reports of random freezes appeared on several sites. The hang apparently occurs in Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Vista when streaming video or transferring files at low speeds. After a couple of weeks of silence, Seagate has finally officially acknowledged the problem. In a response to The Tech Report, they say they're investigating the 'issue' affecting 'a small number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives.' Acknowledging the 'inconvenience' is a start, but most users expect at least average performance and prompt service from the capacity king of data storage." In a related story, reader Lucas123 plugs a ComputerWorld piece examining the question of Seagate's plans to stay relevant at a time when SSDs increasingly capture OEM mindshare.

Comment Reputation (Score 5, Insightful) 3709

by radius1214 on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @09:43AM (#25639199) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

I firmly believe that Barack Obama is going to bring the change we need to alter the way the world see us. We need to earn back a little of our reputation that the eight previous years have lost us. We need to talk, discuss, and use diplomacy instead of force. I'm very glad that Obama won. I sincerely hope that he can keep all his promises he made to the American people, and with control of the house and senate, it looks likely that he won't have any trouble passing bills.

Bookmark SPAM: Butterfly Naming Rights Go For 40K

by tvsm22 on Monday November 26, 2007 @12:48PM

Link to Original Source

Submission + - Competition Open for New Hash Algorithm

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens

on Monday November 26, 2007 @12:23PM

Hugh Pickens writes: "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a competition to develop a new cryptographic "hash" algorithm, a tool that converts a file, message or block of data to a short "fingerprint" for use in digital signatures, message authentication and other computer security applications. In recent years, several non-NIST approved cryptographic hash functions have been successfully attacked, and serious attacks have been published against SHA-1. In response, NIST held two public workshops to assess the status of its approved hash functions and has now decided to develop additional hash functions through a public competition. NIST is open to submissions of hash functions that differ from the traditional Merkle-Damgard model, using other structures, chaining modes, and possibly additional inputs. However, if a submitted algorithm cannot be used directly in current applications of hash functions, the submitted algorithm must define a compatibility construct with the same input and output parameters as the SHA hash functions such that it can replace the existing SHA functions in current applications. Entries for the competition must be received by Oct. 31, 2008."

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