Comment Re:Multi booting? (Score 1) 672
Someone correct me if I'm wrong
This is Slashdot. Someone will correct you whether you are wrong or not.
Submission + - Wi-Fi encryption cracked in 60 seconds (networkworld.com)
carusoj writes: "Computer scientists in Japan say they've developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. Last November, security researchers first showed how WPA could be broken, but the Japanese researchers have taken the attack to a new level. The earlier attack worked on a smaller range of WPA devices and took between 12 and 15 minutes to work. Both attacks work only on WPA systems that use the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) algorithm. They do not work on newer WPA 2 devices or on WPA systems that use the stronger Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm."
Submission + - Facebook to change privacy policy (www.cbc.ca)
Retardical_Sam writes: Facebook has agreed to make changes to protect users' personal information on the social networking site, including the way data is accessed by third-party developers, Canada's privacy commissioner said Thursday.
Canadian officials have been negotiating with Facebook since the Office of the Privacy Commissioner released a report a month ago that argued the social network breaches Canadian privacy law.
Facebook agreed to make changes dealing with third-party applications like quizzes and games, deactivation of accounts, the personal identification of non-users and accounts of users who die.
Comment Re:The Giving Plague (Score 1) 259
A good reading of the story can be found @ EscapePod.
Comment Laptop dock (Score 1) 503
Variable. My laptop is my primary computer but most of the time I use it docked with a second monitor.
Comment Re:SLASHDOT?! (Score 1) 221
Sounds like two options on a slashdot poll: "Which one is most likely to exist?" God, Aliens, Santa Claus, Spiderman, or CowboyNeal?
Comment Re:Sunrise and Sunset (Score 1) 534
I didn't need "Fiddler on the Roof" going through my head today.
Comment Re:Two words (Score 1) 3709
The president makes NO laws.
True, but the president's powers do include acting as the gate keeper for laws Congress tries to make. The policies he declared on the trail are indication of what bills might pass or be vetoed (if he follows through on them). Also importantly, the president (if popular) can be a guiding figure for the party he represents which now controls both the House and Senate. His priorities will likely influence theirs. In addition, he is the Command in Chief and he does have the power to pull troops out of Iraq and fulfill the promises me made on that account.
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