Comment Re:isn't that the point of encryption? (Score 5, Funny) 289

by sid77 on Friday November 23, 2007 @07:34AM (#21452791) Attached to: Skype Encryption Stumps German Police

If the police don't like that, that can always try to outlaw it

If cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir pelcgbtencul.

Feed How the brain can hear shapes (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Monday May 28, 2007 @05:32AM

A device that turns visual data into sound triggers part of the brain associated with sensing shape - it might help the blind "see"

A Proof-of-Concept Virus for iPods Running Linux 170

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday April 06, 2007 @07:21AM from the fish-in-a-barrel dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Although antivirus companies will probably create a hype saying that iPods are prone to infections, a virus called 'Podloso' is a newly found virus that is just a proof of concept code that can infect iPods running Linux. Once launched, the virus scans the device's hard disk and infects all executable .elf format files. Any attempt to launch these files will cause the virus to display a message on the screen which says, 'You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus.'"

Seamonkey 1.1 Released 143

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, 2007 @10:56AM from the release-the-seamonkies-of-doom dept.

stuuf writes "Version 1.1 of the Seamonkey Internet Application Suite is now available, with quite a few improvements over the 1.0 series. Some of the new features include spell checking in form text areas, a new tagging system to classify email, a better indicator for secure web sites and preview images for browser tabs. This release also includes many of the updates that have gone into the Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2 branches. Check out the release notes and download page for more."

2.6.19 Linux Kernel Released 51

Posted by kdawson on Thursday November 30, 2006 @02:48PM from the come-and-get-it dept.

diegocgteleline.es writes, "After two months, Linux 2.6.19 has been released. It includes the clustering GFS2 filesystem, Ecryptfs, the first developer-oriented version of EXT4, support for the Atmel AVR32 architecture, sleepable RCU, improvements for NUMA-based systems, an "-o flush" mount option aimed at FAT-based hotpluggable media devices (mp3), physical CPU hotplug and memory hot-add in x86-64, support for compiling x86 kernels with the GCC stack protection, and many other things. You can check the full list of changes in LinuxChanges."

Scientists Find New Painkiller From Saliva 398

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @07:18AM from the hard-to-swallow dept.

dptalia writes "Scientists have found a new pain killer based on human saliva. Apparently 1 gram of the new drug provides as much pain blocking as 3 grams of morphine. The drug blocks the breakdown of the body's natural pain killing mechanism. Scientists say the molecule is simple and synthesis is expected to be simple."

Apple Changes the APSL Rules 177

Posted by Hemos on Monday November 13, 2006 @08:47AM from the breakdown-shakedown-yer-busted dept.

aitikin writes "Apple recently changed their license for the OS X kernel. According to semthex's post, Apple has reworded the APSL to prevent him and others from open sourcing the kernel hacking under the APSL: 'This file contains Original Code and/or Modifications of Original Code as defined in and that are subject to the Apple Public Source License Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. The rights granted to you under the License may not be used to create, or enable the creation or redistribution of, unlawful or unlicensed copies of an Apple operating system, or to circumvent, violate, or enable the circumvention or violation of, any terms of an Apple operating system software license agreement.'"