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Submission + - Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? (itworld.com)

Submitted by itwbennett on Monday June 24, 2013 @12:35PM

itwbennett writes: There's a lot to like about Google Voice, including 'voicemail transcriptions, the ability to send and receive unlimited text messages by phone or website, and recording incoming calls,' says Voice convert Kevin Purdy. But when it comes to app integration, Voice is falling short — even on Android phones: 'Most apps that do neat things with incoming texts, like read them out loud when you're driving, can't work with Voice. Tasker, a crazy, nerdy automation tool that can do things like turn your volume up when you get a text from your wife, can't work with Voice.... Online services that text you to verify or remind you are about 50/50.' Google employee Nikhyl Singhal wrote in a Google+ post that 'Hangouts is designed to be the future of Google Voice.' But what Voice users like Purdy are looking for is some sort of 'assurance that Google Voice can work just like any other text messaging system.'

Submission + - Will IBM's Watson Kill Your Career? (slashdot.org)

Submitted by

Nerval's Lobster

on Friday June 08, 2012 @11:08AM

Nerval's Lobster writes: "IBM’s Watson made major headlines last year when it trounced its human rivals on Jeopardy. But Watson isn’t just sitting around spinning trivia questions to stump the champs: IBM is working hard on taking it into a series of vertical markets such as healthcare, contact management and financial services to see if the system can be used for diagnosing diseases and catching market trends. Does this spell the end of your BI career? Not really, but it does raise some interesting thoughts and issues."

Submission + - LinkedIn Password Leak: Salt Their Hide (acm.org)

Submitted by

CowboyRobot

on Friday June 08, 2012 @11:01AM

CowboyRobot writes: "Following yesterday's post about Poul-Henning Kamp no longer supporting md5crypt, the author has a new column at the ACM where he details all the ways that LinkedIn failed, specifically realted to how they failed to 'salt' their passwords, making them that much easier to crack.
"On a system with many users, the chances that some of them have chosen the same password are pretty good. Humans are notoriously lousy at selecting good passwords. For the evil attacker, that means all users who have the same hashed password in the database have chosen the same password, so it is probably not a very good one, and the attacker can target that with a brute force attempt.""

Submission + - Can Newegg Survive The Post-PC Future? (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Tuesday September 27, 2011 @09:29AM

jfruhlinger writes: "Upgrading your desktop PC's video card was once a rite of passage for many Slashdot readers — and could also be a gateway to building your own computer from the motherboard up. And more often than not, you bought the components from Newegg. But the tablets and ultrathin laptops that are today's hot sellers don't let you so much as swap in more RAM. What's a component retailer to do in world without user-serviceable components?"

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