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Comment Re: Seems like time to consider the alternatives (Score 1) 146

by tometzky (#51320753) Attached to: LastPass Vulnerable To Extremely Simple Phishing Attack
I use Firefox built-in password manager with master password. Works on Windows, Linux, Android. I haven't tested but should also work on IOS and OSX. It's opensource, does not store unencrypted passwords in the cloud, uses OS popup for master password prompt, and prompts only during browser startup, so it'd be very suspicious if opening a page would show the prompt. Also knowing master password is not enough to compromise it remotely - you'd also need Firefox account password which shoud be different and very complicated.
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Hadron Collider Relaunch Delayed 223

Posted by kdawson from the earth-gets-a-reprieve dept.
SpuriousLogic writes "There's been another delay in the schedule announced for getting the Large Hadron Collider switched back on — now it's September 2009, a year after it shut down due to a malfunction. Scientists had said they expected the $5.4B machine to be repaired by November 2008, but then pushed the date back to June 2009, before the latest delay."
The Internet

Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown 872

Posted by CmdrTaco from the packet-schmacket dept.
Gimble writes "Richard Bennett has an article at the Register claiming that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for file transfers to avoid ISP 'traffic management' restrictions will cause a meltdown of the internet reducing everybody's bandwidth to a quarter of their current value. Other folks have also expressed concern that this may not be the best thing for the internet."
Displays

"Minority Report"-Like Control For PC 138

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the baby-steps dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A startup named Mgestyk Technologies claims that they have an affordable solution for 'Minority Report'-like PC control. They have released a video in which they use hand gestures to play games like Halo and Guitar Hero, as well as perform 'multi-touch' interactions for applications like Google Earth. Engadget and Gizmodo discuss the potential of the technology but point out that the system has visible lag when used for gaming. Will camera-based interfaces ever meet the low-latency demands of gaming? For how much longer will we still be using keyboards, mice and joysticks?"
Education

Submission + - Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills

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Lucas123 writes: "Computerworld reporter Mary Brandel spoke with academics and head hunters to compile this list of computer skills that are dying but may not yet have taken their last gasp. As 'Stewart Padveen, Internet entrepreneur and founder of AdPickles Inc., says, "Obsolescence is a relative — not absolute — term in the world of technology.". 'In the early 1990s, it was all the rage to become a Certified NetWare Engineer, especially with Novell Inc. enjoying 90% market share for PC-based servers. '"It seems like it happened overnight. Everyone had Novell, and within a two-year period, they'd all switched to NT," says David Hayes, president of HireMinds LLC in Cambridge, Mass.'"

Sendmail Removed From NetBSD 248

Posted by CmdrTaco from the end-of-an-era dept.
Derkjan de Haan writes "Christos Zoulas removed sendmail from the NetBSD source tree, after a lot of discussion about its security track-record. Sendmail will remain available from pkgsrc." But without sendmail.cf foo, how will we distinguish between the best admins and the mediocre? Sendmail was more useful as a litmus test than as an MTA ;)

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