Comment Could it be (Score 1) 4
Warehouse 14?
Submission + - Google Launches Private Android App Stores (threatpost.com)
Trailrunner7 writes: Malicious apps have emerged as perhaps the most serious threat to mobile devices at the moment, and the major players, such as Apple and Google, have tried several different methods of preventing them from getting into their app stores and into the hands of users. Now, Google is taking one more step with the launch of a new service called the Private Channel for Google Apps, which gives enterprises and other organizations the ability to create private app stores and control the apps their users can download.
Private Channel is essentially a way for organizations to stand up their own miniature app stores inside of Google Play--the main app store for Android devices--and publish apps to it. That gives these organizations the ability to point their users directly to the apps they want users to download for their Android devices. The new service will include some of the security features built into Google Play, most notably the antimalware system and the ability to authenticate users.
Private Channel is essentially a way for organizations to stand up their own miniature app stores inside of Google Play--the main app store for Android devices--and publish apps to it. That gives these organizations the ability to point their users directly to the apps they want users to download for their Android devices. The new service will include some of the security features built into Google Play, most notably the antimalware system and the ability to authenticate users.
Submission + - Khanna Axed Over Copyright Memo (arstechnica.com)
Bob9113 writes: Ars Technica reports that Derek Khanna is getting axed over his memo detailing the conflict between laissez-faire-oriented free market ideals and the regulatory monopoly that is copyright.
"The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has told staffer Derek Khanna that he will be out of a job when Congress re-convenes in January. The incoming chairman of the RSC, Steve Scalise (R-LA) was approached by several Republican members of Congress who were upset about a memo Khanna wrote advocating reform of copyright law. They asked that Khanna not be retained, and Scalise agreed to their request."
"The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has told staffer Derek Khanna that he will be out of a job when Congress re-convenes in January. The incoming chairman of the RSC, Steve Scalise (R-LA) was approached by several Republican members of Congress who were upset about a memo Khanna wrote advocating reform of copyright law. They asked that Khanna not be retained, and Scalise agreed to their request."
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Best Laptop With Decent Linux Graphics Support? 4
jcreus writes: After struggling for some years with Nvidia cards (the laptop from which I am writing this has two graphic cards, an Intel one and Nvidia one, and is a holy mess [I still haven't been able to use the Nvidia card]) and, encouraged by Torvalds' middle finger speech, I've decided to ditch Nvidia for something better. I am expecting to buy another laptop and, this time, I'd like to get it right from the start. It would be interesting if it had decent graphics support and, in general, were Linux friendly. While I know Dell has released a Ubuntu laptop, it's way off-budget. My plan is to install Ubuntu, Kubuntu (or even Debian), with dual boot unfortunately required. Thanks in advance, Slashdot!
Comment OK, buddy. (Score 1) 4
Somebody is off their meds.
Comment Re:So GOP doesn't have enough private space ventur (Score 1) 164
I'm sure we could count on the GOP to under fund a lot of great NASA projects.
Comment RADIUS (Score 1) 4
WPA can do central authentication to a RADIUS server. The RADIUS server stores credentials and would need to be internet accessible so each access point can get to it over its internet connection. The problems you'll probably run into are that implementations of RADIUS authentication vary widely among different brands of wireless hardware and a lot of the cheap, consumer grade access points won't even have the capability.
Comment Finally (Score 1) 1
I can download a car!
Submission + - No, Net Neutrality Doesn't Violate 5th Amendment (techdirt.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday you had a post suggesting that net neutrality might violate the 5th Amendment's "takings clause." Over at Techdirt they've explained why the paper making that claim is mistaken. Part of it seems to be due to a misunderstanding of the technology, such as when the professor suggests someone who puts up a server connected to the internet is "invading" a broadband providers private network, and part of it seems due to totally glossing over the fact that broadband networks all have involved massive government subsidies, in terms of rights of way access, local franchise/monopolies, or direct subsidies from the government. The paper pretends, instead, that broadband networks are 100% private.
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