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Comment AAA gaming on Linux (Score 5, Interesting) 57

I recently got my own Steam Deck as I'm all for AAA gaming on Linux, and I believe that Valve is the company to make it happen. I hope this move will cause other publishers to reconsider supporting an OS other than Windows. The Deck just proves that AAA gaming can be just as easy on open source software. Epic also is adding to the effort by enabling EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) support on Linux. I'd also like to acknowledge the fact that Valve has given up on a number of hardware devices and that is a concern of mine with regards to the future of the Deck. That being said, and owning previous Valve hardware devices such as the controller & streamer, the Deck overall feels more polished than previous hardware attempts.

Comment Already migrated dad's e-mail (Score 1) 43

I've been waiting for the "no-cost" option for my dad, I set him up with his own domain around 14 years ago, so as you can imagine he's amassed a bunch of e-mail, documents, YouTube subscriptions, etc. However the option only going live as of today (it's still not showing for me in the admin panel) is cutting it close to the cut-off date of June 1st. I migrated his e-mail elsewhere a couple months ago and as far as he's concerned, nothing changed for him and continues to use Thunderbird. With this rollout of the "no-cost" option I can ensure he'll still have access to his other data, or at least I hope.

Comment WHOIS data (Score 5, Insightful) 112

This leak also contained e-mail addresses of people who have never done business with them, I know because I'm one of them. I stupidly downloaded the data because I was alerted by Firefox Monitor that my e-mail address was included in the breach. Upon inspection, it was WHOIS data from 2012 and 2014. So before people start going vigilante, know that there are personal details within the dump that have never done business with them. Until this point, I didn't know Epik existed.

Comment Two-factor? (Score 1) 349

I still run SSH on it's standard port with DenyHosts. However, I add a second layer such as two-factor authentication: http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/. Even if you do manage to somehow get my password, you still need my one-time pass code. It's not perfect, but I believe it reduces the risk of having a publicly accessible SSH server being compromised.

Comment Re:Meet the new boss (Score 1) 359

False: The boot loader can be unlocked using the Android SDK. Boot into Fastboot, then use the command 'fastboot oem unlock'. Rooting is pretty straight forward these days, plenty of how-to's out there on the Internet. Lastly, factory images can be downloaded from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images.
Microsoft

Internet Explorer From 1.0 To 9.0 129

FrankNFurter writes "Remember the video of Andrew Tait upgrading Windows from 1.0 to 7. He did another one — this time installing all major versions of IE from 1.0 to 9.0." He actually does some interesting packet sniffing to see why sites aren't rendering, and amusingly shows MSIE 1.0 getting a 93/100 on the acid test... pretty impressive considering it lacks JS and CSS.
Facebook

Facebook Introduces One-Time Passwords 215

angry tapir writes "Worried about logging into Facebook from a strange computer? There's now a way to get into the popular social network without entering your regular Facebook password. It's called a temporary password. To use it, users must list their mobile phone numbers with their Facebook accounts. They can then text a number from their phones and Facebook sends back a temporary password that is good for 20 minutes. The service will be available worldwide in the next few weeks."
Bug

Why Browsers Blamed DNS For Facebook Outage 96

Julie188 writes "That was probably the only time 'DNS' will ever be a trending term on Twitter. The cause was Facebook's 2.5 hour outage on Thursday, which incorrectly told users trying to access the site that a DNS error was to blame. In truth, experts who've read Facebook's explanation say the site went down because Facebook gave itself a distributed denial-of-service attack when a system admin misconfigured a database. So why was DNS blamed? The 27-year-old communications protocol has been known to cause other, somewhat similar outages."

Comment Wireless 802.11a/n 5GHz (Score 1) 499

OK, it's a little more expensive and doesn't have great range through walls plus most Wireless N equipment can utilize the 5GHz band. I can usually discover 20+ access points from inside my apartment all running on various channels in the 2.4GHz band, my wireless network is the only one running at 5GHz, and I've never had a dropout while using it. I no longer get interference from cordless phones, microwaves, etc.
Google

Google Bringing HTML5 To Gmail 112

angry tapir writes "In keeping with Google's enthusiasm for the emerging HTML5 standard, many upcoming features of the company's Gmail Web-based e-mail service will be rendered in HTML5. One feature that the Gmail design team is now working on is the ability to drag files from the desktop into the browser. Gmail will also make use of HTML5's database standards. Currently the e-mail service uses Google Gears to store mail for offline reading, but over time that will migrate to the HTML5 standards."
Medicine

Scientist Infects Self With Computer Virus 393

superapecommando writes "A British scientist claims to have become the first human to be infected by a computer virus, in an experiment he says has important implications for the future of implantable technology. Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading infected a computer chip with the virus, then implanted it in his hand and transmitted the virus to a PC to prove that malware can move between human and computer."

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