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  1. Malware that removes malware on Tigger.A Trojan Quietly Steals Stock Traders' Data · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Interestingly the Tigger trojan actually goes to the trouble of removing other more 'intrusive' malware that Anti-malware products currently detect in order to keep a low profile.
    This makes me wonder just how widespread it could be.

  2. Re:Windows 7 on Which Distro For an Eee PC? · · Score: 1

    Although i'm sure that might be good for him, Windows 7 is still only beta and the beta expires in August.

  3. Re:*sigh* on How To Argue That Open Source Software Is Secure? · · Score: 1

    but but.... the NSA runs IIS6 on Windows Server 2003! Netcraft confirms it!!! :P

  4. Web development possibly? on Interesting Computer Science Jobs? · · Score: 1

    With web development you are coding but you also get to spend a lot of time with various departments and people organizing various aspects of the site you're designing. Web development has a lot of creative aspects too for things like creating images, interactive media, and user interfaces. Just my two cents. -djv

  5. Great, but i'm not entirely convinced. on Chinese Automaker Unveils First Electric Car · · Score: 1

    Battery powered electric cars seem like a great idea for most of the warmer climates, but here in Winnipeg it's -45 F with the windchill. The motor in my electric window struggled to work this morning even after the engine had warmed up.

    What happens when EVERYTHING is powered by electricity?

  6. Re:The real question... on 1000-mph Car Planned · · Score: 1

    It will be in a desert obviously as they discuss Here. Breaking and setting most top speed records of this calibre have been attempted at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA so my bet would be there however I don't believe they have figured out exactly where they want to do it yet.

  7. Multiplatform on Could Google Become a Game Publisher? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I almost hope so, that way we'd have a few more multi-platform games on the market.

  8. Re:Why So Long? on Apple Patches Kaminsky DNS Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Whoops I didn't read the article in-depth enough, but what I mean is does it run by default or is there something you have to enable to be vulnerable?

  9. Re:Why So Long? on Apple Patches Kaminsky DNS Vulnerability · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I agree there had to be a reason why Apple was so late in delivering this update. My guess was that they wanted to make absolutely sure they didn't break anything in OS X in the process.

    Just curious though, does the BIND daemon run only on OS X Server or is it running on the version for laptops and desktops too?

  10. Can't wait! on Debian Maintainer Hints At September Release for Lenny · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty excited about this. I run Etch on a handful of servers and i've never seen a Linux distrib have such a wonderful combination of absolute stability, ease of use, and community support. This is, of course just my opinion ;) Can't wait for Lenny!

  11. Most EPIC fail, Windows Vista? on 2008 Pwnie Award Nominees Announced · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the "Most Epic FAIL" section... "Windows Vista for proving that security does not sell $100,000,000 invested in security and what does Microsoft have to show for it? Customers are revolting against Windows Vista and nobody who has a choice is chosing to upgrade. It doesn't matter that Vista really is the most secure Microsoft operating system ever made, all customers care about is the annoyance of the UAC prompts, the confusing user interface and the insane hardware requirements."

    I can agree with that completely. Windows Vista is significantly better for security than it's predecessor and had fewer vulnerabilities in the first year of release. However if people are so frustrated by the usability, hardware requirements, and confusing UAC prompts that they don't want to touch it with a 10-foot pole, that sort of seems like they're heading the wrong direction to me. They should be concentrating on making it more secure without direct user intervention.

  12. Trend in the industry? on Knights of the Old Republic MMO Confirmed · · Score: 4, Funny

    It almost seems like every company has to convert their previously-loved RPG titles into MMORPGs just for anybody to look at them. MMORPGs seem to provide a sort of depth and play experience that single player RPGs have difficulty matching. I don't see this trend stopping any time soon.

  13. Re:You didn't test before deploying an update? on RHN Bind Update Brings Down RHEL Named · · Score: 1

    I was actually just going to mention that point and what do you know, it's the first comment! I guess i'm not the only one that realizes you should never ever deploy updates randomly to production servers without testing them first under similar conditions.

  14. Change in the product or support? on Dell Buys IPO-Bound EqualLogic for $1.4 Billion · · Score: 1

    EqualLogic seemed to have a relatively well integrated hardware and software solution as well as a good support system. I wonder how Dell taking the reigns will affect this as we were considering implementing a EqualLogic in our organization.