User: AltGrendel

You know what's next, don't you?

On: Spies In the Phishing Underground

Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios can expect any site they are associated with to be DDOSed in....

3..

2..

1.

So why NOT Google?

On: 700 MHz Auction Begins Tomorrow

I know the article says that their main goal was to make sure that whoever does get the license keeps the airwaves open to a "wider range of hardware", but I really don't see any reason why Google couldn't get serious and really try to bid for some air space.

In other news...

On: Microsoft Ties $235m IT Aid To Use of Windows

Water is still wet.

It gets dark at night.

Next film?

On: Uwe Boll Returns To Small-Time Terrible Films

decidedly pulpy title for his next adaptation -- the video game shoot 'em up "Zombie Massacre."

You just know that the dialog in that one is going to be great. MST3K material for sure.

AT&T commit corporate seppuku?

On: AT&T's Plan to Play Internet Cop

Good luck with that.

No, really. I mean it

I'm suprised.

On: Microsoft to Spy on Employees

I thought they already were spying on their employees.

If you want to weigh in on these proceedings...

On: FCC Seeks Comment In Comcast P2P Investigation

Oh, the trolls are going to have fun with this one.

Solid state drive?

On: Apple Announces MacBook Air

Not sure I'd trust one of those just now. No one is really talking about MTBF and I've heard that eventually they turn into a Read Only device.

The "atom chip" Huh?

On: CES 2008 Hall of Shame

Aren't they going to use that in the Phantom console?

Twiddler?

On: 10 Strange Computer Keyboards

If you're going to include the Alpha-Grip, shouldn't the Twiddler?

I have one and it's great.

Wow.

On: Largest Black Hole Measured

A binary black hole system.

Proctologists across the globe swoon!

NSA will find this usefull.

On: Toshiba Uses Cell Chip In Consumer Laptop

Toshiba had four demos running... Demo 3... scans all your movie files, recognizes faces, and creates thumbnails of those faces. You can then click the thumbnails to watch scenes with those faces in, or compile them in a separate playlist.

Just change those movies to security camera feeds and there you go!

Possibly quite literally!

You should still be careful.

On: Mass Hack Infects Tens of Thousands of Sites

"It's possible that only Microsoft SQL Server databases were hacked with this particular version of the robot since the script relies on the sysobjects table that this database contains."

Doesn't mean that the 'bot can't be tweaked. I think that someone is using this as proof of concept.

That is one impressive hack.

On: Mass Hack Infects Tens of Thousands of Sites

Shame about this:

The fourth interesting point is that the only exploit we were able to coax out of them was the venerable MS06-014 (MDAC) patched in September 2006. What this means is that they went to the trouble of preparing a good website exploit, and a good mass-hack, but then used a mouldy old client exploit. It's almost a dichotomy.

The only thing I can figure is that either

• a) this was only a test

• b) they are hoping to catch unpatched systems.

The FCC standard.

On: Cable Industry to Standardize Under Tru2Way

I believe that Chairman Kevin Martin calls it "No TV left behind".

Well, happy birthday.

On: Mars Rover, Spirit, Turns 4

May you have many more!

Porta!

On: What Is Your Game of the Year?

PORTAL!

P.S. The cake is a LIE!

Here's a review.

On: The Future of Love and Sex - Robots

The Silver Metal Lover

Sounds like a sci-fi book.

On: The Future of Love and Sex - Robots

"Silver Metal Lover" by Tanith Lee

Kerosine?

On: Scientists Trap Light In Nano-Soup

Hope you can use something less flammable than that as the suspension medium. It could give overclocking a whole new, exciting angle.

I wonder if we should.

On: Group Plans to Bring Martian Sample to Earth

With all the movies and sci-fi books out there that have reasons why we shouldn't, maybe we should leave well enough alone.

Not just that...

On: Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks on the Rise

...noting 'it's easier to attack government X's database than it is to nuke their troops.'

But it's easier on the environment, too!!

Keep in mind.

On: U.S. House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat

Just because it passed in the House doesn't mean that it will get anywhere in the Senate.

The House tends to do stupid things that the Senate will ignore or stop.

Nothing is stopping you.

On: The Biggest Roadblocks To Information Technology Development

You can always fork an open source project. Or better yet, start one of your own.

This isn't meant to be flamebait or a troll. This is the beauty of open source. You can DIY if you want to. You don't have to if you don't want to. You can contribute time, money, etc.. to your favorite project. Or nothing at all. But open source allows you to be the solution to the problem that you have noticed.

Go ahead, scratch that itch.

Ok,

On: Nano Safety Worries Scientists More Than Public

So they are all worried about grey goo?