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  1. AArch64 Virtualization on Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge Window · · Score: 1

    For those that don't know AArch64 stands for ARM 64 this part of the ./ post might be quite misleading: "KVM and Xen virtualization on 64-bit hardware (AArch64);"

  2. Interesting but... on Southwest Airlines iPhone App Unencrypted, Vulnerable To Eavesdroppers · · Score: 1

    At least to me, the way this post comes across is a bit.. attention seeking?

    Ok, while sending your data unencrypted (and this is apparently the worst thing he found looking at 230+ apps.. I am surprised none of these apps store credentials unencrypted on the phones, etc?), we are looking at a few more hurdles than just getting a fake id.

    Especially if you consider international flights, if you can get a hold of a passport that checks out in customs _and_ in the name of the southwest account holders name, then the ticket part should be doable too

  3. WiFi access points, meshing and user auth on Ask Slashdot: Best Wi-Fi Solution For a Hotel? · · Score: 2

    Hi,

    Right this is only going from personal experience. At work we've bought UniFi access points.
    Not to plug it overly but the roaming for clients between access points and easy provisioning system is a treat including the handling of the "guest" network with user/pass sign-on in the browser.

    As far as cabling etc goes if you've got any largeish distance to cover then a simple wifi bridge should do the trick?

    All of this of course depends on the amount of clients you are expecting to be online at one given time on the network. If you want to use this as an meshed network then you will obviously get a higher latency the further you go from the core node.
    The above example would not be suitable for a very large hotel, and if you want to cover large outside areas then the antennas will cost a few buck not just in hardware but testing coverage / installation.

  4. Re:The Last Question on Google Running 900,000 Servers · · Score: 1

    Well.. the answer is 42, we already knew that :)

  5. I think that on Rupert Murdoch Publishes North Korean Flash Games · · Score: 1

    The dude would abide!

  6. Re:Unless I can get a disc forget it on Sega To Bring Dreamcast Titles to PSN, Xbox Live · · Score: 1

    "after that I have to replace the ps3"
    I assume this means replacing it with another console.
    You can download previously purchased games via your PSN account, e.g. if you get a new (PS3) console :)

  7. More important on Security Firm Reveals Microsoft's "Silent" Patches · · Score: 1

    "[...]they're more important than the [two vulnerabilities] that Microsoft did disclose,' said Arce. 'That means [system] administrators may end up making the wrong decisions about applying the update."

    Right, there's been a fair few times where I've not applied security patches "right away" for simple reasons; like they did not affect the way my system was set up.
    But in the end I am hoping "[...]end up making the wrong decisions about applying the update" is talking about a time aspect rather than if-at-all... (this should explain itself)

    Then that they did not declare this in their patch info is a whole other issue; Microsoft are certainly not the only ones who have a history of not doing so...

  8. Re:"ATM's are pretty uninteresting" on Hacker Develops ATM Rootkit · · Score: 1

    > Imagine if you tell your partner "at 2am it's gonna dispense all the money, make sure you're standing there with a big bag to catch it all".

    Sure, that is not my main point, however valid :) A big bag of cash is of course nice, but what you can perhaps access without being detected for some time, is another point. Hence the importance of the attack vector [in my point].

    An empty ATM machine with no logs; where the money went to should sound off immediate alarm bells...

    Fair game if you empty half a country's machines in one night, but the risk of doing that might outweigh other options...

  9. ATM Security on Hacker Develops ATM Rootkit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I live in Europe, during my time having all sorts of cards that works in ATM's I've came to the conclusion that.. Most of them seem to run Windows (I've seen more BSOD's than its decent to mention).
    I'm not wanting to get in to a debate about Windows security here; rather the point that there are plenty of rootkits for any given platform on the go today.

    The interesting point would be the actual attack vector; getting in to a bank's internal network to access the ATM nodes would mean (from my point of view) that the ATM's are pretty uninteresting, however what else might lurk on the bank's network would be worth a lot more? On the other hand, if you could perform the "hack" quickly with just regular customer access to the machine, that'd be interesting... (thinking of terminator movie here...) ;)

    According to my bank balance that is my... well, I've no cents left, damn recession!

  10. Forking on Microsoft .Net Libraries Not Acting "Open Source" · · Score: 1

    Maybe someone can answer this better than me, I've not had the time to read over the Microsoft license.
    Would it be possible to (legally) fork the project from the latest available codebase? Not saying if anyone would want to do it or not, but if the code is out there that might give some possibilities?

  11. Low power server / clusters? on ARM-Based Servers Coming In 2011 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can see myself using an ARM-based linux server in the home.

    If they get proper business support from some largeish vendor pushing out rack machines then that'd be great too. All the servers I admin currently run x86 from Intel. Saying that, when idling, they're not terribly power hungry; but arm boxes should be a lot better.

    Lowering power consumption is never a bad idea for your bottom line, as long as the performance-per-watt is acceptable. The first thing I thought was that it would be useful for larger clusters of machines if the performance isn't on-par with power6/x86 server chips. At the end of the day the deal breaker will be just how much performance you can get out of their server chips, which will affect what type of environment they're suitable for.

  12. What I've experienced with PS store on Final Fight Brings Restrictive DRM To the PS3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, its a funny thing actually.

    I've downloaded items (like game maps, etc) using my friends accounts on MY ps3.
    While I've not bought these items I've had access to them when the machine isn't logged in to their ps network account (nor mine, e.g. just logged in locally to my user).

    Which basically means free game extras.. (still, paying £40 for a game then £2-5 for 6-7 extra maps is a ripoff in my book, and yes I know, its entirely optional to purchase the extra content, no flames please)

    Note: The accounts aren't linked per say. I believe there's some "family" account thingy where you can share some (or all?) purchases between linked ps3 accounts.

  13. "at least without hiring outside help" - on Magento Beginner's Guide · · Score: 1

    .. This statement is interesting.
    A lot of the e-commerce software you can get for free is written in common web development languages, e.g. Perl/PHP/Ruby/ASP.
    So is this a question of lacking in-house competence from a SMB perspective? Most OSS e-commerce packages I've used have been a breeze to install, never mind to customize.

    The truth to the statement is that some things are, at best, poorly documented. But if worst comes to worst, track down the bit of script you need to know (how it works) and read the code?

  14. "100,000 times as much as your computer has" on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So...

    114 terabytes = 116 736 gigabytes
    My machine has got 4 gigabytes of RAM, 100 000 x 4 = 400000... Hm?

  15. ATI 4890 on linux on ATI, Nvidia Reveal New $250 Graphics Cards · · Score: 5, Informative

    This might be useful to someone like me, Phoronix just reviewed the 4890 on Linux with the ATI catalyst drivers:
    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_radeon_hd4890&num=1 :)

  16. Seriously, did you just RTFA and go...? 3 rules?? on Robot Love Goes Bad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right, after reading the fine article I was just left myself asking...

    Why did the robot have to... die? I mean, being decomissioned... No fair. It was just his stupid software, wasnt it? The 100kg arms could have been much more... loving with the right software?
    Did it run WinNT?

    Ever heard of the three rules? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

  17. Confessions of a long-term djb/tiny dns user on Dan Bernstein Confirms Security Flaw In Djbdns · · Score: 1

    First of all, I really like djbdns! Up until two weeks ago I ran it for our my employer (700~ tlds) and it had been running flawless for the last 4 years.

    The reason, in the end, for the switch is due to the administrative workload of using djbdns.

    Pushing updates to other servers usually involves pushing the .cdb data file to the dns/root directory of each of the resolves. Ok one chore, fine. The problem is in managing the database.

    Managing 50-100 records command line is feasible, but if you have a lot of domain and turn over a lot of requests for modifications a day this quickly becomes a pain.

    We built a script to store the records in a sql database then create the data file, create the cdb from that, then push the updated file across the network.

    Our new dns server runs directly to the SQL db, provides solid query caching.. Now I just have to replicate a sql db which is comparatively pain-free :)

    Not had my morning coffee yet so please pardon the grammar/seplling ;)

  18. Back to the future on Smart Robot Capable of Hunting For Its Own "Food" · · Score: 1

    Well, obviously, all they need to do is invent a Mr Fusion! That should give them enough jiggawatts to run their precious doomsday machines =)

  19. A half truth on 45nm Phenom II Matches Core 2 Quad, Trails Core i7 · · Score: 0

    People that RTFA will realize that AMD's new CPU's only match the most current bottom-line Intel quad core cpu's.

    Saying that, amd's offering does give you a good value for money and is in some cases significantly cheaper than Intel's offering. Adding to that fact is amd's discreet graphic offerings which are far superior to intel's offerings.

    I imagine we'll see a lot of these amd chips and graphic offerings combined on the "budget" performance systems which is a good thing; they provide better performance (especially graphics-wise) than existing offerings in the same range :)

  20. Maybe not the best... on The Best Keyboards For Every Occasion · · Score: 1

    I type a lot in my line of work, but I also use the keyboard to navigate through documents.

    I'm not a secretary nor would I call myself the most brilliant touch-typist in the world (or a grammar expert for that matter so don't bother), but I do appreciate a good keyboard.

    I started my typing journey on a Macintosh type II keyboard around '91 sometime and have since gone through a selection of regular and laptop keyboards.

    Now I don't care much for cool underlit keys and so forth, nor the wireless kind that constantly runs flat batteries, or ones with lots of fancy function keys (!!) but I did enjoy my Powerbook's soothing warm keys heated by the CPU placed squarely under the keyboard. Likewise did I enjoy my first logitech economical keyboard for my intel stationary.. I've completely forgotten where I was going with this rant... Hmm, must be something along the lines of:

    All the keyboards I've ever liked I can't get brand new any more (no I don't fancy ebaying a "vintage" IBM keyboard just for kicks and to see if it actually works when it arrives).

    Most of the keyboards I hated aren't made any more either.

    What's up that?

  21. Site's been slashdotted on 45nm Opteron Performance, Power Efficiency Tested · · Score: 1

    --- Or at least I can't reach it. I guess their servers doesn't feature any of the cpu's reviewed ;)

    Mirror anyone?

  22. This isn't exactly "fresh" on Via Debuts Mini-ITX 2.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This was announced on the 5th of this month, and already been featured on some news sites.

    Asides from that I like that we're getting an easy option for hdmi-out - it's one of the things that have been holding me back from using this in my sitting room :)

  23. Slashdotted on The Treo 700p Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Three comments on the story and the host has already shut the site... Feel the power of the slashdotting

  24. That was probably on PSP Browser Tips · · Score: 4, Funny

    the quickest case of the slashdot effect I've seen, did the server just run and hide or?

  25. Matrix-looking monitor on 2005 IDEA Awards · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/idea2005/s ource/22.htm
    The description writes it out as jellyfish looking, all I can think of is the connectors that plug into peoples backs in the matrix :P