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  1. Re: We don't want channels anymore; maybe playlist on YouTube To Launch 'Unplugged' Online TV Service In 2017 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Channels in the Youtube era are a Dinosaur concept. How hard is it to understand today's consumers only want to subsidize content they watch. Ads have no place in this model.

  2. Mod parent up. Works (Office's poor cousin) was bundled for free. Office was never free, until they offered the starter edition 2010.

  3. Yesterday tech coming real soon... on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 2
    All this is pretty much available today outside the USA. Mobile or web App generates code. Anyone with the code and the value can visit the participating ATM and withdraw the cash within a few hours. The app even gives you the option to SMS the code. Same apps even support NFC, so the phone acts as the card.

    The majority of the big banks in Australia have been offering these facilities or similar for 2+ years

    Given the popularity of the Magstripe in the US, even after all these years, any advancement seems revolutionary I guess. One would think a possible reduction in fraud would drive even modest initiatives, like Chip+PIN adoption.

  4. Con Air II... on Nicolas Cage To Return Rare Stolen Dinosaur Skull To Mongolia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
    Put the Dinosaur back in Mongolia

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  5. Re:I remember a time... on Apple CEO Tim Cook: "Microsoft Surface Book Tries Too Hard To Do Too Much" (hothardware.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The G's were rarely faster. And the ones that were, cost vastly more. Kinda like saying "my Ferrari is faster than the average consumer sedan....So there!" The whole photoshop benchmark was a joke. Basically comparing optimised PPC PS plugins against vanilla x86 plugins, processing rather large images to exaggerate the difference. Anyone that worked with both on a daily basis knew the truth. The one thing Apple had going for it was it's elegant structure ("System" OS). No DLL hell, simple drag and drop. No Install/uninstall. Just delete the files. But that was all lost in the switch PPC and I guess need for extensible OS with the various clones. OSX just shoves all the nastiness under the rug.

  6. Re:Stupid post, but... on Bruce Schneier On Cisco ROMMON Firmware Exploit: "This Is Serious" · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected... There's a "upgrade rom-monitor file ..." privilege command that allows upgrade from the standard sources (tftp/ftp/http/flash/etc) on most platforms, thus it would trivial to upgrade with administrative access. One would assume a reboot is still necessary, which might raise suspicions, but once installed it may have counter measures to prevent removal or even detect it's installed.

  7. Re:Stupid post, but... on Bruce Schneier On Cisco ROMMON Firmware Exploit: "This Is Serious" · · Score: 2

    Correct me if I'm wrong... But the significance of this report is that it implies ROMMON can be updated without console (local Physical) access. AFAIK ROMMON is only accessible via the console port on most platforms.

  8. Where's the Nerd / tech angle? on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: -1

    Timothy... News for nerds not alternative lifestyles.

  9. Re:No support for dynamic address assignment?!? on IT Pros Blast Google Over Android's Refusal To Play Nice With IPv6 · · Score: 1

    DHCP client sends the DHCPRequest message, containing the MAC address of the client, to the limited IP broadcast address 255.255.255.255 and to the MAC-level broadcast address. The DHCP Server/ Relay Agent receives this packet and replies with a reservation or forwards it as a directed IP packet to the configured DHCP server or servers.

  10. Re:Google's IPv6 SMTP servers on IT Pros Blast Google Over Android's Refusal To Play Nice With IPv6 · · Score: 1

    Is this Google Apps or Consumer Gmail? Have you raised this issue with Google? https://productforums.google.c... https://productforums.google.c...

  11. I'll have what he's smoking on Jimmy Wales: London Is Better For Tech Than "Dreadful" Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Ignoring climate... The difference is community focus. Do what you do best, rather than attempt to be best at everything.

  12. You might be wondering...NOT! on Nokia Shifts To Selling Back-End Systems To Mobile Networks · · Score: 1

    Seriously... This was covered so many time during the MS acquisition.

  13. "Based on Linux" = GPL on Huawei's LiteOS Internet of Things Operating System Is a Minuscule 10KB · · Score: 1

    Where's the download link?

  14. In other news... on US Navy Abandons Cloud and Data Center Plans In Favor of New Strategy · · Score: 1

    The Navy's efforts to consolidate job titles and office names has been a huge success.

  15. Re:Wow, this *IS* old... on Windows Remains Vulnerable To Serious 18-Year-Old SMB Security Flaw · · Score: 1

    If you insist on the dumb idea of using a public TLD internally for your Windows domain. This is why MS defaults to append .local. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.local)

  16. Re:Hugh Pickens and Bennett Haselton: journalists? on Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Law · · Score: 1

    It's irrelevant. Journo's can't protect their sources as the sources can be spied on directly. The warrants will be green lighted. Under the current system, no warrants have ever been denied.

  17. Re: Strange on Linux and Multiple Internet Uplinks: a New Tool · · Score: 1

    From reading the details on the site, it's more sophisticated. It interacts with iptables, which traditional routing protocols do not.

  18. False sense of security on BlackPhone, In Wake of Gemalto Fallout, Receives $50 Million In Funding · · Score: 1

    This phone might be suitable for thwarting most criminals, however it would be susceptible to OTA attacks against the baseband (blackbox), which is now even more easily done with the compromised SIM private keys.

  19. They have Ki's on Gemalto: NSA and GCHQ Probably Hacked Us, But Didn't Get SIM Encryption Keys · · Score: 5, Informative

    Chances are they have the IMSI Ki keys. This is the info that is given to the carriers with each IMSI(SIM). That's all that is needed to dupe a SIM or decrypt coms. The vast majority(probably all) of these will use the default A3 /A8 encryption, so this will be a walk in the park (load IMSI+Ki into new card) to spin off duplicate SIMs for the next few years. Once you can dupe a SIM, you can then fool the VLR/HLR into redirecting calls/SMS or access Voicemail. No need to monitor the local airwaves.

  20. Re:Q. How does one subtract light? on Hands On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong but the screen is transparent. Light from the environment passes through the display. AFAIK, there isn't such technology to accomplish this masking of environmental light (at the require frame rates). Put it this way, if there was, the projector manufactures would be using it now.

  21. Re:Q. How does one subtract light? on Hands On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles · · Score: 1

    I think you're on the mark, but that would mean the projections cannot be solid as the video portrays.

  22. Re:Q. How does one subtract light? on Hands On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles · · Score: 1

    Yes that much is obvious, but the "marketing" video clearly presents objects as solid, not transparent.

  23. Q. How does one subtract light? on Hands On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How does this device handle a dull or dark holographic image projected in a bright environment?

  24. First rule about TOR club is... on Washington DC's Public Library Will Teach People How To Avoid the NSA · · Score: 3, Funny

    You don't talk about TOR club.

  25. Re:Dad sacrifices sons childhood for MCP on World's Youngest Microsoft Certificated Professional Is Five Years Old · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This isn't what happened here. It's one thing for a kid to play and learn. Here we have a father pursuing his sons MCP certification, for his own gratification. If this was about the kid, it wouldn't be in the news.