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  1. Remember kids ... on New Variants of Mirai Botnet Detected, Targeting More IoT Devices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The 'S' in IoT stands for 'Security'.

  2. That's true, you don't need zero day exploits to delete files, a simple Windows update takes care of it!

  3. Essential Phone on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Unlocked Smartphone? (slashdot.org) · · Score: 1

    Android P, SD 835.

  4. Remember, the 'S' in IoT is for 'Security'.

  5. Re:EDM? Maybe 15 years ago on Is Pop Music Becoming Louder, Simpler and More Repetitive? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You don't like meaningful lyrics like ...

    Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang
    Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang

  6. It's beta software.

  7. Worse, how many millions of Android handsets will never see this patch?

  8. Re:Generally Sound Advice on 'Don't Tell People To Turn Off Windows Update, Just Don't' (troyhunt.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would do that if (1) MS didn't cram W10 down my throat; (2) every major update doesn't reset browser preferences; (3) stop updating and breaking hardware drivers; and (4) I could disable telemetry. My Macbook and Ubuntu machines are auto-update enabled. Not my Windows gaming box. No thanks.

  9. Re:In today's news on Maxthon Web Browser Sends Sensitive Data To China (securityweek.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    On the internet, if something is free, then the user is the product. Maxthon Browser is a free download. Draw your own conclusions ...

  10. There service

    Where?

  11. Re:Windows 10 on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Even Windows fanboi Thurrott is fed up ...

    https://www.thurrott.com/windo...

  12. Tinder is not a dating app. on New Website Lets Anyone Spy on Tinder Users (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tinder is not a dating app, it's a fuck finder app.

  13. Re:It's all about the haters on Android 5.0 'Lollipop' vs. iOS 8: More Similar Than Ever · · Score: -1, Troll

    Also, privacy features on Android are non existent versus iOS8.

  14. Re:I feel like we are living in an 'outbreak' movi on After Dallas Ebola Diagnosis, CDC Raises Estimate of Patient's Possible Contacts · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe blown out of proportion but Ebola is far more lethal virus than H1N1. Also, deaths were mostly people who were ill already or had other issues. Ebola doesn't discriminate. On the other hand, the dumb nurse/doctor who was told that the patient was in Liberia and had Ebola like symptoms and still sent the dude back home needs to get fired. Today. Now. Maybe he/she/it thought that Liberia was a town in Missouri.

  15. Re:Completely Contained? on Ebola Has Made It To the United States · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or the person traveled there on vacation and came back with it.

    Vacation? In Liberia? In the middle of the biggest Ebola epidemic? Is that person batshit insane?

  16. Re:So, do yoiu believe 'em? on Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not to mention their warrant canary is dead.

  17. Re:Turn the tables around on After Knocked-Down Damages Claim, Apple Again Seeks to Ban Some Samsung Phones · · Score: 1

    If? You mean notification center? Quick settings?

  18. Re:Impossible on Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses · · Score: 1
  19. Re:I never thought I'd live to see the day... on iPad Fever Is Officially Cooling · · Score: 3, Informative

    I got a Sony Xperia Z Ultra (6.44 inch phablet), best purchase I ever made. Allowed me to ditch my phone and tablet for it. Bonus: It is CyanogenMod supported.

  20. Encryption? on 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Good luck data mining my TrueCrypt containers ...

  21. They got Motorola very cheap ... on Google's Motorola Adventure: Stinging Defeat, Or Semi-Victory? · · Score: 2

    At least according to BGR

  22. Re:Maybe, but... on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Iron Maiden always stayed true to their original music. To their detractors, it means "it's always the same thing". Which it is (I hate myself for saying that ;) ).

    I challenge anyone to listen to the first three Maiden albums, then to Somewhere in Time, then to Brave New World, then to Final Frontier and come back with a straight face telling that it's the same. Maiden had always followed a slow but changing path. Ditching the punkish sounds in NOTB to introducing synths in SIT and SSOASS to more orchestration in BNW to a more prog approach in AMOLAD and FF.

  23. Re:Maybe, but... on Piracy Offers Heavy Metal a New Business Model · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know it's anecdotal evidence, having seen Iron Maiden at least 15+ times live since the late 80s, one thing you notice today that on their live shows there are a huge number of young teenagers. Their shows are not filled with old fans like myself. So there is this new wave of Maiden fans that probably don't even know what it is like to buy a CD. They did establish a strong reputation, sure, but their fans are not only the old ones form the 80s.

    Also, unlike other big 80s bands, they don't sue their fans for downloading. They also didn't hop on every possible trend in music, they kept true to their origins. They also didn't became born again christians who refuse to play at festivals because some 'satanic' band plays. They also didn't create drama. When members left or where fired, it wasn't publicized and criticized by other members.

    Despite making some of the most memorable heavy metal music, Iron Maiden was always ran as a business, since their early days. And this focus allowed them to go through the download era without issues. They never had major video exposure on MTV (yes, back when there was music on that channel) so music downloading didn't really impact them.

    Up the Irons!

  24. Re:Where's the outrage?! on CyanogenMod Installer Removed From Google Play Store · · Score: 2

    If you want to gain traction, 'distribute in other ways' won't fly because it's far simpler to install an app from Google Play than to download from a site into sd card, tick a box in some settings, get a file manager to navigate to app and tap click to install it.

  25. Re:Cut the crap. We all know what needs to be made on AMD Confirms Kaveri APU Is a 512-GPU Core Integrated Processor · · Score: 0

    They both have multicore procs with a built in GPU that's capable of pushing next gen games at HD resolution.

    Not the Xbox One, it will render 720p and 900p and upscale it to 1080p. PS4 can render 1080p without upscaling.