From the article in this post:
The previously unknown flaw in the IE browser was probably just one of the vectors used in the attacks .
I love the "probably"
Yes everyone has flash, but what they don't tell you is that you'll also need the Swarmcast NexDef browser plug-in.
Check out the not so great review of the flash/nexdef experience: MLB Support Forums
Oh and if you want to also understand this from Microsoft's perspective:
Miscosoft SL Team Blog
The CBS March Madness HQ streaming was SilverLight and was a huge success.
It sure is. That's why you need a judge to interpret it. I mean when you setup a site on the internet with no auth, you would think it's fair game. So you *could* be against the law but there really needs to be a court case on it.
The Patriot acts make teh law even more vague and give authorities even more power what they define as illegal.
I don't really a agree with the law but it's the law! I mean if you leave you car door open with the keys in the ignition, people might get into it. Duh. Yeah it's illegal but what was done to protect it?
The worse I saw was in the Patriot act, the EFF pointed out any access to a network that's not yours and which causes more than $5000 worth of damages (including hiring someone to investigate your access) was illegal.
"Access" means to gain entry to, instruct, or communicate with the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a computer, computer system, or computer network.
(7) Knowingly and without permission accesses or causes to be accessed any computer, computer system, or computer network.
Oh yeah, Spotlight just from a small company out in Cupertino. Nothing to worry about.
Don't get me wrong, TFA is quoting the antitrust case and I think MSFT should open their search engine but I think we should not forget they're not the only ones out there to embed "functionality" in their OS. You can disable Spotlight and install Google search if you want but that's no different from Windows.
The graphics in WOW are pretty intense and I know many people including myself who bought a new computer just to improve their WOW experience. Also, Blizzard is releasing new content every month or so that requires even more graphics power. So the trend will mostly likely be for subscribers to buy new hardware quite often.
The interesting thing is that WOW supports MAC very well. Granted the graphics I heard are not as good as on a PC (I don't see a difference). I saw people buy MACs because their main game now was on MAC and they didn't see a need anymore to stay on PC.
Playing WOW on a 30 inch Apple wide screen LCD is pretty nice:).
As far as web app development is concerned, XML is more and more present in the two domains, either natively or via open source projects.
On the Java side, the struts framework provides logic to the front end so developers can use an XML style language to go through lists, create variables, set objects, etc.
You can also make all your build scripts using ANT, which allows for function calls, variable assignments, and other simple tasks.
On the.NET side, ASP.NET pages are in the form of controls, which similarly to the struts framework allow server side logic to be defined through an XML language.
You can use NANT also to make builds. Similar to ANT, it allows for many simple programming language tasks including listeners.
I have yet to see exception handling and OO but I'm sure it's not far away.
Using the latest version of Avant Browser, on a fully patched XP SP2 system. It seems obvious since Avant is based on IE but I thought it would be useful to know.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) blamed the slump in retail music sales -- now in its fourth consecutive year -- on rampant piracy, poor economic conditions and competition from video games and DVDs.
Itunes is selling 2.5 million songs a week. The declining sale of CDs does not necessarily mean the music piracy is going up; it means there are also new means of selling music, digitally, and very legally.
I hate it when declining CD sales is automatically attributed to piracy. The way music is sold is evolving too (and the labels are getting their share don't worry).
Oh this is all theory. I purchase all my DVDs. I would never take advantage of newsgroups like this:)
Here's what's currently posted if you're curious.
Cox heeded the criticism and soon after started being crystal clear in information circulated to subscribers: limits were set at "30GB of downloads per month, with a maximum of 2GB per day. Uploads are limited to 7.5GB per month, with a maximum of 1GB per day."
Um, 2 dvds from alt.binaries.dvdr per day, x 30 days is about 300 GB/month. Good thing I'm not with Cox!
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DefCon should have provided some other format. I looked elsewhere but couldn't find that presentation. Well, don't use it if you don't want to. I think the material in it is far more valuable than the fact it's in PowerPoint though.
It's another case against OS monoculture
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Basically, to limit the spread of a worm on a network such as the internet, we can only diversify to make sure not all machines go down.
Here's a presentation (sorry I could only find a PowerPoint version) that was made by Jonathan Wignall at DefCon last year about this topic. Same conclusion, diversifying is the necessary to combat worms.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation made a very good speech last year at DefCon about the dangers of the Patriot Act.
They have an analysis on their site about the Patriot Act and what it means for us.
Here's also another article about why we should be concerned about it.
In theory, it is really easy. Then I tried it and found there were problems.
There are many advantages to having control of your router ( passwords, enforce PC firewall, MAC filtering, etc).
I just regret there is no choice to disable the router feature of the DW6000.
I went through several storms and was surfing the net quite well, while airports and road were closed.
The only problem I had was when snow got in the actual dish, then I had to get it out. I only had to do that once though. Most of the time the wind blows the snow away.
The main problem I found was installing a linksys router I had behind the DW6000.
The DW modem acts as a outer/firewall too. It will assign IPs and the only thing you need is a switch to connect multiple computers to it.
The problem is you can't really configure the modem/router. So you can't disable the router feature for example. If you want that kind of control, you'll need the pro version which is quite pricy (although it gives you a static IP).
Here's a forum I found that addresses the DW6000 and linksys router problems.
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Ok then they post an update it might be IE. So I guess noone knows, or it depends on the contracts you have with Adobe.
From an earlier /. article: http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2010/01/researchers-identify-command-servers-behind-google-attack.ars
From the article in this post: The previously unknown flaw in the IE browser was probably just one of the vectors used in the attacks .
I love the "probably"
Yes everyone has flash, but what they don't tell you is that you'll also need the Swarmcast NexDef browser plug-in.
Check out the not so great review of the flash/nexdef experience: MLB Support Forums
Oh and if you want to also understand this from Microsoft's perspective: Miscosoft SL Team Blog
The CBS March Madness HQ streaming was SilverLight and was a huge success.
It sure is. That's why you need a judge to interpret it. I mean when you setup a site on the internet with no auth, you would think it's fair game. So you *could* be against the law but there really needs to be a court case on it.
The Patriot acts make teh law even more vague and give authorities even more power what they define as illegal.
I don't really a agree with the law but it's the law! I mean if you leave you car door open with the keys in the ignition, people might get into it. Duh. Yeah it's illegal but what was done to protect it?
The worse I saw was in the Patriot act, the EFF pointed out any access to a network that's not yours and which causes more than $5000 worth of damages (including hiring someone to investigate your access) was illegal.
http://www.internetlibrary.com/statuteitem.cfm?Num=12/
Oh yeah, Spotlight just from a small company out in Cupertino. Nothing to worry about.
Don't get me wrong, TFA is quoting the antitrust case and I think MSFT should open their search engine but I think we should not forget they're not the only ones out there to embed "functionality" in their OS. You can disable Spotlight and install Google search if you want but that's no different from Windows.
yes I know, it will eventually get to macs
... after all the /. readers held down F5 to see if it really worked
The graphics in WOW are pretty intense and I know many people including myself who bought a new computer just to improve their WOW experience. Also, Blizzard is releasing new content every month or so that requires even more graphics power. So the trend will mostly likely be for subscribers to buy new hardware quite often.
:).
The interesting thing is that WOW supports MAC very well. Granted the graphics I heard are not as good as on a PC (I don't see a difference). I saw people buy MACs because their main game now was on MAC and they didn't see a need anymore to stay on PC.
Playing WOW on a 30 inch Apple wide screen LCD is pretty nice
Elnino - Destromath.
Just like they wanted their share of itunes on cells phones or file transfers, they probably wanted to charge every messages sent via "toothing".
Why does hacking always have to be so difficult? I wonna be a fashionable hacker too.
love it.
As far as web app development is concerned, XML is more and more present in the two domains, either natively or via open source projects.
.NET side, ASP.NET pages are in the form of controls, which similarly to the struts framework allow server side logic to be defined through an XML language.
You can use NANT also to make builds. Similar to ANT, it allows for many simple programming language tasks including listeners.
On the Java side, the struts framework provides logic to the front end so developers can use an XML style language to go through lists, create variables, set objects, etc. You can also make all your build scripts using ANT, which allows for function calls, variable assignments, and other simple tasks.
On the
I have yet to see exception handling and OO but I'm sure it's not far away.
Using the latest version of Avant Browser, on a fully patched XP SP2 system. It seems obvious since Avant is based on IE but I thought it would be useful to know.
Itunes is selling 2.5 million songs a week. The declining sale of CDs does not necessarily mean the music piracy is going up; it means there are also new means of selling music, digitally, and very legally.
I hate it when declining CD sales is automatically attributed to piracy. The way music is sold is evolving too (and the labels are getting their share don't worry).
About $13/month: http://www.usenetserver.com/
Oh this is all theory. I purchase all my DVDs. I would never take advantage of newsgroups like this :)
Here's what's currently posted if you're curious.
DefCon should have provided some other format. I looked elsewhere but couldn't find that presentation. Well, don't use it if you don't want to. I think the material in it is far more valuable than the fact it's in PowerPoint though.
It was covered last week.
Basically, to limit the spread of a worm on a network such as the internet, we can only diversify to make sure not all machines go down.
Here's a presentation (sorry I could only find a PowerPoint version) that was made by Jonathan Wignall at DefCon last year about this topic. Same conclusion, diversifying is the necessary to combat worms.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation made a very good speech last year at DefCon about the dangers of the Patriot Act.
They have an analysis on their site about the Patriot Act and what it means for us.
Here's also another article about why we should be concerned about it.
In theory, it is really easy. Then I tried it and found there were problems.
There are many advantages to having control of your router ( passwords, enforce PC firewall, MAC filtering, etc).
I just regret there is no choice to disable the router feature of the DW6000.
I went through several storms and was surfing the net quite well, while airports and road were closed.
The only problem I had was when snow got in the actual dish, then I had to get it out. I only had to do that once though. Most of the time the wind blows the snow away.
The main problem I found was installing a linksys router I had behind the DW6000.
The DW modem acts as a outer/firewall too. It will assign IPs and the only thing you need is a switch to connect multiple computers to it.
The problem is you can't really configure the modem/router. So you can't disable the router feature for example. If you want that kind of control, you'll need the pro version which is quite pricy (although it gives you a static IP).
Here's a forum I found that addresses the DW6000 and linksys router problems.