While we're duping, let me dupe someone else's COMMENT:
(sing along with the Pink Panther theme)
Du-dupe du-dupe, du-dupe, du-dupe du-dupe du-dupe du-dupe du-duuuuuuuuuuuuupe dudududupe!
(3) What's wrong with the digital consumerism? Why don't I like it?
These "digital consumerism" originated from the Asian economy crisis that hit South Korea at the end of 1997. To revive the economy, South Korean government encouraged IT industries and infrastructures, and lots of online contents providers are founded. One of the biggest investors were Micro$oft, and they provided support for developing M$-specific webpages; a screenful of images and ActiveX shits. That awful culture continues growing and growing, and now it's really a pain in the... posterior... to see major South Korean webpage with non-WinIE browser. I really wonder if Korean web develoopers have ever heard of W3C. A handful of my friends and myself continue to protest and struggle, but things are never improving.
You are so correct on that one. While South Korea may have a ton of people online, 95% of that "ton of people" also happen to not really give a damn about what they use to get around the web. The same could be said about American webbrowsers or others, but what makes Korea so fscked up in this sense is that no one gives a damn about Firefox, Opera, Netscape, etc etc etc.
Even funnier, no one here seems to know the kind of problems IE has regarding security.
I used to attend classes in designing webpages in Seoul -- this was about a couple months ago. The "teacher" said something along the lines of how Explorer is the world standard.
Adding data into flash storage is significantly faster than adding data into a HD. Certainly, you don't want the damn thing to stop recording just so you can write into the hard disc first, then continue?
I agree that Americans are living in the past, with the small exteptions of the T-Mobile Sidekick and the N-Gage the vast majority of mobile phone users or just talking or texting.
I wonder if anyone has tried to pop in a regular MD into one of these. Seriously, if they fit, then Sony could try to make a cheap-enough MD burner for smaller stuff, no?
For years, banks gave away toasters to people who opened checking accounts; soon they may be distributing a more modern kind of appliance.
Responding to an increase in Internet fraud, some banks and brokerage firms plan to begin issuing small devices that would help their customers prove their identities when they log on to online banking, brokerage and bill-payment programs.
E*Trade Financial intends to introduce such a product in the first few months of 2005. And U.S. Bancorp says it will test a system, though it has not given a timetable.
The devices, which are hand-held and small enough to attach to a keychain, are expected to cost customers roughly $10. They display a six-digit number that changes once a minute; people seeking access to their accounts would type in that number as well as a user name and password. The devices are freestanding; they do not plug into a computer.
Some banks, like Wachovia of Charlotte, N.C., and Commerce Bancshares of Kansas City, Mo., already use these hardware tokens to identify employees and corporate customers, and say they are evaluating the technology for retail banking use. Others, like Fidelity Investments and Bank of America, are researching the matter.
"Every single major bank is considering it," said James Van Dyke, principal and founder of Javelin Strategy and Research of Pleasanton, Calif., which advises financial services companies on payments and technology issues.
Although there are drawbacks in terms of cost and convenience - as well as questions about what would happen if a customer lost the device or it were stolen - there is growing pressure from bank regulators to add safeguards of this type to online financial services. In a report last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures bank deposits, said that existing authentication systems were not secure enough and that an extra layer of security should be added to the sign-in process.
"The financial services industry's current reliance on passwords for remote access to banking applications offers an insufficient level of security," the F.D.I.C.'s report said. Two-factor authentication, which typically includes a memorized password and a hardware security device, "has the potential to eliminate, or significantly reduce, account hijacking," it said.
To be sure, there are many ways to add the kind of security that the agency is seeking, and any number of technology vendors eager to supply products. The F.D.I.C. evaluated some possible alternatives, including smart cards, which are plastic cards with embedded microprocessor chips; biometrics, which identify people by their fingerprints, voice or physical characteristics; and shared secrets, in which a customer is asked a question that, in theory, only he or she could answer.
But the system that has so far taken root in the market is the one that relies on number-changing hardware tokens, which have the shape and feel of the plastic security devices that people click to unlock their cars.
Several large banks in Europe and Australia - including Credit Suisse, ABN Amro and Rabobank - already issue these tokens to customers, sometimes making them bear the cost of the device. In the United States in September, America Online introduced a program, AOL Passcode, that lets subscribers buy the keychain device for $9.95 and use it for authentication purposes, at a subscriber fee of $1.95 to $4.95 a month, depending on the number of screen names linked to it.
Proponents of these devices are aware that they present other problems. Financial companies are concerned about making online banking less convenient and about adding fees for the hardware token. Customers with accounts at several institutions may wind up with an unwieldy number of tokens or swamp call centers with questions about the new systems.
Several foreign banks have made the tokens mandatory for online customers. E*Trade, which is expected to be the first United States financial institution to introduce the program for retail customers, will make it optional and charge for the device.
Jo
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Been there, done that.
Yahoo has graphic ads.
Graphic ads SUCK.
While we're duping, let me dupe someone else's COMMENT: (sing along with the Pink Panther theme) Du-dupe du-dupe, du-dupe, du-dupe du-dupe du-dupe du-dupe du-duuuuuuuuuuuuupe dudududupe!
Oooh, more human rights violations than most can keep track of. Now why does Guantanamo Bay come to mind when you mention that?
(3) What's wrong with the digital consumerism? Why don't I like it? These "digital consumerism" originated from the Asian economy crisis that hit South Korea at the end of 1997. To revive the economy, South Korean government encouraged IT industries and infrastructures, and lots of online contents providers are founded. One of the biggest investors were Micro$oft, and they provided support for developing M$-specific webpages; a screenful of images and ActiveX shits. That awful culture continues growing and growing, and now it's really a pain in the ... posterior ... to see major South Korean webpage with non-WinIE browser. I really wonder if Korean web develoopers have ever heard of W3C. A handful of my friends and myself continue to protest and struggle, but things are never improving.
You are so correct on that one. While South Korea may have a ton of people online, 95% of that "ton of people" also happen to not really give a damn about what they use to get around the web. The same could be said about American webbrowsers or others, but what makes Korea so fscked up in this sense is that no one gives a damn about Firefox, Opera, Netscape, etc etc etc.
Even funnier, no one here seems to know the kind of problems IE has regarding security.
I used to attend classes in designing webpages in Seoul -- this was about a couple months ago. The "teacher" said something along the lines of how Explorer is the world standard.
I stopped attending that class the next day.
Chris Griffon: They've even got games in the bathroom! Look, I won a balloon! *flaps a condom*
Adding data into flash storage is significantly faster than adding data into a HD. Certainly, you don't want the damn thing to stop recording just so you can write into the hard disc first, then continue?
Hopefully they won't cripple any features, unlike someone else and what they did with Bluetooth...
I agree that Americans are living in the past, with the small exteptions of the T-Mobile Sidekick and the N-Gage the vast majority of mobile phone users or just talking or texting.
Maybe that's because that's all Americans need?
Obviously, all the teeny weeny photos blurred on extreme zoom. Maybe if that were alleviated...
Linux-based jukebox, anyone?
I wonder if anyone has tried to pop in a regular MD into one of these. Seriously, if they fit, then Sony could try to make a cheap-enough MD burner for smaller stuff, no?
These are NOT a "Teen Beat" magazine photoshoot.
These are pictures of mr. Gates POSING LIKE models usually pose for "Teen Beat". I mean, like, learn to read.
Tsk.
Does it matter?
And what of the Macworld announcement?
At least it's not a format that is DRMed up the ass or non-readable on other OSes.
Am I the only one who misread this for "Microsoft releases anti-phishing bar"?
Since Windows is so insecure and bloated now that IE is intergrated, how much more useable would MCE be?
Check out the BBC News site. There is a link that says "Live Video", given that the earthquake is top news ATM.
...set off by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake...
Windows in JAKARTA, Indonesia, were rattling, and some even broke. And that is a 2-3 hour flight away from the epicenter!
For years, banks gave away toasters to people who opened checking accounts; soon they may be distributing a more modern kind of appliance. Responding to an increase in Internet fraud, some banks and brokerage firms plan to begin issuing small devices that would help their customers prove their identities when they log on to online banking, brokerage and bill-payment programs. E*Trade Financial intends to introduce such a product in the first few months of 2005. And U.S. Bancorp says it will test a system, though it has not given a timetable. The devices, which are hand-held and small enough to attach to a keychain, are expected to cost customers roughly $10. They display a six-digit number that changes once a minute; people seeking access to their accounts would type in that number as well as a user name and password. The devices are freestanding; they do not plug into a computer. Some banks, like Wachovia of Charlotte, N.C., and Commerce Bancshares of Kansas City, Mo., already use these hardware tokens to identify employees and corporate customers, and say they are evaluating the technology for retail banking use. Others, like Fidelity Investments and Bank of America, are researching the matter. "Every single major bank is considering it," said James Van Dyke, principal and founder of Javelin Strategy and Research of Pleasanton, Calif., which advises financial services companies on payments and technology issues. Although there are drawbacks in terms of cost and convenience - as well as questions about what would happen if a customer lost the device or it were stolen - there is growing pressure from bank regulators to add safeguards of this type to online financial services. In a report last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures bank deposits, said that existing authentication systems were not secure enough and that an extra layer of security should be added to the sign-in process. "The financial services industry's current reliance on passwords for remote access to banking applications offers an insufficient level of security," the F.D.I.C.'s report said. Two-factor authentication, which typically includes a memorized password and a hardware security device, "has the potential to eliminate, or significantly reduce, account hijacking," it said. To be sure, there are many ways to add the kind of security that the agency is seeking, and any number of technology vendors eager to supply products. The F.D.I.C. evaluated some possible alternatives, including smart cards, which are plastic cards with embedded microprocessor chips; biometrics, which identify people by their fingerprints, voice or physical characteristics; and shared secrets, in which a customer is asked a question that, in theory, only he or she could answer. But the system that has so far taken root in the market is the one that relies on number-changing hardware tokens, which have the shape and feel of the plastic security devices that people click to unlock their cars. Several large banks in Europe and Australia - including Credit Suisse, ABN Amro and Rabobank - already issue these tokens to customers, sometimes making them bear the cost of the device. In the United States in September, America Online introduced a program, AOL Passcode, that lets subscribers buy the keychain device for $9.95 and use it for authentication purposes, at a subscriber fee of $1.95 to $4.95 a month, depending on the number of screen names linked to it. Proponents of these devices are aware that they present other problems. Financial companies are concerned about making online banking less convenient and about adding fees for the hardware token. Customers with accounts at several institutions may wind up with an unwieldy number of tokens or swamp call centers with questions about the new systems. Several foreign banks have made the tokens mandatory for online customers. E*Trade, which is expected to be the first United States financial institution to introduce the program for retail customers, will make it optional and charge for the device. Jo
And if in a fit of rage you get in a fight with your spouse...
And if this is for the "latest 3D games", where's PCI Express?
Newsflash: Now all consumers are going to lose a peety weety bitty amount of greenback over security...say....$999? ...
what else is new?
No.
Only old people USE betamax.
That's one more potential privacy breach. Why do we even bother with that term anymore?