Just for my own education, how would a processor specific piece of malware 'get in' if it isn't delivered via software that can run on the host's OS? And how would it spread out of the computer it's infecting? Is it going to come with it's own ethernet drivers? It's own TCP/IP stack? If it's not relying on the OS to do its dirty work than what does it do besides figuring out your CPU type?
Ah, to be young again... and have a cell phone with a text plan... sure, I'd still strike out but people who see me texting would think I was 3.5 times more likely to be getting some.
The responsibility is on 3rd party app developers? Hogwash! If Apple wants full control of the app development & distribution process then they get the full responsibility for the security too. Yes, 3rd party apps need to be smart and act in the best interest of the user but Apple's stranglehold of the environment puts this squarely on their shoulders. Fix it Apple, plain and simple.
If no one ever tells the masses that the elevator or crosswalk buttons don't do anything then of course they're going to keep pressing them. They may not help but the person doesn't know that it doesn't make a difference. At least when you hit something with a hammer you know something happened.
How about easy repairing so we don't toss them out so quickly in the first place?
The large laptop manufacturers will resist this because it conflicts with their "built in obsolescence" design principles. If you can keep the main laptop and only swap out keyboards, LCDs, motherboards, etc as needed you'll do it instead of buying a brand new one with a new MS license associated to it.
'This shows that the technological arms race to extract every penny from high-frequency mechanical arbitrage will soon reach its ultimate limits.'
Limits? Only if we stack them one computer high. If we start piling them up - especially those little mac Mini's - we'll exceed these perceived limits in no time.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go invest in companies that sell outdoor extension cords for electronic trading workstations.
Banks are totally secure, this is obviously propaganda
That may be true but I keep my cash stuffed in my mattress. It may not have a 'mobile app', and there aren't many ATM's on the 'Mattress Network', but I'm able to work within those limitations.
Except that these "thin" clients aren't really thin at all. Give it a couple years and there will be quad-core smartphones doing a whole lot of stuff that will boggle our minds. It's all about the data stream to and from these devices and more processing power on either end is a technology enabler, but especially so on the client.
Yes... and no. Smartphones and their 'tablet' cousins will certainly become more powerful but there will be a lot of low-cost offerings that don't use the latest and greatest chips. The low-end PC market for devices that fill roles as thin clients, dumb terminals and the like will transition over to the hand-held, tablet or true thin-client worlds. Android, ChromeOS and other OS offerings will provide low-cost 'good enough' computing power and access for many roles. These devices will essentially become commodity items much like PC's are now.
I'd absolutely use low-cost thin clients in place of PC's for many requirements my clients have in warehouses, call centers, kiosks, etc rather than PC's. Web-based & network-based apps delivered via a web browser can do a lot. They can't really produce 'content' on the scale of a PC but they certainly work for data entry, look-ups, updates, etc.
Though I agree with your point, what about the other side of the coin: CDN's service removing content from a page being delivered such as an infection? Could this be used to strip those nasty javascript code injections or Flash-based shenanigans from an infected site 'on the fly'? Removing infections would be as 'good' as inserting ads, toolbars, etc is 'bad'.
"According to Wired's report (citing Ars Technica) passed on by an anonymous reader,"
According to Wired's report (citing Ars Technica) passed on by an anonymous reader who talked to his cousin who found out from his baby's mama who saw this girl at 7-11 talking to her brother who said...
You *almost* got it right. The girl at 7-11 talking to her brother who saw it in an ad on the internet - you know, one of those fancy moving ads that are all spiffy 'n stuff.
Now I won't have to remember my client's anniversaries, their kid's birthdays, when & where they go on vacation... because they'll all fire me if they find out I'm stalking them.
I guess with all this safety and protection some guy named Homer from Springfield need not apply?
Is the infrastructure getting data to/from these servers going to withstand a nuclear blast? Do the servers run Linux?? Does anyone know if their "Apocalypse Level" technical support package is for the hosting customer only or will they extend it to site subscribers as well???
Dear Riders,
Recently we've become aware of a non-commercial use of our timetables. It is our position that commercial use of these timetables is strictly prohibited and it is highly likely that any license - even those we did not require in the past - will include a charge.
Based on the facts clearly outlined above, and not our website which used to say something different, we do hereby eliminate your only way of getting live timetable and on-time updates. No, we do not provide this service for you - some poor sap does for free - and will not be doing so in the future.
I don't think this will compete with much of anything; there's no real market for Chrome OS, and I doubt there ever will be.
Well, thin clients will be able to use this for access to internet or network based apps, lots of people would like a simple 'internet appliance' that can send/receive e-mail (via a web app like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc), access the internet and maybe even send/receive SMS, and then there are many opportunities to use this as a front end for advanced interactive devices in cars, kiosks, vending machines that personalize items, etc.
Will it replace PC's? No, and yes. It is not really designed to replace a PC's functionality, so 'no'. But it's going to replace PC's that are currently used for the above tasks because the PC is overkill and these will just fit the bill (figuratively and financially).
Is there a market for these devices? There sure is. I may not be the target but I'd happily use these to replace workstations in a client's warehouse that's only being used to access a web based app running on their in-house server... or use them for temporary workstations in a call center during seasonal peaks... or use one as a dedicated 'terminal' to access a client's phone system.
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You better bring something that no one else has.
Exactly. You can't release a new phone that lacks device encryption for secure Exchange connections, static IP for WiFi, multitasking, cut and paste, and Flash support in the current market. Two or three years ago? Sure. But not now.
Just for my own education, how would a processor specific piece of malware 'get in' if it isn't delivered via software that can run on the host's OS? And how would it spread out of the computer it's infecting? Is it going to come with it's own ethernet drivers? It's own TCP/IP stack? If it's not relying on the OS to do its dirty work than what does it do besides figuring out your CPU type?
Alcohol and drug use also correlate with frequent texting and heavy Facebook use.
Isn't it really people who text and use Facebook for long periods of time need to drink and use drugs?
Ah, to be young again ... and have a cell phone with a text plan ... sure, I'd still strike out but people who see me texting would think I was 3.5 times more likely to be getting some.
The fix _IS_ simple. "This website is attempting to open XYZ.app. [ ]Allow? [X]Deny?"
Actually I was thinking of something similar to KeyChain access in OSX:
[ ]Always Allow?
[ ]Allow?
[X]Deny?
The 'three tier' prompt is already used in mobile Safari when visiting a site with an invalid or expired authentication certificate.
[disclaimer: Mac & iPhone user]
The responsibility is on 3rd party app developers? Hogwash! If Apple wants full control of the app development & distribution process then they get the full responsibility for the security too. Yes, 3rd party apps need to be smart and act in the best interest of the user but Apple's stranglehold of the environment puts this squarely on their shoulders. Fix it Apple, plain and simple.
If no one ever tells the masses that the elevator or crosswalk buttons don't do anything then of course they're going to keep pressing them. They may not help but the person doesn't know that it doesn't make a difference. At least when you hit something with a hammer you know something happened.
How about easy repairing so we don't toss them out so quickly in the first place?
The large laptop manufacturers will resist this because it conflicts with their "built in obsolescence" design principles. If you can keep the main laptop and only swap out keyboards, LCDs, motherboards, etc as needed you'll do it instead of buying a brand new one with a new MS license associated to it.
'This shows that the technological arms race to extract every penny from high-frequency mechanical arbitrage will soon reach its ultimate limits.'
Limits? Only if we stack them one computer high. If we start piling them up - especially those little mac Mini's - we'll exceed these perceived limits in no time.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go invest in companies that sell outdoor extension cords for electronic trading workstations.
And where's the innovation in voice commands? Is it the fact that your XBox won't "set so double the killer delete select all"?
Player: Kinect, voice command: rm -rf kin* ... thank you so much. I feel better already.
Kinect: Kin phone removed from memory
That shuttle leaks more than:
* Most diapers
* FireFox memory
* [insert government agency name here]
* A guy with an enlarged prostate
Banks are totally secure, this is obviously propaganda
That may be true but I keep my cash stuffed in my mattress. It may not have a 'mobile app', and there aren't many ATM's on the 'Mattress Network', but I'm able to work within those limitations.
K... I just cut the cord off a lamp... somerone talk me through this O.O
You don't need a power cord, just a bucket of caffeine.
Coffee, overclocking brains for 1,000 years.
Except that these "thin" clients aren't really thin at all. Give it a couple years and there will be quad-core smartphones doing a whole lot of stuff that will boggle our minds. It's all about the data stream to and from these devices and more processing power on either end is a technology enabler, but especially so on the client.
Yes ... and no. Smartphones and their 'tablet' cousins will certainly become more powerful but there will be a lot of low-cost offerings that don't use the latest and greatest chips. The low-end PC market for devices that fill roles as thin clients, dumb terminals and the like will transition over to the hand-held, tablet or true thin-client worlds. Android, ChromeOS and other OS offerings will provide low-cost 'good enough' computing power and access for many roles. These devices will essentially become commodity items much like PC's are now.
I'd absolutely use low-cost thin clients in place of PC's for many requirements my clients have in warehouses, call centers, kiosks, etc rather than PC's. Web-based & network-based apps delivered via a web browser can do a lot. They can't really produce 'content' on the scale of a PC but they certainly work for data entry, look-ups, updates, etc.
Though I agree with your point, what about the other side of the coin: CDN's service removing content from a page being delivered such as an infection? Could this be used to strip those nasty javascript code injections or Flash-based shenanigans from an infected site 'on the fly'? Removing infections would be as 'good' as inserting ads, toolbars, etc is 'bad'.
"According to Wired's report (citing Ars Technica) passed on by an anonymous reader," According to Wired's report (citing Ars Technica) passed on by an anonymous reader who talked to his cousin who found out from his baby's mama who saw this girl at 7-11 talking to her brother who said...
You *almost* got it right. The girl at 7-11 talking to her brother who saw it in an ad on the internet - you know, one of those fancy moving ads that are all spiffy 'n stuff.
Why would ANYONE use Safari on Mac when you have FF? ABP and NoScript for the win!
Maybe because FF users pay more for car loans?
Now I won't have to remember my client's anniversaries, their kid's birthdays, when & where they go on vacation ... because they'll all fire me if they find out I'm stalking them.
I guess with all this safety and protection some guy named Homer from Springfield need not apply?
Is the infrastructure getting data to/from these servers going to withstand a nuclear blast? Do the servers run Linux?? Does anyone know if their "Apocalypse Level" technical support package is for the hosting customer only or will they extend it to site subscribers as well???
For those who aren't familiar with Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles that's a great reference.
I would imagine that there is a certain amount of testing with any software patch thats released.
Exactly. They'd hate to introduce more bugs, security vulnerabilities, etc into their otherwise stable and secure product.
Dear Riders,
Recently we've become aware of a non-commercial use of our timetables. It is our position that commercial use of these timetables is strictly prohibited and it is highly likely that any license - even those we did not require in the past - will include a charge.
Based on the facts clearly outlined above, and not our website which used to say something different, we do hereby eliminate your only way of getting live timetable and on-time updates. No, we do not provide this service for you - some poor sap does for free - and will not be doing so in the future.
Enjoy your ride,
Maj. AssHat
NR/ATOC
I don't think this will compete with much of anything; there's no real market for Chrome OS, and I doubt there ever will be.
Well, thin clients will be able to use this for access to internet or network based apps, lots of people would like a simple 'internet appliance' that can send/receive e-mail (via a web app like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, etc), access the internet and maybe even send/receive SMS, and then there are many opportunities to use this as a front end for advanced interactive devices in cars, kiosks, vending machines that personalize items, etc.
... or use them for temporary workstations in a call center during seasonal peaks ... or use one as a dedicated 'terminal' to access a client's phone system.
Will it replace PC's? No, and yes. It is not really designed to replace a PC's functionality, so 'no'. But it's going to replace PC's that are currently used for the above tasks because the PC is overkill and these will just fit the bill (figuratively and financially).
Is there a market for these devices? There sure is. I may not be the target but I'd happily use these to replace workstations in a client's warehouse that's only being used to access a web based app running on their in-house server
Should have waited and purchased a Windows 7 phone...
I think you can pick up a Kin on eBay ... I don't think they're too worried about security issues.
How much are these worth in bug bounty money?
To Google or to exploit writers? I'm sure they're both offering bounties but I don't think they pay the same.