The first is it is talking about connecting to cell phone networks, not WiFi (the best protection against DOS attacks on a wireless network is a baseball bat and a firewall).
How will you locate the device causing the DoS in a WiFi network? If you don't know the location, your baseball bat won't do much (good|harm). Also, a firewall won't do anything to protect against a deauthentication DoS attack on WiFi (which is one of the most efficient, if not the most efficient, DoS attacks known to date).
May I suggest adding a reference to the GPL-licenced software pyrit in the summary? It might be useful for people to know that a) Elcomsoft is not the first to implement this and b) a free software implementation exists (currently only for NVIDIA, but they are planning ATI support).
"Redmond's real goal may be simply to poach people from Yahoo, and this deal could help them do just that.'"
I think not. It's more likely that Google would do so, I expect that their recruiters are quite busy calling Yahoo employees at the moment. If this is Microsoft's goal they've just aimed a double-barreled shotgun at their feet and pulled the trigger. They just gave their no. 1 competitor a huge opportunity. Where would you, as a brilliant Yahoo employee, work next? Google or Microsoft?
Wow, these guys are really good. They've obviously obfuscated their web site as well, I just get a time out when I try to load http://www.ioccc.org/main.html !
Q: Why didn't you use the newest version of Microsoft Outlook? This doesn't seem like a fair comparison.
A: The only reason Outlook was even included was to serve as a reference with what is commonly available for the majority of users (which still run Windows unfortunately) today.
Using the latest Office 2003 would not have done most of them any good, as upgrading can cost hundreds of dollars (or more!), and might not be an option for some time. After reading the review they can, however, immediately decide it is time to try out one of the alternatives, several of which are multi platform.
Also, I only had Office XP at hand when writing the review, which only helps to better illustrates my point I think.
Q: Why didn't you use the newest version of Microsoft Outlook? This doesn't seem like a fair comparison.
A: The only reason Outlook was even included was to serve as a reference with what is commonly available for the majority of users (which still run Windows unfortunately) today.
Using the latest Office 2003 would not have done most of them any good, as upgrading can cost hundreds of dollars (or more!), and might not be an option for some time. After reading the review they can, however, immediately decide it is time to try out one of the alternatives, several of which are multi platform.
Also, I only had Office XP at hand when writing the review, which only helps to better illustrates my point I think.
RTFA. (Go ahead, give me the old "You must be new here" - joke.:)
The linked article does not mention home computers. Microsoft wants license fees from:
1) Manufacturers of solid state removeable memory devices
and
2) Manufacturers of certain types of consumer electronics that use the FAT file system:
portable digital still cameras portable digital video cameras portable digital still/video cameras portable digital audio players portable digital video players portable digital audio/video players multifunction printers electronic photo frames electronic musical instruments standard televisions
Do you think you'll ever buy one of those? Then it'll affect you.:)
Don't worry, the comments below the main text clarifies it a lot:
If thus a damage to a right property third developed , CAN the user cling, if he uses scrap iron and that does not wait. And the manufacturer CAN cling, because he that produced. And/or both beside in vein etc..
The people that have looked at this - both our legal teams as well as independent people coming from the outside - say: 'These contracts are bullet-proof. This is a very strong contract right you have.'
Wonder what he means by "people coming from the outside". Did they say something like: "This is a very strong contract right you have. I would like to clarify a simple fact here: How can you lay siege to a whole company? Who is really under siege now? SCO cannot be besieged. UnixWare cannot be besieged. Our IP rights cannot be besieged. They [IBM] are like a snake and we are going to cut it in pieces.
Yachts with onboard computer equipment with WiFi cards and external antennas will be able to park in the harbor and access full Internet services from their vessels as an open node, also free of charge.
Cool! Now all I need to do is buy a yacht and I will have _free internet access_! Saving $50 per month in broadband fees, I'll have a ROI on the yacht within 83 years. ($50000 yacht)
A substantial portion of Niue's tourism comes from visiting yacht traffic during the non-cyclone season.
So you mean there's a cyclone season as well? Damn..
it means the Inca not only invented a form of binary code more than 500 years before the invention of the computer, but they used it as part of the only three-dimensional written language.
This is an obvious fraud! Everyone knows that Microsoft invented the binary system in 1975.
It's not pinin'! It's passed on! This project is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it'd be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now 'istory! It's off the twig! It's kicked the bucket, It's shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
Expansion will be provided by three "PCI or PCI-X" slots, and - for the first time on a Mac - USB 2.0 ports, of which there are three.
To avoid any consumer confusion, Apple also stated that the USB 2.0 ports, previously called USB 1.1, were not "high speed" USB 2.0, but rather "ordinary" USB 2.0 (USB 1.1). The PCI slot will also be rebranded to PCI-X due to high customer demand for PCI-X slots. To make this clear, they also announced plans to rebrand the PCI-X slot as "PCI-X ultra high speed" and the PCI slot to "PCI high-speed". USB 2.0 ultra-mega-super-high speed expansion ports (previously called USB 2.0 high-speed) were also rumored.
Please do not run out and purchase this device immediately, assuming that Vorbis playback will be supported by Neuros. The firmware we write for them (codenamed 'NeuRosetta') will be documented in its creation, and we'll have a site up to document the progress. When that site says it's 'safe' to buy the unit, then it's safe.
Due to a bug in an antisam update, Rule #915, in Trend Micro eManager, the e-mail content security roduct that rovides content filtering, sam blocking and reorting, lease download and install Rule #916 immediately.
The bug blocks all emails containing the letter right after the letter "O" in the alhabet.
-- Trend Micro Customer Suort
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[...]said Victor Matsuda, ERA's vice president. "Over the last four years, we've pushed the boundaries of what robots can do and with AIBO EYES, the market is witnessing the future of things to come: A robot that is not only a companion but also offers practical applications."
We're impressed, Victor. You must really have been pushing the boundaries hard to come up with all these innovations, like transferring images and communicating through email. You can even use your mobile phone! Wow.
Further, AIBO EYES will also enable owners to remotely e-mail message commands to AIBO and have the robot perform selected songs, such as When the Saints Come Marching In and Ode to Joy.
You mean "practical applications" as in singing "when the saints come marching in"?
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How will you locate the device causing the DoS in a WiFi network? If you don't know the location, your baseball bat won't do much (good|harm). Also, a firewall won't do anything to protect against a deauthentication DoS attack on WiFi (which is one of the most efficient, if not the most efficient, DoS attacks known to date).
May I suggest adding a reference to the GPL-licenced software pyrit in the summary? It might be useful for people to know that a) Elcomsoft is not the first to implement this and b) a free software implementation exists (currently only for NVIDIA, but they are planning ATI support).
"Redmond's real goal may be simply to poach people from Yahoo, and this deal could help them do just that.'"
I think not. It's more likely that Google would do so, I expect that their recruiters are quite busy calling Yahoo employees at the moment. If this is Microsoft's goal they've just aimed a double-barreled shotgun at their feet and pulled the trigger. They just gave their no. 1 competitor a huge opportunity. Where would you, as a brilliant Yahoo employee, work next? Google or Microsoft?
The goal of the company is to make space flight available to the public within 24 months.
Is that like two twelvemonths? That is just so cool, imagine being able to say happy new twelvemonth and watch the fireworks from space!
I will turn off bluetooth or set my phone's visibility to off.
Setting your phone's visibility to off is not enough to stop attacks.
There are already tools out there that find non-discoverable bluetooth devices. A worm might use the same technique.
Wow, these guys are really good. They've obviously obfuscated their web site as well, I just get a time out when I try to load http://www.ioccc.org/main.html !
For instance, book origin of species will turn up the full text of Charles Darwin's controversial treatise.
I think it's sad that "The origin of species" is referred to as controversial. What's next, Newton's "Principia Mathematica" considered controversial?
"McDonald's Germany deploys SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server for DNS, FTP, and proxy services on the Internet."
I count three servers there, and "FTP" hardly strikes me as a core service for a fast-food company.
Services != servers
There's already 4 +3/+4 comments asking why Outlook2003 wasn't reviewed. They're all moderated Insightful/Interesting.
From the article FAQ:
Q: Why didn't you use the newest version of Microsoft Outlook? This doesn't seem like a fair comparison.
A: The only reason Outlook was even included was to serve as a reference with what is commonly available for the majority of users (which still run Windows unfortunately) today.
Using the latest Office 2003 would not have done most of them any good, as upgrading can cost hundreds of dollars (or more!), and might not be an option for some time. After reading the review they can, however, immediately decide it is time to try out one of the alternatives, several of which are multi platform.
Also, I only had Office XP at hand when writing the review, which only helps to better illustrates my point I think.
From the FAQ in the article:
Q: Why didn't you use the newest version of Microsoft Outlook? This doesn't seem like a fair comparison.
A: The only reason Outlook was even included was to serve as a reference with what is commonly available for the majority of users (which still run Windows unfortunately) today.
Using the latest Office 2003 would not have done most of them any good, as upgrading can cost hundreds of dollars (or more!), and might not be an option for some time. After reading the review they can, however, immediately decide it is time to try out one of the alternatives, several of which are multi platform.
Also, I only had Office XP at hand when writing the review, which only helps to better illustrates my point I think.
That article..... Looked just like another one just before it...
RTFA. (Go ahead, give me the old "You must be new here" - joke. :)
:)
The linked article does not mention home computers. Microsoft wants license fees from:
1) Manufacturers of solid state removeable memory devices
and
2) Manufacturers of certain types of consumer electronics that use the FAT file system:
portable digital still cameras
portable digital video cameras
portable digital still/video cameras
portable digital audio players
portable digital video players
portable digital audio/video players
multifunction printers
electronic photo frames
electronic musical instruments
standard televisions
Do you think you'll ever buy one of those? Then it'll affect you.
Fine. You are aware, though, that Microsoft provides a free Powerpoint Viewer? All you have to do is go to microsoft.com and download it.
If it is Windows-only, then it is not "free" (as in beer). It is "included in the price of Windows".
Don't worry, the comments below the main text clarifies it a lot:
If thus a damage to a right property third developed , CAN the user cling, if he uses scrap iron and that does not wait. And the manufacturer CAN cling, because he that produced. And/or both beside in vein etc..
The people that have looked at this - both our legal teams as well as independent people coming from the outside - say: 'These contracts are bullet-proof. This is a very strong contract right you have.'
Wonder what he means by "people coming from the outside". Did they say something like: "This is a very strong contract right you have. I would like to clarify a simple fact here: How can you lay siege to a whole company? Who is really under siege now? SCO cannot be besieged. UnixWare cannot be besieged. Our IP rights cannot be besieged. They [IBM] are like a snake and we are going to cut it in pieces.
Yachts with onboard computer equipment with WiFi cards and external antennas will be able to park in the harbor and access full Internet services from their vessels as an open node, also free of charge.
Cool! Now all I need to do is buy a yacht and I will have _free internet access_! Saving $50 per month in broadband fees, I'll have a ROI on the yacht within 83 years. ($50000 yacht)
A substantial portion of Niue's tourism comes from visiting yacht traffic during the non-cyclone season.
So you mean there's a cyclone season as well? Damn..
it means the Inca not only invented a form of binary code more than 500 years before the invention of the computer, but they used it as part of the only three-dimensional written language.
This is an obvious fraud! Everyone knows that Microsoft invented the binary system in 1975.
The Linux Router Project is no more.
It's not pinin'! It's passed on! This project is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it'd be pushing up the daisies! Its metabolic processes are now 'istory! It's off the twig! It's kicked the bucket, It's shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PROJECT!!
Expansion will be provided by three "PCI or PCI-X" slots, and - for the first time on a Mac - USB 2.0 ports, of which there are three.
To avoid any consumer confusion, Apple also stated that the USB 2.0 ports, previously called USB 1.1, were not "high speed" USB 2.0, but rather "ordinary" USB 2.0 (USB 1.1). The PCI slot will also be rebranded to PCI-X due to high customer demand for PCI-X slots. To make this clear, they also announced plans to rebrand the PCI-X slot as "PCI-X ultra high speed" and the PCI slot to "PCI high-speed". USB 2.0 ultra-mega-super-high speed expansion ports (previously called USB 2.0 high-speed) were also rumored.
ESA launched their Mars probe on June 2nd. So, in about half a year there will be three different probes landing on Mars if everything goes as planned.
Check out what xiph.org have to say about this:
Please do not run out and purchase this device immediately, assuming that Vorbis playback will be supported by Neuros. The firmware we write for them (codenamed 'NeuRosetta') will be documented in its creation, and we'll have a site up to document the progress. When that site says it's 'safe' to buy the unit, then it's safe.
From: Trend Micro Customer Suort
To: US Customer
Due to a bug in an antisam update, Rule #915, in Trend Micro eManager, the e-mail content security roduct that rovides content filtering, sam blocking and reorting, lease download and install Rule #916 immediately.
The bug blocks all emails containing the letter right after the letter "O" in the alhabet.
--
Trend Micro Customer Suort
[...]said Victor Matsuda, ERA's vice president. "Over the last four years, we've pushed the boundaries of what robots can do and with AIBO EYES, the market is witnessing the future of things to come: A robot that is not only a companion but also offers practical applications."
We're impressed, Victor. You must really have been pushing the boundaries hard to come up with all these innovations, like transferring images and communicating through email. You can even use your mobile phone! Wow.
Further, AIBO EYES will also enable owners to remotely e-mail message commands to AIBO and have the robot perform selected songs, such as When the Saints Come Marching In and Ode to Joy.
You mean "practical applications" as in singing "when the saints come marching in"?
Does it make R2D2 noises?
What the description doesn't mention is that the web pages seem to be hosted by... [drum roll] FLOPPY THE ROBOT! Just two disk swaps per page view!