Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Administration
crazy California…
In one of the most significant legal rulings in the tech industry this year, a Superior Court judge in California has ruled that the practice of charging consumers a fee for ending their cell phone contract early is illegal and violates state law.
The preliminary, tentative judgment orders Sprint Nextel to pay customers $18.2 million [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Administration
The new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, has been the biggest film release of the year so far by a mile. Warner Bros. has claimed victory in fighting off Piracy during the release of the movie, despite taunting from the torrent site, The Pirate Bay.
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Administration
Sometimes it’s fun to just make people think “WTF‽” when they see your computer. That’s “WTF‽” in a good way. It’s not hard on Linux to make people say “woah”, but it’s even easier, if you know the command line, to make people look at you typing away on your laptop and think you’re some [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Administration
This is just sad. The TSA confiscated a battery pack not because it’s dangerous, but because other passengers might think its dangerous. And they’re proud of the fact.
“We must treat every suspicious item the same and utilize the tools we have available to make a final determination,” said Federal Security Director David Wynn. [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Administration
DEFCON 16: August 8-10, 2008
at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas
Deviant and I were kicking this idea around a little bit after I’d taken apart my Asus to see its guts.
The eeePC is seeming to be the new ricecar of the laptop world.
Actually getting to see mods and stuff might be an inspiration [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Administration
If you self-manage or Co-Lo a Linux server, you absolutely need to know how to secure your box. If you don’t know, you need managed hosting. End of story. No questions.
Here’s a (very) basic outline for you. You’ll need to do some research on each step. This post is specific to a Linux server running [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Administration
Below is a cute read from the LinuxForums… This seems like a BIOS targeted to be used only with Windows Vista, because no other OS has the TPM (Trusted Platform Module) functionality. This means that this BIOS will protect your hard disk data, even if your laptop is stolen. I’m not a fan of TPM [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Administration
Peer-to-peer software applications are a network administrator’s nightmare. In order to be able to exchange packets with their counterpart as directly as possible they use subtle tricks to punch holes in firewalls, which shouldn’t actually be letting in packets from the outside world.
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Posted on July 27th, 2008 by Administration
The makers of the Cuil search engine say it should provide better results and show them in a more attractive manner.
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Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Administration
John Young has written some cool projects for Make, such as this helmet-mounted water gun. He just alerted me to another nifty thing he made: Commando Nerd patches, which can be scanned with an iPhone.
Here’s how he describes them:
You have an iPhone. And that means you’re just HOURS away from being able to put a [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Administration
Kaminsky outlines flaw, says ‘we’re in serious trouble’; exploit code posted on Metasploit
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Administration
Happy Sysadmin Day! Today is the ninth annual sysadmin appreciation day and I’d like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the other systems administrators around the world, and all the other tireless toilers in the bowels of the Internet. You truly rule the Earth, thou latter-day morlocks.
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Administration
Linux should be able to rival Apple as a desktop operating system said Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth.
Shuttleworth, speaking at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon, also urged development of a new revenue model to fund free software and set his sights on a services-based mechanism for this. He also stressed the [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Administration
FREE Back-to-School Phone Calls from Hannah Montana
As back to school season approaches, moms and dads across the country are planning to deal with sleepy students struggling with the tough transition from a carefree summer schedule to a back-to-school wake up routine. Now parents will have access to a unique solution featuring one of the year’s [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Administration
The MPAA is petitioning the FCC to lard cable television with “selectable output control,” a DRM system that allows broadcasters to specify which of your TV devices can decode which shows. With selectable output control, parts of your home theater would go dark as you flipped up and down the dial: this show won’t play [...]
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