Topic: COMPUTER - on April 29, 2008 at 12:43:00 PM CEST
Netzsperren greifen in Grundrechte ein.
Passend zur absurden Diskussion rund um Netzsperrungen für Tauschbörsennutzer gibt es ein aktuelles Gutachten aus einer anderen Ecke: Netzsperren greifen in Grundrechte ein.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 29, 2008 at 12:42:00 PM CEST
AV Firms Split Over Defcon Contest
Security firms have split over the merits of a hacking contest aimed against anti-virus packages planned for August's Defcon conference.
Anti-virus firm Sophos reckons the exercise will serve only to increase the volume of malware in circulation, further taxing the resources of already hard-pressed security firms. However, net security services firm MessageLabs reckons the proposed Race to Zero competition has some merits as an exercise. It compared the wheeze to penetration testing against corporate networks.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 29, 2008 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Linux guru Hans Reiser convicted of first-degree murder
A jury has convicted Hans Reiser, developer of the ReiserFS filesystem for Linux, of first degree murder for killing his estranged wife in 2006 even though her body was never found.
As the verdict was read in Alameda County Superior Court, Reiser furrowed his brows. Dressed in the same dark coat he's worn for months, the 44-year old defendant asked if he could speak with his attorney and he was escorted from the courtroom by a bailiff.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 19, 2008 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
Fremdschämen mit Microsoft
Ein Werbeclip preist Windows mit schiefen Reimen und Quietsch-Gesang. Das sei "Selbstironie" und ein "internes Video für Verkäufer", erklärt Microsoft. Der Clip erfreut bei Youtube Millionen – die Tiefpunkte der Computer-Werbung sind aber noch viel peinlicher.
Der Videoclip ist nur drei Minuten lang, aber schon die sind kaum zu ertragen. Ein Detail ist peinlicher als das andere: Der Schenkelklopfer-Name der auftretenden Microsoft-Band (Bruce ServicePack und die Vista Street Band).
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 18, 2008 at 1:09:00 PM CEST
Secret hisory of Infocom's abortive sequel to The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy text adventure, Milliways
Andy Baio's been slipped a hard drive containing the whole network share from Infocom, creators of the legendary text-adventure game Zork and The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy; he's mining the drive's many treasures and today he's published a long account of the abortivr Milliways game, a sequel to H2G2 set in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe:
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 18, 2008 at 1:05:00 PM CEST
PowerBooks can transform into Desktops?
When one Mac modder found himself in possession of a well-worn PowerBook that was having some screen problems, he decided to breathe new life into it by turning it into a Mac desktop. (MacTop?)
Essentially, the case is made of two sheets of white acrylic, bolted together by socket countersunk screws. I’ve used 15mm chrome pipe as the four spacers between the acrylic sheet. The perforated steel was cut to my specifications by a very helpful chap found on eBay. Cutting the CD drive slot was a little tricky, as was drilling the power button hole, but once done they seem to function ok.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 18, 2008 at 1:02:00 PM CEST
Deutschlands vergessene Chip-Großväter
Milliarden von Transistoren treiben heute Computer und Mobiltelefone an, als Entwickler gelten US-Forscher der Bell Laboratories. Doch unabhängig und parallel bauten zwei deutsche Physiker vor 60 Jahren den Prototyp eines Transistors. Die Geschichte zweier verkannter Pioniere.
So kann man sich irren: Am 1. Juli 1948 versteckte die "New York Times" auf Seite 46 zwischen allerlei anderen Meldungen zum Radioprogramm (Radiotheater abgesetzt, Verkehrsnachrichten für Wochenendurlauber) die eigentlich Titelseiten-würdige Nachricht, dass der Telefonkonzern Bell der Presse ein neues Gerät namens Transistor vorgeführt hatte. Für die Erfindung gebe es, so schrieb die Times "viele Verwendungsmöglichkeiten in Radios, wo bislang Elektronenröhren zum Einsatz kommen."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 17, 2008 at 11:58:00 AM CEST
Women love chocolate more than password security
Women are four times more likely than men to give out "passwords" in exchange for chocolate bars.
A survey by of 576 office workers in central London found that women are far more likely to give away their computer passwords to total strangers than their male counterparts, with 45 per cent of women versus ten per cent of men prepared to give away their login credentials to strangers masquerading as market researchers.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites
Security researchers have unearthed more details about a Trojan that targets backend databases as well as desktop clients.
The Fribet Trojan has been planted on pro-Tibet websites, possibly using a Vector Markup Language flaw (MS07-004) patched by Microsoft early last year. When visitors to the pro-Tibet websites are infected, the Fribet Trojan creates a backdoor on compromised hosts.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
Hackers exploit poor website code
Web designers making very old mistakes are letting malicious hackers hijack visitors to their sites, say experts.
Many of the loopholes left in the code created for websites have been known about for almost a decade say the security researchers.
The poor practices are proving very attractive to hi-tech criminals looking for a ready source of victims.
According to Symantec the number of sites vulnerable in this way almost doubled during the last half of 2007.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:08:00 PM CEST
218 HD Resolution Desktop Wallpapers for Nerds
Here are 218 HD resolution wallpapers. Nerds like you and me have big ass screens so ALL of these wallpapers are available in high resolutions of at least 1900x1200. Plus, each one has been hand picked for quality, not quantity.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: COMPUTER - on April 13, 2008 at 3:21:00 PM CEST
Super Mario in 14kB Javascript
Here's an experiment in keeping things small and confined to one Javascript file. There are no external image files or anything, everything is rendered with Javascript using either canvas elements or old fashioned div-making tactics (for IE). The sprites are stored in custom encoded strings in a format that only allows 4 colors for each sprite but in turn only takes up around 40-60 bytes per sprite.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
