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Google purchases 15,000 Raspberry Pis for UK - BBC
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 07:54 AM EST
Pity the BBC wasted 2/3 of the piece asking Eric Schmitt about how much tax Google pays instead of focusing on the actual purpose of the piece.

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Apple trademarks its retail store design
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 08:03 AM EST
Apple trademarks its retail store design

Just think about it the next time you visit an upmarket fashion store, an art gallery, a B&O or Loewe store or any of the myriad other similar establishments. Which, now that Fruit has bought itself a trademark, are all horrible copycats who clearly can do not better than to copy the insanely great works of Fruit.

From the fine article: "The trademark covers Apple's use of a "paneled facade" of glass, recessed lighting units, and perhaps most obviously, lined rectangular tables. As Reuters notes, Apple has already protected aspects of its store design, including a design patent on its glass staircases. Some of Apple's competitors, including Microsoft, have been accused of borrowing elements of its store design."

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Programming Question
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 08:06 AM EST

I have a small project I'm considering. Nothing fancy, but it might be useful
to other people as well.

Thing is, the programming language I know best is Basic. I used to use
Fortran, but that was thirty years ago, and I've mostly forgotten all I knew.
I'd really prefer not to learn a new language right now.

So I need a Basic package that works well on OSX and Linux (BSD too
would be good). I'd also like a package that allows me to output code for
Android and IOS. Not asking for much, am I?

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Wayne
http://madhatter.ca

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The brave folks on the front line of software development
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 09:17 AM EST
Not a like, just a thought based on recent news and postings.

PJ asked what effect criminalizing software researchers might have on the
domestic IT industry. Speaking for myself, around a decade ago I made a
conscious decision to *not* research anything to do with securing the
software I write, as it seemed any attempt to research this material would flag

me on various (unofficial) watch lists as a potentially suspicious individual if
I
wanted to understand this stuff. I voraciously consume anything that comes
into the mainstream press, or sites like this, but avoid actively researching
the
topic. The situation seems more dire now than it did a decade ago, it
depressed me how little my colleagues are even aware of some basic security
issues. It is one thing learning to not write bugs (buffer overruns are
generally bugs waiting to happen) but another to be aware of broader notions
of attack (a poorly crafted hash function may be fine for non-malicious use).

Given the interpretations attached to the CFAA today, I my same sense of
caution makes me wonder how anyone can consider developing internet-
connected software today. How do I know that the software I write has
permission to connect to a remote computer in the way that I code? What are
the implications for any bugs in my code? How do I test/develop this?

It seems like any attempt to write internet enabled software, unless I am
exceedingly lucky and accurate, is an invitation to do jail time and have a
criminal record that would likely bar further employment in the industry.

Think for a minute what I am likely to do writing my own web browser or, the
home project I keep kicking around, a news reader. Do I have a perfect
implementation of the HTTP/NNTP protocols? Am I sure I will not access a
public DNS server in some way not strictly in keeping with the protocols?
Where is my agreement with the DNS system that simply respecting the letter
of the protocol is sufficient for access to be authorized?

Is this the legal environment of risk we want to build the next generation of
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and the rest upon?

Yes, the odds of having exactly zero legal problems are high, but if for any
reason I come onto the radar of a DA like Cameron Ortiz, then I would appear
to have no recourse either. This is not the software industry i joined 20 years

ago :(

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New Help Desk - Nifty Doorways Uptight Infinity Edition on a 21" Monitor
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 10:05 AM EST

Ne w Help Desk - Nifty Doorways Uptight Infinity Edition on a 21" Monitor

Wayne
http://madhatter.ca

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New XKCD
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 10:20 AM EST

Enjoy! This is a good one.

XKCD Webcomic

Wayne
http://madhatter.ca

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UPnP flaws expose tens of millions of networked devices to remote attacks, researchers say
Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 10:58 AM EST
Researchers from Rapid7 found severe vulnerabilities in UPnP libraries used in thousands of products

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Is Elop Really This Delusional?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 11:34 AM EST
Diagnosis

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Three Strikes = $600.
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 02:32 PM EST
NZ Herald

Accused admitted downloading one track, denied uploading same plus another. Probably speaks to the ignorance of some users about what filesharing software is capable of doing. Note also the itemized "invoice". No Jamie Thomas eating dragons this side of the ocean.

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China, GitHub and the man-in-the-middle
Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 03:48 PM EST
At around 8pm, on January 26, reports appeared on Weibo and Twitter that users in China trying to access GitHub.com were getting warning messages about invalid SSL certificates. The evidence, listed further down in this post, indicates that this was caused by a man-in-the-middle attack.

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WTO Allows Antigua to Open Piracy Site
Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 06:02 PM EST
Link

Antigua and Barbuda have been given the power by the World Trade Organization to sell or give away U.S. copyrighted media downloads without compensation to the rights holders.

The WTO issued the ruling suspending U.S. copyrights in the islands late Monday, and is part of the fallout over a 2007 legal flap concerning online gambling.

Oh boy. This could get ugly.

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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.

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Facebook's Graph Search: Clear Your Search History
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 07:01 PM EST
Not many Fakebook users left here, I hope. But for those who do look for
Friends of my friends who are single women and live near Helsinki, Finland and are older than 30 and younger than 39.
be aware that Facebook logs your searches, and who knows who they show them to...

f-secure

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Why secretary is still the top job for women
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 31 2013 @ 02:34 PM EST
What's the most common job for American women?

The same as it was in the 1950s: secretary.

[...]

In the category of administrative assistants, women outnumber men more than 20 to 1, but still earn less than their male counterparts -- about 87 cents to the dollar.

Full-time female secretaries and administrative assistants earned an average salary of $34,304 in 2010.

For men, it was $39,641.

Annalyn Kurtz, CNN

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