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Source Code in TV and Films: Iron Maiden’s latest video is virtually all CG,...
Iron Maiden’s latest video is virtually all CG, so it makes sense that the code displayed for the Blue Screen of Death at the end is actually a Maya error message. https://youtu.be/-F7A24f6gNc
View ArticleKrebs on Security: How Not to Start an Encryption Company
Probably the quickest way for a security company to prompt an overwhelmingly hostile response from the security research community is to claim that its products and services are "unbreakable" by...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: MPAA Ducks Censorship Battle With Google, Twitter and Facebook
The MPAA has dropped its request for a preliminary injunction that would require search engines, ISPs and hosting companies to stop linking or offering services to MovieTube. The decision comes a few...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: More on Mail Cover
I've previously written about mail cover -- the practice of recording the data on mail envelopes. Sai has been covering the issue in more detail, and recently received an unredacted copy of a 2014...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Universal Music and Kim Dotcom Prepared a Deal to Tax Google
A recording of Kim Dotcom and several Universal Music executives captured two days before the Megaupload raids has revealed the label planning to do a deal with the entrepreneur. Amid discussion of...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: The TRS-80 model 100 goes online
Sometimes added functionality isn’t exactly functional. Sometimes, it’s more a sort of demonstration that something can be done, whether or not it’s actually a very good idea. UK readers may not...
View ArticleБлогът на Юруков: За да живеем нормално, трябва да започнем от точно тях
Не мисля, че е нужно да обсъждам дори наглостта на поредната реклама на Булгартабак. В духа на предишните плакати обаче искам да ви покажа коригираната версия на този. Отразява много по-точно...
View ArticleLWN.net: [$] Development statistics for the 4.2 kernel
As of this writing, the 4.2-rc7 prepatch is out and the final 4.2 kernel looks to be (probably) on-track to be released on August 23. Tradition says that it's time for a look at the development...
View ArticleLWN.net: Security advisories for Tuesday
CentOS has updated glibc (C5: code execution from 2013), mysql55-mysql (C5: multiple unspecified vulnerabilities, one from 2014), net-snmp (C7; C6: code execution), sqlite (C6: code execution), sqlite...
View ArticleMatthew Garrett: Canonical’s deliberately obfuscated IP policy
I bumped into Mark Shuttleworth today at Linuxcon and we had a brief conversation about Canonical's IP policy. The short summary:Canonical assert that the act of compilation creates copyright over the...
View ArticleBackblaze Blog | The Life of a Cloud Backup Company: How to Use Free Cloud...
Where do you store your files? This has become a modern dilemma, thanks to the proliferation of online storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive and online backup services like Backblaze. Using...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Did Kaspersky Fake Malware?
Two former Kaspersky employees have accused the company of faking malware to harm rival antivirus products. They would falsely classify legitimate files as malicious, tricking other antivirus companies...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: U.S. Government Grabbed Dotcom’s Millions “As a Last Resort”
The U.S. Government has informed the Court of Appeals that the civil forfeiture case against Megaupload and Kim Dotcom was launched as a last resort. The authorities feared that Dotcom and his...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Microsoft Security Bulletin...
Security Update for Internet Explorer (3088903) Recommendation: Test and patch ASAP Mitigation option: EMET 5.2 configured to protect Internet Explorer (defautlt)is able to block the known exploit...
View ArticlePid Eins: systemd.conf 2015 Call for Papers
REMINDER! systemd.conf 2015 Call for Papers ends August 31st! We'd like to remind you that the systemd.conf 2015 Call for Presentations ends on August 31st! Please submit your presentation proposals...
View ArticleKrebs on Security: Microsoft Pushes Emergency Patch for IE
Microsoft today released an out-of-band software update to plug a critical security flaw in all supported versions of its Internet Explorer browser, from IE7 to IE 11 (this flaw does not appear to be...
View ArticleLWN.net: Ruoho: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Pocket
On his blog, Clint Ruoho reports on multiple vulnerabilities he found in the Pocket service that saves articles and other web content for reading later on a variety of devices. Pocket integration has...
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