Hack a Million Systems and Earn a Job (5)
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An anonymous reader writes "It has been a number of years since the fantasy that hackers will be offered a job by those who they hacked was even a potential reality, but this might still be the case in New Zealand. An 18-year-old hacker responsible for writing a number of applications used by an online group called 'the A-Team' that allowed the creation of a million-plus machine botnet and a range of credit card fraud ...
Linus on Kernel Version Numbering (8)
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walshy007 writes "In a recent thread it was asked what it would take for an 'unstable' 2.7 development tree to be created, to which Linus replied: 'Nothing. I'm not going back to the old model. The new model is so much better that it's not even worth entertaining as a theory to go back. That said, I _am_ considering changing just the numbering. Not to go back to the old model, but because a constantly ...
Posibles fallos en procesadores Intel podrían hacerlos vulnerables a virus (2)
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Un pobrecito hablador nos cuenta: «Kaspersky pretende demostrar ataques remotos a fallos de los microprocesadores Intel Core 2, con Javascript o paquetes TCP/IP, sin importar el sistema operativo instalado (Windows, Linux, BSD, y posiblemente Mac, totalmente actualizados). La demostración será en una conferencia de seguridad de Malasia, en octubre, y pretende demostrar que los errores del procesador pueden ser explotados utilizando ciertas secuencias de instrucciones y conocimientos de cómo funcionan los compiladores Java, permitiendo al ...
Mars Lander's Robot Arm Shuts Down To Save Itself (15)
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Cowards Anonymous passes along a PCWorld article that begins, "The robotic arm on the Mars Lander found itself in a tough position over the weekend. After receiving instructions for a movement that would have damaged its wrist, the robotic arm recognized the problem, tried to rectify it and then shut down before it could damage itself, according to Ray Arvidson, a co-investigator for the Mars Lander's robotic arm team and a professor at Washington University ...
Computer Boot Up Process (5)
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Gustav Duarte has written a three part article about the computer boot up process. The series starts with the Motherboard Chipsets and the Memory Map of an Intel computer and then he covers the processes that take place from the BIOS initialization to the boot loader. The final part is the coverage of the Kernel Boot Process.
Una marca de lapiceras lanza un celular (1)
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Orange y… BIC lanzan un celular en Francia. Sí, BIC!!!, la empresa de las lapiceras que todos habremos usado una vez!. El aparatito en cuestión es un celular prepago ready-to-go. Listo para hablar al momento de la compra y muy fácil de usar, a un precio de €49. Me encantaría ver el efecto que un teléfono así tendría en nuestro país. Una buena campaña de publicidad y en pocos días estaría en las manos de ...
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wow, ya me imagino el "telefono ibupirac fem" q loco, es una nueva idea para eso de los presentes comerciales...
¿Fedora 10 arrancará instantáneamente? (1)
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Uno de los más interesantes proyectos para el próximo Fedora 10 es su ambicioso BetterStartUp, que quiere hacer que el proceso de arranque de esta distribución sea muchísimo más rápido, incluso al límite de ser instantáneo. Este resultado hará que el viejo RHGB (Red Hat Graphical Boot), que mostraba una barra de progreso mientras duraba el arranque, dejará de existir para pasar de la pantalla de GRUB directamente al GDM (GNOME Display Manager) o al ...
iPhone 3G: Under the hood (6)
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Filed under: cellphones hacks, newsTechOnline has cracked open the iPhone 3G to find out what makes it tick. They've released detailed diagrams as well as some videos of the dissection. Calling this an incremental update, they note that the changes seem to be additions and improvements rather than a total rebuild of the original platform. They get into the nitty gritty, discussing not only the layout and structure, but even the importance of each chip ...
World's First 2GB Graphics Card Is Here (8)
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An anonymous reader writes "TUL Corporation's PCS HD4850 is the world's first graphics card to offer on-board 2gig video memory. The card is based on RV770 core chip, with 800 stream processors and 2GB of GDDR3 high-speed memory." That's more memory than I've had in any computer prior to this year — for a video card.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Simpsonize me - La versión Simpson de tu cara (4)
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Ya que dicen que el martes es el peor día de la semana aquí os traigo una aplicación para que relajéis un poco. Se trata de SimpsonizeMe, una web en flash que permite crear un rostro versión Simpson después de haber recibido tu foto de primer plano. Tarda más de 200 segundos en analizar la foto que le habéis enviado. Durante ese tiempo os preguntará cosas como sexo, pelo facil y tipo de ropa, datos ...
Gates Vs Jobs … el Juego! (1)
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¿Quieres jugarlo? … puedes hacerlo desde Loglod !!! Via | Arturo Goga Entrada original de: ElGeek | Tecnologia para Geeks Escrita por LuChOeDu Gates Vs Jobs … el Juego! Compártelo
More Iranian Missile Photoshoppings (17)
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Remember last week's story about Iran Photoshopping their missile launch pictures? Well it turns out that several other individuals, inspired by the fine work by yours truly, have taken to Photoshopping their own versions of the picture. Hit the jump for several more, and if you happen to have seen another one, or have made one yourself, send me a link and I'll throw it up in the gallery. Like my grandfather used to say ...
Arreglado un bug de Unix... de hace 33 años (1)
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From Lost to the… Direct from the Translator (5)
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Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch, 200GB HD 4GB RAM en un anuncio de Segunda Mano… El Centro de Intel 2.6GHz 2 Dúo La costumbre Construyó para Ordenar unidad de procesamiento central Mejorada La costumbre Construyó para Ordenar Impulsor de discos Duro más Rápido Ahora Tenga las Velocidades Aún más Rápidas del Ardor El aeropuerto Radiofónico 802.11b/g/n El Leopardo de OSX (10.5.2) DVD/CD que Quema & Re-Escribiendo 85 Corcel de Cuaderno de Vatio Magsafe 1 Año ...
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LuisManson said:
las mejores especificaciones q vi...incluso no puedo deducir cual eran las originales!
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KDE Discusses KDE 4.0 (2)
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Groklaw has interviewed KDE about some recent misconceptions about KDE 4. "There has been a bit of a dustup about KDE 4.0. A lot of opinions have been expressed, but I thought you might like to hear from KDE. So I wrote to them and asked if they'd be willing to explain their choices and answer the main complaints. They graciously agreed."
Password Chart - Generador de contraseñas seguras (4)
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Es importante y necesario tener una buena contraseña, donde se mezclen letras y números, que tenga una buena longitud y que no sea ni tu cumpleaños ni el nombre de tu novia. Pero claro, a contraseña más segura, contraseña más fácil de olvidar, y no hay mayor problema de seguridad que olvidar la clave para entrar en un sitio. Para eso tenemos esta sencilla web Password Chart, la cual nos ayuda a construir una contraseña ...
