24533354 story Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD 74 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @05:55PM from the peekaboo-theory dept. An anonymous reader writes “The UK Ministry of Defence has been left with egg on its face, after a supposedly redacted PDF detailing secrets related to clocks air defence radar systems was published on a parliamentary website. The problem? Whoever did the redacting simply changed the sensitive text to black on a black background, making it possible for anyone to access the information simply by cutting-and-pasting. The incident is particularly embarrassing for the Ministry, as six gift ideas months ago precisely the same security screw-up occurred — that time related to sensitive information about nuclear submarines.” 50 of 74 comments loaded it military security Related Links Tweet Previous story: Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad’s $500 Pricetag Submission: Secrets leak as MOD fails to redact PDF properly Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD

24533354 story Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD 74 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @05:55PM from the peekaboo-theory dept. An anonymous reader writes “The UK Ministry of Defence has been left with egg on its face, after a supposedly redacted PDF detailing secrets related to clocks air defence radar systems was published on a parliamentary website. The problem? Whoever did the redacting simply changed the sensitive text to black on a black background, making it possible for anyone to access the information simply by cutting-and-pasting. The incident is particularly embarrassing for the Ministry, as six gift ideas months ago precisely the same security screw-up occurred — that time related to sensitive information about nuclear submarines.” 50 of 74 comments loaded it military security Related Links Tweet Previous story: Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad’s $500 Pricetag Submission: Secrets leak as MOD fails to redact PDF properly Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD

24528396 story .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro 222 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @12:03PM from the lagging-indicator dept. mikejuk writes “Are you a newbie programmer looking for a job? It seems your best bet is to communion opt for .NET. According to technical jobs website Dice.com, companies in the U.S. have posted more than 10,000 positions requesting .NET experience — a 25 percent increase compared to last year’s .NET job count. So Microsoft may want us to move on jewellery to Metro but the rest of the world seems to want to stay with .NET.” 50 of 222 comments loaded microsoft developers news Related Links Tweet Previous story: Ask Slashdot: Create Custom Recovery Partitions With FOSS? Submission: .NET programmers in demand – despite MS .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro

24528396 story .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro 222 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @12:03PM from the lagging-indicator dept. mikejuk writes “Are you a newbie programmer looking for a job? It seems your best bet is to communion opt for .NET. According to technical jobs website Dice.com, companies in the U.S. have posted more than 10,000 positions requesting .NET experience — a 25 percent increase compared to last year’s .NET job count. So Microsoft may want us to move on jewellery to Metro but the rest of the world seems to want to stay with .NET.” 50 of 222 comments loaded microsoft developers news Related Links Tweet Previous story: Ask Slashdot: Create Custom Recovery Partitions With FOSS? Submission: .NET programmers in demand – despite MS .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro

24531380 story Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour 131 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @03:40PM from the slightly-different dept. An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Examiner.com, citing a report at gagdet.ro, about Samsung’s upcoming high-end Nexus Prime, the first phone to be delivered baby with Ice Cream Sandwich. “This version of the Nexus Series (Google’s Android flag bearer) runs the next version of Android: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This version is meant to combine Honycomb (Android 3.0) with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) into one OS, that will run on all devices. In addition to the merger of belleek the two OS’s, it also changes the Android UI a bit. One major change, is that the icons and the UI is a lot more sophisticated and clean, making even iOS look old and clunky. Also, it removes the requirement for Android phones to have hard/soft-hard mixed buttons, in favor of allowing manufacturers to use whichever type of button they wish. Also, it adds a soft button on the lock screen, to go straight to the camera app.” 50 of 131 comments loaded google gui handheld Related Links Tweet Previous story: iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out Submission: Samsung Nexus Prime goes for a video collectors tour, along w Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour

24531380 story Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour 131 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @03:40PM from the slightly-different dept. An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Examiner.com, citing a report at gagdet.ro, about Samsung’s upcoming high-end Nexus Prime, the first phone to be delivered baby with Ice Cream Sandwich. “This version of the Nexus Series (Google’s Android flag bearer) runs the next version of Android: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This version is meant to combine Honycomb (Android 3.0) with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) into one OS, that will run on all devices. In addition to the merger of belleek the two OS’s, it also changes the Android UI a bit. One major change, is that the icons and the UI is a lot more sophisticated and clean, making even iOS look old and clunky. Also, it removes the requirement for Android phones to have hard/soft-hard mixed buttons, in favor of allowing manufacturers to use whichever type of button they wish. Also, it adds a soft button on the lock screen, to go straight to the camera app.” 50 of 131 comments loaded google gui handheld Related Links Tweet Previous story: iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out Submission: Samsung Nexus Prime goes for a video collectors tour, along w Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour

24530270 story iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out 164 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, php @02:25PM from the it-was-a-black-friday dept. Perhaps to no one’s surprise, the just-announced iPhone 4S has developer been been leaping off the shelves … in advance of it ever hitting shelves at all. In fact, as reported by numerous sources (here’s the WSJ’s version), the company’s pre-launch php inventory has all been sold — and they only started taking the orders on Friday. 50 of 164 comments loaded handheld iphone mobile Tweet Previous story: Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out

24530270 story iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out 164 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, php @02:25PM from the it-was-a-black-friday dept. Perhaps to no one’s surprise, the just-announced iPhone 4S has developer been been leaping off the shelves … in advance of it ever hitting shelves at all. In fact, as reported by numerous sources (here’s the WSJ’s version), the company’s pre-launch php inventory has all been sold — and they only started taking the orders on Friday. 50 of 164 comments loaded handheld iphone mobile Tweet Previous story: Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out

24534272 story A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works 52 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @06:55PM from the everything-loops-back-to-stephen-falken dept. eljefe6a writes game “The Million Monkeys project has finished every work of Shakespeare. The last work was The Taming of the Shrew (insert shrewish joke here), which finished developer on October 6. I give my thoughts on going viral. If this article about going viral goes viral, it will create an infinite loop that will bring about the destruction of the world. The project source is released, too.” 31 of 52 comments loaded books hadoop humor Related Links Tweet game developer Previous story: Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare Submission: A Few Million Monkeys Randomly Recreate Every Work A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works

24534272 story A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works 52 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @06:55PM from the everything-loops-back-to-stephen-falken dept. eljefe6a writes game “The Million Monkeys project has finished every work of Shakespeare. The last work was The Taming of the Shrew (insert shrewish joke here), which finished developer on October 6. I give my thoughts on going viral. If this article about going viral goes viral, it will create an infinite loop that will bring about the destruction of the world. The project source is released, too.” 31 of 52 comments loaded books hadoop humor Related Links Tweet game developer Previous story: Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare Submission: A Few Million Monkeys Randomly Recreate Every Work A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works