An anonymous reader writes “Internet registrar Name.com on Wednesday revealed it was hit by a security breach. The company sent an email to its customers informing them that their usernames, email addresses, passwords, and credit card account information “may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals.”” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Name.com Resets All Passwords Following Security Breach
judgecorp writes “BT Retail has started testing Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) with its customer. CGNAT is a controversial practice, in which IP addresses are shared between customers, limiting what customers can do on the open Internet. Although CGNAT goes against the Internet’s original end-to-end principles, ISPs say they are forced to use it because IPv4 addresses are running out, and IPv6 is not widely implemented. BT’s subsidiary PlusNet has already carried out CGNAT trials, and now BT is trying it on “Option 1″ customers who pay for low Internet usage.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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BT Begins Customer Tests of Carrier Grade NAT
hypnosec writes “After a week’s delay Linux 3.9 has finally been made available by Linus Torvalds. Last week Torvalds released the rc8 stating that he wasn’t ‘comfy’ releasing the final version yet and that ‘another week won’t hurt.’ Torvalds noted in this week’s announcement that last week had been very quiet as there were not many commits and the ones which were there were ‘really tiny’ so he went ahead with the release of Linux 3.9.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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An anonymous reader writes “Microsoft is putting in real Wi-Fi hardware hotspots inside some copies of the latest issue of Forbes magazine. The unique Office 365 promotion was revealed in a post on the Slickdeals.net message board. The WiFi router, when activated, offers 15 days of free WiFi service via T-Mobile’s network on up to five devices at once.” Which is more impressive: Wi-Fi hotspot in 2013, or E-ink display in 2008? Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Microsoft Ad Campaign Puts a Hotspot Inside a Magazine
From an end user’s perspective, it’s always nice to see developers take a step back and focus on streamlining their code, rather than simply piling on new features. Apple used the strategy to great success with Snow Leopard , and now Canonical is set to follow suit with Raring Ringtail, also known as Ubuntu 13.04. The latest version of the popular Linux distro is set for general availability tomorrow, which follows a beta release and a controversial amount of secrecy . Raring Ringtail is characterized as “the fastest and most visually polished Ubuntu experience to date,” with a particular emphasis on a smaller memory footprint and greater responsiveness. Much of the streamlining effort was in preparation for Ubuntu’s future life in mobile , and to coincide with that effort, developers will find a preview SDK for app development and the ability to test apps within the MIR display server . The release is now a mere hours away, and yes, it’ll be a good day. [Image credit: WebUpd8 ] Update: Aaaaaand, it’s live! Filed under: Software Comments Source: Ubuntu
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Ubuntu 13.04 available Thursday, brings a streamlined footprint to the forefront (update)
From an end user’s perspective, it’s always nice to see developers take a step back and focus on streamlining their code, rather than simply piling on new features. Apple used the strategy to great success with Snow Leopard , and now Canonical is set to follow suit with Raring Ringtail, also known as Ubuntu 13.04. The latest version of the popular Linux distro is set for general availability tomorrow, which follows a beta release and a controversial amount of secrecy . Raring Ringtail is characterized as “the fastest and most visually polished Ubuntu experience to date,” with a particular emphasis on a smaller memory footprint and greater responsiveness. Much of the streamlining effort was in preparation for Ubuntu’s future life in mobile , and to coincide with that effort, developers will find a preview SDK for app development and the ability to test apps within the MIR display server . The release is now a mere hours away, and yes, it’ll be a good day. [Image credit: WebUpd8 ] Filed under: Software Comments Source: Ubuntu
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colinneagle writes “Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigation Report is out and includes data gathered by its own forensics team and data breach info from 19 partner organizations worldwide. China was involved in 96% of all espionage data-breach incidents, most often targeting manufacturing, professional and transportation industries, the report claims. The assets China targeted within those industries included laptop/desktop, file server, mail server and directory server, in order to steal credentials, internal organization data, trade secrets and system info. A whopping 95% of the attacks started with phishing to get a toehold into their victim’s systems. The report states, ‘Phishing techniques have become much more sophisticated, often targeting specific individuals (spear phishing) and using tactics that are harder for IT to control. For example, now that people are suspicious of email, phishers are using phone calls and social networking.’ It is unknown who the nation-state actors were in the other 4% of breaches, which the report says ‘may mean that other threat groups perform their activities with greater stealth and subterfuge. But it could also mean that China is, in fact, the most active source of national and industrial espionage in the world today.'” The report also notes that financially-motivated incidents primarily came from the U.S. and various Eastern European countries. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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China Behind 96% of All Cyber-Espionage Data Breaches, Verizon Report Claims
kkleiner writes “Recently developed noodle-making robots have now been put into operation in over 3,000 restaurants in China. Invented by a noodle restaurant owner, each unibrow-sporting robot currently costs 10,000 yuan ($1,600), which is only three months wages for an equivalent human noodle cook. As the cost of the robot continues to drop, more noodle shops are bound to displace human workers for the tirelessly working cheaper robots.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants
mvar writes “Various sources report that a few days ago at CinemaCon Disney announced their plan to release, following the 2015 JJ Abrams Episode VII, a new Star Wars movie every 1 (one, uno, une) year. Yep, get your stomachs ready, because that’s a lot of Jar Jar Binks.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Disney Announces “One Star Wars Movie Per Year” Plan
cylonlover writes “It hasn’t even been released yet but the Leap Motion could already be considered something of a success – at least with PC manufacturers. Following in the footsteps of Asus, who announced in January that it would bundle the 3D motion controller with some of its PCs, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer has joined the gesture control party. But HP has gone one step further, promising to build the Leap Motion technology into some future HP devices.” (See this video for scenes of users scrabbling with their hands in empty air, and get ready for more of it.) Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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HP To Package Leap Motion Sensor Into — Not Just With — Some Devices