Noteworthy on the Web- The Register: Remote code execution vuln appears in PuppetBig trouble in automated clouds Puppet Labs has blasted out a security advisory about a vulnerability in the popular infrastructure management tool Puppet.… […]The Register
- The Consumerist: Is Verizon Deliberately Slowing Down Netflix Streaming To Customers?(Maulleigh)One of the companies that provides bandwidth to Netflix claims that Verizon is allowing a traffic jam of data to build up at its connection points to the huge telecom company, resulting in a degraded connection for customers. Cogent Communications is one of the nation’s largest bandwidth... […]Chris Morran
- The Register: Apple's screw-up leaves tethered iPhones easily crackable24 seconds from pickup to pwned iPhones being used as Wi-Fi hotspots are open to attack because of lax security protocols in the automatic password generation system Apple has in place, according to new research from the University of Erlangen in Germany.… […]The Register
- Marginal Revolution: India to send the world’s last telegram on July 14thAt the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India‘s state-owned telecom company, a message emerges from a dot matrix printer addressing a soldier’s Army unit in Delhi. ”GRANDMOTHER SERIOUS. 15 DAYS LEAVE EXTENSION,” it reads. It’s one of about 5,000 such missives still being sent every day by telegram –... […]Tyler Cowen
- The Register: Google Brain king slashes cost of AI gearAnything CPU can do GPU can do better The architect behind some of Google's mammoth machine-learning systems has figured out a way to dramatically reduce the cost of the infrastructure needed for weak artificial intelligence programs, making it easier for cash-strapped companies and institutions to perform research into this crucial... […]The Register
- Daemonic Dispatches: Cryptography is a science, not engineeringThomas Ptacek tweeted yesterday that "If you're not learning crypto by coding attacks, you might not actually be learning crypto." Judging by the number of twitter "favourites" and "retweets" of this comment, it seems to have struck a chord; but with all respect to Thomas, I absolutely disagree.... […]Daemonic Dispatches
- The Consumerist: How To Not Kill Every Rechargeable Battery You Own(poopoorama)It seems like every device we use, from toothbrushes to mobile phones, has some kind of rechargeable battery in it now. I mean, seriously, toothbrushes? Prolonging the battery life means prolonging the useful life of your gadget. Are there things you can do that would wreak havoc... […]Laura Northrup
- Geek.com: Kone’s lightweight UltraRope to make 1km high elevators a realityFinnish company Kone is set to double the height elavators inside skyscrapers can travel with a revolutionary new rope that is up to 90 percent lighter than the existing industry standard. Look at… […]Matthew Humphries
- Lifehacker: Dump Your Luggage on Your Bed to Prevent Unpacking ProcrastinationThe last thing you want to do when you get home from vacation is unpack, even though you probably should. Give yourself motivation by putting your stuff between you and sleep.Read more... […]Eric Ravenscraft
- High Performance Web Sites: Browser Busy IndicatorsI’m doing research on the perception of speed for my Ignite Velocity talk. The perception of website speed is obviously fueled by what the user sees in the browser. While the content of a website is controlled by the website owner, the browser also provides feedback to the user. This... […]Steve Souders
- Charlie's Diary: Short Story: Bit RotNeptune's Brood is due on bookshelves in just over two weeks' time. (And some of you lucky people will probably be able to get your hands on paper copies of it a bit earlier.) It's set in the same universe as Saturn's Children, but a whole lot later. That... […]Charlie Stross
- CNET News.com: NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrantsNational Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too. [Read more] […]Declan McCullagh
- Everything USB: Centech's USB Power Meter Tells You Which Gadget is Most Power Hungry[…]newstips@everythingusb.com
- Image Sensors World: All About CMOS Sensors in 75 SlidesTaiwan National Chiao Tung University published a nice CMOS image sensor course materials covering pretty much all important things in just 75 slides, written by Chia-Ming Tsai. There is also 58-slide long CCD course on the same page. […]Vladimir Koifman (noreply@blogger.com)
- The Tao of Mac: Automating iOS: How Pythonista Changed My WorkflowFrom November last year, but still awesome.☯ […]Rui Carmo
- LE FIGARO - Une: Calimero, un héros très françaisAlors que le petit poussin fête ses 50 ans au festival d'Annecy, Gaumont animation produit 104 nouveaux épisodes de ses aventures pour une diffusion sur TF1 en 2014. Plus actuel que jamais, Calimero ? […]Maxime Pargaud
- DPReview News: Accessory Review: GigaPan Epic ProThe GigaPan EPIC Pro is an affordable motorized panorama head for DSLRs, built to create high-resolution images from multiple frames. In this article, Ireland-based landscape photographer Carsten Krieger takes the device out into the field to put it through its paces. Click through for a link to the full review. […]DPReview News
- SecurITeam.com: nginx ngx_http_close_connection Function Crafted rcount Value HTTP Request Handling Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerabilitynginx ngx_http_close_connection Function Crafted r->count Value HTTP Request Handling suffers from remote integer overflow vulnerability. […]support@beyondsecurity.com
- Geek.com: Noctua creates world’s first CPU cooler with active noise cancellationUnless you opt for one of the very low-power CPUs on the market today, chances are the processor inside your desktop PC has a fan attached to keep it cool. The higher performance… […]Matthew Humphries
- Ars Technica: NSA gets early access to zero-day data from Microsoft, othersThe National Security Agency (NSA) has used sensitive data on network threats and other classified information as a carrot to gain unprecedented access to information from thousands of companies in technology, telecommunications, financial, and manufacturing companies, according to a report by Michael Riley of Bloomberg. And that data includes... […]Sean Gallagher
- The Register: Remote code execution vuln appears in Puppet
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A waiter for a server
I had to monitor a long-running process on a Solaris server tonight, but didn’t want to stay glued at a computer monitor. A neat trick: ssh myserver.example.com “pwait 17601″; say “batch done” You would replace 17601 with the process ID … Continue reading