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by Andrew McCaskey
Slashdot Review Podcast
Started Life as a Blind User Accessability device – now, ATM Passwords, secure from “Shoulder Surfing
$1.65B “vital role in changing the way that people consume mediaâ€
Also produce
Everyone keeps their job
Largest in 8 yr history
Sony and Warner music videos
Stupid pets / dorm tricks
More constructive use like SDRNews
Tech in news, not management
2-4mm sq, 100-1000 times data rate of RFID, 1000 times capacity,
1mm range – privacy
Medical apps
2-4 years
Exploiting client-side AJAX frameworks or server side Web Services
Cross site scripting
XML Poisoning
XML traffic goes back and forth between server and browser in many of the WEB 2.0 applications. Web applications consume XML blocks coming from AJAX clients.
Ajax code, RSS malicious
More apps, bigger target
IE7 Patch
ships security patches tomorrow, ‘high priority update’
Washingtonpost.com’s Security Fix blog.
IE 7 includes tabbed browsing, built in RSS feeds, as well as tools to help users spot phishing
Protected mode “containment wall” to prevent the browser from installing software or changing computer settings without the user’s consent — will not be available for XP users. reserved Vista.
BBC Honeypot
Q Unprotected XP Machine Last ??
A Few seconds
Seven hours of attacks: 36 warnings that pop-up via Windows Messenger.
11 separate visits by Blaster worm. 3 separate attacks by Slammer worm.
1 attack aimed at Microsoft IIS Server.
2-3 “port scans”
At no time did more than 15 minutes elapse between attacks.
90% of TV viewing still happens in homes,10% that TV networks and advertisers are desperate to delve into.
No way to measure
handheld video-viewing gadgets
or from PCs streaming network TV shows
{bet Tivo could help -who watched and when}
Free Office ?
From Digg
Writely, Google ’s hosted mail solution, Google Spreadsheet, Google Calendar and Thumbstack presentations in running our company. Here are the Duggmirror.com“>experiences we have had”
New Apple Ads
http://www.apple.com/getamac/
Counselor
Better Results
Self Pity
>>30 Second LOOP
Listener Emails
Peter Tye 2ViewMedia
“It’s not providing me with enough hot news. I prefer the old format…â€
What’s New ?
Leave News items on the floor
Balance: Podcast length vs number of stories.
Prepare for 12, time for 9. Some days 15 items
Solution to this problem, part of SDR News
Stay tuned. Testing tonight. . .
Better algorithm
Team already beat Netflick’s own
WXYZ Consulting
Today’s YouTubes
(or GoogleTube)
Tactile Authentication
If the line at the ATM has you a little concerned about shoulder surfing
Passwords with tactile Interface -UK
Sort of Like a mouse
Developed for blind
Prevents shoulder surfing and not guessable
Use series of shapes under the user fingers
All at YT.com/group/SlashdotReview
Rocketman
Rocketbelt Convention
11 Have flown Jet Pack
Rocketbelt is extremely dangerous. two large tanks filled with highly combustible fuel, concentrated “rocket-grade” hydrogen peroxide
Expands 5000x, 1200deg steam,about three feet from your bottom
News Flash
A Blinding Flash of the Obvious.
Social Networks
Different
People, demographics
Friendster, Facebook, Xanga, MySpace
Just went over to LinkedIn to update my profile.
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