BlahMatt - Slashdot User

Comment ACDSee Photo Manager (Score 1) 131

by BlahMatt on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @11:54AM (#16933142) Attached to: Flexible Photo Organization Software?

I am currently using http://www.digitalriver.com/v2.0-img/operations/ac dsys/html/060926/acdsee_1.html ( ACDSee Photo Manager ) and have found that it works very well. It's quick to load and has some great features. It does, however, take some getting used to.

Debian Kicks Jörg Schilling 473

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 04, 2006 @11:21AM from the to-the-curb-baby dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Debian's cdrecord maintainers announced that they have had enough of Jörg Schilling and kicked his program suite cdrtools out of Debian, introducing a free fork of his no longer free cdrtools." I've put the message below, along with some other links.

Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In? 554

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 03, 2006 @06:30PM from the shh-yer-changing-my-ads dept.

seriv writes "The Register reports that Google plans to use PC microphones to collect statistics on a user's environment. Peter Norvig, who directs research at Google, told Technology Review that this software would start to show up in Google software 'sooner rather than later'. The software collects short sound clips and removes background noise. Google then targets its ads based on the statistics collected. With the current level of online privacy, this new level of invasion would seem to have frightening possibilities."

FairUse4WM Breaks Windows DRM 617

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 28, 2006 @10:47AM from the not-so-secret-any-more dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FairUse4WM, according to engadget, "can be used to strip Windows Media DRM 10 and 11". What does the slashdot community think of this development in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game going on between big media and what is available online?"

11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure 454

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 24, 2006 @05:47PM from the from-the-hands-of-babes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new security column at Engadget details the new 'old' threat of bumping locks. The article goes on to describe and demonstrate an 11-year-old girl bypassing a standard 5-pin lock at a recent DefCon Hacker Convention. The girl had no prior experience and didn't even understand the theory she was applying. Scary!"

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