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Submission + - FirefoxOS-based Matchstick project ends; all money to be refunded (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by Kohenkatz on Monday August 03, 2015 @05:15PM

Kohenkatz writes: Matchstick, a project built on FirefoxOS that aimed to compete with Google's Chromecast, which was initally funded on Kickstarter, is shutting down and will be refunding all pledges. In a post to Kickstarter backers today, they announced that this decision was due to the difficulty of implementing the DRM components that are necessary for access to a lot of paid content. Rather than drag out the project on an unknown schedule, they have decided to end the project.

Submission + - Lenovo Announces Grand Opening of US Manufacturing Facility (lenovo.com) 1

Submitted by Kohenkatz on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @01:11PM

Kohenkatz writes: Chinese PC maker Lenovo had a ceremony today to mark the official grand opening of their new manufacturing facility in Whitsett, North Carolina. The 240,000-square-foot facility, located approximately 10 miles east of Greensboro, NC, was already being used as a Logistics Center, Customer Solutions Center, and National Returns Center, and is now also being used for Production. While actual line operations began in January 2013, the facility is on track to reach full operation by the end of June. The facility is equipped to build several types of Think-branded products, including desktops, tablets, and ultrabooks. Note that due to the extensive use of automation, the factory only adds 115 manufacturing jobs at the facility.

Submission + - Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords 2

Submitted by

Kohenkatz

on Saturday July 31, 2010 @10:50PM

Kohenkatz writes: "I have Verizon FIOS at home and my Verizon-supplied Actiontec router had the password "password1" that the tech assigned to it when he set it up three years ago. I received an email from Verizon that said "we have identified that your router still had a password of either password1 or admin1 and we have changed it to your serial number." I checked and it actually had been changed. I believe this to be in response to the Black Hat presentation (http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/16/122259/Millions-of-Home-Routers-Are-Hackable) about the hackability of home routers. I am upset about this because Verizon should not have any way to get into my router and change the settings, especially because I own the router, not them! I looked in the router's settings and I see port 4567 goes to the router and is labeled "Verizon FIOS Service". Is this port for anything useful other than Verizon changing settings on my router? What security measures does Verizon have to protect that port from unauthorized access?"

Submission + - McAfee kills SVCHost.exe (sans.org) 1

Submitted by Kohenkatz on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @01:17PM

Kohenkatz writes: A McAfee Update today (DAT 5958) incorrectly identifies svchost.exe, a critical windows executable as a virus and tries to remove it, causing endless reboot loops.

Submission + - Intel and AMD settle lawsuits (nytimes.com) 1

Submitted by

Kohenkatz

on Thursday November 12, 2009 @10:38AM

Kohenkatz writes: "Intel has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to AMD. In return, AMD will drop its lawsuits about patent and anti-trust complaints. The two companies released a joint statement: "While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development.""

Submission + - Palm's webOS root image leaks out (engadget.com)

Submitted by

Kohenkatz

on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @02:21AM

Kohenkatz writes: "As noted in PreCentral.net's forums, the "webOS Reset Doctor" has been leaked. It includes the webOS root image.

From the article:
"Code-inclined individuals on the PreCentral forums have already cracked open the ROM and are getting an unfettered glimpse at the Palm's new platform, which for the layman means it should open the doors for some crazy Pre hacking and possibly hint, by way of unfinished / unused code, of what's to come for the platform — and if we're really lucky, maybe someone will be able to look at this and move us one step closer to an unlocked Pre that could jump onto Verizon's network. Amusingly, you also get to see all the comments left by the devs in the code, guaranteeing a few good chuckles from others who can relate. Intrepid computer science-ers can hit up the read link to find the appropriate .jar file or just follow along with all the fun in the forum discussion.""

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