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Comment Re:Realtime, VxWorks, Dolla Dolla Bill Yall (Score 1) 89

by necio_online on Monday March 24, 2008 @11:39AM (#22845418) Attached to: Linux Gains Native RTOS Emulation Layer

I've played with the Linux realtime extensions (preempt_rt) in a production environment and so far I've had good results. This is a very simple usleep test that shows how having the patch helps: http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/arhuaco/preempt_rt-test You can use the SCHED_RR or the SCHED_FIFO scheduling algorithm for realtime applications.

Google and the CIA? 234

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @04:06PM from the bobbing-for-scandal dept.

snottgoblin writes "DailyTech has an article suggesting that Google might be involved in a partnership with the CIA. The article also quotes a former CIA officer that Google's refusal to comply with the DOJ over privacy issues was 'a little hypocritical [...] because they were heavily in bed with the Central Intelligence Agency.'" Because I'm sure no one would go on the air and try to drum up a scandal aimed at the biggest target they can find.

Domain Resale Market Is Phisher Heaven 120

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @11:33AM from the big-shock-here dept.

Krishna Dagli writes "Finish security firm F-Secure has discovered that alongside the sale of such innocuous domains as filmlist.com comes the resale of domains that obviously belong to banks or other financial institutions. Sedo.com, for example, is reselling domains like chasebank-online.com, citi-bank.com and bankofameriuca.com. 'Why would anybody want to buy these domains unless they are the bank themselves — or a phishing scammer?,' F-Secure asks."

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