Posts by Andrew Barratt
97 posts • joined Thursday 14th June 2007 11:16 GMT
Posted in Review: Britain's 4G smartphones
Random
Didn't realise el-reg had staff in Swinetown! How did the coverage go if you moved out towards the deep, dark Walkden area?
Re: @mutatedwombat
I'm seeing exactly this quite regularly now.
MS has run the corporate IT eco system for sometime, the proliferation of devices without Windows or the cumbersome nature of getting to work with the rest of the MS infrastructure has lead people down the path of selecting or at least testing alternatives.
MS has an opportunity with Win8 and surface to show it can easily integrate a tablet into the corporate space - but also that it will play with others in a world where they can't just assume that there will be Windows based servers everywhere. If MS don't get this they are doomed, Android's price point will see it keep on becoming more popular and the management and security tools for Android will become more mature. Interestingly this is who Apple should be most concerned about.
Re: Full disclosure
What is frustrating is that they only did something after the information was demoed at Black Hat. If they had really cared they would have listened to the researcher when he told them initially, advised all their clients that there was a problem and those data ports could have been glued up or something before black hat. Find it bonkers that the data port is on the outside portion of the lock though. Its like fitting a door handle with all the screws facing outward.
Posted in BYOD: Ready or not, here it comes
Re: BMAD
That's exactly what's going on.
More expensive in the long run, less secure, and a world of pain. Bring your own disaster.
Whatever you do with them you have to treat them with the assumption that they are already compromised which means the growth area will be in networking kit. As suddenly businesses network architecture will need to look like an ISP. They've been letting people bring their own device to their network for, mmm - pretty much forever.
Somebody tell La Forge
Someone warn Jordy La Forge, no "Le Big Mac" for him.
Seriously though this guy was assaulted by a member of staff and the police haven't done anything? For wearing what effectively is a small camera attached to his glasses.
Parisian police #fail
Posted in Game Group shares slide under a penny
Re: Yea but
This is the root of the problem I reckon. Shows really bad cost controls. When they bought GS they should have closed off all the none profitable stores. They should also be a bit more selective about the shit they let people trade in.
Shame, bought every console I've ever had there and got just about enough game points for a mars bar.
crap
I'm sure an indian guy from MIT had done something better than this on TED.... need to find the link..
Re: Re: Why not just insist less chance of failure.
of course :) certainly a good way to curb my vices!
Always got mates with me though!
Why not just insist less chance of failure.
Everyone focuses on the Pin number, but why not just give someone 2 chances instead of 3. enter it incorrectly and card gets blocked.
If they are daft enough to use a number associated with them #fail
If they are daft enough to write number down # fail
But if the ATMs were smart enough to slow the attacker down - 2 invalid attempts and the card gets blocked for 48 hrs. would be annoying enough to make it hard work.
I can see this all getting very
.messy
or
.confusing
for the average .joe
it could all backfire on MS then
If MS start to try to lock people to their tin supplier when you buy a PC, maybe even more people will flock to Macbooks.
Another shot in the proverbial foot MS.
Power to the people
or not, as the case may be.
How about an arduino?
Don't see why more schools don't teach IT and a bit of basic electronics using something like an arduino. You could even learn some elementary etching skills and actually make everything you need to then run your own programs, and flash your LEDs etc.
Posted in Pervasive encryption: Just say yes
Encryption is not the solution to poor IT & security management practices
As others have mentioned.
Encryption was in place albeit badly WEP - compromised. Problem = Business failing to update old hardware or update configuration.
HTTPS was man in the middled, so encryption was in place. Problem = User awareness fail.
Poor password policy, poor patch management, poor config management, poor end user awareness. Encryption won't solve any of these and I wish people would stop looking at crypto as a sliver bullet for all security woes.
The "little bit of crypto" was the problem here in the first place. Not understanding the threats was the second, then doing nothing about either was the worst.
SME's particularly need to get the very basics right first. The last thing we need is lots of small organisations blindly encrypting everything and then thinking that security is done.
Posted in BT vs Sky vs Virgin
Bandwidth?
Just out of interest, if these boxes start downloading fairly large amounts of data is that going to be counted against my monthly bandwidth limits? 100gb a month could get used up pretty quickly with HD Tv on demand.
steeped in irony...
Did you completely miss the point AC.
Or are you still looking for a God to steer your every decision. "Thou shalt carry ID".....
Maybe you should stick with an ark from your old friend Noah, apparently that had 2 of everything and none of them required ID.
Posted in Intel touts 'Sandy Bridge' video chops
Linux support?
Wonder if they will do proper linux support?
Posted in HP and Dell trade (still more) 3PAR bids
mmmm
Sounds like some one has been sucking up the cloud computing cool aid.
50%?
50% of your day? Really?
So that's (on average)
12hours (doing media & comms stuff) according to those Ofcom chappies
8 hours a day at work
1 hour commuting (more likely to be 2 if you work in London)
7 hours a day sleeping
Have Ofcom managed to discover more hours in the day? Amazing. Or are they from the school of bullshit.
Interestingly this report does more for the NHS than Ofcom. No wonder the nation is becoming obese.... We are all so busy consuming "media" that we can't get off our fat arse to do any exercise.
Quote:-
"They are also using several types of media at the same time – with the average person cramming 8 hours 48 minutes of media into just over seven hours during the average day."
Really - so they can cram 8 hours of stuff in to seven hours. Really, would love to see how this research was conducted.
see - http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2010/08/19/consumers-spend-almost-half-of-their-waking-hours-using-media-and-communications/
Nice to see Ofcom grabbing whatever they can get their mits on to justify their existance.
Ofcom kindly do something of some use. "Fair Use" ....
Not Dark Fiber
Surely it is not Dark Fiber if Google are using it to transfer data?
possible back fire?
When websense categorises google as a file sharing site....
How interesting that will be...
Posted in Google uncloaks the Nexus One
Sick of hearing the bbc report this as Googles first phone
Did they miss the G1 and G2 that are google phones on t-mob???
Never has it been more true
You get what you pay for...
Posted in Beeb iPlayer blocked by Xbox velvet rope
big deal
Why don't you just turn your xbox OFF, and switch your tv, sky+ or freeview+ ON. Why we insist on using the most inappropriate medium to watch, what is effectively broadcast television is beyond me.
Your bandwidth cap will be gone faster than you can blink if you start watching the crap on iplayer regularly. The best thing the bbc could do with iplayer is sell the service abroad to bring in some more money so they can make some decent shows instead of pissing our license fees away on yet another distribution model....
Slightly off topic but I wonder if anyone can help
How do all these computer / video / music exchange shops work then, as they are technically "sharing" music / video. The last time I bought a DVD it had a notice on saying something like, "not for resale. rental blah blah blah". Now when some johnny come lately rocks up to his local tat bazarr (exchange shop) and sells his last three xbox games or DVDs do they contact all the copyright owners and ask for permission to re-sell them?
I'm really curios how they get around this, anyone who can answer will certainly be on my "buy them a pint" list !
:)
Posted in ICANN condemns registry DNS redirection
Someone better tell Richard Branson
Because Virgin media do this.......
Its all about the drvers
Once intel start producing drivers that work properly in Linux its game over for Windows on the netbook. All people really use the for is web browsing in the lounge or as second/third pcs.
I got an Aspire one 751 couldnt buy it without the Windows XP tax, but soon got ubuntu 9.10 installed. Worked well initially even with the default vesa gfx driver, but was a bit sluggish. Once I managed to find a way to get the right driver on this machine feels much much slicker and responsive than the junkyard xp. Even passed the "even the wife thinks its quicker" test!
MS - stop ripping people off with millions of flavours of your os, stop pre-charging people for their hardware....
Posted in DIY GSM network is go
Coooooooool
Thats really cool.
Shame that you'd no doubt be shot by the police.
Diesal for even more
And it doesn't look like it was designed by someone with a fetish for futuristic Buck Rodgers styling.
Posted in Asus Eee Box B206
Worse than xbmc on xbox
why spend £310 on this when a £50 xbox and xbmc will do the same as a media player if not better.
only any good as a lounge web browser. and £310 is a bit steep for that
Open Source it?
Stick it on Sourceforge and let the community decide....
Much better than the BBC
This is the sort of research that needs to be published. Listen up BBC, you don't have to go around compromising other PCs with botnets to get at the data....
Good job!
Good price point
for £150 this makes a nice price for a linux mce client. you could just hide it behind a tv/monitor.
bish bosh
job done.
Posted in London cops trial 'leccy patrol cars
Don't switch the lights and siren on ....
we need the extra 3bhp to catch that cyclist!
Posted in Beeb pushes major new iPlayer release
go beeb!
About time. Has anyone tested this to see if it does actually work with Linux
The mono version is rubbish too
The mono version on linux is rubbish too, cumbersome to install and has yet to play anything I've pointed it at.
Keep going MS, you will only make flash the defacto choice.
Posted in Recession takes chunk out of game sales
Bound to happen eventually
Maybe if Steam sorted out the issue with distributing EA games in Europe.....
Posted in Analyst postpones PC industry recovery
analysts are amazing
Whoda thunk it.... people have disposable income --- less gadgets are purchased....
No sudden recovery for the car industry then
So if the rest of the economy starts to pick up, the "poor" car industry will have to wait until 2011. As there is no way people will rush to buy a car if there is the possibility of getting a 5k discount on one.
Govement Economic Strategy -10
3 Stooges, sounds more like Wargames....
Use of software key loggers shows the desktops can't have been locked down very well.... If they'd have used hardware loggers they might have gotten away with it. PS/2 keyboards for the win!
Send them to jail, so they can learn some real skilz.
Posted in Wi-Fi Beeb viewing may break law
Time for the law to change
Any one else thing that the BBC should have their licensing law ditched. Or changed so that it doesn't matter where you are or what you are plugged in to. If you have a license you get to watch the content.
If the AA can implement a "your the member not the car" surely the beeb can do "your the license payer, not the household".
Why are the bbc pratting around wasting license payers money on this sort of a service... WE WANT QUALITY TV not more platforms to watch the existing crap on.
Great
Means you can hit your bandwidth quotas extra fast, back to the pay as you go model!
a hole in the plan......
I'll get my coat.
Sex, Drugs, and Pop n Roll!
Commited a crime?
Thats ok if you are on DRUGS....
Muppet.
lol-lol-lol.
Expect more BBC phishing
This can and will now only lead to more malware suppliers using the BBC logo. I can also anticipate them using this with the following format :-
The BBC has 0wned your box. This is ok as we didn't do anything bad.
Please enter your user banks name and password here so that we can check it is strong enough for you.
Remember the BBC would never do anything to hurt you.
Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. They have managed to undermine security professionals everywhere.
Posted in MEPs flatten roaming costs
Classic Bureaucrats
Bureaucrats push through action that impacts their expenses....
theres a surprise.
Far out ways to use it?
What a shocking response. This is not "far out". It is the method that will be employed by criminals.
Identity harvesting business franchise starting in your area soon. Start up costs circa £500.
Lets hope more care is taken with rfid credit cards............................... Or the fastest growing new business will be rfid crime.
Posted in The A-Team flies into Hollywood
Its a simple fomula and they will ruin it by trying ot make it "Relevant"
The whole point of the show was that it WASNT relevant. It was fantasy land for young boys dreaming of getting captured and breaking free shooting lots of bullets and not hurting anyone!
They could do this so well with :-
Sam L Jackson as BA
Jim Carey as Murdock
some pretty boy unknown as Face
John Travolta as Hannibal
It should be non PC, but it won't and they'll ruin it. Needs to have a cheeky side appearance from some original cast members too.
I love it when a plan comes together....
