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Avoiding Mistakes Can Be a Huge Mistake

theodp writes "No doubt many will nod knowingly as they read Paul Graham's The Other Half of Artists Ship, which delves into the downside of procedures developed by Big Companies to protect themselves against mistakes. Because every check you put on your programmers has a cost, Graham warns: 'And just as the greatest danger of being hard to sell to is not that you overpay but that the best suppliers won't even sell to you, the greatest danger of applying too many checks to your programmers is not that you'll make them unproductive, but that good programmers won't even want to work for you.' Sound familiar, anyone?"

In cybersecurity, who is the weakest link?

The definition of human error is “a mistake made by a person rather than being caused by a poorly designed process or the malfunctioning of a machine such as a computer.� A simple, often unintentional, lapse in judgement can have detrimental repercussions and it's no surprise that an organization's workforce is the weakest link. Yet, you can't just dismiss people wholesale for every mistake. So how can organizations protect themselves from human error?

Institutional investors moving away from bonds â" State Street

Portfolio – This shows the number of portfolios you hold. Portfolios can be constructed from Unit Trusts and OEICs,Investment Trusts,Pension Funds,Life Funds,Offshore Funds,Exchange Traded Funds and cash. Holdings and acquisition costs can be recorded so that profits/losses can be calculated. These can be calculated in terms of a number of base currencies. Overall portfolio values, as well as portfolio constituents, can be made the subject of alerts.

DVD Audio Ripper 5.0.46.1226

DVD Audio Ripper is a professional software DVD movie soundtrack ripper that can extract movie soundtracks from DVDs and rip DVD audio to MP3 or WAV with complete sound effects. * Features: 1. It supports AC3 and LPCM audio track and supports sample rate 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz and 48 kHz to 44.1 kHz down sampling. 2. It supports ID3 tag and permits you to edit music info for each file before rip them. 3. Besides DVDs it also supports IFO files. 4. It can rip DVD movies by chapters - DVD Audio Ripper will auto list all chapters in a DVD, then you can extract sound tracks by chapter easily. 5. It can rip DVD movies by certain time or file size - If your DVD doesn't separate music through chapters, you also can rip it by certain time or file size, for example rip DVD to MP3 every 5 minutes or every 5 MB.

NEWS: Tin can robot kit available

With the tin can robot kit, budding mad scientists can add motors, gears, legs and batteries to re-build a simple pop can.

Polarized Light Leads Animals Astray: 'Ecological Traps' Cause Animal Behaviors That Can Lead To Death

Human-made light sources can alter natural light cycles, causing animals that rely on light cues to make mistakes when moving through their environment. In the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a collaboration of ecologists, biologists and biophysicists has now shown that in addition to direct light, cues from polarized light can trigger animal behaviors leading to injury and often death.

Ten Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make With Google Adwords

The trouble is that people who use it casually very rarely get the results they desire and end up paying for nothing. If you want to get the best results from your Google AdWords campaign, steer clear of the following ten mistakes.

Ubuntu + IBM = Choice corporate Linux desktop?

I can set up a Linux desktop from bare metal to working customized desktop in about an hour. I can set up several dozens Linux desktops for an SMB (small to medium sized business) in a day. I can't, however, roll out several hundred or thousands Linux desktops without a lot of help, time and work. Now, thanks to a partnership between Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, and IBM, there's a way to roll out corporate Linux desktops almost as fast as you can plug them into the network.

British trash collector can keep sliced up cash he found in can, police say

LONDON - British police say a trash collector can hold on to the mound of mutilated cash he found stuffed into a wastebasket in the English town of Lincoln earlier this year.

Migrating MapPoint pushpins to Google Maps

Pushpins in MapPoint are markers that you can place anywhere on a MapPoint map. There are several hundred visual styles for pushpins to choose from (dots, flags, etc.) and they can simply name a location (you can use up to 128 characters) or you can also add additional text, URLs and links to local or remote files.

Choosing a cellphone for foreign travel

Choosing the best cellphone for foreign travel can be daunting. Is the iPhone the answer? Which BlackBerry -- Bold or Storm? Reliable phones that can be used overseas start at about $80. But beware the add-ons. Also, be sure to consider an "unlocked" phone (that is, one in which the phone's tiny ID card, its SIM card, can be switched out). Then, when traveling overseas, you can replace your U.S. SIM card with a cheaper local one. Here's a list of some of the phones recommended for foreign travel:

With iPhone, "Security" Is Code for "Control"

Buying an iPhone isn't the same as buying a car or a toaster. Your iPhone comes with a complicated list of rules about what you can and can't do with it. You can't install unapproved third-party applications on it. You can't unlock it and use it with the cellphone carrier of your choice. And Apple is serious about these rules: A software update released in September 2007 erased unauthorized software and -- in some cases -- rendered unlocked phones unusable.

Fixing the U.S. housing market: Best of the Boards/Blogs

and the price for the two most common sources of heat, oil and natural gas are dropping? Isn't it wonderful when you can have a pretend market for commodities where you can trade paper and make huge profits without ever having to actually deliver the goods that you sold? One day soon people are actually going to want some heating oil or natural gas, not the paper variety but the real thing. When that day arrives I sure wouldn't want to be one of the guys who agreed to sell it to them for a pittance of what they will be willing to pay when they can't actually find any. At these prices, exploration will cease. Better stock up on woolies and water bottles.� – From Wellsitteron the Connacher Oil & Gas (TSX: T.CLL, Stock Forum) Bullboard.

Why Game Developers Should Support OS X and Linux

kevind23 writes "Although Mac OS X and Linux have a small (but growing) market share, Jeff from Wolfire Games argues that supporting non-Windows platforms can lead to a huge increase in game sales. Using their popular game Lugaru as an example, he shows how less-popular platforms, or more specifically, their userbase can be a powerful advertising force. This can lead to a dramatic increase in popularity and exposure, which usually means a large boost in overall sales. The short article is an interesting read, especially for those working in game development and sales."

Test For Prostate Cancer Gene Soon To Be Available

Tiger4 writes "CNN reports on a simple test to determine the presence of genes linked to Prostate Cancer. These five genes, if present, can increase the risk of prostate cancer up to nine times. 'More than 25,000 American men will die from prostate cancer this year. But prostate cancer can be treated successfully if the disease is caught early. A blood test that can detect whether a man is at high risk for developing prostate cancer is on the horizon. The study was published in the February 28, 2008, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.' It turns out the company actually wants to test saliva, making the test significantly easier and more convenient. Compare this to the tests available for BRCA, the so called Breast Cancer genes. Finding you have the gene can be devastating, but knowing well in advance of developing cancer allows

Dis*Content: Why Cant Google Invest in Hulu? Or At Least Do A Syndication Deal

As I have been playing around with Sling.com, the new video portal from Echostar-owned Sling Media, this thought came to mind: if Sling can make a deal with Hulu to essentially create a competitor to Hulu, then why can’t Google (NSDQ: GOOG) make a deal with the News Corp-NBCU JV? With YouTube, Google will continue having a tough time doing mainstream full-episode TV deals. I think even YouTube realizes it, as its head of content partnerships Jordan Hoffner hinted in his speech at B&C’s OnScreen Media Summit this week: “If people want to see the last episode of Ugly Betty they know they can go to ABC.com, but on the other side, we can compete by getting into everyone’s old favorite [TV shows] and feature films ... Given the audience and how big it is, do we essentially become the museum of broadcasting? Do you start doing dea

Why Cant Google Invest in Hulu? Or At Least Do A Syndication Deal

As I have been playing around with Sling.com, the new video portal from Echostar-owned Sling Media, this thought came to mind: if Sling can make a deal with Hulu to essentially create a competitor to Hulu, then why can’t Google (NSDQ: GOOG) make a deal with the News Corp-NBCU JV? With YouTube, Google will continue having a tough time doing mainstream full-episode TV deals. I think even YouTube realizes it, as its head of content partnerships Jordan Hoffner hinted in his speech at B&C’s OnScreen Media Summit this week: “If people want to see the last episode of Ugly Betty they know they can go to ABC.com, but on the other side, we can compete by getting into everyone’s old favorite [TV shows] and feature films ... Given the audience and how big it is, do we essentially become the museum of broadcasting? Do you start doing dea

First Look: Memeo Share, direct digital photo sharing

Nearly everyone has a separate digital camera, or one built into a mobile phone or computer. While taking a basic picture is easy, sharing pictures may not be. You can show them in person of course, but if someone lives far away, your choices are more limited. You can print and mail your pictures, which costs money and takes time; the alternative is e-mailing them or posting them to a website, but many pictures can be several megabytes in size, limiting the amount that can be sent. Posting on a website also risks exposing images to strangers. Fortunately, there’s a third alternative and that’s to use something like Memeo Share.

ImTOO iPod Movie Converter 5.1.18.1226

ImTOO iPod Movie Converter v3.1 is a super video and movie converter for your iPod which helps you watch videos and movies on your iPod directly.It can convert video files of CUE,APE,CDA,AVI,MPEG,WMV,MOV,MP4,RM,RMVB,DivX,ASF,VOB and 3GP etc to iPod.It can extract audio files from video files or movies to iPod mp3 directly. *Features: 1.Two modes are provided:the Wizard mode guiding the beginners the whole conversion and the Advanced mode with variable settings for the experienced. 2.It is easier to use and faster than ever:All properties and settings are displayed in the new interface and you can easily finish converting a file within a few clicks. 3.All encoders/codes are built-in,you can convert all supported formats once downloading the software 4.

Ericsson Collaborates with Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology

Ericsson is collaborating with Intel to ensure that its Mobile Broadband Modules are interoperable with Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection Technology. A theft management service residing in the network can send a message via SMS to the mobile broadband module inside the notebook, which securely transfers the message to Intel’s Anti-Theft function inside the processor platform, which takes appropriate actions, such as completely locking the computer. When the notebook is located and recovered, an unlock message can be sent to the notebook that makes the data accessible again. The theft management service can also take advantage of built-in Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in the Ericsson mobile broadband module, which can send location data to a central server.

ACCESSORY: T-Mobile Germany launches Photo Frame with embedded MMS support

Just in time for the holiday season aka Christmas, T-Mobile Germany released a quite interesting photo frame which could be a pretty good gift. The "Digitale Bilderrahmen von T-Mobile" (Digital Photo Frame from T-Mobile) includes a GPRS module and a preinstalled SIM card which allows it to receive photos via MMS or Internet upload. Running on Linux, the photo frame measures 20 x 13 cm and features a 7" TFT screen at 800 x 480 pixel. The 100 MB of memory allows to store around 600 photos which can be up to 2 MB/10 megapixel. The frame itself supports JPEG photos only (no videos). Furthermore, the picture frame can be used with SD cards. The photo frame can be ordered contract-less and includes a mobile phone number to where friends and family members can send photos via MMS.

Can Patents Limit Climate Change?

Ars Technica reports: Listen to policy makers discussing the need for sustainable development and a response to climate change, and a consistent theme emerges: nobody can afford to have the developing world follow the same resource-intensive, unsustainable path to economic development that brought developed nations to their current status. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, as developing nations are in a poor position to invent the sorts of technologies that can avoid or mitigate the most significant impacts of climate change. The end result is that the phrase "technology transfer" invariably enters the discussion, and now it appears that the World Intellectual Property Organization is starting to consider the role it migt be called upon to play in this process.

Can SELINUX Impose a Better Confidentiality Over Encryption?

"The current topic of debate on the Debian-security mailing list is about how to shield data which comes from an encrypted file. SE Linux can protect the reading of the data from an encrypted file that one reads from /dev/mem (for all memory of the machine) or /proc//mem (for the memory of the process). But the logic behind is not that uncomplicated as one may assume. There are certain domains with the ultimate privileges in most of the SELinux configuration. To mention a few, there is unconfined_t for a default configuration and sysadm_t for a "strict" configuration. The USP of SE Linux is that it doesn't mandate a domain with ultimate privileges. If a majority of Linux users have an unconfined_t configuration and rest have a "strict" configuration, the domain that can access /dev/mem will always be there.

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