e61

Da quando mi hanno fornito un nokia e61 sono rinato, dopo il periodo NERO nel quale SOFFRIVO con quella merda di Qtek 9000, che praticamenta fa tutto (anche il caffe') e lo fa male.

Da http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E61, dove potete pure guardare le caratteristiche tecniche:

The Nokia E61 is a smartphone from the Eseries range, a S60 platform third edition device with qwerty keyboard targeting business users in the european market

Per i fortunati come me che hanno questo gioiello, vi segnalo questi blog sull'argomento:

Nokia E61 Blog - My way on using Nokia E61 http://www.nokme.com/
My Your's & Our E- 61 http://oure61.blogspot.com/
e61life http://e61life.com/
E61 Blog http://stmcgill.wordpress.com/
E-Series http://www.e-series.org/
S60 Tips http://www.s60tips.com/
Techmundo http://www.techmundo.org/

cleopatra

La mia piccola cleopatra (la macchina dove gira un po' tutto www.bacarospo.net e siti connessi) oggi è morta per qualche ora.

Oltre ad aver perso 542 giorni di uptime (sigh!!!), un hard disk sembra che stia andando al creatore.

Oggi è un giorno triste.

UPDATE: By the way, sono arrivato alla conclusione che Hans Reiser dovrebbe morire pazzo. E prima lo fa, meglio è, per tutti. ODIO, ODIO, ODIO!

Superintendent Trojan

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/79212

Whilst listening in on normal telephone calls over landlines or mobile phone networks has become a routine procedure, Voice over IP connections frequently present a problem for investigators, especially when the persons being monitored use Skype via foreign servers or call direct from PC to PC and encrypt their data. The Swiss Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK) is therefore examining the use of spy software to allow it to listen in on conversations on PCs.

The software comes from Swiss security company ERA IT Solutions, which intends to supply it solely to investigation agencies. This should also prevent antivirus manufacturers from incorporating it into their databases and having their tools recognise it. According to the manufacturer, firewalls do not present a problem.

Installation of the software wiretap is to be carried out on the instructions of a judge only. The ISPs of the persons under investigation will then slip the program onto their computers. The program will save overheard conversations and send them to a server in small, inconspicuous packets. If the computer is turned off before all the data has been transmitted, the program will continue transmission when it is restarted.

The wiretap has some additional functions. For example, the built in microphone on a laptop can be turned on to monitor a room or webcams can be activated. As the latter is usually indicated by an LED, this is unlikely to be useful in practice. Once wiretap activities have been completed, the software can be programmed to uninstall itself at a given time.

Until now the project had been carried out in secret, but it has now been reported in the SonntagsZeitung. It quotes Charles Gudet, the head of the Special Services Department of the UVEK, who admits that there is no clear legal basis for the use of Trojans in the Federal Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Act. In contrast, canton and federal criminal proceedings regulations permit the use of software wiretaps in accordance with the regulations governing surveillance using technical surveillance equipment.

bombarda i colleghi

http://gadgets.co.uk/item/USBMISSILE/USB-Missile-Rocket-Launcher.html

Keep your territory secure with this great USB Missile Launcher. USB gizmos just keep on getting better! The latest weapon in office warfare technology, the ICBM (that’s Inter-Cubicle Ballistic Missile) plugs into any standard computer USB port. The control centre software allows you to control the azimuth and elevation (that’s side-to-side and up-and-down for non military people out there). When you have the target locked in your sights, press FIRE and the computer launches a foam missile, complete with whooshy missile sound effects!

Io lo voglio. A lavoro potrei ricattare di bombardare i colleghi se venissero a disturbarmi mentre lavoro... E' davvero una figata. E ci sta pure software di supporto per MacOSX e Linux. LO VOGLIO, LO VOGLIO!

Update: Guardando ancora meglio sul sito ho notato che ci stanno pure gli effetti sonori di supporto:

Computer generated missile launch sound effects

Sto per avere un orgasmo.

openssh, di nuovo.

Dal blog di ISC leggo che finalmente si sono killati quel maledetto bug in Openssh:

The other denial-of-service condition was discovered by Mark Dowd. It could, theoretically, lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. This is probably the strongest reason to upgrade to OpenSSH 4.4 sooner, rather than later, although the release also includes some enticing new functionality.

La cosa buffa è che leggendo quel "theoretically" mi viene in mente "sshutup-theo.tar.gz", chissà perchè.

UPDATE: Con la fretta mi ero dimenticato la dovuta raccomandazione: non fidatevi dei workarounds che i vari "esperti" si stanno affrettando a dare. Aggiornate al piu' presto all'ultima versione.