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Thursday, 13-October-2011 21:09:25 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of Unix, co-designer of the C programming language and hugely influential computer scientist, has died. He spent much of his career at Bell Labs. He was awarded the Turing Award in 1983, and the National Medal of Technology in 1999. "Ritchie's influence rivals Jobs's; it's just less visible," James Grimmelman observed on Twitter. "His pointer has been cast to void *; his process has terminated with exit code 0."
Samsung have ambushed the iPhone launch in Sydney with a "pop-up shop" offering $2 smartphones. Some waiting in line had been there since Monday, with the store only letting the first 10 in line each day receive the $2 phone. Those waiting since Monday were those wanting the next day's batch of phones. Not sure how the army of Justin Bieber clones is involved. Discussion here.
Apple's iOS5 is available in Australia now. Apple today is due to release its new iOS5 operating system which will allow iPhone, iPad and iTouch users to update their devices wirelessly, without a need to connect them to a PC and laptop. So I can uninstall iTunes and Quicktime from my PC? Allriiiiiight! Some people are having issues with the upgrade, though. Discussion here.
Sony have advised of another security issue, affecting 93,000 accounts. More here and here, thanks HyRax1. Sony admitted in an official PlayStation blog post last night that it had "detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment...services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database." The IDs and passwords probably came from a "one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources."
If you use Wine, you might need to be aware of WineHQ's security issue too, thanks mpot. More here. WineHQ, which manages software that’s used to run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X, confirmed the breach and warned that the intruders were able to hijack usernames and passwords.
Also hacked, the Myki ticket system in Melbourne. More than 1.1 million myki cards will be phased out after hackers found a way to clone the tickets. Myki manufacturer NXP has recommended users upgrade to the newer, 2008 swipecard, the MIFARE DESFire EV1. The Transport Ticketing Authority has said it would replace myki with the more secure card, but has not said when, the Melbourne Weekly reports.
CN noticed that NASA's lunar explorers had to fill out Customs forms on their return. Upon their return in 1969, the weary moon travellers had to declare the moon rocks they brought back with them, as well as disclose any potential illnesses.
Some Bulldozer stragglers: Guru3D, HWSecrets, Tweaktown, VR-Zone, eTeknix, Bjorn3D, HardOCP and AnandTech.
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