fsagx writes “Steve Gibson has proposed a new standard method for website authentication. The SQRL system (pronounced ‘squirrel’) eliminates problems inherent in traditional login techniques. The website’s login presents a QR code containing the URL of its authentication service, plus a nonce. The user’s smartphone signs the login URL using a private key derived from…

jones_supa writes “Final releases of Visual Studio 2013, .NET 4.5.1, and Team Foundation Server 2013 are now available. As part of the new release, the C++ engine implements variadic templates, delegating constructors, non-static data member initializers, uniform initialization, and ‘using’ aliases. The editor has seen new features, C++ improvements and performance optimizations. Support for Windows…

RSA algo man speaks out after battle for visa blocked him from NSA-backed powwow……

Yale professor Dan Kahan says he is embarrassed that he assumed those who avow to being Tea Party members would have the weakest grasp of science…….

Page wishes he knew how to throw MORE money on fundamental research……

A big question college students should be asking is, “What IT and electronics knowledge will be most in demand five or six years from now?” In these fast moving niches, an answer is almost impossible to come by. But what if you were one of the people who supplied raw components to the electronics industry?…

Apple Security Advisory 2013-10-15-1 – Multiple vulnerabilities existed in Java 1.6.0_51, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox. Visiting a web page containing a maliciously crafted untrusted Java applet may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. These…

Microsoft has a couple more TypeScript milestones to deliver before it reaches 1.0 with its superset of JavaScript it announced a year ago…….

The company is decorating the windows of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center to match the design on press invites sent out for an event on October 22…….

AMD’s graphics and gaming unit carried the quarter, which saw the chipmaker return to profitability, while PC and notebook sales continued to dwindle…….