“Deadlines imposed by browser makers deprecating support for the weakened SHA-1 hashing algorithm have arrived,” writes Slashdot reader msm1267. “And while many websites and organizations have progressed in their migrations toward SHA-2 and other safer hashing algorithms, pain points and…
New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy
An anonymous reader quotes a Christian Science Monitor report on “a bill that would essentially ban large-scale renewable energy” in Wyoming. The new Wyoming bill would forbid utilities from using solar or wind sources for their electricity by 2019, according…
Knuth Previews New Math Section For 'The Art of Computer Programming'
In 1962, 24-year-old Donald Knuth began writing The Art of Computer Programming — and 55 years later, he’s still working on it. An anonymous reader quotes Knuth’s web site at Stanford: Volume 4B will begin with a special section called…
Free Software Foundation Shakes Up Its List of Priority Projects
alphadogg quotes Network World: The Free Software Foundation Tuesday announced a major rethinking of the software projects that it supports, putting top priority on a free mobile operating system, accessibility, and driver development, among other areas. The foundation has maintained…
Geek Avenges Stolen Laptop By Remotely Accessing Thief's Facebook Account
An anonymous reader quotes Hot Hardware: Stu Gale, who just so happens to be a computer security expert, had the misfortune of having his laptop stolen from his car overnight. However, Gale did have remote software installed on the device…