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How Splitting A Computer Into Multiple Realities Can Protect You From Hackers

Virtualisation, Sandboxes, Containers. All terms and technologies used for various reasons. Security is not always the main reason, but considering the details in this article, it is a valid point. It is simple enough to setup a container in your machine. LXC/Linux Containers for example, don’t have as much overhead as a VirtualBox or VMWare virtual machine and can run almost, if not just as fast as a native installation (I’m using LXC for my Docker.io build script), but conceptually, if you use a container, and it is infected with malware, you can drop and rebuild the container, or roll back to a snapshot much more easily than reimaging your machine.

Right now I run three different containers — one is my main Ubuntu Studio, which is not a container, but my core OS. the second is my Docker.io build LXC, which I rebuild everytime I compile (and I now have that tied into Jenkins, so I might put up regular builds somehow), and the final one is a VirtualBox virtual machine that runs Windows 7 so I don’t have to dual boot.

How Splitting A Computer Into Multiple Realities Can Protect You From Hackers | WIRED.

Father Chris Picco’s rendition of Blackbird by the Beatles to his newborn son hours before he passes away and after his wife Ashley Picco died in childbirth is heartbreaking | Metro News

Father Chris Picco’s rendition of Blackbird by the Beatles to his newborn son hours before he passes away and after his wife Ashley Picco died in childbirth is heartbreaking | Metro News.

This might be one of the most difficult videos to get through without crying ever.

Musician Chris Picco was recently filmed gently singing the Beatles song Blackbird to his three-day-old baby, the aptly named Lennon.

Lennon’s birth just 72 hours before was a complicated one, and his mother Ashley sadly died after giving birth to him.

You can donate to the Ashley Picco Memorial Fund here.

Hours after Chris serenaded his son, baby Lennon also passed away.

The video of one of the last intimate moments between the father and son was uploaded to Youtube by a friend where it instantly went viral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNBcTkssWA

 

Apple Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over iMessage Delivery Issues | WIRED

This was going to happen at some point, wasn’t it?

When someone switches to a new phone, they have a reasonable expectation that all the network functionality that worked on their old device—things like messages and phone calls—will continue to work on their new device. Unfortunately for some iOS users who switched to Android devices, Apple’s iMessage blocked them from receiving any more messages from iOS users. The Cupertino company will be heading to federal court over the issue.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh decided that Apple will have to face former iPhone owner Adrienne Moore, who’s seeking judgement in a class-action lawsuit against Apple for interfering with her Verizon service after switching to an Android phone. Moore claims that Apple failed to reveal iOS 5 could interrupt the delivery of messages from other iOS users if she switched to a non-Apple device. Numerous people on Apple’s support forums share similar woes.

via Apple Hit With Federal Lawsuit Over iMessage Delivery Issues | WIRED.