Myka's Linux-based BitTorrent box great home theater PC for lazy people | Tech Gear News - Betanews

Myka's Linux-based BitTorrent box great home theater PC for lazy people | Tech Gear News - Betanews: "With as many set-top boxes as there suddenly appear to be in the home video market, as long as any one of them has a strong central feature, it could be the one that becomes a household name. Look at TiVo, Slingbox, and AppleTV: Each of these built a TV-based ecosystem around a single unique feature: TiVo's was the DVR, Slingbox was the place-shifting concept, and AppleTV was iTunes.

Now, IPTV startup Myka has designed its own media center STB, focusing on BitTorrent as its winning central feature. And while it doesn't carry all the functions one would expect in a home theater PC (HTPC), it offers enough power and functionality to be considered a little more than your run-of-the-mill set top box. Like the title says, if you're a little bit lazy...you could even consider Myka a pre-built HTPC. Betanews got an exclusive look at this new device."

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Slashdot IT Story | German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key

Slashdot IT Story | German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key: "'The SSL Root CA responsible for issuing the German digital health insurance card lost its secret private key during a test enrollment. After their Hardware Security Module (HSM) dutifully deleted its crypto keys during a power outage, it was all 'Oops, why is there no backup?' All issued cards must be replaced: 'Gematik spokesman Daniel Poeschkens poured scorn on the statement that Gematik had insisted on the service provider carrying out a test without backing up the root CA private keys. 'We did not decide against a back-up service. The fact of the matter is that the service provider took over the running of the test system, so it also has to warrant its continuous operation. How it fulfills this obligation is its own responsibility.'"

Slashdot IT Story | German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key. (n.d.). . Retrieved July 14, 2009, from http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/14/150243/German-Health-Insurance-Card-CA-Loses-Secret-Key?from=rss.