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In this issue:
* Open-Source 2D, 3D Drivers For ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
* Google Patches 10 Chrome Bugs, Pays Out $10K
* SpaceX Completes Dragon Parachute Test
* Belgian ISP Claims One Customer Downloads 2.7TB
* Union Boycotts LA Times Over Teacher Evaluation Disclosure
* Linux Distribution Popularity Trends Plotted
* Gaming Foursquare With 9 Lines of Perl
* Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated
* Throwing Out Software That Works
* Google Wave and the Difficulty of Radical Change
* The Story of Dealing With 33 Attorneys General
* Jack Horkheimer, 'The Star Hustler,' Dies At 72
* Google Starts Charging a Signup Fee For Chrome Extension Developers
* UK ISP To Prioritize Gaming Traffic
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| Open-Source 2D, 3D Drivers For ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series |
| from the following-through dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, @20:15 (AMD) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/20/234248/Open-Source-2D-3D-Drivers-For-ATI-Radeon-HD|
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An anonymous reader writes "AMD has now [0]rolled out open-source 2D and
3D drivers for their ATI Radeon HD 5000 series graphics processors. As
described at length over at Phoronix, it's taken nearly a year to
complete but there is now public code released that enables 2D, 3D, and
video hardware-acceleration for this latest generation of ATI GPUs. For
now this code is intended for developers and enthusiasts but with time it
will make its way into stable Linux distribution updates. AMD's
open-source developers are also beginning to work on ATI Radeon HD 6000
series support, which is hardware not to be released until late in the
year."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/20/234248
Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_evergreen_3d&num=1
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| Google Patches 10 Chrome Bugs, Pays Out $10K |
| from the splat-splat-splat dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 20, @23:11 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/20/2346206/Google-Patches-10-Chrome-Bugs-Pays-Out-10K|
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CWmike writes "Google [0]patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday,
but it didn't award any of the researchers who reported bugs its new
top-dollar reward. Google divulged no details of the vulnerabilities and,
as is its custom, it blocked public access to its bug-tracking database ���
a practice meant to keep attackers from using the information before most
users have upgraded. Some rivals, such as Mozilla, do the same; others,
like Microsoft, do not. Sergey Glazunov banked $4,674 for reporting four
bugs, including the previous maximum $1,337 each for two of the quartet.
A researcher known as 'kuzzcc,' who has also reported flaws in Opera to
that browser's Norwegian maker, took home $2,000 for uncovering a pair of
Chrome vulnerabilities. But no one received Google's new biggest bounty,
[1]which the company set at $3,133.70 last month, after Mozilla had
increased its maximum vulnerability payment to $3,000."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/20/2346206
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9181060/Google_patches_10_Chrome_bugs_pays_out_10K_in_bounties
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179538/Google_calls_raises_Mozilla_s_bug_bounty_for_Chrome_flaws
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| SpaceX Completes Dragon Parachute Test |
| from the here-be-drougeans dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday August 21, @02:06 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/20/2356253/SpaceX-Completes-Dragon-Parachute-Test |
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mattclar writes "SpaceX just released [0]footage and pictures of last
week's Dragon parachute drop test. Using an Erickson Air-Crane, the
Dragon capsule was carried to 14,000 feet, then released. After a few
seconds of freefall, the [1]drouge chutes appeared, followed by the main
chutes. The test concluded with a gentle touchdown within the target area
to conclude a test described by SpaceX as '100% successful.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/20/2356253
Links:
0. http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drogue_parachute
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| Belgian ISP Claims One Customer Downloads 2.7TB |
| from the and-he-was-just-a-tiny-guy dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday August 21, @05:04 (Businesses) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/0045220/Belgian-ISP-Claims-One-Customer-Downloads-|
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An anonymous reader writes with this envy-spawning excerpt: "While for
most people the data limit is never reached, with media-rich websites
becoming every more prevalent, and more media services going online
(we're looking at you streaming video services), it won't be long before
the average user is surpassing even the highest caps commonly imposed
today. But how much data is it possible to download every month? And do
the so-called data-hogs really burn through that much more data than
everyone else? According to Belgian ISP Telenet, the answers are [0]'a
lot' and 'yes, they can.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/0045220
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| Union Boycotts LA Times Over Teacher Evaluation Disclosure |
| from the but-that-stuff-should-be-locked-up dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday August 21, @09:02 (Education) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/0027242/Union-Boycotts-LA-Times-Over-Teacher-Evalu|
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Atypical Geek writes "According to Newsweek, the local teachers union is
infuriated over the [0]disclosure of teacher performance metrics.
Quoting: 'Do parents have the right to know which of their kids' teachers
are the most and least effective? That's the controversy roaring in
California this week with the publication of an [1]investigative series
by the Los Angeles Times's Jason Song and Jason Felch, who used seven
years of math and English test data to publicly identify the best and the
worst third- to fifth-grade teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School
District. The newspaper's announcement of its plans to release data later
this month on all 6,000 of the city's elementary-school teachers has
prompted the local teachers' union to rally members to organize a boycott
of the newspaper.' According to the linked Times article, United Teachers
Los Angeles president A.J. Duffy said the database was 'an irresponsible,
offensive intrusion into your professional life that will do nothing to
improve student learning.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/0027242
Links:
0. http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/08/19/l-a-times-ranks-city-teachers-by-effectiveness.html
1. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-teachers-value-20100815,0,258862,full.story
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| Linux Distribution Popularity Trends Plotted |
| from the year-of-linux-on-the-toaster dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @10:14 (Operating Systems) |
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/1351225/Linux-Distribution-Popularity-Trends-Plot|
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DeviceGuru writes "In order to get a sense of the popularity of various
Linux distributions over the past several years, LinuxTrends entered
their names into Google's search insights tool and grabbed images of the
resulting graphs. The graphs [0]display some fascinating trends and bode
well for the future of Linux, particularly its ability to adapt to
changing requirements and opportunities. What's especially noteworthy is
that [1]Android is the first Linux spin to take on a life of its own
within consumer devices. It's certainly not the first use of [2]Linux as
an OS for devices; what's unique, however, is that it's the first branded
Linux-based OS to be [3]widely marketed to consumers."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/1351225
Links:
0. http://linuxtrends.com/linux-distribution-popularity-trends/
1. http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html
2. http://www.linuxfordevices.com/
3. http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2ebfbfd7a2232210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD
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| Gaming Foursquare With 9 Lines of Perl |
| from the i-can-name-that-bar-in-8-lines dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @11:25 (Security) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/141239/Gaming-Foursquare-With-9-Lines-of-Perl |
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caffeinemessiah writes "With the recent launch of Facebook Places, the
rise to prominence of Foursquare and GoWalla, and articles in the New
York Times about [0]the increasing popularity of 'checking in' to
locations using GPS-enabled mobile phones, a number of businesses are
wondering how to reward frequent patrons. But exactly how susceptible are
these 'location based services' to being abused? A researcher at the
University of Illinois at Chicago shows how easily [1]Foursquare can be
gamed in 9 Perl statements, and invites readers to submit more succinct
versions of the code to game the system." An anonymous reader contributes
a link to a similar article about [2]spoofing Facebook Places to create
an alibi.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/141239
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/fashion/19foursquare.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=1102a1abQ2FPlQ5B7PEYKrmYYzOPOQ3EQ5CQ3EPQ3EHPQ5CdPQ3AgrjoYQ7CPQ5CdQ3AYQ7Bmr0Q7BgmQ5BQ3BjzQ5ET
1. http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~mayank/4sq.html
2. http://securityaccord.blogspot.com/2010/08/spoofing-facebook-how-to-use-places-to.html
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| Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated |
| from the out-of-left-field dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @11:58 (Crime) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/1138240/Julian-Assange-Faces-Rape-Investigation-In|
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mpawlo was one of many readers who have sent news that [0]a warrant has
been issued in Stockholm, Sweden for WikiLeaks founder and spokesman
Julian Assange. The investigation apparently involves "one report of rape
and one report of harassment." The story was broken by [1]Swedish tabloid
Expressen ([2]original in Swedish), and later [3]picked up by more
reputable sources like CNN and the BBC, who say [4]the warrant has been
confirmed by Swedish authorities. The WikiLeaks Twitter feed has
commented three times about the charges so far, first saying they were
[5]warned of 'dirty tricks,' then that they [6]hadn't been contacted by
Swedish police, and then a statement from Assange saying [7]the charges
are without basis.
Update: 08/21 15:58 GMT by [8]S : Multiple sources are now reporting that
the warrant for Assange's arrest [9]has been [10]withdrawn. Aftonbladet
has [11]coverage in Swedish. Chief prosecutor Eva Finne said, "I don't
think there is reason to suspect that he has committed rape."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/1138240
Links:
0. http://www.thelocal.se/28496/20100821/
1. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressen.se%2FNyheter%2F1.2104976%2Fwikileaks-grundare-anhallen-for-valdtakt&sl=sv&tl=en
2. http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2104976/wikileaks-grundare-anhallen-for-valdtakt
3. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/21/sweden.wikileaks.charge/index.html?eref=edition#fbid=FdDEElNP2cY&wom=false
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11047025
5. http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/21731247584
6. http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/21731365419
7. http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/21739068733
8. mailto:soulskillatslashdotdotorg
9. http://www.thelocal.se/28504/20100821
10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11049316
11. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article7651572.ab
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| Throwing Out Software That Works |
| from the there's-an-app-for-that dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @12:38 (Programming) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/1550241/Throwing-Out-Software-That-Works |
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theodp writes "Just as the iPhone rendered circa-2007 smartphones
obsolete, points out Marco Arment, [0]the iPad is on the verge of doing
the same to circa-2010 netbooks. Should this succeed, cautions Dave
Winer, we may be [1]entering an era of deliberate degradation of the user
experience and throwing overboard of software that works, for corporate
reasons. Already, Winer finds himself having to go to a desktop machine
if he wants to view web content that's inaccessible with his iPhone and
iPad. 'There was no bottleneck for software in the pre-iPad netbooks,' he
writes. 'It matters. What I want is the convenient form factor without
the corporate filter. It's way too simplistic to believe that we'll get
that, but we had it. That's what I don't like ��� deliberate devolution.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/1550241
Links:
0. http://www.marco.org/980434663
1. http://scripting.com/stories/2010/08/20/throwingOutSoftwareThatWor.html
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| Google Wave and the Difficulty of Radical Change |
| from the maybe-that's-why-we-don't-have-flying-cars dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @13:50 (Communications) |
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/1729233/Google-Wave-and-the-Difficulty-of-Ra|
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cedarhillbilly writes "An article by Matt Asay in the Register takes on
Google Wave from the perspective of [0]visionary change versus
incremental change. He suggests that visionaries should focus on smaller
transformations of our day-to-day lives rather than leapfrogging. 'Much
as it may want to radically change the world for users and developers,
radical change generally happens over time, through a series of
incremental, unexceptional edits to existing technology and processes.'
Perhaps Google sensed this when they famously said they were [1]worried
about having too many geniuses. Asay revisits the point that the open
source development model necessarily builds on a community of
contributors and users, and not the mad scientist in an ivory tower."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/1729233
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/20/google_wave_lessons_learned/
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/02/google_hiring_practrices/
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| The Story of Dealing With 33 Attorneys General |
| from the people-get-mad-on-the-internet dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @15:01 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/185209/The-Story-of-Dealing-With-33-Attorneys-Gener|
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microbee writes "Early this year, Topix, a popular community forum,
[0]faced investigation from 33 state Attorneys General for the practice
of charging a fee for 'expedited review' of content that was flagged as
inappropriate. The case was [1]settled on August 9th, with Topix dropping
the fees in question. Now TechCrunch is running an article by Topix CEO
Chris Tolles, in which he talks about [2]his experiences dealing with so
many Attorneys General. Quoting: 'This is going to happen more ��� The
States' Attorneys General are the place that complaints about your
company will probably end up. This is especially true if you host a
social or community based site where people can post things that others
may dislike. And, there's no downside to attacking a company based in
California for these guys (MySpace, Facebook, Craigslist have all been
targets in the past couple of years). Taking complaints from your
citizenry and turning them into political capital is simply too good an
opportunity for these guys to pass up.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/185209
Links:
0. http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/4768557
1. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/10/topix-agrees-to-drop-priority-fees-for-reviewing-inappropriate-content/
2. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/19/when-attorneys-general-attack/
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| Jack Horkheimer, 'The Star Hustler,' Dies At 72 |
| from the keep-looking-up dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @16:09 (Space) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/1923244/Jack-Horkheimer-The-Star-Hustler-Dies-At-7|
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krswan writes "I'll bet many readers had their interest in astronomy
fanned by Jack Horkheimer through his long running 'Star Hustler' (later
changed to 'Star Gazer') program on PBS. His joy and enthusiasm for basic
naked-eye astronomy was contagious, and more than once got me in big
trouble as a kid for sneaking outside when his show ended at 12:05am,
trying to find whatever he was presenting that week. Horkheimer [0]passed
away on Friday. There's a nice story at Sky and Telescope, including the
epitaph he already wrote for himself: 'Keep Looking Up was my life's
admonition // I can do little else in my present position.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/1923244
Links:
0. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/101194934.html
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| Google Starts Charging a Signup Fee For Chrome Extension Developers |
| from the got-my-mind-on-my-money dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @17:23 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/218227/Google-Starts-Charging-a-Signup-Fee-For-Chr|
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trooperer writes "On Thursday, Google introduced two significant changes
in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery: [0]a developer signup fee and a
domain verification system. The signup fee is a one-time payment of $5.
The announcement says its purpose is to 'create better safeguards against
fraudulent extensions in the gallery and limit the activity of malicious
developer accounts.' Developers who already registered with the gallery
can continue to update their extensions and publish new items without
paying the fee." Google also made available [1]a developer preview for
the Chrome Web Store.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/218227
Links:
0. http://blog.chromium.org/2010/08/security-improvements-and-registration.html
1. http://blog.chromium.org/2010/08/get-your-apps-ready-for-chrome-web.html
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| UK ISP To Prioritize Gaming Traffic |
| from the facilitated-fragging dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 21, @18:35 (Networking) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/21/2114220/UK-ISP-To-Prioritize-Gaming-Traffic |
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nk497 writes "A UK ISP is now offering a [0]broadband package just for
gamers, which will prioritize their traffic to give them an edge over
rival players. Demon Internet has also set up direct networks with gaming
companies to boost speeds, and is promising lower latency and a higher
usage cap than standard packages. 'Looking at the usage of gamers, it's
actually more akin to a small business,' the company said. While paying
to get specific content streamed more quickly may worry net neutrality
campaigners, Demon says it has enough capacity for its own customers and
that's who it's looking out for."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/21/2114220
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360496/demon-to-prioritise-gaming-broadband-traffic
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