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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Rustock Botnet Responsible For 40% of Spam
* EA Says Game Development Budgets Have Peaked
* Video Adverts On the Printed Page
* More Devs Going Indie, To Gamers' Benefit
* LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi'
* Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths
* First Review of Avatar Special Edition
* Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime
* Google Testing Voice Calling In Gmail
* Apple Exec Stashed $150,000 In Shoe Boxes
* Should Developers Have Access To Production?
* Nuns Donate Their Brains to Alzheimer's Research
* Collage, and the Challenge of "Deniability"
* PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide
* "Retro Programming" Teaches Using 1980s Machines
* Low Energy Supercomputing
* GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal
* New Jersey County Fights Landfill Odors Using Fragrant Spray Trucks
* Apple In Talks To Bring $0.99 TV Rentals To iTunes
* Google Officially Brings Voice To Gmail
* Possible Treatment For Ebola
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| Rustock Botnet Responsible For 40% of Spam |
| from the long-walk-short-plank dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday August 24, @22:49 (Spam) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/0038219/Rustock-Botnet-Responsible-For-40-of-Spam |
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[0]angry tapir writes "More than 40 percent of the world's spam [1]is
coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts
continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's
MessageLabs' division. The Rustock botnet has shrunk since April, when
about 2.5 million computers were infected with its malicious software
that sent about 43 billion spam e-mails per day. Much of it is
pharmaceutical spam."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/0038219
Links:
0. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/
1. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/358165/rustock_botnet_responsible_40_percent_spam/
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| EA Says Game Development Budgets Have Peaked |
| from the nowhere-to-go-but-down dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 25, @01:12 (The Almighty Buck) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/056240/EA-Says-Game-Development-Budgets-Have-Peak|
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Gamasutra reports on comments from Electronic Arts VP David Demartini
indicating that the company thinks AAA game development budgets are
[0]not going to continue their skyward trend. "If [a developer] happens
to make a lot of money based on that budget, great for them. If they come
up short and have to cover some of it ��� y'know, they'll be smarter the
next time they do it. That's kind of the approach that we take to it."
Certainly this has something to do with a few major economic flops in the
games industry lately, such as the cancellation of This Is Vegas after
[1]an estimated $50 million had been dumped into the project. Another
example is the anemic response to APB, an MMO with a budget rumored to be
[2]as high as $100 million. Poor sales and reviews caused developer
Realtime Worlds to [3]enter insolvency and [4]lay off a large portion of
the development team.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/056240
Links:
0. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30075/EA_Budgets_For_Games_Going_In_Reverse_Direction.php
1. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261533
2. http://brokentoys.org/2010/08/20/apb-how-to-blow-100000000-00/
3. http://news.techworld.com/personal-tech/3236003/failing-game-sinks-major-uk-games-developer/
4. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-20-realtime-crisis-article
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| Video Adverts On the Printed Page |
| from the for-those-not-following-alien-tech dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday August 25, @01:58 (Advertising) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/0223217/Video-Adverts-On-the-Printed-Page |
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An anonymous reader writes "Prepare yourself. A staple of near-future
sci-fi���magazine video ads���are now a thing of the present. And which
high-tech magazine is leading the charge? Wired? Popular Mechanics? Nope.
[0]Successful Farming. The advertisement itself is for a pesticide that
protects crops against nematodes. You can [1]see a video of the video
here."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/0223217
Links:
0. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100821/BUSINESS/8210318/Meredith-magazine-puts-video-ad-in-select-copies
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtu-vqhOOAo
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| More Devs Going Indie, To Gamers' Benefit |
| from the granularization-of-an-industry dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 25, @03:28 (Games) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/0525212/More-Devs-Going-Indie-To-Gamers-Benefit |
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Wired is running a feature about how a growing number of game developers
are abandoning jobs at major publishers and studios and [0]taking their
experience to the indie scene instead. Quoting: "They���re veterans of the
triple-A game biz with decades of experience behind them. They���ve worked
for the biggest companies and had a hand in some of the industry���s
biggest blockbusters. They could work on anything, but they���ve found
creative fulfillment splitting off into a tiny crew and doing their own
thing. They���re using everything they���ve learned working on big-budget
epics and applying it to small, downloadable games. The good news for
gamers is that, as the industry���s top talents depart the big studios and
go into business for themselves, players are being treated to a new class
of indie game. They���re smaller and carry cheaper price tags, but they���re
produced by industry veterans instead of thrown together by B teams and
interns. Most importantly, unlike big-budget games that need to appeal to
the lowest common denominator to turn a profit, these indie gems reveal
the undiluted creative vision of their makers."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/0525212
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/08/indie-games/all/1
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| LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi' |
| from the but-it's-my-religion-man dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday August 25, @05:03 (Star Wars Prequels) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/0436219/LucasFilm-Sues-Jedi-Mind-Over-Jedi |
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An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the force is strong with
LucasFilm's legal department, as they've [0]sued the company Jedi Mind
for trademark infringement and breach of contract, among other things.
While LucasFilm doesn't actually own a trademark on 'Jedi,' it claims
that its related marks are close enough, and that Jedi Mind had agreed
last year to phase out the use of 'Jedi' in its name and product names."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/0436219
Links:
0. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100823/10375210741.shtml
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| Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths |
| from the no-wait-this-one-goes-in-your-mouth dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday August 25, @08:08 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/0452259/Look-Alike-Tubes-Lead-To-Hospital-Death|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "In hospitals around the country, nurses connect
and disconnect interchangeable clear plastic tubing sticking out of
patients' bodies to deliver or extract medicine, nutrition, fluids, gases
or blood ��� [1]sometimes with deadly consequences. Tubes intended to
inflate blood-pressure cuffs have been connected to intravenous lines
leading to deadly air embolisms., intravenous fluids have been connected
to tubes intended to deliver oxygen leading to suffocation, and in 2006 a
nurse at in Wisconsin mistakenly put a spinal anesthetic into a vein,
killing 16-year-old who was giving birth. 'Nurses should not have to work
in an environment where it is even possible to make that kind of
mistake,' says Nancy Pratt, a vocal advocate for changing the system.
Critics say the tubing problem, which has gone on for decades, is an
example of how the FDA fails to protect the public. 'FDA could fix this
tubing problem tomorrow, but because the agency is so worried about
making industry happy, people continue to die,' says Dr. Robert Smith."
This reminds me of the sort of problem that Michael Cohen addressed in a
slightly different medical context ([2]winning a MacArthur Foundation
grant) a few years ago.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/0452259
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/health/policy/21tubes.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=7517720cQ2FAQ7ByuAwQ2BgQ3CaQ2BQ2BXhAh8Q2A8A8_AhQ2AAOyQ23RXOAjQ2BRQ7DgQ24AhQ2AX2uyQ3CpOXdR
2. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1076861/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B06B4F880-9FC4-4F2F-A0A0-7F60CAA35E7A%7D¬oc=1
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| First Review of Avatar Special Edition |
| from the more-blue-giant-chicks-please dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @08:57 (Movies) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1158217/First-Review-of-Avatar-Special-Ed|
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brumgrunt writes "Den Of Geek has the [0]first review of James Cameron's
extended cut of Avatar. Its thoughts? "As opposed to, say, the extended
cuts of Aliens, Terminator 2 or The Abyss, the new scenes add little of
particular note to everything we've already seen.""
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1158217
Links:
0. http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/574243/avatar_special_edition_review.html
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| Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime |
| from the i-needs-me-a-break dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @09:53 (Technology) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1234231/Digital-Devices-Deprive-Brain-of-Needed-Do|
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siliconbits writes with an excerpt from NY Times: "Technology makes the
tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But
scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people keep their
brains busy with digital input, they are [0]forfeiting downtime that
could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up
with new ideas."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1234231
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| Google Testing Voice Calling In Gmail |
| from the can-you-hear-me-now dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @10:40 (Communications) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1252259/Google-Testing-Voice-Calling-In-Gmail |
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Tootech writes "Google could be adding the ability to make [0]phone calls
from the Google Chat interface. Google is testing a Web-based service
within Gmail that will allow users to place phone calls from their
in-boxes. It's launched from the Google Chat window on the lower
left-hand side of a Gmail page and allows users to place and receive
calls from within their contacts through a user interface that strongly
resembles the one used in Google Voice."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1252259
Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20014617-265.html?tag=cnetRiver
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| Apple Exec Stashed $150,000 In Shoe Boxes |
| from the but-it'll-thaw-out dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @11:35 (Crime) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1316235/Apple-Exec-Stashed-150000-In-Shoe-Boxes |
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[0]angry tapir writes "US federal agents found more than US$150,000 in
cash when they searched the house of Apple manager Paul Devine earlier
this month, according to prosecutors. [1]"He had over $150,000 stored in
shoe boxes," Department of Justice Attorney Michelle Kane said. Devine
was [2]charged two weeks ago with taking kickbacks from Apple suppliers."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1316235
Links:
0. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/358139/apple_exec_stashed_150_000_shoe_boxes/
2. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/08/15/0140206/Apple-Manager-Arrested-In-Kickback-Scheme
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| Should Developers Have Access To Production? |
| from the can-of-worms dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 25, @12:26 (IT) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1347205/Should-Developers-Have-Access-To-Production |
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WHiTe VaMPiRe writes "[0]Kyle Brandt recently wrote an editorial
exploring the [1]implications of providing developers access to the
production servers of a Web site. He explores the risk introduced by
providing higher level access as well as potential compromise solutions."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1347205
Links:
0. http://www.kbrandt.com/
1. http://blog.serverfault.com/post/893001713/should-developers-have-access-to-production
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| Nuns Donate Their Brains to Alzheimer's Research |
| from the bring-me-a-pious-brain dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @12:41 (Medicine) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/166219/Nuns-Donate-Their-Brains-to-Alzheimers-Rese|
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Many Catholic religious orders are participating in [0]a long range
Alzheimer's disease study. Rush University's Religious Orders Study began
in 1993 and tracks the participants' mental abilities through yearly
memory testing. In addition to the annual tests, the study subjects agree
to donate their brains. From the article: "The researchers sought members
of religious orders, hoping they would be willing to donate and would not
have children or spouses interfering with that arrangement at the last
minute. More than 1,100 nuns, priests and brothers across the country
representing a wide range of ethnic groups are taking part."
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/166219
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/health/la-na-nuns-brains-20100822,0,86050.story
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| Collage, and the Challenge of "Deniability" |
| from the on-the-down-low dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @13:16 (Censorship) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1330232/Collage-and-the-Challenge-of-Deniability |
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Slashdot regular [0]Bennett Haselton has written a piece on a new program
called Collage that can circumvent censorship by embedding messages in
user-generated content on sites like Flickr. The program demonstrates
that a long-standing theoretical concept can be reduced to practice but
Bennett wonders if anybody would actually need it, as long as they can
exchange encrypted messages over Gmail and AIM. He begins "In a
presentation delivered at USENIX, Georgia Tech grad student [1]Sam
Burnett and his colleagues described how their new program, "Collage,"
could circumvent Internet censorship by embedding messages in
user-generated content on sites like Flickr. The short version is that a
publisher uses the Collage system to break a message into pieces that are
small enough to embed into a photograph using standard [2]steganography,
the photos are published according to some protocol (e.g. "all photos in
the photostream of user xyz" or "all photos tagged with the 'xyz' tag"),
and receivers who know the protocol for identifying the photos, can
retrieve them and decode the message. According to the authors' [3]paper,
the system is general enough that it could be adapted to almost any site
where user-generated content is published. (All of this can be done by
hand using existing tools, but Collage automates the process to hide the
individual steps from the user.)"
This story continues at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1330232/Collage-and-the-Challenge-of-Deniability
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1330232
Links:
0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org
1. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~sburnett/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography
3. http://www.gtnoise.net/papers/2010/burnett:usenixsec2010.pdf
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| PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @14:11 (Books) |
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1245213/PrestaShop-13-Beginners-Guide |
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johhnyb writes "PrestaShop 1.3, Beginner's Guide by John Horton does
exactly what is suggested by the title in that it provides a
comprehensive and detailed guide to novices looking to set up their own
online shops. While it is aimed at total beginners it never talks down to
the reader and neither does it merely scratch the surface of the topic
requiring you to go off and search for the real valuable information
somewhere else. This book takes you from clueless beginner (which I
undoubtedly was) to someone equipped with the knowledge, resources and
additional support to be quite confident in setting up an effective
online retail presence (which I believe I now am)." Keep reading for the
rest of johhnyb's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1245213/PrestaShop-13-Beginners-Guide
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1245213
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| "Retro Programming" Teaches Using 1980s Machines |
| from the old-timey-processing dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @15:06 (Education) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1745249/Retro-Programming-Teaches-Using-1980s-|
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[0]Death Metal Maniac writes "A few lucky British students are taking a
computing class at the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley
Park [1]using 30-year-old or older machines. From the article: "'The
computing A-level is about how computers work and if you ask anyone how
it works they will not be able to tell you,' said Doug Abrams, an ICT
teacher from Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell, who was one of the first
to use the machines in lessons. For Mr Abrams the old machines have two
cardinal virtues; their sluggishness and the direct connection they have
with the user. 'Modern computers go too fast,' said Mr Abrams. 'You can
see the instructions happening for real with these machines. They need to
have that understanding for the A-level.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1745249
Links:
0. http://www.deathmetal.org/
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040
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| Low Energy Supercomputing |
| from the on-a-dime dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @16:00 (Supercomputing) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1815239/Low-Energy-Supercomputing |
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Faith Singer at TACC writes "The term 'supercomputing' usually evokes
images of large, expensive computer systems that calculate unfathomable
algorithms and run on enough energy to support a small city. Now, imagine
a supercomputer, but run on the electrical equivalent of three
standard-size coffee-makers. This year's international supercomputing
conference, SC10, will feature the Student Cluster Competition that
challenges students to build, maintain, and run the most-cutting edge,
commercially available high-performance computing (HPC) architectures
[0]on just 26 amps."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1815239
Links:
0. http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/news/feature-stories/2010/coffee-powered-supercomputing-at-sc10/
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| GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal |
| from the track-away dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @16:51 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/192208/GPS-Tracking-Without-a-Warrant-Declared-Lega|
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jnaujok writes "The Ninth Circuit court has declared that attaching a GPS
tracker to your car, as it sits in your driveway, or by extension on a
public street, and then using it to monitor every one of your movements,
is totally legal, and can be [0]performed by the police without needing a
warrant. So, if you live in the Western United States, big brother has
arrived."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/192208
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201315000
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| New Jersey County Fights Landfill Odors Using Fragrant Spray Trucks |
| from the hearts-and-noses dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @17:10 (Earth) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1623210/New-Jersey-County-Fights-Landfill-Odors-Us|
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Not to be outdone by [0]the Chinese and their deodorant guns, Middlesex
County, New Jersey has unveiled their secret weapon against landfill
stink, [1]a perfume spraying truck. The flatbed truck equipped with
special nozzles now drives around the 200-plus acre landfill spraying
hundreds of gallons of a soapy, slightly citrus-scented liquid. From the
article: "'It has a pleasant, showery smell,' said Richard Fitamant,
executive director of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority, which
runs the landfill. 'It's not offensive and it's not overpowering. It's a
light scent.' Faced with a competing mandate to handle the loads of trash
while curbing the stench, officials have turned to the roving, over-sized
air freshener to control the smells wafting from the 200-plus acre
landfill."
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1623210
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/26/1643259/Beijing-Sweetens-Rubbish-With-Giant-Deodorant-Guns
1. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/middlesex_county_attempts_to_n.html
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| Apple In Talks To Bring $0.99 TV Rentals To iTunes |
| from the I'd-buy-that-for-a-dollar dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @17:45 (Television) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/1957204/Apple-In-Talks-To-Bring-099-TV-Rentals-To|
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An anonymous reader writes "On September first, Apple will reportedly
announce a new iPod Touch with a front facing camera, a refreshed Apple
TV, and more interestingly, [0]the arrival of $0.99 TV episode rentals on
iTunes."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/1957204
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65434
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| Google Officially Brings Voice To Gmail |
| from the talk-away dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @18:34 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/2155238/Google-Officially-Brings-Voice-To-Gmail |
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siliconbits writes "Google has finally [0]added voice support to its
popular Gmail email service which means that users will soon be able to
call landlines and mobiles worldwide for free or for extremely low
prices. The announcement was made at a press conference in San Francisco
in front of a few selected press members."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/2155238
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/8/25/google-brings-voice-gmail/
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| Possible Treatment For Ebola |
| from the there's-a-pill-for-that dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 25, @18:59 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/222222/Possible-Treatment-For-Ebola |
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RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could
provide [0]treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new
drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system
to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the
patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the
work is still preliminary -��� the drugs have been tested only on primates
��� the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight
monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived.
The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible
bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/25/222222
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/46179/20100825/new-experimental-drug-fights-ebola.htm
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