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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Robot Swarm Control On Microsoft's Surface
* Kepler Spacecraft Finds System With Multiple Planets Transiting the Star
* Wired Youths In China & Japan Forget Character Forms
* Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0
* FCC Fights To Maintain Indecency Policy
* Many Hackers Accidentally Send Their Code To Microsoft
* Czech Copyright Bill Undercuts Copyleft, Artists
* Developer Demands Pirate Bay Not Remove Torrent
* Sony Halts Sales of PS3 Jailbreak Dongle
* State of Virginia Technology Centers Down
* Nanoresonators Create Ultra-High-Res Displays
* PR Firm Settles With FTC On Fake Game Reviews
* Company Presses Your Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die
* State Senator Admits Cable Industry Helped Write Pro-Industry Legislation
* .Net On Android Is Safe, Says Microsoft
* A Conference For Malware Writers
* Pentagon Selects Companies To Build Flying Humvees
* Paul Allen Files Patent Suit Against Apple, Google, Yahoo, Others
* Lenovo To Launch Chinese Gaming Platform Called Ebox
* Garmin Recalls 1.25M 'Fire Risk' Satnavs
* BlackBerry Battle In India Going Down To the Wire
* PowerPoint Rant Costs Colonel His Job
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| Robot Swarm Control On Microsoft's Surface |
| from the moving-things-about dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 26, @22:54 (Input Devices) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/26/2354240/Robot-Swarm-Control-On-Microsofts-Surface |
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zerOnIne writes "Dr. Mark Micire of UMass Lowell has built [0]an
intriguing new user interface on the Microsoft Surface, a
multitouch-capable table computer. The interface is being used to control
swarms of robots for disaster response, search, and rescue. One of the
most interesting things about it is the intuitive tabletop joystick
widget. Using a very fast hand-detection-and-identification algorithm,
they can paint a touch joystick (dubbed the DREAM controller) directly
underneath the hand. This joystick conforms to the size of the user's
hand and tracks with hand movements, making sure that the control is
always directly under the hand where the user expects it, even without
haptic feedback. I've had a chance to go hands-on with this system, and I
think it's truly remarkable."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/26/2354240
Links:
0. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/08/multitouch_robot_swarm_controller.html
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| Kepler Spacecraft Finds System With Multiple Planets Transiting the Star |
| from the they've-probably-found-us-too dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 27, @02:02 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/0349242/Kepler-Spacecraft-Finds-System-With-Mul|
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rhaas writes "[0]NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first
confirmed planetary system with [1]more than one planet crossing in front
of, or transiting, the same star. They found two planets almost the size
of Saturn, and possibly a third, small, very hot planet with a radius
about 1.5 times that of Earth."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/0349242
Links:
0. http://kepler.nasa.gov/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-73AR.html
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| Wired Youths In China & Japan Forget Character Forms |
| from the ain't-got-no-good-grammar-neither dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 27, @05:06 (Cellphones) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/043245/Wired-Youths-In-China-amp-Japan-Forget-Ch|
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eldavojohn writes "The AFP brings a story of a growing concern that
children in China and Japan suffer from '[0]character amnesia' when asked
to write the complex characters they are so used to inputting via
alphabet-based systems. The article claims this is a growing problem. In
China, they have a word for it: 'tibiwangzi,' which means 'take pen,
forget paper.' China Youth Daily polled 2,072 people and found that 83%
have problems writing characters (although there's no indication if that
was an online poll or not). A young woman who was interviewed explained
her workaround: 'When I can't remember, I will take out my cellphone and
find it (the character) and then copy it down.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/043245
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jz3FEk2KJw3NEUyDhbMlTQO0IlOw
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| Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0 |
| from the it-goes-one-louder dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 27, @07:57 (Networking) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/0449209/Everything-You-Need-To-Know-About-USB-|
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[0]Esther Schindler writes "After a lengthy gestation period, the third
generation of the Universal Serial Bus is making its way to the market.
USB 3.0, also known as SuperSpeed USB, has throughput of up to 5 gigabits
per second. That's even faster than the 3Gb/sec of SATA hard drives and
1Gb/sec of high-end networking in the home. [1]USB 3.0: Everything You
Need to Know goes into plenty of the techie details. But is it already
obsolete ��� will LightPeak make USB 3.0 irrelevant?"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/0449209
Links:
0. mailto:esther@bitranch.com
1. http://itexpertvoice.com/home/usb-3-0-everything-you-need-to-know/
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| FCC Fights To Maintain Indecency Policy |
| from the sweet-zombie-carlin dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @08:43 (Censorship) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1211203/FCC-Fights-To-Maintain-Indecency-Policy |
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GovTechGuy writes "The FCC filed Thursday to [0]appeal a recent court
decision that struck down its policy of fining broadcasters for profanity
or nudity shown on live television. The FCC's brief argues the court
ruling would make it almost impossible to punish broadcasters that show
nudity or profanity during hours when children are likely to be watching
or listening."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1211203
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| Many Hackers Accidentally Send Their Code To Microsoft |
| from the not-the-brightest-cookie-in-the-shed dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @09:30 (Security) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1241228/Many-Hackers-Accidentally-Send-Their-Code-|
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joshgnosis writes "When hackers crash Windows in the course of developing
malware, they'll often [0]accidentally agree to send the virus code
straight to Microsoft, according to senior security architect Rocky
Heckman. 'It's amazing how much stuff we get.' Heckman also said
Microsoft was a common target for people testing their attacks. 'The
first thing [script kiddies] do is fire off all these attacks at
Microsoft.com. On average we get attacked between 7000 and 9000 times per
second.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1241228
Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com.au/hackers-accidentally-give-microsoft-their-code-339305548.htm
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| Czech Copyright Bill Undercuts Copyleft, Artists |
| from the czech-please dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @10:15 (Government) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1335238/Czech-Copyright-Bill-Undercuts-Copyleft-Art|
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Andorin writes "Earlier this month a copy of a draft of the Czech
Republic's new [0]Copyright Act [Czech PDF] was leaked to Pirate News.
Included among several disturbing provisions are [1]new regulations for
'public licenses' such as Creative Commons licenses and the GPL/BSD
licenses. The amendment essentially requires that an artist wishing to
use a public license must notify the administrator of a collecting
agency, and must prove that they created the work in question. This goes
against one of the strengths of Creative Commons and other licenses,
namely the ease with which they can be applied. Additionally, collecting
agencies will have increased jurisdiction over copylefted and orphaned
works. ZeroPaid covers the story, noting that the amendment also
[2]reduces the royalties which artists receive from libraries by 40%,
with that money instead going directly to publishers."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1335238
Links:
0. http://www.ceskapiratskastrana.cz/wiki/_media/kci:novelaautz.pdf
1. http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.16/new-czech-copyright-draft
2. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/90412/government-drafting-copyright-bill-to-legally-gut-creative-commons-chop-artist-royalties-by-nearly-half/
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| Developer Demands Pirate Bay Not Remove Torrent |
| from the please-steal-this-software dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Friday August 27, @10:55 (Piracy) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1348250/Developer-Demands-Pirate-Bay-Not-Remove-To|
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An anonymous reader writes "This week TPB got a very unusual e-mail. It
was a '[0]Notice of Ridiculous Activity' from a company that had found
one of its apps cracked and listed as a torrent on TPB. The app in
question is called Memoires, developed by Coding Robots. Memoires is
marketed as the easiest way to keep a journal on your Mac. It costs
$29.99 to buy after you've enjoyed a 30-day free trial. That, of course,
didn't stop someone from cracking the software and making it available
for free as a torrent. Dmitry Chestnykh, founder of Coding Robots,
noticed the cracked torrent and decided to download it to see what had
been done. After using it, he was upset ��� not because the cracked version
was available, but because the cracker (named Minamoto) had done such a
bad job of cracking it. The best section of the e-mail has to be this: 'I
demand that you don't remove this torrent, so that people can laugh at
Minamoto and CORE skills. However, I also demand the[sic] better crack to
be made, so that it doesn't cripple the user experience of my beautiful
program.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1348250
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-receives-notice-to-keep-a-torrent-100825/
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| Sony Halts Sales of PS3 Jailbreak Dongle |
| from the party's-over dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @11:39 (Businesses) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/150227/Sony-Halts-Sales-of-PS3-Jailbreak-Dongle |
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An anonymous reader tips news that "Online Australian retailer
Quantronics has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia, Victoria
District Registry on the 26 August 2010 to [0]halt PS JailBreak PS3
modchip sales and distribution." The [1]court order (.DOC) indicates this
injunction will hold until a hearing on August 31. Another reader points
out related news that a German website claims to have reverse engineered
the hack, [2]finding it to be a newly-developed exploit rather than a
clone of Sony's JIG module ([3]original in German). Sony has already been
[4]banning users of the modchip when detected.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/150227
Links:
0. http://www.ps3news.com/PS3-Hacks/sony-halts-australian-reseller-quantronics-ps-jailbreak-sales/
1. https://www.comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P/VID727/2010/3595233/event/26280124/document/199414
2. http://www.ps3hax.net/2010/08/ps-jailbreak-reverse-engineered/
3. http://www.gamefreax.de/psjailbreak-reverse-engineered.html
4. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261291
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| State of Virginia Technology Centers Down |
| from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @12:00 (Government) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1541238/State-of-Virginia-Technology-Centers-Down |
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bswooden writes "Some rather important departments (DMV, Social Services,
Taxation) in the state of Virginia are [0]currently without access to
documents and information as a technology meltdown has caused much of
their infrastructure to be [1]offline for over 24 hours now. State CIO
Sam Nixon said, 'A failure occurred in one memory card in what is known
as a "storage area network," or SAN, at Virginia's Information
Technologies Agency (VITA) suburban Richmond computing center, one of
several data storage systems across Virginia.' How does the IT for some
of the largest departments in a state come to a screeching halt over a
single memory card? Oh, and also, the state is paying Northrup Grumman
$2.4 billion over 10 years to manage the state's IT infrastructure."
Reader miller60 adds, "Virginia's IT systems drew scrutiny last fall when
state agencies reported rolling outages due to the [2]lack of network
redundancy."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1541238
Links:
0. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/08/massive-computer-outage-halts-some-va-agencies
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/08/27/computer-outages-hobble-services-in-virginia/
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/0634220/New-Virginia-IT-Systems-Lack-Network-Backup
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| Nanoresonators Create Ultra-High-Res Displays |
| from the don't-tell-crytek dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @12:26 (Displays) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/166242/Nanoresonators-Create-Ultra-High-Res-Di|
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TuurlijkNiet writes with this excerpt from Linux for Devices: "Eat your
heart out, 'Retina display.' A new technology unveiled yesterday will
allow [0]creating pixels eight times smaller than the ones on Apple's
iPhone 4, eliminate the need for polarizer layers, and allow screens to
make much more efficient use of available light, say University of
Michigan researchers. ... The pixels in the nanoresonator displays are
about ten times smaller than those on a typical computer screen, and
about eight times smaller than the pixels on the iPhone 4, which are
about 78 microns, according to Guo. Such pixel densities could make the
technology useful in projection displays, as well as wearable, bendable
or extremely compact displays, according to the researchers."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/166242
Links:
0. http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/University-of-Michigan-nanoresonators/
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| PR Firm Settles With FTC On Fake Game Reviews |
| from the amazing-summary-A-plus-plus-would-skim-again dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @13:10 (Advertising) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1620247/PR-Firm-Settles-With-FTC-On-Fake-Game-Revi|
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eldavojohn writes "So, you pay a PR firm like Reverb to generate some
positive buzz for your new mobile game, and what do they do? Hire
employees to post fake glowing reviews of your game wherever it's being
distributed. [0]The FTC says that's not okay due to regulations
[1]enacted last year requiring that paid reviews [2]disclose they are
paid reviews. Originally, the fear was that this regulation would target
the small-time blogger, but this news of Reverb settling with the FTC
over fake game reviews shows that the FTC is also targeting big PR firms.
They said, 'We hope that this case will show advertisers that they have
to be transparent in their practices and help guide other ad agencies.'
The article says fake reviews like those alleged in [3]the complaint
(PDF) are pretty much the norm on iTunes. Reverb denies that this
settlement is any acknowledgment of wrongdoing; rather, just a timesaver
over a costly court battle. Will the FTC continue to make examples of big
PR firms? Wait and see."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1620247
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/technology/27ftc.html?_r=4
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/06/22/1447208/FTC-To-Monitor-Blogs-For-Paid-Claims--Reviews
2. http://slashdot.org/story/09/10/05/166241/FTC-States-Bloggers-Must-Disclose-Paid-Reviews
3. http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0923199/100826reverbcmpt.pdf
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| Company Presses Your Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die |
| from the music-of-the-soul dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Friday August 27, @13:48 (Music) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1358258/Company-Presses-Your-Ashes-Into-Vinyl-When|
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Lanxon writes "Music lovers can now be immortalized when they die by
[0]having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved
ones, reports Wired. A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people
the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice,
their favorite tunes or their last will and testament. Minimalist
audiophiles might want to go for the simple option of having no tunes or
voiceover, and simply pressing the ashes into the vinyl to result in pops
and crackles."
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1358258
Links:
0. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-08/27/and-vinyly
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| State Senator Admits Cable Industry Helped Write Pro-Industry Legislation |
| from the at-least-he's-honest dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @14:01 (Government) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1724249/State-Senator-Admits-Cable-Industry-Helped-|
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[0]jamie sends in news of comments by David Hoyle, a State Senator in
North Carolina, about recently defeated legislation he sponsored that
would have limited the ability of government to develop municipal
broadband. Hoyle readily admitted that [1]the cable industry had a hand
in writing the bill. We discussed the cable industry's [2]extensive
lobbying efforts in that region last year. From the article: "The veteran
state senator says cities should leave broadband to the cable companies.
'It's not fair for any government unit to compete with private
enterprise,' he says. In the last legislative session Sen. Hoyle tried to
put a moratorium on any more local governments expanding into municipal
broadband. When the I-Team asked him if the cable industry drew up the
bill, Senator Hoyle responded, 'Yes, along with my help.' When asked
about criticism that he was 'carrying water' for the cable companies,
Hoyle replied, 'I've carried more water than Gunga Din for the business
community ��� the people who pay the taxes.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1724249
Links:
0. mailto:jamie@slashdot.org
1. http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Salisbury-to-test-fiber-optic-cable-system.html
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/04/23/1521218/Time-Warner-Cable-Wont-Compete-Seeks-Legislation
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| .Net On Android Is Safe, Says Microsoft |
| from the look-we're-not-as-bad-as-oracle-see dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @14:48 (Google) |
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1732219/Net-On-Android-Is-Safe-Says-Microsof|
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An anonymous reader writes "With Oracle [0]suing Google over 'unofficial'
support for Java in Android, Microsoft has come out and said [1]it has no
intention of taking action against the Mono implementation of C# on the
Linux-based mobile OS. That's good news for Novell, which is in the final
stages of preparing [2]MonoDroid for release. Miguel de Icaza is not
concerned about legal challenges by Microsoft over .Net implementations,
and even recommends that Google switch from using Java. However,
Microsoft's Community Promise has been criticized by the Free Software
Foundation for not going far enough to protect open source
implementations from patent litigation, which is at the heart of the
Oracle-Google case."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1732219
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/13/0255205/Oracle-Sues-Google-For-Infringing-Java-Patents
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/358564/microsoft_won_t_stop_net_android
2. http://monodroid.net/
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| A Conference For Malware Writers |
| from the who's-bringing-the-giant-hollow-horse dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @15:32 (Security) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1824217/A-Conference-For-Malware-Writers |
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tsu doh nimh writes "There is a security conference being held in Mumbai
later this year called MalCon, and the organizers say it's [0]the first
ever conference dedicated to the 'malcoder community.' Brian Krebs
interviewed one of them and got this gem: 'Just like the concept of
"ethical hacking" has helped organizations to see that hackers are not
all that bad, it is time to accept that "ethical malcoding" is required
to research, identify and mitigate newer malwares in a "proactive" way.'
Bruce Schneier is speaking at a sister MalCon event in Pune, India two
days later, and he said he doesn't agree with the organizer's premise
that more malware is needed to build better security tools."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1824217
Links:
0. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/08/malcon-a-call-for-ethical-malcoding/
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| Pentagon Selects Companies To Build Flying Humvees |
| from the yes-really dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @16:20 (The Military) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/1947211/Pentagon-Selects-Companies-To-Build-Flying|
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longacre sends in a quote from Popular Mechanics: "The Pentagon's Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected two companies to
proceed with the next stage of its Transformer, known as TX ��� a [0]fully
automated four-person vehicle that can drive like a car and then take off
and fly like an aircraft to avoid roadside bombs. Lockheed Martin and AAI
Corp., a unit of Textron Systems, are currently in negotiations with
DARPA for the first stage of the Transformer project, several industry
sources told Popular Mechanics at a robotics conference here in Denver."
The picture included with the linked article says it all, really.
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/1947211
Links:
0. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/news/pentagon-approved-a-flying-car
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| Paul Allen Files Patent Suit Against Apple, Google, Yahoo, Others |
| from the going-for-the-gusto dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @17:05 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/203248/Paul-Allen-Files-Patent-Suit-Against-Apple-G|
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mewshi_nya writes "A firm run by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed
suit [0]alleging 11 technology companies are violating patents developed
at a Silicon Valley lab that Allen financed more than a decade ago. Named
in the lawsuit: Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office
Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and Google's YouTube subsidiary. The
suit doesn't name Microsoft, Amazon.com or other tech companies in
Seattle where Allen is based, and it doesn't estimate a damage amount.
The suit [1]lists violations of four patents (PDF) for technology that
appear to be [2]key components of the operations of the companies ��� and
[3]that of e-commerce and Internet search companies in general."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/203248
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703294904575385241453119382.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
1. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/intervallicensingcomplaint0827.pdf
2. http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=IQEWAAAAEBAJ&dq=6,263,507
3. http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=QncSAAAAEBAJ&dq=6,757,682
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| Lenovo To Launch Chinese Gaming Platform Called Ebox |
| from the wide-open-market dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @17:29 (Input Devices) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/2037202/Lenovo-To-Launch-Chinese-Gaming-Platfo|
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siliconbits writes "Chinese manufacturer Lenovo will [0]build a video
gaming console for the Chinese market and has already spun off a company
called Eedoo Technology, including a team of 40 engineers, with the task
of developing the platform. It will be called the Ebox, and will be
specifically designed to [1]recognize shapes and movement without the
need for a dedicated game controller, not unlike Microsoft's Kinect."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/2037202
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/8/27/lenovo-launch-chinese-gaming-platform-called-ebox/
1. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-08/27/content_11214599.htm
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| Garmin Recalls 1.25M 'Fire Risk' Satnavs |
| from the hot-new-battery-tech dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @17:51 (Businesses) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/217232/Garmin-Recalls-125M-Fire-Risk-Satnavs |
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Barence writes "Garmin is [0]recalling 1.25 million of its n��vi satnavs
after batteries overheated. According to Garmin, the issue only affects
devices containing batteries manufactured within a set date range by a
third-party supplier and that have a specific printed circuit board
design. 'It appears that the interaction of these factors can, in rare
circumstances, increase the possibility of overheating, which may lead to
a fire hazard,' the company said in a statement. 'Although there have
been no injuries or significant property damage caused by this issue,
Garmin is taking this action out of an abundance of caution.' Perhaps
Garmin should also issue a software update that diverts drivers to their
nearest fire station?"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/217232
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360655/garmin-recalls-1-25m-fire-hazard-satnavs
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| BlackBerry Battle In India Going Down To the Wire |
| from the rock-and-a-hard-place dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 27, @18:38 (Security) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/2137241/BlackBerry-Battle-In-India-Going-Down-To|
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crimeandpunishment writes "With just days before the deadline,
BlackBerry's maker was shot down by India in its latest effort to
[0]avoid having its services cut off for about a million Indian users of
the device. Research in Motion's effort to [1]broaden the debate over
data encryption were rejected. The Indian government [2]wants access to
users' emails. The head of a powerful industry group in India accused RIM
of taking the wrong approach to negotiations, saying, 'It need not have
escalated to this level. Folks like RIM have to understand business is
done differently here.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/2137241
Links:
0. http://skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=3067
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67Q2DC20100827
2. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/01/1159240/BlackBerry-Services-To-Be-Halted-In-UAE
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| PowerPoint Rant Costs Colonel His Job |
| from the truth-will-out dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 27, @19:25 (The Military) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/27/2249248/PowerPoint-Rant-Costs-Colonel-His-Job |
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[0]twoallbeefpatties writes "Wired reports that a 61-year-old reservist
in Afghanistan was [1]fired from his job as a staff officer after
[2]writing a sardonic op-ed criticizing the daily briefings provided by
his taskforce, portraying them as little more than a neverending stream
of redundant PowerPoint slideshows. This came after attempts to reform
the process by giving his superiors a presentation that, of course,
included five PowerPoint slides." Maybe he should have presented it as an
[3]art project instead of a complaint.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/08/27/2249248
Links:
0. http://deanrayjatgmail.com/
1. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/anti-powerpoint-rant-gets-colonel-kicked-out-of-afghanistan/
2. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20100823-112700-2345&show_article=1
3. http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/eeei/
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