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In this issue:
* NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission
* Google Wave To Live On As 'Wave In a Box'
* Craigslist Removes Its Controversial Adult Section
* Australia Adopts EU's Geographical Indicator System For Wine
* Texas Opens Inquiry Into Google Search Rankings
* Spammers Attack Apple's Ping Social Network
* Ubuntu 10.10 Beta Released
* New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent
* White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit
* The Many Iterations of William Shatner
* Simon Singh Talks With Wired About His Libel Battle
* Google To Pay $8.5 Million In Buzz Privacy Settlement
* Nasty Data-Stealing Bug Haunts Internet Explorer 8
* DoD Takes Criticism From Security Experts On Cyberwar Incident
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| NASA Preps Closest-Ever Sun Mission |
| from the ask-your-actuary-if-you'll-be-around dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday September 03, @20:50 (NASA) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0020233/NASA-Preps-Closest-Ever-Sun-Mission |
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coondoggie writes "NASA today said it had picked five experiments that
will ride aboard one of its most ambitious space missions to explore the
Sun. The Solar Probe, a car-sized spacecraft, is scheduled to launch no
later than 2018 and [0]will fly closer to the Sun's surface than any
other probe, NASA stated. Ultimately the spacecraft's goals are to help
scientists understand why the sun's outer atmosphere so much hotter than
the sun's visible surface and what propels the solar wind that affects
Earth and our solar system, NASA said."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0020233
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65837
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| Google Wave To Live On As 'Wave In a Box' |
| from the snl-sketch-comes-to-mind dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday September 03, @23:33 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0157256/Google-Wave-To-Live-On-As-Wave-In-a-Box |
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[0]snydeq writes "Google Wave will morph into an [1]application bundle
for real-time collaboration, according to a [2]blog post by Google Wave
engineer Alex North. 'We will expand upon the 200K lines of code we've
already open sourced (detailed at [3]waveprotocol.org) to flesh out the
existing example Wave server and Web client into a more complete
application or "Wave in a Box,"' North said, adding that the future of
the [4]recently flat-lined Google service will be 'defined by your
contributions. We hope this project will help the Wave developer
community continue to grow and evolve,' he said."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0157256
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/google-wave-becomes-wave-in-box-373
2. http://googlewavedev.blogspot.com/2010/09/wave-open-source-next-steps-wave-in-box.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GoogleWaveDeveloperBlog+(Google+Wave+Developer+Blog)
3. http://www.waveprotocol.org/
4. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/04/2129201/Google-Kills-Wave-Development
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| Craigslist Removes Its Controversial Adult Section |
| from the can't-we-at-least-play-at-being-adults? dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday September 04, @02:37 (Censorship) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0627256/Craigslist-Removes-Its-Controversial-Adult-|
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Cyrus writes "The online classified website Craigslist has removed its
controversial Adult Services portion of its website. Technology blog
TechCrunch was the first to report the section had been [0]blacked out
with the word 'Censored.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0627256
Links:
0. http://wireupdate.com/wires/9446/craigslist-removes-its-controversial-adult-section/
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| Australia Adopts EU's Geographical Indicator System For Wine |
| from the all-official-like dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday September 04, @05:30 (Australia) |
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0641223/Australia-Adopts-EUs-Geographical-Indi|
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onreserve writes with an excerpt from a site dedicated to laws affecting
wine: "[L]ast week, Australia signed an agreement with the European Union
to comply with the geographical indicator (GI) system of the EU. The new
agreement replaces an agreement signed in 1994 between the two wine
powers and protects eleven of the EU drink labels and 112 of the
Australian GI's. Specifically, this means that many of the wine products
produced in Australia that were previously labeled according to European
names, such as sherry and tokay, will no longer be labeled under these
names. Wine producers in Australia will have [0]three years to 'phase
out' the use of such names on labels. Australian labels that will be
discontinued include amontillado, Auslese, burgundy, chablis, champagne,
claret, marsala, moselle, port, and sherry."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0641223
Links:
0. http://www.winelawonreserve.com/?p=510
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| Texas Opens Inquiry Into Google Search Rankings |
| from the when-governments-attack dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday September 04, @08:18 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0459243/Texas-Opens-Inquiry-Into-Google-Search-Ran|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The AP reports that Texas' attorney general, Greg
Abbott, has [1]opened an anti-trust investigation against Google spurred
by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's
dominant search engine. The review appears to be focused on whether
Google is manipulating its search results to stifle competition. European
regulators already have been investigating complaints alleging that
Google has been favoring its own services in its results instead of rival
websites and several lawsuits have also been filed in the US that have
alleged Google's search formula is biased. However Google believes Abbott
is the first state attorney general to open an antitrust review into the
issue."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0459243
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVhFlOlMfklCSJqdk4xENQ7NfoYgD9I0R58O2
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| Spammers Attack Apple's Ping Social Network |
| from the strict-inevitabilities dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @09:29 (Spam) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/1258213/Spammers-Attack-Apples-Ping-Social-Networ|
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An anonymous reader writes "Scammers and spammers have [0]deluged the new
Ping musical social network, created by Apple and built into the new
version of iTunes. Sophos researchers have found that Ping is being
[1]overrun by scams and spam messages. 'Apple seems to have anticipated a
certain degree of malfeasance, as profile pictures that you upload will
not appear until approved by Apple. They are likely filtering for other
offensive content as well, so they probably have means in place they
could use to stop the spam.' It's ironic that the most common scams on
Ping right now revolve around Apple's own iPhone." The Sophos blog post
adds that Apple is doing their best to clamp down on the spam, manually
deleting many of the offending messages for now. Reader Tootech adds that
[2]Facebook integration was quickly disabled, possibly because of
[3]blocked API access.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/1258213
Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9820
1. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2010/09/02/apple-pingd-comment-spam-coming
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20015447-260.html
3. http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100902/facebook-blocked-api-access-to-ping-after-failure-to-strike-agreement-so-apple-removed-feature-after-launch/
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| Ubuntu 10.10 Beta Released |
| from the still-a-maverick dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @10:40 (Ubuntu) |
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/145220/Ubuntu-1010-Beta-Released |
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RandyDownes sends word that Canonical has [0]released the beta version of
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). The release announcement boasts faster
boot times, GNOME 2.31, and a speedier version of Evolution. In addition,
"The Ubuntu Software Center has [1]an updated look and feel, including
the new 'Featured' and 'What's New' views for showcasing applications,
and an improved package description view. You can now easily access your
package installation history too." The [2]release notes and [3]download
page are both available.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/145220
Links:
0. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-September/000136.html
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/03/ubuntu_maverick_meerkat_beta/
2. http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/beta
3. http://mirrors.xmission.com/ubuntu-cd//10.10/
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| New Copyright Lawsuits Go After Porn On Bittorrent |
| from the enjoy-explaining-that-subpoena-to-your-parents dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @11:55 (Media) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/1412217/New-Copyright-Lawsuits-Go-After-Porn-On-Bit|
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neoflexycurrent writes "Three adult media entertainment producers
[0]filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois alleging copyright infringement against hundreds of anonymous
defendants accused of trading videos using Bittorrent. This kind of
action resembles the much-criticized mass litigation undertaken by the US
Copyright Group against hordes of unknown accused Bittorrent users
trading movies like The Hurt Locker. In this case, [1]the subject matter
promises to be more provocative."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/1412217
Links:
0. http://blog.internetcases.com/2010/09/03/new-copyright-lawsuits-go-after-porn-on-bittorrent/
1. http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/suing-hundreds-and-hundreds-of-porn-pirates-has-gone-viral.html
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| White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit |
| from the wipeout-xxxxl dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @13:02 (It's funny. Laugh.) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/1617200/White-House-Fingers-PlayStation-As-Obesit|
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theodp writes "The winners of the [0]childhood obesity infographic design
contest sponsored by [1]GOOD and First Lady Michelle Obama's [2]Let's
Move! initiative are in, and the overall winner [3]calls out Sony's
PlayStation as a major milestone on its timeline of childhood obesity
(together with Coke, Pepsi, mall food courts, fructose and high sugar
tariffs, TV, McDonald's, and other fast food). Somewhat ironically, the
First Lady's other anti-childhood obesity efforts [4]include a $60,000
video game contest."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/1617200
Links:
0. http://www.letsmove.gov/blog/2010/07/29/and-the-winners-are%E2%80%A6/
1. http://www.good.is/
2. http://www.letsmove.gov/
3. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/usersubmissions/childhood-obesity/cash/index.html
4. http://www.appsforhealthykids.com/
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| The Many Iterations of William Shatner |
| from the denny-crane dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @14:12 (Sci-Fi) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/1721249/The-Many-Iterations-of-William-Sh|
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pickens writes "The NY Times weekend magazine has a long profile, well
worth reading, of [0]self-described 'working actor' William Shatner. He
began acting at age 6 and at one point in the late 1950s was mentioned in
the same breath as his contemporaries Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and
Robert Redford ��� until, without explanation, his career faded before it
bloomed. Shatner, now 79, pulls no punches in his memories of the Star
Trek years. 'I never thought it'd become a big deal, just 13 episodes and
out,' says Shatner. 'I didn't think I was hard to get along with. There
were a few disaffected actors who came in once a week. I had nothing to
do with them. Friendly! I was working seven days a week, learning 10
pages of dialogue a day. They had one line!' Which was the beginning of
the William Shatner character. 'They said I was this William Shatner
character, and I figured I had to be it. Pompous, takes himself
seriously, hardheaded.' Shatner said that that character evolved slowly,
until one day he realized he couldn���t change it. 'So I played it. But I
didn���t see it. That character doesn���t seem like me to me. I know the real
William Shatner.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/1721249
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| Simon Singh Talks With Wired About His Libel Battle |
| from the slapping-back-at-bullies dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday September 04, @15:23 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/0346258/Simon-Singh-Talks-With-Wired-About-His-|
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smellsofbikes writes "Wired has [0]a short but pithy interview with Simon
Singh about his defense against a [1]libel suit brought by the British
Chiropractic Association, in which he spent more than $200,000 and
emerged victorious."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/0346258
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/mf_qa_singh/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh#Chiropractic_lawsuit_and_backlash
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| Google To Pay $8.5 Million In Buzz Privacy Settlement |
| from the dollars-and-sense dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @16:40 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/200200/Google-To-Pay-85-Million-In-Buzz-Privacy-Se|
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eldavojohn writes "Google's Buzz service will [0]cost the company $8.5
million in settling a class action lawsuit related to the [1]privacy
debacle from the days after its release. Ars reports: 'In the proposed
settlement submitted to the court this week, Google agreed to make
efforts to better educate Buzz users on issues of privacy and the
particular privacy features that Buzz offers. Additionally, Google also
agreed to pay out $8.5 million to a fund which will be disbursed as cy
pres awards for organizations that focus on Internet privacy policy or
education.' In other words, the victims (Buzz users) won't see any of
that money, but it will be used to promote healthy Internet privacy
policies." Several readers have also noted that Google has simplified its
[2]privacy policy, condensing a number of product-specific policies into
one and adding a [3]privacy tools page in an effort to [4]make everything
more easily understood.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/200200
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/google-coughs-up-85-million-to-settle-buzz-privacy-suit.ars
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/13/0256202/Google-Tweaks-Buzz-To-Tackle-Privacy-Concerns
2. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy_2010.html
3. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy_tools.html
4. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/trimming-our-privacy-policies.html
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| Nasty Data-Stealing Bug Haunts Internet Explorer 8 |
| from the waiting-for-the-right-tuesday dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @17:48 (Internet Explorer) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/2045212/Nasty-Data-Stealing-Bug-Haunts-Internet-Ex|
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Trailrunner7 writes "There's an [0]unpatched vulnerability in Internet
Explorer 8 that enables simple data-stealing attacks by Web-based
attackers and could lead to an attacker hijacking a user's authenticated
session on a third-party site. The flaw, which a researcher said may have
been known since 2008, lies in the way IE8 handles CSS. The vulnerability
can be exploited through an attack scenario known as cross-domain theft,
and researcher Chris Evans originally [1]brought the problem to light in
a blog post in December. At the time, all of the major browsers were
vulnerable to the attack, but since then, [2]Firefox, Chrome, Safari and
Opera all have implemented a simple defense mechanism. The upshot of this
is that if a victim has visited a given Web site, authenticated himself
to the site, and then visits a site controlled by an attacker, the
attacker would have the ability to hijack the user's session and extract
supposedly confidential data. This attack [3]works on the latest, fully
patched release of IE8."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/2045212
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/nasty-data-stealing-bug-haunts-internet-explorer-8-090410
1. http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/12/generic-cross-browser-cross-domain.html
2. https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-46.html
3. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Sep/64
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| DoD Takes Criticism From Security Experts On Cyberwar Incident |
| from the no-mr-bond-i-expect-you-to-torrent dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @18:59 (Government) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/2058255/DoD-Takes-Criticism-From-Security-Experts-O|
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wiredmikey writes "Undersecretary of Defense William J. Lynn is being
[0]challenged by IT security experts who find it hard to believe that the
incident which led to the Pentagon's recognizing cyberspace as a new
'domain of warfare' could have really happened as described. In his
essay, 'Defending a New Domain,' Lynn [1]recounts a widely-reported 2008
hack that was initiated when, according to Lynn, an infected flash drive
was inserted into a military laptop by 'a foreign intelligence agency.'
Critics such as IT security firm Sophos' Chief Security Adviser Chester
Wisniewski argue that [2]this James Bond-like scenario doesn't stand up
to scrutiny. The primary issue is that the malware involved, known as
agent.btz, is neither sophisticated nor particularly dangerous. A variant
of the SillyFDC worm, agent.btz can be easily defeated by disabling the
Windows 'autorun' feature (which automatically starts a program on a
drive upon insertion) or by simply banning thumb drives. In 2007, Silly
FDC was rated as Risk Level 1: Very Low, by security firm Symantec."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/2058255
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/defense-departments-cyberwar-credibility-gap
1. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66552/william-j-lynn-iii/defending-a-new-domain
2. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/insiders-doubt-2008-pentagon-hack-was-foreign-spy-attack/
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