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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Pixel Qi Demos 10" 1280x800 Pixel Screens
* Mac OS Update Detects, Kills MacDefender Scareware
* OCZ Couples SSD, Mechanical Storage On a PCIe Card
* A Piece of Internet History Lost: IO.com Sold, Services To Shut Down
* Daleks To Be Given 'A Rest' From Dr. Who
* Stamping Out Low-Cost Nanodevices
* Taking a Look At High-End Programmer Salaries
* World Health Organization Says Mobile Phones May Cause Cancer
* Google's Schmidt Says He 'Screwed Up' On Social Networking
* Microsoft Said To Limit Device Makers' Partners
* World Internet Traffic To Top 966 Exabytes In 2015
* Modeling Security Software To Mimic Ant Behavior
* Using Flywheels to Meet Peak Power Grid Demands
* NATO Report Threatens To 'Persecute' Anonymous
* Oracle To Give OpenOffice.org To Apache Incubator
* Book Review: CERT Resilience Management Model (RMM)
* DC Reboots Universe
* 30+ Infected Apps Pulled From Android Market
* Fetus Don't Fail Me Now: How Scientists Raise Children
* 2011 World Science Festival Begins In NYC
* New MacDefender Defeats Apple Security Update
* Why We Have So Much "Duh" Science
* California Assembly Approves Internet Tax
* Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign
* Apple Nixes iPad Giveaways
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| Pixel Qi Demos 10" 1280x800 Pixel Screens
| from the because-the-xoom-hates-the-light dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday May 31, @20:41 (Displays)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0022259/Pixel-Qi-Demos-10-1280x800-Pixel-Screens?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Compared to their dumber e-ink cousins, tablets with LCD screens suffer
at least two notable disadvantages: their batteries last hours or days,
rather than [0]weeks (or months), and they're notoriously hard to read in
the sunshine. Neither of these problems are likely to be licked soon, but
the gap may be shrinking: Mary Lou Jepsen's OLPC spinoff Pixel Qi [1]has
now shown off a 10", 1280x800 panel. Pixel Qi's screens are well-known,
though not currently widely adopted, for their ability to run in a
high-contrast, low-power greyscale mode as well as a still-frugal color
mode. Though the company is currently showing prototypes rather than a
shipping version of the new high-resolution screens, it's reason to renew
hope for a long-lived color-screen tablet that's comfortable in the
sunlight.
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Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/29/137230/Amazon-and-Barnes-amp-Noble-Jostle-Over-Battery-Life-Figures-for-Nook-Kindle
1. http://liliputing.com/2011/05/pixel-qi-introduces-10-inch-1280-x-800-pixel-sunlight-viewable-displays.html
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| Mac OS Update Detects, Kills MacDefender Scareware
| from the end-of-the-beginning dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday May 31, @21:28 (OS X)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/2346237/Mac-OS-Update-Detects-Kills-MacDefender-Scareware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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CWmike writes "Apple released an update for Snow Leopard on Tuesday that
[0]warns users that they've downloaded fake Mac security software and
scrubs already-infected machines. Chet Wisniewski, a security researcher
with Sophos, confirmed that the update alerts users when they try to
download any of [1]the bogus MacDefender antivirus software. Wisniewski
had not yet tested the malware cleaning functionality of the update, but
was confident that it would work. 'It's reasonably trivial to remove
MacDefender,' said Wisniewski. 'It's not burying itself in the system,
not compared to some of some of the crap that we see on Windows.' The
update, [2]labeled 2011-003, adds a new definition to [3]the rudimentary
antivirus detection engine embedded in Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard,
and also increases the frequency with which the operating system checks
for new definitions to daily."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/2346237/Mac-OS-Update-Detects-Kills-MacDefender-Scareware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217163/Mac_OS_update_detects_deletes_MacDefender_scareware_
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217034/Apple_admits_Mac_scareware_infections_promises_cleaning_tool
2. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4657
3. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137176/Apple_adds_basic_anti_malware_to_Snow_Leopard
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| OCZ Couples SSD, Mechanical Storage On a PCIe Card
| from the little-of-this-little-of-that dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @00:20 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/2225228/OCZ-Couples-SSD-Mechanical-Storage-On-a-PCIe-Card?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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J. Dzhugashvili writes "We've seen some [0]solid-state drives on PCI
Express cards before, but OCZ's RevoDrive Hybrid may very well be the
first solution to [1]combine solid-state storage and a mechanical hard
drive on a single PCI Express x4 card. Using Dataplex caching software
from Nvelo, the RevoDrive Hybrid uses its solid-state component (a RAID 0
array of SandForce-based SSDs) as a cache for an onboard mechanical hard
drive. The caching scheme is reportedly so effective that "a 5,400-RPM
drive can be used without sacrificing much performance," according to The
Tech Report's coverage. OCZ hasn't hashed out all of the details yet, but
it expects the RevoDrive Hybrid to start at $350 this July. The base
configuration should couple 60GB of solid-state storage with a 500GB
mechanical drive."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/16/2123228/Fusion-io-IoXtremes-Consumer-Class-PCIe-SSD-mdash-Impressive-Throughput
1. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21030
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| A Piece of Internet History Lost: IO.com Sold, Services To Shut Down
| from the fond-memories dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @03:07 (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0219211/A-Piece-of-Internet-History-Lost-IOcom-Sold-Services-To-Shut-Down?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The former [0]Illuminati Online domain,
IO.com, has [1]been sold, and all existing customers will lose all
services associated with the domain. A 1990 Secret Service raid on Steve
Jackson Games, then owner of the Illuminati Online BBS and later the
IO.com domain [2]led to the creation of the EFF and was an important
milestone in the fight for online rights. While the domain has been sold
in the past, the services offered to customers always remained unchanged.
However, this most recent sale, to an unnamed party, will result in all
services being dropped on July 1, and people will lose email addresses,
web pages, and shell accounts that many have had for 15+ years." Bad news
for me ��� io.com was my first real ISP, and I was hoping to see if I could
revive the account.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.sjgames.com/SS/io.html
1. http://www.prismnet.com/html/iocomchange
2. http://www.sjgames.com/SS/eff-creation.html
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| Daleks To Be Given 'A Rest' From Dr. Who
| from the doesn't-the-resting-go-the-other-direction? dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @05:58 (Sci-Fi)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/007210/Daleks-To-Be-Given-A-Rest-From-Dr-Who?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]donberryman writes "Steven Moffat told the BBC 'There's a problem with
the Daleks. They are the most famous of the Doctor's adversaries and the
most frequent, which means they are the [1]most reliably defeatable
enemies in the universe.'" And so, 400+ encounters later, both the Doctor
and the daleks will take a break from each other.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.jazzpolice.com/
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13594932
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| Stamping Out Low-Cost Nanodevices
| from the yank-the-crank dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @07:02 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0410238/Stamping-Out-Low-Cost-Nanodevices?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RogerRoast writes "Vanderbilt University scientists report that they have
developed a [0]simple technique for stamping patterns invisible to the
human eye onto a special class of nanomaterials. According to the
article, the method works with materials that are riddled with tiny voids
that give them unique optical, electrical, chemical and mechanical
properties. 'It's amazing how easy it is. We made our first imprint using
a regular tabletop vise,' Sharon M. Weiss the lead author said. The
article was [1]published in the latest issue of the journal Nano Letters."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/05/stamping-out-low-cost-nanodevices/
1. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl1028073
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| Taking a Look At High-End Programmer Salaries
| from the today-let's-take-the-gold-robot dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @08:13 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0158240/Taking-a-Look-At-High-End-Programmer-Salaries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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msmoriarty writes "Our reporter decided to try to document [0]the high
end of programmer salaries (at least in the US). It seems that $300,000
to $400,000 and up is not unheard of in the financial industry, but the
highest salary we could document was apx. $1.2 million, [1]earned by
Sergey Aleynikov, who was later [2]convicted of stealing proprietary
source code from a previous employer, Goldman Sachs."
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Links:
0. http://adtmag.com/articles/2011/05/27/what-highest-paid-programmers-earn.aspx
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/30/goldmansachs-secrets-idUSN3026798220101130
2. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/ex-goldman-programmer-is-convicted/
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| World Health Organization Says Mobile Phones May Cause Cancer
| from the we're-surrounded-by-carcinogens dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @08:54 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1219248/World-Health-Organization-Says-Mobile-Phones-May-Cause-Cancer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Schiphol writes "A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO)
concludes that [0]mobile phone radiation presents a carcinogenic hazard.
Are cell phones going to be the new tobacco, then?" This seems to be a
new interpretation of a long-tern [1]WHO study of possible cellphone
health risks that had "inconclusive results" last May.
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Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20067593-266.html
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/05/16/1919224/10-Year-Cell-Phone--Cancer-Study-Is-Inconclusive
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| Google's Schmidt Says He 'Screwed Up' On Social Networking
| from the so-busy-he-didn't-notice-Facebook dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @09:36 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1234253/Googles-Schmidt-Says-He-Screwed-Up-On-Social-Networking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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"Google chairman Eric Schmidt took responsibility for the search titan's
[0]failure to counter Facebook's explosive growth, saying he saw the
threat coming but failed to counter it." Note: The original link's
landing page was changed after we posted it. The one showing now goes to
a Wired article. The same story (coverage of a May 31 conference
presentation by Schmidt) also quotes him as saying, unsurprisingly, that
cloud services will be 'the death of IT as we know it.'"
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| Microsoft Said To Limit Device Makers' Partners
| from the tighter-hardware-control-is-our-number-one-goal dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @10:22 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1417228/Microsoft-Said-To-Limit-Device-Makers-Partners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has asked chipmakers
that want to use the next version of Windows for tablets to [0]work with
no more than one computer manufacturer." The article also said, "Seeking
to limit variations may help Microsoft speed the delivery of new Windows
tablets by keeping tighter control over partners and accelerating
development and testing. Though the program isn't mandatory, the
restrictions may impede chip- and computer makers from building a variety
of Windows-based models to vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad... In past
versions of Windows software, chipmakers could work with multiple
computer manufacturers. "
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| World Internet Traffic To Top 966 Exabytes In 2015
| from the all-those-Netflix-streams-add-up dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @11:06 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1434243/World-Internet-Traffic-To-Top-966-Exabytes-In-2015?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Mark.JUK writes "Networking giant Cisco has released its latest annual
[1]Visual Networking Index (VNI) today, which forecasts that [2]world
internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 to reach 965.5 ExaBytes per year
(up from 242.4 ExaBytes in 2010); when 40% of the world's population will
be online (i.e. 3bn Internet users). Internet video will account for 61%
of all consumer traffic in the same year, while P2P (File Sharing) will
decline significantly to just 16%."
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Links:
0. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/
1. http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2011/prod_060111.html
2. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/06/01/cisco-predicts-massive-quadruple-jump-in-global-internet-traffic-by-2015.html
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| Modeling Security Software To Mimic Ant Behavior
| from the maybe-more-like-white-blood-cells-than-ants dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @11:48 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1513201/Modeling-Security-Software-To-Mimic-Ant-Behavior?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "Researchers from universities and national
laboratories in the United States are [0]developing software that mimics
ant behavior, as a new approach to network security." The concept has
been around for a while, but this summer researchers are working to train
the "digital ants" well enough that they can turn them loose into the
power grid to seek out computer viruses trying to wreak havoc on the
system.
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Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/researchers-model-security-software-mimic-behavior-ants
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| Using Flywheels to Meet Peak Power Grid Demands
| from the our-squirrels-run-extra-hard-to-spin-our-flywheels dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @12:27 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1549209/Using-Flywheels-to-Meet-Peak-Power-Grid-Demands?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]hackertourist writes "A novel type of electricity storage was recently
added to the New York power grid. The unit, supplied by Beacon Power,
[1]uses flywheels to store energy. This system is intended to replace gas
turbines in supplying short-term peaks in power demand (also known as
frequency regulation). It can supply up to 20 MW, using 200 flywheels."
If you can't afford a 200-flywheel system, you can always get a
racetrack-ready [2]Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, which has a single
energy-storage flywheel that can give you a 160 HP burst of power when
you need a little extra oomph.
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Links:
0. mailto:hackertourist@xmsnet.nl
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20067886-54.html?tag=river
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/13/020209/Porsche-Unveils-911-Hybrid-With-Flywheel-Booster
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| NATO Report Threatens To 'Persecute' Anonymous
| from the who-did-you-say-you-were? dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Wednesday June 01, @13:17 (Security)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1639215/NATO-Report-Threatens-To-Persecute-Anonymous?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stoobalou writes "[0]NATO leaders have been warned that Wikileaks-loving
'hacktivist' collective Anonymous could pose a threat to member states'
security, following recent attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce and
defence contractor HBGary ��� and promise to 'persecute' its members." From
the article: "In a toughly-worded draft report to the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly, General Rapporteur Lord Jopling claims that the loose-knit,
leaderless group is 'becoming more and more sophisticated.' and 'could
potentially hack into sensitive government, military, and corporate
files.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/1/nato-report-threatens-persecute-anonymous/
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| Oracle To Give OpenOffice.org To Apache Incubator
| from the final-destination dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @13:54 (Oracle)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/176207/Oracle-To-Give-OpenOfficeorg-To-Apache-Incubator?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Julie188 writes "Oracle has finally officially spilled the beans: It's
proposing [1]OpenOffice.org as an Apache Incubator project ��� and not
handing it to The Document Foundation. Oracle had announced earlier this
year that it would be passing the torch to the community, but failed to
provide any specifics about the ultimate destination. The Document
Foundation is the organization behind the OpenOffice fork, LibreOffice."
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Links:
0. mailto:jbort@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/oracle-proposes-openofficeorg-apache-incubato
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| Book Review: CERT Resilience Management Model (RMM)
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @14:37 (Book Reviews)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1313208/Book-Review-CERT-Resilience-Management-Model-RMM?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]brothke writes "If [1]Gartner were to have created the [2]CERT-RMM
framework like what is detailed in the book CERT Resilience Management
Model (RMM): A Maturity Model for Managing Operational Resilience; it
likely would be offered to their clients for at least $15,000. With a
list price of $79.99, the book is clearly a bargain. Besides being
inexpensive, it details an invaluable model that should be seriously
considered by nearly every organization." Keep reading for the rest of
Ben's review.
This story continues at:
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Links:
0. mailto:brothke@hotmail.com
1. http://www.gartner.com/technology/home.jsp
2. http://www.cert.org/resilience/rmm.html
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| DC Reboots Universe
| from the crisis-on-infinite-earths-2 dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @14:55 (Sci-Fi)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/183218/DC-Reboots-Universe?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Bob Wayne, Senior Vice President of Sales at
DC Comics, has written to comic book retailers saying: 'Many of you have
heard rumors that DC Comics has been working on a big publishing
initiative for later this year. This is indeed an historic time for us
as, come this September, we are [0]relaunching the entire DC Universe
line of comic books with all new first issues. 52 of them to be exact.'
In addition, some characters are going to be younger, some may be
missing, relationships are being changed, and Grant Morrison will pen a
new Superman title."
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Links:
0. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=32566
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| 30+ Infected Apps Pulled From Android Market
| from the one-bad-app-spoiling-the-barrel dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @15:19 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1751227/30-Infected-Apps-Pulled-From-Android-Market?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "Researchers have identified [0]a second large batch
of apps in the Android Market that have been infected with the DroidDream
malware, estimating that upwards of 30,000 users have downloaded at least
one of the more than 30 infected apps. Google has removed the apps from
the market. There are at least 34 applications that researchers have
found in the Android Market in the last few days that had a version of
the DroidDream malware dropped into them. Once a user installs one of the
infected applications, the malicious component, which researchers have
dubbed DroidDream Light, will kick in once the user receives an incoming
call. The malware then gathers some identifying information from the
phone, including its IMEI number, IMSI number, packages installed and
other data, and then sends it off to a pre-configured remote server."
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| Fetus Don't Fail Me Now: How Scientists Raise Children
| from the double-blind-man's-bluff dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @15:53 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1517215/Fetus-Dont-Fail-Me-Now-How-Scientists-Raise-Children?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "In the latest column from scientist, humor
columnist, and stand-up comedian Adam Ruben, he examines his own
umbilicus and considers how being a scientist will affect his approach to
[0]raising his only slightly post-fetal child. From the article: 'I don't
know how other prospective fathers treat their wives' pregnancies, but I
saw it as a science project. It had a protocol, parameters, a timeline,
and even the one item that makes funding agencies happy: a deliverable. I
found myself poking at my wife's abdomen, asking, "Who's Daddy's little
gestating blastocyst? Who's recapitulating phylogeny?"'"
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| 2011 World Science Festival Begins In NYC
| from the get-your-science-on dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @16:00 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/188241/2011-World-Science-Festival-Begins-In-NYC?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Velcroman1 writes "For the next five days, New Yorkers will be learning
about science not from a PowerPoint presentation but by watching it
firsthand. [0]The World Science Festival is taking over New York City
from June 1 to 5, bringing together scientists, celebrities, researchers
and more to discuss the fascinating world of science. Celebrating its
fourth year, the fledgling festival has turned into a seasoned veteran,
attracting over 185,000 attendants last year, and the festival creators
expect the numbers to be even more impressive this year."
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Links:
0. http://worldsciencefestival.com/
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| New MacDefender Defeats Apple Security Update
| from the +1-or-better-update-to-hit dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @16:41 (Security)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1921241/New-MacDefender-Defeats-Apple-Security-Update?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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XxtraLarGe writes "Apple [0]released a security update yesterday designed
to rid Macs of the menacing MacDefender malware that has plagued users
for nearly a month. But mere hours after the update, cyber-criminals
[1]released a new variant of the malware that easily defeated Apple's
belated security efforts. That didn't take long."
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Links:
0. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/2346237/Mac-OS-Update-Detects-Kills-MacDefender-Scareware
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110601/sc_livescience/newmacdefenderdefeatsapplesecurityupdate
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| Why We Have So Much "Duh" Science
| from the taking-nothing-for-granted dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @17:25 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1937220/Why-We-Have-So-Much-Duh-Science?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Eryn Brown writes in the LA Times that accounts
of 'duh' research abound as studies show that driving ability worsens in
people with early Alzheimer's disease, that women who get epidurals
experience less pain during childbirth than women who don't, that young
men who are obese have lower odds of getting married than thinner peers,
and that making exercise more fun might improve fitness among teens. But
there's more to duh research than meets the eye writes Brown as experts
say they [1]have to prove the obvious again and again to influence
perceptions and policy. 'Think about the number of studies that had to be
published for people to realize smoking is bad for you,' says Ronald J.
Iannotti, a psychologist at the National Institutes of Health. '[2]There
are some subjects where it seems you can never publish enough.' Kyle
Stanford, a professor of the philosophy of science at UC Irvine, thinks
the professionalization of science has led researchers ��� who must win
grants to pay their bills ��� to ask timid questions and research that hews
to established theories is more likely to be funded, even if it
contributes little to knowledge. Perhaps most important, sometimes [3]a
study that seems poised to affirm the conventional wisdom produces a
surprise. 'Many have taken the value of popular programs like DARE ��� in
which police warn kids about the dangers of drug use ��� as an article of
faith,' writes Brown. 'But Dennis Rosenbaum of the University of Illinois
at Chicago and other researchers have shown that [4]the program has been
ineffective and may even increase drug use in some cases.'"
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/28/science/la-sci-duh-20110529
2. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2006-05/science-confirms-obvious
3. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/11/12/when-conventional-wisdom-is-simply-wrong/
4. http://www.druglibrary.org/think/~jnr/uicstud.htm
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| California Assembly Approves Internet Tax
| from the tax-man-cometh dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @18:10 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2022223/California-Assembly-Approves-Internet-Tax?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ClientNine writes "California could collect more than [0]$1 billion a
year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by
the Assembly becomes law. Assemblyman Charles Calderon, a Democrat from
Whittier, says his legislation doesn't impose a new sales tax, but
extends one that California should already have been enforcing. AB155
passed, 47-16, with the support of one GOP lawmaker Tuesday. It now heads
to the Senate. Other Republicans rejected the bill because they said it
would invite lawsuits, drive business out of California, and get the
state entangled in the messy task of regulating the Internet."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2022223/California-Assembly-Approves-Internet-Tax?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/politics/Amazon-Tax-Bill-Passes-State-122907299.html
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| Google Uncovers China-Based Password Collection Campaign
| from the all-your-passwords-are-belong-to-us dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @18:51 (China)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2118251/Google-Uncovers-China-Based-Password-Collection-Campaign?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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D H NG writes "Google announced that it recently [0]uncovered a campaign
to collect users' passwords. The campaign, apparently originating from
China, affected what seem to be the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds
of users including, among others, senior U.S. government officials,
Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries
(predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists. Google
said it detected and has disrupted this campaign and has notified victims
and secured their accounts, as well as notified the relevant government
authorities."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2118251/Google-Uncovers-China-Based-Password-Collection-Campaign?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html
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| Apple Nixes iPad Giveaways
| from the too-good-for-free dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @19:34 (Apple)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2158224/Apple-Nixes-iPad-Giveaways?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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KingSkippus writes "According to a story at CNN, Apple has begun
enforcing [0]third party promotion guidelines (PDF) that, among other
things, [1]restricts organizations from giving away iPads, using the word
'free' to describe any Apple products in a prominent manner, or promoting
giveaways of iPod Touches in lots of less than 250 and with Apple's
explicit approval."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2158224/Apple-Nixes-iPad-Giveaways?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://fortunebrainstormtech.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/apple_3pp_guidelines_1-1-11.pdf
1. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/01/apple-tries-to-put-the-kibosh-on-ipad-and-iphone-giveaways/
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