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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Canada Seeking Cyberspace Security Input
* North Korea Training "Cyberwarriors" Abroad
* Project Icarus: the Gas Mines of Uranus
* Experimental "Smart Town" To Be Built In Japan
* GNOME Shell Hurts Gaming Performance
* UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program
* Bubble Bursting On the MMO Market?
* Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password
* Windows 8 Previewed At D9
* School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison
* Man Ordered To Tweet 100 Times For Defamation
* Embed a Video, Go To Jail?
* 'Worms From Hell' Unearth Possibilities For Extraterrestrial Life
* UK Government Ditches Cloud Concept, Consolidates Data Centers
* Book Review -- JavaScript: the Definitive Guide, 6th Edition
* Anatomy of a Privacy Nightmare
* Google WebRTC: Can It Replace Skype?
* AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks
* Linux Video Tutorials From 1995
* AMD Opens Israeli R&D Center, Hints At ARM Link
* Lodsys Sues 7 iPhone Devs Over Patent Infringement Claims
* Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity
* Inside the DOJ's Domain Name Graveyard
* Skype Protocol Has Been Reverse Engineered
* Lack of Technology Puts Star Wars Series On Hold
* World IPv6 Day On June 8
* Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers
* Ask Slashdot: Verifying Security of a Hosted Site?
* Simulations Show Quantum Error Not As Bad As Believed
* Too Much Data? Then 'Good Enough' Is Good Enough
* Sony Compromised, Again
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| Canada Seeking Cyberspace Security Input
| from the your-help-is-appreciated dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @20:21 (Canada)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2213236/Canada-Seeking-Cyberspace-Security-Input?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]inflamed writes "The Canadian government has announced a consultation
period concerning its secretive [1]plans to 'integrate' the US-Canada
border systems. Last on the list of topics for consultation, but foremost
in importance, is the issue of cybersecurity. With the deadline looming
(June 3), it is important that informed individuals take note of this
consultation and [2]give their opinions."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2213236/Canada-Seeking-Cyberspace-Security-Input?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:slashdot.org@inflamed.net
1. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Opposition+slams+flawed+consultations+border+security/4869944/story.html
2. https://www.borderactionplan-plandactionfrontalier.gc.ca/psec-scep/cybersecurity-cybersecurite.aspx?lang=eng
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| North Korea Training "Cyberwarriors" Abroad
| from the virtual-Hwacha dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @22:23 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0032245/North-Korea-Training-Cyberwarriors-Abroad?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "A North Korean defector claims that the secretive
totalitarian state is nurturing a team of "cyberwarriors," identifying
young people with computer skills and [1]sending them abroad to learn the
latest hacking techniques, while lavishing privileges on their families
at home to keep them loyal. This could lead to an escalation in tensions,
especially given that the US military believes that [2]cyberattacks from
foreign countries constitute acts of war."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0032245/North-Korea-Training-Cyberwarriors-Abroad?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/security/170219/north-korea-training-cyberwarriors-foreign-colleges
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/1425258/Pentagon-Says-Cyberattacks-Can-Count-As-Act-of-War
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| Project Icarus: the Gas Mines of Uranus
| from the cue-the-obvious-jokes dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 01, @23:29 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0241242/Project-Icarus-the-Gas-Mines-of-Uranus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "When considering the fuel source for a
fusion-powered interstellar probe, wouldn't it be a good idea to set up a
colony on the moon and start pillaging the lunar surface for its helium-3
riches? Not so fast, says Adam Crowl of Project Icarus, there may be a
far more viable source. What about the gas giants? Although Jupiter's
gravity could pose a problem and Saturn's rings might get in the way (and
forget Neptune, that place is one hell of a commute), perhaps the
[1]helium-3 in the Uranian atmosphere could be mined using atmospheric
balloons?"
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/project-icarus-helium-3-mining-uranus-110531.html
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| Experimental "Smart Town" To Be Built In Japan
| from the a-bicycle-on-every-corner dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 02, @00:48 (Japan)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0041222/Experimental-Smart-Town-To-Be-Built-In-Japan?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]StormDriver writes "Basically, Fujisawa SST is envisioned as a
bottom-up approach to energy efficiency ��� [1]a green village built from
scratch with modern green technologies rather than less-efficient older
tech. Panasonic wants to use it as a template for other larger
communities in Japan and elsewhere. If all goes as planned, Fujisawa SST
will start receiving residents in March of 2014 and finish filling up its
houses by 2018."
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Links:
0. http://www.stormdriver.com/blog/
1. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-05/panasonic-plans-sustainable-smart-town-japan-2014
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| GNOME Shell Hurts Gaming Performance
| from the frame-job dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 02, @01:58 (GNOME)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0416219/GNOME-Shell-Hurts-Gaming-Performance?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "According to [0]recent benchmarks by Phoronix,
using the GNOME Shell will cause a large performance hit when running
OpenGL games on Linux. Using Unity and GNOME Shell are also hitting
various bugs in the open-source drivers."
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Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_desktop_managers1&num=1
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| UK Plans Cyber Weapons Program
| from the ministry-of-pointy-sticks dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 02, @03:15 (Microsoft)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0234217/UK-Plans-Cyber-Weapons-Program?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Ministry of Defence says they are
[0]working on a range of offensive cyber weapons to increase the
country's defensive capabilities. The armed forces minister, Nick Harvey,
says, 'The consequences of a well planned, well executed attack against
our digital infrastructure could be catastrophic With nuclear or
biological weapons, the technical threshold is high. With cyber the
finger hovering over the button could be anyone from a state to a
student.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0234217/UK-Plans-Cyber-Weapons-Program?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Bubble Bursting On the MMO Market?
| from the how-many-rats-can-you-kill dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 02, @04:24 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0428235/Bubble-Bursting-On-the-MMO-Market?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "An article at Ten Ton Hammer has an
interesting take on the current state of the MMO genre; not too
doom-and-gloomy, but it makes some good points. Ultimately, it's about
how [0]games that foster community the most will stay strong."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0428235/Bubble-Bursting-On-the-MMO-Market?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tentonhammer.com/rift/soulwalker/05/27
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| Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password
| from the I-thought-sharing-was-good dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 02, @05:47 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0342220/Tennessee-Makes-it-Illegal-To-Share-Your-Netflix-Password?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "State lawmakers in Tennessee have passed a
groundbreaking measure that would make it [0]a crime to use a friend's
login ��� even with permission ��� to listen to songs or watch movies from
services such as Netflix or Rhapsody. The bill, which has been signed by
the governor, was pushed by recording industry officials to try to stop
the loss of billions of dollars to illegal music sharing. They hope other
states will follow."
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Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110601/ap_on_hi_te/us_password_sharing_crackdown
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| Windows 8 Previewed At D9
| from the somebody-got-their-tablet-in-my-pc dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 02, @08:14 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/0437233/Windows-8-Previewed-At-D9?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Mum's still the word on a shipping date for its new OS for
laptops, desktops, and tablets ('touch slates' in MS-speak), but
Microsoft on Wednesday [0]gave the world a first look at the
touch-friendly 'Windows 8' user interface, which sports a live tile-based
Start screen reminiscent of the company's Windows Phone 7 interface. Also
prominent in the demo was a large 'Store' tile, suggesting that Microsoft
plans to offer Windows apps through a marketplace. A Microsoft video
offers an overview of the interface, showcasing Win 8's multi-tasking
capabilities and some other [1]interesting features, including a virtual
keyboard that can be switched from full-screen to [2]a more ergonomic
split-screen thumbs layout."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/tiles-tablet-windows-8-real-glimpse
1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2011/jun11/06-01corporatenews.aspx
2. http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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| School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison
| from the go-directly-to-jail dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @08:52 (Education)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1227257/School-Super-Asks-Governor-To-Make-His-School-District-a-Prison?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]quipalicious writes "A Michigan school super asks the state governor
to [1]make his school district a prison, highlighting the various rights
and privileges that prisoners get and public schooling students don't."
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Links:
0. mailto:coolcatt@fastmail.fm
1. http://holykaw.alltop.com/school-superintendent-requests-school-be-turn
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| Man Ordered To Tweet 100 Times For Defamation
| from the cleaning-the-board-during-recess dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 02, @09:19 (Social Networks)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1239218/Man-Ordered-To-Tweet-100-Times-For-Defamation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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durianwool writes "To avoid a defamation suit, a man in Malaysia has
settled with lawyers saying he will [0]tweet 100 times over the next 3
days that he's sorry for defaming a magazine company. Realizing the
mistake in an original tweet, the man issued an apology tweet. That was
not acceptable to the company, and the company (also his employer)
pursued the matter with lawyers which demanded he place ads in
newspapers. Not being able to afford newspaper advertisements, Fahmi
Fadzil agreed to settle the matter with [1]a series of apologies on
Twitter instead."
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Links:
0. http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/06/02/malaysian-man-ordered-to-tweet-an-apology-100-times-in-defamation-case/
1. http://twitter.com/#!/fahmi_fadzil
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| Embed a Video, Go To Jail?
| from the up-the-stream-without-a-paddle dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @09:31 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1211245/Embed-a-Video-Go-To-Jail?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A few weeks ago, Slashdot had a post about
the new bill in Congress to make [0]streaming infringing videos a felony,
punishable by up to 5 years in jail if just 10 people watch the video. As
more details come out, the bill keeps looking worse and worse, as it
appears that the definitions used in the bill would mean that merely
[1]embedding or linking to an infringing YouTube video could put you on
the hook for jail time. Obviously, supporters of the bill insist that's
not who will be targeted with this bill, but just the fact that they
could be should be worrisome enough. We've seen other laws 'misused' in
the past."
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Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/18/2118212/New-Bill-Ups-Punishment-For-Hosts-of-Infringing-Video-Streams
1. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110601/01515014500/senators-want-to-put-people-jail-embedding-youtube-videos.shtml
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| 'Worms From Hell' Unearth Possibilities For Extraterrestrial Life
| from the it's-life-Jim-but-not-as-we-know-it dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @10:12 (Worms)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1246240/Worms-From-Hell-Unearth-Possibilities-For-Extraterrestrial-Life?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymously submitted article says, "For the first time, scientists
have found complex, [0]multi-celled creatures living a mile and more
below the planet���s surface, raising new possibilities about the spread of
life on Earth and potential subsurface life on other planets and moons ([1]abstract).
... The research is likely to trigger scientific challenges and cause
some controversy because it places far more complex life in an
environment where researchers have generally held it should not, or even
cannot, exist."
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Links:
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/discovery-of-worms-from-hell-deep-beneath-earths-surface-raises-new-questions/2011/05/31/AGnzJTGH_story.html
1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v474/n7349/full/nature09974.html
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| UK Government Ditches Cloud Concept, Consolidates Data Centers
| from the the-cloud-is-not-always-a-good-idea dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @10:53 (Cloud)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1256237/UK-Government-Ditches-Cloud-Concept-Consolidates-Data-Centers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]twoheadedboy writes "HP's UK managing director says the Government has
[1]ditched its cloud computing project. A brainchild of the Labour
Government and announced last year, the G-Cloud (Government Cloud) was
supposed to bring significant savings. The HP guy says the government now
has other ideas about how to save money on IT."
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Links:
0. http://www.itpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.itpro.co.uk/633898/hp-government-g-cloud-is-dead
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| Book Review -- JavaScript: the Definitive Guide, 6th Edition
| from the knowledge-tools-for-everyday-life dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @11:36 (Programming)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1511219/Book-Review----JavaScript-the-Definitive-Guide-6th-Edition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Michael J. Ross writes "Released during the early days of the Web, in
1995, JavaScript has come a long way: Initially a client-side scripting
language typically (mis)used for decorative effects, it is now an
essential part of countless major websites. Its increasing capabilities
and popularity are due to several factors, including the development of
libraries that resolve earlier stumbling blocks that held the language
back (such as inconsistencies among the implementations in different
vendors' browsers). JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, authored by David
Flanagan, was first published just one year later, in 1996, with several
significant updates made since then." Read below for the rest of
Michael's review
This story continues at:
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Links:
0. http://www.ross.ws/
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| Anatomy of a Privacy Nightmare
| from the jump-in-a-hole-and-pull-it-in-behind-you dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @12:17 (Privacy)
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1520209/Anatomy-of-a-Privacy-Nightmare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Gennette Cordova knows first-hand how impossible it
is to [1]erase yourself from the Internet. The 21-year-old college
student was the hapless recipient of a photo of a Congressman Anthony
Weiner bulging in his boxers. Ms. Cordova then 'watched in sheer
disbelief as my name, age, location, links to any social networking site
I've ever used, my old phone numbers and pictures have been passed along
from stranger to stranger.' She then tried to remove her personal
information from the web, one social network at a time. But the fact is,
'until a site's Webmaster removes the offending content, it will remain
accessible via search engines like Google,' says blogger Dan Tynan."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/170153/anatomy-privacy-nightmare
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| Google WebRTC: Can It Replace Skype?
| from the the-battle-of-the-computer-industry-giants-heats-up dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @12:58 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1541246/Google-WebRTC-Can-It-Replace-Skype?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "Google WebRTC, all open source, is part of the web
revolution that allows one browser to talk directly to another without
the need for a server getting involved. WebRTC is an API that used the
new P2P web API to allow developers to [0]implement audio and video
communications using direct P2P links between browsers. This really is a
game changer." And, while this feature doesn't seem to have gotten a lot
of attention so far, Google Voice can call landline and cell phones for a
small fee, just like Skype.
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| AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks
| from the giving-the-shark-a-bone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 02, @13:33 (Music)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1249230/ACDC-Music-Attracts-Great-White-Sharks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bazzalunatic writes "It turns out great white sharks can be lured
underwater to cages by playing hits from AC/DC ��� specifically 'Shook me
all night long'. Matt Waller, a shark diving tour operator in Australia,
has found this curious fact. But it's not just any song, as the sharks
weren't attracted by other tunes. Matt suspects the [0]sharks are
attracted to the low frequencies found in AC/DC's music. One wonders if
they'll be turned off by Celine Dion music ��� a new type of shark
repellent perhaps?"
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Links:
0. http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/great-white-sharks-attracted-to-acdc.htm
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| Linux Video Tutorials From 1995
| from the mumbles-from-the-past dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Thursday June 02, @13:38 (Linux)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1559223/Linux-Video-Tutorials-From-1995?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Given that this year marks the [0]20th
Anniversary of the Linux kernel, it is hardly surprising that [1]anyone
digging into their media collection might pull out something interesting,
such as video tutorials on how to install early version of now popular
distributions, like [2]Slackware or [3]Red Hat"
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Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/189258/Linus-on-Linux-20-Years-In
1. http://pdw.weinstein.org/2011/05/16-of-20-personal-artifacts-from-the-early-years-of-linux.html
2. http://www.viddler.com/explore/pdweinstein/videos/6/
3. http://www.viddler.com/explore/pdweinstein/videos/5/
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| AMD Opens Israeli R&D Center, Hints At ARM Link
| from the beautiful-sunny-tel-aviv dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @13:56 (AMD)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1730219/AMD-Opens-Israeli-RampD-Center-Hints-At-ARM-Link?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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siliconbits writes "We've learnt that AMD will open a [0]new research and
development center in Israel in the Tel-Aviv area, one which will be
built around Graphic Remedy, the small startup they purchased in
September 2010 and which specialises in development tools for
heterogeneous computing and 3D graphics. Although the chip company hasn't
published any press releases yet, the news is a clear indication that AMD
sees its future (and its survival) in a more fragmented market where x86
is no longer the dominating platform."
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Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/06/02/amd-launches-israeli-rd-center-hints-closer-arm-partnership/
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| Lodsys Sues 7 iPhone Devs Over Patent Infringement Claims
| from the all-very-horatio-alger-villain dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @14:19 (IOS)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1723225/Lodsys-Sues-7-iPhone-Devs-Over-Patent-Infringement-Claims?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dachannien writes "Patently-O and Ars Technica report that [0]Lodsys has
filed suit [[1]here's the complaint] in the Eastern District of Texas
[2]against seven iPhone developers, asserting that the defendants are
infringing [3]two [4]patents. Apple had previously indicated their belief
that all iPhone developers [5]are protected by a licensing agreement that
Apple had made with the patents' former assignee, Intellectual Ventures.
But Lodsys [6]insists that the defendants are nonetheless liable for
infringement. Still an open question is whether Apple will go beyond the
mailing of strongly worded letters in defending third-party iPhone devs."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1723225/Lodsys-Sues-7-iPhone-Devs-Over-Patent-Infringement-Claims?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/06/patently-o-bits-bytes-by-lawrence-higgins.html
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/56847514/Lodsys-v-Combay-Et-Al-Complaint
2. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/06/lodsys-to-apple-your-letter-means-nothing-were-suing-developers.ars
3. http://www.google.com/patents?id=TGnVAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0%23v=onepage&q&f=false
4. http://www.google.com/patents?id=nA2AAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0%23v=onepage&q&f=false
5. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/05/apple-asks-lodsys-to-cease-and-desist-patent-trolling-ios-developers.ars
6. http://www.lodsys.com/blog.html
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| Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity
| from the degaussing-or-leeching-or-both? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @14:42 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/185234/Researcher-Claims-Magnets-Can-Affect-Blood-Viscosity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]BuzzSkyline writes "A few minutes in a high magnetic field (1.3 Tesla)
is enough to thin blood by 30%, potentially leading to a new [1]drug-free
therapy to prevent heart attacks. The powerful field causes blood cells
to line up in chains that flow much more easily than randomly-scattered
individual cells, according to research scheduled to appear this month in
the journal [2]Physical Review E." I can't help thinking of [3]Penn &
Teller's look at magnets-as-medicine, though at least the idea here
described sounds testable and doesn't rely on the power of suggestion.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/185234/Researcher-Claims-Magnets-Can-Affect-Blood-Viscosity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:buzzskyline@gmail.com
1. http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2011/06/magnets-might-help-prevent-heart.html
2. http://pre.aps.org/accepted/E/b407eYc2Id916c1ce78086c6d50b4254da7bb2c3d?ajax=1&height=500&width=500
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqo4KBNL_h4
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| Inside the DOJ's Domain Name Graveyard
| from the government-cheese-dot-com dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @15:00 (The Internet)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1736219/Inside-the-DOJs-Domain-Name-Graveyard?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]hugheseyau writes "Between November 2010 and May 2011, the US
Department of Justice (DoJ), under many banners including the US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI), seized over 140 domain names from sites allegedly
engaged in the 'illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and
copyrighted works' or other illegal activities. But what exactly happens
when domains are seized in such a manner? This article provides insight
into the takedown process as well as providing a unique look into the
[1]DoJ's domain name graveyard."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1736219/Inside-the-DOJs-Domain-Name-Graveyard?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://viewdns.info/
1. http://viewdns.info/research/inside-the-dojs-domain-name-graveyards/
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| Skype Protocol Has Been Reverse Engineered
| from the limited-victory dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @15:39 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1914250/Skype-Protocol-Has-Been-Reverse-Engineered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "One researcher has decided he wants to make
Skype open source by [0]reverse engineering the protocol the service
uses. In fact, he claims to have already achieved that feat on a new
[1]skype-open-source blog. The source code has been posted for versions
1.x/3.x/4.x of Skype as well as details of the rc4 layer arithmetic
encoding the service uses. While his intention may be to recreate Skype
as an open source platform, it is doubtful he will get very far without
facing an army of Microsoft lawyers. Skype is not an open platform, and
Microsoft will want to keep it that way."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1914250/Skype-Protocol-Has-Been-Reverse-Engineered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geek.com/articles/news/the-skype-protocol-has-been-reverse-engineered-2011062/
1. http://skype-open-source.blogspot.com/2011/06/skype-protocol-reverse-engineered.html
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| Lack of Technology Puts Star Wars Series On Hold
| from the lost-long-ago-and-far-away dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @16:20 (Star Wars Prequels)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/199253/Lack-of-Technology-Puts-Star-Wars-Series-On-Hold?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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adeelarshad82 writes "It was back in 2007 when we first heard about
George Lucas making a live-action TV series focusing on characters from
Star Wars. Almost four years later, it seems the idea of ever seeing this
live-action show is still living in a galaxy far, far away. In a recent
interview, George Lucas mentioned that the [0]technology to produce the
show in a cost-effective way doesn't exist yet, and that the cost of
producing an episode is about ten times of what it should be."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/199253/Lack-of-Technology-Puts-Star-Wars-Series-On-Hold?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| World IPv6 Day On June 8
| from the be-sure-to-straighten-your-cables dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @16:40 (The Internet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2035204/World-IPv6-Day-On-June-8?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dkd903 writes "On June 8, 2011, around 300 websites [0]will test the IPv6
readiness of the internet. The participating websites includes Google,
Facebook, Yahoo and Bing. In preparation for the day, Google is notifying
users to test if they are ready."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2035204/World-IPv6-Day-On-June-8?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2011/06/02/ipv6-day-june-8/
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| Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers
| from the hey-3.5-isn't-that-old dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @16:56 (Firefox)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2011225/Google-Incrementally-Dropping-Support-For-Older-Browsers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]AmiMoJo writes "Google announced on its blog that it is [1]dropping
support for Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7 and Safari 3 from the 1st of
August. In these older browsers you may have trouble using certain
features in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs and Google
Sites, and eventually these apps may stop working entirely."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2011225/Google-Incrementally-Dropping-Support-For-Older-Browsers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mojoatworld3dotnet/
1. http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/06/our-plans-to-support-modern-browsers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGoogleDocsBlog+(Docs+Blog)
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| Ask Slashdot: Verifying Security of a Hosted Site?
| from the just-wait-for-the-spam dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @17:37 (Databases)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/211231/Ask-Slashdot-Verifying-Security-of-a-Hosted-Site?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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edi_guy writes "I'm getting ready to launch a small commercial website
that will contain customer information in a MySQL database that will be
run by a web-hosting service. While I have good experience with SQL
databases from a programming point of view, I'm not an expert on securing
them. Given all of the publicity around break-ins and data theft on a
seemingly daily basis, it seems prudent to review this now rather than
later. What are suggestions on resources that would help verify that both
myself and my hosting service are following best practices on securing a
database backed website?"
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https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/211231/Ask-Slashdot-Verifying-Security-of-a-Hosted-Site?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Simulations Show Quantum Error Not As Bad As Believed
| from the not-the-airline-with-delicious-food dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @18:18 (Supercomputing)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2120217/Simulations-Show-Quantum-Error-Not-As-Bad-As-Believed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]aarondubrow writes "Because quantum systems become unstable quickly,
their error threshold is an important factor. How many bits can 'break'
before the system stops working? An international team of researchers
used the supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to
simulate the error threshold of a topological quantum system and [1]found
a much higher threshold than had previously been reported."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2120217/Simulations-Show-Quantum-Error-Not-As-Bad-As-Believed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:aarondubrow@tacc.utexas.edu
1. http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/news/feature-stories/2011/overcoming-quantum-error/
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| Too Much Data? Then 'Good Enough' Is Good Enough
| from the ready-when-it-ships dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @19:06 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/236221/Too-Much-Data-Then-Good-Enough-Is-Good-Enough?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ChelleChelle writes "While classic systems could offer crisp answers due
to the relatively small amount of data they contained, today's systems
hold humongous amounts of data content ��� thus, the data quality and
meaning is often fuzzy. In this article, Microsoft's Pat Helland examines
the ways in which [0] today's answers differ from what we used to expect,
before moving on to state the criteria for a new theory and taxonomy of
data."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/236221/Too-Much-Data-Then-Good-Enough-Is-Good-Enough?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1988603
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| Sony Compromised, Again
| from the kicking-while-kicked dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 02, @19:49 (Privacy)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2348233/Sony-Compromised-Again?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Konsalik writes "The hacker group LulzSec on Thursday posted
[0]information it took from Sony Entertainment and Sony BMG on its site,
called the LulzBoat. Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run
SonyPictures.com. The information includes about a million usernames and
passwords of customers in the US, the Netherlands and Belgium and is
available for download and posted on the group's site."
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/2348233/Sony-Compromised-Again?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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