In this issue:
* Schema.org — Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Agree On Markup Vocabulary
* Has iTunes Been Hacked?
* New Tool Shows Would-Be Emailers If You're Swamped
* GPL'd Driver and Linux Support For New H.264 Capture Card
* Russian President: Time To Reform Copyright
* Siemens SCADA Flaws To Be Disclosed At Black Hat
* RSA Admits SecurID Tokens Have Been Compromised
* iOS 5 Jailbroken
* Patented Gestures Detailed
* Foxconn International Removed From Hang Seng Index
* Man Creates Open Source Flashlight
* Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban
* Could Apple Kill Off Mac OS X?
* Checkpoint of the Future Coming Soon To Airports
* Ask Slashdot: Software To Organise a Heterogeneous Mix of Files?
* How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure
* Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U
* Is There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism?
* Historic Pairing: Shuttle Docked To the ISS
* Dispute Damages Would Exceed Android Revenues
* Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate
* What Cities Want Your IT Skills?
* Massive Explosion On the Sun
* Malware Gangs Run Ads To Hire New Coders
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| Schema.org — Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Agree On Markup Vocabulary
| from the executive-decision dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 06, @20:25 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/06/2324232/Schemaorg-mdash-Google-Microsoft-and-Yahoo-Agree-On-Markup-Vocabulary?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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aabelro writes "Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! have decided to [0]propose a
common markup vocabulary, [1]Schema.org, based on the Microdata format,
simplifying the job of webmasters who want to [2]give meaning to their
web pages' content." Manu Sporny, chair of the W3C group that created
[3]RDFa, added his (personal) dissenting opinion about Schema, [4]calling
it a 'false choice,' and saying, "The entire Web community should decide
which features should be supported ��� not just Microsoft or Google or
Yahoo."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/06/2324232/Schemaorg-mdash-Google-Microsoft-and-Yahoo-Agree-On-Markup-Vocabulary?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/introducing-schemaorg-search-engines.html
1. http://schema.org/
2. http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/Schema-org
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdfa
4. http://manu.sporny.org/2011/false-choice/
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| Has iTunes Been Hacked?
| from the missony-loves-company dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday June 06, @22:24 (Security)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/06/2346254/Has-iTunes-Been-Hacked?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Betanews has a series of articles talking
about an apparent hack in iTunes that has resulted in fraudulent charges
for some users involving Sega's Kingdom Conquest game. The reports start
with a [0]personal account from reporter Ed Oswald, who was a victim of
the hack itself. The next story [1]adds reports from readers, and the
most recent story adds additional reports, with Oswald saying [2]the
number of reports received are in the 'dozens.' Apple has yet to confirm
the existence of a hack, although reports have appeared on Sega's own
support forums, Apple discussion boards, and through other news outlets."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/06/2346254/Has-iTunes-Been-Hacked?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.betanews.com/article/I-got-hacked-on-iTunes/1306964962
1. http://www.betanews.com/article/Meet-three-people-ripped-off-by-iTunes-fraud-ring/1307047255
2. http://www.betanews.com/article/iTunes-hack-widespread-and-Apple-appears-to-know-about-it/1307390216
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| New Tool Shows Would-Be Emailers If You're Swamped
| from the my-dad-has-400k-messages-in-his-inbox dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @01:09 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/018200/New-Tool-Shows-Would-Be-Emailers-If-Youre-Swamped?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "A Georgia Tech researcher is taking aim at email
overload with a new tool that shows people thinking about messaging you
[0]just how swamped your Gmail account is, in real time. Assistant
Professor of Computing Eric Gilbert's research project, taking the form
of the freely available '[1]Courteous.ly' service, which does require you
to allow access to your email account (initially the service only works
with Gmail). 'Courteous.ly helps manage expectations and lets people
choose to send mail when it's best for you,' he says." This sounds like
an ugly thing to game, though -- it seems like a good way to keep score
in a mailbombing.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/018200/New-Tool-Shows-Would-Be-Emailers-If-Youre-Swamped?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060611-gmail-overload-gatech-courteously.html
1. http://courteous.ly/
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| GPL'd Driver and Linux Support For New H.264 Capture Card
| from the to-those-who-wait dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @04:02 (GNU is Not Unix)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0348254/GPLd-Driver-and-Linux-Support-For-New-H264-Capture-Card?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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azop writes "Almost a year ago Slashdot covered the story of a [0]MPEG-4
multiple input capture card with a GPL Video4Linux licensed driver.
Earlier this year, Ben Collins [1]added H.264 support into the solo6x10
Video4Linux2 GPL driver. The H.264 PCIe cards are finally [2]released and
shipping to customers. The new cards support faster frame rates and sport
a PCIe interface. The driver is [3]available for forkin' on Github."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0348254/GPLd-Driver-and-Linux-Support-For-New-H264-Capture-Card?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/06/17/1929230/Bluecherry-Releases-GPLd-MPEG-4-Driver
1. https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/solo6x10/commit/7fac80bba138d2e0d01f76c6a7eb7174409ec5a7
2. http://www.bluecherrydvr.com/2011/05/multi-input-h-264-linux-supported-encoder-cards/
3. https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/solo6x10
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| Russian President: Time To Reform Copyright
| from the kalashnikov-mashup dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @06:50 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0358209/Russian-President-Time-To-Reform-Copyright?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "While most of the rest of the world keeps
ratcheting up copyright laws by increasing enforcement and terms, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev appears to be going in the other direction.
He's now proposing that Russia [0]build Creative Commons-style open and
free licenses directly into Russian copyright law. This comes just a few
days after he also [1]chided other G8 leaders for their antiquated views
on copyright."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0358209/Russian-President-Time-To-Reform-Copyright?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110606/07525814563/russian-president-proposes-creative-commons-style-rules-baked-directly-into-copyright.shtml
1. http://torrentfreak.com/russias-sane-thoughts-on-copyright-110530/
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| Siemens SCADA Flaws To Be Disclosed At Black Hat
| from the infra-infrastructure dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @08:11 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0418257/Siemens-SCADA-Flaws-To-Be-Disclosed-At-Black-Hat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "In May, NSS Labs Researcher Dillon Beresford
[1]pulled out of a Dallas hacking conference at the last minute when
Siemens was unable to fix problems he'd found in the firmware of its S7
programmable logic controller. Now NSS Labs CEO Rick Moy says Beresford
is [2]rescheduled to deliver his talk at Black Hat, which runs Aug. 2-3.
Beresford has discovered six vulnerabilities in the S7 that 'allow an
attacker to have complete control of the device,' Moy said. Devices like
the S7 do things such as control how fast a turbine spins or open gates
on dams."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/0418257/Siemens-SCADA-Flaws-To-Be-Disclosed-At-Black-Hat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1849222/Siemens-SCADA-Hacking-Talk-Pulled-From-TakeDownCon
2. http://www.itworld.com/171679/after-delay-hacker-show-flaws-siemens-industrial-gear
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| RSA Admits SecurID Tokens Have Been Compromised
| from the hey-i-have-one-of-those dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 07, @08:48 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/129217/RSA-Admits-SecurID-Tokens-Have-Been-Compromised?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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A few months ago, [0]RSA Servers were hacked, and a few weeks ago
[1]Duped tokens were used to hack Lockheed-Martin. Well today Orome1
writes "RSA has finally admitted publicly that the March [2]breach into
its systems has resulted in the [3]compromise of their SecurID two-factor
authentication tokens. The admission comes in the wake of cyber
intrusions into the networks of three US military contractors: Lockheed
Martin, L-3 Communications and Northrop Grumman ��� one of them confirmed
by the company, others hinted at by internal warnings and unusual domain
name and password reset process."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/129217/RSA-Admits-SecurID-Tokens-Have-Been-Compromised?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/17/2321226/RSAs-Servers-Hacked
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/28/2035221/Duplicate-RSA-Keys-Enable-Lockheed-Martin-Network-Intrusion
2. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10763
3. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11122
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| iOS 5 Jailbroken
| from the ahead-of-the-curve dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 07, @09:22 (IOS)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1320203/iOS-5-Jailbroken?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Mightee writes "MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has posted some
pictures on his twitter account, [1]confirming the jailbreak works fine
on iOS 5, but of course it is limited to tethered boot only, which means
you will have to connect it to your computer on every reboot. According
to his initial testing, Cydia appears to be working just fine on his
jailbroken 4th-gen iPod touch; he managed to install an SSHing utility
app called iSSH successfully, which can be seen in one of the screenshots
below."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1320203/iOS-5-Jailbroken?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmocrazed.com/
1. http://www.thesciworld.com/2011/06/jailbroken-pictures-of-ios-5/
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| Patented Gestures Detailed
| from the all-hail-the-listicle dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 07, @10:03 (Patents)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1354243/Patented-Gestures-Detailed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Annalee Newitz wrote a
fresh/interesting/informative piece on the io9 site about [0]10 Gestures
that are already patented; unsurprisingly by the likes of Apple,
Microsoft and Nintendo. But it's the other patent holders on the list
that seem more interesting to me: Xerox, Lucent, Palm and lesser known
Gesturetek have very broad patents for this tech."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1354243/Patented-Gestures-Detailed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://io9.com/5808604/10-physical-gestures-that-have-been-patented
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| Foxconn International Removed From Hang Seng Index
| from the see-fellas-there's-this-thing-called-goodwill dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @10:46 (China)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1443218/Foxconn-International-Removed-From-Hang-Seng-Index?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Tasha26 writes "After the [0]suicides and [1]fatal explosion, the
Taiwanese company Foxconn now faces [2]losing its blue-chip status.
Falling prices for smartphones, laptops, tablets and other gadgets and
rising wages in China have undermined Foxconn's financial performance.
The company lost $220m (��135m) in 2010. Foxconn International will be
removed from Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index and be replaced by
insurer AIA and nappy maker Hengan. The two new entrants use China both
as a source of cheap labour and as a market for their product, a switch
which Foxconn is now considering."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1443218/Foxconn-International-Removed-From-Hang-Seng-Index?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10889347
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13476800
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13624798
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| Man Creates Open Source Flashlight
| from the things-we-don't-need dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday June 07, @11:03 (GNU is Not Unix)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1426220/Man-Creates-Open-Source-Flashlight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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DeviceGuru writes "Not content with revealing the source code to his
mom's banana bread, two-time BattleBots champion Christian Carlberg has
developed [0]an open source flashlight. Carlberg first achieved notoriety
shredding competitors' robots with [1]Minion's 14-inch saw blade on
BattleBots. Now he's all fired up to begin shipping what they say could
be the 'world's first open source flashlight.' But [2]why in the world
would you want a reprogrammable flashlight?"
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1426220/Man-Creates-Open-Source-Flashlight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://deviceguru.com/worlds-first-open-source-flashlight/
1. http://www.coolrobots.com/robots/minion.html
2. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/527051507/hexbright-an-open-source-light
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| Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban
| from the send-your-complaint-from-a-hardline dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @11:24 (Cellphones)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/155230/Advocacy-Group-Files-FCC-Complaint-Over-Verizon-Tethering-Ban?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Cnet reports that the advocacy group Free Press
has filed a complaint with the FCC that argues [1]Verizon Wireless
shouldn't be allowed to block tethering apps that let people connect
their computers to the Internet through their phones' 4G wireless data
network. 'This [2]practice restricts consumer choice and hinders
innovation regardless of which carrier adopts such policies, but when
Verizon Wireless employs these restrictions in connection with its LTE
network, it also violates the Federal Communications Commission's rules,'
says the group. Those rules say Verizon 'shall not deny, limit, or
restrict the ability of their customers to use the devices and
applications of their choice.' Google has [3]made tethering apps
unavailable through the Android Market for some phones that use wireless
services from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, saying in May it did so at the
behest of carriers."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/155230/Advocacy-Group-Files-FCC-Complaint-Over-Verizon-Tethering-Ban?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20069580-264/complaint-to-fcc-verizon-mustnt-bar-4g-tethering/
2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/57270339/Free-Press-complaint-to-FCC-Verizon-and-C-Block
3. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20059461-266.html
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| Could Apple Kill Off Mac OS X?
| from the they-certainly-could dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @12:05 (Desktops (Apple))
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1549226/Could-Apple-Kill-Off-Mac-OS-X?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Barence writes "When Steve Jobs announced last night that he was
'going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device,' it was the
clearest indication yet that [1]Apple is phasing out Mac OS X, argues PC
Pro's Barry Collins. 'Over the past couple of months, there have been
continual rumours that Apple is testing the iPad's A5 processor in its
MacBook range, suggesting Apple believes iOS could stretch further than
smartphones and tablets,' Collins argues. Plus, Apple would take a 30%
cut on all Mac software if it mandated downloads via the App Store only.
'The only part of Apple's portfolio where iOS doesn't make sense is in
the high-end. Yet, Apple's already discontinued its Xserve range of
servers and... it's almost exclusively fixated on the consumer market,'
he argues."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1549226/Could-Apple-Kill-Off-Mac-OS-X?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/06/07/is-apple-planning-to-kill-off-mac-os-x/
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| Checkpoint of the Future Coming Soon To Airports
| from the put-your-dignity-in-the-bin dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @12:46 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1638245/Checkpoint-of-the-Future-Coming-Soon-To-Airports?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]cultiv8 writes with this excerpt from an AP story as carried by Yahoo:
"Eye scanners and futuristic security tunnels may be standard in airports
soon as the airline industry seeks to maintain safety while reducing the
hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying. The
International Air Transport Association unveiled a mock-up Tuesday in
Singapore of what it dubbed the '[1]Checkpoint of the Future,' where
passengers separated by security risk would walk through one of three
high-tech, 20-foot-long (6.1-meters-long) tunnels that can quickly scan
shoes and carry-on luggage and check for liquids and explosives. ... In
the IATA prototype, passengers would be categorized based on the results
of a government risk assessment that is put into a chip in a passenger's
passport or other identification. An eye scan would then match the
passenger to the passport."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1638245/Checkpoint-of-the-Future-Coming-Soon-To-Airports?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://robertjtownsend.com/
1. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Airlines-aim-to-take-hassle-apf-3303005689.html?x=0&.v=7
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| Ask Slashdot: Software To Organise a Heterogeneous Mix of Files?
| from the stream-of-consciousness dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @13:38 (Data Storage)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1736232/Ask-Slashdot-Software-To-Organise-a-Heterogeneous-Mix-of-Files?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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BertieBaggio writes "I am a medical student at the end of an academic
year trying to get my notes organised. I'm looking for a software
document organisation system to organise a mix of text notes, journal
articles, diagrams and scans. Ideally such a system would permit
full-text and metadata search, multiple categorisations (eg tags),
preserve the underlying files and be cross-platform (Linux/Windows/OS X).
While I'm not averse to paying for such a complex solution, ideally the
software would be FOSS so that extension or migration are possible if
necessary. Desktop search (eg Google Desktop) probably does 90% of what I
want apart from multiple categorisations, which is the feature I'm most
interested in. Searching turned up a similar question over at 43folders
which pointed me in the direction of Papers and DevonThink, but these are
OS X only and seem to be aimed more at academic paper organisation. What
recommendations does the Slashdot community have for categorising and
organising a heterogeneous mix of files?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1736232/Ask-Slashdot-Software-To-Organise-a-Heterogeneous-Mix-of-Files?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| How Apple's iOS Went From Insecure To Most Secure
| from the shaking-in-my-boots dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 07, @14:17 (IOS)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1818251/How-Apples-iOS-Went-From-Insecure-To-Most-Secure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]GMGruman writes "There's no such thing as a perfectly secure operating
system, but security experts agree ��� somewhat grudgingly in some cases ���
that iOS, Apple's mobile operating system, is the most secure commercial
OS today, mobile or desktop. It didn't start that way of course, and
Robert Lemos explains [1]what Apple did to go from insecure to most
secure."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1818251/How-Apples-iOS-Went-From-Insecure-To-Most-Secure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/print/162792
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| Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U
| from the touched-I'm-sure dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @14:57 (Nintendo)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1855229/Nintendo-Announces-New-Console-Wii-U?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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_xeno_ writes "Nintendo has announced the official name for what had been
known as 'Project Cafe:' [0]the Wii U. It is an HD console, it retains
backwards compatibility with the Wii (it's unclear if this includes
GameCube software), and the controller does, in fact, have a touch screen
on it. Nintendo demoed moving a game off the TV and playing it solely on
the Wii U controller." Also in E3 news, cylonlover writes "At its E3
press conference [1]Sony finally revealed that its next generation
handheld ��� previously codenamed the NGP ��� will carry the official moniker
of the 'PlayStation Vita.' The PS Vita ��� which is Latin for 'life' ��� will
come in two flavors: a Wi-Fi only version priced at $249 in the US,
JPY24,980 in Japan, and EUR249 in Europe, and a 3G/Wi-Fi version going
for US$299, JPY29,980 and EUR299."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1855229/Nintendo-Announces-New-Console-Wii-U?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/06/07/introducing-nintendos-wii-u/
1. http://www.gizmag.com/sony-playstation-vita/18825/
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| Is There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism?
| from the but-the-greeks-were-great-philosophers dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @15:40 (Books)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1939239/Is-There-a-New-Geek-Anti-Intellectualism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Larry Sanger writes "Geeks are supposed to be, if anything,
intellectual. But it recently occurred to me that a lot of Internet geeks
and digerati have sounded many puzzlingly anti-intellectual notes over
the past decade, and especially lately. The Peter Thiel-inspired claim
that [1]college is a waste of time is just the latest example. I have
encountered (and argued against) five common opinions, widely held by
geeks, that seem headed down a slippery slope. J'accuse: 'At the bottom
of the slippery slope, you seem to be opposed to knowledge wherever it
occurs, in books, in experts, in institutions, even in your own mind.'
So, am I right? Is there [2]a new geek anti-intellectualism?"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1939239/Is-There-a-New-Geek-Anti-Intellectualism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.larrysanger.org/
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/26/1322248/PayPal-Co-Founder-Gives-Out-100000-To-Not-Go-To-College
2. http://larrysanger.org/2011/06/is-there-a-new-geek-anti-intellectualism/
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| Historic Pairing: Shuttle Docked To the ISS
| from the hey-baby-want-to-exchange-air-supplies? dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @16:22 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/1945234/Historic-Pairing-Shuttle-Docked-To-the-ISS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "It's been imaged in artists' renderings, but never
before in actual photos: [1]the sight of a space shuttle berthed at the
International Space Station. This view of shuttle Endeavour, taken by
Italian astronaut Paulo Nespoli from aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on
May 23, is the culmination of 36 space shuttle missions to build the
outpost over the past 12 years. NASA wanted the shot before it retires
the shuttle fleet after one final mission in July."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-shuttle-endeavour-docked-space-station-110607.html
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| Dispute Damages Would Exceed Android Revenues
| from the pay-in-negative-dollars dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @17:01 (Android)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/2036225/Dispute-Damages-Would-Exceed-Android-Revenues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "A new document in a year-old [1]patent lawsuit filed by
Oracle against Google over Android intellectual property suggests Oracle
could be seeking huge damages from Google. The damages owed to Oracle, if
granted by federal Judge William Alsup for the US District Court for
Northern California, [2]would 'far exceed any money Google has ever
earned with Android' and could lead to a rewrite of Android's Dalvik
virtual machine, considered integral to Android and used by Android
device manufacturers and potentially thousands of Android app developers,
[3]wrote one blogger, Florian Mueller, who writes about intellectual
property issues involving the software industry."
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180678/Update_Oracle_sues_Google_over_Java_use_in_Android
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217400/Major_damages_sought_in_Oracle_Google_patent_dispute_
3. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/oracle-wants-huge-cut-of-googles-mobile.html
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| Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate
| from the but-hey-only-in-base-10 dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @17:43 (Japan)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/217221/Japan-Doubles-Fukushima-Radiation-Leak-Estimate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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DrBoumBoum writes "The severity of the Fukishima disaster [0]continues to
go up, from incident level 4 to level 5 to level 7, and now to 20% of
total Chernobyl radioactive spill. The story is not over yet as the plant
keeps on leaking radioactive material and may still do so for a long
time."
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Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/07/japan-doubles-fukushima-radiation-leak-estimate
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| What Cities Want Your IT Skills?
| from the telecommuting-only-goes-so-far dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 07, @18:25 (Cloud)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/2125251/What-Cities-Want-Your-IT-Skills?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Are you a SQL expert? Check out apartments in
Jacksonville, Florida. Oracle more your speed? Head down to Dallas,
Texas. Looking for a job that uses your Windows skills? Send some resumes
to Providence, R.I. Blogger Kevin Fogarty looks at the top skills in
demand in the fastest-growing US IT job markets and finds that
[1]different cities want different kinds of techies." This reminds me of
the recent book [2] Who's Your City? Considering how many people of all
stripes live in any large city, and how much migration goes on for work,
school, or other reason (I'm thinking of a few I've lived in, like
Austin, Seattle, and Philadelphia), it amazes me how strong are the
differences in social atmosphere between cities.
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0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/171611/it-employment-recoverin-much-faster-most-so-where-are-jobs
2. http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/05/whos_your_city.php
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| Massive Explosion On the Sun
| from the reminds-me-that-our-sun-is-a-molten-deathsplosion-factory dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 07, @19:05 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/2224225/Massive-Explosion-On-the-Sun?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Endoflow2010 sends word of [0]an enormous eruption that occurred on the
Sun this morning. Phil Plait describes it thus: "What you���re seeing here
is a solar flare (an enormous explosion of pent-up magnetic energy)
coupled with a prominence (a physical eruption of gas from the surface).
This event blasted something like a billion tons of material away from
the Sun. Note the size of it, too: while it started from a small region
on the Sun���s surface, it quickly expanded into a plume easily as big as
the Sun itself! I���d estimate its size at well over a million kilometers
across." The attached video is well worth watching.
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Links:
0. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/07/the-sun-lets-loose-a-huge-explosion/
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| Malware Gangs Run Ads To Hire New Coders
| from the taking-advantage-of-the-poor-job-market dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 07, @19:43 (Crime)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/07/234257/Malware-Gangs-Run-Ads-To-Hire-New-Coders?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Think crime doesn't pay? Think again: an
increasingly common sight on underground cybercrime forums are [0]ads
paid for by malware writers who are looking to hire talented new
programmers. The most common ads are for 'crypters' designed to disguise
known malware, and 'Web injects,' plug-ins made to run alongside crime
kits like ZeuS and SpyEye. Salaries range from $2,000 to $5,000 monthly,
health benefits not included."
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Links:
0. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/06/criminal-classifieds-malware-writers-wanted/
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