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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* WSJ and Al-Jazeera Lure Whistleblowers
* Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars
* JavaScript Gameboy Color Emulator
* Adobe's CTO Pitches 'Apps Near You' Concept
* Federally-Mandated Medical Coding Gums Up IT Ops
* Apple Agrees To Pay Licensing Fees To Nokia
* Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever
* Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power
* <em>Gran Turismo</em> Gamer Takes Second In Class In World-Renowned Race
* Ask Amir Taaki About Bitcoin
* Malaysian Gov't Spends $600,000 On 6 Facebook Pages
* Google Should Be Logging In To Facebook
* Steve Jobs: the Comic Book
* Metasploit Launches Exploit Bounty Program
* EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec
* Unlocked iPhones in US For $649
* Terry Pratchett Considers Assisted Suicide
* Google Launches Search By Image
* Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth
* How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access
* Programming Is Heading Back To School
* China Blocks Web Searches About Protests
* The Most Common iPhone Passcodes
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| WSJ and Al-Jazeera Lure Whistleblowers
| from the please-log-in-to-continue dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday June 13, @22:53 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0214241/WSJ-and-Al-Jazeera-Lure-Whistleblowers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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jjoelc writes "The success of Wikileaks in obtaining and releasing
information has inspired mainstream media outlets to develop proprietary
copycat sites. Al-Jazeera got into the act first, launching the
Al-Jazeera Transparency Unit (AJTU), and On May 5, the Wall Street
Journal (WSJ), a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co., Inc., launched its own
site, SafeHouse. According to the EFF though, [0]both sites offer 'false
Promises' of anonymity."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0214241/WSJ-and-Al-Jazeera-Lure-Whistleblowers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/06/wsj-and-al-jazeera-lure-whistleblowers-false
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| Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars
| from the it's-coming-from-inside-the-faraday-cage dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 14, @02:01 (China)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0233254/Chinese-Spying-Devices-Installed-On-Hong-Kong-Cars?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jjp9999 writes "Spying devices disguised as electronic border cards
have been [1]secretly installed on thousands of Hong Kong vehicles by
Chinese authorities, according to a Hong Kong newspaper. A translation of
the story states Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices
on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles for years, enabling a vast
network of eavesdropping across the archipelago."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0233254/Chinese-Spying-Devices-Installed-On-Hong-Kong-Cars?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techzwn.com/
1. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china/chinese-spying-devices-installed-on-hong-kong-cars-57587.html
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| JavaScript Gameboy Color Emulator
| from the taste-the-rainbow dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @03:27 (Emulation (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0445240/JavaScript-Gameboy-Color-Emulator?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Prosthetic_Lips writes "A programmer named Grant Galitz has released [0]a
GameBoy Color emulator written in HTML5/JavaScript, and [1]it will run
ROM images stored locally. What's amazing is that it runs the games at a
playable speed. We discussed a [2]different, but similar project six
months ago, but it seems like this one is pretty complete at this point.
It's also [3]open source."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0445240/JavaScript-Gameboy-Color-Emulator?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.grantgalitz.org/gameboy/
1. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/87-web-development/2451-javascript-gameboy-and-x86-emulator.html
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/2334206/A-JavaScript-Gameboy-Emulator-Detailed-In-8-Parts
3. https://github.com/grantgalitz/GameBoy-Online
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| Adobe's CTO Pitches 'Apps Near You' Concept
| from the eula-be-sorry dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 14, @05:04 (Advertising)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0441208/Adobes-CTO-Pitches-Apps-Near-You-Concept?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "Next-generation applications will be
location-specific, offering users information and features related to
where they are at any given moment, Adobe Systems CTO Kevin Lynch, said
at the Open Mobile Summit conference. 'Apps near you,' as he called the
idea, [1]would pop up on mobile screens when a user is close to a
specific location. Lynch showed the example of someone with a Samsung
tablet visiting a museum and being able to download a guide application."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/0441208/Adobes-CTO-Pitches-Apps-Near-You-Concept?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389707/adobe_cto_pitches_apps_near_concept/
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| Federally-Mandated Medical Coding Gums Up IT Ops
| from the release-the-hobgoblin-of-little-minds dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 14, @08:06 (Businesses)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/13/2318233/Federally-Mandated-Medical-Coding-Gums-Up-IT-Ops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "The change over from a medical coding system in use
since the 1970s to an updated version that [0]adds more than 50,000 new
7-character codes is being compared to Y2K as an IT project that is
nearly impossible to complete on time. ICD-10, which replaces ICD-9, adds
far more granularity to medical diagnosis and treatment. For example,
ICD-9 has one code for a finger amputation. In contrast, ICD-10 has a
code for every finger and every section of every finger. An 'unfunded
mandate,' the change over to ICD-10 codes is a multi-year project for
hospitals, state Medicaid organizations, and insurance providers. The
effort, which affects dozens of core systems, is taxing IT operational
budgets at a time when shops are already under the gun to implement
electronic health records."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/13/2318233/Federally-Mandated-Medical-Coding-Gums-Up-IT-Ops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217549/New_medical_coding_system_taxes_hospital_IT_resources
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| Apple Agrees To Pay Licensing Fees To Nokia
| from the money-makes-it-better dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @08:49 (Patents)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1230228/Apple-Agrees-To-Pay-Licensing-Fees-To-Nokia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dkd903 writes "After almost two years of litigation of Nokia and Apple
suing and counter-suing each other, the patent war between the two
companies has come to an end. The winner of this settlement is, however,
Nokia. As a part of the settlement, [0]Apple has agreed to become a
licensee of Nokia's patents. As a part of the licensing agreement, Apple
has agreed to give Nokia a one-time payment and ongoing royalties. The
exact terms of the agreement have not been disclosed."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1230228/Apple-Agrees-To-Pay-Licensing-Fees-To-Nokia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gadgetizor.com/nokia-apple-patent-settlement/7680/
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| Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever
| from the huge-shocker-here dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @09:31 (First Person Shooters (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1332226/Ars-Technica-Review-Slams-Duke-Nukem-Forever?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Kethinov writes "Ars Technica writes one of their most negative
reviews of a game in a long time, referring to [1] Duke Nukem Forever as
'barely playable' and 'one of the worst games from a major studio in
quite some time. The jokes border on hateful. The graphics are a blurry
mess. The shooting is unsatisfying.' Their verdict? Skip this one."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1332226/Ars-Technica-Review-Slams-Duke-Nukem-Forever?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://kethinov.com/
1. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/06/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive.ars
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| Italy Votes To Abandon Nuclear Power
| from the giving-progress-the-boot dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @10:25 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1424223/Italy-Votes-To-Abandon-Nuclear-Power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ElementOfDestruction writes "Italy has joined Germany in [1]halting
the production of energy from atomic power generation. This differs from
Germany in that the Italian decision was made by a public vote, rather
than a government mandated shutdown. 57% of Italian Households voted in
this public measure. While democracy should trump all, is it wise to hold
majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1424223/Italy-Votes-To-Abandon-Nuclear-Power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://e0d.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576383452729642270.html
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| <em>Gran Turismo</em> Gamer Takes Second In Class In World-Renowned Race
| from the practice-makes-perfect dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday June 14, @10:49 (PlayStation (Games))
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1354258/Gran-Turismo-Gamer-Takes-Second-In-Class-In-World-Renowned-Race?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dotarray writes "If your parents tell you that playing video games will
never get you anywhere, point them in the direction of Lucas Ordo��ez.
Three years ago, Lucas heard about a competition for racing game fans ���
[0]the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy. Inspired, Lucas picked up a
PlayStation 3 and a copy of Gran Turismo and practiced and practiced and
practiced. This week, along with his teammates Franck Mailleux and Soheil
Ayari, Lucas could not stop smiling as [1]he stood on the Le Mans 24
Hours podium after taking second in class."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1354258/Gran-Turismo-Gamer-Takes-Second-In-Class-In-World-Renowned-Race?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/1516204/Gran-Turismo-Gamer-Becomes-Pro-Race-Driver
1. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2011/06/14/podium-finish-for-gran-turismo-gamer-at-le-mans/
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| Ask Amir Taaki About Bitcoin
| from the does-george-selgin-approve? dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 14, @11:06 (Bitcoin)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1357239/Ask-Amir-Taaki-About-Bitcoin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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"Bitcoin," says [0]the project's website, "is a peer-to-peer currency.
Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or tracks
transactions." Wikipedia offers a readable explanation of the
[1]underlying technology. In (very) short, Bitcoin uses a distributed
database and public key encryption to allow users to reassign ownership
of units of Bitcoin currency (BTC), and does so in a way that can keep
the user's identity private. Bitcoin isn't yet accepted the way credit
cards are, but it's [2]more than theoretical. You can buy (some) things
with Bitcoin, and [3]trade the currency itself. Now, you can ask question
about Bitcoin of Amir Taaki, a developer of client interfaces and stock
trading software for Bitcoin, and owner and operator of trading exchange
[4]Britcoin.co.uk. Amir requests that questions focus not "so much on the
mining (too many people get focused on that when it's a minor aspect of
Bitcoin) nor simple technical questions (people can go find that info
themselves on Wikipedia/the forums/sourcecode)," but rather on the
harder-to-answer questions. Reading some of the related stories listed
below may give you ideas on what those are. Standard [5]Slashdot
Interview rules apply: ask as many questions as you want, but please keep
them to one per comment. Amir will get back with his answers.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1357239/Ask-Amir-Taaki-About-Bitcoin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bitcoin.org/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin%23Technology
2. https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/189246/Online-Only-Currency-BitCoin-Reaches-Dollar-Parity
3. https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/11/1417239/Fridays-Big-Swings-Mostly-Down-Illustrate-Bitcoin-Value-Volatility
4. http://britcoin.co.uk/
5. http://slashdot.org/faq/interviews.shtml
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| Malaysian Gov't Spends $600,000 On 6 Facebook Pages
| from the driving-aggregate-demand-one-friend-at-a-time dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday June 14, @11:47 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1427210/Malaysian-Govt-Spends-600000-On-6-Facebook-Pages?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gizmodolt writes "The entrenched Malaysian governing party, Barisan
Nasional, has spent [0]almost $600,000 on six Facebook pages promoting
tourism in the country. This has sparked criticism from opposition
parties, decrying the 'ridiculous' reasoning behind this waste of
taxpayer funds and garnered widespread recrimination from Malaysians
around the globe, who have made their sentiments known, quite publicly,
on those very same Facebook pages."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1427210/Malaysian-Govt-Spends-600000-On-6-Facebook-Pages?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/06/14/rm1-8-million-for-six-facebook-pages/
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| Google Should Be Logging In To Facebook
| from the playing-nice-with-the-other-loudmouth dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @12:26 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1447213/Google-Should-Be-Logging-In-To-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes "Facebook
indirectly accused Google of creating dummy accounts to log in and spider
information from their site, and Google denied the charge. But if Google
wants to help users discover what strangers can find out about them, then
spidering Facebook with dummy accounts is exactly what they should be
doing." Read on for the rest of his thoughts.
This story continues at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1447213/Google-Should-Be-Logging-In-To-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1447213/Google-Should-Be-Logging-In-To-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Steve Jobs: the Comic Book
| from the alternate-covers-please dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @13:15 (Books)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1710232/Steve-Jobs-the-Comic-Book?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Steve Jobs' life and career is to be
imortalised in a [0]comic book biography. "Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of
Apple" appears to describe his life from birth to the current day. Jobs
notoriously hates biographies, so it'll be interesting to see how he
responds to this one."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1710232/Steve-Jobs-the-Comic-Book?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcworld.com/article/230264/steve_jobs_the_comic_book_hero_an_exclusive_look.html
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| Metasploit Launches Exploit Bounty Program
| from the lighting-a-fire dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @13:55 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1714205/Metasploit-Launches-Exploit-Bounty-Program?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "The team behind the Metasploit Project is
[0]launching its own version of a bug bounty program: cash payouts for
working exploits. The group is hoping to [1]get exploit code for as many
of its top 30 vulnerabilities as possible before the program expires
later this summer. The amount of money paid for a working exploit module
for Metasploit depends on the value of the vulnerability. A module for
one of the vulnerabilities in the top five list ��� which includes a flaw
in Google Chrome and another in the Windows DNS client ��� is worth $500.
Modules for vulnerabilities in the separate top 25 list are worth $100
each under the rules."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1714205/Metasploit-Launches-Exploit-Bounty-Program?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/metasploit-launches-reward-program-exploits-061411
1. https://community.rapid7.com/docs/DOC-1467
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| EVE Online Targeted By LulzSec
| from the think-of-the-children dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @14:33 (Sony)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1815217/EVE-Online-Targeted-By-LulzSec?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]lordsilence writes "It seems [1]LulzSec is now targeting CCP Games'
Eve Online with a denial of service attack. The extent of this attack is
yet not known but the game cluster and EVEOnline.com website are down at
the writing of this post.. A possible reason for targeting CCP could be
the affiliation with Sony. CCP recently announced during E3 that their
upcoming game Dust514 would be Sony Playstation 3 exclusive."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1815217/EVE-Online-Targeted-By-LulzSec?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eve-news.com/
1. http://www.eve-news.com/2011/06/14/breaking-news-lulzsec-target-ccp-games-eve-online/
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| Unlocked iPhones in US For $649
| from the it's-about-time dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @15:10 (Iphone)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/191252/Unlocked-iPhones-in-US-For-649?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Endoflow2010 writes "Apple on Tuesday [0]started selling an unlocked
version of its iPhone 4, starting at $649. A 16GB unlocked iPhone 4 will
set you back $649, while a 32GB version is selling for $749. Both are
available in black or white; the black will ship within one to three
business days, while the white is available in three to five days,
according to the Apple Web site. The benefit of an unlocked phone is that
you are not locked into a two-year contract with a particular provider.
But it also means that you don't get the subsidized pricing provided by
someone like AT&T or Verizon. The same phones with a contract cost $199
and $299."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/191252/Unlocked-iPhones-in-US-For-649?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386886,00.asp
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| Terry Pratchett Considers Assisted Suicide
| from the making-the-best-of-the-worst dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @15:54 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1936223/Terry-Pratchett-Considers-Assisted-Suicide?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]cHALiTO writes "Beloved science fiction and fantasy writer Terry
Pratchett has terminal early-onset Alzheimer's. He's determined to have
the option of choosing the time and place of his death, rather than
enduring the potentially horrific drawn-out death that Alzheimer's
sometimes brings. But Britain bans assisted suicide, and Pratchett is
campaigning to have the law changed. As part of this, he has visited
Switzerland's Dignitas clinic, an assisted suicide facility, with a BBC
camera crew, as part of a documentary that will include Britain's first
televised suicide. [1]Pratchett took home Dignitas's assisted suicide
consent forms."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1936223/Terry-Pratchett-Considers-Assisted-Suicide?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:elchalo.gmail@com
1. http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/13/terry-pratchett-init.html
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| Google Launches Search By Image
| from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @16:32 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/202251/Google-Launches-Search-By-Image?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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kai_hiwatari writes "At the Inside Search event being held at San
Francisco, Google has announced a new addition to its search features ���
[0]Search by Image. The Search by Image feature is something like
Google's image search application for mobile devices ��� Google Goggles ���
but for the desktop."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/202251/Google-Launches-Search-By-Image?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2011/06/15/google-search-by-image/
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| Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth
| from the buy-a-sweater dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @17:11 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2022246/Big-Drop-In-Solar-Activity-Could-Cool-Earth?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "Scientists say the Sun, which roils with flares and
electromagnetic energy every 11 years or so, could [1]go into virtual
hibernation after the current cycle of high activity, reducing
temperatures on Earth. As the current sunspot cycle, Cycle 24, begins to
ramp up toward maximum, scientists from the National Solar Observatory
and the Air Force Research Laboratory independently found that the Sun's
interior, visible surface, and corona indicate the next 11-year solar
sunspot cycle, Cycle 25, will be greatly reduced or may not happen at
all."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2022246/Big-Drop-In-Solar-Activity-Could-Cool-Earth?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/big-drop-solar-activity-could-mean-much-coole
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| How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access
| from the all-kinds-of-fail dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 14, @17:54 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2046216/How-Citigroup-Hackers-Easily-Gained-Access?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Endoflow2010 writes "Hackers who stole the personal details of more than
200,000 Citigroup customers 'broke in through the front door' [0]using an
extremely simple technique. It has been called 'one of the most brazen
bank hacking attacks' in recent years. And for the first time it has been
revealed how the sophisticated cyber criminals made off with the
staggering bounty of names, account numbers, email addresses and
transaction histories. They simply logged on to the part of the group's
site reserved for credit card customers and substituted their account
numbers ��� which appeared in the browser's address bar ��� with other
numbers. It allowed them to leapfrog into the accounts of other
customers, with an automatic computer program letting them repeat the
trick tens of thousands of times."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2046216/How-Citigroup-Hackers-Easily-Gained-Access?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Programming Is Heading Back To School
| from the hook-'em-young dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @18:33 (Education)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2156236/Programming-Is-Heading-Back-To-School?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]the agent man writes "Researchers at the University of Colorado at
Boulder are exploring what it takes to [1]systematically get programming
back to public schools. They have created a game-design-based curriculum,
called [2]Scalable Game Design, using the AgentSheets computational
thinking tool. Annual summer institutes train middle school teachers from
around the USA to teach their students computational thinking through
game design and computational science simulations. What's truly unique
about this is that it is not an after-school program; it takes place
during regular school courses. Entire school districts are participating
with measurable impacts, increasing the participation of women in high
school CS courses from 2% six years ago to 38-59% now. Educators would
like to be able to ask students, 'Now that you can make Space Invaders,
can you also make a science simulation?' To explore this difficult
question of transfer, the researchers devised new mechanisms to compute
computational thinking. They analyze every game submitted by students to
extract computational thinking patterns and to see if students can
transfer these skills to creating science simulations."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2156236/Programming-Is-Heading-Back-To-School?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:ralex@cs.colorado.edu
1. http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/202987/222/Teachers-play-video-games-for-science-
2. http://scalablegamedesign.cs.colorado.edu/
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| China Blocks Web Searches About Protests
| from the must-want-users-to-make-their-own dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @19:13 (China)
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/226256/China-Blocks-Web-Searches-About-Protests?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "China is [1]blocking searches on Google and
microblogs for Zengcheng, a city in the country's Guangdong province,
where protests have erupted against local authorities. The move is part
of an effort to suppress information on the rioting."
Discuss this story at:
https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/226256/China-Blocks-Web-Searches-About-Protests?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/software/173959/china-blocks-some-web-searches-about-migrant-protests
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| The Most Common iPhone Passcodes
| from the one-two-three-four dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 14, @19:56 (Iphone)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2348226/The-Most-Common-iPhone-Passcodes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "The problem of poor passwords is not confined to computer
use, and that fact was illustrated by an app developer who has added code
to capture user passcodes to one of its applications. 'Because Big
Brother's [the app in question] passcode setup screen and lock screen are
nearly identical to those of the actual iPhone passcode lock, I figured
that the collected information would closely correlate with actual iPhone
passcodes,' says Daniel Amitay. It turns out that of the 204,508 recorded
passcodes, [0]15% were one of the most common ten."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/2348226/The-Most-Common-iPhone-Passcodes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11167
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