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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Mars Orbiter Finds Buried Dry Ice Lake
* Australia Ranked Fourth In Internet Freedom
* Synthetic Skin Could Replace Animal Subjects'
* Taking the Fun Out of <em>StarCraft II</em>
* IMSLP Taken Down By UK Publishers Group
* Leaked Activision Memos Compare <em>CoD</em>, <em>Guitar Hero</em>
* RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, Unusable
* Microsoft and Nokia Finally Sign Definitive Agreement
* CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record
* Army Develops Android-Based Framework For Battlefield Ops
* Amazon Denies Skynet's Involvement In AWS Outage
* Apple To Beat Google On Cloud Music
* Licensing Problem Silences Internet Radio Stations
* How People Broadcast Their Locations Without Meaning To
* Greenpeace Says the Internet Emits Too Much CO2
* Book Review: Agile Development & Business Goals
* The Space Station As a Simulated Mars Mission?
* Smell Like An Orc
* AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic
* Revolution of the Science Fiction Authors
* Police Using Apple iOS Tracking Data For Forensics
* Microsoft Kicks Off Third-Party Bug Warnings
* More Nintendo Console Rumors
* Linux Kernel Suffering Power Management Regression?
* Turning GPS Tracking Devices Against Their Owners
* RockMelt: Google Chrome, Only Better
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| Mars Orbiter Finds Buried Dry Ice Lake
| from the hip-cocktails-all-around dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 21, @21:39 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0016247/Mars-Orbiter-Finds-Buried-Dry-Ice-Lake?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RedEaredSlider writes "NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found a
[0]giant buried deposit of dry ice, which could be evidence that Mars
once had a thicker atmosphere and was able to have more water on its
surface. The orbiter's ground-penetrating radar found the dry ice, which
is frozen carbon dioxide, near the planet's south pole. The scientists
think that when Mars' axial tilt increases, the carbon dioxide turns into
a gas, thickening the atmosphere. The result would be more intense dust
storms, but also a wider range of areas where liquid water could exist."
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Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/137111/20110421/nasa-mars-orbiter-finds-giant-buried-dry-ice-lake.htm
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| Australia Ranked Fourth In Internet Freedom
| from the have-you-seen-our-town's-giant-blindfold? dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @00:04 (Australia)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/21/1946253/Australia-Ranked-Fourth-In-Internet-Freedom?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mjwx writes "A report published by Freedom House has placed Australia in
[0]fourth in Internet Freedom, below Estonia, the United States and
Germany. Freedom House highlights the lack of actual censorship in
Australia pointing out that the highly unpopular proposed ISP level
censorship has been shelved since the 2010 Australian election. The
[1]Freedom House report is available here."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/21/1946253/Australia-Ranked-Fourth-In-Internet-Freedom?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/383891/australia_makes_top_4_internet_freedom_list/
1. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=664
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| Synthetic Skin Could Replace Animal Subjects'
| from the so-creamy-and-supple dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @02:50 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0119209/Synthetic-Skin-Could-Replace-Animal-Subjects?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fangmcgee writes "Synthetic skins are now [0]good enough to mimic animal
skins in lab tests, according to research that will appear in the June 5
issue of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Bharat Bhushan, a
professor at Ohio State University and Wei Tang, an engineer at China
University of Mining and Technology used atomic force microscopes to
observe the responses of pseudo and rat skins to a generic skin cream.
The result? Even at a scale of 100 nanometers ��� or one-thousandth the
width of a human hair ��� all the samples reacted in a similar fashion."
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Links:
0. http://www.ecouterre.com/lab-grown-synthetic-skins-could-replace-animals-in-cosmetics-testing/
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| Taking the Fun Out of <em>StarCraft II</em>
| from the apparently-you-can-win-without-battlecruisers dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @04:18 (Real Time Strategy (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0446245/Taking-the-Fun-Out-of-StarCraft-II?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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StarCraft II lead designer Dustin Browder recently spoke with Gamasutra
about how designing a real-time strategy game for competition can
sometimes be [0]at odds with designing something purely for the sake of
fun. "'It took me a year and a half to figure this out,' said Browder, an
enthusiastic designer who might also be around the top 10 percent in the
world in terms of speed-talking. 'I kept trying to shove stuff in that
was fun but wasn't a sport,' he said. 'And everybody would tell me "no,"
and I wouldn't understand why. And I thought they were all jerks. I
didn't know, right? I couldn't figure it out.' ... 'It took me a long
time to understand why this sport value is so important,' Browder
continued. The development team kept itself in check, nixing units that
overlapped with the roles of other units and dumping units that were
deemed too complicated. Some of the units cut were fun to use, but just
didn't fit with the game's objectives as an eSport. 'It makes it so
challenging for designers on the project to come up with new and good
ideas,' said Browder. 'We could sit here right now, and come up with 10
great ideas for an RTS. But I almost guarantee you that all of those
would get shot down for a sport.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34075/Interview_Making_The_Fun_Meant_Taking_Out_The_Fun_In_StarCraft_II.php
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| IMSLP Taken Down By UK Publishers Group
| from the so-there-were-these-four-consonants dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @05:48 (Music)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0144213/IMSLP-Taken-Down-By-UK-Publishers-Group?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gacl writes "According to a [0]post at the IMSLP Journal, the [1]IMSLP,
the largest site on the 'net providing public domain sheet music, has
been taken down yet again. The UK-based [2]Music Publisher's Association
has sent GoDaddy, the IMSLP's domain registrar, a DMCA takedown notice.
The IMSLP argues that the notice is bogus. More [3]detailed
[4]discussions on the matter can be found at the IMSLP Forums."
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Links:
0. http://imslpjournal.org/imslp-the-music-publishers-association/
1. http://imslp.org/
2. http://www.mpaonline.org.uk/
3. http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4775
4. http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4774
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| Leaked Activision Memos Compare <em>CoD</em>, <em>Guitar Hero</em>
| from the rehashing-innovation dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @06:38 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0424234/Leaked-Activision-Memos-Compare-CoD-Guitar-Hero?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Gaming site Giant Bomb got its hands on some internal memos at Activision
discussing [0]the status of their flagship Call of Duty franchise. One
exec asks, "Isn't Call of Duty today just like Guitar Hero was a few
years back?" A response assures him that Call of Duty is more firmly
entrenched than the recently-collapsed music game genre, and adds that
Activision doesn't get enough credit for innovating. Quoting: "If you
really step back and dispassionately look at any measurement���sales,
player engagement, hours of online play, performance of DLC���you can
absolutely conclude that the potential for this franchise has never been
greater. In order to achieve this potential, we need to focus: on making
games that constantly raise the quality bar; on staying ahead of the
innovation curve; on surrounding the brand with a suite of services and
an online community that makes our fans never want to leave.
Entertainment franchises with staying power are rare. But Call of Duty
shows all of the signs of being able to be one of them. It���s up to us.
... Activision doesn���t always seem to get the credit it deserves in terms
of innovation in my opinion, but there is no short supply of it, even in
our narrower slate." An editorial at Gamepro takes exception to this,
saying that Activision should [1]stop trying to milk its franchises dry.
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Links:
0. http://www.giantbomb.com/news/isnt-call-of-duty-today-just-like-guitar-hero-was-a-few-years-back/3057/
1. http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/218951/editorial-milking-it-dry/
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| RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: Unfinished, Unusable
| from the don't-keep-that-all-bottled-up dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @08:13 (Blackberry)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/0130217/RIM-BlackBerry-PlayBook-Unfinished-Unusable?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq points out this InfoWorld review of the BlackBerry PlayBook,
"an [1]'unfinished, unusable' tablet from RIM. 'At the core of it all,
the design of the PlayBook as a BlackBerry-dependent device was simply a
boneheaded decision by executives who hoped a hit product might entice
more BlackBerry sales,' Gruman writes. 'Why RIM chose to ship the
PlayBook in such a state is unfathomable. The iPad 2 and Xoom have been
out for weeks, so there's no heading them off at the pass. Instead, the
PlayBook debuted with all eyes on it ��� but instead of a world-class
performer, we got the homeless guy who plays air guitar in front of the
mall.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/rim-blackberry-playbook-unfinished-unusable-534
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| Microsoft and Nokia Finally Sign Definitive Agreement
| from the do-not-go-gentle-into-obsolescence dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @08:57 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1213228/Microsoft-and-Nokia-Finally-Sign-Definitive-Agreement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft and Nokia yesterday [0]announced
the signing of a definitive agreement regarding their [1]global mobile
ecosystem partnership. We already know that Microsoft and Nokia will work
together to reach out to developers, but the two have agreed to make
Windows Phone developer registration free for all Nokia developers. There
are also plans to [2]open a new Nokia-branded global application store
that leverages the Windows Phone Marketplace infrastructure so that
developers can publish and distribute applications through a single
developer portal to consumers that use Windows Phone, Symbian, and Series
40 devices. Lastly, Nokia will contribute its expertise in operator
billing to ensure participants in the Windows Phone ecosystem can take
advantage of Nokia's billing agreements with 112 operators in 36
markets."
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Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/43420-microsoft-nokia-finally-sign-definitive-agreement-for-windows-phone.html
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/02/11/1243232/Nokia-and-Microsoft-Make-Smartphone-Alliance
2. http://www.wpcentral.com/nokia-and-microsoft-deal-finalized-ahead-schedule
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| CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record
| from the celebrate-by-destroying-a-universe dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @09:40 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1257245/CERN-LHC-Sets-New-Luminosity-World-Record?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Since last night, the Large Hadron Collider
is officially [0]the most powerful accelerator in the world. While a
record energy level had been [1]reached last year, the new luminosity
level, surpassing Fermilab's capabilities, is a new achievement. 'Higher
intensity means more data, and more data means greater discovery
potential,' as CERN Director General Rolf Heuer says."
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Links:
0. http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2011/PR02.11E.html
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/19/1530211/LHC-Hits-an-Energy-of-35TeV
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| Army Develops Android-Based Framework For Battlefield Ops
| from the smart-phones-and-smart-bombs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @10:22 (Android)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1334259/Army-Develops-Android-Based-Framework-For-Battlefield-Ops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gabbo529 writes "The United States Army is [0]developing an Android-based
smartphone framework and suite of applications for tactical operations.
With the marriage between technology and military continuing to
strengthen, more soldiers are [1]getting phones for on-the-field
operations. Already, the military has developed the Joint Battle
Command-Platform, or JBC-P Handheld, which has an app that can be used to
mark warning signals to future soldiers."
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Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/137250/20110422/us-army-android-smartphones-tactical-operations.htm
1. http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/04/18/55096-army-develops-smartphone-framework-applications-for-the-front-lines/
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| Amazon Denies Skynet's Involvement In AWS Outage
| from the methinks-thou-dost-protest-too-much dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday April 22, @10:49 (Cloud)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/134254/Amazon-Denies-Skynets-Involvement-In-AWS-Outage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Amazon has officially denied that the recent
outage of its EC2 and Elastic Block Storage cloud platforms was the
result of an [0]attack from Cyberdyne Systems' Skynet sentient computer
system, declaring humanity safe after all. 'From the information I have
and to answer your questions,' a spokesperson explained, 'Skynet did not
have anything to do with the service event at this time.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/4/22/amazon-denies-skynet-involvement-cloud-outage/
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| Apple To Beat Google On Cloud Music
| from the hey-guys-what-else-can-we-stream dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @11:06 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1411247/Apple-To-Beat-Google-On-Cloud-Music?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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yogidog98 writes with this excerpt from a Reuters report: "Apple Inc has
[0]completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch
it ahead of Google Inc, whose own music efforts have stalled, according
to several people familiar with both companies' plans. Apple's plans will
allow iTunes customers to store their songs on a remote server, and then
access them from wherever they have an Internet connection, said two of
these people who asked not to be named as the talks are still
confidential."
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Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-apple-google-idUSTRE73K7A720110421
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| Licensing Problem Silences Internet Radio Stations
| from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @11:48 (Music)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1511213/Licensing-Problem-Silences-Internet-Radio-Stations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]SEWilco writes "Hundreds of Internet radio stations that use
SWCast.net for services have been affected by a shutdown triggered by
[1]SoundExchange, who claim lack of payment of royalty fees. Apparently
[2]SoundExchange has a new president, and this might be a factor in
acting on several years of missing payments. In the meantime, [3]SWCast
radio stations [4]suffer after paying to legally broadcast."
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Links:
0. http://www.reallysimplechat.org/
1. http://soundexchange.com/2011/04/18/public-notice-of-disabling-of-access-to-swcast-services/
2. http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2011/04/articles/internet-radio/soundexchange-claims-credit-for-shutting-down-webcaster-who-was-not-paying-royalties/
3. http://www.swcast.net/
4. http://radio.keiichi.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1479
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| How People Broadcast Their Locations Without Meaning To
| from the your-face-is-broadcasting-an-ip-address dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @12:31 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/165217/How-People-Broadcast-Their-Locations-Without-Meaning-To?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wjousts writes "Smartphones [0]include geotagging features that many
people aren't aware of, MIT's Technology Review reports. And it's not
just in the obvious places: 'For example, by looking at the location
metadata stored with pictures posted through one man's anonymous Twitter
account, the researchers were able to pinpoint his likely home address.
From there, by cross-referencing this location with city records, they
found his name. Using that information, the researchers went on to find
his place of work, his wife's name, and information about his children.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/37452/page1/
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| Greenpeace Says the Internet Emits Too Much CO2
| from the stupid-internet-stop-that dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @13:15 (Earth)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1643224/Greenpeace-Says-the-Internet-Emits-Too-Much-CO2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Pharmboy writes "A new report put out by Greenpeace argues that the IT
sector is [0]not doing enough to decrease reliance on 'dirty energy',
saying the Internet, if it were treated as its own country, would be the
5th largest emitter of greenhouse gases. 'Many companies, the
organization said, tightly guard data about the environmental impact and
energy consumption of their IT operations. They also focus more on using
energy efficiently than on sourcing it cleanly.' [1]The report (PDF)
doesn't mention how much CO2 is saved by telecommuting and higher
corporate efficiency, however. So, exactly how 'green' or 'polluting' is
the internet, really?"
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Links:
0. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/greenpeace-report-cloud-and-internet-use-sucks-energy-emits-co2.html
1. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/climate/2011/Cool%20IT/dirty-data-report-greenpeace.pdf
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| Book Review: Agile Development & Business Goals
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday April 22, @14:01 (Books)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1245235/Book-Review-Agile-Development-amp-Business-Goals?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Agile Development & Business Goals: The Six
Week Solution has scrum-like elements, fairly rapid iterations, automated
testing, and some other things that you have come to rely on to make your
Agile methodology work. But the Six Week Solution agile process has some
other things, too, that make it a very interesting take on the classic
Agile approach." Read below for the rest of the AC's review.
This story continues at:
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| The Space Station As a Simulated Mars Mission?
| from the get-your-iss-to-mars dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @14:43 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/189202/The-Space-Station-As-a-Simulated-Mars-Mission?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "NASA is looking at using the International Space
Station as [1]a testbed for a human mission to Mars, beginning with a
planned week-long simulation to be staged next summer. Preliminary tests
would involve working on systems that give astronauts more autonomy,
perhaps culminating in a full mission analog, sealing a crew inside a
separate module of the station with minimal interaction with the rest of
the station and mission control. 'We want to use the space station as a
way to get smarter about what a mission to Mars or a mission to an
asteroid might look like,' space station flight controller Pete Hasbrook
told Discovery News."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-mission-simulation-space-station-110421.html
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| Smell Like An Orc
| from the smells-like-demeaned-spirit dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday April 22, @14:46 (Role Playing (Games))
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1456243/Smell-Like-An-Orc?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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You may have no trouble smelling like an orc after 12 straight hours of
raiding, but if you do, [0]Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is here for you. The
company has come out with [1]a line of RPG inspired perfumes. Choose
from: Dwarf, Elf, Half-elf, Hafling, Orc, Cleric, Fighter, or Mage and
people will not only see that you're a geek, they'll smell it too.
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Links:
0. http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/
1. http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/21/smell-like-an-elf-rp.html
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| AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic
| from the sky-is-blue dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @15:27 (Cellphones)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/190236/ATampT-Admits-Network-Cant-Handle-iPhone-iPad-Traffic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RedEaredSlider writes "AT&T has admitted that the rise of tablets and
smartphones like the iPad and iPhone has [0]taken a major toll on its
network. In its public filing to the Federal Communications Commission
yesterday, the company admitted that [1]its network has been under
increasing strain as more and more high-bandwidth devices have been
connected. This not only includes smartphones like the iPhone, but
tablets like the iPad as well. AT&T says that in many cases [2]tablets
put a greater stress on their network (PDF) than smartphones do."
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https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/190236/ATampT-Admits-Network-Cant-Handle-iPhone-iPad-Traffic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/137269/20110422/at-t-admits-network-can-t-handle-iphone-ipad.htm
1. http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/22/6512886-iphone-ipad-maxed-out-att-network
2. http://www.mobilizeeverything.com/documents/AT&T%20FILES%20PUBLIC%20INTEREST%20STATEMENT%20WITH%20FCC%20.pdf
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| Revolution of the Science Fiction Authors
| from the armed-with-imaginary-death-rays dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @16:12 (Sci-Fi)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1958249/Revolution-of-the-Science-Fiction-Authors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "85 science fiction authors including Iain M
Banks, Larry Niven, Stephen Hunt, Greg Bear and Michael Moorcock have
written an open letter of protest to the BBC complaining of disrespect
towards the genre, when, during an entire day of coverage of fiction by
the BBC, [0]not a single SF, fantasy or horror book was looked at. Here's
the original article that [1]sparked the open letter, along with updates.
The British prime minister, David Cameron, when asked to comment, said
that he doesn't have a favorite genre, so I guess he's not taking Greg
Bear books to bed either!"
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https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/1958249/Revolution-of-the-Science-Fiction-Authors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/genre-authors-attack-sneering-world-book-night-coverage.html
1. http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2011/One-Genre-to-bring-them-all-and-in-the-darkness-bind-them-15938.php
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| Police Using Apple iOS Tracking Data For Forensics
| from the i-know-what-you-did-last-summer dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @16:55 (Privacy)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2036229/Police-Using-Apple-iOS-Tracking-Data-For-Forensics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Several readers have sent in follow-up articles to Wednesday's news that
iPhone location data was being [0]tracked and stored. First, it seems
[1]Android shares a similar problem, though the file containing the
location data is "only accessible on devices that have been rooted and
opened up to installation of unsigned apps." Developer Magnus Eriksson
has created [2]an app to flush this data. Next: the iPhone tracking file
is [3]not new, just in a different place than it used to be. Reader
overThruster then points out a CNet story indicating that [4]law
enforcement has been aware of this file for some time, and has used it in
a forensics context. This story is a growing concern for Apple,
particularly now that [5]Senator Al Franken (PDF) and [6]Rep. Ed Markey
(PDF) have both written letters to Steve Jobs demanding details about the
location tracking. Finally, PCMag explains [7]how to view the location
data present on your iPhone, should you so desire.
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Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/20/1357248/Apple-Logging-Locations-of-All-iPhone-Users
1. http://thenextweb.com/google/2011/04/21/its-not-just-the-iphone-android-stores-your-location-data-too/
2. https://github.com/packetlss/android-locdump
3. http://alexlevinson.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/3-major-issues-with-the-latest-iphone-tracking-discovery/
4. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20056344-281.html
5. http://www.franken.senate.gov/files/letter/110420_Apple_Letter.pdf
6. http://markey.house.gov/docs/apple_ios_letter_04.21.11.pdf
7. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383943,00.asp
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| Microsoft Kicks Off Third-Party Bug Warnings
| from the somebody's-got-a-case-of-the-patch-tuesdays dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @17:37 (Bug)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2114229/Microsoft-Kicks-Off-Third-Party-Bug-Warnings?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Pigskin-Referee writes "Microsoft has expanded its vulnerability
disclosure policy to include not only those in its own products, but
[0]also flaws in third-party software that runs on Microsoft operating
systems. These will follow the same practices as the advisories issued
for Microsoft's products, and it makes sense, because many users look to
Microsoft to ensure that their computers are secure, even when the
problem lies with a third-party program. The company will contact and
coordinate with the third-party vendor before an advisory is issued."
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2114229/Microsoft-Kicks-Off-Third-Party-Bug-Warnings?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215956/Microsoft_kicks_off_third_party_bug_warnings_with_two_for_Chrome
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| More Nintendo Console Rumors
| from the no-wii-stream-jokes-allowed dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @17:56 (Nintendo)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2124241/More-Nintendo-Console-Rumors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Nothing is official and Nintendo isn't talking, but
'industry sources' runneth over with new information about the company's
new gaming console. IGN on Thursday said that Nintendo is ditching 'Wii'
and [1]will call the new console 'Stream'. And nothing connotes Internet
connectivity like the word stream. 'That's an area Nintendo has really
been lax on in the past,' says blogger Peter Smith. 'Pure speculation on
my part but I just wonder what, if anything, will be [2]streaming to this
new console? Video? Gameplay? A strong online multiplayer component?'"
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has [3]indirectly confirmed that the new
console is in development.
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https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2124241/More-Nintendo-Console-Rumors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://gear.ign.com/articles/116/1163325p1.html
2. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/158387/more-rumored-info-about-new-nintendo-gaming-console
3. http://www.next-gen.biz/news/miyamoto-admits-wii-successor-is-coming
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| Linux Kernel Suffering Power Management Regression?
| from the year-of-linux-on-the-coppertop dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday April 22, @18:18 (Bug)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2132251/Linux-Kernel-Suffering-Power-Management-Regression?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "It appears that there's [0]a big power
management regression in the Linux kernel for the 2.6.38 and 2.6.39
development releases, including the kernel to ship with Ubuntu 11.04 next
week. It's reportedly causing a 10~30% increase in power consumption on
many laptop computers."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2132251/Linux-Kernel-Suffering-Power-Management-Regression?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_mobile_uffda&num=1
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| Turning GPS Tracking Devices Against Their Owners
| from the foursquare-be-damned dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @18:59 (Privacy)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2250216/Turning-GPS-Tracking-Devices-Against-Their-Owners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ancientribe writes "Those low-cost embedded tracking devices in your
smartphone or those personal GPS devices that track the whereabouts of
your children, your car, your pet, or a shipment [0]can easily be
intercepted by hackers, who can then pinpoint their whereabouts,
impersonate them, and spoof their physical location. A researcher
demonstrated at SOURCE Boston how he was able to hack Zoombak's popular
personal tracking devices."
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2250216/Turning-GPS-Tracking-Devices-Against-Their-Owners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://login.techweb.com/cas/login?service=http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/news/229402080/weaponizing-gps-tracking-devices.html&gateway=true
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| RockMelt: Google Chrome, Only Better
| from the red-hot-magma dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 22, @19:42 (Chrome)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2328211/RockMelt-Google-Chrome-Only-Better?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Barence writes "[1]PC Pro has an in-depth review of RockMelt, a new
browser which it claims is better than Google Chrome. RockMelt is built
on the same Chromium core as Google's browser, but adds a host of social
networking, news feed and search features that elevate it above Chrome.
The App Edge, for example, "allows you to set up feeds for anything from
your Twitter or Gmail accounts to your favourite news sites, and get a
little iPhone-style numeric reminder of the number of items awaiting your
attention." It does, however, lack Chrome's built-in Flash, PDF and audio
players."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/22/2328211/RockMelt-Google-Chrome-Only-Better?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/04/22/rockmelt-google-chrome-only-better/
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