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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* China Grows Its Own Twitter
* Facebook/Twitter Banned In Thailand For Election
* Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push
* Anonymous Launches a WikiLeaks For Hackers
* Calling Out GE's Misleading Data Visualizations
* Man Claiming Half of Facebook Suffers Setbacks
* Samsung Withdraws Counter-Suit Against Apple
* Can the US Still Lead In Space Despite Shuttle's End?
* Toyota Scion IQ Electric Car To Launch In 2012
* Hacker Exposes Parts of Florida's Voting Database
* Google's Six-Front War
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| China Grows Its Own Twitter
| from the 140-character-limit-seems-less-restrictive-there dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 02, @20:46 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/02/2237240/China-Grows-Its-Own-Twitter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stirfry192 writes "Twitter is banned in China, and the authorities are
trying to [0]foster a censored version of the service, but the speed and
nature of such services calls into question China's ability to retain
control ��� especially in combustible, highly emotional situations."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/02/2237240/China-Grows-Its-Own-Twitter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Facebook/Twitter Banned In Thailand For Election
| from the can't-stop-the-signal dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 02, @23:34 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0119208/FacebookTwitter-Banned-In-Thailand-For-Election?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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societyofrobots writes "In the run up to the July 3rd election in
Thailand, use of Twitter, Facebook, and other social media are [0]banned
for campaigning and other election related purposes. Offenders face a
maximum six months in prison and a 10,000 baht ($330) fine. The ban
includes sending short telephone texts and forwarding emails. 'There will
be a unit of more than 100 officers to monitor this,' said police
spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri of the social media ban. 'If we can track
the origin of (an online message) right away, we will block the site and
make an arrest. But if the sites are registered overseas and we can't
check the origin, we'll first block it and ask the IP (Internet Protocol)
providers for further investigation,' Prawut said."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0119208/FacebookTwitter-Banned-In-Thailand-For-Election?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-thailand-election-tweets-idUSTRE7600YI20110701
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| Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push
| from the tigers-and-bears-oh-my dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 03, @02:28 (OS X)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0049254/Apple-Ships-OS-X-107-Lion-Gold-Master-For-July-Push?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple [0]released to developers the 'gold
master' version of Mac OS 10.7, known as Lion, in a move [1]that
positions the company for a July roll-out. 'With Snow Leopard, Apple's
previous Mac OS release, the time between going from gold master status
to hitting store shelves was approximately two weeks. However that
release required Apple to stamp and produce boxed discs to send out to
retail stores. Lion will be the first by Apple to be released only
through its Mac App Store as a digital download.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0049254/Apple-Ships-OS-X-107-Lion-Gold-Master-For-July-Push?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20076154-248/mac-os-x-lion-hits-gold-master-status/
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/173413/20110702/apple-ships-lion-gold-master-for-july-push.htm
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| Anonymous Launches a WikiLeaks For Hackers
| from the now-with-one-hundred-percent-fewer-rape-allegations dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 03, @05:23 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/02/2248225/Anonymous-Launches-a-WikiLeaks-For-Hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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siliconbits writes "Despite countless WikiLeaks copycats popping up since
the secret-spilling site first dumped its cache of State Department
cables last year, the new generation of leaking sites has produced few
WikiLeaks-sized scoops. So instead of waiting for insider whistleblowers,
the hacker movement [0]Anonymous hopes that a few outside intruders might
start the leaks flowing."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/02/2248225/Anonymous-Launches-a-WikiLeaks-For-Hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Calling Out GE's Misleading Data Visualizations
| from the lies-damned-lies-and-statistics dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 03, @08:20 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0058226/Calling-Out-GEs-Misleading-Data-Visualizations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Stephen Few [0]never did suffer data visualization fools
gladly. After seeing an oil exec (mis)use data viz to put a positive spin
on Gulf Oil Spill cleanup efforts, Few felt compelled to [1]call out BP.
And now [2]it's General Electric that's got Few's dander up: 'The series
of interactive data visualizations that have appeared on GE's website
over the last two years,' writes Few, 'has provided a growing pool of
silly examples. They attempt to give the superficial impression that GE
cares about data while in fact providing almost useless content. They
look fun, but communicate little. As such, they suggest that GE does not
in fact care about the information and has little respect for the
intelligence and interests of its audience. This is a shame, because the
stories contained in these data sets are important.' Concerned about his
strong reactions to poorly designed data visualizations, Few asked his
neuropsychologist wife whether he might be overreacting. She, too, agrees
that [3]GE's natural gas visualizations are maddening, which one might be
tempted to dismiss as predictable, although Eyeo Festival presenter
Michal Migurski also declares GE's effort '[4]one terrible, terrible bit
of nonsense.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/0058226/Calling-Out-GEs-Misleading-Data-Visualizations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=40
1. http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=790
2. http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=995
3. http://visualization.geblogs.com/visualization/gas/
4. http://mike.teczno.com/notes/seeing-like-a-state-lying-with-pictures.html
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| Man Claiming Half of Facebook Suffers Setbacks
| from the kiss-your-friends-list-goodbye dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 03, @10:15 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1229257/Man-Claiming-Half-of-Facebook-Suffers-Setbacks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Slashdot readers will [1]remember Paul Ceglia, the
man who says [2]Mark Zuckerberg agreed to split Facebook with him and has
the email to prove it. Well, his case took a turn for the worse this
week. Two law firms representing him resigned, the judge refused to
postpone a hearing to allow his new lawyers to get caught up, and the
judge ordered him to turn over computers and electronic and paper
evidence."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1229257/Man-Claiming-Half-of-Facebook-Suffers-Setbacks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/12/2210203/Ceglia-Sues-For-50-Facebook-Old-Emails-as-Evidence
2. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/179493/reports-man-claiming-half-facebook-suffers-setbacks
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| Samsung Withdraws Counter-Suit Against Apple
| from the our-bad dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 03, @12:05 (The Courts)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1347259/Samsung-Withdraws-Counter-Suit-Against-Apple?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "[1]Samsung has withdrawn a counter-suit against
Apple in their ongoing legal battle which concerns similarities in the
iOS device lineup against the Galaxy S lineup from Samsung. The
counter-suit concerned the design of the user interface being very
similar to that of Samsung's: 'related to fundamental innovations that
increase mobile device reliability, efficiency, and quality, and improve
user interface in mobile handsets and other products.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1347259/Samsung-Withdraws-Counter-Suit-Against-Apple?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin
1. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/02/samsung-withdraws-counter-suit-against-apple/
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| Can the US Still Lead In Space Despite Shuttle's End?
| from the with-one-hand-tied-behind-our-back dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 03, @13:55 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1529236/Can-the-US-Still-Lead-In-Space-Despite-Shuttles-End?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden says that
the future is bright and promises that one day humans will land on Mars.
'[1]American leadership in space will continue for at least the next
half-century because we've laid the foundation for success,' the nation's
space chief said in a speech at the National Press Club. 'When I hear
people say that the final shuttle flight marks the end of U.S. human
space flight, you all must be living on another planet. We are not ending
human space flight. We are recommitting ourselves to it.' Bolden says
within a year private companies can take over the process of sending
cargo shipments into orbit and by 2015 industry can take over astronaut
transport, freeing NASA to focus on the long-term goals of reaching
beyond Earth's shadow. 'Do we want to keep repeating ourselves or do we
want to look at the big horizon?' says Bolden. 'My generation touched the
moon today, NASA, and the nation, wants to touch an asteroid, and
eventually send a human to Mars.' A group of former astronauts and other
critics have blasted the agency and the Obama administration for ending
the 30-year-old shuttle program, once the cornerstone of NASA. 'NASA's
human spaceflight program is in substantial disarray with no clear-cut
mission in the offing. We will have no rockets to carry humans to
low-Earth orbit and beyond for an indeterminate number of years,' write
Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan. 'After a half-century of
remarkable progress, [2]a coherent plan for maintaining America's
leadership in space exploration is no longer apparent.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/1529236/Can-the-US-Still-Lead-In-Space-Despite-Shuttles-End?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/1/nasa-head-us-will-still-lead-despite-shuttles-end/
2. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-05-24-Obama-grounding-JFK-space-legacy_n.htm
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| Toyota Scion IQ Electric Car To Launch In 2012
| from the get-plugged-in dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 03, @15:42 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/187230/Toyota-Scion-IQ-Electric-Car-To-Launch-In-2012?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Mightee writes "Toyota officially announced at an annual dealer
meeting in Las Vegas that the [1]all-electric Scion iQ will be launched
next year in the United States. According to Toyota, Scion iQ can only go
50 miles on a single charge. Because of this, it will be facing tough
competition from 73-mile Nissan Leaf and 85-mile Mitsubishi i."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/187230/Toyota-Scion-IQ-Electric-Car-To-Launch-In-2012?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmocrazed.com/
1. http://www.gizmocrazed.com/2011/07/toyota-scion-iq-electric-car-to-launch-in-2012/
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| Hacker Exposes Parts of Florida's Voting Database
| from the many-things-are-exposed-in-florida dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 03, @17:25 (Government)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/2049248/Hacker-Exposes-Parts-of-Floridas-Voting-Database?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dangerous_Minds writes "Some people feel that elections can be rigged and
votes tampered with. One hacker, who goes by the name of Abhaxas, decided
to prove that votes aren't secure by [0]exposing parts of the Florida
voting database. Said Abhaxas while [1]posting the data, 'Who believes
voting isn't tampered with?'"
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/2049248/Hacker-Exposes-Parts-of-Floridas-Voting-Database?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/94099/abhaxas-dumps-details-of-the-internal-florida-voting-database-online/
1. http://pastebin.com/AKMhKTvK
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| Google's Six-Front War
| from the beware-the-russian-winter dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 03, @19:08 (Android)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/2116231/Googles-Six-Front-War?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wasimkadak writes "While the tech world is buzzing about the launch and
implications of [0]Google's new social network, Google+, it's worth
noting that Google isn't just in a war with Facebook, [1]it's at war with
multiple companies across multiple industries. In fact, Google is
fighting a multi-front war with a host of tech giants for control over
some of the most [2]valuable pieces of real estate in technology."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/2116231/Googles-Six-Front-War?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/1922232/Google-Launches-Google-Social-Network
1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/03/google-six-front-war/
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/02/1335202/Google-Bid-Pi-Billion-Dollars-For-Nortel-Patents
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