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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box?
* An Apple TV-Based Webserver
* 8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers
* Mint It Yourself With a Browser-Based Bitcoin Miner
* Windows 8 ARM Will Not Support Legacy Software
* Computer Records Hold Key In IMF Head's Sexual Assault Case
* Academic Publishers Ask The Impossible In GSU Copyright Suit
* 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy
* Internet Could Mean End of "Snow Days"
* Verifying Passwords By the Way They're Typed
* Apple Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans
* Proposal For Gnome To Become Linux-Only
* Google Is Serious, Chrome 13 Hides URL Bar
* Google Builds Biometric Models of Celebrity Faces
* Imagining the CLI For the Modern Machine
* RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California
* Inside NVIDIA's Massive Hardware Emulation Lab
* CDC Warns of Zombie Apocalypse
* Linux 2.6.39 Released
* Siemens SCADA Hacking Talk Pulled From TakeDownCon
* Red Hat Pushes Out Enterprise Linux 6.1
* Linux-Friendly Alternatives To Skype
* Ask Slashdot: FTP Server Honeypots?
* AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions
* Congress Makes Deal To Renew Patriot Act For 4 Years
* XBMC4XBOX 3.0.1 Stable Released
* Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6
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| Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box?
| from the mind-the-gap dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday May 18, @20:12 (Operating Systems)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/05/18/2336204/Ask-Slashdot-DOSBox-or-DOS-Box?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Are DOS game emulators like the
highly-respectable [0]DOSBox good enough now, or is there still no
substitute for the [1]real thing? Like a lot of Slashdotters I'm getting
older and simplifying, which means tossing out old junk. Which means The
Closet full of DOS era crap. And I'm hesitating ��� should I put aside
things like the ISA SoundBlaster with gameport? Am I trashing things that
some fellow geek somewhere truly needs to preserve the old games? Or can
I now truck all this stuff down to recycling without a twinge of guilt?
(Younger folk who didn't play DOOM at 320x200 should really resist
commenting this time. Let the Mods keep them off our lawn.)"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/05/18/2336204/Ask-Slashdot-DOSBox-or-DOS-Box?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox
1. http://www.flaterco.com/kb/DFI486/index.html
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| An Apple TV-Based Webserver
| from the but-for-how-long dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday May 18, @22:22 (Hardware Hacking)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0159210/An-Apple-TV-Based-Webserver?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Wyvere writes "The folks over at Mac Mini Vault [0] jailbroke an Apple
TV, stuck lighttpd on it, and [1]connected it up to the internet in the
name of fun hacking. 'This project was a fun way to see how far we could
take the A4 powered Apple TV. The Apple TV is running iOS 4.2.2
(obviously jailbroken) with lighttpd for a web server.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0159210/An-Apple-TV-Based-Webserver?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.macminivault.com/atv-webserver/
1. http://atv.macminivault.com/
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| 8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers
| from the making-trains-run-on-time dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday May 18, @22:57 (China)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0219254/8-of-Chinas-Top-9-Govt-Officials-Are-Engineers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]kkleiner writes "Did you know that the president of China is a
scientist? President Hu Jintao was trained as a hydraulic engineer.
Likewise his Premier, Wen Jiabao, is a geomechanical engineer. In fact,
[1]8 out of China's top 9 government officials are scientists or
engineers."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0219254/8-of-Chinas-Top-9-Govt-Officials-Are-Engineers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://singularityhub.com/
1. http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/17/eight-out-of-chinas-top-nine-government-officials-are-scientists/
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| Mint It Yourself With a Browser-Based Bitcoin Miner
| from the b-b-but-the-feds-are-here! dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @00:58 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0149234/Mint-It-Yourself-With-a-Browser-Based-Bitcoin-Miner?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "There's a popular discussion happening at the
Bitcoin forums about a new [0]browser-based bitcoin miner [1]released
today. This lets people mine for bitcoin straight from the browser.
There's talk of making an embeddable version. How long until websites
start using CPU power from their users to create Bitcoin for their
owners?" As Bitcoin gets more attention, I foresee malware with payloads
promising to do the same thing.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0149234/Mint-It-Yourself-With-a-Browser-Based-Bitcoin-Miner?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bitcoinplus.com/generate
1. http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8780.0
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| Windows 8 ARM Will Not Support Legacy Software
| from the we-only-have-so-much-lipstick dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @04:02 (Intel)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0449219/Windows-8-ARM-Will-Not-Support-Legacy-Software?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Intel, speaking out of turn and damaging its
intimate relationship with Microsoft, has revealed that legacy
[0]x86-compiled software will not work on the ARM version of Windows 8.
Microsoft has promised that the Office suite will be available on Windows
8 ARM, but beyond that, nothing. While this means there won't be many
compatible apps at launch, it also means this will be the first
full-bodied version of Windows that won't (initially) be susceptible to
viruses and malware..."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0449219/Windows-8-ARM-Will-Not-Support-Legacy-Software?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2385563,00.asp
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| Computer Records Hold Key In IMF Head's Sexual Assault Case
| from the he-said-she-said-it-said dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @07:00 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0331244/Computer-Records-Hold-Key-In-IMF-Heads-Sexual-Assault-Case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "ABA Journal reports that the chief of the
International Monetary Fund may claim consent as a defense to
[1]accusations that he sexually assaulted a maid at the Sofitel Hotel in
New York as defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman told the judge he believed
the 'forensic evidence' was '[2]not consistent with forcible encounter.'
Police have said the maid knocked on Strauss-Kahn's door and called out,
used her master keycard to open the door, and left her work cart in the
doorway, a typical safety practice in hotels. According to the police
account, Strauss-Kahn emerged naked, tried to attack the maid, and then
shut the hotel door when she tried to escape. The NY Times explains how
the key card evidence may play out: 'If the defense for Mr. Strauss-Kahn
maintains that the encounter was consensual, its version will have to
accommodate the [3]unambiguous computer record of her leaving the door
propped open,' the story says."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0331244/Computer-Records-Hold-Key-In-IMF-Heads-Sexual-Assault-Case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110515/ts_nm/us_strausskahn_arrest
2. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/imf_chief_may_claim_any_sex_was_consensual_hotel_key_card_records_are_likel/
3. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/nyregion/strauss-kahns-hotel-key-may-tell-tale-in-sex-case.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=38a83221Q2FVQ24FsVIQ60(AqQ60Q60LxVxQ2BZZVQ2BpVZzV7-qFdgQ607VALq_lAAQ7C9_Q257AQ7CQ25Q60LFQ3EQ7C9F-Q7Ck_-Q7CLFQ3EQ3EQ7CL_Q3EFQ7Cg7Q7CAFQ7DQ7C(_AFoQ25LkQ3E
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| Academic Publishers Ask The Impossible In GSU Copyright Suit
| from the they'd-settle-for-infinity-minus-one dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @08:19 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0248238/Academic-Publishers-Ask-The-Impossible-In-GSU-Copyright-Suit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Nidi62 writes "A Duke University blog covers the possible
[0]ramifications of a motion in the copyright case against Georgia State
University. Cambrigde, Oxford, and Sage have proposed an injunction that
would first enjoin GSU to include all faculty, employees, students. All
copying would have to be monitored and limited to 10% of a work or 1000
words, whichever is less. No two classes would be allowed to use the same
copied work unless they paid for it, essentially taking fair use out of
the classroom. Along with this, courses would be allowed to be made up of
only 10% copied material, the other 90% must be either purchased works or
copies that have been paid for by permission fees. And, if this isn't
enough, the publishers also want access to all computer systems on the
campus network, to monitor compliance and copying. 'This proposed order,
in short, represents a nightmare, a true dystopia, for higher
education....Yet you can be sure that if [these] things happen, all of
our campuses would be pressured to adopt the "Georgia State model" in
order to avoid litigation.' Disclosure: I am currently a graduate student
at Georgia State University."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/0248238/Academic-Publishers-Ask-The-Impossible-In-GSU-Copyright-Suit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/05/13/a-nightmare-scenario-for-higher-education/
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| 'Homeless' Planets May Be Common In Our Galaxy
| from the click-your-heals-together dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @09:02 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1242251/Homeless-Planets-May-Be-Common-In-Our-Galaxy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "Our galaxy could be [0]teeming with 'homeless'
planets, wandering the cosmos far from the solar systems of their birth,
astronomers have found. In a paper [1]published online today in Nature,
the researchers list 10 objects in our galaxy that are very likely to be
free-floating planets. What's more, they claim that in our galaxy,
free-floaters are probably so populous that they outnumber stars."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1242251/Homeless-Planets-May-Be-Common-In-Our-Galaxy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/05/homeless-planets-may-be-common.html?ref=hp
1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v473/n7346/full/nature10076.html
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| Internet Could Mean End of "Snow Days"
| from the think-of-the-children dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @10:00 (The Internet)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1356213/Internet-Could-Mean-End-of-Snow-Days?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fangmcgee writes "Could the Internet mean [0]the end of snow days? Some
schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do
lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on
during even the worst blizzard." Alright folks, it's finally happened:
The Internet has gone too far. It's time to blow it up and go back to
papyrus scrolls and horseback couriers.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1356213/Internet-Could-Mean-End-of-Snow-Days?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-internet-days.html
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| Verifying Passwords By the Way They're Typed
| from the i-feel-safer-already dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @10:25 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/146225/Verifying-Passwords-By-the-Way-Theyre-Typed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "There are good passwords and bad passwords, but none of
them are totally secure. Researchers at the American University of
Beirut, Lebanon, are working on strengthening an approach to [0]password
security that's not just about what you type, but how you type it ([1]abstract)."
Note that the actual paper appears to be behind some crappy paywall:
hopefully the research exists elsewhere on-line.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/146225/Verifying-Passwords-By-the-Way-Theyre-Typed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/password-security-key-pattern-analysis/18670/
1. http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=39777&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or
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| Apple Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans
| from the pope-jobs-won't-lie dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @10:49 (Apple)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1410245/Apple-Causes-Religious-Reaction-In-Brains-of-Fans?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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satuon writes "In a recently screened BBC documentary called 'Secrets of
the Superbrands', UK neuroscientists found that the brains of Apple fans
are stimulated by images of Apple products in [0]the same areas as those
triggered by religious imagery in a person of faith. According to the
scientists, this suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or
exploit, the brain areas that have evolved to process religion."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1410245/Apple-Causes-Religious-Reaction-In-Brains-of-Fans?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Proposal For Gnome To Become Linux-Only
| from the oh-that'll-be-fine dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @11:32 (GNOME)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1512246/Proposal-For-Gnome-To-Become-Linux-Only?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Moderator writes "Could Gnome [0]drop support for non-Linux operating
systems? That was a [1]recent proposal on the Gnome mailing list,
although there were [2]significant [3]objections in response. Quoting:
'It is harmful to pretend that you are writing the OS core to work on any
number of different kernels...the time has come for GNOME to embrace
Linux a bit more boldly.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1512246/Proposal-For-Gnome-To-Become-Linux-Only?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/gnome-to-drop-support-for-bsd-solaris-unix
1. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-May/msg00439.html
2. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-May/msg00437.html
3. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-May/msg00432.html
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| Google Is Serious, Chrome 13 Hides URL Bar
| from the is-this-the-end dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @12:07 (Chrome)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1518221/Google-Is-Serious-Chrome-13-Hides-URL-Bar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A few months ago, we heard about Google
playing with the idea of killing the URL bar in its Chrome browser.
Chrome 13 provides a [0]first view how this feature will work. There is a
new flag and a context menu option that hides the traditional URL bar and
moves a shortened version into each tab."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1518221/Google-Is-Serious-Chrome-13-Hides-URL-Bar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.conceivablytech.com/7485/products/google-is-serious-you-can-kill-chromes-url-bar
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| Google Builds Biometric Models of Celebrity Faces
| from the well-isn't-that-special dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @12:46 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/166239/Google-Builds-Biometric-Models-of-Celebrity-Faces?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Want the latest pics of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?
Sarah and Bristol Palin? Prince Harry? Britney Spears? So do the
[0]Enquiring minds at Google! On Thursday, the USPTO published Google's
patent application for [1]Automatically Mining Person Models of
Celebrities for Visual Search Applications, in which the search giant
describes how it used spectral analysis to construct a database of
'highly accurate biometric models' to allow it to recognize the faces of
30,000 celebrities wherever they might appear. Included in the patent
drawings is [2]Plot 104 of '141 images in Barack Obama's face model',
which Google notes is much less 'polluted' than Plot 102 of '71 images in
Britney Spears' face model.' Watch out, [3]celebrity stalkers ��� there's a
new kid in town!"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/166239/Google-Builds-Biometric-Models-of-Celebrity-Faces?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nationalenquirer.com/
1. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220110116690%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20110116690&RS=DN/20110116690
2. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5736938560_a5fcb4b32f_b.jpg
3. http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/05/worst-celebrity-stalkers/
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| Imagining the CLI For the Modern Machine
| from the now-that's-cool dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 19, @13:26 (GUI)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1648200/Imagining-the-CLI-For-the-Modern-Machine?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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scc writes "[0]TermKit is a re-think of the storied Unix terminal, where
human views, input and data pipes are separated. Output viewers render
any kind of data usefully. It may not be a new idea, but it's certainly a
new take on it." I know you are quite comfortable in your shell of old,
but this sort of thing sure gets my juices going. The best of both
worlds.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1648200/Imagining-the-CLI-For-the-Modern-Machine?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit
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| RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California
| from the what's-a-few-amendments-among-friends dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @14:01 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/177207/RIAA-Backed-Warrantless-Search-Bill-In-California?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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lordvramir writes "If you run a CD or DVD duplication company and you're
based in California, you may soon be [0]subject to warrantless searches
in order to 'fight piracy.' California Senate Bill 550, introduced by
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), has slowly begun making its way through
the state legislature as a way to cut down on counterfeit discs, but
critics worry that it may open the door to Fourth Amendment violations."
This fits in well with other recent [1]moves to neuter the Fourth
Amendment.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/177207/RIAA-Backed-Warrantless-Search-Bill-In-California?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/riaa-backed-warrantless-search-bill-advances-in-california.ars
1. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/17015914326/what-4th-amendment-indiana-sheriff-says-random-warrantless-house-to-house-searches-are-okay.shtml
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| Inside NVIDIA's Massive Hardware Emulation Lab
| from the serious-gear-porn dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @14:40 (Graphics)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1722230/Inside-NVIDIAs-Massive-Hardware-Emulation-Lab?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "NVIDIA recently decided to give the public a look at
their [1]massive investment in hardware emulation technologies. Hardware
emulators are specialized systems that can be programmed to emulate any
specific architecture. In NVIDIA's case, a standard x86 system is
connected to a powerful hardware emulator that's been pre-programmed to
emulate a GeForce GPU that's still under design. The testbed generates
the code in question and sends it over to the emulator, which then
executes and returns the output. The emulators are massive machines that
can be connected together and scaled for capacity and performance.
NVIDIA's Indus emulator can emulate up to two billion gates and in their
entire facility, the company can emulate up to 4 billion total."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1722230/Inside-NVIDIAs-Massive-Hardware-Emulation-Lab?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Nvidia-Offers-Peak-Into-Advanced-Design-Evaluation/
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| CDC Warns of Zombie Apocalypse
| from the your-tax-dollars-at-play dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday May 19, @15:18 (Medicine)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/183224/CDC-Warns-of-Zombie-Apocalypse?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]scotbuff writes "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have
written an article about preparing for a zombie apocalypse on their blog.
The [1]CDC knows that a zombie apocalypse is no joke. 'If zombies did
start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like
any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to
cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie
infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and
analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and
infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It���s likely that
an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals:
determine the cause of the illness, the source of the
infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is
spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further
cases, and how patients can best be treated.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/183224/CDC-Warns-of-Zombie-Apocalypse?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://scott.buffington.me/
1. http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
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| Linux 2.6.39 Released
| from the domo-arigato dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @15:41 (Operating Systems)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1834238/Linux-2639-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Rainmaker2006 writes "The latest iteration of Linux kernel is out. The
[1]kernel 2.6.39 is listed in kernel.org, ready to be yours!" Linux for
Devices has a short overview of [2]what you can expect in the newest
kernel; an article at Phoronix (complete with obnoxious pop-out
advertising) [3]points out a few bugs, as well.
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1834238/Linux-2639-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:romit.chatterjee@gmail.com
1. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
2. http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Linux-2639-released/
3. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTQ2MQ
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| Siemens SCADA Hacking Talk Pulled From TakeDownCon
| from the but-motel-6-keeps-the-lights-on dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @15:59 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1849222/Siemens-SCADA-Hacking-Talk-Pulled-From-TakeDownCon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "A planned presentation on security vulnerabilities in
Siemens industrial control systems was pulled Wednesday over worries that
the [0]information in the talk was too dangerous to be released.
Independent security researcher Brian Meixell and Dillon Beresford, with
NSS Labs, had been planning to talk Wednesday at a [1]Dallas security
conference about problems in Siemens PLC systems, the industrial
computers widely used to open and shut valves on factory floors and power
plants, control centrifuges, and even operate systems on warships. But
the researchers decided to pull the talk at the last minute after Siemens
and the US Department of Homeland Security pointed out the possible scope
of the problem."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1849222/Siemens-SCADA-Hacking-Talk-Pulled-From-TakeDownCon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/051911-siemens-scada-hacking-talk-pulled.html
1. http://www.takedowncon.com/
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| Red Hat Pushes Out Enterprise Linux 6.1
| from the so-there-are-now-two-distros dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @16:22 (Red Hat Software)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1825237/Red-Hat-Pushes-Out-Enterprise-Linux-61?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "Red Hat today released [0]Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1,
the first update to the platform since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 back in
November 2010. The latest version [1]brings improvements in system
reliability, scalability and performance, and support for upcoming system
hardware. The latest version also delivers patches and security updates
as well as enhancements in virtualization, file systems, scheduler,
resource management and high availability." The Register, too,
[2]outlines the new release.
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1825237/Red-Hat-Pushes-Out-Enterprise-Linux-61?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html
1. http://www.securityweek.com/red-hat-linux-61-improves-reliability-scalability-and-performance
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/19/redhat_rhel_6_1/
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| Linux-Friendly Alternatives To Skype
| from the usb3-tin-can dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @16:40 (Communications)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1956219/Linux-Friendly-Alternatives-To-Skype?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "When [1]Microsoft bought Skype, Linux and Mac
users were assured that their platforms wouldn't be neglected ��� but you
can understand why they might be a bit suspicious. Steven Vaughan-Nichols
has compiled a list of [2]five Linux-friendly alternatives ��� do you know
of any others?"
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/1956219/Linux-Friendly-Alternatives-To-Skype?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/unified-communications/1666
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/10/1244253/Microsoft-Buying-Skype-for-85B
2. http://www.itworld.com/unified-communications/166637/5-skype-alternatives-linux-users
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| Ask Slashdot: FTP Server Honeypots?
| from the said-the-spider-to-the-vandal dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @17:22 (Security)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2025247/Ask-Slashdot-FTP-Server-Honeypots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "I run an FTP server for a few dozen people,
and it seems like every week I have a random IP address connect to my box
and try guessing 'Administrator' passwords once every five seconds or so.
This poses no real risk to me, since all my accounts have custom
(uncommon) names. But if this is happening to me, I would wager lots of
people are at risk of low level, persistent, long term password cracking
attempts. Is there a way to report the perpetrators, or any action we can
take to address this kind of danger?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2025247/Ask-Slashdot-FTP-Server-Honeypots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions
| from the neither-confirm-nor-deny dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @18:01 (Apple)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2057226/AppleCare-Reps-Told-To-Skirt-Malware-Questions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dominare writes with this bit from ZDnet: "'A confidential internal Apple
document tells the company's front-line support people how to handle
customers who call about malware infections: [0]Don't confirm or deny
that an infection exists, and whatever you do, don't try to remove it.'
So basically, now that [1]Macs have their own equivalent to [2]XP
Antivirus the best you can hope for is to be pointed at the store where
you can buy something that may or may not fix your problem ... nice."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2057226/AppleCare-Reps-Told-To-Skirt-Malware-Questions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-to-support-reps-do-not-attempt-to-remove-malware/3362
1. http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1727
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Antivirus_(malware)
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| Congress Makes Deal To Renew Patriot Act For 4 Years
| from the bipartisan-nomenclature dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @18:43 (Government)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2232212/Congress-Makes-Deal-To-Renew-Patriot-Act-For-4-Years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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airfoobar writes "A four-year extension to the highly controversial
Patriot Act is [0]set to be rushed through in the coming week." Techdirt
has its usual [1]trenchant critique. I hope it's not unpatriotic to raise
doubts about "[2]one of the critical tools the intelligence community has
to keep America safe."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2232212/Congress-Makes-Deal-To-Renew-Patriot-Act-For-4-Years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jL1YcdW2mETm9K8j8FeSTn5_-alg?docId=aa7673bd9e5e4ed98dbe5f4a7ba340c5
1. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110519/13502414343/congress-just-sold-you-out-leadership-plans-to-extend-patriot-act-four-years-with-no-concessions.shtml
2. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55341.html
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| XBMC4XBOX 3.0.1 Stable Released
| from the say-it-quickly dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @19:02 (XBox (Games))
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2255213/XBMC4XBOX-301-Stable-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "After more than a year of development we are
pleased to announce [0]stable version 3.0.1 [[1]download via torrent] of
the popular media center platform XBMC for the 1st generation XBOX ��� now
called XBMC4XBOX. A huge amount of work has been put into this, and it
features numerous additions and improvements over the last release. For
those that want a cheap functional media center with some old hardware
they might have lying around, this is a superb option."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2255213/XBMC4XBOX-301-Stable-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.xbmc4xbox.org/xbmc4xbox-3-0-1-stable-released
1. http://malus.exotica.org.uk/torrents/XBMC4XBOX-3.0.1-STABLE.RAR.torrent
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| Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6
| from the don't-knock-it-yet dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 19, @19:39 (Microsoft)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2338209/Confirmed-Microsoft-Says-It-Will-Open-Source-VB-6?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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msmoriarty writes "Microsoft told a group of MVPs today at Tech-Ed that
it [0]plans to take Visual Basic 6 open source and will release the
source code on CodePlex. A source at the event said that Microsoft is
planning to release only the VB6 language on codeplex ��� not Visual Studio
or related tools." Update: 05/20 02:24 GMT by [1]T : Alas, too good to be
true. msmoriarty writes with an apologetic retraction: "We got it wrong ���
Microsoft denied and went back to our source and they pulled
confirmation. Our apologies."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/19/2338209/Confirmed-Microsoft-Says-It-Will-Open-Source-VB-6?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://reddevnews.com/articles/2011/05/19/microsoft-to-open-source-vb6.aspx
1. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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