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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook
* "Expert Body" To Decide Which Sites To Block For Copyright Infringement
* OKCon11 Opens In Berlin
* Google's Bangalore Streetview Project Stalled
* Violent Games Credited With Reducing Crime Levels
* Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web
* Google Eyeballing Games
* Apple To Start Making TVs?
* Fonolo Lets You Bypass Company Phone Menus
* Remembering Alan Turing On His 99th Birthday
* Vint Cerf Says Fix the Net With More Pipe
* USPTO Rejects Many of Oracle's Android Claims
* Why Johnny Can't Code and How That Can Change
* Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster
* The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi
* FBI Shuts Down Major Scareware Gang
* Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense
* FCC Ups Penalties For Caller ID Spoofing
* There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies
* StartSSL Suspends Services After Security Breach
* A Generation of Software Patents Examined
* Human Genome Contaminated With Mycoplasma DNA
* 11-Year-Old Pilots 1,325 MPG Concept Car
* Thinking of Publishing Your Own $0.99 Kindle Book?
* Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally
* Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing
* Removal of Photo Credit Qualifies As DMCA Violation
* FTC To Open Antitrust Investigation Against Google
* Synaptic Dropped From Ubuntu 11.10
* Nevada Authorizes Development of Driverless Car Rules
* The Longhorn Dream Reborn
* iPad Account Hacker Pleads Guilty
* LulzSec Posts First Secret Document Dump
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| Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook
| from the keep-on-rowing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 22, @20:13 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/2342225/Winklevoss-Twins-Finally-Give-Up-Fighting-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's former Harvard
classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, [0]who accuse him of
stealing their idea for the social network, have decided not to appeal to
the Supreme Court. In a filing today with the federal court in San
Francisco, the duo said that after 'careful consideration,' [1]they
decided not to seek Supreme Court review of the $65 million settlement."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/2342225/Winklevoss-Twins-Finally-Give-Up-Fighting-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/11/234247/Court-Rejects-Winklevoss-Twins-Facebook-Appeal
1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/winklevoss-twins-finally-give-up-fighting-facebook/1657
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| "Expert Body" To Decide Which Sites To Block For Copyright Infringement
| from the council-approved dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 22, @22:15 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/011243/Expert-Body-To-Decide-Which-Sites-To-Block-For-Copyright-Infringement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Barence writes "Rights holders in the UK are proposing to appoint a
'council' and an 'expert body' to decide [1]which websites should be
blocked by ISPs for infringing copyright. The controversial Digital
Economy Act made provisions for sites accused of hosting copyrighted
material to be blocked by British ISPs. 'The cost of the proposed scheme
is not indicated, but is likely to be substantial, including the running
cost of two non-judicial independent bodies and the cost to ISPs of
permanently blocking websites,' Consumer Focus said."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/011243/Expert-Body-To-Decide-Which-Sites-To-Block-For-Copyright-Infringement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/368227/consumer-group-reveals-web-blocking-plans
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| OKCon11 Opens In Berlin
| from the share-the-knowledge dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @00:32 (Open Source)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/018230/OKCon11-Opens-In-Berlin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]teleyinex writes "The annual conference of the [1]Open Knowledge
Foundation will be held in Berlin. There will be different lectures about
open data, open science, open access, etc. and different free workshops
where hackers, volunteers, designers, etc. can participate [2]learning
new tools, or [3]helping scientists to develop new prototypes for their
research projects."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/018230/OKCon11-Opens-In-Berlin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:teleyinex@gmail.com
1. http://okcon.org/2011/programme
2. http://okcon.org/2011/programme#tabs-321-0-1
3. http://okcon.org/2011/programme#tabs-321-0-2
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| Google's Bangalore Streetview Project Stalled
| from the not-in-my-town dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @02:57 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0219246/Googles-Bangalore-Streetview-Project-Stalled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]GillBates0 writes "The Bangalore Police have [1]objected to the
collection of data by Google's cars, which were criss-crossing Bangalore
city taking high definition images to give users 360 degree views of
streets. Talking about the security concerns in an earlier interview with
CNN-IBN, Google India Product Head Vinay Goel said, 'We are only driving
on public roads and taking publicly available imagery so what we are not
doing is going into a specific installation and taking private pictures
and obviously we are working with the authorities so if there are certain
locations they don't want us to be there we won't go there, we are happy
working with the authorities here.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0219246/Googles-Bangalore-Streetview-Project-Stalled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~GillBates0
1. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/googles-bangalore-streetview-project-stalled/161223-11.html
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| Violent Games Credited With Reducing Crime Levels
| from the batman-still-unappreciated dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 23, @04:10 (Crime)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0323257/Violent-Games-Credited-With-Reducing-Crime-Levels?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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maroberts writes "According to a research paper produced from a
collaboration between the University of Texas and the Centre for European
Economic Research, violent video games may induce aggressive behavior,
but the incapacitation effect outweighs this and [0]produces a genuine
reduction in violent crime. This paper was referenced in a BBC news story
[1]giving reasons why the US crime rates are falling (at least outside
the prisons!)"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0323257/Violent-Games-Credited-With-Reducing-Crime-Levels?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1804959
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13799616
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| Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web
| from the look-away-kids dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @05:20 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0239244/Australias-2-Largest-ISPs-Start-Censorsing-the-Web?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]unreadepitaph writes "Looks like after Stephen Conroy's web filter
went down in flames he went quietly behind the backs of Australians and
struck a deal with Telstra and Optus to start [1]filtering an undisclosed
blacklist of sites from organization within and external to Australia.
From the article: 'Electronic Frontiers Association board member Colin
Jacobs also expressed concern at the scheme, saying the Government and
internet providers needed to be more upfront about websites being blocked
and offer an appeals process for website owners who felt URLs had been
blocked unfairly. "There is a question about where the links are coming
from and I'd like to know the answer to that," Mr Jacobs said."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0239244/Australias-2-Largest-ISPs-Start-Censorsing-the-Web?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:rohanirvine@gmail.com
1. http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter/telstra-optus-to-begin-censoring-web-next-month/story-fn5j66db-1226079954138
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| Google Eyeballing Games
| from the world-of-searchcraft dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 23, @06:48 (Google)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0353233/Google-Eyeballing-Games?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader tips news of a [0]Google job listing indicating the
company's [1]interest in building a gaming division. "The broad job
posting requires someone to lead the new venture from designing the user
experience, working on partnerships with developers and working with the
gaming community." According to the posting, they are "looking for a
strategic, technical and game-loving Product Manager to drive Google's
gaming strategy. You will design strategies for game distribution and
discovery, player identity, game mechanics, and more."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0353233/Google-Eyeballing-Games?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/product/product-manager-games-mountain-view/index.html
1. http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/games-at-google-revealed-in-job-posting-969581#ixzz1Q2SoGTpT
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| Apple To Start Making TVs?
| from the I-want-my-iTV dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @08:08 (Television)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0251237/Apple-To-Start-Making-TVs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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timothy writes "[0]Apple might want to sell you your next TV,' says this
CNN report. Which makes a lot of sense, considering that Apple's
razors-and-blades, vertical-marketplace model for iTunes (and the various
iDevices) doesn't make as much sense with the world of TV, where your
Sony, Samsung, or (egads!) Westinghouse set is just as happy with a
Google TV box, or a Roku, or one of many other media devices, as it is
with an Apple TV attached."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/0251237/Apple-To-Start-Making-TVs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/06/22/apple.tv/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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| Fonolo Lets You Bypass Company Phone Menus
| from the just-gimme-a-people dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 23, @08:45 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1228223/Fonolo-Lets-You-Bypass-Company-Phone-Menus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]Fonolo, a Toronto based voice 2.0 company,
helps you avoid those annoying company phone menus by letting you [1]skip
ahead in the company phone system using a process they call
'deep-dialing.' Just search for the company on their website (apparently
they have over 500), and you'll see a visual representation of the
company's phone system. Then you just select the option you want, put
your phone number in, and Fonolo calls the company on your behalf and
dials you back when the agent is available ��� for free. They have a
business product that provides this same service (visual dialing), plus
virtual queuing and data pass-through." One company creates a phone
system designed to encourage you to hang up to save them money. Another
creates a phone system designed to make it easy to stay on hold
indefinitely. I wonder where this ends.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1228223/Fonolo-Lets-You-Bypass-Company-Phone-Menus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://fonolo.com/
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/230651/bypass_company_phone_menus_with_fonolo.html
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| Remembering Alan Turing On His 99th Birthday
| from the your-machines-confound-me dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 23, @09:23 (Education)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1314220/Remembering-Alan-Turing-On-His-99th-Birthday?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Blacklaw writes "Today marks the [0]99th anniversary of the birth of Alan
Turing, a noted polymath and cryptanalyst who is regarded by many as
being the grandfather of modern computing."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1314220/Remembering-Alan-Turing-On-His-99th-Birthday?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/23/rembering-alan-turing-his-99th-birthday/
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| Vint Cerf Says Fix the Net With More Pipe
| from the works-for-hunger-too dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 23, @10:00 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1348202/Vint-Cerf-Says-Fix-the-Net-With-More-Pipe?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "While ISPs may [1]fret about Netflix, Hulu and other
streaming media services saturating their bandwidth, Internet forefather
Vint Cerf has a simple answer for this potential problem: [2]Increase
bandwidth exponentially. With sufficient bandwidth, streaming video
services of prerecorded content wouldn't be necessary, said the
now-technology evangelist at Google. With sufficient throughput, the
entire file of a movie or television show could be downloaded in a
fraction of the time that it would take to stream the content. Cerf,
speaking at Juniper Network's Nextwork conference, spoke about the
company's decision to outfit Kansas City with fiber-optic connections
that Google [3]claims will be 100 times faster than today's services. The
purpose of the project was 'to demonstrate what happens when you have
gigabit speeds available,' Cerf said. 'Some pretty dramatic applications
are possible.' One obvious application is greater access to
high-definition video, he explained. 'When you are watching video today,
streaming is a very common practice. At gigabit speeds, a video file [can
be transferred] faster than you can watch it,' he said. 'So rather than
[receiving] the bits out in a synchronous way, instead you could download
the hour's worth of video in 15 seconds and watch it at your leisure.' He
adds: 'It actually puts less stress on the network to have the higher
speed of operation.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1348202/Vint-Cerf-Says-Fix-the-Net-With-More-Pipe?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.sandvine.com/news/pr_detail.asp?ID=288
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217863/Cerf_Streaming_network_crunch_could_be_eliminated
3. http://www.google.com/fiber/kansascity/index.html
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| USPTO Rejects Many of Oracle's Android Claims
| from the get-outta-here-with-that-nonsense dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 23, @10:38 (Android)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1419230/USPTO-Rejects-Many-of-Oracles-Android-Claims?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sfcrazy writes "In yet another setback for Oracle, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office has [0]rejected 17 of 21 claims associated with one of
the patents in Java that Oracle asserted Google had violated with
Android. Groklaw reports, 'In the reexamination of U.S. Patent 6192476
the USPTO has [1]issued an office action in which it rejects 17 of the
patent's 21 claims.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1419230/USPTO-Rejects-Many-of-Oracles-Android-Claims?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.muktware.com/news/23/2011/1491
1. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110621192510777
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| Why Johnny Can't Code and How That Can Change
| from the get-your-learn-on dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @11:18 (Education)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1422224/Why-Johnny-Cant-Code-and-How-That-Can-Change?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister discusses why schools
are having a [1]hard time engaging young minds in computer science ��� and
what the Scalable Game Design program in Colorado is doing to try to
change that. 'Repenning's program avoids this disheartening cycle in
three important ways. First, it deemphasizes programming while still
encouraging students to develop the logical thinking skills they'll need
for more advanced studies. Second, it engages students by encouraging
them to be creative and solve their own problems, rather than just
repeating exercises dictated by their instructor. Third, and perhaps most
important, students are rewarded for their efforts with an actual,
concrete result they can relate to: a game.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1422224/Why-Johnny-Cant-Code-and-How-That-Can-Change?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/why-johnny-cant-program-and-how-can-change-080
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| Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster
| from the end-of-the-power-line dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @11:57 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/159221/Tesla-Will-Discontinue-the-Roadster?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Attila Dimedici writes "Tesla has announced that [0]their business model
has failed. Their basic idea was to sell a boutique electric car to fund
the development of a regular consumer electric car. With this
announcement they are saying that they did not sell enough of the
Roadster to make producing it profitable. If that is the case, it is only
a matter of time until Tesla closes its doors. I thought their approach
was the most likely to create a successful fully electric car. Although
it is possible that the technology they have developed will allow the
existing car companies to develop successful fully electric cars, it is a
shame that Tesla has failed to become a successful car manufacturer."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/159221/Tesla-Will-Discontinue-the-Roadster?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://autos.yahoo.com/news/tesla-roadster-reaches-the-end-of-the-line.html
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| The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi
| from the I-want-my-flying-car dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @12:12 (Communications)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1518216/The-History-of-the-Videophone-In-Sci-Fi?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]bejiitas_wrath writes "Ars Technica has an interesting story about
[1]the history of the videophone in Science Fiction. Star Trek has always
depicted the video calling when hailing ships and planets, but even the
1935 movie [2] The Tunnel depicted video calling from one continent to
another and even video calling from airplanes! And huge public video
screens showing the news and current events. Now we can use Skype to call
one another over the Internet and video call with mobile `phones, but the
video quality is nowhere near the quality shown in the film [3] 2001 or
the aforementioned Transatlantic Tunnel film."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1518216/The-History-of-the-Videophone-In-Sci-Fi?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:johncartwright302@gmail.com
1. http://arstechnica.com/business/last-mile-bandwidth/2011/06/umi-we-hardly-knew-ye-contemplating-the-fate-of-the-videophone-in-2011.ars
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tunnel_(1935_film)
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey
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| FBI Shuts Down Major Scareware Gang
| from the throw-away-the-product-key dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 23, @12:40 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1618227/FBI-Shuts-Down-Major-Scareware-Gang?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "The FBI has made a major dent in the huge scareware
and rogue antivirus problem, [0]arresting two people and seizing dozens
of computers, servers and bank accounts as part of a large-scale
coordinated operation in twelve countries. The operation, which involved
authorities in the United States, Germany, France, Latvia, the UK and
several other nations, was designed to disrupt the scareware ecosystem
that has been preying on users' security fears in an effort to scam them
out of millions of dollars in licensing fees for useless or outright
malicious software."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1618227/FBI-Shuts-Down-Major-Scareware-Gang?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense
| from the i'd-be-kind-of-blue-too dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 23, @13:21 (Music)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1635211/Expense-and-Uncertainty-Plague-Fair-Use-Defense?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Andy Baio of Waxy.org recently organized a chiptune tribute project for
Miles Davis' acclaimed Kind of Blue album. What was intended as a
creative labor of love turned into a nightmare for Baio when a copyright
claim [0]demanded exorbitant sums while glossing over fair use. He
writes, "I went out of my way to make sure the entire project was above
board, licensing all the cover songs from Miles Davis's publisher and
giving the total profits from the Kickstarter fundraiser to the five
musicians that participated. But there was one thing I never thought
would be an issue: the cover art." Despite strongly believing that his
pixelated version of the original cover art fell under fair use, Baio
eventually decided his cheapest option was to settle out of court, paying
the original photographer $32,500. "Anyone can file a lawsuit and the
costs of defending yourself against a claim are high, regardless of how
strong your case is. Combined with vague standards, the result is a
chilling effect for every independent artist hoping to build upon or
reference copyrighted works."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1635211/Expense-and-Uncertainty-Plague-Fair-Use-Defense?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/
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| FCC Ups Penalties For Caller ID Spoofing
| from the spoofing-needs-no-scarequotes dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @13:41 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1734258/FCC-Ups-Penalties-For-Caller-ID-Spoofing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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GovTechGuy writes "The FCC adopted new rules on Thursday that would
[0]significantly increase the penalties for individuals or organizations
that alter their caller ID information to commit fraud or with other
harmful intent. The new rules allow the FCC to fine violators $10,000 per
violation plus more for every day it continues. Users can still change
their caller ID info as long as it's not for fraud or harmful purposes."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1734258/FCC-Ups-Penalties-For-Caller-ID-Spoofing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| There Oughta Be a Standard: Laptop Power Supplies
| from the watch-them-make-it-lefthanded-micro-usb-3 dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @14:02 (Portables)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1723219/There-Oughta-Be-a-Standard-Laptop-Power-Supplies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Esther Schindler writes "Every mobile device you own has its own power
supply and its own proprietary plug. There oughta be a better way, says
Alfred Poor. Fortunately, he reports, [1]the IEEE is coming to the rescue.
"Their Universal Power Adapter for Mobile Devices (UPAMD) Working Group
is developing a new standard that will not just address the needs of
laptops and tablets, but will be intended to work with just about any
electronics device that required between 10 and 240 watts of power," Poor
writes. It's about darned time." If there's one thing I wish for all
laptop power supplies, it's that they would license from Apple (or work
around, patent-wise) the magnet attachment system that makes
cable-tripping far less dangerous to man or beast, compared to a few
years ago.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1723219/There-Oughta-Be-a-Standard-Laptop-Power-Supplies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:esther@bitranch.com
1. http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/The-Green-Horizon/There-Oughta-Be-a-Standard-Laptop-Power-Supplies/ba-p/121
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| StartSSL Suspends Services After Security Breach
| from the alliteration-above-averted dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @14:21 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/181226/StartSSL-Suspends-Services-After-Security-Breach?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "StartSSL has [0]suspended issuance of digital
certificates and related services following a security breach on 15 June.
A trademark of Eddy Nigg's StartCom, the StartSSL certificate authority
is well known for offering free domain validated SSL certificates, but
also sells organisation and extended validation certificates."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/181226/StartSSL-Suspends-Services-After-Security-Breach?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/06/22/startssl-suspends-services-after-security-breach.html
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| A Generation of Software Patents Examined
| from the malfeasance-calumny-and-waste dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @14:44 (Patents)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1742209/A-Generation-of-Software-Patents-Examined?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]pieterh writes "Boston University's James Bessen has [1]published a
landmark study [abstract; full paper available at the link, free of
charge] on a generation of software patents. Looking at almost 20 years
of software patents, he finds 'that most software firms still do not
patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the
software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from
software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these
findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a
net social benefit in the software industry.' Not that this surprises
anyone actually innovating in software."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1742209/A-Generation-of-Software-Patents-Examined?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:ph@imatix.com
1. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1868979
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| Human Genome Contaminated With Mycoplasma DNA
| from the beer-goggles-to-the-nth-degree dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @15:25 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1756244/Human-Genome-Contaminated-With-Mycoplasma-DNA?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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KentuckyFC writes "The published human genome is [0]contaminated with DNA
sequences from mycoplasma bacteria, according to bioinformatics
researchers who blame an epidemic of mycoplasma contamination in
molecular biology labs around the world. The researchers say they've also
found mycoplasma DNA in two commercially available human DNA chips made
by biotech companies for measuring levels of human gene expression. So
anybody using these chips to measure human gene expression is also
unknowingly measuring mycoplasma gene expression too. The [1]mycoplasma
genes are clearly successful in reproducing themselves in silico raising
the possibility that we're seeing the beginnings of an entirely new kind
of landscape of infection. One option to combat this kind of virtual
infection is to protect databases with the genomic version of antivirus
software, a kind of virtual immune system. But this in itself could make
things worse by triggering an evolutionary arms race that selects genes
most capable of beating the safeguards."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1756244/Human-Genome-Contaminated-With-Mycoplasma-DNA?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26921/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma
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| 11-Year-Old Pilots 1,325 MPG Concept Car
| from the color-me-and-all-kids-everywhere-envious dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @15:39 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1931201/11-Year-Old-Pilots-1325-MPG-Concept-Car?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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MikeChino writes "Hypermiling vehicles depend on ultra-efficient engines
and low weight to go the distance, so [0]Cambridge Design Partnership
[1]selected 11-year-old Cambreshire student Kitty Foster as the pilot
their new 1,325 MPG car. The vehicle incorporates a highly modified
lightweight oxygen concentrator that was originally developed for the
Ministry of Defense to treat injured soldiers."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1931201/11-Year-Old-Pilots-1325-MPG-Concept-Car?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cambridge-design.co.uk/
1. http://inhabitat.com/1325-mpg-hypermiling-car-piloted-by-11-year-old-student/
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| Thinking of Publishing Your Own $0.99 Kindle Book?
| from the leaping-into-the-fray dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @16:08 (Books)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1928237/Thinking-of-Publishing-Your-Own-099-Kindle-Book?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "There's been a lot of talk recently about
$0.99 Kindle eBooks, after publishers [0]were accused of spamming the
market with low-quality titles. Author Keir Thomas published two $0.99
computing books in March and [1]has some figures for those who might want
to have a go, as part of his Adventures in Publishing series of blog
postings. Thomas says he loves the democratic nature of the Kindle Direct
Publishing system, and points out one of his self-published books tops
Amazon's Linux charts, besting titles by all the major publishers."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1928237/Thinking-of-Publishing-Your-Own-099-Kindle-Book?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/17/1424244/Spammers-Discover-Kindle-Self-Publishing
1. http://www.keirthomas.com/Keir_Thomas_professional_website/Blog/Entries/2011/6/23_Do_%240.99_Kindle_books_work.html
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| Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally
| from the states-left-holding-the-nanny-hammer dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @16:31 (United States)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2026230/Politics-Paul-Barney-Bill-Would-Legalize-Marijuana-Federally?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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shafty023 writes "It would appear Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA)
are going to be [0]presenting a bill to legalize marijuana and thus end
the failed war on drugs finally if it gets passed. What chances do you
all think this bill has in the Senate and House or even surviving the
president's veto pen?" Note that there would still be plenty of drug war
left to go around, even if (as this bill sets out to accomplish) the
Federal government stops chasing marijuana.
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2026230/Politics-Paul-Barney-Bill-Would-Legalize-Marijuana-Federally?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cnbc.com/id/43508025
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| Microsoft's Virtual Skywriting Patent App Features the Real Thing
| from the sounds-like-a-creative-children's-story dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @16:52 (Microsoft)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1937237/Microsofts-Virtual-Skywriting-Patent-App-Features-the-Real-Thing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "GeekWire reports that Microsoft this week was [0]awarded a
patent on something it calls 'virtual skywriting', an augmented reality
service that adds fake skywriting to scenes captured on a cell phone
screen. Odd enough in its own right, but Microsoft also included an
unattributed photo in the patent application which it described as 'an
example of virtual skywriting in use,' although it certainly appears to
be [1]identical to a famous image of actual skywriting from a 2001 public
art project. If that turns out to be the case, could the self-described
opponent of [2]half-baked patents and [3]IP misuse find itself [4]in hot
water with the USPTO for using the 'prior art' to fake its fake
skywriting?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/1937237/Microsofts-Virtual-Skywriting-Patent-App-Features-the-Real-Thing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/microsoft-wins-patent-virtual-skywriting-picture-real-skywriting
1. http://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/msftimage.jpg
2. http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2011/04/18/what-s-at-stake-in-microsoft-v-i4i.aspx
3. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/05/ballmer-piracy-costs-microsoft-95-percent-of-potential-chinese-revenue.ars
4. http://ipwatchdog.com/patent/advanced-patent/inequitable-conduct/
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| Removal of Photo Credit Qualifies As DMCA Violation
| from the ripping-off-labels dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @17:18 (The Courts)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2117257/Removal-of-Photo-Credit-Qualifies-As-DMCA-Violation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mattgoldey writes with this excerpt: "A federal appeals court in
Philadelphia has reinstated a photographer's copyright lawsuit against a
New Jersey radio station owner, after finding that a lower court came to
the wrong decision on every issue in the case. Most significantly, the
appeals court said that a photo [0]credit printed in the gutter of a
magazine qualifies as copyright management information (CMI) under the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The DMCA prohibits the
unauthorized removal of encryption technology or copyright management
information from copyrighted works."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2117257/Removal-of-Photo-Credit-Qualifies-As-DMCA-Violation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Removal-of-Printed-P-3095.shtml
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| FTC To Open Antitrust Investigation Against Google
| from the still-waiting-on-the-congressional-search-engine dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @17:40 (Google)
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2137243/FTC-To-Open-Antitrust-Investigation-Against-Google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "According to a [1]report in the Wall Street Journal,
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to serve subpoenas to
Google as a first step in a broad antitrust investigation focusing on
whether Google search is [2]unfairly driving traffic to its other sites.
Representatives of Google and the FTC declined to comment on the report,
although an FTC spokesperson did deny that the report came from them."
Discuss this story at:
https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2137243/FTC-To-Open-Antitrust-Investigation-Against-Google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339904576403603764717680.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
2. http://www.itworld.com/software/177039/report-us-ftc-preparing-serve-subpoenas-google
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| Synaptic Dropped From Ubuntu 11.10
| from the that-does-not-sound-like-an-upgrade dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @18:11 (Ubuntu)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2134224/Synaptic-Dropped-From-Ubuntu-1110?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader links to a story at Techie Buzz according to which
(quoting): "When Canonical started developing the Ubuntu Software Center,
I knew that a time will come when it will completely replace Synaptic.
The Software Center is a noob-friendly replacement for Synaptic where
users can discover new applications more easily. Unexpectedly, Canonical
has decided that it is [0]time for the Software Center to replace
Synaptic as well. So, in the next daily build of Ubuntu 11.10, Synaptic
will no longer be installed by default. The Ubuntu Software Center still
lacks many important features that are present in Synaptic."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2134224/Synaptic-Dropped-From-Ubuntu-1110?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techie-buzz.com/foss/synaptics-removed-ubuntu-11-10.html
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| Nevada Authorizes Development of Driverless Car Rules
| from the must-take-asimov-test-first dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @18:25 (Google)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2224236/Nevada-Authorizes-Development-of-Driverless-Car-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]DrEldarion writes "Via Forbes: 'The State of Nevada just passed
Assembly Bill No. 511 which, among other things, [1]authorizes the
Department of Transportation to develop rules and regulations governing
the use of driverless cars, such as Google's concept car, on its roads.'
Pretty soon, cars will be able to dump their own dead bodies into the
Nevada desert."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2224236/Nevada-Authorizes-Development-of-Driverless-Car-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.dealmein.net/
1. http://blogs.forbes.com/alexknapp/2011/06/22/nevada-passes-law-authorizing-driverless-cars/
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| The Longhorn Dream Reborn
| from the longhorn-dream-is-enlarging-barton-springs dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @18:46 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2245229/The-Longhorn-Dream-Reborn?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gbjbaanb writes "Early this month, Microsoft dropped something of a
bombshell on Windows developers: the new Windows 8 touch-friendly
immersive style would use a developer platform not based on .NET. Cue
howls of outrage from .NET developers everywhere, but here Ars Technica
describes [0]what's more likely to have been going on and why Microsoft
is finally getting its act together for developers."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2245229/The-Longhorn-Dream-Reborn?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| iPad Account Hacker Pleads Guilty
| from the bad-hacker-not-good-hacker dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @19:11 (Crime)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/236218/iPad-Account-Hacker-Pleads-Guilty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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WrongSizeGlass writes "Daniel Spitler, a member of Goatse Security,
[0]pleaded guilty today to writing the code used to [1]steal email
addresses and personal information belonging to [2]120,000 Apple iPad
subscribers from AT&T computer servers. Spitler, who surrendered to the
authorities in January, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to gain
unauthorized access to computers connected to the Internet and one count
of identity theft. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years
in prison."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/236218/iPad-Account-Hacker-Pleads-Guilty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4MH2Y7hxES1KQBGIpRbL_pfHVyg?docId=CNG.a1ad1ca8032154d3f68a66d20b312926.c01
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/11/005238/FBI-Investigating-iPad-E-Mail-Leaks
2. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/10/0021228/ATampT-Leaks-Emails-Addresses-of-114000-iPad-Users
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| LulzSec Posts First Secret Document Dump
| from the lacks-charismatic-public-face dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday June 23, @19:56 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2352247/LulzSec-Posts-First-Secret-Document-Dump?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dangerous_Minds writes "LulzSec has been vowing to expose government
secrets for the last few days. Now they have delivered. According to
ZeroPaid, LulzSec has posted [0]secret documents about Arizona Law
Enforcement. The release has been [1]posted to file-sharing website
ThePirateBay. LulzSec says the release is because they are 'against
SB1070 and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is
Arizona.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/23/2352247/LulzSec-Posts-First-Secret-Document-Dump?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/93919/lulzsecs-first-secret-document-dump-hits-web-one-day-early/
1. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6490796/Chinga_La_Migra
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