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In this issue:
* FTP Is 40 Years Old
* Need a Receipt On Taxes? The Federal Tax Receipt
* 5 Out of 11 Crashed Unity In Canonical's Study
* Murdoch Voicemail Hacking Story 'Ain't Over Yet'
* Comcast's 105MBit Service Comes With Data Cap
* Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft-i4i Case Monday
* XXX Goes Live In the Root Servers
* Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support
* Google Videos Going Offline; Time To Grab What You Want
* Today Is Record Store Day 2011
* Ex-MS GM Can't Work 'Anywhere In the World' For Salesforce
* China Aims To Build World's Largest Rocket
* Judge Rules That Police Can Bar High I.Q. Scores
* Photo Tour of Facebook's Open Source Datacenter
* Adobe Adopts HTTP Live Streaming For iOS
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| FTP Is 40 Years Old
| from the why-when-it-was-a-boy dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 15, @20:25 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/2324253/FTP-Is-40-Years-Old?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "FTP celebrates its [0]40th birthday tomorrow.
Originally launched as the [1]RFC 114 specification, which was published
on 16 April 1971, FTP is arguably even more important today than when it
was born. Frank Kenney, vice president of global strategy for US managed
file transfer company Ipswitch, said that the protocol we know as FTP
today is 'a far cry from when Abhay Bushan, a student at MIT, wrote the
original specifications for FTP.' According to Kenney, the standard has
grown from 'a simple protocol to copy files over a TCP-based network [to]
a sophisticated, integrated model that provides control, visibility,
compliance and security in a variety of environments, including the
cloud.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/2324253/FTP-Is-40-Years-Old?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/04/15/ftp-is-40-years-old/1
1. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc114
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| Need a Receipt On Taxes? The Federal Tax Receipt
| from the but-the-debt-service-was-fantastic dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday April 15, @23:33 (Government)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0013225/Need-a-Receipt-On-Taxes-The-Federal-Tax-Receipt?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0]ndogg writes "The White House has opened up a tool that lets you see
[1]where your tax dollars are being spent. I put my numbers in and it
showed that a little over a quarter goes towards defense and military
spending (I'm not sure I'm getting my money's worth on that one), and a
little under a quarter for health care." I'm sure readers (and think
tanks of various stripes) will have some alternative narratives, too. For
readers elsewhere; it's tax season here in the US.
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0013225/Need-a-Receipt-On-Taxes-The-Federal-Tax-Receipt?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:the.rhornNO@SPAMgmail.com
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/taxes/tax-receipt
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| 5 Out of 11 Crashed Unity In Canonical's Study
| from the that's-nothing-I-can-crash-anything dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @02:23 (Bug)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0239213/5-Out-of-11-Crashed-Unity-In-Canonicals-Study?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]dkd903 writes "Today the results of the Default Desktop User Testing
for Ubuntu 11.04 was published by Canonical's Rick Spencer. The test was
done using 11 participants from different backgrounds to test the new
Unity interface that that Ubuntu 11.04 will have." Though the Unity
interface in the upcoming Ubuntu is a moving target, the bad news from
this test is that about [1]half of the testers managed to crash it.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0239213/5-Out-of-11-Crashed-Unity-In-Canonicals-Study?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/
1. http://digitizor.com/2011/04/15/crashed-unity-canonical-study/
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| Murdoch Voicemail Hacking Story 'Ain't Over Yet'
| from the press-7-to-erase dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @05:30 (Communications)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0331254/Murdoch-Voicemail-Hacking-Story-Aint-Over-Yet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]lee317 writes "Reuters is reporting that Rupert Murdoch's headache
over the alleged phone hacking by his News Corp's reporters could be
small compared to what is ahead. So far, around [1]20 public figures who
believe their voicemail messages were intercepted by journalists at the
popular News of the World tabloid are suing News International, the UK
newspaper arm of News Corp. After a public apology from the newspaper
aimed at 'put(ting) this problem into a box,' a UK judge eluded to the
fact that civil cases against the firm could run into next year at
least."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0331254/Murdoch-Voicemail-Hacking-Story-Aint-Over-Yet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.maaia.com/levi
1. http://www.fullchannel.net/entertainment/index.php?display=story&article=TRE73E1WO
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| Comcast's 105MBit Service Comes With Data Cap
| from the so-best-pace-yourself dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @08:24 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0142205/Comcasts-105MBit-Service-Comes-With-Data-Cap?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Comcast just announced the ultrafast,
ultra-broadband 'Extreme 105' 105 Mbit/sec Internet service for an
introductory price of $105, when bundled with other services. That's the
good news. The bad news: Comcast '[1]put a data cap on the service of 250
GB per month ��� about five hours worth of full-bandwidth use,' writes
blogger Kevin Fogarty."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/0142205/Comcasts-105MBit-Service-Comes-With-Data-Cap?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/internet/156499/comcast-offers-screaming-105mbit-service-then-spoils-it-data-cap
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| Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft-i4i Case Monday
| from the regulators-like-being-regulators dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @09:28 (Microsoft)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1311250/Supreme-Court-To-Hear-Microsoft-i4i-Case-Monday?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Patent attorneys and inventors of all types are closely
watching a Microsoft case that the US Supreme Court will start to
consider on Monday. The case, which centers on a technology patent
assigned to i4i that [1]almost forced Microsoft to stop selling its
flagship Word software, [2]could have broad implications in the way
patents are awarded and upheld, experts said. Currently, when a patent
holder accuses someone of infringing a patent, the burden is on the
infringer to prove with 'clear and convincing evidence' that the patent
is invalid. In hearing this case, the Supreme Court could decide to lower
that standard of proof, she said."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1311250/Supreme-Court-To-Hear-Microsoft-i4i-Case-Monday?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14532/microsoft_banned_from_selling_word
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215860/Supreme_Court_to_hear_Microsoft_i4i_case_Monday
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| XXX Goes Live In the Root Servers
| from the did-you-feel-a-disturbance-in-the-force? dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @10:31 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1333236/XXX-Goes-Live-In-the-Root-Servers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes that yesterday "IANA [0]added the .XXX Top
Level Domain to the root nameservers. While the registry operator Afilias
is still in their setup process for ICM registry, the zone is currently
propagating. While a number of registrars have already been taking
pre-registrations, the actual timeline for the launch has not yet been
published."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1333236/XXX-Goes-Live-In-the-Root-Servers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.domainnamenews.com/registries/xxx-live-root-servers/9191
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| Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support
| from the that-was-quick dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @11:28 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1516257/Internet-Explorer-10-Drops-Vista-Support?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Pigskin-Referee writes "This week at Microsoft's MIX11 Web developer
conference, the company surprised many by making a pre-release version of
Internet Explorer 10 available ��� less than a month after IE9 came out in
its final form. But another surprise was uncovered by Computerworld's
Gregg Keizer: the next IE [0]won't run on any OS before Windows 7,
including Vista. Microsoft took some heat when it came out that Internet
Explorer 9 would leave millions of Windows XP users in the lurch, as the
new browser would only run on Windows 7 and Vista. But the company
confirmed that IE10 won't even run on Vista."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1516257/Internet-Explorer-10-Drops-Vista-Support?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383640,00.asp
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| Google Videos Going Offline; Time To Grab What You Want
| from the when-it-clouds-it-pours dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @12:32 (Google)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/160256/Google-Videos-Going-Offline-Time-To-Grab-What-You-Want?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "I received this email this morning: 'Later
this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be
available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009
and now we're removing the remaining hosted content... On April 29, 2011,
videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be
available for playback.' They've [0]added a download button for saving
your content but it expires after May 13, 2011 and they encourage users
to move the content to YouTube." Not all is lost, though. Writes reader
none295: "If you want to help archive Google Video, [1]get some Linux
machines running and join us in IRC (EFNet #archiveteam / #googlegrape)."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/160256/Google-Videos-Going-Offline-Time-To-Grab-What-You-Want?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=1233300&hl=en
1. http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Google_Video
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| Today Is Record Store Day 2011
| from the now-discuss-properties-of-sound-recording-media dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @13:30 (Media)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1723257/Today-Is-Record-Store-Day-2011?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Today marks the [0]5th annual Record Store
Day, a celebration of independent record stores. As a music lover, I
think this day is of dire importance." I know [1]Free [2]Comic [3]Book
[4]Day (for 2011, that's May 7) has gotten a lot of people into comic
stores who otherwise wouldn't ��� partly because of the many free comics
given away ��� but hadn't heard of the record-store equivalent. It'd be
nice for record stories to give away tons of 7" vinyl promos.
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1723257/Today-Is-Record-Store-Day-2011?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/03/05/03/1454238/Free-Comic-Day
2. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/05/05/06/2154207/Free-Comic-Book-Day-2005
3. http://slashdot.org/story/06/05/06/073235/Free-Comic-Book-Day-2006
4. http://www.freecomicbookday.com/
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| Ex-MS GM Can't Work 'Anywhere In the World' For Salesforce
| from the free-market-at-work dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @14:27 (Cloud)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/180207/Ex-MS-GM-Cant-Work-Anywhere-In-the-World-For-Salesforce?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Be careful before you sign a Microsoft non-compete
agreement, kids. GeekWire reports that King County Superior Court Judge
Kimberley Prochnau has [0]enjoined former Microsoft General Manager
Matthew Miszewski from 'working in a marketing role in salesforce.com's
public or commercial sector anywhere in the world.' So what did
[1]onetime Wisconsin State CIO Miszewski do to warrant the global ban?
'He was a major evangelist for Microsoft,' explained Judge Prochnau, who
added that the 'thrust of the order is to preclude him from being the
evangelist for Salesforce.com that he was for Microsoft.' Microsoft,
which has warned Congress that [2]restricting the flow of talent is
ruinous to America, said in a statement that the company is pleased with
the ruling."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/180207/Ex-MS-GM-Cant-Work-Anywhere-In-the-World-For-Salesforce?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/judge-rejects-exmicrosoft-gms-latest-proposed-job-salesforcecom
1. http://www.linkedin.com/in/miszewski
2. https://login.crn.com/caschannel/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crn.com%2Fnews%2Fsecurity%2F200900626%2Ftalent-hungry-microsoft-to-open-development-center-in-canada.htm%3Bjsessionid%3DSxhMdieKbMRMQb26LtlPHg**.ecappj01&gateway=true
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| China Aims To Build World's Largest Rocket
| from the one-up-man-space-ship dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @15:32 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1849221/China-Aims-To-Build-Worlds-Largest-Rocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hackingbear writes "Back in March, China revealed it is studying the
feasibility of designing the most powerful carrier rocket in history for
making a manned moon landing and exploring deep space, according to Liang
Xiaohong, vice head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
[0]The rocket is envisaged to have a payload of 130 tonnes, five times
larger than that of China's current largest rocket. This rocket, if
built, will eclipse the 53 tonne capacity of the planned [1]Falcon 9
Heavy from SpaceX. It will even surpass the largest rocket ever built,
the 119-tonne Saturn V. China's next generation rocket [2]Long March 5,
currently scheduled to debut in 2014, has a payload capacity of 25 tonnes
to LEO."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/1849221/China-Aims-To-Build-Worlds-Largest-Rocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/03/c_13759948.htm
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_Heavy
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_5
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| Judge Rules That Police Can Bar High I.Q. Scores
| from the breaking-the-curve dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @17:46 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2145221/Judge-Rules-That-Police-Can-Bar-High-IQ-Scores?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a
man who was barred from the New London police force [0]because he scored
too high on an intelligence test. Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr. Jordan was
not denied equal protection because the city of New London applied the
same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected."
Update: 04/16 22:01 GMT by [1]T : Mea culpa. This story slipped through;
consider it a time-machine / late-April Fool's day joke, please.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2145221/Judge-Rules-That-Police-Can-Bar-High-IQ-Scores?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/09/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-connecticut-judge-rules-that-police-can-bar-high-iq-scores.html
1. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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| Photo Tour of Facebook's Open Source Datacenter
| from the now-you-can-remodel-the-basement dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @18:18 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2218232/Photo-Tour-of-Facebooks-Open-Source-Datacenter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Robert Scoble has published fantastic photo
tour of [0]Facebook's new open source data center. This datacenter is the
most energy efficient in the world. The [1]Google and other datacenters
are pushing back against new efficiency requirements for a while, and an
open source competitor will only make things better for the rest of us."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2218232/Photo-Tour-of-Facebooks-Open-Source-Datacenter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://scobleizer.com/2011/04/16/photo-tour-of-facebooks-new-datacenter/
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/04/14/2314230/Data-Centers-Push-Back-On-US-Efficiency-Rules
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| Adobe Adopts HTTP Live Streaming For iOS
| from the enough-is-enough dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday April 16, @19:17 (IOS)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2230247/Adobe-Adopts-HTTP-Live-Streaming-For-iOS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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unassimilatible writes "Ars Technica reports that [0]Adobe has
capitulated in the iOS-Flash war, and has [1]adopted HTTP live streaming
for iOS. HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol that Apple developed to stream
live and recorded video using standard HTTP connections instead of the
more difficult to optimize RTSP. It uses H.264-encoded video and AAC or
MP3 audio packaged into discrete chunks of an MPEG-2 transport stream,
along with a .m3u playlist to catalog the files that make up the
individual chunks of the stream. QuickTime on both Mac OS X and iOS can
play back this format, and it is the only streaming format compatible
with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/16/2230247/Adobe-Adopts-HTTP-Live-Streaming-For-iOS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/04/adobe-throws-in-towel-adopts-http-live-streaming-for-ios.ars
1. http://blogs.adobe.com/ktowes/2011/04/sneak-peak-future-adobe-technology-for-http-streaming-across-multiple-devices.html
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