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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* High-Tech Blimps Earning Their Wings
* ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches
* China Admits Use of Death-Row Organs
* FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign
* Nokia Launches Pay-By-Phone Service
* Depression May Provide Cognitive Advantages
* Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet
* Database Records and "In Plain Sight" Searches
* Nokia Releases Linux Handset
* Augmenting Reality With Your Mobile Phone
* TiVo Relaunching As a Patent Troll?
* US Call-Center Jobs — That Pay $100K a Year
* "Violent" Video Games To Be Banned In Venezuela
* How an Online-Only TV Series Stays Successful
* An End To Unencrypted Digital Cable TV and the HTPC
* Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days
* Snow Leopard Drops Palm OS Sync
* Hackers (Or Pen-Testers) Hit Credit Unions With Malware On CD
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| High-Tech Blimps Earning Their Wings |
| from the truly-goodyear dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 26, @20:35 (The Military) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/26/2248204/High-Tech-Blimps-Earning-Their-Wings |
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[0]coondoggie writes "The US Army this week showed off its [1]latest
high-tech blimp laden with powerful radar systems capable of detecting
incoming threats 340 miles away. The helium-filled blimps, or aerostats,
are designed to hover over war zones or high-security areas and be on
guard for incoming missiles or other threats. The Army wants them to
reduce some of the need for manned and unmanned reconnaissance flights.
The aerostat demonstrated this week is known as the Joint Land Attack
Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Sensor System (JLENS), which is designed
to fly up to an altitude of 10,000 feet. According to
GlobalSecurity.org., the $1.4 billion JLENS is a large, unpowered
elevated sensor moored to the ground by a long cable. From its position
above the battlefield, the elevated sensors will allow incoming cruise
missiles to be detected, tracked, and engaged by surface-based air
defense systems even before the targets can be seen by the systems."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/26/2248204
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44747
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| ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches |
| from the what-are-you-looking-at dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 26, @22:53 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/26/2256252/ACLU-Sues-For-Records-On-Border-Laptop-Sear|
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[0]TechPolitik writes "The ACLU has sued the US Customs and Border
Protection agency under the Freedom of Information Act, aiming to
[1]obtain records on the agency's policy of searching laptops at the
border. Under the policy, the CBP can search through financial records,
photos, and Web site histories, and retain that information for
unspecified periods of time. The ACLU is arguing that the information is
necessary to understand whether the CBP may be violating the Fourth
Amendment, which protects against unreasonable and unwarranted searches.
The agency has so far not responded to requests for comment."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/26/2256252
Links:
0. http://www.techpolitik.com/
1. http://www.techpolitik.com/2009/08/26/aclu-sues-for-records-on-border-laptop-searches/
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| China Admits Use of Death-Row Organs |
| from the you-won't-be-needing-this-anymore dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 27, @02:05 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/26/239244/China-Admits-Use-of-Death-Row-Organs |
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h.ross.perot writes "Like a page from Larry Niven's Known Space series,
here is a real [0]report of criminals' organs being harvested for
'profit.' From the article: 'China is trying to move away from the use of
executed prisoners as the major source of organs for transplants.
According to the China Daily newspaper, executed prisoners currently
provide two-thirds of all transplant organs. The government is now
launching a voluntary donation scheme, which it hopes will also curb the
illegal trafficking in organs. But analysts say cultural bias against
removing organs after death will make a voluntary scheme hard to
implement.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/26/239244
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8222732.stm
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| FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign |
| from the a-long-way-to-absolution dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 27, @04:35 (Operating Systems) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/0048236/FSF-Attacks-Windows-7s-Sins-In-New-Campaig|
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[0]CWmike writes "The Free Software Foundation today launched a campaign
against Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 7 operating system, [1]calling
it 'treacherous computing' that stealthily takes away rights from users.
At the Web site Windows7Sins.org, the Boston-based FSF [2]lists the seven
'sins' that proprietary software such as Windows 7 commits against
computer users. They include: Poisoning education, locking in users,
abusing standards such as OpenDocument Format (ODF), leveraging
monopolistic behavior, threatening user security, enforcing Digital
Rights Management (DRM) at the request of entertainment companies
concerned about movie and music piracy, and invading privacy. 'Windows,
for some time now, has really been a DRM platform, restricting you from
making copies of digital files,' said executive director Peter Brown. And
if Microsoft's Trusted Computing technology were fully implemented the
way the company would like, the vendor would have 'malicious and really
complete control over your computer.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/0048236
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137119/Free_software_group_attacks_Windows_7_sins_
2. http://windows7sins.org/
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| Nokia Launches Pay-By-Phone Service |
| from the easy-financing dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 27, @07:57 (Cellphones) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/0357212/Nokia-Launches-Pay-By-Phone-Service |
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adeelarshad82 writes "The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said it
would launch [0]a mobile financial service next year targeting consumers,
mainly in emerging markets, with a phone but no banking account. Nokia's
Money service was based on the mobile payment platform of Obopay, a
privately-owned firm that Nokia invested in earlier this year, and it is
now building up a network of agents. Obopay, which uses text messaging
and mobile Internet access, charges users a fee to send money or to top
up their accounts."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/0357212
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352056,00.asp
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| Depression May Provide Cognitive Advantages |
| from the see-it's-an-advantage dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @08:53 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1233251/Depression-May-Provide-Cognitive-Advant|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Paul W. Andrews and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
argue in Scientific American that although depression is considered a
mental disorder, [1]depression may in fact be a mental adaptation which
provides real benefits. This is not to say that depression is not a
problem. Depressed people often have trouble performing everyday
activities, they can't concentrate on their work, they tend to socially
isolate themselves, they are lethargic, and they often lose the ability
to take pleasure from such activities such as eating and sex. So what
could be so useful about depression? 'Depressed people often think
intensely about their problems,' write the authors. 'These thoughts are
called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have
difficulty thinking about anything else. Numerous studies have also shown
that this thinking style is often highly analytical. They dwell on a
complex problem, breaking it down into smaller components, which are
considered one at a time.' Various studies have found that people in
depressed mood states are better at solving social dilemmas and there is
evidence that [2]people who get more depressed while they are working on
complex problems in an intelligence test tend to score higher on the test
(PDF). 'When one considers all the evidence, depression seems less like a
disorder where the brain is operating in a haphazard way, or
malfunctioning. Instead, depression seems more like the vertebrate eye ���
an intricate, highly organized piece of machinery that performs a
specific function.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1233251
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=depressions-evolutionary
2. http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep05584604.pdf
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| Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet |
| from the just-like-global-warming dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @09:46 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1237251/Astrophysicists-Find-Impossible-Planet |
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SpuriousLogic writes "Scientists have [0]discovered a planet that
shouldn't exist. The finding, they say, could alter our understanding of
orbital dynamics, a field considered pretty well settled since the time
of astronomer Johannes Kepler 400 years ago. The planet is known as a
'hot Jupiter,' a gas giant orbiting the star Wasp-18, about 330 light
years from Earth. The planet, Wasp-18b, is so close to the star that it
completes a full orbit (its "year") in less than an Earth day, according
to the research, which was published in the journal Nature. Of the more
than 370 exoplanets ��� planets orbiting stars other than our sun ���
discovered so far, this is just the second with such a close orbit. The
problem is that a planet that close should be consumed by its parent star
in less than a million years, say the authors at Keele University in
England. The star Wasp-18 is believed to be about a billion years old,
and since stars and the planets around them are thought to form at the
same time, Wasp-18b should have been reduced to cinders ages ago."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1237251
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-planet27-2009aug27,0,5882308.story
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| Database Records and "In Plain Sight" Searches |
| from the but-it's-sitting-right-there dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @10:33 (Government) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1244247/Database-Records-and-In-Plain-Sight-Search|
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chriswaco writes "A federal appeals court ruled that [0]database records
are not 'in plain sight' when other records in the same database are
subpoenaed. The case involved Major League Baseball drug test results,
but the implications are far wider."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1244247
Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/26/steroids.ruling/index.html
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| Nokia Releases Linux Handset |
| from the where's-my-root-prompt dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @11:15 (Cellphones) |
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1247208/Nokia-Releases-Linux-Handset |
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[0]galaxy writes "Nokia [1]releases their first Linux mobile handset, the
N900 The handset is based on the latest release of Maemo, the Nokia
mobile Linux platform, and includes e.g. GSM and 3G access (with HSPA,
giving datarates of up to 10Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink on suitable
networks), WLAN, Bluetooth, camera, assisted GPS and, most importantly, a
touchscreen complemented by a hardware QWERTY under a slider. The beast
is powered by an ARM Cortex-A8 processor at 600 MHz, has PowerVR SGX with
OpenGL ES 2.0 support, 32GB internal memory etc."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1247208
Links:
0. mailto:samuli@sorvakkoCOW.netminusherbivore
1. http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
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| Augmenting Reality With Your Mobile Phone |
| from the evolve-no-neck dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @12:02 (Displays) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1453213/Augmenting-Reality-With-Your-Mobile-Phon|
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[0]blackbearnh writes "With the release of the 3.1 iPhone OS, application
developers will finally be able to develop augmented reality (AR) apps.
In other words, [1]Terminator Vision is right around the corner. O'Reilly
Media recently talked to Chetan Damani, one of the founders of
[2]Acrossair, about how they developed their new AR application, Nearest
Tube, which displays the closest London Tube stations over a live video
overlay on an iPhone 3GS. According to Damani, developing AR applications
on the 3GS is dead easy, and the real trick will be developing good
augmented reality apps. 'It's all about who's going to have the most
amount of data and the most valid data. So there's the obvious types of
apps which you're going to launch and those are the find me my nearest
bar, find me my nearest event, find me the nearest tube stop, find me the
nearest ATM. And those sorts of apps are all going to be around. But
they're only going to be useful for when you're trying to look for
things. So if we want to get users to use augmented reality a little bit
more, we have to start introducing other bits of functionality, things
like show me the offers available in a particular high street. Show me
when I'm walking down a high street if there's a table available at a
particular restaurant. And it's that sort of interactivity and providing
that real-time data in this augmented reality view which is going to
start getting people to use it a lot more rather than just for show me
where the nearest area is.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1453213
Links:
0. http://www.oreilly.com/
1. http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/08/augmenting-reality-with-the-i.html
2. http://www.acrossair.com/
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| TiVo Relaunching As a Patent Troll? |
| from the i-thought-we-could-be-friends dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 27, @13:03 (Media) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1654231/TiVo-Relaunching-As-a-Patent-Troll |
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An anonymous reader writes "TiVo's quarterly call was a bit more dramatic
than usual. While they [0]continue to lose customers and [1]innovate "at
a very unhurried pace," TiVo seeks [2]a repeat DISH Network performance
in [3]going after AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) for infringement. Basically,
TiVo's current business model appears to be [4]ad sales and patent
trolling."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1654231
Links:
0. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/26/tivo-loses-another-146k-subscribers-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-att-and-verizon/25469#comment-112605
1. http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7457944#post7457944
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/10/08/0052232/TiVo-Wins-Appeal-On-Patents-For-Pause-Ffwd-Rwd?art_pos=7
3. http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-08/tivo-loses-more-customers-sues-att-verizon
4. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/02/financial/f101534D46.DTL
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| US Call-Center Jobs — That Pay $100K a Year |
| from the payment-for-the-gift-of-gab dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @13:50 (United States) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1719234/US-Call-Center-Jobs-mdash-That-Pay-100K-a-|
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[0]bheer writes "BusinessWeek profiles a call center company called iQor
which has grown revenues 40% year-on-year by (shock) [1]treating
employees as critical assets. It's done this not by nickel-and-diming,
but by expanding its US operations (13 centers across the US now), giving
employees universal health insurance, and paying salaries and bonuses
that are nearly 50% above industry norms. The article notes that
outsourcing will continue and globalization will continue to change the
world's economic landscape. 'But the US is hardly helpless. With smart
processes and the proper incentives, US companies can keep jobs here in
America, and do so in a way that is actually better for the company and
its employees.' Now if only other companies get a clue as well."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1719234
Links:
0. mailto:rbheer@nOsPaM.gmail.com
1. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc20090825_655273.htm
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| "Violent" Video Games To Be Banned In Venezuela |
| from the clearly-the-root-of-their-problems dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 27, @15:22 (Censorship) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/182244/Violent-Video-Games-To-Be-Banned-In-Venezu|
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An anonymous reader writes "The country that has bought Sukhois, tanks
and 100,000 AK-103's, is planning to build a manufacturing plant of
Russian rifles, and oppresses peaceful marches has [0]decided to ban
'violent' video games because they 'promote violence and can alter the
behavior of children.' The new legislation in Venezuela says, 'The
violence found in video games is translated into the real world.' This
new law affects people who sell, 'use,' produce, import and distribute
these games. Video games as a whole have been labeled as 'a consequence
of savage capitalism' by PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela),
which is the political party led by Hugo Chavez. Days before this law was
approved by the National Assembly, Chavez promoted the use of traditional
toys like the Yo-Yo and Trompo, and suggested that electronic toys like
'the Nintendo' be put aside because they promote 'egoism, individualism
and violence.' Just today the AFP released a report showing Caracas as
the [1]second most violent city on the planet ��� even more violent than
Baghdad. I guess all those violent gangs in Venezuela are addicted to
video games."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/182244
Links:
0. http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINTRE57P55R20090826
1. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gE00fO6MxS_05BL5058o69Ds7auQ
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| How an Online-Only TV Series Stays Successful |
| from the roll-enough-dies dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @16:06 (Media) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/1936225/How-an-Online-Only-TV-Series-Stays-Succes|
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ChronoDragon writes "The Wall Street Journal points out that it is
possible to make a [0]successful web series without the backing of a
studio. With the release of a music video, [1]Do you Wanna Date My Avatar,
and the start of Season of 3, the web series [2] The Guild is ready for
even more success. The Guild, created by [3]Felicia Day (Doctor Horrible),
is a low-budget comedy series about a group of MMORPG gamers and their
interactions both online and off. While there are a lot of references
that will be instantly recognized by gamers, the show is still very
accessible to non-gamers."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/1936225
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574371032925896794.html
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU
2. http://www.watchtheguild.com/
3. http://feliciaday.net/blog/
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| An End To Unencrypted Digital Cable TV and the HTPC |
| from the so-I-can-be-both-ahead-of-and-behind-my-time dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @17:00 (Media) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/2055248/An-End-To-Unencrypted-Digital-Cable-TV|
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Talinom writes "AnandTech has a writeup on how [0]ClearQAM [1]appears to
be headed for an early death. From the article ��� 'At this point there's
no reason to believe that cable companies won't deploy Privacy Mode
across their networks, so it's a matter of 'when,' not 'if' this will
happen. It goes without saying that if you're currently enjoying the use
of a ClearQAM tuner to receive EB tier channels, you'll want to enjoy
what time you have left, and look in to other solutions for the
long-haul. At this pace, it looks like cable TV and computers will soon
be divorcing.'" Update: 08/27 23:59 GMT by [2]T : "EB" here stands for
"Expanded Basic (cable service)"; Wikipedia as usual has a time-sucking,
digressive, fascinating explanation about the [3]tiers of cable TV
service in the US.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/2055248
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM_tuner
1. http://anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=637
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States
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| Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days |
| from the ok-computer-meeting-people-is-easy dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @17:53 (Bug) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/2144223/Bug-Means-High-School-Students-Schedule-Er|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Post reports that [1]thousands of
high school students in Prince George's County missed a third day of
classes Wednesday, and school officials said it could take more than a
week to sort out the chaos caused by a computerized class-scheduling
system as students were placed in gyms, auditoriums, cafeterias,
libraries and classes they didn't want or need at high schools across the
county and their parents' fury over the logistical nightmare rose. 'The
school year comes up the same time every year,' said Carolyn Oliver, the
mother of a 16-year-old senior who spent Wednesday in the senior lounge
at Bowie High School. 'When I heard they didn't have schedules, I was
like, "What have they been doing all summer?"' When school opened Monday,
about 8,000 high school students had no class schedules and were sent to
wait in holding spaces while administrators tried to sort things out."
(More below.)
This story continues at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/2144223/Bug-Means-High-School-Students-Schedule-Errors-May-Last-Days
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/2144223
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082601694.html
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| Snow Leopard Drops Palm OS Sync |
| from the exclusivity-demands-it dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @18:47 (Businesses) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/2217219/Snow-Leopard-Drops-Palm-OS-Sync |
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adeelarshad82 writes "It's been just a little over a month since [0]Apple
blocked iTunes sync with Palm Pre, and now Apple takes that strategy one
step further by [1]blocking Snow Leopard sync with Palm-OS powered
smartphones. Even though Palm has officially retired Palm OS and is now
focusing hard on its next-generation WebOS in the Palm Pre, the company
is still selling Palm OS-powered smartphones; two current models are the
Treo Pro on Sprint and the Centro."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/2217219
Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/07/15/221238/Apple-Update-Means-Palm-Pre-Can-No-Longer-Sync-With-iTunes
1. http://www.appscout.com/2009/08/snow_leopard_drops_palm_os_syn.php
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| Hackers (Or Pen-Testers) Hit Credit Unions With Malware On CD |
| from the please-avoid-mine dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 27, @19:40 (Security) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/09/08/27/2331201/Hackers-Or-Pen-Testers-Hit-Credit-Unions-Wit|
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redsoxh8r writes "Online criminals have taken to a decidedly low-tech
method for distributing the latest batch of targeted malware: [0]mailing
infected CDs to credit unions. The discs have been showing up at credit
unions around the country recently, a throwback to the days when viruses
and Trojans were distributed via floppy disk. The scam is elegant in its
simplicity. The potential thieves are mailing letters that purport to
come from the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency
that charters and insures credit unions, and including two CDs in the
package. The letter is a fake fraud alert from the NCUA, instructing
recipients to review the training materials contained on the discs.
However, the CDs are loaded with malware rather than training programs."
According to the linked article, the infected CDs were (or at least may
have been) part of a penetration test, rather than an actual attack.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/27/2331201
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/blogs/attackers-sending-malware-infected-cds-credit-unions-127
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