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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal
* Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters
* British CS Majors Doing Badly In the Jobs Market
* HTC Sues Apple Using Google Patents
* Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard
* Ask Slashdot: Best Programs To Learn From?
* Linux 3D Games Run Faster On PC-BSD
* After Firing CEO, Yahoo Puts Itself Up For Sale
* Fukushima and Chernobyl Side-by-Side
* Nike to Unveil Self Lacing Shoes?
* $5M In Torrented Files Presented As Art
* IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users
* Moxie Marlinspike's Solution To the SSL CA Problem
* Heathkit DIY Kits Are Coming Back
* Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules
* Ask Slashdot: Passively Cooled Hardware For Game Emulation?
* Google Acquires Zagat
* P2P Traffic Drops 10% After New NZ Law
* Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Application In OS X Lion
* Missouri Hedges On 'Teachers Can't Friend Students' Law
* 1970s Polaroid SX-70 Cameras Make a Comeback
* Microbes Produce Power As They Clean Nuclear Waste
* Nintendo Faces Patent Suit Over the Wii
* Michael Hart, Inventor of the E-book, Dead At 64
* Icelandic Rocks Suggest Meteorites Brought Gold To Earth
* Mozilla Asks All CAs To Audit Security Systems
* Russian Space Agency Determines Cause of Soyuz Crash
* Judge Wants Ellison, Page To Settle Differences
* Carnegie Mellon Introduces RoboBowl To Spur Robotics Advances
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| Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal
| from the mussolini-would-be-proud dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @13:14 (Books)
| with 561 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1635208/Amazon-Folds-In-California-Sales-Tax-Deal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "In a deal indicating all sides appear ready to call a
truce, the San Jose Mercury News reports that [0]Amazon.com is offering
to back down from its referendum drive to repeal an online sales tax in
exchange for a one-year moratorium on collecting the tax. Under the deal,
Amazon would agree to begin collecting the tax from California residents
in September 2012, unless Congress takes action on Internet sales taxes
before then. The development comes a day after a [1]NY Times editorial
ripped Amazon over its sales 'tax dodge.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1635208/Amazon-Folds-In-California-Sales-Tax-Deal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://secure.passport.mnginteractive.com/mngi/servletDispatch/ErightsPassportServlet.dyn?url=http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_18849537?nclick_check=1&forced=true
1. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/ny-times-editorial-rips-amazoncom-sales-tax-fight
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| Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters
| from the let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 07, @21:48 (Crime)
| with 545 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/005200/Obama-Admin-Wants-Hackers-Charged-As-Mobsters?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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GovTechGuy writes "The Obama administration wants [0]hackers to be
prosecuted under the same laws used to target organized crime syndicates,
according to two officials appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary
Committee on Wednesday morning. From the article: 'Associate Deputy
Attorney General James Baker and Secret Service Deputy Special Agent in
Charge Pablo Martinez said the maximum sentences for cyber crimes have
failed to keep pace with the severity of the threats. Martinez said
hackers are often members of sophisticated criminal networks. "Secret
Service investigations have shown that complex and sophisticated
electronic crimes are rarely perpetrated by a lone individual," Martinez
said.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/005200/Obama-Admin-Wants-Hackers-Charged-As-Mobsters?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| British CS Majors Doing Badly In the Jobs Market
| from the no-work-for-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @01:48 (Education)
| with 337 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/022256/British-CS-Majors-Doing-Badly-In-the-Jobs-Market?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]British CS majors do badly in the job
market ��� with, four years after graduation, a higher than average (for
college graduates) unemployment rate and fewer returning to higher
education. [1]Brit CS majors also do badly immediately after graduation.
No similar U.S. figures exist reports the Computing Education Blog."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/022256/British-CS-Majors-Doing-Badly-In-the-Jobs-Market?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://cartesianproduct.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/do-computer-scientist-graduates-get-jobs-in-the-end/
1. http://computinged.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/uk-cs-graduates-are-more-unemployed-than-average-4-years-out-and-fewer-go-into-education/
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| HTC Sues Apple Using Google Patents
| from the litigate-or-die dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 07, @20:03 (Google)
| with 336 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/07/2255257/HTC-Sues-Apple-Using-Google-Patents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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AlienIntelligence writes "Apparently to stay viable in the IP wars, HTC
secured some patents from Google (who purchased them originally from Palm
Inc., Motorola Inc. and Openwave Systems Inc.) on the 1st of September.
The patents were used to fire a new salvo of shots across Apple's bow
today, September 7th. [0]HTC filed infringement claims against Apple in
federal court in Delaware, suing based on four of those patents that
originally were issued to Motorola. Additional complaints were filed with
the U.S. ITC based on the other patents."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/07/2255257/HTC-Sues-Apple-Using-Google-Patents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard
| from the break-enough-windows-to-encourage-spending dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @18:17 (Bitcoin)
| with 317 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2134242/Krugman-On-Bitcoin-and-the-Gold-Standard?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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twoallbeefpatties writes "Prominent Keynesian economist Paul Krugman has
left a note on his blog at NYTimes about his view of Bitcoin, discussing
its similarity to the gold standard and suggesting a drop in 'real gross
Bitcoin product' as its users [0]hoard the currency rather than spend it."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2134242/Krugman-On-Bitcoin-and-the-Gold-Standard?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfetters/
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| Ask Slashdot: Best Programs To Learn From?
| from the besides-aa-of-course dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @11:47 (Programming)
| with 292 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1542217/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Programs-To-Learn-From?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter camServo writes "I took C++ classes in
college and I have played around with some scripting languages. We
learned the basics of how to make C++ work with small programs, but when
I see large open source projects, I never know where to even start to try
and figure out how their code works. I'm wondering if any of you have
suggestions for some nice open source projects to look at to get an idea
for how programming works in the real world, so I can start giving back
to the FOSS community." Where would you start?
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1542217/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Programs-To-Learn-From?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Linux 3D Games Run Faster On PC-BSD
| from the with-enough-emulators-we-could-make-the-singularity dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday September 08, @06:25 (Games)
| with 255 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0437248/Linux-3D-Games-Run-Faster-On-PC-BSD?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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koinu writes "Phoronix has published [0]benchmarks comparing 3D game
performance on Ubuntu Linux 11.04 with the [1]FreeBSD Linux ABI emulation
on the 8.2 release of [2]PC-BSD, which is a desktop variant of [3]FreeBSD.
Most results show that the emulated Linux layer on FreeBSD performs
better than Linux natively. It's pretty interesting, because most people
would expect that an additional abstraction layer would generally slow
down the execution of binaries."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0437248/Linux-3D-Games-Run-Faster-On-PC-BSD?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_games_bsd
1. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-emulation/article.html
2. http://www.pcbsd.org/
3. http://www.freebsd.org/
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| After Firing CEO, Yahoo Puts Itself Up For Sale
| from the make-me-an-offer dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @08:03 (Yahoo!)
| with 250 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/035229/After-Firing-CEO-Yahoo-Puts-Itself-Up-For-Sale?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Reeses writes "Fare thee well, Yahoo: In addition to [0]firing CEO Carol
Bartz, [1]Yahoo's board has now put the company up for sale. From the
article: 'It was once the world's leading search engine, its founders
held talks about a merger with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation ��� and it
even managed to [2]fend off a $44bn takeover bid by Microsoft. But Yahoo
has put itself up for sale, after firing its chief executive of 18 months
Carol Bartz by phone.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/035229/After-Firing-CEO-Yahoo-Puts-Itself-Up-For-Sale?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/07/0043209/Carol-Bartz-Is-Out-As-Yahoos-CEO
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/07/yahoo-sale-google-apple
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/02/09/1812239/Yahoo-To-Reject-Microsoft-Bid
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| Fukushima and Chernobyl Side-by-Side
| from the holy-super-pollution dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @09:35 (Japan)
| with 244 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1258217/Fukushima-and-Chernobyl-Side-by-Side?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gbrumfiel writes "It's now been six months since an earthquake and
tsunami sparked a [1]triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant. New data from the Japanese government is now allowing a closer
comparison of the fallout from the disaster with the Chernobyl. In terms
of Cs-137, the contaminant of greatest concern, Fukushima appears to be
about a fifth as bad as Chernobyl. Nature News has a [2]Google Earth
mash-up that lets you see the two accidents together. Nature also reports
that chaos and bureaucracy are [3]slowing efforts to research the crisis."
(Note: There's plenty left for Linux users in the accompanying text, but
the Google Earth plug-in is for Windows and Mac OS X only.)
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1258217/Fukushima-and-Chernobyl-Side-by-Side?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/news/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/12/188221/Engineers-Find-Nuclear-Meltdown-At-Fukushima-Plant
2. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/09/directly_comparing_fukushima_t.html
3. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110907/full/477139a.html
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| Nike to Unveil Self Lacing Shoes?
| from the where-we're-going-we-don't-need-laces dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @12:50 (Idle)
| with 229 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1513250/Nike-to-Unveil-Self-Lacing-Shoes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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xTK-421x writes "Looks like Nike is announcing tonight (8:30PM PST) that
they've finally been able to [0]create the self lacing shoes from Back to
the Future 2. TechCrunch reported on receiving an invitation to a Nike
event taking place in Los Angeles today, where Nike would announce the
release of the Air Mags, the self-lacing shoes that first made their
appearance in Back to the Future II."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1513250/Nike-to-Unveil-Self-Lacing-Shoes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/07/is-nike-planning-to-release-back-to-the-futures-air-mags/
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| $5M In Torrented Files Presented As Art
| from the think-about-the-street-value-of-this-mountain dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @10:18 (Piracy)
| with 216 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1326233/5M-In-Torrented-Files-Presented-As-Art?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ideonexus snips thus from Wired: "The [1]Art 404 gallery is currently
exhibiting a piece by Manuel Palou called '5 Million Dollars, 1 Terabyte'
which is a 'sculpture' consisting of a 1 TB external hard drive
containing [2]$5,000,000 worth of illegally downloaded files. The hard
drive is displayed on a pedestal at the gallery." Adds ideonexus: "There
is a [3]PDF of the files stored on the device with links to the
torrents." I'd like this to be an exhibit at every trial in which
gigantic money damages are claimed for copyright infringement.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1326233/5M-In-Torrented-Files-Presented-As-Art?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://ideonexus.com/
1. http://www.art404.com/5million.html
2. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-08/24/illegal-downloads-as-art
3. http://www.art404.com/5million1terrabyte.pdf
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| IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users
| from the yes-that-is-correct-yes dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @14:02 (Piracy)
| with 212 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1756201/IP-Addresses-Not-Enough-To-ID-Users?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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phaedrus5001, with his first accepted story, points out an article at Ars
Technica from which he's excerpted a chunk relevant to nearly anyone with
an internet connection: "A file-sharing lawyer admitted this week that IP
addresses don't by themselves identify someone accused of sharing
copyrighted material online. To figure out who actually shared the
pornographic movie at the center of the case, lawyer Brett Gibbs of
Steele Hansmeier LLC [0]told the judge (PDF) he [1]would need to search
every computer in the subscriber's household."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1756201/IP-Addresses-Not-Enough-To-ID-Users?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://ia600609.us.archive.org/11/items/gov.uscourts.cand.240573/gov.uscourts.cand.240573.14.0.pdf
1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/p2p-lawyer-ip-address-not-enough-let-me-search-all-pcs-in-the-house.ars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+(Ars+Technica+-+Featured+Content)
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| Moxie Marlinspike's Solution To the SSL CA Problem
| from the disaggregate-someone-today dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @11:01 (Security)
| with 173 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1454221/Moxie-Marlinspikes-Solution-To-the-SSL-CA-Problem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trevelyan writes "In his Blackhat talk on [0]the past and future of SSL
(YouTube video) [1]Moxie Marlinspike explains the problems of SSL today,
and the history of how it came to be so. He then goes on to not only
propose a solution, but he's implemented it as well: [2]Convergence. It
will let you turn off all those untrustable CAs in you browser and still
safely use HTTPS. It even works with self-signed certificates. You still
need to trust someone, but not forever like CAs. The system has
'Notaries,' which you can ask anonymously for their view on a
certificate's authenticity. You can pool Notaries for a consensus, and
add/remove them at any time."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1454221/Moxie-Marlinspikes-Solution-To-the-SSL-CA-Problem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wl2FW2TcA
1. http://www.thoughtcrime.org/
2. http://convergence.io/index.html
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| Heathkit DIY Kits Are Coming Back
| from the golden-age-returns dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @14:49 (Hardware Hacking)
| with 169 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1847239/Heathkit-DIY-Kits-Are-Coming-Back?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]donberryman writes "IEEE Times reports that [1]Heathkit, the fabled
electronics kits company, is [2]going back into that business after a
two-decade hiatus. The Heathkit website says that they will be releasing
Garage Parking Assistant kit (GPA-100) in late September followed by a
Wireless Swimming Pool Monitor kit. Amateur radio kits may be coming by
the end of the year." I hope for real this time ��� I never saw for sale
the [3]HERO kit they promised a few years ago.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1847239/Heathkit-DIY-Kits-Are-Coming-Back?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.jazzpolice.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit
2. http://www.eetimes.com/discussion/break-points/4219631/Heathkit-returns-?cid=NL_Embedded&Ecosystem=embedded
3. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/07/12/25/1734216/Heathkit-Reincarnates-the-Hero-Robot
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| Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules
| from the that-is-one-spiteful-ftc dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @17:26 (Cellphones)
| with 144 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2111246/Smartphones-Cant-Cure-Acne-FTC-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Your smartphone can send texts, surf the Web, and
update your Facebook page, so it stands to reason that it can cure acne
too, right? Well, maybe not. Two companies that marketed acne-cure apps
have [1]settled with the FTC and have been forced to take the apps off
the market. (Colored light can kill acne-causing bacteria, but needs to
be much more powerful than what a smartphone screen can put out.) Almost
15,000 people bought the apps."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2111246/Smartphones-Cant-Cure-Acne-FTC-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/201405/ftc-no-your-smartphone-cant-heal-acne
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| Ask Slashdot: Passively Cooled Hardware For Game Emulation?
| from the such-nice-toys dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @18:38 (Desktops (Apple))
| with 123 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2144225/Ask-Slashdot-Passively-Cooled-Hardware-For-Game-Emulation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]akutz writes "I recently sold a 2011 Mac mini on Craigslist because
after using it to rip my Blu-ray collection I tried to use it as a
emulation station connected to my TV. However, emulators like Dolphin,
BSNES, etc. would cause the Mac mini's fans to spin up like turbine
engines ��� much to loud for my liking. I ask, therefore: What hardware
would you recommend for building a passively cooled mini-system that will
serve as a media center's emulation station?"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2144225/Ask-Slashdot-Passively-Cooled-Hardware-For-Game-Emulation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://akutz.wordpress.com/
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| Google Acquires Zagat
| from the is-anyone-yelping-this? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @12:32 (Google)
| with 108 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1624250/Google-Acquires-Zagat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]quantr writes "[1]Google has acquired Zagat, one of the most
well-known names in restaurant reviews. Zagat is best known for its small
guidebooks (the dead-tree sort) that offer reviews and recommendations on
restaurants around the world. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed." Newly
accepted submitter jkirch writes with a link to [2]Google's announcement.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1624250/Google-Acquires-Zagat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.applegrandcentral.com/
1. http://agrandcentral.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-acquires-zagat-to-become-leader.html
2. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-just-got-zagat-rated.html
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| P2P Traffic Drops 10% After New NZ Law
| from the stop-sharing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @05:04 (Piracy)
| with 107 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0218220/P2P-Traffic-Drops-10-After-New-NZ-Law?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]harryjohnston writes "Following the introduction of New Zealand's new
copyright legislation, which we [1]discussed last week, major ISP Orcon
reports that international [2]peer-to-peer traffic has dropped 10%. This
might mean that the law is actually working to some extent, though
experts say the effect will probably only be temporary."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0218220/P2P-Traffic-Drops-10-After-New-NZ-Law?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://harryjohnston.wordpress.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/01/0156246/NZ-Illegal-Downloading-Crackdown-Law-In-Effect
2. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10749878
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| Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics Application In OS X Lion
| from the keeping-an-eye-on-things dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @02:54 (Desktops (Apple))
| with 104 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/026206/Hidden-Wi-Fi-Diagnostics-Application-In-OS-X-Lion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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WankerWeasel writes "The latest version of Apple's operating system, OS X
10.7 Lion, has a hidden [0]Wi-Fi Diagnostics application that allows the
user to view information about their wireless network performance, record
performance and also capture raw frames. Hidden away in the System folder
the application is meant for Apple tech diagnostic use but is also very
useful for any user interested in diagnosing wi-fi problems or checking
network performance."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/026206/Hidden-Wi-Fi-Diagnostics-Application-In-OS-X-Lion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://subrosasoft.com/blog/2011/09/hidden-wi-fi-diagnostics-tool-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/
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| Missouri Hedges On 'Teachers Can't Friend Students' Law
| from the hemming-and-hawing-and-free-association dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @08:47 (Censorship)
| with 98 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1227229/Missouri-Hedges-On-Teachers-Cant-Friend-Students-Law?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]bs0d3 writes with an excerpt from an AP story, as carried by NECN.com:
"Missouri senators [1]took a step Wednesday toward repealing a
contentious new law limiting online conversations between teachers and
students, but stirred opposition from the governor by still attempting to
mandate that schools adopt their own policies about online chats and text
messages. The action by the Senate Education Committee comes a couple of
weeks after a Missouri judge blocked the new law on teacher-Internet
communications from taking effect because of concerns it infringes on
free-speech rights."
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Links:
0. http://activepolitic.com:82/
1. http://www.necn.com/09/07/11/Mo-Senate-panel-OKs-repeal-of-school-Int/landing_scitech.html?&apID=0198ae502ebc41c4b2f9e6510c2220d1
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| 1970s Polaroid SX-70 Cameras Make a Comeback
| from the for-all-your-expensive-art-projects dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @11:21 (Input Devices)
| with 96 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1510250/1970s-Polaroid-SX-70-Cameras-Make-a-Comeback?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cylonlover writes "When it was released in 1972, the Polaroid SX-70, with
its foldable SLR design, was the world's first instant SLR. It was also
the first camera to use Polaroid's then-new integral instant film that
contained all the chemical layers required to expose, develop, and fix
the photo. Photojojo is now offering [0]Limited Edition Polaroid SX-70
cameras that have all been restored to working condition, and integral
instant film is also available."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/photojojo-restored-polaroid-sx-70/19764/
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| Microbes Produce Power As They Clean Nuclear Waste
| from the two-in-one dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @00:27 (Power)
| with 86 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0158223/Microbes-Produce-Power-As-They-Clean-Nuclear-Waste?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at [0]Michigan State University
(MSU) have isolated and explained the phenomenon that [1]causes microbes
to generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste. The team is
hoping to use their findings to create a microbial fuel cell that is
capable of generating renewable energy while it cleans up environments
exposed to nuclear waste. The bacteria the team studied is a kind of
geobacter that is covered in a coat of tiny, natural nanowires that
protect the bacteria from the toxic materials. While completing the
complex task of stabilizing radioactive spills, the bacteria
simultaneously creates energy that can be harnessed and used as a
zero-emissions power supply."
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Links:
0. http://news.msu.edu/story/9741/
1. http://inhabitat.com/scientists-to-create-fuel-cell-that-generates-power-while-cleaning-nuclear-waste/
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| Nintendo Faces Patent Suit Over the Wii
| from the to-the-rocket-docket dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday September 08, @08:26 (Input Devices)
| with 82 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0526219/Nintendo-Faces-Patent-Suit-Over-the-Wii?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A company named Thinkoptics has [0]filed a
patent infringement lawsuit against Nintendo over the motion controller
used with the Wii. Apparently they make a similar product named the Wavit
Remote, and they've been granted patents describing its operation. 'And
they've chosen the setting most likely to yield a win: the U.S. District
Court of the Eastern District of Texas. Now, that's not to say that
Wavit-maker Thinkoptics will get a win, but this particular court circuit
tends to favor the patent holder over all else. The patent in question,
U.S. Patent Number 7,796,116, is titled "[1]Electronic equipment for
handheld vision based absolute pointing system." Thinkoptics' primary
argument in the case is that Nintendo had previous knowledge that the Wii
would infringe based on the Trademark Office's rejection of certain
claims in Nintendo-filed patents.'"
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Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/07/nintendo-gets-sued-over-the-wii/
1. http://www.google.com/patents?id=zyLWAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&source=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
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| Michael Hart, Inventor of the E-book, Dead At 64
| from the a-moment-of-silence dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @03:57 (News)
| with 67 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/0210256/Michael-Hart-Inventor-of-the-E-book-Dead-At-64?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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FeatherBoa writes "Michael Hart, the founder and long time driving force
behind Project Gutenberg and 1971 inventor of the electronic book [0]has
died at his home in Urbana Ill, on Sept. 6th 2011. Project Gutenberg is
recognized as one of the earliest and longest-lasting online literary
projects, has spawned sister projects in Australia, Canada, Germany and
other locations to transcribe public domain literature and make it
available via the Internet."
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Links:
0. http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
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| Icelandic Rocks Suggest Meteorites Brought Gold To Earth
| from the those-are-some-chatty-rocks dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @16:04 (Earth)
| with 59 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/200205/Icelandic-Rocks-Suggest-Meteorites-Brought-Gold-To-Earth?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "Gold, platinum, and other precioius metals were
sucked into Earth's molten iron core soon after our planet formed. So
where did all of the material for our fancy jewelry come from? According
to high-precision measurements of two isotopes, or atomic variants, of
tungsten in 4-billion-old rocks from Greenland published online today in
Nature [the [0]abstract adds a bit more; the full version is paywalled,
though], [1]precious-metal-bearing meteorites struck Earth around this
time, coating the planet in a veneer containing gold, platinum, and other
elements long after their native counterparts had disappeared into the
planet's core."
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Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v477/n7363/full/nature10399.html
1. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/scienceshot-meteorites-brought.html?ref=hp
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| Mozilla Asks All CAs To Audit Security Systems
| from the security-to-electronics-for-an-aisle-sweep dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @16:34 (Mozilla)
| with 51 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2026253/Mozilla-Asks-All-CAs-To-Audit-Security-Systems?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "Already having revoked trust in all of the root
certificates issued by DigiNotar, Mozilla is taking steps to avoid having
to repeat that process with any other certificate authority trusted by
Firefox, asking all of the CAs involved in the root program to [0]conduct
audits of their PKIs and verify that two-factor authentication and other
safeguards are in place to protect against the issuance of rogue
certificates."
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| Russian Space Agency Determines Cause of Soyuz Crash
| from the launch-once-measure-twice dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @19:55 (ISS)
| with 50 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2240205/Russian-Space-Agency-Determines-Cause-of-Soyuz-Crash?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The online version of the San Francisco
Chronicle sfgate reports [0]the cause of the loss of a Soyuz rocket in
August. The Russian Space Agency, ROSCOSMOS says a [1]manufacturing flaw
led to the failure of a gas generator."
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Links:
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/08/international/i123801D96.DTL
1. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110909/166558139.html
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| Judge Wants Ellison, Page To Settle Differences
| from the taking-care-of-things-personally dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 08, @19:07 (Google)
| with 43 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2213200/Judge-Wants-Ellison-Page-To-Settle-Differences?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Apparently, Oracle's president, Safra Catz, and
Google's head of mobile, Andy Rubin, aren't senior enough to attend a
court mediation session. Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the
dispute between the two companies, [1]wants the Larrys to go head to head
instead. Oracle agreed with part of Alsup's recommendation, saying in a
Wednesday evening filing that, 'Oracle believes the prospects for a
successful mediation will be far greater if Google's executive-level
representative is a superior to Mr. Rubin, who is the architect of
Google's Android strategy ��� the strategy that gives rise to this case.'
Oracle also noted that Rubin has represented Google in past, failed
mediations."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/201315/judge-wants-ellison-page-sit-down-and-settle-differences
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| Carnegie Mellon Introduces RoboBowl To Spur Robotics Advances
| from the non-man-vs-non-man dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday September 08, @15:43 (Robotics)
| with 28 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/1944248/Carnegie-Mellon-Introduces-RoboBowl-To-Spur-Robotics-Advances?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "With the goal of taking ideas for new robots off
the drawing board and moving them into real-life situations, Carnegie
Mellon University will host a [1]series of competitions aimed at bringing
new robotic technologies for manufacturing, healthcare and national
security applications. Carnegie calls the competitions 'RoboBowls' and
says they will feature next-generation robotics challenges 'intended to
find and foster start-up and early-stage companies seeking to develop
'big idea' products and services.'
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/carnegie-mellon-opens-competitions-aimed-buil
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