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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass
* Amazon, MS, and Yahoo Against Google's Library
* Working With Ogg Theora and the Video Tag
* A Broken Heart Really Does Hurt, Scientists Claim
* Federal Court Grants Microsoft Expedited Appeal
* Sweden Launches Criminal Probe of Pirate Bay Sale
* Google Brings SVG Support To IE
* <em>EVE</em> Bans Exploiters; Dropping 2% of Users Cuts Average CPU Usage 30%
* Switzerland's Data Protection Watchdog Wants Street View Disabled
* Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation
* Twitter Developing Location-Based API
* Big Bang Could Be Recreated Inside a Metamaterial
* RIAA Loses Case Against Launch Media
* IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US
* How To Prove Someone Is Female?
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| New Logitech Dark Field Mice Operate On Glass |
| from the data-goes-in-here dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Friday August 21, @20:13 (Input Devices) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/21/2124215/New-Logitech-Dark-Field-Mice-Operate-O|
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Slatterz writes "Logitech has introduced new mice that [0]use two lasers
rather than one to work on a variety of previously unusable surfaces. The
first laser picks out imperfections in the surface of a tabletop while
the second laser focuses on microscopic imperfections highlighted and
uses those to direct the cursor. The technique, dubbed dark field
microscopy, allows mice to be used on almost any surface, including glass
as long as it is more than 4mm thick."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/21/2124215
Links:
0. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/153614,new-logitech-mice-operate-wherever.aspx
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| Amazon, MS, and Yahoo Against Google's Library |
| from the many-against-one dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Friday August 21, @22:22 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/21/2314251/Amazon-MS-and-Yahoo-Against-Googles-Librar|
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anonymousNR writes "From the BBC, 'Three technology heavyweights are
joining [0]a coalition to fight Google's attempt to create what could be
the world's largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will
sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet
Archive. They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main
source for many online works. "Google is trying to monopolise the library
system," the Internet Archive's founder Brewster Kahle said.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/21/2314251
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8200624.stm
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| Working With Ogg Theora and the Video Tag |
| from the fighting-the-good-fight dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday August 22, @01:13 (Graphics) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/0128209/Working-With-Ogg-Theora-and-the-Video-Tag |
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An anonymous reader writes "The Free Software Foundation's Holmes Wilson
is just back from Berlin, where he participated in the Ogg Theora book
sprint put on by FLOSS Manuals. Here is [0]a broad look at Ogg Theora and
how it fits into the push for free formats: where we're winning, what
works, and what could be improved."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/0128209
Links:
0. http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/working-with-theora
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| A Broken Heart Really Does Hurt, Scientists Claim |
| from the bruised-on-the-inside dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday August 22, @04:18 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/0132204/A-Broken-Heart-Really-Does-Hurt-Scienti|
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[0]Death Metal writes "Psychologists at the University of California, Los
Angeles say the human body has [1]a gene that connects physical pain
sensitivity with social pain sensitivity. The findings back the common
theory that rejection 'hurts' by showing that a gene regulating the
body's most potent painkillers ��� mu-opioids ��� is involved in socially
painful experiences too."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/0132204
Links:
0. http://www.anus.com/metal
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6049700/Why-a-broken-heart-really-does-hurt.html
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| Federal Court Grants Microsoft Expedited Appeal |
| from the the-train-keeps-a-rolling dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday August 22, @07:57 (Microsoft) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/0420224/Federal-Court-Grants-Microsoft-Expedited-Ap|
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patentpundit writes "On Friday, August 21, 2009, the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [0]granted Microsoft an expedited
appeal of its patent infringement loss to i4i Limited Partnership. On
August 11, 2009, Microsoft lost a $300 million judgment for infringing
the XML patents of i4i by selling Word. Microsoft was given 60 days to
stop selling Word, or implement work arounds that did not utilize the
infringed technology. Microsoft filed an emergency appeal with the
Federal Circuit, and requested a stay of the permanent injunction that
will force them to stop selling work 60 days from August 11, 2009. The
Federal Circuit granted an expedited oral argument, which will take place
on September 23, 2009. Microsoft requested an administrative stay of the
permanent injunction, which was denied, and then filed a petition to stay
the injunction pending appeal. i4i has until August 25, 2009, to respond
to Microsoft's request to stay the injunction pending appeal."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/0420224
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| Sweden Launches Criminal Probe of Pirate Bay Sale |
| from the coming-and-going dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @09:05 (Businesses) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1210203/Sweden-Launches-Criminal-Probe-of-Pirate-Ba|
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uolamer writes with word that the Economic Crimes Bureau in Sweden has
[0]opened an investigation into the upcoming purchase of The Pirate Bay
by Global Gaming Factory X. Quoting: "The Swedish newspaper SvD reported
Saturday that authorities are [1]looking for possible insider trading
after Global Gaming's stock jumped a week before they announced [2]plans
to acquire The Pirate Bay. Trading of Global Gaming shares was halted by
AktieTorget, a Swedish exchange, on Friday after officials there
requested proof that Global Gaming had enough money to complete the sale.
Global Gaming has yet to produce the required documentation. Until
officials get the proof they need, they said they won't allow the stock
to be traded again"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1210203
Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10315576-93.html
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10315020-93.html
2. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/06/30/1233213/Pirate-Bay-Announces-Sale-to-Swedish-Company-For-78-Million
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| Google Brings SVG Support To IE |
| from the quickest-way-to-get-something-done dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @10:10 (Internet Explorer) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1246248/Google-Brings-SVG-Support-To-IE |
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[0]stelt writes "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is in most graphical
tools. It is used heavily in many big projects, such as KDE and
Wikipedia. But Internet Explorer's lack of built-in support for SVG was
keeping it away from mainstream use on the web. Google is fixing that now
with a JavaScript drop-in named SVGWeb. They've posted a quick,
[1]one-minute overview, a longer and [2]more detailed presentation, and
you can read about it on the [3]project page."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1246248
Links:
0. mailto:svg@steltenpower.com
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCk22AaRxiE
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuUrvReOIQ
3. http://code.google.com/p/svgweb/
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| <em>EVE</em> Bans Exploiters; Dropping 2% of Users Cuts Average CPU Usage 30% |
| from the and-stay-out dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @11:14 (Security) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/137220/EVE-Bans-Exploiters-Dropping-2-of-Users-Cu|
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Earthquake Retrofit writes "Ars has a story about EVE Online banning
thousands of accounts for real-world trading of in-game money for profit.
From the article: 'Those who buy and sell ISK, the game's currency, are
not only exploiting the game, but unbalancing play. That's why the
company decided to go drastic: a program they called "Unholy Rage." For
weeks they studied the behavior and effects these real-money traders had
on the game, and then they struck. During scheduled maintenance, over
6,000 accounts were banned. [Einar Hrei��arsson, EVE's lead GM,] assures
us that the methods were sound, and the bannings went off with surgical
precision. ... While the number of accounts banned in the opening phase
of the operation constituted around 2 percent of the total active
registered accounts, the [0]CPU per user usage was cut by a good 30
percent.' Looks like they got the right 6,000.' [1]Further information
and more graphs are available from the EVE dev blog."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/137220
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/08/eve-online-unleashes-unholy-rage-on-in-game-currency-traders.ars
1. http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=687
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| Switzerland's Data Protection Watchdog Wants Street View Disabled |
| from the not-so-neutral dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @11:21 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1424251/Switzerlands-Data-Protection-Watchdog-Wants|
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glow-in-the-dark writes "The Swiss office for Data Protection has
[0]asked Google to turn off Street View within the country because it
doesn't meet the conditions demanded when permission was given to go
ahead with the photography. Google answered privacy concerns [1]with the
following points (I'm translating them from German; here's an
[2]automated translation): 'Google will publish in advance where it is
going to record the images, so you can act accordingly.' Do they want you
to hide? Where is the real obligation here? 'Google has made masking the
images of people and car license plates obligatory.' I think this is
where trouble starts, because their permission to go ahead appears to
have been dependent on how well they did this. I have browsed one
particular town as an experiment and was quite quickly able to find
unmasked faces. This means that either the algorithm they use doesn't
work, or that it is done manually and they've fallen behind (in which
case they should not have put up the images). 'Although a picture of a
home is generally not covered under Data Protection, Google has agreed to
remove them if asked. Follow the same process as removing a person.' I
think it wouldn't be half as bad if the pictures weren't taken with a
high enough resolution to see inside a house. In short, Google has not
been given the easy ride it had in other countries regarding Street View.
I actually suspect there is more to come."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1424251
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6EhmINdDhcM47aEoqV3RtJFA0aw
1. http://www.edoeb.admin.ch/faq/00786/01580/01582/index.html?lang=de
2. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edoeb.admin.ch%2Ffaq%2F00786%2F01580%2F01582%2Findex.html%3Flang%3Den
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| Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation |
| from the george-carlin-would-agree dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @12:27 (Science) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1532241/Obstacles-Near-Emergency-Exits-Speed-Ev|
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[0]BuzzSkyline writes "Despite fire codes that require emergency exits be
clear of obstacles, [1]some types of obstacles actually speed evacuation.
The counterintuitive conclusion resulted from a series of experiments
performed at a TV studio in Japan. Researchers from the University of
Tokyo asked 50 volunteers to exit the studio through a narrow door. Video
tapes of the experiments show that people made it out quickest when a
pole was placed about 30 degrees to one side of the exit. The lead
researcher believes an obstacle reduces jamming and friction among people
in crowds by decreasing conflicts as the crowd presses toward the exit. A
paper describing the research is scheduled to appear in the journal
[2]Physical Review E in September, but a [3]preprint is available on the
Physics Arxiv."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1532241
Links:
0. mailto:buzzskyline@gmail.com
1. http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2009/08/for-quick-exit-just-block-fire-door.html
2. http://pre.aps.org/
3. http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0224
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| Twitter Developing Location-Based API |
| from the for-up-to-the-minute-online-stalking dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday August 22, @13:32 (Social Networks) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1541208/Twitter-Developing-Location-Based-API |
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adeelarshad82 writes "Twitter developers are now [0]working on a
location-based API that will provide accurate information on your
whereabouts. Developers will be able to add latitude and longitude to any
tweet. The option [1]will definitely be opt-in. Folks will need to
activate this new feature by choice, and the exact location data won't be
stored for an extended period of time."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1541208
Links:
0. http://www.appscout.com/2009/08/twitter_developing_location-ba.php
1. http://blog.twitter.com/2009/08/location-location-location.html
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| Big Bang Could Be Recreated Inside a Metamaterial |
| from the never-met-a-material-i-didn't-like dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday August 22, @14:38 (Math) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1659218/Big-Bang-Could-Be-Recreated-Inside-a-Me|
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[0]KentuckyFC writes "Metamaterials are substances with a permittivity
and permeability that has been manipulated in a way that allows fine
control over the behavior of light. They have famously been used to
create an [1]invisibility cloak that [2]hides objects from view. Now Igor
Smolyaninov, a physicist in the US, has calculated how metamaterials
could be used for a much more profound demonstration: to reproduce the
behavior of light in various kinds of spacetimes, in particular a (2+2)
spacetime (one having two dimensions of space and two of time). His
method is to show that there is formal mathematical analogy between the
way metamaterials and spacetimes affect light. He goes on to show how a
phase transition in a (2+2) spacetime [3]leads to the creation of a (2+1)
spacetime filled with photons, an event analogous to the Big Bang." Here
are the [4]abstract and the [5]preprint (PDF).
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1659218
Links:
0. http://arxivblog.technologyreview.com/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/08/11/06/0441244/How-To-Cloak-Objects-At-a-Distance
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/13/2215220/Illusion-Cloak-Makes-One-Object-Look-Like-Another
3. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24013/
4. http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.2407
5. http://arxiv.org/pdf/0908.2407v1
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| RIAA Loses Case Against Launch Media |
| from the matter-of-law dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday August 22, @15:45 (The Courts) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1734257/RIAA-Loses-Case-Against-Launch-Media |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA's claim that personalized
internet radio stations were 'interactive services' was [1]flatly
rejected 'as a matter of law' by the US Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, in Arista Records v. Launch Media. In affirming the jury's
verdict in favor of the defendant, Launch Media ��� acquired during the
lawsuit by Yahoo! ��� the Court said it did not even need to concern itself
with possible errors in the jury instructions, since the trial judge
should have directed a verdict for defendant 'as a matter of law' on the
question of whether the radio stations were 'interactive services.' At
pages 23-42 of its [2]42-page opinion (PDF), the appeals court carefully
analyzed how Launch Media's personalized internet radio stations worked,
and noted that the users could neither obtain and play on demand a
particular song, nor obtain the transmission of a particular program,
thus rendering the RIAA's claim of 'interactivity' meritless."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1734257
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2009/08/riaa-loses-its-case-against-yahoos.html
2. http://beckermanlegal.com/pdf/?file=/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/arista_launch_090821DecisSecondCircuit.pdf
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| IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US |
| from the hear-the-weather's-fine-in-dubai dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday August 22, @16:51 (IBM) |
| https://slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1825208/IBM-Other-Multinationals-Detaching-From-the-US |
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[0]theodp writes "If you're brilliant, work really hard, and earn a
world-class doctorate from a US university, [1]IBM has a job for you at
one of its US research sites ��� as a '[2]complementary worker' (as this
1996 piece defined the then-emerging term). But be prepared to ship out
to India or China after you've soaked up knowledge for 13 months as a '[3]long-term
supplemental worker.' Newsweek sketches some of the bigger picture,
reporting that IBM, HP, Accenture, and others are [4]finding it
profitable to detach from the United States (even [5]patenting the
process). 'IBM is one of the multinationals that propelled America to the
apex of its power, and it is now emblematic of the process of creative
destruction pushing America to a new, less dominant, and less comfortable
position.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1825208
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.workfortheworld.com/find.job?job=main.search&q=%22post+doctoral%22+and+complementary&search=Search+jobs&startrow=1
2. http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/complementary-practices-1361890.html
3. http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/internationalstudents/popup_program_details.html
4. http://www.newsweek.com/id/212120
5. http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=2T-nAAAAEBAJ
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| How To Prove Someone Is Female? |
| from the who-can-replace-a-man dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday August 22, @17:59 (Science) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/22/1840229/How-To-Prove-Someone-Is-Female |
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krou writes "Caster Semenya won the 800m at the World Athletics
Championship in blistering style leaving her competitors in the dust, but
she has been thrown into the midst of a scandal amidst claims that she's
not really a woman. According to the many press reports, [0]she's
believed to shave, is flat chested, has a very masculine physique,
previously preferred playing physical games with boys, and shunned
traditional female activities and clothing. Questions about her gender
have dogged her entire career. Previously, acceptance that she is a women
relied on simple inspection of female genitals. But now the IAAF claim
that they want to conduct further tests to see if 'she may have a [1]rare
medical condition that gives her an unfair advantage.' An IAAF spokesmen
noted that 'The [testing] process was started after Semenya made her
startling breakthroughs ��� a 25-second improvement at 1500m and eight
seconds at 800m, just some weeks ago.' I'm curious what the Slashdot
community thinks: what can be considered proof of someone being male or
female? Is it simply a case of having the right genitals, or are there
other criteria that should be used? Is the IAAF right in claiming that
someone should be prevented from competing because they have a rare
medical or genetic advantage?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/22/1840229
Links:
0. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1208227/She-wouldnt-wear-dresses-sounds-like-man-phone-Caster-Semenyas-father-sex-riddle-daughter.html
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/21/gender-row-athlete-caster-semenya
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