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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age
* World Population Expected To Hit 7 Billion In Late October
* Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser
* Tanks Test Infrared Camouflage Cloak
* BMW Working On Laser Headlamps
* NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites
* E Ink Demos New Displays, Gadgets At IFA 2011
* Cloud Gaming Service OnLive Unofficially On Linux
* (Possible) Diginotar Hacker Comes Forward
* Costly SSDs Worth It, Users Say
* Ask Slashdot: Classroom Eco-Projects Suited To Alaska?
* Hair Growth Signal Dictated By Fat Cells
* UK Government Breaks Open Source Promises
* Sprint Files Suit Against AT&T T-Mobile Merger
* Google Kills Desktop Search and Gadgets
* Stuffing a PS3 and an Xbox 360 Into a PC Case
* Russia Wanted To Shut YouTube Down For Piracy
* Why Patent Reform Won't Happen Anytime Soon
* Stanford AI Class 'Beta' For Commercial Launch?
* Kevin Kelly Answers Your Questions
* Rent Your Own Botnet
* Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection Chief
* Paralyzed Patients Control Robot With Brain Waves
* Kinect Based Whole Building Breakout
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| USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age
| from the think-of-the-circulars dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @08:14 (Communications)
| with 680 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0138242/USPS-Losing-Battle-Against-the-E-mail-Age?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "An article in the NY Times explains how the
United States Postal Service is in dire financial straits, and [0]will
need emergency action from Congress to forestall a shutdown later this
year. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said simply, 'If Congress
doesn't act, we will default.' Labor agreements prohibiting layoffs are
preventing one avenue for reducing costs, and laws forbidding postage
rates from surpassing inflation rates keep income down. On top of that,
the proliferation of e-mail and online bill-paying services have
contributed to a 22% reduction in snail-mail volume since 2006. They're
currently hoping for legislation that would relax their economic
requirements and considering an end to Saturday delivery."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0138242/USPS-Losing-Battle-Against-the-E-mail-Age?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| World Population Expected To Hit 7 Billion In Late October
| from the where-do-you-get-a-nice-malthus-mask? dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @12:46 (Earth)
| with 437 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1533259/World-Population-Expected-To-Hit-7-Billion-In-Late-October?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]kkleiner writes "A new report documents the prodigious rate at which
the world's population is growing. It was just 1999 when we reached 6
billion. And now [1]within the next month or two we will have surpassed 7
billion. What does the continued increase in world population mean for
humanity and for the the planet?"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1533259/World-Population-Expected-To-Hit-7-Billion-In-Late-October?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://singularityhub.com/
1. http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/06/hold-world-population-to-reach-7-billion-this-month/
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| Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser
| from the I-want-a-dozen-mounted-on-my-car dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @13:29 (Shark)
| with 337 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1544230/Wicked-Lasers-Introduces-Handheld-One-Watt-Green-Laser?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter (and Slashdot coder) [0]cogent writes
"Wicked Lasers, famous for [1]last year's 1000mW handheld blue laser, and
infamous for its [2]handling of six-month-long backorders, is now
[3]selling a green version. There are three power levels, each priced at
$1/mW (300mW, 500mW, 1000mW). Since the eye is far more sensitive to
green than to blue, this is pretty much the state of the art in
putting-dots-on-stuff technology. Wicked Lasers sent out an email
[4]promising to handle backorders much better this time." Adds reader
whitedsepdivine: "There is currently no disclaimer that [5]this is not a
lightsaber on their site, so we can only assume that this version is."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1544230/Wicked-Lasers-Introduces-Handheld-One-Watt-Green-Laser?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://davidhand.com/
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/06/14/1716209/Set-Free-Your-Inner-Jedi-Or-Pyro
2. http://www.jimonlight.com/2010/10/28/something-horribly-wrong-is-going-on-at-wicked-lasers/
3. http://wickedlasers.com/lasers/S3_Krypton_Series-113-63.html
4. http://community.wickedlasers.com/index.php?/topic/24169-krypton-released/
5. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/07/1341219/George-Lucas-CampDs-Lightsaber-Laser
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| Tanks Test Infrared Camouflage Cloak
| from the progress-in-our-war-against-the-deaf dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 05, @23:06 (The Military)
| with 297 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/05/2343245/Tanks-Test-Infrared-Camouflage-Cloak?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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LibRT writes with this excerpt from the BBC: "Tanks could soon get
night-time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their
infrared signature. Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology
allows vehicles to [0]mimic the temperature of their surroundings. It can
also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen
through heat-sensitive 'scopes. The hi-tech camouflage uses hexagonal
panels, or pixels, made of a material that can change temperature very
quickly. About 1,000 pixel panels, each of which is 14cm across, are
needed to cover a small tank. The panels are driven by on-board thermal
cameras that constantly image the ambient temperature of the tank's
surroundings. This is projected on to the panels to make it harder to
spot. The cameras can also work when the tank is moving."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/05/2343245/Tanks-Test-Infrared-Camouflage-Cloak?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14788009
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| BMW Working On Laser Headlamps
| from the hot-high-beams dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday September 06, @12:33 (Transportation)
| with 261 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1449203/BMW-Working-On-Laser-Headlamps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "LED headlamps are only just trickling onto the market ���
mostly on high-end cars ��� but now it seems a certain German automaker has
[1]plans for laser headlamps. 'Laser light is the next logical step in
car light development ... for series production within a few years in the
BMW i8 plug-in hybrid,' says BMW. Lasers have the potential to be
simultaneously more powerful, more efficient, and smaller than other
headlamp types. Before you get too excited, though: [2]the output of
laser headlights will be modulated for safety."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1449203/BMW-Working-On-Laser-Headlamps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.bmwusanews.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=6AADDFB6B0838600377821AE24A66963?&id=766&mid=
2. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/94985-laser-headlamps-will-be-more-powerful-less-power-hungry-than-leds-or-xenon
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| NASA Reveals New Images of Apollo Landing Sites
| from the looks-like-photoshop-to-me dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @15:33 (Moon)
| with 212 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1858247/NASA-Reveals-New-Images-of-Apollo-Landing-Sites?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]sighted writes "[1]Sharp new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter show the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 [2]landing sites in amazing detail,
including the last foot trails left by astronauts on the lunar surface."
These pictures were grabbed after the LRO dropped its orbit from 50km
above the surface to 25km.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1858247/NASA-Reveals-New-Images-of-Apollo-Landing-Sites?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ridingwithrobots.org/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html
2. http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/584392main_M168000580LR_ap17_area.jpg
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| E Ink Demos New Displays, Gadgets At IFA 2011
| from the dead-tree-salvation dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @02:09 (Displays)
| with 208 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0054232/E-Ink-Demos-New-Displays-Gadgets-At-IFA-2011?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "E Ink turned up at IFA 2011 with its Triton
color e-paper, which has exactly the same properties as the monochrome
version found in the Kindle (two-month battery life, no power use when
viewing a page, as readable as a sheet of paper) while adding 4,096
colors. We also get to see the E Ink watch, signage, cellphone and USB
stick displays, and the latest glass-less e-paper inside a credit card. E
Ink hopes to use the new plastic substrate in future e-readers, meaning
they will be [0]thinner, lighter, and more shatterproof than those that
ship today."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0054232/E-Ink-Demos-New-Displays-Gadgets-At-IFA-2011?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Cloud Gaming Service OnLive Unofficially On Linux
| from the penguins-in-the-clouds dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @00:26 (Cloud)
| with 197 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0217219/Cloud-Gaming-Service-OnLive-Unofficially-On-Linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Through some clever patching, OnLive
community members have [0]found a way to run OnLive on Linux using Wine.
While the fix isn't perfect, this is a giant leap for Linux users wanting
to play the latest games without the need for Windows. Linux users can
now play several high quality games like the new Deus Ex with very few
performance issues and on lower end hardware."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0217219/Cloud-Gaming-Service-OnLive-Unofficially-On-Linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://onliveinformer.com/2011/09/04/community-hack-allows-linuxwine-users-to-experience-onlive/
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| (Possible) Diginotar Hacker Comes Forward
| from the have-in-my-hand-a-list-of-names dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @09:46 (Security)
| with 184 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1245214/Possible-Diginotar-Hacker-Comes-Forward?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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arglebargle_xiv writes "At the risk of burning people out on the topic of
PKI fail, someone claiming to be the Diginotar hacker has [0]come forward
to claim responsibility: It's the ComodoGate hacker. He also claims to
0wn four more 'high-profile' CAs, and still has the ability to issue new
rogue certificates, presumably from other CAs that he 0wns." Whether this
claim turns out to be truthful or not, what led to the breach in the
first place? Reader Dr La points to an interim [1]report commissioned by
the Dutch government (PDF), according to which "a) No antivirus software
was present on Diginotar's servers; b) 'the most critical servers' had
malicious software infections; c) The software installed on the public
web servers was outdated and not patched; and d) all servers were
accessible by one user/password combination, which was 'not very strong
and could easily be brute-forced.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1245214/Possible-Diginotar-Hacker-Comes-Forward?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002231.html
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/64011372/Operation-Black-Tulip-v1-0
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| Costly SSDs Worth It, Users Say
| from the dollars-per-patience dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @19:35 (Data Storage)
| with 154 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2317211/Costly-SSDs-Worth-It-Users-Say?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "When you're paying $30,000 for a PCIe flash card, it had
better demonstrate an ROI. While users are still struggling with why
solid state storage cost so much, when they target the technology at the
right applications, [0]the results can be staggering. For example, when
Dan Marbes, a systems engineer at Associated Bank, deployed just three
SSDs for his B.I. applications, the flash storage outperformed 60
15,000rpm Fibre Channel disk drives in small-block reads. But when Marbes
used the SSDs for large-block random reads and any writes, 'the 60 15K
spindles crushed the SSDs,' he said,"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2317211/Costly-SSDs-Worth-It-Users-Say?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Ask Slashdot: Classroom Eco-Projects Suited To Alaska?
| from the demonstrate-permafrost-fusion dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @11:15 (Earth)
| with 148 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1331219/Ask-Slashdot-Classroom-Eco-Projects-Suited-To-Alaska?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]shortyadamk writes "I just started a new
job where I will have to visit many high school science classes and have
the students participate in 1-3 day projects regarding sustainable energy
and environmental sciences (in order to promote the regional
universities' programs). I've looked at a number of the boxed projects
available online and many of them are solar projects; my biggest issue
with that is that we are in rural Alaska and much of the time I'll be
visiting classes will be in the winter (when we have very little sunlight
��� and even if we did it would be too cold to go and play in). I'm curious
if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for demonstrations and projects
that can be done in the classroom and do not require sunlight. One other
catch is that the project has to be small enough to fit in a suitcase or
plastic tote; we don't have any roads connecting the villages so I will
have to fly the project from school to school with me."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1331219/Ask-Slashdot-Classroom-Eco-Projects-Suited-To-Alaska?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:shortyadamk@gmail.com
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| Hair Growth Signal Dictated By Fat Cells
| from the let-it-shine-let-it-shine dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @05:07 (Science)
| with 143 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0210257/Hair-Growth-Signal-Dictated-By-Fat-Cells?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RogerRoast writes "According to [0]an article published in the journal
Cell, molecular signals from fat cell (adipocyte) precursors under the
skin are necessary to spur hair growth in mice. Yale researchers report
in the paper that these cells produce molecules called PDGF (platelet
derived growth factors), which are necessary to produce hair growth. The
discovery of the source of signals that trigger hair growth may lead to
new treatments for baldness. The trick is in [1]getting adipocyte
precursors under the skin to talk to stem cells at the base of the hair
follicles."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0210257/Hair-Growth-Signal-Dictated-By-Fat-Cells?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(11)00817-8
1. http://www.sciencedebate.com/science-blog/hair-growth-signal-dictated-fat-cells-hope-bald
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| UK Government Breaks Open Source Promises
| from the it-sounded-good-at-the-time dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @08:58 (Government)
| with 134 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1235214/UK-Government-Breaks-Open-Source-Promises?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "The UK government has [1]promised to favour open
source systems in its procurement (and [2]made those promises repeatedly).
However, freedom of information requests have shown it is [3]doing
nothing of the sort. It is giving contracts to the same large suppliers
as before."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1235214/UK-Government-Breaks-Open-Source-Promises?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/government-commits-to-open-standards-for-it-procurement-22074
2. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/government-cost-cutting-strategy-embraces-open-source-25311
3. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/uk-government-flounders-in-commitment-to-open-source-38723
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| Sprint Files Suit Against AT&T T-Mobile Merger
| from the shoot-it-till-it's-dead dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @14:08 (AT&T)
| with 122 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/177241/Sprint-Files-Suit-Against-ATampT-T-Mobile-Merger?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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zacharye writes with a news post in BGR. From the article: "Sprint ...
announced that it has filed a lawsuit with a federal court in the U.S.
District of Columbia in an [0]effort to block AT&T's planned $39 billion
acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. The suit is related to
the Department of Justice's lawsuit, which was [1]filed on August 31st.
'Sprint opposes AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile,' Sprint's vice
president of litigation Suzan Haller said. 'With today's legal action, we
are continuing that advocacy on behalf of consumers and competition, and
expect to contribute our expertise and resources in proving that the
proposed transaction is illegal.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/177241/Sprint-Files-Suit-Against-ATampT-T-Mobile-Merger?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/06/sprint-sues-to-block-attt-mobile-merger/
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1543256/Justice-Dept-Files-Antitrust-Complaint-Against-ATampT-and-T-Mobile-Merger
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| Google Kills Desktop Search and Gadgets
| from the ol'-desktop-went-to-google-heaven dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @16:54 (Cloud)
| with 103 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2021227/Google-Kills-Desktop-Search-and-Gadgets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes with an article in Computerworld about Google axing yet
another product. From the article:"Google [1]has decided to retire
Desktop, an application it first launched in 2004 that is designed to let
people search for files and data stored in their computers' hard drives.
It was [2]one of the first products Google aimed against Microsoft and
was intended to improve upon the native search functionality found in
Windows. Desktop search became an area of competition, as Microsoft
responded to the challenge and others such as Yahoo launched their own
products. However, Google has decided that, with the popularity of cloud
computing and users' increasing comfort with Web apps, the time has come
to decommission Desktop, [3]it said in a recent blog post. As of
September 14, Google will also end support for Desktop APIs, services,
plug-ins and gadgets." From the looks of it the announcement implies that
[4]Google Gadgets are getting the axe too, which a few more people might
be using.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2021227/Google-Kills-Desktop-Search-and-Gadgets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219741/Google_puts_Desktop_app_out_to_pasture
2. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/17/1069027035456.html
3. http://googledesktop.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-desktop-update.html
4. http://desktop.google.com/plugins/
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| Stuffing a PS3 and an Xbox 360 Into a PC Case
| from the no-more-exclusive-game-launches dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @03:40 (Hardware Hacking)
| with 90 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/0238240/Stuffing-a-PS3-and-an-Xbox-360-Into-a-PC-Case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A man identifying himself as 'Timofiend' has
posted a detailed walkthrough of how he built an impressive case mod that
[0]fits both a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 into a mid-tower computer
case. He used one of the newer Slim 360 models hooked up to an ATX power
supply, and one of the bulkier old PS3 units, with its standard power
supply as well. After arranging the internal boards, persuading the two
optical drives to fit and loading up on fans to prevent overheating, he
wound up with a very cool (and functional!) blend of gaming platforms."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://timofiend.blogspot.com/2011/09/hi-there-my-names-timofiend-or-tim-as.html
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| Russia Wanted To Shut YouTube Down For Piracy
| from the sharing-is-bad-for-you dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @17:30 (Piracy)
| with 88 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/211224/Russia-Wanted-To-Shut-YouTube-Down-For-Piracy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ge7 writes "A recently leaked confidential diplomatic cable reveals
[0]Russia's growing interest in shutting down copyright infringing
websites. 'Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development said that not
only do U.S. sites continue to offer pirated Russian movies, but that
YouTube and Google should be shut down for not respecting local laws'.
The U.S. government [1]has previously attacked torrent and link sites
hosted elsewhere in the world, [2]extradited foreign nationals for piracy
and provided training on [3]how to shut down piracy websites.
'Voskresenskiy went on to state that, in his opinion, no country in the
world is prepared to fight Internet piracy. He argued that all existing
laws, including laws in the U.S., are antiquated and do not address new
technological trends. As an example, [Voskresenskiy] stated that YouTube
and Google (as YouTube's owner) should be shut down because they do not
conform to current Russian IPR laws. He admitted that this was not
feasible, but continued to emphasize that these entities need to follow
local laws, even if the laws are outdated,' the cable adds."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/211224/Russia-Wanted-To-Shut-YouTube-Down-For-Piracy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/russian-minister-youtube-and-google-should-be-shut-down-for-copyright-infringement-110906/
1. http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/
2. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/1178390140855.html
3. http://torrentfreak.com/fbi-ifpi-teach-how-to-bust-private-torrent-sites-110902/
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| Why Patent Reform Won't Happen Anytime Soon
| from the because-it-is-patented dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 06, @18:55 (Patents)
| with 88 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2235246/Why-Patent-Reform-Wont-Happen-Anytime-Soon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "'If people had understood how patents would be
granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out
patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.' So said
Bill Gates in the 1980s. Now, of course, Microsoft is one of the biggest
software patent holders around. And that's the key to the problem of
software patent reform: the companies that had the most incentive to face
the problem [1]found it cheaper and easier to buy up patent war chests
instead. And Congress won't act unless big stakeholders (read: big
companies) make a stink."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2235246/Why-Patent-Reform-Wont-Happen-Anytime-Soon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/200395/bottom-line-software-patent-reform
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| Stanford AI Class 'Beta' For Commercial Launch?
| from the monetizing-disaggregatiion dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @10:32 (AI)
| with 63 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/134236/Stanford-AI-Class-Beta-For-Commercial-Launch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]Lyrdor writes "The Terms of Service for
the [1]Stanford Artificial Intelligence class points to how the free
class this fall will be used for 'developing and evaluating the Online
Course prior any commercial release of the Course' by a startup called
KnowLabs. Although all of the press accounts so far have pointed to how
the course would be a new example of Open Educational Resources from
Stanford, the [2]terms of service point to something else going on. On
the LinkedIn page of David Stavens, Co-Founder and CEO at Know Labs, the
startup is described on his profile as an 'angel funded startup to
re-envision and revolutionize education using the social web and mobile
apps. We launched www.ai-class.com and attracted over 130,000 students in
190+ countries.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/134236/Stanford-AI-Class-Beta-For-Commercial-Launch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:peter@pandc.org
1. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1646210/Stanford-Intro-To-AI-Course-Offered-Free-Online
2. http://dltj.org/article/stanford-ai-class-is-beta-for-commercial-launch/
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| Kevin Kelly Answers Your Questions
| from the time-is-all-we-have-really dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 06, @12:03 (Earth)
| with 61 comments
| https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1458254/Kevin-Kelly-Answers-Your-Questions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Kevin Kelly ("Senior Maverick for Wired Magazine," among many other
things) is back with answers to a selection of the [0]questions posed to
him by Slashdot readers. Read on below for his take on travel, the Long
Now Foundation (including the 10,000-year clock ��� clocks! ��� that is among
the foundation's projects), the future of fusion, and what to do about
inevitable widespread suckage.
This story continues at:
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1458254/Kevin-Kelly-Answers-Your-Questions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Discuss this story at:
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1458254/Kevin-Kelly-Answers-Your-Questions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Rent Your Own Botnet
| from the wake-up-with-missing-kidney dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @16:12 (Security)
| with 59 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1944233/Rent-Your-Own-Botnet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "New research shows that the [0]TDSS/TDL-4
botnet, widely considered one of the largest and most sophisticated, can
be rented via a Web storefront available to all comers. Researchers from
Kaspersky found that the latest version of TDSS installs a file that sets
the machine up as a proxy for anonymous browsing, and then phones home to
awmproxy.net, which [1]rents the proxies for rates from $3 per day to
$300 a week. The curators of this service even created a Firefox add-on
to help customers. 'Interestingly, AWMproxy says it accepts payment via
PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1944233/Rent-Your-Own-Botnet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792131/TDSS?print_mode=1
1. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/09/rent-a-bot-networks-tied-to-tdss-botnet/
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| Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection Chief
| from the how-long-until-the-next-infiltration dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @18:12 (Network)
| with 56 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2132221/Sony-Hires-Former-Homeland-Security-Infrastructure-Protection-Chief?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jmobley6030 writes with a bit in Gamer Gaia about Sony pulling out the
big guns for their security infrastructure. Quoting: "Months after the
[1]great PlayStation network attack things are starting to get back to
normal around the gaming world. While it doesn't seem like another hack
attempt will take place anytime soon Sony is fearful that it could happen
again. [2]Sony announced today via their corporate news feed that they
have [3]hired Philip R. Reitinger, a former Homeland security official,
as Chief Information Security Officer at Sony."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/2132221/Sony-Hires-Former-Homeland-Security-Infrastructure-Protection-Chief?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamergaia.com/
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/26/187258/PSN-Outage-Continues-Console-Hack-Claimed-To-Be-Responsible
2. http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201109/11-109E/index.html
3. http://gamergaia.com/ps3/1852-sony-hires-former-homeland-security-employee-as-head-of-network-security.html
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| Paralyzed Patients Control Robot With Brain Waves
| from the watch-out-for-doctor-hawkins dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @14:50 (Robotics)
| with 42 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1817246/Paralyzed-Patients-Control-Robot-With-Brain-Waves?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes with a writeup of a French research paper in Science.
From the article: "They're not quite psychic yet, but machines are
getting better at reading your mind. Researchers have invented a new,
noninvasive method for [0]recording patterns of brain activity and using
them to steer a robot. Scientists hope the technology will give 'locked
in' patients ... the ability to interact with others and [1]even give the
illusion of being physically present ... with friends and family." The
really interesting thing here is that people who had not used their limbs
in years were able to learn how to control the robot (as well as the
control group did) after being trained only an hour a week for six weeks.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1817246/Paralyzed-Patients-Control-Robot-With-Brain-Waves?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/disabled-patients-mind-meld-with.html
1. http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/168292
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| Kinect Based Whole Building Breakout
| from the blinken-blinken-lights dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday September 06, @15:12 (Games)
| with 42 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1846214/Kinect-Based-Whole-Building-Breakout?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes with a light piece in I Programmer about a neat Kinect and
gigantic projector hack. From the article: "If you remember Breakout ���
rows of blocks a the top of the screen and a paddle to bounce a ball into
them to destroy a block ��� then you might not feel nostalgic about it.
After all, it was a very limited sort of game. However, take one Kinect
and one building and you have [0]something quite different when you use
it to create a Breakout game. The bricks, ball and paddle all projected
onto an old building and the player moves from side-to-side to control
the paddle. The player's position is being detected by a Kinect, is there
no end to the fun you can have with this gadget. The really clever bit,
and you might not notice it unless you [1]look closely at the video, is
that the ball bounces off real architectural features of the building ���
like the windows, for example."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/06/1846214/Kinect-Based-Whole-Building-Breakout?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/2995-whole-building-breakout-game.html
1. http://vimeo.com/27852661
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