Embracing and Empowering the Consumerization of IT
Employees������ selection and use of hardware and software platforms ������ made
independently from and without IT������s blessing ������ is becoming increasingly
common in organizations of all sizes. Learn the upside and downside of
this trend, as well as how to turn it into a competitive advantage.
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/80613122/
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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Ask Slashdot: CS Grads Taking IT Jobs?
* Faster-Than-Light Particle Results To Be Re-Tested
* Boeing To Deliver First 787 Today
* Robot Workforce Threatens Education-Intensive Jobs
* A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare
* The Mythical Tunnel Between CERN and Central Italy
* HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs
* Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion
* Netflix Signs Exclusive Deal With Dreamworks
* Aussie Researcher Cracks OS X Lion Passwords
* Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record
* Doritos Creator Art West Dead at 97
* Is Apple Moving iPad Production to Brazil?
* Will Quantum Computing Make It Out of the Lab?
* VLC Player For Android Is Almost a Reality
* Senator Goes After 'Brazen' OnStar Privacy Shift
* Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue
* Microsoft Patents Module-Based Smartphone
* Linus' Lessons On Software Dev Management
* SCADA Problems Too Big To Call 'Bugs,' Says DHS
* SpaceX's Grasshopper to Fly in the Skies of Texas
* Mysql.com Hacked, Made To Serve Malware
* Ask Jonathan Koomey About 'Koomey's Law'
* Does Famous Exoplanet 'Fomalhaut b' Really Exist?
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| Ask Slashdot: CS Grads Taking IT Jobs?
| from the welcome-to-the-help-desk dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @04:33 (Businesses)
| with 494 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/027221/Ask-Slashdot-CS-Grads-Taking-IT-Jobs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "I'm a soon-to-be Master's graduate from a
public university majoring in computer science ��� with all that CS
entails. Of course, it's come time to start job hunting, and while there
are a few actual CS-type jobs around, I've noticed that a few IT jobs
would be substantially more convenient for me personally. But this leads
me to the question (assuming they would hire me, of course) ��� would
having IT experience hurt my job prospects down the road? Would future
employers see that and be less likely to hire me ��� or pigeon-hole me into
IT?"
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| Faster-Than-Light Particle Results To Be Re-Tested
| from the check-your-work dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @10:15 (Science)
| with 363 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1330253/Faster-Than-Light-Particle-Results-To-Be-Re-Tested?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]surewouldoutlaw writes "After the astonishing news from CERN that the
OPERA experiment had detected [1]neutrinos traveling faster than light
speed, challenging Einstein's theory of special relativity, there has
been [2]some skepticism over [3]the results. Now Fermilab, near Chicago,
has announced it will attempt to [4]replicate the experimental results
within four to six months."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1330253/Faster-Than-Light-Particle-Results-To-Be-Re-Tested?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/
1. https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/1841217/cern-experiment-indicates-faster-than-light-neutrinos
2. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/22/faster-than-light-travel-discovered-slow-down-folks/
3. http://www.quantumdiaries.org/2011/09/23/nothing-travels-faster-than-light-but-gossip/
4. http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/was-einstein-wrong-us-accelerator-lab-to-test-cerns-results.php
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| Boeing To Deliver First 787 Today
| from the come-fly-with-me dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @11:43 (Transportation)
| with 326 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/151249/Boeing-To-Deliver-First-787-Today?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]mosb1000 writes "The era of the plastic jumbo jet has finally arrived.
Boeing is [1]delivering their first Dreamliner to All Nippon Airways
today. From the article: '"Comfort and cost are concerns of the business
traveller and the 787 will deliver extreme advancements in fuel
efficiency and many traveller features that will improve the journey,"
said Michael Qualantone, senior vice president & general manager,
American Express Global Business Travel. Indeed, this twin-engine, bendy
winged, widebody craft has raised the bar for fuel efficiency. Some 50
percent by weight of the 787 airframe is lightweight carbon-fibre
composites that could, Boeing says, help reduce fuel costs by 20
percent.' I can't wait for my first chance to fly in one."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/151249/Boeing-To-Deliver-First-787-Today?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:mosb1000@mac.com
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/26/uk-boeing-dreamliner-idUSLNE78P04I20110926
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| Robot Workforce Threatens Education-Intensive Jobs
| from the they-can-already-govern-california dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @18:09 (Robotics)
| with 310 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2135238/Robot-Workforce-Threatens-Education-Intensive-Jobs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "For years, robots have been replacing workers
in factories as technology has come to grips with high-volume, unskilled
labor. An article in Slate makes the case that the robot workforce is
poised to [0]move into fields that require significantly more training
and education. From the article: 'In the next decade, we'll see machines
barge into areas of the economy that we'd never suspected possible ���
they'll be diagnosing your diseases, dispensing your medicine, handling
your lawsuits, making fundamental scientific discoveries, and even
writing stories just like this one. Economic theory holds that as these
industries are revolutionized by technology, prices for their services
will decline, and society as a whole will benefit. As I conducted my
research, I found this argument convincing ��� robotic lawyers, for
instance, will bring cheap legal services to the masses who can't afford
lawyers today. But there's a dark side, too: Imagine you've spent three
years in law school, two more years clerking, and the last decade trying
to make partner ��� and now here comes a machine that can do much of your
$400-per-hour job faster, and for a fraction of the cost. What do you do
now?'"
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https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2135238/Robot-Workforce-Threatens-Education-Intensive-Jobs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.slate.com/id/2304442/
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| A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare
| from the simpsons-did-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 25, @23:19 (Idle)
| with 299 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/0139253/A-Few-Million-Virtual-Monkeys-Randomly-Recreate-Shakespeare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]eljefe6a writes "On September 23 at 2:30
PST the [1]A Million Amazonian Monkeys project successfully recreated A
Lover's Complaint. This is the first time a work of Shakespeare has
actually been randomly reproduced. It is one small step for a monkey, one
giant leap for virtual primates everywhere. From the article: 'For this
project, I used Hadoop, Amazon EC2, and Ubuntu Linux. Since I don���t have
real monkeys, I have to create fake Amazonian Map Monkeys. The Map
Monkeys create random data in ASCII between a and z. It uses Sean Luke���s
Mersenne Twister to make sure I have fast, random, well behaved monkeys.
Once the monkey���s output is mapped, it is passed to the reducer which
runs the characters through a Bloom Field membership test. If the monkey
output passes the membership test, the Shakespearean works are checked
using a string comparison. If that passes, a genius monkey has written 9
characters of Shakespeare. The source material is all of Shakespeare���s
works as taken from Project Gutenberg.'"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.jesse-anderson.com/
1. http://www.jesse-anderson.com/2011/09/a-few-million-monkeys-randomly-recreate-shakespeare/
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| The Mythical Tunnel Between CERN and Central Italy
| from the just-the-facts-mam dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 25, @22:36 (Idle)
| with 285 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/25/223216/The-Mythical-Tunnel-Between-CERN-and-Central-Italy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fph il quozientatore writes "Mariastella Gelmini, the Italian minister of
Public Education and Scientific Research, complimented the researchers
for the recent (supposed) discovery of [0]faster-than-light neutrinos.
Her press release mentions that Italy funded the construction of a '[1]tunnel
between the CERN [in Geneva] and Gran Sasso [the labs in Central Italy].'
Google maps reports the distance between the two labs as over 900km ��� but
of course once the tunnel is open to traffic the trip will be much
faster."
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/25/223216/The-Mythical-Tunnel-Between-CERN-and-Central-Italy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/1841217/cern-experiment-indicates-faster-than-light-neutrinos
1. http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2011/09/something-is-deeply-wrong-minister-and.html
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| HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs
| from the and-here's-a-parting-gift dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @12:26 (HP)
| with 241 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1549239/HP-Spent-Over-80M-To-Get-Rid-of-Its-CEOs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hapworth writes "Analysis published today shows that Hewlett-Packard has
shelled out [0]over $80 million to get rid of three CEOs since 2005. The
first CEO to take her expensive exit, Carly Fiorina, received over $42
million, once stocks, options, and pension are factored in. Mark Hurd,
after just four years, received $12.2 million to take his exit; and now,
after 11 months, Leo Apotheker will walk out with a reported $25.2
million in severance. With eBay's Meg Whitman in as the new CEO at HP,
industry analyst Robert McGarvey writes today that 'the HP gig could help
Whitman replenish her personal coffers, depleted by the pumping of $119
million into a futile bid to become California's governor.'"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=852&doc_id=233780&
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| Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion
| from the some-like-it-hot dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @02:40 (Medicine)
| with 211 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/0159202/Irish-Mans-Death-Ruled-Spontaneous-Combustion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that [0]an Irish coroner has ruled
that a dead man was killed by spontaneous human combustion The
controversial finding is a first in Irish history. From the article:
'West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in
25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict.
Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010.
Deaths attributed by some to "spontaneous combustion" occur when a living
human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15032614
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| Netflix Signs Exclusive Deal With Dreamworks
| from the let-there-be-movies dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @09:31 (Businesses)
| with 188 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1213252/Netflix-Signs-Exclusive-Deal-With-Dreamworks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "Netflix has signed an exclusive deal with Dreamworks
Animation which will allow them to stream content from the studio to
Netflix. The deal will allow Netflix to [1]stream content from Dreamworks
which previously supplied content to HBO. The contract was negotiated at
approximately $30 million per Dreamworks film title."
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https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1213252/Netflix-Signs-Exclusive-Deal-With-Dreamworks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/
1. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/09/26/netflix-signs-exclusive-deal-with-dreamworks/
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| Aussie Researcher Cracks OS X Lion Passwords
| from the all-your-passwords-are-belong-to-me dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @08:47 (Security)
| with 154 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1153213/Aussie-Researcher-Cracks-OS-X-Lion-Passwords?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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daria42 writes "Thought your Mac was secure running Apple's latest
operating system? Think again. Turns out that in some respects Lion is
actually less secure than previous version of Mac OS X, due to some
permission-tweaking by Apple that has opened up a way for an attacker to
[0]crack your password on your Lion box. The flaw was discovered by an
Australian researcher who has previously published a guide to cracking
Mac OS X passwords. Sounds like Apple had better get a patch out for
this."
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Links:
0. http://delimiter.com.au/2011/09/26/aussie-researcher-cracks-os-x-lion-passwords/
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| Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record
| from the sugar-and-cream-optional dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @14:00 (Power)
| with 145 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1617223/Coffee-Powered-Car-Breaks-World-Record?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "A bunch of tea-drinking northern Brits have set [1]a new
land speed record for a gasification-powered vehicle, fueled only by
coffee beans. The car is called The Coffee Car, and it was created by the
Teesdale Conservation Volunteers of Durham, England. The previous
gasification-powered speed record ��� held by some Americans called 'Beaver
Energy' ��� was a mere 47mph, fueled by wood pellets. The Coffee Car
averaged no less than 66.5mph and was granted a Guinness World Record in
return. Gasification is a process in which any organic fuel is turned
into 'syngas,' a mixture of carbon dioxide/monoxide, hydrogen, and
methane which can be used in conventional internal combustion engines.
The Coffee Car was created with the sole intention of proving that
renewable/green energy sources can power cars ��� and it looks like it
succeeded!"
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Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/97287-british-coffee-powered-car-breaks-world-record
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| Doritos Creator Art West Dead at 97
| from the cool-ranch-in-the-sky dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @16:20 (Idle)
| with 133 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1633247/Doritos-Creator-Art-West-Dead-at-97?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]The creator of Doritos has died in Dallas at age 97. Despite being the
bane of keyboards and mouse wheels, Art West's famous snacks have become
a staple in the geek diet. Doritos officially arrived in the U.S. in 1964
and has since expanded to 23 flavors. Art's Daughter Jana Hacker told The
Dallas Morning News that the family plans on "tossing Doritos chips in
before they put the dirt over the urn."
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Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/220002/20110926/doritos-arch-west-dead.htm
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| Is Apple Moving iPad Production to Brazil?
| from the moving-to-better-quarters-on-campus dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @13:06 (Apple)
| with 131 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1649217/Is-Apple-Moving-iPad-Production-to-Brazil?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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zacharye writes "According to JP Morgan analysts Mark Moskowitz and Gokul
Hariharan, [0]Apple lowered fourth-quarter iPad orders 25%, the first
time there has been a production decrease. This decrease has led some to
speculate that the move is more than a response to lower demand, or a
wish to operate with reduced inventory. Some insiders see this as [1]a
move in production from China to Brazil."
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https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1649217/Is-Apple-Moving-iPad-Production-to-Brazil?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-26/apple-cuts-ipad-supply-chain-orders-jpmorgan.html
1. http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/26/apple-reportedly-cuts-ipad-orders-by-25-for-q4-or-production-shifts-to-brazil/
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| Will Quantum Computing Make It Out of the Lab?
| from the those-crafty-rats-did dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @14:30 (Supercomputing)
| with 114 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1817208/Will-Quantum-Computing-Make-It-Out-of-the-Lab?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "Researchers have been working on quantum systems for
more than a decade, in the hopes of developing super-tiny, super-powerful
computers. And while there is still plenty of excitement surrounding
quantum computing, significant roadblocks are causing some to [0]question
whether quantum computing will ever make it out of the lab. 'Artur Ekert,
professor of Quantum Physics, Mathematical Institute at the University of
Oxford, says physicists today can only control a handful of quantum bits,
which is adequate for quantum communication and quantum cryptography, but
nothing more. He notes that it will take a few more domesticated qubits
to produce quantum repeaters and quantum memories, and even more to
protect and correct quantum data. "Add still a few more qubits, and we
should be able to run quantum simulations of some quantum phenomena and
so forth. But when this process arrives to 'a practical quantum computer'
is very much a question of defining what 'a practical quantum computer'
really is. The best outcome of our research in this field would be to
discover that we cannot build a quantum computer for some very
fundamental reason, then maybe we would learn something new and something
profound about the laws of nature," Ekert says.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/092611-quantum-computing-250825.html
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| VLC Player For Android Is Almost a Reality
| from the incremental-progress dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @16:04 (Android)
| with 111 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/204252/VLC-Player-For-Android-Is-Almost-a-Reality?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Android, as a platform, has always fallen a
little short when it comes to media playback. The native apps that come
with every Android device don't make it easy to watch movies. The only
native app that allows you to navigate movies is the Gallery app, which
is great for photos, but bad for movies. Among the many contributions to
the Android ecosystem made by Austen Dicken are his developments in
support of the Motorola Droid line of phones for Cyanogenmod, Embedded
Gentoo for Android, and, as a fun side project, he's [0]playing with VLC
for Android. Austen describes his work on VLC for Android to be pre-alpha
at this point in time, but he is still able to [1]show some impressive
results regarding basic functionality. "
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Links:
0. http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-09-18/videolan_for_android_pre-alpha
1. http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/vlc-player-for-android-is-almost-a-reality-20110926/
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| Senator Goes After 'Brazen' OnStar Privacy Shift
| from the be-careful-they-know-your-tire-pressure dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @19:35 (Government)
| with 111 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2330229/Senator-Goes-After-Brazen-OnStar-Privacy-Shift?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) [1]sent a
letter to the Federal Trade Commission to get the agency to
[2]investigate recent changes navigation and emergency services company
OnStar made to its [3]privacy practices. Schumer said, 'By tracking
drivers even after they���ve cancelled their service, OnStar is attempting
one of the most brazen invasions of privacy in recent memory. I urge
OnStar to abandon this policy and for FTC to immediately launch a full
investigation to determine whether the company���s actions constitute an
unfair trade practice.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=334193
2. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-senator-wants-ftc-put-heat-brazen-onstar-p
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/003259/onstar-terms-and-conditions-update-raises-privacy-concerns
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| Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue
| from the how-not-to-prepare-for-an-ipo dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @13:47 (Businesses)
| with 104 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1733247/Groupon-Loses-COO-Drastically-Cuts-Reported-Revenue?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Groupon COO [1]Margo Georgiadis has quit after just
5 months on the job and is returning to Google to be the company's
president for the Americas. Groupon's founder, Andrew Mason, [2]wrote in
a blog post that the company has undergone a reorganization with
Georgiadis' departure, and now sales, channels, international and
marketing will report directly to him. In other bad Groupon news, the
company [3]revealed in an SEC filing Friday that it was [4]reporting
revenue before it paid fees to merchants using Groupon. 'The effect of
the correction resulted in a reduction of previously reported revenues
and corresponding reductions in cost of revenue in those periods,'
according to the filing."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/206939/groupon-coo-quits-after-five-months-return-google
2. http://www.groupon.com/blog/cities/update-on-the-groupon-team/
3. http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490281/000104746911008207/a2205238zs-1a.htm
4. http://www.itworld.com/software/207051/never-mind-its-ipo-groupon-itself-may-be-doomed
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| Microsoft Patents Module-Based Smartphone
| from the swiss-army-phone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @01:13 (Microsoft)
| with 94 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/0126255/Microsoft-Patents-Module-Based-Smartphone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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edumacator writes "It seems Microsoft is working on an interesting
concept for smartphones, or maybe they are just adding to their patent
war chest. From the article: 'A recent Microsoft patent describes [0]a
smartphone with a slide-out section that can house one of several
modules, including a QWERTY keyboard, a gaming pad, a second display or a
battery pack. Even better: The modules work wirelessly when they aren't
docked in the smartphone's slider. Another useful way the modular
smartphone concept could be used: The keyboard can be used as a
controller while the smartphone acts as a TV-connected media hub.'"
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/0126255/Microsoft-Patents-Module-Based-Smartphone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Linus' Lessons On Software Dev Management
| from the if-you-want-something-done-right dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @15:14 (Software)
| with 88 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1913208/Linus-Lessons-On-Software-Dev-Management?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Esther Schindler writes "In this interview with Steven
Vaughan-Nichols, [1]Linus Torvalds shares hard-won wisdom about managing
software development projects, including encouraging community
involvement, the importance of programming tools, and ensuring the
project stays on track. For instance, regarding getting people to
contribute to your project, he says, 'If you start off with some
"kumba-ya feeling" where you think people from all the world are going to
come together to make a better world by working together on your project,
you probably won't be going very far.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/1913208/Linus-Lessons-On-Software-Dev-Management?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:esther@bitranch.com
1. http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Linus-Torvalds-s-Lessons-on-Software-Development-Management/ba-p/440
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| SCADA Problems Too Big To Call 'Bugs,' Says DHS
| from the just-a-remote-unauthorized-access-feature dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @16:44 (Bug)
| with 70 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2014221/SCADA-Problems-Too-Big-To-Call-Bugs-Says-DHS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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chicksdaddy writes "With the one year anniversary of Stuxnet upon us, a
senior cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security says
the agency is reevaluating [0]whether it makes sense to warn the public
about all of the security failings of industrial control system (ICS) and
SCADA software used to control the U.S.'s critical infrastructure. DHS
says it is rethinking the conditions under which it will use security
advisories from ICS-CERT to warn the public about security issues in ICS
products. The changes could recast certain kinds of vulnerabilities as
'design issues' rather than a security holes. No surprise: independent
ICS experts like Ralph Langner worry that DHS is [1]ducking
responsibility for forcing changes that will secure the software used to
run the nation's critical infrastructure. 'This radically cuts the amount
of vulnerabilities in the ICS space by roughly 90%, since the vast
majority of security "issues" we have are not bugs, but design flaws,'
Langner writes on his blog. 'So today everybody has gotten much more
secure because so many vulnerabilities just disappeared.'"
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2014221/SCADA-Problems-Too-Big-To-Call-Bugs-Says-DHS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/dhs-thinks-some-scada-problems-are-too-big-call-bug-092611
1. http://www.langner.com/en/2011/09/23/dhs%E2%80%98-new-semantic-approach-to-risk-mitigation/
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| SpaceX's Grasshopper to Fly in the Skies of Texas
| from the jump-high-grasshopper dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday September 26, @08:06 (Space)
| with 59 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/0325201/SpaceXs-Grasshopper-to-Fly-in-the-Skies-of-Texas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MarkWhittington writes "SpaceX, the commercial space company that is a
participant in President Barack Obama's commercial crew program, has
acquired an experimental permit to [1]test fly a vertical take off and
landing rocket called the Grasshopper at its McGregor, Texas, test site.
From the article: 'The Grasshopper will consist of a Falcon 9 stage 1
fuel tank, a single Merlin-1D engine, four steel landing legs, and a
steel support structure. The spacecraft will burn a refined kerosene fuel
with liquid oxygen for 122,000 pounds of thrust. The spacecraft's height
will be 106 feet, with the fuel tank being 85 feet in height.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:mwhittingt@sprynet.com
1. http://news.yahoo.com/spacexs-grasshopper-latest-rocket-fly-skies-texas-175900307.html
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| Mysql.com Hacked, Made To Serve Malware
| from the high-profile-problems dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @18:52 (Oracle)
| with 54 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2218238/Mysqlcom-Hacked-Made-To-Serve-Malware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "Mysql.com was compromised today, [0]redirecting visitors
to a page serving malware. Security firm Armorize [1]detected the
compromise through its website malware monitoring platform HackAlert, and
has analyzed how the compromise of the site's visitors unfolded. The
mysql.com website was injected with a script that generates an iFrame
redirecting the visitors to a page where the BlackHole exploit pack is
hosted." According to Brian Krebs, the exploit used to compromise the
site was [2]being shopped around last week for $3,000.
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2218238/Mysqlcom-Hacked-Made-To-Serve-Malware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1853
1. http://blog.armorize.com/2011/09/mysqlcom-hacked-infecting-visitors-with.html
2. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/09/mysql-com-sold-for-3k-serves-malware/
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| Ask Jonathan Koomey About 'Koomey's Law'
| from the best-guy-to-ask-probably dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday September 26, @11:00 (Power)
| with 49 comments
| https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/09/15/0044218/Ask-Jonathan-Koomey-About-Koomeys-Law?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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A few weeks back, we posted a story here that [0]described Koomey's Law,
which (in the spirit of [1]Moore's Law) identifies a long-standing trend
in computer technology. While Moore's prediction centers on the
transistor density of microprocessors, Jonathan Koomey focuses instead on
computing efficiency ��� in a nutshell, computing power per watt, rather
than only per square nanometer. In particular, he asserts that [2]the
energy efficiency of computing doubles every 1.5 years. (He points out
that calling this a "law" isn't his idea, or his doing ��� but it's sure a
catchy turn of phrase.) Koomey has agreed to respond to your questions
about his research and conclusions in the world of computing efficiency.
Please observe the [3]Slashdot interview guidelines: ask as many
questions as you want, but please keep them to one per comment.
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Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/13/2148202/Whither-Moores-Law-Introducing-Koomeys-Law
1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gordon-e-moore---part-2&page=1
2. http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=38548
3. http://slashdot.org/faq/interviews.shtml
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| Does Famous Exoplanet 'Fomalhaut b' Really Exist?
| from the to-b-or-not-to-b dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, @17:26 (Space)
| with 35 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/26/2112251/Does-Famous-Exoplanet-Fomalhaut-b-Really-Exist?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "The first exoplanet ever to be directly imaged by
the Hubble space telescope [1]may not exist. In 2008, the world was in
awe of the famous 'Eye of Sauron' image of the star Fomalhaut's dusty
ring ��� plus a slowly moving object that was [2]identified as Fomalhaut b,
a gas giant world approximately three times the mass of Jupiter. However,
due to a strange orbital misstep detected between 2008 and 2009
photographs, [3]the validity of Fomalhaut b's detection is being
questioned, generating some controversy in the exoplanet community."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/famous-exoplanet-fomalhaut-b-may-not-exist-110926.html
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/08/11/13/2010241/hubbles-exoplanet-pics-outshined-by-kecks
3. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110923/full/news.2011.555.html
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