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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment
* Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong
* Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate
* In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising
* Is Perl Better Than a Randomly Generated Programming Language?
* US Funds Aggressive Tech To Cut Solar Power Costs
* Hackers Briefly Controlled US Government Satellites
* Ask Slashdot: How Are You Haunting Your House This Hallowe'en?
* DARPA: Reconstruct Shredded Docs, Win $50K USD
* Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes First Passenger Flight
* Rural Broadband to Replace POTS As Beneficiary of US Gov't Subsidies
* Man Has Nokia Phone Embedded In False Limb
* China Hires 1 Million People To Fight Fake Products
* Redbox Raises Its Prices To $1.20 Per Day
* Avira Anti-Virus Detects Itself
* Making a Learning Thermostat
* Cutting Open a Heatsink Heatpipe To See Inside
* How To Rob a Bank: One Social Engineer's Story
* Opera's Haakon Wium Lie On CSS, Web Standards, and More
* HP Keeping Their PC Business
* Oracle-Google Trial Won't Start Until Next Year
* Sony Buys Ericsson Out For $1.47 Billion
* Copyright Troll Righthaven Ordered To Pay $119,000
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| Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment
| from the %&$%#-att-and-their-refusal-to-do-otr-updates dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @10:34 (Android)
| with 695 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1432244/android-orphans-a-sad-history-of-platform-abandonment?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MBCook writes "After seeing the announcement that [1]Nexus One users
won't get ICS, Michael Degusta made a chart to show how current the OS
version on Android phones was over time... and [2]the results are not
encouraging."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1432244/android-orphans-a-sad-history-of-platform-abandonment?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.foobarsoft.com/
1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/26/the-nexus-one-isnt-invited-to-the-ice-cream-sandwich-social/
2. http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support
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| Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong
| from the soft-science dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @02:58 (The Almighty Buck)
| with 620 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0211216/why-economic-models-are-always-wrong?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mayberry42 writes "Did you ever wonder how and why professional
economists often seem to get it wrong in terms of predicting consequences
or policies accurately (or even at all)? Or how [0]very few even saw the
current economic collapse? This article provides an interesting, if
obvious, reason as to why economic models are effectively always wrong."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0211216/why-economic-models-are-always-wrong?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=finance-why-economic-models-are-always-wrong
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| Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate
| from the missing-icon dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:23 (Transportation)
| with 468 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1618203/steve-jobs-missing-license-plate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "One of the famous stories about Steve Jobs is
that he used to drive around in a Mercedez Benz sports car with no
license plates, and that he would sometimes park in Handicapped spots on
Apple's Cupertino campus. Jon Callas, who used to work on OS security at
Apple, explains [0]how Jobs was able to do this legally."
Discuss this story at:
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| In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising
| from the going-for-volcano-of-the-year dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @08:59 (Earth)
| with 427 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/130246/in-bolivia-a-supervolcano-is-rising?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dutchwhizzman writes "[0]Uturuncu is a Bolivian supervolcano. Research
suggests that it has an eruption frequency of roughly 300,000 years and
the last eruption was, give or take a few years, 300,000 years ago.
Research suggests that it started rising in a 70 km diameter by 1 to 2
centimeters per year, making it the [1]fastest-growing volcano on the
planet. Break out the tin foil hats, and store plenty of canned beans,
because it may just erupt before Yellowstone pops its cork."
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Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uturuncu
1. http://news.yahoo.com/rapidly-inflating-volcano-creates-growing-mystery-142805969.html
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| Is Perl Better Than a Randomly Generated Programming Language?
| from the before-swine dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @17:05 (Perl)
| with 344 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/213231/is-perl-better-than-a-randomly-generated-programming-language?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]QuantumMist writes "Researchers from
Southern Illinois University have published a paper [1]comparing Perl to
Quorum(PDF) (their own statistically informed programming language) and
Randomo (a programming language whose syntax is partially randomly
generated). From the paper: 'Perl users were unable to write programs
more accurately than those using a language designed by chance.'
[2]Reactions have been enthusiastic, and [3]the authors have responded."
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Links:
0. http://www.sinabahram.com/
1. http://www.cs.siue.edu/~astefik/papers/StefikPlateau2011.pdf
2. http://www.neverworkintheory.org/?p=197
3. http://www.neverworkintheory.org/?p=211
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| US Funds Aggressive Tech To Cut Solar Power Costs
| from the aim-big dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @05:33 (Power)
| with 261 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0347200/us-funds-aggressive-tech-to-cut-solar-power-costs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "The U.S Department of Energy wants researchers and
scientists to 'think outside the box' and come up 'highly disruptive
Concentrating Solar Power technologies that will meet 6/kWh cost targets
by the end of the decade.' The DOE's 'SunShot Concentrating Solar Power
R&D' is a multimillion dollar endeavor that intends to look beyond what
it calls the incremental near-term to [1]support research into
transformative technologies that will break through performance barriers
known today, such as efficiency and temperature limitations."
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-fund-aggressive-technology-cuts-solar-powe
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| Hackers Briefly Controlled US Government Satellites
| from the this-is-the-part-they're-telling-us-about dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @13:42 (Security)
| with 227 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1633233/hackers-briefly-controlled-us-government-satellites?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "Two U.S. satellites have been tampered with by hackers ���
possibly Chinese ones ��� in 2007 and 2008, claims a soon-to-be released
report by the the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The
two satellites, Landsat-7 and Terra AM-1, had been interfered with on
four separate occasions, [0]allowing the attackers to be in command of
the satellites for two to over twelve minutes each time. Luckily, both of
the satellites are used only for observing the Earth's climate and
terrain, and the hackers never actually misused their control over them
in any way."
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Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11853
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| Ask Slashdot: How Are You Haunting Your House This Hallowe'en?
| from the ok-ok-it's-slashdot-asks dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:54 (Hardware Hacking)
| with 217 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1624237/ask-slashdot-how-are-you-haunting-your-house-this-halloween?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Hallowe'en is just around the corner. I've spent hours this month poring
over masks, fog machines, automated monsters, and sound-activated dancing
skeletons (mostly too rich for my blood), and worked with my brother and
sister to haunt my mom's house with scary pictures, mounds of
spider-webbing, sound effects, strobe lights, stage blood, candles, and
rusty knives. Like every year, though, the best laid plans are the ones
you come up with after the fact (why do I always plan to build a coffin
with Bible-repelling magnetic lid and matching Bible, but never do?), and
while our effort was fun and satisfying, it definitely didn't push the
envelope. (There's plenty of good inspiration out there, though, for
people who do want to [0]go [1]a [2]little [3]crazy.) So I ask: What are
you doing to celebrate the spirit of Hallowe'en? In particular, are you
using any good stagecraft-style tech to make your dwelling, yard, or
neighborhood just a little bit scarier than usual? Any good advice based
on previous haunting experiences, either as haunter or hauntee? What
effects do you wish you could create, given enough time and money? Do you
control any aspect of your display by computer? Think broadly: Links to
inspiring commercial haunts, sources of interesting gear, and your
favorite house-haunting projects at Instructables are all welcome, as
well as relevant advice from the parts of the world where Hallowe'en
isn't the major event that it is in the U.S.
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Links:
0. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfzegi_high-tech-halloween-display_news
1. http://blogging.la/2008/10/20/best-little-haunted-house-in-the-far-fringes-of-north-la/
2. http://thefw.com/amateur-haunted-houses/
3. http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/10/and-you-thought-your-neighbors-halloween-lawn-display-was-too-much.php
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| DARPA: Reconstruct Shredded Docs, Win $50K USD
| from the perfect-for-our-recycled-checkbooks dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @15:26 (Encryption)
| with 184 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1923219/darpa-reconstruct-shredded-docs-win-50k-usd?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ematic writes with a link to an interesting competition from DARPA: "The
[0]ability to reconstruct shredded documents will potentially yield
information that may save lives or offer critical information about an
adversary's plans. Currently, this process is much too slow and too
labor-intensive, particularly if the documents are handwritten. We are
looking to the Shredder Challenge to generate some leap-ahead thinking in
this area. The Shredder Challenge is composed of five separate problems.
The overall prize awarded depends on the number and difficulty of
problems solved."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1923219/darpa-reconstruct-shredded-docs-win-50k-usd?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.shredderchallenge.com/
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| Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes First Passenger Flight
| from the no-cheap-seats-I-bet dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @11:22 (Transportation)
| with 170 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1520225/boeing-787-dreamliner-makes-first-passenger-flight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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After years of [0]delays in production, [1]technical worries, and
[2]technical advances, Zothecula writes with this excerpt that says "The
[3]787 Dreamliner has entered commercial service. The mid-size airliner's
first passenger-carrying outing took place earlier today when Boeing's
launch customer All Nippon Airways flew 240 passengers on a four and a
half hour charter flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Two hour-long 'domestic
excursion flights' out of Tokyo are planned for October 28 and 29 before
regular domestic flights commence on November 1."
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Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/16/2259254/production-of-boeing-787-dreamliner-delayed-again
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/08/01/05/2057247/boeing-787-may-be-vulnerable-to-hacker-attack
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/07/06/27/1723251/boeings-new-787-wings-amazingly-flexible
3. http://www.gizmag.com/787-dreamliner-first-passenger-flight-ana/20293/
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| Rural Broadband to Replace POTS As Beneficiary of US Gov't Subsidies
| from the hello-sir-wondering-which-bribe-you'd-prefer dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @16:12 (Communications)
| with 169 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1949243/rural-broadband-to-replace-pots-as-beneficiary-of-us-govt-subsidies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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IDG reports that "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has [0]voted
to overhaul a decades-old system of telephone subsidies in rural areas,
with the funding refocused on broadband deployment. The FCC's vote
Thursday would transition the Universal Service Fund's (USF's) high-cost
program, now subsidizing voice service, to a new Connect America Fund
focused on broadband deployment to areas that don't yet have service. The
FCC will cap the broadband fund at $4.5 billion a year, the current
budget of the USF high-cost program, funded by a tax on telephone bills."
That cap, says Reuters, is "the [1]first budget constraint ever imposed
on the program."
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Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221261/FCC_votes_to_end_telephone_subsidies_shift_to_broadband?taxonomyId=16
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/27/us-fcc-usf-reform-idUSTRE79Q6IC20111027
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| Man Has Nokia Phone Embedded In False Limb
| from the arm-phone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 26, @21:57 (Wireless Networking)
| with 166 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/26/2315218/man-has-nokia-phone-embedded-in-false-limb?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "A British man born with one arm has [1]a Nokia phone
dock embedded in his prosthetic limb. Apparently, Apple refused to have
an iPhone suitably customized for the job. From the article: 'Mr
Prideaux, of Wedmore, Somerset, said: "I think this is the first time
this has ever been done in the world - and it is brilliant. I can now
take calls and make texts just by using my one hand, while the phone sits
inside my arm. The phone slots smoothly and securely within my limb and
is easily removable, when required. I think this would help a lot of
people with prosthetic arms - especially those who were not born with the
disability. People who have had motorbike crashes and soldiers who have
lost limbs - they could all benefit from this."'"
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Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/nokia-phone-embe
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8848476/Man-gets-smartphone-dock-built-into-prosthetic-arm.html
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| China Hires 1 Million People To Fight Fake Products
| from the authenticity-police dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @00:23 (China)
| with 150 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/027223/china-hires-1-million-people-to-fight-fake-products?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hackingbear writes "In a sign of the Chinese Government's intention to
crack down on the black market, [0]there were about 1 million people
employed to remove fake goods from Chinese streets, according to the
vice-chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade, Wang Jinzhen. Like our War on Drugs, the chance of that succeeding
is not very high. 'I don't think it will be completely corrected, but
still it will be eased,' he said. 'That's good for China and the company
and for everyone in the world.' One key reason why companies keep their
R&D departments out side of China is because of concern over IP
protection. As an engineer, should we wish their effort genuine and
successful? Or as your grandma warned you, be careful what you wish for."
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| Redbox Raises Its Prices To $1.20 Per Day
| from the those-who-don't-know-history dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @19:49 (Media)
| with 134 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/233230/redbox-raises-its-prices-to-120-per-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]nixkuroi writes "Redbox, apparently not having noticed the backlash
against Netflix, has decided to [1]charge its customers 20% more per day.
Though there will be a discounted grace period for the first day of
rental until Nov. 30 2011, the full pricing increase will kick into
effect on December 1."
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Links:
0. mailto:nixkuroi@gmail.com
1. http://www.redbox.com/pricechange
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| Avira Anti-Virus Detects Itself
| from the marvin-the-anti-virus-robot dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @14:41 (Bug)
| with 128 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1556248/avira-anti-virus-detects-itself?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ddfall writes "After a recent update, Avira's anti-virus software
[0]reports its own AESCRIPT.DLL file as a trojan or spyware. From the
article: 'The dodgy AntiVir virus definition file was quickly pulled and
replaced with a new version ��� 7.11.16.146 ��� that resolves the problem, as
explained in an [1]official post on Avira's support forum.'"
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https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1556248/avira-anti-virus-detects-itself?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/26/avira_auto_immune_false_positive/
1. http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=137969
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| Making a Learning Thermostat
| from the hot-house-hack dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @19:20 (Power)
| with 111 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2226248/making-a-learning-thermostat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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OzPeter writes "As reported in WA Today, Tony Fadell of iPod fame has
been using [0]Nest Labs to design and build [1]a thermostat that learns
how you live in your house by following how you manually change the
temperature. Once you have taught it how to behave, it then can schedule
temperature changes that suit your lifestyle, and help you cut down on
energy costs."
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Links:
0. http://www.nest.com/
1. http://www.watoday.com.au/digital-life/hometech/ipod-godfather-makes-thermostats-sexy-20111026-1mip9.html
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| Cutting Open a Heatsink Heatpipe To See Inside
| from the well-lookie-here dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @15:48 (Upgrades)
| with 107 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1935231/cutting-open-a-heatsink-heatpipe-to-see-inside?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Frostytech gets to the heart of Zalman's
CNPS11X heatsink by [0]cutting a section of heatpipe from the CPU cooler
to inspect its inner composite heatpipe wick structure. Now that's an
in-depth heatsink review! Interesting photos of the dissected heatpipe's
composite wick ��� sintered copper powder on top and axial groove wick
below ��� that you're unlikely to see elsewhere. In the late 1960s the
first commercial heatpipes were used by NASA to stabilize satellite
temperatures; now they stabilize multi-core processors."
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Links:
0. http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2617
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| How To Rob a Bank: One Social Engineer's Story
| from the oh-don't-worry-this-won't-take-long dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:08 (Businesses)
| with 97 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/167238/how-to-rob-a-bank-one-social-engineers-story?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Today's criminals aren't stealing money ��� that's so
yesterday, according to professional social engineer Jim Stickley. In an
interview with CSO's Joan Goodchild, Stickley [1]explains how he's broken
into financial institutions large and small, and stolen their sensitive
data. In a companion story, Stickley walks through the steps he takes to
[2]fool clients into thinking he's there for fire safety, while he's
really proving they are an easy target for a data breach."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.csoonline.com/article/692550/social-engineering-my-career-as-a-professional-bank-robber-
2. http://www.csoonline.com/article/692551/how-to-rob-a-bank-a-social-engineering-walkthrough
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| Opera's Haakon Wium Lie On CSS, Web Standards, and More
| from the have-you-read-our-libretto? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @09:43 (Opera)
| with 94 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/139240/operas-haakon-wium-lie-on-css-web-standards-and-more?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikemuch writes "The standard that eventually became CSS was originally
submitted to Tim Berners-Lee et al by Haakon Wium Lie, who continues to
have new ideas for the web formatting language. The latest proposal from
the current CTO of Opera Software is the CSS Generated Content for Paged
Media Module. [0]Lie sat down with PCMag to discuss not only this
scrollbar-free browsing initiative, but a wider range of Web topics,
including thoughts on powers like Apple and Google. A teaser from the
story: 'At Opera, we sometimes wake up in the morning and see a new
Google service that could have been optimized if we could have worked
with them in the development phase. It seems they're more eager to put
out things and see what sticks.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395359,00.asp
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| HP Keeping Their PC Business
| from the keeping-the-baby dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @18:35 (HP)
| with 78 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2139234/hp-keeping-their-pc-business?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter yourlord writes "Hewlett-Packard Co. has
[0]decided to keep its PC division. So says its newly appointed CEO Meg
Whitman. Whitman, the former eBay chieftain, categorically rejected a
plan offered up by her predecessor, former CEO Leo Apotheker, to either
sell or spin-off this division. HP announced the decision after the close
of financial markets today."
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| Oracle-Google Trial Won't Start Until Next Year
| from the wheels-of-justice-turn-slowly dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @08:08 (Android)
| with 58 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0215226/oracle-google-trial-wont-start-until-next-year?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "The intellectual property lawsuit between Oracle
and Google over the Android mobile OS [1]won't go to trial until next
year, according to a ruling made in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California by the judge overseeing the case. The
trial was initially set to begin Oct. 31 but was postponed last week by
Judge William Alsup due to scheduling conflicts with a major criminal
trial. The trial will be split into three stages heard by the same jury.
In step one, 'liability on the copyright claims, including all defenses
thereto, will be tried and determined by special verdict before going to
Phase Two,' he wrote. The second phase will cover liability on the case's
patent claims, he added. 'The jury will decide these issues before going
to Phase Three.' In the final stage, 'all remaining issues will be tried,
including damages and willfulness.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/405449/oracle-google_trial_won_t_start_until_next_year
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| Sony Buys Ericsson Out For $1.47 Billion
| from the pocket-change dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @14:35 (Sony)
| with 57 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1833233/sony-buys-ericsson-out-for-147-billion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Diggester writes with this snippet from PC
World: "Sony took a page out of the playbooks of Microsoft and Apple,
announcing [0]it would buy out its smartphone partner, Ericsson, to more
tightly integrate smartphones with Sony's laptops, tablets and
televisions. The move gives Sony complete control over its smartphone
business, while Ericsson will now focus more broadly on wireless
connectivity for products beyond mobile handsets. Sony purchased
Ericsson's share of the Sony Ericsson partnership for about $1.47
billion. Rumors about Sony's takeover of Sony Ericsson surfaced in early
October."
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Links:
0. http://www.pcworld.com/article/242677/sony_buys_er
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| Copyright Troll Righthaven Ordered To Pay $119,000
| from the why-don't-they-make-it-out-to-me? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @17:49 (The Almighty Buck)
| with 52 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2133215/copyright-troll-righthaven-ordered-to-pay-119000?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "Steve Green reports that newspaper
copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven of Las Vegas has been hit
with [1]an order to pay $119,488 in attorney's fees and costs in its
failed lawsuit against former federal prosecutor Thomas DiBiase, who was
sued over allegations he posted a story without authorization on a murder
case by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. US District Judge Roger Hunt
dismissed Righthaven's suit against DiBiase this summer because
Righthaven lacked standing to sue him under its flawed lawsuit contract
with R-J owner Stephens Media. The DiBiase case was noteworthy because
his attorneys at the EFF said DiBiase's nonprofit website, 'No Body
Murder Cases,' [2]performed a public service by assisting law enforcement
officials in bringing justice to crime victims ��� and that his post was
protected by the fair use concept of copyright law. Case law created by
the Righthaven lawsuits suggests DiBiase's use of the story would be
protected by fair use as it was noncommercial and judges have found there
can be no market harm to Righthaven for such uses since there is no
market for copyrights Righthaven obtains for lawsuit purposes. Although
this was by far the largest fee award against Righthaven, it will likely
will be dwarfed by an upcoming award in [3]Righthaven's failed suit
against the Democratic Underground."
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/26/righthaven-ordered-pay-nearly-120000/
2. http://nobodycases.com/
3. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/payup-troll/
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