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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* The F-35 Story
* One Tenth of China's Farmland Polluted With Heavy Metals
* Help Rename the Department of Homeland Security
* RIAA Lawyer Complains DMCA May Need Revamp
* Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections?
* Google's Patent Lawyer On Why the Patent System Is Broken
* Linux Mint 12 to Blend GNOMEs 2 & 3
* Survey Finds Cheating Among Students At All GPA Levels
* White House Responds to ET/UFO Petitions
* Cringely's Lost Jobs Interview: Coming To a Theater Near You
* FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert
* Apple Faces Temporary iPhone, iPad Ban In Germany
* B&N Releases Nook Tablet To Rival Amazon Fire
* Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages'
* Charlie Miller Circumvents Code Signing For iOS Apps
* Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official
* Gecko-Inspired Tape Can Be Reused Thousands of Times
* Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition
* Strange Places To Find Open Source
* Brazilian ISPs Hit With Massive DNS Attack
* Bell Labs Builds Cheap Telepresence 'Robots'
* Fujitsu Announces 16-core SPARC64 IXfx (and the Supercomputer It Powers)
* Computer-Controlled Cyborg Yeast
* Derek Deville Answers Your Questions on Rocketry
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| The F-35 Story
| from the trying-too-hard-and-not-hard-enough dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @15:16 (The Military)
| with 393 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1846256/the-f-35-story?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]phyzz writes "The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program
aimed to replace several aircraft from three major military services with
a fifth-generation model capable of short-takeoff and vertical-landing
while maintaining the capability of sustained supersonic flight ��� all
while staying affordable. The project has finally gotten some test points
validated, but [1]after a decade in development and numerous cost and
schedule overruns, it faces an uphill fight against budget reductions.
Bloomberg has an interesting story about the program's troubled past.
Quoting: 'Ten years and $66 billion later, the aircraft is still in
development, five years behind schedule and 64 percent over cost
estimates. The Obama administration may cancel some models and also cut
the Pentagon���s orders. The plane, envisioned as the affordable stealth
fighter for the U.S. and allies, has turned into a budget target. "I���d
blame the program���s setbacks on the fact that we lived in a rich man���s
world," said Jacques Gansler, a former Pentagon chief weapons buyer in
the Clinton administration and now a professor at the University of
Maryland at College Park. "There has been less emphasis on cost over the
past 10 years," he said.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1846256/the-f-35-story?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://alexlaborieyahoofr/
1. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-11-03/lockheed-s-f-35-costs-rose-64-over-decade-in-rich-man-s-world-.html
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| One Tenth of China's Farmland Polluted With Heavy Metals
| from the progress-marches-on dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @12:30 (China)
| with 380 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1543234/one-tenth-of-chinas-farmland-polluted-with-heavy-metals?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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eldavojohn writes "A report form China's Environmental Ministry reveals
that [0]one tenth of China's 1.22 million square kilometers of farmland
are polluted with heavy metals and other toxins. The AFP lists 'lead,
mercury and cancer-causing cadmium' and points to [1]the rapid pace of
China's industrialization as well as factories and their operators
flouting regulations and laws. Cheap batteries and lead refineries are
slowly turning China into a land where whole villages are poisoned ([2]11
incidents so far this year). According to [3]Human Rights Watch the
government's response to this scourge is laughable. The poisoned are
denied treatment and China's Environmental Ministry offers no possible
help: 'The report documents how local authorities in contaminated areas
have imposed arbitrary limits on access to blood lead testing, for
example by permitting only people living within a small radius of a
factory to be tested. When tests are conducted, results have often been
contradictory or have been withheld from victims and their families. And
children with elevated blood lead levels who require treatment according
to national guidelines have been denied care or told simply to eat
certain foods, including apples, garlic, milk, and eggs.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1543234/one-tenth-of-chinas-farmland-polluted-with-heavy-metals?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2011-11/07/content_23843392.htm
1. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iB-4Gy4j0ZSoDVhEfmXrT_As_4AA?docId=CNG.463620b2366c6b89f6ebc0bc9538e28d.2f1
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/world/asia/15lead.html?pagewanted=all
3. http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/15/china-children-poisoned-lead-and-denied-treatment
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| Help Rename the Department of Homeland Security
| from the department-of-silly-claims dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @11:47 (Security)
| with 345 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1430240/help-rename-the-department-of-homeland-security?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "James Fallows writes tongue in cheek that U.S.
Department of Fear, led by Secretary of Fear Malcolm P. Stag III, is
running a poll. To what should we [1]re-name the Department of Homeland
Security? 'Possibilities include Department of ScaredyCatLand Security,
reflecting the prevailing mentality of an era, and Department of
Fatherland Security, to make us sound strong,' writes Fallows. 'There are
many more to choose from, plus you can write in your own nominees. But
act now, because the [2]polls close Tuesday.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1430240/help-rename-the-department-of-homeland-security?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/cast-your-vote-now-new-names-for-dhs/247970/
2. http://www.feardepartment.com/
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| RIAA Lawyer Complains DMCA May Need Revamp
| from the still-not-enough dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @11:15 (Businesses)
| with 280 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1421215/riaa-lawyer-complains-dmca-may-need-revamp?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]the simurgh writes "The DMCA is just [1]not providing the kind of
protection against online piracy that Congress intended, RIAA lawyer
Jennifer Pariser says. The judge in Universal Music Group's copyright
suit against Veoh as well as the judge in EMI vs. MP3tunes.com issued
similar findings. The courts have now determined the burden of policing
the web for infringing materials is on the content owner and not the
service provider. Content companies think it is unfair for them to be
required to spend resources on scouring the Web when their pirated work
helps service providers make money. What they complain about almost as
much is that after they notify a service provider of an infringing song
or movie clip and they're removed, new copies appear almost immediately.
Basically they are complaining the the DMCA makes them responsible for
policing their own content at their expense."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1421215/riaa-lawyer-complains-dmca-may-need-revamp?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:dark_lord_of_deception@nospAM.yahoo.com
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57319344-261/riaa-lawyer-says-dmca-may-need-overhaul/?tag=mncol;cnetRiver
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| Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections?
| from the only-365-more-shopping-days dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @16:40 (Government)
| with 276 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1724238/slashdot-asks-whom-do-you-want-to-ask-about-2012s-us-elections?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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For the next year, it will be hard to escape the political season already
in full swing in the U.S., as candidates aim for the American presidency
(and many other elected positions). There will be plenty of soundbites
and choreographed photo-ops to go around. Candidates will read speeches
from TelePrompters, and staffers will mail out policy statements
calculated to inspire political fealty to one candidate or another ���
finding unscripted answers from most of the candidates is going to be
tough. Slashdot interviews, by contrast, give you the chance to do
something that interviews in more conventional media usually don't: the
chance to ask the questions you'd actually like to have answered, and to
see the whole answer as provided. But there's a hitch: we need to know
which candidates or other figures we should attempt to track down for a
Slashdot interview. So please help narrow the field, by suggesting (with
as much contact information as possible, as well as your reasoning) the
people you'd like to hear from. It doesn't need to be one of the
candidates, either: if you know of a pollster, a campaign technical
advisor, an economist (or even [0]a politicians's webmaster, say) who
should be on our list, make the case in the comments below. And if you
represent or are affiliated with a particular campaign, that's fine ��� but
please say so. We'll do our best to find a number of your favorites in
the year to come.
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1724238/slashdot-asks-whom-do-you-want-to-ask-about-2012s-us-elections?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/story/99/11/04/1716225/Interview-Queen-Elizabeth-IIs-Webmaster-Answers
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| Google's Patent Lawyer On Why the Patent System Is Broken
| from the but-that's-absurd dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 06, @22:19 (Patents)
| with 249 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/06/2321234/googles-patent-lawyer-on-why-the-patent-system-is-broken?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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The San Francisco Chronicle features an [0]interview with Google's patent
counsel, Tim Porter, who argues that "... what many people can agree on
is the current system is broken and there are a large number of software
patents out there fueling litigation that resulted from a 10- or 15-year
period when the issuance of software patents was too lax. Things that
seemed obvious made it through the office until 2007, when the Supreme
Court finally said that the patent examiners could use common sense.
Patents were written in a way that was vague and overly broad. (Companies
are) trying to claim something that's really an idea (which isn't
patentable). There are only so many ways to describe a piston, but
software patents are written by lawyers in a language that software
engineers don't even understand. They're being used to hinder innovation
or skim revenue off the top of a successful product." Porter is speaking
in particular about the snarls that have faced (and still face) Android,
based on Microsoft patents; he blames some of the mess on a patent regime
where "you don't know what patents cover until courts declare that in
litigation. What that means is people have to make decisions about
whether to fight or whether to reach agreements."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/06/2321234/googles-patent-lawyer-on-why-the-patent-system-is-broken?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/05/BUQP1LQN3V.DTL
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| Linux Mint 12 to Blend GNOMEs 2 & 3
| from the by-popular-demand dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @10:10 (GNOME)
| with 241 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1229206/linux-mint-12-to-blend-gnomes-2-3?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]dartttt writes "Linux Mint 12 'Lisa' will come with its own customized
desktop and it will be based on Gnome 3. The core desktop will be based
on a series of Gnome Shell extensions called 'MGSE' (Mint Gnome Shell
Extensions) that will provide a layer on top of Gnome 3. MGSE also
includes additional extensions such as a media player indicator, and
multiple enhancements to Gnome 3. Thus [1]Linux Mint 12 will be more like
a hybrid desktop balancing traditional desktop and new modern
technologies."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1229206/linux-mint-12-to-blend-gnomes-2-3?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:dart.v85@gmail.com
1. http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/11/linux-mint-12-lisa-to-come-with.html
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| Survey Finds Cheating Among Students At All GPA Levels
| from the bad-at-learning-means-bad-at-learning-how-to-cheat dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @18:47 (Education)
| with 221 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/221228/survey-finds-cheating-among-students-at-all-gpa-levels?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Over a third of undergraduate students
[0]admitted to some form of cheating at one of America's top research
universities, according to a survey published November in the journal
Science and Engineering Ethics ([1]abstract). The researchers expected to
find more cheating among the top-performing group ��� and at the minimum at
least some students with excellent grades cheated. Not so. As it turned
out, the overall cheating rate was similar to that found in other
studies, but the types of cheating and stated reasons for cheating were
all over the map. Researchers uncovered one trend among the cheaters: the
perception that teaching assistants either ignored or didn't care about
cheating."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/221228/survey-finds-cheating-among-students-at-all-gpa-levels?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/244748/20111107/cheating-ucsd-pre-med-california-surveys.htm
1. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p745865211377171/
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| White House Responds to ET/UFO Petitions
| from the petitions-are-out-there dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @12:07 (Government)
| with 210 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1457221/white-house-responds-to-etufo-petitions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The White House has responded to two more [0]
We the People petitions. These new inquiries ask the government to
[1]acknowledge formally that aliens have visited Earth. The response from
Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology is: 'The
U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet,
or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member
of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to
suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public���s eye.'" I'm
glad that's cleared up. Now our government can get back to important work
like [2]developing caffeinated jerky.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1457221/white-house-responds-to-etufo-petitions?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/0018213/the-white-house-responds-to-we-the-people-petition
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45176460/ns/technology_and_science/#.Trft6HGMZr3
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1621209/military-labs-develop-caffeinated-jerky-and-zapplesauce
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| Cringely's Lost Jobs Interview: Coming To a Theater Near You
| from the no-1984-runners-allowed dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @04:08 (Apple)
| with 201 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/062237/cringelys-lost-jobs-interview-coming-to-a-theater-near-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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A few weeks ago, Robert X. Cringely revealed that a long-lost, hour-long
interview he conducted of Steve Jobs in 1995 [0]had been found. Now, it
seems the lost tape has [1]found its calling: the movies. Says the linked
Economic Times story: "The interview will be shown at Landmark theaters
in 19 cities around the country beginning Nov 16."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/062237/cringelys-lost-jobs-interview-coming-to-a-theater-near-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/22/189241/lost-hour-long-jobs-interview-found
1. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/steve-jobs-lost-interview-coming-to-theaters/articleshow/10639311.cms
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| FEMA, FCC Hope To Forestall Panic Over National Emergency Alert
| from the awaiting-dhs-kickbacks dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @09:11 (Communications)
| with 185 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/0514224/fema-fcc-hope-to-forestall-panic-over-national-emergency-alert?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Ars Technica has a piece on the "[0]first-ever nationwide test of the
Emergency Alert System (EAS)," [1]slated for this Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST.
An excerpt: "This national system will look and sound much like the
current (and local) emergency warnings often seen on TV or heard on
radio, but the scope is larger and it can be put under the direct control
of the President. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Weather Service
(NWS) will all coordinate the test, but it's FEMA that actually transmits
the alert code. Concerned that such a test might alarm people, the
agencies are going to extraordinary lengths to provide a heads-up. I
first heard about the test in an e-mail newsletter from my city
government, which told residents last week, 'Do not be alarmed when an
emergency message will take over the airways... this is only a test.' The
test will display a warning message on TV screens, though as my city
helpfully noted, 'Due to some technical limitations, a visual message
indicating that "this is a test" may not pop up on every TV channel,
especially where people use cable to receive their television stations.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/0514224/fema-fcc-hope-to-forestall-panic-over-national-emergency-alert?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/feds-try-to-prevent-war-of-the-worlds-style-panic-over-national-emergency-alert.ars
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1248228/nationwide-test-of-the-emergency-broadcast-system
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| Apple Faces Temporary iPhone, iPad Ban In Germany
| from the das-ist-verboten dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @09:50 (Patents)
| with 168 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1224230/apple-faces-temporary-iphone-ipad-ban-in-germany?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A regional court has [0]temporarily banned
Apple from marketing or supplying iPhones and iPads in Germany, following
a suit brought about by Motorola. However, Apple said that the judgement
'does not affect our ability to do business or sell products in Germany
at this time.' This may have something to do with the respondent in the
case being Apple Inc, the US parent company, and not Apple GmbH, the
company's local subsidiary."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1224230/apple-faces-temporary-iphone-ipad-ban-in-germany?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| B&N Releases Nook Tablet To Rival Amazon Fire
| from the more-options dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @13:54 (Android)
| with 162 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1712246/bn-releases-nook-tablet-to-rival-amazon-fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "It looks like there's competition in the low-cost
media tablet space ��� and that Barnes & Noble is determined not to go the
way of Borders. Barnes & Noble today [1]announced the Nook Tablet, an
Android-based tablet with better specs than the Kindle Fire (though it's
also $50 pricier). The Nook Tablet will allow Hulu and Netflix streaming
and sideloading of content, but won't have access to the general-purpose
Android App Store."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1712246/bn-releases-nook-tablet-to-rival-amazon-fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/221865/barnes-noble-launches-nook-tablet
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| Google+ Opens To Businesses With 'Pages'
| from the you-know-we-call-a-lot-of-things-pages-right dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @15:58 (Google)
| with 119 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1946205/google-opens-to-businesses-with-pages?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]karthikmns writes with news that Google is rolling out Google+ Pages,
[1]integrating businesses and brands into its social network. When
Google+ launched, it asked businesses not to create user pages, which
upset many companies who had [2]grown accustomed to interacting with
customers on Facebook. Today's update closes the gap between the two
social networks in this regard, which can be a good thing or a bad thing
depending on how annoying you find social marketing. "If you���ve
established a personal Google+ profile before, then the features offered
through a Page will be familiar. You can place people into Circles, which
lets you share content with specific sets of users. You can launch video
hangouts, which lets you have face-to-face conversations with your
followers. And the Pages work through the site���s mobile app. ... But
Google has made some key tweaks. The first is that a Page cannot add
someone to a circle until that user has already added the page to one of
their circles. In other words, a Page can���t start sending you messages
until you���ve elected to add them to one of your circles. Another key
change: the content on a Page defaults to public (as opposed to ���My
Circles��� for personal profiles) and Pages can���t share with extended
circles."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. mailto:iamtheblogger@ymail.com
1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/google-pages-connect-with-all-things.html
2. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/07/google-launches-pages-opens-floodgates-for-brands-and-everything-else/
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| Charlie Miller Circumvents Code Signing For iOS Apps
| from the you-can-trust-us dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @17:23 (Bug)
| with 108 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2029219/charlie-miller-circumvents-code-signing-for-ios-apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week,
Charlie Miller plans to present a method that [0]exploits a flaw in
Apple's restrictions on code signing on iOS devices, the security measure
that allows only Apple-approved commands to run in an iPhone's or iPad's
memory. Using his method, an app can phone home to a remote computer that
downloads new unapproved commands onto the device and executes them at
will, including stealing the user's photos, reading contacts, making the
phone vibrate or play sounds, or otherwise using iOS app functions for
malicious ends. Miller created a proof-of-concept app called Instastock
that appears to show stock tickers but actually runs commands from his
server, and even got it approved by Apple's App Store." Update: 11/08
02:54 GMT by [1]U L : Not unexpectedly, [2]Apple revoked Miller's
developer license.
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2029219/charlie-miller-circumvents-code-signing-for-ios-apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/11/07/iphone-security-bug-lets-innocent-looking-apps-go-bad/
1. http://unknownlamer.org/
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57320190-248/apple-boots-security-guru-who-exposed-iphone-exploit/
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| Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official
| from the wait-what dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @17:45 (Microsoft)
| with 89 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2114234/windows-phone-unlock-tool-goes-official?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "A tool to unlock (or 'jailbreak' if you like)
Windows Phone devices [1] is now available with Microsoft's blessing.
ChevronWP7 Labs was [2]withdrawn at Microsoft's request a year ago, but
is back now, [3]allowing users to run any app on their phones for a cost
of $9."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2114234/windows-phone-unlock-tool-goes-official?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/windows-phone-unlock-tool-goes-official-44945
2. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/developers-pull-windows-phone-7-unlocking-tool-14712
3. http://www.chevronwp7.com/post/12328024419/chevronwp7-labs-availability
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| Gecko-Inspired Tape Can Be Reused Thousands of Times
| from the future-of-sticky dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @13:12 (Science)
| with 87 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1615221/gecko-inspired-tape-can-be-reused-thousands-of-times?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "As is so often the case these days for those searching
for a better way to stick stuff together, researchers from the Zoological
Institute at the University of Kiel in Germany have turned to the biology
of gravity-defying ceiling walkers, such as geckos and insects. These
creatures served as inspiration for a new dry adhesive tape that not only
boasts impressive bonding strength, but can also be [0]attached and
detached thousands of times without losing its adhesive properties."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/bioinspired-adhesive-tape-kiel/20406/
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| Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition
| from the make-up-your-minds dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @17:01 (Games)
| with 75 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2033202/pirate-party-invited-to-then-banned-from-gaming-exhibition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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esocid writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak: "Despite having booked
and paid for their booth at Gamex, Sweden's largest gaming exhibition,
[0]the Pirate Party have been excluded from the action this week. The
party, who say they were nagged for 2 to 3 months to book for the event,
were this week informed they were too controversial and no longer
welcome. ... [Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg] says that after the sales
people from the exhibition pursued the party for months to participate,
they decided to book and pay for a booth. ... 'I thought it was a bit
strange, but in the afternoon, the pieces fell into place when the fair
manager, Bear Wengse, phoned me and kindly, but firmly, announced that
the Pirate Party was no longer welcome at the fair.' Wengse informed
Troberg that the exhibition is a meeting place and not a venue for
political conflict and the party's presence could cause problems,
particularly since some of their work "could be perceived as criminal."'"
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Links:
0. https://torrentfreak.com/too-controversial-pirate-party-banned-from-gaming-exhibition-111105/
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| Strange Places To Find Open Source
| from the do-cookbooks-count dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @19:29 (Open Source)
| with 74 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2218212/strange-places-to-find-open-source?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Open source is about more than code: It's also
about [1]tractors, prosthetics, Christmas lights, and the poor old U.S.
Postal Service. If you don't believe that open source changes everything,
take a gander at Marcin Jakubowski's [2]Global Village Construction Set
(GVCS), a set of 50 industrial machines that are required to build and
maintain a small, sustainable civilization. The open source aspect covers
designs, instructions, schematics, budgets ��� everything anyone needs to
know to build their own machines, and it is all freely available and free
to share."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2218212/strange-places-to-find-open-source?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/software/221653/4-strange-places-find-open-source
2. http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs.php
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| Brazilian ISPs Hit With Massive DNS Attack
| from the going-for-the-gusto dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 07, @18:06 (Security)
| with 65 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2153250/brazilian-isps-hit-with-massive-dns-attack?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "Millions of people in Brazil have potentially been
exposed to malware, as a result of [0]a nationwide DNS attack.
Additionally, several organizations in Brazil are reporting that network
devices are also under attack. After being compromised remotely,
[1]scores of routers and modems had their DNS settings altered to
redirect traffic. In those cases, when employees of the affected
companies tried to open any website, they were asked to execute a
malicious Java applet, which would install malware presented as 'Google
Defence' software."
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/2153250/brazilian-isps-hit-with-massive-dns-attack?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/brazilian-isps-hit-large-scale-dns-attack
1. http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193214/Massive_DNS_poisoning_attacks_in_Brazil
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| Bell Labs Builds Cheap Telepresence 'Robots'
| from the what's-your-avatar dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @01:11 (AI)
| with 64 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/0158247/bell-labs-builds-cheap-telepresence-robots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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schliz writes "Alcatel-Lucent's research arm, Bell Labs, is building
low-cost robots that [0]represent remote participants in meeting rooms.
Researchers hope it will address the issue of the natural, non-verbal
'voting mechanism,' by which people determine who should speak based on
who most people are looking at. The technology will likely be priced in
the 'hundreds of dollars,' rather than the tens of thousands that the
likes of Cisco and Polycom charge for high-end telepresence rooms."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/0158247/bell-labs-builds-cheap-telepresence-robots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/278794,bell-labs-builds-telepresence-robots.aspx
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| Fujitsu Announces 16-core SPARC64 IXfx (and the Supercomputer It Powers)
| from the soul-of-a-new-machine dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @07:02 (Japan)
| with 60 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/0837214/fujitsu-announces-16-core-sparc64-ixfx-and-the-supercomputer-it-powers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter A12m0v writes with a link to Fujitsu's
announcement of its [0]next generation of supercomputer, from which he
pastes: "PRIMEHPC FX10 runs on the newly-developed SPARC64 IXfx
processors, which offer a very significant boost in performance over the
SPARC64 VIIIfx processor on which they are based and which power the K
computer. Each processor has 16 cores and achieves world-class standalone
performance levels of 236.5 gigaflops and performance per watt of over 2
gigaflops." [1]Not that K is any slouch.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2011/20111107-01.html
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/05/1836258/japanese-supercomputer-k-hits-1051-petaflops
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| Computer-Controlled Cyborg Yeast
| from the all-your-bread-are-belong-to-us dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 07, @10:32 (Science)
| with 58 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/134237/computer-controlled-cyborg-yeast?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "With a slightly weird world first, scientists have
formed a feedback loop between common, baking and brewing yeast, and a
computer. [1]The computer can trigger the yeast to produce a protein, and
the yeast then feeds back to the computer how much of the protein is
being produced ��� the computer has exact control over the yeast's
production. This work, performed by scientists at the Automatic Control
Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, is
exceptional because of its simplicity: The computer turns the yeast on by
flashing a red light, and it turns the yeast off by flashing a deeper red
light. Connected to the yeast is a 'reporter' molecule that fluoresces
when the protein is produced. The computer can see this fluorescence and
alter the light it emits, thus creating a full feedback loop. The
simplicity is significant because of the role of yeasts and bacteria in
the production of antibiotics, biofuels, and more. The problem is
controlling those organisms ��� so far, scientists have tried to
genetically add synthetic control circuits, with limited success... and
now the Swiss have shown that it can be done by simply shining a couple
of lights."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/134237/computer-controlled-cyborg-yeast?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/103741-computer-controlled-cyborg-yeast
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| Derek Deville Answers Your Questions on Rocketry
| from the not-just-a-weekend-thing dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 07, @14:34 (Transportation)
| with 21 comments
| https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1710219/derek-deville-answers-your-questions-on-rocketry?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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After his amateur rocket flight in the desert ([0]to 121,000 feet!),
[1]you asked rocket enthusiast Derek Deville about the project. Derek's
responded to a selection of the best of those questions; read on below
for his replies.
This story continues at:
https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/11/07/1710219/derek-deville-answers-your-questions-on-rocketry?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/09/1618252/qu8k-rockets-above-the-balloons
1. http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/10/11/1451219/ask-derek-deville-about-high-altitude-amateur-rocketry
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