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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Why America Doesn't Need More Tech Giants Like Apple
* Google Throws<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. Under Bus To Snag Patent
* Fighting Mosquitoes With GM Mosquitoes
* How Publishers Are Cutting Their Own Throats With eBook DRM
* Why Was Hypercard Killed?
* Are Data Centers Finally Ready For DC Power?
* Is the Time Finally Right For Hybrid Hard Drives?
* Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video
* Civilian Use of Drone Aircraft May Soon Fly In the US
* Duqu Attackers Managed to Wipe C&C Servers
* Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records
* AMD Confirms Commitment To x86
* Stephen Wolfram Joins <em>The Life Boat Foundation</em> and Bets On Singularity
* Groupon Not Doing So Well On Wall Street
* Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales
* NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core GPU
* Latest Humble Bundle Comes With <em>Uplink</em> Source Code
* News Corp. Hacking Scandal Spreads To Government
* How Tiny Worms Could Help Humans Colonize Mars
* E-Mail Can Reveal Your Friend Hierarchy
* Lightning-made Waves In Earth's Atmosphere Leak Into Space
* Jetman Yves Rossy Flies In Formation With Jets
* GamePro Shutting Down After 22 Years
* China Wants Cyber Crisis Hotline
* UK Announces "Cyber Strategy"
* Attackers Leak UN Usernames and Passwords
* Book Review: The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard For Java
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| Why America Doesn't Need More Tech Giants Like Apple
| from the all-the-other-fruits-are-trademarked dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @08:13 (Businesses)
| with 559 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0517258/why-america-doesnt-need-more-tech-giants-like-apple?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Optimists says that if only America produced more
companies like Apple and Amazon and Google and Facebook, the country's
economic problems would be fixed ��� America could retrain its vast, idle
construction-and-manufacturing workforce, and our unemployment and
inequality problems would be solved. But Apple's $1 billion [1]new data
center in North Carolina has been a disappointing development for many
residents, who can't comprehend how expensive facilities stretching
across hundreds of acres can create only 50 new jobs, especially after
thousands of positions in the region have been lost to cheaper foreign
competition. In fact, Apple actually exemplifies some of the reasons
[2]why the U.S. has such huge unemployment and inequality problems:
'Digital' businesses like Apple [3]employ far fewer people than
traditional manufacturing businesses, Apple's 60,000+ jobs are not just
in the U.S. ��� they're spread around the world. Companies like Apple
'create amazing products and vast shareholder wealth, but they don't
spread this wealth around as much as earlier industrial giants did,'
writes Henry Blodget. 'So, yes, we should celebrate the success of Apple,
Google, Facebook, and Amazon. But we shouldn't delude ourselves into
thinking they're going to solve our unemployment or inequality
problems.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0517258/why-america-doesnt-need-more-tech-giants-like-apple?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cloud-centers-bring-high-tech-flash-but-not-many-jobs-to-beaten-down-towns/2011/11/08/gIQAccTQtN_print.html
2. http://www.computerpartsgreenvillesc.com/we-dont-need-more-apples-and-other-tech-giants/
3. http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-new-data-center-north-carolina-created-50-jobs-2011-11
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| Google Throws<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/. Under Bus To Snag Patent
| from the google-patents-meta-moderation dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @09:38 (Google)
| with 535 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1356218/google-throws--under-bus-to-snag-patent?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Before Danny Hillis and Bran Ferren invented Google's
newly-patented system for '[0]Delegating Authority to Evaluate Content',
Google says users looking for content evaluation websites were condemned
to the likes of Amazon.com and Slashdot. From the patent: 'Many sites
found on the World Wide Web allow users to evaluate content found within
the site. The Slashdot Web site (www.slashdot.org) allows users to "mod"
comments recently posted by other users. Based on this information
obtained from the users, the system determines a numerical score for each
comment ranging from 1 to 5.' The problem with sites like Slashdot,
Google told the USPTO, is that 'because there is no restriction on the
users that may participate, the reliability of the ratings is
correspondingly diminished.' Commissioning a small number of trusted
evaluators or editors would increase the reliability of the evaluations,
Google notes, but wouldn't allow nearly as much content to be evaluated.
Google's solution? Allow trusted evaluators to [1]transfer a 'quantity of
authority' to like-minded 'contributing authorities', who in turn
designate and delegate authority to additional like-minded contributing
authorities. Think [2]Microsoft Outlook 97 Delegate Access meets
[3]Slashdot Karma Points, and you've got the general idea!"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1356218/google-throws--under-bus-to-snag-patent?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=8,069,175
1. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6423794849_36b8d0fc83_z.jpg
2. http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook97/browse_thread/thread/cbdf5f788dbd42a6/f5de8494da9d23dc?#f5de8494da9d23dc
3. http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml
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| Fighting Mosquitoes With GM Mosquitoes
| from the it's-a-bug-eat-bug-world dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @15:59 (Science)
| with 408 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2015205/fighting-mosquitoes-with-gm-mosquitoes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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doug141 writes "Scientists are [0]releasing genetically modified male
mosquitoes that produce flightless female offspring. The male offspring
go on to wipe out another generation of females. This is similar to the
way screwworms were eradicated in the U.S., except with nature itself
making more of the modified males. Field trials are already underway."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2015205/fighting-mosquitoes-with-gm-mosquitoes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-aegypti-mosquito/20668/
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| How Publishers Are Cutting Their Own Throats With eBook DRM
| from the it's-not-even-that-sharp dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 29, @20:07 (Books)
| with 324 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2325227/how-publishers-are-cutting-their-own-throats-with-ebook-drm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Sci-fi author Charlie Stross has written a
post about how the Big Six book publishing companies have [0]painted
themselves into a corner in the rapidly growing ebook industry. Between
user-unfriendly DRM and the Amazon juggernaut, they're slowly pushing
themselves out of business. Quoting: 'Until 2008, ebooks were a tiny
market segment, under 1% and easily overlooked; but in 2009 ebook sales
began to rise exponentially, and ebooks now account for over 20% of all
fiction sales. In some areas ebooks are up to 40% of the market and
rising rapidly. (I am not making that last figure up: I'm speaking from
my own sales figures.) And Amazon have got 80% of the ebook retail market.
... the Big Six's pig-headed insistence on DRM on ebooks is handing
Amazon a stick with which to beat them harder. DRM on ebooks gives Amazon
a great tool for locking ebook customers into the Kindle platform.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2325227/how-publishers-are-cutting-their-own-throats-with-ebook-drm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html
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| Why Was Hypercard Killed?
| from the programming-has-to-be-hard dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @13:33 (Programming)
| with 315 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1720214/why-was-hypercard-killed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Steve Jobs took the secret to his grave, but Stanislav
Datskovskiy [0]offers some interesting and illustrated speculation on why
HyperCard had to die. 'Jobs was almost certainly familiar with
[1]HyperCard and its capabilities,' writes Datskovskiy. 'And he killed it
anyway. Wouldn't you love to know why? Here's a clue: Apple [2]never
again brought to market anything resembling HyperCard. Despite
[3]frequent calls to do so. Despite a more-or-less guaranteed and lively
market. And I will cautiously predict that it never will again. The
reason for this is that [4]HyperCard is an echo of a different world. One
where the distinction between the "use" and "programming" of a computer
has been weakened and awaits near-total erasure. A world where the
personal computer is a mind-amplifier, and not merely an expensive video
telephone. A world in which Apple's walled garden aesthetic has no
place.' Slashdotters have [5]bemoaned the loss of HyperCard over the past
decade, but Datskovskiy ends his post on a keep-hope-alive note, saying:
'Contemplate the fact that what has been built once could probably be
built again.' Where have you gone, [6]Bill Atkinson, a nation of
potential programmers turns its lonely eyes to you."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1720214/why-was-hypercard-killed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.loper-os.org/?p=568
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard
2. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/04/03/31/1550216/hypercard-gone-for-good
3. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/02/08/18/006222/wherefore-art-thou-hypercard
4. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/08/05/25/0153256/hypercard-what-could-have-been
5. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/01/03/30/0312203/trying-to-save-hypercard-for-mac-os-x
6. http://www.billatkinson.com/aboutTheArtist.html
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| Are Data Centers Finally Ready For DC Power?
| from the edison-wins-again dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @16:41 (Power)
| with 306 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/213247/are-data-centers-finally-ready-for-dc-power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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1sockchuck writes "It's been five years since a [0]landmark study
outlined the potential benefits of DC power distribution in data centers.
But adoption of DC in data centers remains limited, even as the industry
aggressively pursues a wide array of other energy savings strategies.
Advocates of DC distribution are [1]hoping a new study will jump start
the conversation about DC distribution, which can save energy by
eliminating several wasteful AC-to-DC conversions within a data center.
Meanwhile, an industry association for DC power adoption, the [2]EMerge
Alliance, has formed a new technical standards committee for data
centers, and is advancing a 380-volt DC power standard. Will DC
distribution ever gain momentum in data centers?"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/213247/are-data-centers-finally-ready-for-dc-power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/story/06/08/09/1245238/dc-power-saves-15-energy-and-cost--data-center
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/11/30/new-study-reinforces-case-for-dc-power-savings/
2. http://www.emergealliance.org/
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| Is the Time Finally Right For Hybrid Hard Drives?
| from the half-man-half-machine dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @02:18 (Data Storage)
| with 298 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0344252/is-the-time-finally-right-for-hybrid-hard-drives?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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a_hanso writes "Hard drives that combine a traditional spinning platter
for mass storage and solid state flash memory for frequently accessed
data have always been an interesting concept. They may be slower than
SSDs, but not by much, and they are a lot cheaper gigabyte-for-gigabyte.
CNET's Harry McCracken speculates on [0]how soon such drives may become
mainstream: 'So why would the new Momentus be more of a mainstream hit
than its predecessor? Seagate says that it's 70 percent faster than its
earlier hybrid drive and three times quicker than a garden-variety,
non-hybrid disk. Its benchmarks for cold boots and application launches
show the new drive to be just a few seconds slower than a SSD. Or, in
some cases, a few seconds faster. In the end, hybrid drives are
compromises, neither as cheap as ordinary drives ��� you can get a
conventional 750GB Momentus for about $150 ��� nor as fast and
energy-efficient as SSDs.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0344252/is-the-time-finally-right-for-hybrid-hard-drives?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-33200_3-57332588-290/is-the-time-finally-right-for-hybrid-hard-drives/
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| Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video
| from the hand-in-cookie-jar dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @05:15 (Cellphones)
| with 294 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0423256/android-dev-demonstrates-carrieriq-phone-logging-software-on-video?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Token_Internet_Girl writes with a followup to last week's news about
Android developer Trevor Eckhart, who was researching software from
CarrierIQ, installed on millions of cellphones, that secretly logged a
variety of user information ��� from button presses to text message
contents to browsing data. CarrierIQ tried to [0]silence Eckhart, but
later [1]backtracked. Now, Eckhart has [2]posted a video demonstration of
CarrierIQ's logging software. From the article: "The company denies its
software logs keystrokes. Eckhart���s 17-minute video clearly undercuts
that claim. ... The video shows the software logging Eckhart's online
search of 'hello world.' That's despite Eckhart using the HTTPS version
of Google, which is supposed to hide searches from those who would want
to spy by intercepting the traffic between a user and Google. ...the
video shows the software logging each number as Eckhart fingers the
dialer. 'Every button you press in the dialer before you call,' he says
on the video, 'it already gets sent off to the IQ application.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0423256/android-dev-demonstrates-carrieriq-phone-logging-software-on-video?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/23/0032233/carrieriq-tries-to-silence-security-researcher
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/24/1852213/carrier-iq-relents-apologizes
2. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/secret-software-logging-video
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| Civilian Use of Drone Aircraft May Soon Fly In the US
| from the you-get-a-drone-you-get-a-drone-everybody-gets-a-drone dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 29, @19:24 (Privacy)
| with 192 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2320213/civilian-use-of-drone-aircraft-may-soon-fly-in-the-us?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from the Seattle Times: "Drone
aircraft, best known for their role in hunting and destroying terrorist
hideouts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, may be coming soon to the skies
near you. Police agencies want drones for air support to find runaway
criminals. Utility companies expect they can help monitor oil, gas and
water pipelines. Farmers believe drones could aid in spraying crops with
pesticides. 'It's going to happen,' said Dan Elwell, vice president of
civil aviation at the Aerospace Industries Association. 'Now it's about
figuring out [0]how to safely assimilate the technology into national
airspace.' That's the job of the Federal Aviation Administration, which
plans to propose new rules for using small drones in January, a first
step toward integrating robotic aircraft into the nation's skyways."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2320213/civilian-use-of-drone-aircraft-may-soon-fly-in-the-us?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016882681_drones29.html
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| Duqu Attackers Managed to Wipe C&C Servers
| from the nsa-reads-slashdot dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @11:46 (Security)
| with 184 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1610228/duqu-attackers-managed-to-wipe-cc-servers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes with an update in the [0]saga of Duqu and Stuxnet.
From the article: "Shortly after the first public reports about Duqu
emerged in early autumn, [1]the crew behind Duqu wiped out all of the
command-and-control servers that had been in use up to that point,
including some that had been used since 2009. An in-depth analysis of the
known C&C servers used in the Duqu attacks has found that [2]some of the
servers were compromised as far back as 2009, and that the attackers
clearly targeted Linux machines. All of the known Duqu C&C servers
discovered up to this point have been running CentOS ... There also is
some evidence that the attackers may have used a zero-day in OpenSSH 4.3
to compromise the C&C servers initially."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1610228/duqu-attackers-managed-to-wipe-cc-servers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/16/1810231/experts-convinced-duqu-work-of-stuxnet-authors
1. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/duqu-attackers-wiped-out-cc-infrastructure-after-public-disclosures-113011
2. http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/625/The_Mystery_of_Duqu_Part_Six_The_Command_and_Control_servers
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| Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records
| from the welcome-to-the-90s dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 29, @22:11 (Government)
| with 179 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2343231/obama-orders-federal-agencies-to-digitize-all-records?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "President Obama this week [0]issued a directive to all
federal agencies to upgrade records management processes from paper-based
systems that have been around since President Truman's administration to
electronic records systems with Web 2.0 capabilities. [1]Agencies have
four months to come up with plans to improve their records keeping. Part
of the directive is to have the National Archives and Records
Administration store all long-term records and oversee electronic records
management efforts in other agencies. Unfortunately, [2]NARA doesn't have
a stellar record itself (PDF) in rolling out electronic records projects.
Earlier this year, due to cost overruns and project mismanagement, NARA
announced it was ending a 10-year effort to create an electronic records
archive."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2343231/obama-orders-federal-agencies-to-digitize-all-records?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222248/Obama_wants_feds_to_digitize_all_records
1. http://www.scribd.com/doc/74042394/Managing-Government-Records-November-28-2011
2. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1186.pdf
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| AMD Confirms Commitment To x86
| from the amd-versus-world dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @11:03 (AMD)
| with 151 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1510252/amd-confirms-commitment-to-x86?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes with an excerpt from an Extreme Tech story on the recent
[1]wild speculation about AMD abandoning x86: "Recent subpar CPU launches
and [2]product cancellations have left AMD in an ugly position, but
reports that the company is [3]preparing to jettison its x86 business are
greatly exaggerated and wildly off base. Yesterday, Mercury News ran a
report on [4]AMD's struggles to reinvent itself and included this quote
from company spokesperson Mike Silverman: 'We're at an inflection point.
We will all need to let go of the old 'AMD versus Intel' mind-set,
because it won't be about that anymore.' When we contacted Silverman, he
confirmed that the original statement has been taken somewhat out of
context and provided additional clarification. 'AMD is a leader in x86
microprocessor design, and we remain committed to the x86 market. Our
strategy is to accelerate our growth by taking advantage of our design
capabilities to deliver a breadth of products that best align with
broader industry shifts toward low power, emerging markets and the
cloud.' The larger truth behind Silverman's statement is that no matter
what AMD does, it's not going to be 'AMD versus Intel' anymore ��� it's
going to be AMD vs. Qualcomm, TI, Nvidia, and Intel."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1510252/amd-confirms-commitment-to-x86?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/11/30/rumour-mill-points-amd-cpu-exit/
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/22/195236/amd-cancels-28nm-apus-starts-from-scratch-at-tsmc
3. http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/107133-amd-to-attempt-self-resurrection-but-not-with-arm
4. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19358655
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| Stephen Wolfram Joins <em>The Life Boat Foundation</em> and Bets On Singularity
| from the whimper-or-bang dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @15:15 (Science)
| with 150 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1855206/stephen-wolfram-joins-the-life-boat-foundation-and-bets-on-singularity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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kodiaktau writes "This week [0]The Lifeboat Foundation announced that
[1]Stephen Wolfram would be joining its organization. The purpose of the
group is to think through scientific solutions to existential problems
that might be used to [2]save humanity from such risks as asteroids
hitting the earth or some other diabolical disaster. Wolfram brings
computational science to the table and has posited that the earth and
universe can be understood as a computer program that can be
significantly altered as we continue to advance in technology."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1855206/stephen-wolfram-joins-the-life-boat-foundation-and-bets-on-singularity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://lifeboat.com/ex/main
1. http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=43962
2. http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678899/how-stephen-wolfram-is-preparing-for-the-singularity
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| Groupon Not Doing So Well On Wall Street
| from the bad-business-idea-is-bad dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @08:56 (Businesses)
| with 132 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1333210/groupon-not-doing-so-well-on-wall-street?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bdking writes "Shares of the daily-deals site were up Tuesday, but
Groupon's ride on Wall Street since going public in early November has
been almost all downhill. And [0]there's no evident catalyst to reverse
the slide." From the looks of it Groupon is blowing all of its money
attempting to expand in the face of ever growing competition in a market
with trivial start up costs.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1333210/groupon-not-doing-so-well-on-wall-street?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/software/228807/groupons-white-knuckle-ride-down-wall-street
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| Australian Federal Court Ends Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales
| from the apple-invented-the-kangaroo dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @00:12 (Australia)
| with 126 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0326254/australian-federal-court-ends-ban-on-samsung-galaxy-tab-sales?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter Dedokta writes "The Australian Federal Court has
[0]overturned the injunction placed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and
ordered Apple to pay court costs. Apple has applied for an appeal with
the Supreme Court, but [1]Samsung is now free to sell the Galaxy Tab
within Australia. Samsung is not off the hook yet, however; the full case
to see if they have indeed infringed upon Apple patents is still to be
heard early next year."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0326254/australian-federal-court-ends-ban-on-samsung-galaxy-tab-sales?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/281727,federal-court-overturns-samsung-galaxy-tab-injunction.aspx
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/408863/samsung_wins_galaxy_tab_10_1_appeal
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| NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core GPU
| from the more-cores-more-powers dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @12:28 (Graphics)
| with 108 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1656216/nvidia-launches-geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-core-gpu?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has just launched the GeForce GTX 560 Ti with
448 cores. Though perhaps a bit unimaginative in terms of branding,
[1]the new GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 cores is outfitted with the same
GF110 GPU powering high-end GeForce GTX 570 and GTX 580 cards, but with a
couple of its streaming multiprocessors fused off. The card has 448 CUDA
cores arranged in 14 SMs, with 56 texture units and 40 ROPs. Reference
specifications call for a 732MHz core clock with 1464MHz CUDA cores.
1.2GB of GDDR5 memory is linked to the GPU via a 320-bit bus and the
memory is clocked at an effective 3800MHz data rate. Performance-wise,
the new GPU proved to be about [2]10 to 15 percent faster than the
original GeForce GTX 560 Ti and a few percentage points slower than the
GeForce GTX 570."
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Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560-Ti-448Core-GPU-Review/
2. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560-Ti-448Core-GPU-Review/?page=7
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| Latest Humble Bundle Comes With <em>Uplink</em> Source Code
| from the linux-still-in-the-lead dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @01:22 (Open Source)
| with 94 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/0435210/latest-humble-bundle-comes-with-uplink-source-code?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SharkLaser writes "The [0]latest Humble Bundle comes with four great
indie games from Introversion. Included in the pack are Uplink, Darwinia,
DEFCON and Multiwinia. Bonus games include Aquaria, Crayon Physics Deluxe
and the recently added Dungeons of Dredmor. Introversion also showcases
some of their prototypes, like Subversion City Generator which
demonstrates procedural generation of complex city environments, and
Voxel Tech Demo for showing destroyable environments using voxel
technology. Hackers and open source programmers around the world should
also celebrate ��� Introversion will release source code for their games
Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, and most importantly, Uplink, the legendary
hacking simulation that is one of its kind."
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Links:
0. http://www.humblebundle.com/
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| News Corp. Hacking Scandal Spreads To Government
| from the fox-in-the-house-of-commons dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @13:52 (Privacy)
| with 91 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/183218/news-corp-hacking-scandal-spreads-to-government?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "The scandal revolving around the News Corporation's
now defunct British tabloid, News of the World, has entered a new phase
with news that [0]the hacking extended into areas of national security,
as detectives working for the Murdoch media empire may have hacked into
the computer of a government minister responsible for Northern Ireland.
Scary stuff, yet the enterprise security community seems strangely quiet
on the topic, aside from showing other journalists how easy it is to do.
Potentially, if you know the correct mobile number and you can guess 4
Digits, you too can be listening to your elected leaders personal
messages. The chances are pretty good that it [1]could be their birthday."
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Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/hacking-scandal-spreads-government-are-you-four-digits-away-security-breach
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/creditcards/8089674/One-in-five-use-birthday-as-PIN-number.html
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| How Tiny Worms Could Help Humans Colonize Mars
| from the send-in-the-worms dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @16:59 (Mars)
| with 78 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2112240/how-tiny-worms-could-help-humans-colonize-mars?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Pierre Bezukhov writes "The roundworm has about 20,000 protein-coding
genes ��� nearly as many as humans, who have about 23,000. Furthermore,
there is a lot of overlap between our genome and theirs, with many genes
performing roughly the same functions in both species. [0]Launching C.
elegans roundworms to Mars would allow scientists to see just how
dangerous the high radiation levels found in deep space ��� and on the Red
Planet's surface ��� are to animal life. 'Worms allow us to detect changes
in growth, development, reproduction and behavior in response to
environmental conditions such as toxins or in response to deep space
missions,' said Nathaniel Szewczyk of the University of Nottingham in the
United Kingdom. 'Given the high failure rate of Mars missions, use of
worms allows us to safely and relatively cheaply test spacecraft systems
prior to manned missions,' he adds."
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Links:
0. http://www.space.com/13767-mars-human-colonization-worms-spaceflight.html
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| E-Mail Can Reveal Your Friend Hierarchy
| from the add-them-to-the-list dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @14:35 (The Internet)
| with 75 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1843204/e-mail-can-reveal-your-friend-hierarchy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "It's not surprising that someone could guess your
friends simply by peeking at your e-mail. But a more detailed look at
your electronic communications could [0]reveal which friends are closer
to you than others, according to a new study. The trick has to do with
response time--[1]the time it takes for a sender to respond to e-mails
from different contacts. The fastest responses went to friends and that
the slowest responses went to acquaintances, with colleagues somewhere in
between."
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Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/e-mail-reveals-your-closest-frie.html?ref=hp
1. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026972
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| Lightning-made Waves In Earth's Atmosphere Leak Into Space
| from the great-now-the-fithp-will-find-us dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 29, @21:14 (NASA)
| with 72 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/2346241/lightning-made-waves-in-earths-atmosphere-leak-into-space?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]TheNextCorner sends this quote from NASA: "At any given moment about
2,000 thunderstorms roll over Earth, producing some 50 flashes of
lightning every second. Each lightning burst creates electromagnetic
waves that begin to circle around Earth, captured between Earth's surface
and a boundary about 60 miles up. Some of the waves ��� if they have just
the right wavelength ��� combine, increasing in strength, to [1]create a
repeating atmospheric heartbeat known as Schumann resonance. ... NASA's
Vector Electric Field Instrument aboard the U.S. Air Force's
Communications/Navigation Outage Forecast System satellite has detected
Schumann resonance from space. This comes as a surprise, since current
models of Schumann resonance predict these waves should be caged at lower
altitude, between the ground and a layer of Earth's atmosphere called the
ionosphere."
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Links:
0. http://thenextcorner.net/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/lightning-waves.html
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| Jetman Yves Rossy Flies In Formation With Jets
| from the it's-a-bird!-it's-a-plane! dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @15:35 (Idle)
| with 65 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/205240/jetman-yves-rossy-flies-in-formation-with-jets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "Slashdot has been following Yves Rossy in his previous
exploits [0]across the Grand Canyon and his [0] attempts at international
flight. He is now [1]flying in formations with real jets. He even does a
barrel roll around the two fighters in the video below."
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Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/13/023249/jetman-rossy-flies-above-the-grand-canyon
1. http://dvice.com/archives/2011/11/jetman-fulfills.php
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| GamePro Shutting Down After 22 Years
| from the is-this-the-new-gamepro-killer dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 30, @18:48 (The Media)
| with 50 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2220245/gamepro-shutting-down-after-22-years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]redletterdave writes "Popular gaming magazine GamePro has [1]shut down
its U.S. operations after 22 years of publications by its parent company
IDG. GamePro's website, which has been online for about 13 years, will be
[2]converted to a gaming channel and incorporated into PCWorld on Dec. 5.
Sources within the magazine say GamePro's employees, including its
executives, received phone calls this morning with the news. The news
comes as a relative surprise, as GamePro experienced its highest traffic
ever last week. The company also released its first quarterly magazine
earlier this month after deciding monthly print issues were too costly to
maintain."
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Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/gamepro-is-dead/
2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/259007/20111130/gamepro-magazine-rip-1989-2011-video-games.htm
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| China Wants Cyber Crisis Hotline
| from the hello-we're-hacking-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @17:23 (China)
| with 48 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2135254/china-wants-cyber-crisis-hotline?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "China should look at [0]establishing a cyber
crisis hotline with the United States, according to a Chinese newspaper
seen as a window into official thinking. Discussions about a crisis
hotline might seem an obvious first step in improving relations. But if
it's a sign the Chinese government is beginning to think about how to
coordinate a rapid, unified response to cyber emergencies, then it is an
extremely important one."
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Links:
0. http://the-diplomat.com/china-power/2011/12/01/us-china-cyber-hotline/
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| UK Announces "Cyber Strategy"
| from the you-can't-handle-freedom dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @10:18 (Government)
| with 46 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1446239/uk-announces-cyber-strategy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]concealment writes "The UK government has announced a "cyber strategy"
outlining its plans to make the UK a safe place to do business online.
Not limited to merely defending against attacks, the strategy outlines
plans to take [1]aggressive, proactive online action against security
threats and criminals. Stricter enforcement of Internet usage
restrictions and recruitment of volunteer 'cyber-specials' are also
planned." An interesting bit from the article: "In promising to undertake
aggressive, military cyberattacks, the UK will be following in the
footsteps of the US and Israel ��� together the [2]presumed creators of the
Stuxnet worm ��� and China, a nation regularly accused of infiltrating and
compromising both private and government organizations to extract
information."
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Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~concealment
1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/uk-cyber-strategy-stuxnet-censorship-and-cyber-specials.ars
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/16/0118237/new-york-times-reports-us-and-israel-behind-stuxnet
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| Attackers Leak UN Usernames and Passwords
| from the senate-of-world-corruption dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 30, @13:10 (Privacy)
| with 42 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/1733226/attackers-leak-un-usernames-and-passwords?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "A group of hackers that go by the name of 'Teamp0ison' has
apparently compromised one (or more) of UN's servers and [0]dumped over
1000 email addresses, usernames, and passwords of their staff." The BBC
has a bit more, including a [1]denial that anything of value was
compromised.
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Links:
0. http://net-security.org/secworld.php?id=12019
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15951883
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| Book Review: The CERT Oracle Secure Coding Standard For Java
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 30, @18:05 (Book Reviews)
| with 37 comments
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2216218/book-review-the-cert-oracle-secure-coding-standard-for-java?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]brothke writes "It has been a decade since Oracle started their
unbreakable campaign touting the security robustness of their products.
Aside from the fact that unbreakable only refers to the enterprise
kernel; Oracle still can have significant security flaws. Even though
Java supports very strong security controls including JAAS (Java
Authentication and Authorization Services), it still requires a
significant effort to code Java securely. With that The CERT Oracle
Secure Coding Standard for Javais an invaluable guide that provides the
reader with the strong coding guidelines and practices in order to reduce
coding vulnerabilities that can lead to Java and Oracle exploits." Read
on for the rest of Ben's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/11/30/2216218/book-review-the-cert-oracle-secure-coding-standard-for-java?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Links:
0. mailto:brothke@hotmail.com
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