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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* CmdrTaco at Kennedy Space Center
* Apple Hits 15b App Store Downloads, But Loses "App Store" Name Skirmish
* Carmack: Mobile Gaming To Surpass Current Consoles
* Microsoft: No Botnet Is Indestructible
* Hacker Exposes Florida's Voting Database — Again
* Sony Introduces 'PSN Pass' To Fight Used Game Sales
* Could PSTN Go Away By 2018?
* Visualizing Behavior-Tracking Cookies With Firefox
* RIAA Math: Sell 1 Million Albums, Still Owe $500k
* Fitness Site Accidentally Shows Sexual Activity
* UK Police Database Abuse 'Hugely Intrusive'
* Are You Too Good For Code Reviews?
* Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight
* German Parliament Backs Nuclear Exit By 2022
* NJ Judge Rules GPS Tracking of Spouse Legal
* CERN Launches Open Hardware Initiative
* Gov't Docs Reveal Canada's Net Neutrality Enforcement Failure
* The Birth of Optogenetics
* Book Review: Surveillance Or Security?
* Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing'
* Nexus S To Serve As Brain For 3 Robots Aboard the ISS
* DHS Admits Knowledge of Infected Import Tech
* Harmony Project Pushes Lawyers Off FOSS's Back
* EA's Origin Service To Go Mobile
* PayPal Predicts the End of the Wallet By 2015
* TSA Employee Stole $50k Worth of Electronics
* Comet-Sun Impact Caught On Video
* Online Social Security Statement In Limbo
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| CmdrTaco at Kennedy Space Center
| from the wish-you-were-here dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 07, @22:22 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/0210258/CmdrTaco-at-Kennedy-Space-Center?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Matthew Travis from the [0]Ares Institute Inc helped me get a press pass
for the STS-135 Launch. so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for no
scrub. I'm [1]tweeting as @cmdrtaco from the launch if you are into that
sort of thing. I'll have more later, but for now you'll have to make do
with a photo I took, as well as a brief video clip I took of Atlantis on
the pad at night.
This story continues at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/0210258/CmdrTaco-at-Kennedy-Space-Center?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Links:
0. http://www.aresinstitute.org/
1. http://twitter.com/#!/cmdrtaco
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| Apple Hits 15b App Store Downloads, But Loses "App Store" Name Skirmish
| from the b-b-b-b-b-billion dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 07, @23:58 (Software)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/0014247/Apple-Hits-15b-App-Store-Downloads-But-Loses-App-Store-Name-Skirmish?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Coldeagle writes "Apple has been dealt a blow in its [0]'App Store'
trademark case, with a federal judge [1]denying its request for an
injunction to stop Amazon from using the term." Apple probably wouldn't
trade the name exclusivity it seeks, though, for the success they've
found with the business model; the company announced today that the App
Store has reached [2]15 billion downloads.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/22/0026249/Apple-Sues-Amazoncom-Over-App-Store-Trademark
1. http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/07/technology/apple_amazon_app_store/index.htm
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apples-app-store-crosses-15b-app-downloads-adds-1b-downloads-in-past-month/2011/07/07/gIQAXkQv1H_story.html
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| Carmack: Mobile Gaming To Surpass Current Consoles
| from the speaking-of-inevitable-doom dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @00:59 (Cellphones)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/041215/Carmack-Mobile-Gaming-To-Surpass-Current-Consoles?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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donniebaseball23 writes "The rate at which hardware iterates in the
smartphone and tablet space has allowed the technology to nearly catch up
with consoles. It won't be long before we're all [0]carrying small
devices more powerful than the PS3, says Doom creator and id Software
programming genius John Carmack. Speaking in an interview, he commented,
'It's unquestionable that within a very short time, we're going to have
portable cell phones that are more powerful than the current-gen
consoles.'" Even if that's the case, [1]Nintendo still wants no part of
it.
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Links:
0. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/john-carmack-unquestionable-that-mobile-will-surpass-current-consoles/
1. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pokemon-Game-Freak-iOS-gingerbread-Satoru-Iwata,news-11779.html
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| Microsoft: No Botnet Is Indestructible
| from the when-st-peter-calls-us-all-out dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @02:43 (Botnet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/013238/Microsoft-No-Botnet-Is-Indestructible?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "No botnet is invulnerable, a Microsoft lawyer involved
with the Rustock take-down said Tuesday, countering [1]claims that
another botnet was 'practically indestructible.' Richard Boscovich, a
senior attorney with Microsoft's Digital Crime Unit said, 'If someone
says that a botnet is indestructible, they are not being very creative
legally or technically. Nothing is impossible. That's a pretty high
standard.' Instrumental in the effort that led to the seizure of
Rustock's command-and-control servers in March, Boscovich said
Microsoft's experience in take-downs of Waledac in early 2010 and of
Coreflood and Rustock this year show that any botnet can be exterminated.
'To say that it can't be done underestimates the ability of the good
guys,' Boscovich said. 'People seem to be saying that the bad guys are
smarter, better. [2]But the answer to that is 'no.''"
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2240245/Massive-Botnet-Indestructible-Say-Researchers
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218201/Microsoft_No_botnet_is_indestructible
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| Hacker Exposes Florida's Voting Database — Again
| from the florida-is-always-good-for-news dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @05:38 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/0435222/Hacker-Exposes-Floridas-Voting-Database-mdash-Again?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dangerous_Minds writes "A hacker that goes by the name of Abhaxas
[0]exposed parts of the Florida voting database. That apparently didn't
sit well with election officials. Reportedly, officials said that
authorities were contacted and that their databases are [1]now more
secure than ever. In turn, Abhaxas decided to [2]hack the database again
and reveal a file directory. Said Abhaxas in the posting, 'Glad you
cleaned things up, pretty secure now guys.'"
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Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/03/2049248/Hacker-Exposes-Parts-of-Floridas-Voting-Database
1. http://storify.com/nbc2/hacker-targets-florida-voter-information
2. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/94250/abhaxas-hacks-floridas-voting-system-again/
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| Sony Introduces 'PSN Pass' To Fight Used Game Sales
| from the greedy-for-negative-pr dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @06:25 (DRM)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/0459214/Sony-Introduces-PSN-Pass-To-Fight-Used-Game-Sales?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Gamasutra reports that [0]Sony has introduced "PSN Pass" ��� one-time codes
that will unlock complete online access for certain games. "The company
didn't offer details on how used and rental players would access online
features in these titles, but did clarify that first-party use of the
passes will be decided on a game-by-game basis." The initiative is
similar to the "Online Pass" that EA [1]rolled out last year, and to
Sony's own [2]experiment with SOCOM 4. Sony's explanation for the Pass
will probably leave you wishing Google Translate supported
marketing-speak: "This is an important initiative as it allows us to
accelerate our commitment to enhancing premium online services across our
first party game portfolio."
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Links:
0. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35701/Sony_PSN_Pass_To_Restrict_Used_Online_Access_In_Some_FirstParty_Titles.php
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/05/11/0457231/EA-Introduces-Online-Pass-To-Get-In-On-Used-Games-Market
2. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/19/0430230/Used-Game-Penalty-Escalates-With-SOCOM-4
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| Could PSTN Go Away By 2018?
| from the hullo-operator dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @08:09 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/046239/Could-PSTN-Go-Away-By-2018?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "If current rates hold, only 6% of the U.S.
population will still be served by the public switched telephone network
by the end of 2018. Tom Evslin reports that the 'Technical Advisory
Council (TAC) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommended
last week that the FCC [0]set a date certain for the sunset of the PSTN
rather than let the service fade slowly into oblivion as it is doing
now.' Since doing 'nothing' isn't really possible, he suggests:
(possibly) end(ing) the Universal Service Fund subsidies, ensuring
PSTN-dependent services like E911 work on new technologies, and assuring
that everyone who now has PSTN service has access to either a broadband
or cellular communication alternative."
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Links:
0. http://blog.tomevslin.com/2011/07/tac-to-fcc-set-a-date-certain-for-the-end-of-the-pstn.html
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| Visualizing Behavior-Tracking Cookies With Firefox
| from the dangerous-webs-we-weave dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @08:48 (Firefox)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/123217/Visualizing-Behavior-Tracking-Cookies-With-Firefox?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Using Firefox, and a new ([0]open source)
add-on called Collusion, you can see for yourself [1]just how extensive
the third-party behavior-tracking system is. Simply leave [2]the
Collusion website open, browse the web for a bit, and then return to see
that your favorite websites are letting at least four or five behavior
tracking companies follow you around the web."
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Links:
0. https://github.com/toolness/collusion
1. http://www.extremetech.com/internet/89438-how-to-visualize-behavior-tracking-cookies-with-a-firefox-add-on
2. http://collusion.toolness.org/
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| RIAA Math: Sell 1 Million Albums, Still Owe $500k
| from the must-be-that-new-math dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @09:30 (Businesses)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1216206/RIAA-Math-Sell-1-Million-Albums-Still-Owe-500k?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "For all the complaints from the RIAA about
'pirates,' who are the real pirates in this scenario? Through a variety
of contractual tricks, it's [0]nearly impossible for artists signed to
major labels to get paid. The article and video detail how an artist who
thinks he's getting a 10% royalty is actually getting closer to 2.5%
through various tricks placed in the contract. The labels, then, end up
with 97.5% of the gross revenue, and anything they 'spend' on the artist
continues to come out of the royalties, not the labels' cut."
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| Fitness Site Accidentally Shows Sexual Activity
| from the private-numbers dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday July 08, @09:50 (Privacy)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/128216/Fitness-Site-Accidentally-Shows-Sexual-Activity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "FitBit is a wearable device created to track calorie
usage based on activities. Unfortunately for some users, [0]one of those
is sexual activities. The information gained from the device is uploaded
to the users online web account, which is searchable by Google. From the
article: 'Yikes. Users of fitness and calorie tracker Fitbit may need to
be more careful when creating a profile on the site. The sexual activity
of many of the users of the company���s tracker and online platform can be
found in Google Search results, meaning that these users��� profiles are
public and searchable.'" It's just a matter of time before a line gets
crossed and a relationship gets ruined by trying to post the largest
Fitbit numbers for the evening.
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| UK Police Database Abuse 'Hugely Intrusive'
| from the you-can-trust-us dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @10:11 (Databases)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1328237/UK-Police-Database-Abuse-Hugely-Intrusive?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]twoheadedboy writes "Police database abuse has been branded as 'hugely
intrusive' after a report showed [1]over 900 officers and staff had
breached the Data Protection Act over the last three years. Furthermore,
243 police officers and staff received criminal convictions for breaking
laws set down by the DPA. 'Our investigation shows that not only have
police employees been found to have run background records checks on
friends and possible partners, but some have been convicted for passing
sensitive information to criminal gangs and drug dealers,' said Daniel
Hamilton, director of the Big Brother Watch."
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Links:
0. http://www.itpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.itpro.co.uk/634774/police-database-abuse-hugely-intrusive
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| Are You Too Good For Code Reviews?
| from the what-else-are-end-users-for dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @10:50 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1333252/Are-You-Too-Good-For-Code-Reviews?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Why do some programmers,' asks Chris Hemedinger, '[0]place
little value on code reviews?' This apparently includes even Programming
Greats like [1]Ken 'C' Thompson, who quipped, '[2]we were all pretty good
coders' when asked about the importance of code reviews in his work.
Hemedinger, on the other hand, subscribes to the school of thought that
peer code reviews are [3]Things Everyone Should Do. Not only do reviews
keep you on your toes, Hemedinger says, they also 'improve quality,
ensure continuity, and keep it fresh. Who can argue against that?'"
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Links:
0. http://blogs.sas.com/sasdummy/index.php?/archives/264-Are-you-too-good-for-code-reviews.html
1. http://www.bell-labs.com/news/1999/april/28/1.html
2. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operating_systems/231000037
3. http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2011/07/06/things-everyone-should-do-code-review/
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| Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight
| from the beginning-of-the-end dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @11:29 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1529242/Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-Launches-On-Final-Flight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Space Shuttle Atlantis has just launched from the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida. [0]STS-135 marks the final flight for the shuttle program, 30
years after Columbia touched the sky during [1]STS-1. The [2]mission
summary (PDF) outlines STS-135's crew and event timeline. NASA's
[3]launch blog has been following the countdown all morning, and our own
CmdrTaco has been [4]tweeting live from on-site. NASA TV is also being
[5]streamed live. Meteorological reports for the launch looked doubtful
at first, but [6]a gap in the bad weather at just the right time allowed
everything to proceed as planned. Atlantis successfully reached its
preliminary orbit in what a NASA official called a "flawless" launch.
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Links:
0. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1
2. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/558175main_STS135%20Mission%20Summary-4.pdf
3. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html
4. http://twitter.com/#!/cmdrtaco/
5. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/135_splash/index.html
6. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/sts135-live-attempt-1/
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| German Parliament Backs Nuclear Exit By 2022
| from the figurative-meltdowns-do-more-damage dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @12:09 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/162241/German-Parliament-Backs-Nuclear-Exit-By-2022?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]fysdt sends this quote from an AFP report: "The German parliament
sealed plans Friday to [1]phase out nuclear energy by 2022, making the
country the first major industrial power to take the step in the wake of
the disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant. The nuclear exit scheme cleared
its final hurdle in the Bundesrat upper house, which represents the 16
regional states, after the legislation passed the Bundestag lower house
with an overwhelming majority last week. Germany's seven oldest reactors
were already switched off after Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and
tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant,
causing reactors to overheat and radiation to leak. A further reactor has
been shut for years because of technical problems."
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Links:
0. http://domarate.com/
1. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnJH-sZ9D1lD39l-ekmBrnx2xuyg?docId=CNG.789d47896547d432d46c547221e2b880.461
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| NJ Judge Rules GPS Tracking of Spouse Legal
| from the liberty-and-prosperity-but-not-privacy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @12:47 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1626227/NJ-Judge-Rules-GPS-Tracking-of-Spouse-Legal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Endoflow2010 writes "The use of a GPS device to track your whereabouts
[0]is not an invasion of privacy in New Jersey, a state appellate court
panel ruled today. Based on the battle of a divorcing Gloucester County
couple, the decision helps clarify the rules governing a technology
increasingly employed by suspicious spouses ��� many of whom hire private
investigators. No state law governs the use of GPS tracking devices, and
the ruling, which does not affect police officers, is the first to
address the issue, said Jimmie Mesis, past president of the New Jersey
Licensed Private Investigators Association. 'We only use it when we are
sure we have the appropriate conditions,' [private investigator Lisa
Reed] said, noting that investigators make sure GPS devices are installed
in cars on public streets and not private areas, and that the spouse must
have some legal or financial connection to the car."
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Links:
0. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/judge_rules_use_of_gps_to_trac.html
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| CERN Launches Open Hardware Initiative
| from the leadership-by-example dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @13:06 (Open Source)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1635207/CERN-Launches-Open-Hardware-Initiative?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sfcrazy writes "CERN has launched version 1.1 of the Open Hardware
License (OHL), a legal framework to [0]facilitate knowledge exchange
across the electronic design community. The alpha version was launched
four months ago. In the spirit of knowledge and technology dissemination,
the CERN OHL was created to govern the use, copying, modification and
distribution of hardware design documentation, and the manufacture and
distribution of products."
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Links:
0. http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2011/PR08.11E.html
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| Gov't Docs Reveal Canada's Net Neutrality Enforcement Failure
| from the stop-or-we'll-say-stop-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @13:28 (Canada)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1632212/Govt-Docs-Reveal-Canadas-Net-Neutrality-Enforcement-Failure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "An investigation into the enforcement of
Canada's net neutrality rules reveals that virtually all major Canadian
ISPs have been the target of complaints, but there have been few, if any,
consequences arising from the complaints process. Michael Geist
[0]obtained internal CRTC documents on all net neutrality complaints and
found that Rogers was the top target, primarily for [1]throttling access
to World of Warcraft. Other notable cases include Bell throttling access
to hotfile.com and Barrett Xplore, a satellite Internet provider,
rendering VoIP unusable. Despite the revelations, there have no fines, no
audits, and the CRTC has even refused to investigate some cases that
appear to raise obvious net neutrality concerns."
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Links:
0. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5918/159/
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/29/027209/ISPs-War-On-BitTorrent-Hits-World-of-Warcraft
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| The Birth of Optogenetics
| from the lasers-on-the-brain dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @14:08 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1645218/The-Birth-of-Optogenetics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Dr. Tom writes "Scientists at MIT and other labs have [1]created
transgenic neurons that fire when exposed to light. The technique targets
specific cell types in live primates. They are already talking about the
possibilities for therapy and behavior modification by optically
stimulating specific brain circuits."
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Links:
0. mailto:tomh@nih.gov
1. http://the-scientist.com/2011/07/01/the-birth-of-optogenetics/
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| Book Review: Surveillance Or Security?
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday July 08, @14:48 (Security)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1152237/Book-Review-Surveillance-Or-Security?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]brothke writes "Surveillance or Security?: The Risks Posed by New
Wiretapping Technologies is a hard book to categorize. It is not about
security, but it deals extensively with it. It is not a law book, but
legal topics are pervasive throughout. It is not a telecommunications
book, but extensively details telco issues. Ultimately, the book is a
most important overview of security and privacy and the nature of
surveillance in current times." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.
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| Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing'
| from the don't-anger-the-precogs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @15:29 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1835207/Law-Enforcement-Wants-To-Try-Predictive-Policing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Harperdog with this excerpt from a story about using statistics to
fight crime: "It���s great when cops catch criminals after they've done
their dirty work. But what if police could stop a crime before it was
even committed? Though that may sound like a fantasy straight from a
Philip K. Dick novel, it's a goal police departments from Los Angeles to
Memphis are actively pursuing with help from the Department of Justice
and a handful of cutting-edge academics. It's called 'predictive
policing.' The idea: Although no one can foresee individual crimes, it is
possible to [1]forecast patterns of where and when homes are likely to be
burgled or cars stolen by analyzing truckloads of past crime reports and
other data with sophisticated computer algorithms. 'We know where crime
has occurred in the last month, but that doesn't mean it'll be there next
month,' Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Sean Malinowski says. 'The only
way for us to continue to have crime reduction is to start anticipating
where crime is going to occur.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:janice.sinclaire@miller-mccune.com
1. http://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/can-computers-predict-crimes-of-the-future-33146/
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| Nexus S To Serve As Brain For 3 Robots Aboard the ISS
| from the i-bid-twenty-quatloos-that-they're-all-untrainable dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @16:08 (Android)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/1914208/Nexus-S-To-Serve-As-Brain-For-3-Robots-Aboard-the-ISS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Given the NFC capabilities in Nexus S, NASA
researchers are about to [0]deploy them on the International Space
Station. Two Nexus S phones will be installed in robotic floating orbs
called Spheres (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient,
Experimental Satellites). They will be [1]performing a variety of
everyday tasks like taking inventory and inspecting equipment, which will
free up the human crew members for other duties. Currently the Spheres
are in testing mode, [2]as the video shows, but are expected to be up and
running by the end of the year."
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Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20077721-1/iss-floating-orbs-to-get-nexus-s-phones/
1. http://zerorobotics.mit.edu/
2. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/nexus-s-to-serve-as-brain-for-3-robots-aboard-the-iss-2011078/
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| DHS Admits Knowledge of Infected Import Tech
| from the mal-where? dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @16:50 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/208206/DHS-Admits-Knowledge-of-Infected-Import-Tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "Deputy Undersecretary Schaffer of the DHS National
Protection and Programs Directorate confessed to being aware of foreign
technology that had been imported with spyware, malware, and other
security risks. According to the article, 'More worryingly, the hearing
[0]specifically mentioned hardware components as possibly being
compromised ��� which raises the questions of whether, perhaps, something
as innocuous as Flash memory or embedded RFID chips could be used by
interested foreign parties.' [1]These hearings were held on July 7th to
'examine the nature and extent of the current threat to America's
infrastructure.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.fastcompany.com/1765855/dhs-someones-spiking-our-imported-tech-with-attack-tools
1. http://oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1363%3A7-7-11-qcybersecurity-assessing-the-nations-ability-to-address-the-growing-cyber-threatq&catid=12&Itemid=20
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| Harmony Project Pushes Lawyers Off FOSS's Back
| from the we're-getting-along-or-else dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @17:32 (Open Source)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/214229/Harmony-Project-Pushes-Lawyers-Off-FOSSs-Back?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Julie188 writes "Harmony is an effort that was begun and shepherded by
Amanda Brock, the general counsel at Canonical. The intent was to create
a [1]small collection of consistently-worded contribution agreements
(both licenses and assignments) for free and open source projects to use
to reduce the friction such agreements can cause when they're encountered
for the first time by corporate counsel unfamiliar with FOSS licensing.
[2]Version 1.0 of the documents have launched. As court cases involving
software copyrights and patents continue to sprout forth, we don't have
the liberty of ignoring the changes brought on by the law. Neither do we
get to follow Dick the Butcher's suggestion in Henry the Sixth, and kill
all the lawyers."
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Links:
0. mailto:jbort@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/76064
2. http://harmonyagreements.org/about.html
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| EA's Origin Service To Go Mobile
| from the escalating-the-conflict dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @17:55 (IOS)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/2123219/EAs-Origin-Service-To-Go-Mobile?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Electronic Arts recently launched their own digital distribution platform
named Origin, a merging of various similar services they've operated in
the past and a direct competitor to Steam. The two rivals have already
[0]butted heads over DLC distribution, with Valve's business terms
forcing Crysis 2 off Steam. (And this may be just the first shot in the
upcoming [1]content distribution wars, though EA says it will [2]continue
to allow downloads through other outlets, and that Origin could support
games from other publishers in the future.) Now, EA has announced that
Origin will include some degree of cross-platform support, and will
[3]try to battle Apple's Game Center on iOS devices.
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Links:
0. http://www.giantbomb.com/news/crysis-2-was-removed-from-steam-over-dlc-distribution-deal/3399/
1. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/07/origin-steam/
2. http://www.ea.com/news/demar-at-ea-we-believe-in-choice
3. http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/07/08/things-we-dont-need-eas-origin-on-iphone-and-ipad/
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| PayPal Predicts the End of the Wallet By 2015
| from the spines-everywhere-straighten-in-relief dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, @18:15 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/2146238/PayPal-Predicts-the-End-of-the-Wallet-By-2015?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]BogenDorpher writes "As new technology emerges, one can safely assume
that [1]the days of carrying a wallet will soon end. In fact, PayPal
believes that by the year 2015, [2]no one will be carrying a wallet
anymore. Instead, [3]mobile payment methods will be taking over."
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Links:
0. http://www.winbeta.org/
1. http://www.winbeta.org/?q=content/paypal-predicts-end-wallet-2015
2. https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2011/06/paypal-crosses-first-100-million-active-accounts-4/
3. http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/the-future-of-mobile-payments-infographic/
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| TSA Employee Stole $50k Worth of Electronics
| from the phew-glad-that's-over dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @19:03 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/2235235/TSA-Employee-Stole-50k-Worth-of-Electronics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mrquagmire writes "A Continental Airlines employee Monday caught Nelson
Santiago-Serrano, 30, stealing an iPad from a suitcase in Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to the Broward
County Sheriff's Office. Over the past six months, Santiago-Serrano told
authorities he [0]stole $50,000 worth of computers, GPS devices and other
electronics from luggage he screened, took pictures of them to post for
sale online and sold the items often by the time his shift ended."
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Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/07/07/florida.tsa.employee.theft/
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| Comet-Sun Impact Caught On Video
| from the comet-denies-responsibility dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @19:27 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/2326228/Comet-Sun-Impact-Caught-On-Video?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jomegat writes "NASA has released footage captured by the Solar
Dynamics Observatory (SDO) showing a [1]comet slamming into the surface
of the sun. The impact created a huge splash as seen on the video, but
the impact at the surface was blocked by an occluding disk that allows
the SDO to image the sun's corona. It's still very impressive though!"
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0. mailto:jomegat@jomegat.com
1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/comet-streaks-sun.html
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| Online Social Security Statement In Limbo
| from the don't-worry-your-iou-is-totally-safe dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday July 08, @19:46 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/08/2338223/Online-Social-Security-Statement-In-Limbo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "While the debate over Social Security benefits is
heating up in Congress, one of the most basic ways everyone interacts
with the agency ��� the yearly Social Security Statement ��� is [1]in limbo
as the agency struggles to move it online. The Social Security Statement
had been issued every year since 2000 to more than 150 million workers
serving as the government's key way of communicating with workers about
benefits, earnings records and how much retirement money they have. The
statement is also a key tool for communicating with the public about the
long-term financial challenges the Social Security system faces. However,
whether you realize it or not, the SSA suspended mailings of the
statement in March citing budgetary concerns."
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0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/online-social-security-statement-limbo-agency
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