Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention
This Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth
analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate
the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions.
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51385063/
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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Borders Books, Dead At 40
* Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year
* Anonymous To Release Sun, News of the World Emails
* FBI Executes Nationwide Raid of Anonymous Members
* Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity?
* iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket
* Linux 3.0 Release Delayed
* NoScript Awarded $10,000
* IE6 Still Going Strong In China
* Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents
* How To Jailbreak and Upgrade Old Android Phones
* Google Acquires G.co Domain
* Gov't Funded Electric Car Company Goes Out of Business
* Apple Finally Approves Google+ App For iPhone
* Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns
* OpenBSD Marches Toward 5.0 Release
* Tae Bo Workout Sent Skyscraper Shaking
* Frustrated Judge Pushes For Solution In Google Books Case
* Dumpster Drive: File-Sharing For Your Digital Trash
* Chrome Extension Adds Facebook, Twitter To Google+
* Napkins and the History of Ethernet, Compaq, Facebook
* BBC Crowdsources 3G Coverage Map
* Dawn Takes First Pictures of Vesta From Orbit
* SEC Filing Reveals Details of Zynga's Relationship With Facebook
* Qt For the Console
* Russia Launches Delayed Radiotelescope
* Wall-E Robot Made With LEGO Mindstorms
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| Borders Books, Dead At 40
| from the will-be-sorely-missed dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday July 19, @08:09 (Books)
| with 422 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0641213/Borders-Books-Dead-At-40?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The
40-year-old book seller [0]could start shuttering its 399 remaining
stores as early as Friday ([1]store closing map). The Ann Arbor, MI-based
chain, which helped pioneer the big-box bookseller concept, is [2]seeking
court approval to sell off its assets after it failed to receive any bids
that would keep it in business. Hang on to those [3]Borders Midnight
Magic Party memories, kids!"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0641213/Borders-Books-Dead-At-40?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Borders-seeks-approval-to-liquidate-1471467.php
1. http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/Borders_Books_Closings_Map/index.php
2. http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/07/18/its-almost-official-borders-is-dead/
3. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/magic-potter-fans-when-midnight-strikes
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| Earth's Population To Hit 7 Billion This Year
| from the someone-alert-paul-ehrlich dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday July 19, @08:27 (Earth)
| with 419 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0134235/Earths-Population-To-Hit-7-Billion-This-Year?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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MikeChino writes "The [0]UN Population Division just announced that the
world's human population will hit [1]7 billion by Halloween 2011. The
increase of one billion people in the past 12 years is worrying,
especially since the global population only reached one billion total in
the early 19th century. In the next 20 years, our population growth is
predicted to rise to 8 billion people as our demand for food increases by
50 percent, water by 30 percent and energy by 50 percent." [2]Not
everyone finds it to be worrying per se.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0134235/Earths-Population-To-Hit-7-Billion-This-Year?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.un.org/esa/population/
1. http://inhabitat.com/planet-earths-population-will-hit-7-billion-people-this-year/
2. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/07/breed_like_beck.html
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| Anonymous To Release Sun, News of the World Emails
| from the take-a-look-at-this dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 19, @11:52 (Security)
| with 312 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1536222/Anonymous-To-Release-Sun-News-of-the-World-Emails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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siliconbits writes "After having hacked Rupert Murdoch's flagship news
website, thesun.co.uk, and [0]redirecting its readers to a spoof front
page and pilfering its email servers, Anonymous' unofficial mouthpiece,
Sabu, has revealed that the group is 'sitting on [the sun's & NOTW's]
emails' with a press release from Anonymous & possibly more coming in a
few hours. While that website has already been taken down, the email
bounty is likely to be potentially more damaging with Sabu [1]releasing
details of two of the Sun's top three employees, Rebekah Wade and Bill
Akass, the former editors of the Sun and News of the World respectively
as well as Lee Wells & Danny Rogers, Editorial Support Manager at News
International and Sun Online Editorial Manager respectively, as a taster
of what's coming next."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1536222/Anonymous-To-Release-Sun-News-of-the-World-Emails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/235237/LulzSec-Target-the-Sun-After-Phone-Hacking-Scandal
1. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/07/19/anonymous-release-sun-news-world-emails-today/
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| FBI Executes Nationwide Raid of Anonymous Members
| from the roflcopter-ride-to-prison dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @14:43 (Security)
| with 286 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/187242/FBI-Executes-Nationwide-Raid-of-Anonymous-Members?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Nominei and suraj.sun write in with news about a [0]nationwide raid of
Anonymous members. CBS reports that raids [1]occurred in California, New
Jersey, Florida, and New York. At least [2]12 arrests were made with 15
warrants executed. Surely this has nothing at all to do with their recent
infiltration [3]of a certain company.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/187242/FBI-Executes-Nationwide-Raid-of-Anonymous-Members?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/07/fbi-confirms-arrests-anonymous-hacking-case/40153/
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/19/national/main20080685.shtml
2. http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/19/new.york.anonymous.warrants/
3. https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1536222/Anonymous-To-Release-Sun-News-of-the-World-Emails
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| Can Long Term Research Survive the Coming Age of Austerity?
| from the the-investors-disapprove dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @16:01 (Science)
| with 245 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1932219/Can-Long-Term-Research-Survive-the-Coming-Age-of-Austerity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Alexis Madrigal writes that everyone agrees you
need science and technology R&D, but when budgets get tight, research
into quantum dots or the fundamental forces that cause earthquakes [1]has
a hard time holding the line against health care or tax cuts for the
richest Americans. Different countries are taking different approaches.
Japan is [2]focusing on its most elite researchers, giving up to $50
million to 30 different people. Other countries are just giving up on
some areas of research to focus on others; for example, US particle
physicists who will [3]spend their careers trying to drive from the
backseat as our European counterparts run the Large Hadron Collider. A
third approach might be to reduce redundancies in research. 'An idea to
provide funding in a larger number of key areas that would avoid
duplication is to create dedicated research centers where several
investigators can work in parallel on complementary topics,' writes Joerg
Heber. "If we do less research we need to do it right. And using this
crisis to think about our research infrastructure needn't be a bad thing.
It should be seen as [4]an opportunity to reform the academic research
system in a more comprehensive and fundamental way than the academic
community and the politicians normally dare to think about.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1932219/Can-Long-Term-Research-Survive-the-Coming-Age-of-Austerity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/can-science-survive-the-age-of-austerity/242095/
2. http://www.jst.go.jp/first/en/index.html
3. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/tevatron/
4. http://blog.joerg.heber.name/2011/07/18/science-in-the-age-of-austerity/
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| iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket
| from the indestructible-object dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 19, @10:32 (Cellphones)
| with 227 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1355212/iPhone-4-Survives-Fall-From-Skydivers-Pocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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tripleevenfall sent in a link with a story that is sure to be the basis
for the next iPhone 4 commercial. From the article: "Jarrod McKinney's
iPhone 4 ��� a notoriously fragile device ��� cracked when his 2-year-old
knocked it off a bathroom shelf. So it's easy to see why McKinney, a
37-year-old in Minnesota, would be 'just absolutely shocked' when that
same phone [0]survived a fall from his pocket ��� while he was skydiving
from 13,500 feet."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1355212/iPhone-4-Survives-Fall-From-Skydivers-Pocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/07/18/iphone.skydive/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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| Linux 3.0 Release Delayed
| from the wait-for-it-wait-for-it dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday July 18, @23:13 (Bug)
| with 175 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0313215/Linux-30-Release-Delayed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]JustinRLynn writes "A recent Google+ Post by Linus Torvalds indicates
that [1]version 3.0 of the Linux kernel will have to wait due to the
discovery of a 'subtle pathname lookup bug.' Linus indicates, 'We have a
patch, we understand the problem, and it looks ObviouslyCorrect(tm), but
I don't think I want to release 3.0 just a couple of hours after applying
it.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/0313215/Linux-30-Release-Delayed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:justinlynn@gmail.com
1. https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/2BXkWyrY4jH
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| NoScript Awarded $10,000
| from the useful-little-tools dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 19, @11:10 (Security)
| with 155 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1451246/NoScript-Awarded-10000?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader noted an interesting bit of information about a tool
a ton of Slashdot users make use of every day: "NoScript has been chosen
as the [0]recipient of the DRG Security Innovation Grant. This is a great
honor and a spur to keep making the Web a safer place. I feel the urge to
thank the committee for recognizing NoScript as a pioneering force in
browser security, and the community of contributors, researchers,
translators, beta testers, and loyal users who keep this project alive
day after day. The grant will fund the effort to merge the current two
development lines, i.e. 'traditional' NoScript for desktop environment."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1451246/NoScript-Awarded-10000?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hackademix.net/2011/07/15/noscript-awarded-with-the-drg-security-innovation-grant/
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| IE6 Still Going Strong In China
| from the not-so-big-in-japan dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday July 19, @02:08 (Internet Explorer)
| with 154 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2343244/IE6-Still-Going-Strong-In-China?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]RackNine writes "Net Applications estimates that IE6 has a share of
33.8% in China, StatCounter estimates about 40.2%. Consider the fact that
there are currently about 477 million Internet users in China and you get
[1]160 to 192 million IE6 users. That is potentially more than all
Internet users in Africa and the Middle East combined (187 million)."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2343244/IE6-Still-Going-Strong-In-China?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:marketing@racknine.com
1. http://www.conceivablytech.com/8304/business/why-microsoft-cant-get-rid-of-ie6-yet
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| Aaron Swartz Indicted in Attempted Piracy of Four Million Documents
| from the but-information-wants-to-be-free dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @15:19 (Media)
| with 134 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1839237/Aaron-Swartz-Indicted-in-Attempted-Piracy-of-Four-Million-Documents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "New York Times has reported that Internet
activist [0]Aaron Swartz has been [1]indicted for stealing more than 4
million documents from [2]JSTOR." The indictment contains an [3]exciting
tale featuring trespassing, MAC address forgery, a Python script or two,
and even computers hidden under a cardboard box. El Reg has a [4]decent
summary. Demand Progress has [5]released an official response claiming
the charges are trumped up nonsense.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1839237/Aaron-Swartz-Indicted-in-Attempted-Piracy-of-Four-Million-Documents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://aaronsw.com/
1. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/reddit-co-founder-charged-with-data-theft/
2. http://jstor.org/
3. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/217115-20110719-schwartz.html
4. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/19/harvard_fellow_indicted/
5. http://blog.demandprogress.org/2011/07/federal-government-indicts-former-demand-progress-executive-director-for-downloading-too-many-journal-articles/
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| How To Jailbreak and Upgrade Old Android Phones
| from the make-your-robot-do-its-job dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday July 18, @21:19 (Android)
| with 130 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2329250/How-To-Jailbreak-and-Upgrade-Old-Android-Phones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Serdar Yegulalp provides an in-depth
tutorial on how he [1]rooted and upgraded his Motorola Cliq XT, one of
many Android phones made infamous for [2]not receiving further Android
updates beyond 1.5. 'It turned out to be quite an odyssey, with twists
and turns I describe here in order to help those who wish to embark on a
similar journey,' Yegulalp writes. 'Was it worth the trouble? Yes, in the
sense that learning how to jailbreak your own phone is a valuable skill,
and I got much more functionality out of the Cliq, when I was expecting
to simply junk it. '"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2329250/How-To-Jailbreak-and-Upgrade-Old-Android-Phones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/jailbreak-upgrading-non-upgradable-android-171
2. http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/old-android-devices-may-not-support-android-20-132
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| Google Acquires G.co Domain
| from the letters-are-money dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 19, @09:49 (Google)
| with 128 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1340205/Google-Acquires-Gco-Domain?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dkd903 writes "Google has announced that [0]they have acquired a new
domain ��� g.co. They said, 'We���ll only use g.co to send you to webpages
that are owned by Google, and only we can create g.co shortcuts. That
means you can visit a g.co shortcut confident you will always end up at a
page for a Google product or service. There's no need to fret about the
fate of goo.gl; we like it as much as you do, and nothing is changing on
that front.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1340205/Google-Acquires-Gco-Domain?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/gco-official-url-shortcut-for-google.html
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| Gov't Funded Electric Car Company Goes Out of Business
| from the money-well-flushed dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 19, @19:23 (Government)
| with 128 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2245232/Govt-Funded-Electric-Car-Company-Goes-Out-of-Business?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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thecarchik writes "Consider yesterday's [0]collapse of electric car
company Green Vehicles an object lesson in why it's a bad idea for cities
to invest in the risky business of start-up car companies ��� perhaps
especially start-up electric car companies. Even such companies with a
viable product have seen [1]their fair share of financial troubles, but
Green Vehicles did not even have a product to sell off at a fire sale.
The city of Salinas, California learned that lesson as Green Vehicles
shut its doors, costing the city more than $500,000."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2245232/Govt-Funded-Electric-Car-Company-Goes-Out-of-Business?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.allcarselectric.com/news/1063336_start-up-electric-car-company-green-vehicles-folds-costs-city-500000
1. http://www.allcarselectric.com/news/1062028_think-thunk-electric-car-maker-goes-bankrupt-again
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| Apple Finally Approves Google+ App For iPhone
| from the mark-zuckerberg-makes-angry-face dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @18:03 (Google)
| with 120 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2117245/Apple-Finally-Approves-Google-App-For-iPhone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Apple [1]approved the Google+ app for the iPhone on
Tuesday, and [2]posted it to the App Store. It's unclear whether Google
has created an iPad-specific app. Two weeks ago, a Google employee said
that the company [3]had submitted Google+ to the App Store ... on July 4.
According to that timeline, Google's app [4]took twice as long as the
majority of submitted apps to win Apple's approval."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2117245/Apple-Finally-Approves-Google-App-For-iPhone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218513/Apple_approves_Google_app_for_iPhone
2. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google/id447119634?mt=8
3. https://plus.google.com/113097276181543898574/posts/Wf9aSEtL63f
4. http://blogs.computerworld.com/18619/google_plus_iphone_app
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| Bitcoin Trademark Troll Now Sending Bogus DMCA Takedowns
| from the my-claims-are-legit dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @16:41 (Bitcoin)
| with 89 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2012245/Bitcoin-Trademark-Troll-Now-Sending-Bogus-DMCA-Takedowns?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A couple weeks ago, Slashdot wrote about a
lawyer named Michael Pascazi, who was [0]trying to trademark Bitcoin.
Techdirt [1]picked up on the story, including Pascazi's evidence of the
trademark. Pascazi has now [2]sent Techdirt a bogus DMCA takedown request
over the post, claiming that the header and footer in his stationery,
which appears via an embed on the story, violates his copyright. He
appears to be claiming that simply posting any version of his stationery
is a copyright violation. It's not clear if the content in question is
even copyrightable, and if it is, how Techdirt's use isn't fair use."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/07/0326213/Lawyer-Attempts-To-Trademark-Bitcoin
1. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/12090715000/couple-trying-to-trademark-bitcoin-via-dubious-claims.shtml
2. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110719/00513815159/lawyer-trying-to-trademark-bitcoin-threatens-techdirt-with-bogus-dmca-takedown.shtml
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| OpenBSD Marches Toward 5.0 Release
| from the netcraft-confirms-openbsd-chugging-along-merrily dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @15:37 (Operating Systems)
| with 88 comments
| https://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1850210/OpenBSD-Marches-Toward-50-Release?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]badger.foo writes "[1]OpenBSD-current just [2]turned 5.0-beta,
providing us a preview of what the upcoming release (slated for November
1st) will look like. Peter Hansteen takes us through the [3]main new
features and explains the development process that has consistently
turned out [4]high-quality releases on time, every six months for more
than a decade."
Discuss this story at:
https://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1850210/OpenBSD-Marches-Toward-50-Release?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bsdly.net/~peter/
1. http://www.openbsd.org/
2. http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20110718205109
3. http://bsdly.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-to-expect-in-openbsd-50-onwards.html
4. http://www.openbsd.org/papers/asiabsdcon2009-release_engineering/
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| Tae Bo Workout Sent Skyscraper Shaking
| from the kick-punch-destroyskyscraper dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @17:08 (Technology)
| with 86 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2041224/Tae-Bo-Workout-Sent-Skyscraper-Shaking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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MiniMike writes "According to CNN: 'Seventeen people performing a
vigorous Tae Bo workout caused tremors that [0]forced the evacuation of a
South Korean skyscraper earlier this month, the building's owners say.
Scientists recreated the event in the 12th floor gym, according to a
report in the Korea Times.' I don't know which is scarier, that they made
such a flimsy skyscraper, or the sight of 17 scientists doing a Tae Bo
workout. Hopefully they're better at it than the scientists I've seen in
the gym."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2041224/Tae-Bo-Workout-Sent-Skyscraper-Shaking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/19/scientist-tae-bo-workout-sent-skyscraper-shaking/
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| Frustrated Judge Pushes For Solution In Google Books Case
| from the no-time-for-you-slackers dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 19, @18:44 (Books)
| with 75 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2212211/Frustrated-Judge-Pushes-For-Solution-In-Google-Books-Case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SpuriousLogic writes with this excerpt from a Reuters report: "A
Manhattan federal judge [0]set a Sept. 15 deadline for Google, authors
and publishers to come up with a legal plan to create the world's largest
digital library, expressing frustration that the six-year-old dispute has
not been resolved. At a hearing on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Denny
Chin said if the dispute is not 'resolved or close to resolved in
principle' by mid-September, he will set a 'relatively tight schedule'
for the parties to prepare for a possible trial. ... Citing antitrust and
copyright concerns, Chin had on March 22 [1]rejected a $125 million
settlement. He said it went 'too far' in allowing Google to exploit
digitized copyrighted works by selling subscriptions to them online and
engaging in 'wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-frustrated-judge-pushes-google-digital-book-deal-20110719,0,1347946.story
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/22/2312216/Federal-Judge-Rejects-Google-Books-Deal
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| Dumpster Drive: File-Sharing For Your Digital Trash
| from the are-you-done-with-this-mp3? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 19, @14:31 (Data Storage)
| with 69 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1420238/Dumpster-Drive-File-Sharing-For-Your-Digital-Trash?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Dumpster Drive is a file-sharing application
that recycles digital files. Using dumpster diving as a model for
recirculating unwanted objects, Dumpster Drive [0]allows others to dig
through files that you delete on your computer in a passive file-sharing
network. Instead of simply erasing data from your computer, the software
allows users to extend the lifecycle of their unwanted files and pass
them on to others." Not sure how useful this is, but I think it's a neat
idea.
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1420238/Dumpster-Drive-File-Sharing-For-Your-Digital-Trash?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://dumpsterdrive.com/
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| Chrome Extension Adds Facebook, Twitter To Google+
| from the simplify-your-life dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 19, @08:56 (Cloud)
| with 66 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1254235/Chrome-Extension-Adds-Facebook-Twitter-To-Google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader submitted a story about [0]Start G+, a really sweet
Chrome plug-in that I've been using for several days to blend Facebook
and Twitter into [1]my Google+ Page. It's worth a look. It's a bit buggy,
but if it lets you close a tab or two, it's worth it. FTA: "Computer
programmer Zane Claes has created Start G+, a Google Chrome extension
that adds useful features to the Google+ social network. It lets you
easily import your photos from Facebook, as well as post to Facebook and
Twitter within Google+. In short, it's [2]designed to make the process of
transitioning from Facebook to Google+ as smooth as possible."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1254235/Chrome-Extension-Adds-Facebook-Twitter-To-Google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hbgcgahdbgbdenffckohanhobdcnkoip
1. https://plus.google.com/105030465637303791249/posts
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/chrome-extension-adds-your-facebook-twitter-streams-into-google-/2229
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| Napkins and the History of Ethernet, Compaq, Facebook
| from the spammers-eat-your-soul dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 19, @12:49 (Compaq)
| with 64 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1640225/Napkins-and-the-History-of-Ethernet-Compaq-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "Napkins don't really stack up well against hard drives
or even floppy disks for preserving data over time. But some of the
technology and business world's most enduring ideas are said to have at
least [0]gotten their starts as sketches on dinner or cocktail napkins
(which in fact were inspiration for the 5 �� floppy disk's size). Robert
Metcalfe's early Ethernet diagrams from his days at Xerox PARC back in
the early 1970s might be the most famous napkin sketches in the
technology industry, but there are napkin stories involving Compaq,
Facebook, @home and more."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1640225/Napkins-and-the-History-of-Ethernet-Compaq-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/napkins-where-ethernet-compaq-and-facebook
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| BBC Crowdsources 3G Coverage Map
| from the but-how-does-qwghlm-stack-up? dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday July 19, @05:03 (Networking)
| with 62 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2353231/BBC-Crowdsources-3G-Coverage-Map?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "The BBC is asking Android users to install an [1]app
which will upload information about 3G and 2G coverage, in order to build
up a map showing where Britain has signal. The company behind the app,
Epitiro, previously worked with the regulator Ofcom to [2]measure 3G
speed, and apparently found that [3]O2 is slightly faster."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2353231/BBC-Crowdsources-3G-Coverage-Map?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/bbc-crowdsources-uk-3g-coverage-map-34376
2. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ofcom-to-probe-mobile-broadband-speeds-9660
3. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ofcom-hails-o2-as-the-fastest-broadband-service-30301
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| Dawn Takes First Pictures of Vesta From Orbit
| from the sightings-of-minbari-cruisers-unconfirmed dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @16:20 (NASA)
| with 51 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/202237/Dawn-Takes-First-Pictures-of-Vesta-From-Orbit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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thebchuckster writes with a photo gallery in International Business
Times. From the article "NASA's [0]Dawn, locked in [1]orbit around Vesta,
has sent back the first ever [2]close-up image of the asteroid 'So far,
the images received to date reveal a [3]complex surface that seems to
have preserved some of the earliest events in Vesta's history, as well as
[4]logging the onslaught that Vesta has suffered in the intervening
eons,' said Dawn principal investigator Christopher Russell."
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Links:
0. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/main/index.html
1. https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/17/163208/NASA-Probe-Orbiting-Asteroid-Vesta
2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/182520/20110718/dawn-vesta-close-up-photos-orbit-asteroid.htm
3. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/multimedia/pia14314b.html
4. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/multimedia/pia14313.html
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| SEC Filing Reveals Details of Zynga's Relationship With Facebook
| from the slash-wars-ville dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @17:22 (Facebook)
| with 49 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2051249/SEC-Filing-Reveals-Details-of-Zyngas-Relationship-With-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bizwriter writes with an article in bnet. From the article "An [0]amended
S-1 filing for Zynga's eventual IPO offers details of its relationship to
Facebook. There's plenty of interesting stuff there in the open, but some
partially redacted sections [1]hint at why Zynga is so dependent on
Facebook as a channel to get to its market ��� and why Facebook doesn't
deploy its own games." It appears that Zynga is allowed to get away with
quite a bit thanks to all of the ad revenue they bring in for Facebook.
Who has the upper hand in this relationship?
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https://slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/2051249/SEC-Filing-Reveals-Details-of-Zyngas-Relationship-With-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1439404/000119312511190294/0001193125-11-190294-index.htm
1. http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-facebook-and-zynga/11862
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| Qt For the Console
| from the x11-is-for-wimps dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @13:35 (Graphics)
| with 30 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/177243/Qt-For-the-Console?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Girish Ramakrishnan has written a
[0]Lighthouse plugin that lets one [1]run Qt applications on the console.
Old timers would recall the [2]April Fool's story. Except it's for real
this time." It's more of a neat hack than anything since it doesn't
support things like mouse events yet.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/177243/Qt-For-the-Console?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/05/09/thoughts-about-qt-5/
1. http://blog.forwardbias.in/2011/07/qtcaca-lighthouse-plugin.html
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/02/03/31/2350239/Qt-For-The-Console
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| Russia Launches Delayed Radiotelescope
| from the us-declares-satellite-communist-deception dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday July 19, @14:05 (Space)
| with 30 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1737257/Russia-Launches-Delayed-Radiotelescope?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday the [0]Radioastron Spektr-R
satellite [1]was successfully launched from [2]Baikonur cosmodrome. It
became first [3]launch of an astronomical satellite in 25 years for
Russia. It's [4]mission is to search the Universe for [5]black holes,
quasars, pulsars, and other mysterious objects. Using a [6]highly
elliptical orbit of around 340,000 km it will conduct interferometer
observations (in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope
network) with the extraordinarily high angular resolution. The project's
life expectancy is 5 years but its creators are hoping for it to work at
least twice as long."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1737257/Russia-Launches-Delayed-Radiotelescope?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/spektr_r.html
1. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/russians-launch-space-telescope/story-e6frg6so-1226097482531
2. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/baikonur.html
3. http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=12006
4. http://www.asc.rssi.ru/radioastron/description/intro_eng.htm
5. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1107/18spektr/index.html
6. http://www.asc.rssi.ru/radioastron/description/orbit_eng.htm
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| Wall-E Robot Made With LEGO Mindstorms
| from the how-is-it-with-trash? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 19, @12:51 (Toys)
| with 27 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/146221/Wall-E-Robot-Made-With-LEGO-Mindstorms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Montreal-based maker Marc-Andr�� Bazergui has
created a [0]real-life Wall-E robot using a set of motors and a LEGO
Mindstorms NXT kit. The 20cm tall Wall-E uses 5 RCX motors and 3 Levers
to move and transform just like the animated character, and it took
Bazergui over 250 hours to build. Even more impressive, is that Wall-E
can be remotely controlled to move around, pick up objects and look up
and down. Alternatively, he can be programmed to move on his own accord."
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https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/146221/Wall-E-Robot-Made-With-LEGO-Mindstorms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.inhabitots.com/real-life-wall-e-made-with-lego-mindstorms-motors/
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