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In this issue:
* Google+ Account Suspensions Over ToS Drawing Fire
* For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution
* Online Call To Shoot President Ruled Free Speech
* Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors
* Android Password Data Stored In Plain Text
* 'The Code Has Already Been Written'
* Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 Kbps [July 2011].
* 675k Stolen Credit Cards = Ten Years In Jail
* FDA To Scrutinize Mobile Medical Apps
* Suggesting Innovative Uses For Retired Space Shuttles
* Android User Spends 60 Days In WebOS Land
* Heathrow To Install Facial Recognition Scanners
* Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs
* New Blood Test Can Detect Alzheimers
* Get Your Own Action Figure (In Japan)
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| Google+ Account Suspensions Over ToS Drawing Fire
| from the good-thing-about-being-unfamous dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @02:26 (Social Networks)
| with 489 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0441238/Google-Account-Suspensions-Over-ToS-Drawing-Fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ideonexus writes "Reports of [1]Google+ deleting user accounts are all
over, including Limor Fried ��� AKA Lady Ada / Adafruit Industries
(recently featured in Wired Magazine) and former Google employee Kirrily
'Skud' Robert for violating Google's identity ToS. Other users are
finding themselves locked out of their accounts without an explanation of
how they violated the ToS. The worst part for these individuals is that a
lock-out of Google+ includes being locked out of all Google services,
including email, calendar, and documents."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0441238/Google-Account-Suspensions-Over-ToS-Drawing-Fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://ideonexus.com/
1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/google-plus-deleting-accounts-en-masse-no-clear-answers/567
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| For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution
| from the evolving-attitude dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @16:50 (Books)
| with 386 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2047222/For-Texas-Textbooks-a-Victory-For-Evolution?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Texas Board of Education has unanimously
[0]come down on the side of evolution. In an 8-0 vote, the board today
approved scientifically accurate high school biology textbook supplements
from established mainstream publishers ��� and did not approve the
creationist-backed supplements from International Databases, LLC."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2047222/For-Texas-Textbooks-a-Victory-For-Evolution?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://ncse.com/news/2011/07/victory-evolution-texas-006802
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| Online Call To Shoot President Ruled Free Speech
| from the just-a-few-words-in-a-certain-order dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @08:29 (Censorship)
| with 323 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0324253/Online-Call-To-Shoot-President-Ruled-Free-Speech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "USA Today reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals has [1]reversed the conviction of a man who threatened to
shoot President Obama, saying his Internet message board comments
amounted to free speech and ruled that prosecutors 'failed to present
sufficient evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt' that the man
'had the subjective intent to threaten a presidential candidate.' Walter
Bagdasarian was found guilty two years ago of making threats against the
presidential candidate in comments he posted on a Yahoo.com financial
website after 1 am on Oct. 22, 2008, as Obama's impending victory in the
race for the White House was becoming apparent. Bagdasarian told
investigators he was drunk at the time. The observation that Obama 'will
have a 50 cal in the head soon' and a call to 'shoot the [racist slur]'
weren't violations of the law under which Bagdasarian was convicted
because the statute [2]doesn't criminalize 'predictions or exhortations
to others to injure or kill the president,' said the majority opinion,
written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0324253/Online-Call-To-Shoot-President-Ruled-Free-Speech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/07/man-who-threatened-obama-has-conviction-reversed/1?csp=34news
2. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/07/online-call-to-shoot-obama-was-free-speech-not-a-crime-appeals-court-rules.html
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| Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors
| from the until-pudge-starts-voting dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @09:32 (Government)
| with 236 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1322210/Internet-Based-Political-Party-Opens-Doors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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AlamedaStone writes "New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Thomas L. Friedman
writes (edited for brevity): 'If [...] idiocy by elected officials [...]
leaves you wishing that we had more options today [...] not only are you
not alone, but help may be on the way. Thanks to a quiet political
start-up that is now ready to show its hand, a viable, centrist, third
presidential ticket, [0]elected by an Internet convention, is going to
emerge in 2012.' Currently it looks like more liberal-inclined
individuals are registering, but it would make for a healthier system if
more viewpoints were represented."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1322210/Internet-Based-Political-Party-Opens-Doors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Android Password Data Stored In Plain Text
| from the so-don't-give-people-your-phone dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @14:41 (Android)
| with 202 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1715232/Android-Password-Data-Stored-In-Plain-Text?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jampola writes "The Hacker News is reporting that [1]Android password
data is being stored as plain text in its SQlite database. Hackers News
says that 'The password for email accounts is stored into the SQLite DB
which in turn stores it on the phone's file system in plain text.
Encrypting or at least transforming the password would be desirable.' I'm
sure most would agree encrypted password data in at least SHA or MD5
would be kind of a good idea!"
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1715232/Android-Password-Data-Stored-In-Plain-Text?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:jamesbos@gmail.com
1. http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/07/android-passwords-are-stored-in-plain.html
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| 'The Code Has Already Been Written'
| from the is-that-how-you-see-things dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @15:45 (Programming)
| with 164 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1941242/The-Code-Has-Already-Been-Written?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "John D. Cook points out [0]there's a major divide between
the way scientists and programmers view the software they write.
Scientists see their software as a kind of exoskeleton, an extension of
themselves. Programmers, on the other hand, see their software as
something they will hand over to someone else, more like building a
robot. To a scientist, the software soup's done when they get what they
want out of it, while professional programmers give more thought to
reproducibility, maintainability, and correctness. So what happens when
the twain meet? 'The real tension,' says Cook, 'comes when a piece of
research software is suddenly expected to be ready for production. The
scientist will say 'the code has already been written' and can't imagine
it would take much work, if any, to prepare the software for its new
responsibilities. They don't understand how hard it is for an engineer to
turn an exoskeleton into a self-sufficient robot.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1941242/The-Code-Has-Already-Been-Written?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/07/21/software-exoskeletons/
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| Public AAC Listening Test @ ~96 Kbps [July 2011].
| from the listening-for-artifacts dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @18:56 (Media)
| with 139 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2237253/Public-AAC-Listening-Test--96-Kbps-July-2011?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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The folks at the [0]Hydrogen Audio Forums have for years been benefiting
the world with their patience, technical skills, and hyper-focus on sound
quality, by comparing the real-world sound of various codecs and
bit-rates for audio encoding. Under the scope for [1]the latest public
listening test (slated to run until July 27) are the following AAC
encoders: Nero 1.5.4; Apple QuickTime 7.6.9 true VBR; Apple QuickTime
7.6.9 constrained VBR; Fraunhofer (Winamp 5.62); Coding Technologies
(Winamp 5.61); and ffmpeg's AAC (low anchor).
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/
1. http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/igorc/aac-96-a/
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| 675k Stolen Credit Cards = Ten Years In Jail
| from the probably-three-and-parole-actually dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @17:52 (Security)
| with 120 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2136240/675k-Stolen-Credit-Cards--Ten-Years-In-Jail?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "A hacker who had been found with more than 675,000
stolen credit card numbers that reportedly led to losses totaling more
than $36 million, [0]was sentenced on Friday to 120 months in prison.
After [1]pleading guilty on April 21, 2011, Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of
Lithonia, Georgia, was slapped with a maximum prison sentence and ordered
to pay a $100,000 fine. According to court documents, U.S. Secret Service
special agents executing a search warrant in 2009 at Hackett's home found
more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers and related information in
his computers and email accounts. Hackett admitted in a court filing that
since at least 2002, he has been trafficking in credit card information
he obtained either by hacking into business computer networks and
downloading credit card databases, or purchasing the information from
others using the Internet through various carding forums."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2136240/675k-Stolen-Credit-Cards--Ten-Years-In-Jail?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/hacker-caught-675k-stolen-credit-cards-gets-maximum-prison-sentence
1. http://www.securityweek.com/hacker-possessed-675k-stolen-credit-cards-pleads-guilty
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| FDA To Scrutinize Mobile Medical Apps
| from the because-regulation-is-always-good dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @13:43 (Medicine)
| with 115 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1635211/FDA-To-Scrutinize-Mobile-Medical-Apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "It looks like 'first do no harm' is coming to an app near
you. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking input on its
[0]proposed oversight of some health-related mobile phone apps. It is
almost too easy to create an app that aims to help people detect or
manage some condition or other ��� but should programmers play the role of
doctor even in seemingly harmless areas?"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1635211/FDA-To-Scrutinize-Mobile-Medical-Apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/83-mobliephone/2768-fda-to-scrutinize-mobile-medical-apps.html
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| Suggesting Innovative Uses For Retired Space Shuttles
| from the would-make-an-awesome-closet dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @12:40 (NASA)
| with 114 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1456253/Suggesting-Innovative-Uses-For-Retired-Space-Shuttles?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "It was a sad event when the iconic NASA Space
Shuttle program ended last week with the landing of Atlantis. After the
last mission the flying shuttles will all be assigned to museums where
millions will admire them as static displays. But wouldn't it be cool if
they were put to use in [1]places where you might not expect?" (Best
viewed with the slide-show consolidating software of your choice.)
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/072011-shuttle-layer8.html
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| Android User Spends 60 Days In WebOS Land
| from the lives-to-tell-the-tale dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @11:36 (Android)
| with 105 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1430234/Android-User-Spends-60-Days-In-WebOS-Land?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "About six months ago, however, I began to
wonder about how the other mobile products had grown. When the HTC HD7
crossed my path a little while ago, I decided to abandon my Nexus S and
live among the Windows Phone folks for awhile. The experience was fun,
but I eventually went back to my Nexus S. About a month later, I was
presented with the opportunity to repeat the experiment, only this time
with a Palm Pre Plus. With the HP Touchpad on its way, I wanted to get a
feel for [0]how WebOS worked, explore the differences, and take a look
into the community that was still loyal to WebOS."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1430234/Android-User-Spends-60-Days-In-WebOS-Land?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/60-days-in-webos-land-an-android-users-perspective-20110722/
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| Heathrow To Install Facial Recognition Scanners
| from the don't-get-punched-in-the-nose dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @05:24 (Security)
| with 104 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/041230/Heathrow-To-Install-Facial-Recognition-Scanners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Slashdot readers will recall that back in February,
Heathrow airport [1]required full body scanning for select individuals.
Now we learn that the airport is [2]installing facial recognitions
scanners. The scanners will be used to capture passengers' faces before
entering security checks and again before boarding. The stated goal is to
prevent illigal immigration."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/041230/Heathrow-To-Install-Facial-Recognition-Scanners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/02/0132210/No-Scan-No-Fly-At-Heathrow-and-Manchester
2. http://www.itworld.com/security/185785/heathrow-install-facial-recognition-scanners
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| Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs
| from the upping-the-spec-of-normalcy dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @19:58 (Graphics)
| with 99 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2310205/Intel-Details-Handling-Anti-Aliasing-On-CPUs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "When AMD launched their Barts GPU that powers the
Radeon 6850 and 6870, they added support for a new type of anti-aliasing
called Morphological AA (MLAA). However, Intel originally developed MLAA
in 2009 and they have released a follow-up paper on the topic--including
[1]a discussion of how the technique could be handled by the CPU.
Supersampling is much more computationally and bandwidth intensive than
multisampling, but both techniques are generally too demanding of more
horsepower than modern consoles or mobile devices are able to provide.
Morphological Anti-aliasing, in contrast, is performed on an
already-rendered image. The technique is embarrassingly parallel and,
unlike traditional hardware anti-aliasing, can be effectively handled by
the CPU in real time. MLAA is also equally compatible with ray tracing or
rasterized graphics."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/2310205/Intel-Details-Handling-Anti-Aliasing-On-CPUs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Intel-Details-Option-To-Move-Antialiasing-To-The-CPU/
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| New Blood Test Can Detect Alzheimers
| from the so-you-can-remain-nerdy dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday July 24, @10:33 (Medicine)
| with 86 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1337209/New-Blood-Test-Can-Detect-Alzheimers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]kkleiner writes "Samantha Burnham and her colleagues from the
Australian national research organization CSIRO caused quite a buzz at
the latest Alzheimer's Association International Conference when they
announced that a [1]blood test was effective at detecting Alzheimer's in
patients. The screen works by measuring the blood levels of nine
different proteins or hormones. Routine blood tests could lead to earlier
diagnoses and prove invaluable in efforts to treat the disease early and
eventually find a cure."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1337209/New-Blood-Test-Can-Detect-Alzheimers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://singularityhub.com/
1. http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/22/scientists-develop-blood-test-to-detect-alzheimers-disease-before-patients-even-show-symptoms/
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| Get Your Own Action Figure (In Japan)
| from the best-place-for-it-really dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 23, @23:29 (Japan)
| with 68 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0330225/Get-Your-Own-Action-Figure-In-Japan?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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derGoldstein writes "Makezine points to a very interesting shop in
Akihabara that will make [0]miniature clones of your face. This page
contains [1]photos of the process and the results. After the miniature
head is printed in 3D it's painted and attached to a doll of your choice.
Some of the models they produce beg for an exorcism..."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/0330225/Get-Your-Own-Action-Figure-In-Japan?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/07/news-from-the-future-human-cloning-in-japan.html
1. http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/26119/Human+Cloning+in+Japan.html
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