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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing
* Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours
* New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models
* Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US
* How Do You Keep Up With Science Developments?
* What Happens After the Super-Hero Movie Bubble?
* Girls Go Geek Again
* Ubisoft Brings Back Always-Connected DRM For <em>Driver: San Francisco</em>
* Linguists Out Men Impersonating Women On Twitter
* KDE 4.7.0 Released
* Google Announces Google CDN
* Better Copyright Through Fair Use and Ponies
* Oracle Announces Java SE 7
* Another Cell Phone-Cancer Study Emerges
* GE Bets On Holographic Optical Storage
* Most Enterprises Plan To Be On IPv6 By 2013
* British ISP Ordered To Block Links to Pirate Site
* Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android?
* South Korean Scientists Create Glowing Dog
* War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS
* Senators Want Secret Warrantless Wiretap Renewal
* 3D Nausea Solved By Eye-Tracking
* Debian Wheezy To Have Multi-Architecture Support
* Sniffer Hijacks SSL Traffic From Unpatched IPhones
* Study: 5% of Mobile Gamers Willing To Spend $50+
* 35 Million SK Telecom Accounts Stolen By Chinese Hackers
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| McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing
| from the 7-rings-for-the-legislative-branch dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @10:50 (Lord of the Rings)
| with 633 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/146202/McCain-Decries-Hobbits-Accused-of-Ringbearing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Oxford_Comma_Lover writes "Senator McCain [0]decried Tea Party 'Hobbits'
on Wednesday for their failure to support the GOP's debt deal, at times
reading from a WSJ editorial that began the analogy. The Tea Party fired
back, with a prominent member noting on CNN that McCain had been
corrupted by the ring of power. The full text of his floor remarks should
be in the [1]Congressional Record later today."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/146202/McCain-Decries-Hobbits-Accused-of-Ringbearing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mccain-tea-party-20110728,0,2277765.story
1. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/11crpgs.html
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| Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours
| from the and-the-candy-tasted-better-too dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @13:09 (Music)
| with 585 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1621220/Why-Your-Dads-30-Year-Old-Stereo-Sounds-Better-Than-Yours?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]asto21 writes "Cnet's Steve Guttenberg sheds light on this interesting
development that over the years, actual [1]sound quality became a
secondary selling point since most people started buying their equipment
either online or from big box retailers. People started caring more about
the number of connections and wireless interfaces and wattage of systems.
As a result, there was less money in R&D budgets to spend on advancements
in sound."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1621220/Why-Your-Dads-30-Year-Old-Stereo-Sounds-Better-Than-Yours?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blog.arunbalan.in/
1. http://gizmodo.com/5825359/why-your-dads-30+year+old-stereo-system-sounds-better-than-your-new-one
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| New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models
| from the but-scientists-love-models dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @19:41 (NASA)
| with 479 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2249238/New-NASA-Data-Casts-Doubt-On-Global-Warming-Models?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bonch writes "Satellite data from NASA covering 2000 through 2011 [0]cast
doubt on current computer models predicting global warming, according to
a new study. The data shows that much less heat is retained by carbon
dioxide in the earth's atmosphere than is assumed in current models.
'There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is
especially big over the oceans,' said Dr. Roy Spencer, a co-author of the
study and research scientist at the University of Alabama." Note: the
[1]press release about the study is somewhat less over the top.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2249238/New-NASA-Data-Casts-Doubt-On-Global-Warming-Models?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-data-blow-gaping-hold-global-warming-alarmism-192334971.html
1. http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/new-paper-on-the-misdiagnosis-of-surface-temperature-feedbacks-from-variations-in-earth%E2%80%99s-radiant-energy-balance-by-spencer-and-braswell-2011/
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| Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US
| from the exploiting-the-sun's-hard-labor dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 28, @08:08 (Power)
| with 390 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0454213/Solar-Energy-Is-the-Fastest-Growing-Industry-In-the-US?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "According to Rhone Resch, the last three years
have seen the U.S. solar industry go from a start-up to a major industry
that is creating well-paying jobs and growing the economy in all 50
states, [1]employing 93,000 Americans in 2010, a number that is expected
to [2]grow between 25,000 to 50,000 this year (PDF). In the first quarter
of 2011, the solar industry installed 252 megawatts of new solar electric
capacity, a 66 percent growth from the same time frame in 2010. Solar
energy is [3]creating more jobs per megawatt than any other energy source
(PDF) with the capability, according to one study, of generating over 4
million jobs by 2030 with aggressive energy efficiency measures. There
are now almost 3,000 megawatts of solar electric energy installed in the
U.S., enough to power 600,000 homes. In the manufacturing sector, solar
panel production jumped 31 percent. 'The U.S. market is expected to more
than double yet again in 2011, installing enough solar for more than
400,000 homes,' writes Resch. 'Last year, the industry set the ambitious
yet achievable goal of [4]installing 10 gigawatts annually by 2015 (PDF)
��� enough to power 2 million more homes each and every year.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0454213/Solar-Energy-Is-the-Fastest-Growing-Industry-In-the-US?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/07/27/fastest-growing-industry-us-solar-energy
2. http://www.thesolarfoundation.org/sites/thesolarfoundation.org/files/Final%20TSF%20National%20Solar%20Jobs%20Census%202010%20Web%20Version.pdf
3. http://rael.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/WeiPatadiaKammen_CleanEnergyJobs_EPolicy2010.pdf
4. http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-Q1-2011-ES.pdf
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| How Do You Keep Up With Science Developments?
| from the update-please dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @02:48 (Science)
| with 321 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0220201/How-Do-You-Keep-Up-With-Science-Developments?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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malraid writes "As a nerd who used to love science back in high school
(specially physics), I now find myself completely disconnected from any
and all scientific developments and news. How do you try to stay up to
date with scientific developments? Science journals? Whatever makes it
into Slashdot's front page? Books? Magazines? I'm looking for something
engaging and informative, for not something that will require me to go
and get a PhD just to be able to comprehend."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0220201/How-Do-You-Keep-Up-With-Science-Developments?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| What Happens After the Super-Hero Movie Bubble?
| from the reboot-retool-recycle dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 28, @10:12 (Movies)
| with 308 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1352241/What-Happens-After-the-Super-Hero-Movie-Bubble?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mattnyc99 writes "In the wake of a not-that-exciting Comic-Con come some
(perhaps premature) reports on the so-called [0]"Death of Superheroes" ���
what one financial group calls "the top of the (comic book) character
remonetization cycle." In response, Esquire.com's Paul Schrodt has [1]an
interesting look down Hollywood geek road. From the article: "What
happens after The Avengers, or Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman
movie ��� after we've seen all there is to see of the best comic-book
blockbusters ever made?""
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1352241/What-Happens-After-the-Super-Hero-Movie-Bubble?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/report-studios-should-prepare-for-the-death-of-superheroes/
1. http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/superhero-movies-2012-6155386
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| Girls Go Geek Again
| from the what's-the-goal-you-have-in-mind dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @15:44 (Education)
| with 260 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1943207/Girls-Go-Geek-Again?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]nessus42 writes "Computer science has always been a male-dominated
field, right? Wrong. In 1987, [1]42% of the software developers in
America were women. And 34% of the systems analysts in America were
women. Women had started to flock to computer science in the mid-1960s,
during the early days of computing, when men were already dominating
other technical professions but had yet to dominate the world of
computing. For about two decades, the percentages of women who earned
Computer Science degrees rose steadily, peaking at 37% in 1984.... And
then the women left. In droves. ...it looks like women are now returning
to computer science."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1943207/Girls-Go-Geek-Again?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:doug@alum.mit.edu
1. http://blog.fogcreek.com/girls-go-geek-again/
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| Ubisoft Brings Back Always-Connected DRM For <em>Driver: San Francisco</em>
| from the back-by-popular-demand dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 28, @06:37 (DRM)
| with 249 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0445229/Ubisoft-Brings-Back-Always-Connected-DRM-For-Driver-San-Francisco?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Last year Ubisoft introduced DRM for their PC games that [0]required a
constant internet connection, going so far as to terminate single-player
games if the connection was interrupted. After facing outrage, boycotts,
and DDoS attacks, Ubisoft seemed to have softened their stance, issuing a
patch for two games that [1]allowed offline play. Unfortunately, it seems
the change wasn't permanent; Ubisoft's upcoming racing game [2] Driver:
San Francisco marks the return of the contentious DRM.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0445229/Ubisoft-Brings-Back-Always-Connected-DRM-For-Driver-San-Francisco?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/18/0719256/Ubisofts-Constant-Net-Connection-DRM-Confirmed
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/01/1527240/Ubisofts-Draconian-DRM-Patched
2. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/27/ubisofts-driver-sanfran-has-always-on-drm/
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| Linguists Out Men Impersonating Women On Twitter
| from the anything-that-can-be-described-can-be-faked dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @18:58 (Twitter)
| with 202 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2244236/Linguists-Out-Men-Impersonating-Women-On-Twitter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Remember when the Gay Girl in Damascus
[1]revealed himself as a middle-aged man from Georgia? On a platform like
Twitter, which doesn't ask for much biographical information, it's easy
(and fun!) to take on a fake persona but now linguistic researchers have
[2]developed an algorithm that can predict the gender of a tweeter based
solely on the 140 characters they choose to tweet. The research is based
on the idea that women use language differently than men. 'The mere fact
of a tweet containing an exclamation mark or a smiley face meant that
odds were a woman was tweeting, for instance,' reports David Zax. Other
research corroborates these findings, finding that women tend to use
emoticons, abbreviations, repeated letters and expressions of affection
more than men and linguists have also [3]developed a list of
gender-skewed words used more often by women including love, ha-ha, cute,
omg, yay, hahaha, happy, girl, hair, lol, hubby, and chocolate.
Remarkably, even when only provided with one tweet, the [4]program could
correctly identify gender 65.9% of the time. (PDF). Depending on how
successful the program is proven to be, it could be used for
ad-targeting, or for socio-linguistic research."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2244236/Linguists-Out-Men-Impersonating-Women-On-Twitter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/06/gay-girl-damascus-tom-macmaster-amina-abdallah/38745/
2. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/07/new-twitter-alogrithm-could-out-dudes-pretending-be-lesbians/40451/
3. http://www.fastcompany.com/1769217/there-are-no-secrets-from-twitter
4. http://www.mitre.org/work/tech_papers/2011/11_0170/11_0170.pdf
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| KDE 4.7.0 Released
| from the get-it-while-it's-hot dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 27, @22:19 (KDE)
| with 193 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0120253/KDE-470-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jrepin writes "[1]KDE 4.7 releases provide many new features and
improved stability and performance. Lots of visual polishing took place
with an update to the Oxygen icons, and improved consistency between
panel items such as clock and notification areas. The window manager KWin
brings a new shadow system and can now run on OpenGL ES supporting
hardware, making it better suited for mobile devices. Network management
widget is much improved. Navigating through applications and recent files
is easier with the addition of breadcrumbs to the Kickoff application
launcher. Kontact groupware solution rejoins the rest of the KDE
software, with increased stability, better connection to new services and
sharing of communication information between more applications. Dolphin
file manager has a cleaner default appearance. The menu bar is hidden,
but easy to reach and restore. The file searching interface has been
improved. Marble the virtual globe now has voice navigation support and a
map creation wizard. Gwenview image viewer now offers the ability to
compare two or more pictures side by side. Digikam photo management app
brings face detection and recognition."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0120253/KDE-470-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~jrepin
1. http://kde.org/announcements/4.7/
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| Google Announces Google CDN
| from the well-isn't-that-interesting dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 28, @08:50 (Google)
| with 193 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1232258/Google-Announces-Google-CDN?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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leetrout writes "Google has introduced their [0]Page Speed Service which
'is the latest tool in Google's arsenal to [1]help speed up the web. When
you sign up and point your site's DNS entry to Google, they'll enable the
tool which will fetch your content from your servers, rewrite your
webpages, and serve them up from Google's own servers around the world.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1232258/Google-Announces-Google-CDN?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://code.google.com/speed/pss/
1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/28/google-page-speed-service/
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| Better Copyright Through Fair Use and Ponies
| from the omg-fair-use dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @00:13 (The Internet)
| with 162 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0124213/Better-Copyright-Through-Fair-Use-and-Ponies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Balinares writes "With even harmless parody sites like [0]Peanutweeter
now getting shut down by twitchy lawyers in the name of brand dilution
concerns, the situation with fair use has become bleak. Yet some
companies are learning at last. Variery reports that when parodies of
their latest production started popping up online, Hasbro not only
allowed it to happen, but [1]started contributing some of their own. Now
their My Little Pony reboot has gained a huge following and reached
[2]cult status. Fair use does make everything better. That, or it's the
ponies."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0124213/Better-Copyright-Through-Fair-Use-and-Ponies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110618/00255414734/peanuts-rights-holder-shuts-down-peanutweeter-pisses-off-fans-no-reason-all.shtml
1. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118040411?refCatId=19
2. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic
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| Oracle Announces Java SE 7
| from the java-from-oracle-still-seems-strange dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @14:10 (Java)
| with 162 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1758221/Oracle-Announces-Java-SE-7?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]vivin writes "Oracle has [1]announced the release of Java SE 7. This
is the first release of Java under the stewardship of Oracle."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1758221/Oracle-Announces-Java-SE-7?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:vivin.paliathNO@SPAMgmail.com
1. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/444374
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| Another Cell Phone-Cancer Study Emerges
| from the let's-just-stick-with-this-one dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @15:19 (Medicine)
| with 157 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1838202/Another-Cell-Phone-Cancer-Study-Emerges?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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oxide7 writes "Since the advent of cellular phones, researchers have
pondered whether a connection exists between cell phone usage and brain
cancer. New evidence always seems to emerge to support or refute such a
link. On Wednesday, another study was added to the list. A European study
involving nearly 1,000 participants found [0]no link between cell phone
use and brain tumors in children and adolescents. This marks the 3rd
study this month and the 4th major one this year, all with different
conclusions"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1838202/Another-Cell-Phone-Cancer-Study-Emerges?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/188363/20110728/another-cellphone-cancer-study-emerges.htm
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| GE Bets On Holographic Optical Storage
| from the putting-all-your-bits-in-one-basket dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @11:00 (Data Storage)
| with 148 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/149256/GE-Bets-On-Holographic-Optical-Storage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "Years after announcing they had developed holographic
optical disc technology that could store 500GB of data, [0]GE this week
said they're preparing to license the technology to manufacturing
partners. At the same time, InPhase, which failed to actually get its
holographic disc product out the door for years, says GE's product is
nothing more than a 'science project,' and its own optical disc is almost
ready to go to market ��� again. But, as one analyst quipped, the old joke
about optical disc is that 'there's more written about optical disc than
stored on it.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/149256/GE-Bets-On-Holographic-Optical-Storage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Most Enterprises Plan To Be On IPv6 By 2013
| from the get-on-the-wagon dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 27, @21:56 (Networking)
| with 146 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0019234/Most-Enterprises-Plan-To-Be-On-IPv6-By-2013?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Julie188 writes "More than 70% of IT departments plan to upgrade their
websites [1]to support IPv6 within the next 24 months, according to a
recent survey of more than 200 IT professionals conducted by Network
World. Plus, 65% say they will have IPv6 running on their internal
networks by then, too. One survey respondent, John Mann, a network
architect at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, said his
organization has been [2]making steady IPv6 progress since 2008. 'Mostly
IPv6 has just worked,' he said. 'The biggest problem is maintaining
forward progress with IPv6 while it is still possible to take the easy
option and fall back to IPv4.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0019234/Most-Enterprises-Plan-To-Be-On-IPv6-By-2013?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:jbort@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/nww-ipv6-survey-ciscosubnet.html
2. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072611-ipv6-survey.html
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| British ISP Ordered To Block Links to Pirate Site
| from the political-censorship-next dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday July 28, @09:29 (Censorship)
| with 137 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1321216/British-ISP-Ordered-To-Block-Links-to-Pirate-Site?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A UK High Court judge has ruled that BT
[0]must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies.
Justice Arnold ruled that BT must use its blocking technology CleanFeed ���
which is currently used to prevent access to websites featuring child
sexual abuse ��� to block Newzbin 2. 'Currently CleanFeed is dealing with a
small, rural road in Scotland,' ISPA council member James Blessing told
BBC Radio 4's PM programme. 'Trying to put Newzbin and other sites into
the same blocking technology would be a bit like shutting down the M1. It
is not designed to do that.' Digital rights organisation the Open Rights
Group said the result could set a "dangerous" precedent. "Website
blocking is pointless and dangerous. These judgements won't work to stop
infringement or boost creative industries. And there are serious risks of
legitimate content being blocked and service slowdown. If the goal is
boosting creators' ability to make money from their work then we need to
abandon these technologically naive measures, focus on genuine market
reforms, and satisfy unmet consumer demand," said ORG campaigner Peter
Bradwell."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1321216/British-ISP-Ordered-To-Block-Links-to-Pirate-Site?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14322957
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| Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android?
| from the big-ax-and-many-many-guns dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @18:15 (Android)
| with 135 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2153248/Ask-Slashdot-How-Do-You-Protect-Data-On-Android?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Gibbs-Duhem writes "It makes me very nervous that my Android phone has
access to my email/AIM/G-talk/Facebook, protected only by a [1]presumably
fairly easily hacked geometric password protection scheme. Even more
because simply attaching the phone to a USB port allows complete access
to the internal memory and SD card regardless of whether a password is
entered. I have no idea how much of that information ranging from cached
emails to passwords stored in plaintext is accessible when mounting the
device as a USB drive, and that worries me." For the rest of
Gibbs-Duhem's question about issues in Android security, read on below.
This story continues at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2153248/Ask-Slashdot-How-Do-You-Protect-Data-On-Android?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Links:
0. mailto:neltnerb@mit.edu
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/24/1715232/Android-Password-Data-Stored-In-Plain-Text
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| South Korean Scientists Create Glowing Dog
| from the how-much-is-that-glowing-dog-in-the-window dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @05:19 (Biotech)
| with 132 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0324237/South-Korean-Scientists-Create-Glowing-Dog?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]cultiv8 writes "A research team from Seoul National University (SNU)
said the genetically modified female beagle has been found to [1]glow
fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline
antibiotic. The researchers, who completed a two-year test, said the
ability to glow can be turned on or off by adding a drug to the dog's
food. 'The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected
to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal
human diseases,' the news agency quoted lead researcher Lee Byeong-chun
as saying. He said the dog was created using the somatic cell nuclear
transfer technology that the university team used to make the world's
first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005."
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Links:
0. http://robertjtownsend.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-korea-dog-idUSTRE76Q1MK20110727
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| War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS
| from the could-come-in-handy-when-locks-fail dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @13:48 (Communications)
| with 115 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1736229/War-Texting-Lets-Hackers-Unlock-Car-Doors-Via-SMS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "Software that lets drivers unlock car doors and even
start their vehicles using a mobile phone [0]could let car thieves do the
very same things, according to computer security researchers at iSec
Partners. Don Bailey and fellow iSec researcher Mathew Solnik say they've
figured out the protocols that some of these software makers use to
remote control the cars, and they've produced a video showing how they
can unlock a car and turn the engine on via a laptop. According to
Bailey, it took them about two hours to figure out how to intercept
wireless messages between the car and the network and then recreate them
from his laptop. Bailey will discuss the research at next week's Black
Hat conference in Las Vegas, but he isn't going to name the products
they've hacked ��� they've looked at two so far ��� or provide full technical
details of their work until the software makers can patch them."
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Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072711-war-texting-lets-hackers-unlock.html
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| Senators Want Secret Warrantless Wiretap Renewal
| from the hey-who-can-blame-'em? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @17:32 (Communications)
| with 115 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2032225/Senators-Want-Secret-Warrantless-Wiretap-Renewal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A group of [0]Senators are meeting in secret
today, while most people are focused on the 'debt ceiling' issue, in
order to try to rush through a renewal of the FISA Amendments Act, which
expressly allowed warrantless wiretapping in the U.S. The law isn't set
to expire until next year, but some feel that the debt ceiling crisis is
a good distraction to pass the extension without having to debate the
issue in public. The meeting is being held in secret, but it's not
classified, so people can demand to know how their Senator voted."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2032225/Senators-Want-Secret-Warrantless-Wiretap-Renewal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| 3D Nausea Solved By Eye-Tracking
| from the vomiting-cures-it-sometimes dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @16:03 (Displays)
| with 102 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1935216/3D-Nausea-Solved-By-Eye-Tracking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "If you are like me, then the slightest
disparity in those 3D movies causes nausea ��� and I know it does with
thousands of others too. LG claims to have solved the problem with a new
technology that uses eye-tracking, similar to those red-eye detectors in
digital cameras, adjusting the 3D display so that you don't get sick. Due
to be available in LG's [0]glasses-free 3D computer monitor it also
displays normal 2D stuff, so even if you don't use the 3D much it might
be worth a try. I plan on buying one of the 20-inch monitors this fall
when it becomes available in the U.S. (It's only in Korea now.) If it
works as advertised great; if not, at least I can still use it as a
regular monitor."
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https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1935216/3D-Nausea-Solved-By-Eye-Tracking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Optimized-Systems/Smarter-3D-Employs-EyeTracking/
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| Debian Wheezy To Have Multi-Architecture Support
| from the install-whereever dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @16:46 (Debian)
| with 94 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1938237/Debian-Wheezy-To-Have-Multi-Architecture-Support?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]dkd903 writes "Debian has announced that they are introducing support
for multiarch in Debian Wheezy. Multiarch support means that a Debian
system will be able to install and run applications built for a different
target system."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1938237/Debian-Wheezy-To-Have-Multi-Architecture-Support?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/
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| Sniffer Hijacks SSL Traffic From Unpatched IPhones
| from the patch-your-phone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 28, @11:47 (Iphone)
| with 85 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1458227/Sniffer-Hijacks-SSL-Traffic-From-Unpatched-IPhones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Almost [1]anyone can snoop the secure data traffic of
unpatched iPhones and iPads using a recently-revised nine-year-old tool,
a researcher said as he urged owners to apply [2]Apple's latest iOS fix.
If iOS devices aren't patched, attackers can easily intercept and decrypt
secure traffic ��� the kind guarded by SSL, which is used by banks,
e-tailers and other sites ��� at a public Wi-Fi hotspot, said Chet
Wisniewski, a security researcher with Sophos. 'This is a nine-year-old
bug that Moxie Marlinspike disclosed in 2002,' Wisniewski told
Computerworld on Wednesday. On Monday, Marlinspike released an
easier-to-use revision of his long-available 'sslsniff' traffic sniffing
tool. 'My mother could actually use this,' he said."
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218676/Sniffer_hijacks_secure_traffic_from_unpatched_iPhones
2. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4824
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| Study: 5% of Mobile Gamers Willing To Spend $50+
| from the fool-and-his-money dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 28, @04:05 (Businesses)
| with 53 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0434236/Study-5-of-Mobile-Gamers-Willing-To-Spend-50?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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derGoldstein tips a story at AllThingsD about a study into mobile gamers'
spending habits: "[The study] provides a fairly compelling argument as to
why a developer should continue to give away his or her games for free
... After evaluating the spending habits of 3.5 million consumers across
both iOS and Android, Flurry found that among those who pay for in-app
transactions, [0]greater than five percent will spend more than $50,
which rivals the amount paid at retail for top console and PC games."
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https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/0434236/Study-5-of-Mobile-Gamers-Willing-To-Spend-50?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| 35 Million SK Telecom Accounts Stolen By Chinese Hackers
| from the where's-that-great-firewall-when-needed? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @14:36 (China)
| with 43 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1810222/35-Million-SK-Telecom-Accounts-Stolen-By-Chinese-Hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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eldavojohn writes "South Korea's SK Telecom [0]has revealed that earlier
this week hackers stole 35 million account details from two sites. A
portal called Nate Portal that provided e-mail services and a social
networking site called CyWorld were the two targets by hackers who, SK
Telecom claims, used IP addresses originating from China. From the
article, 'The stolen data included user IDs, passwords, social security
numbers, names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses. Nate said the
social security numbers and passwords are encrypted so that they are not
available for illegal use.'"
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/1810222/35-Million-SK-Telecom-Accounts-Stolen-By-Chinese-Hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=138775663
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