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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube"
* Reaction To <em>Diablo 3's</em> Always-Online Requirement
* Cancer Cured By HIV
* Right-Wing German Extremists Tricked By Trojan Shirts
* UK To Shut Down Social Networks?
* How Apple Is Beating Nintendo At Its Own Game
* UK Police Arrest 12 Over Facebook Use Inciting Riots
* Fake Names On Social Networks, a Fake Problem
* Terrorist Target Mexican Nanotechnology Professors
* Google Patents Telling Time
* Obama Administration Closing Recently Opened Datacenters
* Iron Man-like Exoskeleton Nears Production
* China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car
* Apple Files Suit Against Motorola Xoom In EU
* The Case For Surrealism In Games
* DARPA Loses Contact With Hypersonic Glider
* Browser Wars Redux: This Time It's the Apps
* Google's 'ID Validation' Is a Joke, But Not Funny
* Human Brain Is Sensitive To Light In Ears
* Can Analytics Help Fix Your Love Life?
* New Serial ATA Standards Target SSDs, Tablets
* Researcher Predicts Your Next Facebook Friend
* Ask Slashdot: Info On Upcoming Handhelds?
* GPRS Can Be Hacked Easily, Claims German Researcher
* Portable, Super-high-resolution 3-D Imaging
* Australian Research Network Plans For 100Gbps
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| PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube"
| from the pack-it-on-the-zeppelin dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 11, @08:06 (IBM)
| with 622 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0339224/PC-Designer-Says-PC-Going-the-Way-of-the-Vacuum-Tube?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jbrodkin writes "One of the original engineers of IBM's first PC says
PCs are 'going the way of the vacuum tube, typewriter, vinyl records, CRT
and incandescent light bulbs.' With the 30th anniversary of the IBM 5150
(running MS-DOS) coming this week, IBM CTO Mark Dean argues that [1]the
post-PC world is very much upon us, perhaps not surprising given that IBM
sold its PC business in 2005. Microsoft, of course, weighed in as well,
saying the PC era is nowhere near over. But perhaps in the future we will
consider a personal computer anything a person does computing on ���
whether that be laptop, tablet, smartphone, or something that hasn't even
been invented yet."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/081011-ibm-pc.html?hpg1=bn
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| Reaction To <em>Diablo 3's</em> Always-Online Requirement
| from the sour-grapes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 11, @06:42 (DRM)
| with 548 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0628227/Reaction-To-Diablo-3s-Always-Online-Requirement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Last week we discussed news that Diablo 3 will include a real-money
auction house for items and [0]require a permanent connection to the
internet even for single-player games. Fan reaction has been [1]loud and
varied, with many decrying the restrictive DRM. Blizzard exec Robert
Bridenbecker said he was [2]surprised by the outrage at the online
requirement, saying, "it really is just the nature of how things are
going, the nature of the industry. When you look at everything you get by
having that persistent connection on the servers, you cannot ignore the
power and the draw of that." Some other developers came out in support of
the scheme; id Software's Tim Willits said always-on would be "[3]better
for everybody" in the end. Max Schaefer, one of the makers of Diablo 3
competitor Torchlight 2, said [4]he understands why they did it, even
though Torchlight 2 is not doing the same: "... it seems that most of
what they are doing is related to trying to keep a truly secure,
cheat-free economy in Diablo III. Whatever you do, you have to make
sacrifices. We sacrifice a cheat-free environment to give players the
most options, they are sacrificing options and flexibility for security
of the economy like you would in an MMO. I understand their approach and
sympathize with the technical difficulties of what they are trying to
do."
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Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/148212/Blizzard-Reveals-Diablo-3-Real-Money-Auction-House
1. http://www.joystickdivision.com/2011/08/how_to_freak_out_about_a_video.php
2. http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/08/04/blizzard-vp-surprised-over-fan-reaction-to-diablo-3-online-requirements/
3. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-10-id-software-on-always-on-internet-debate
4. http://www.incgamers.com/Interviews/348/runic-games-max-schaefer-talks-rmt-drm-and-modding
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| Cancer Cured By HIV
| from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @11:17 (Medicine)
| with 437 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1458205/Cancer-Cured-By-HIV?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bluefoxlucid writes "Apparently cancer [0]has been cured, by injecting
people with HIV. From the article: 'As the white cells killed the cancer
cells, the patients experienced the fevers and aches and pains that one
would expect when the body is fighting off an infection, but beyond that
the side effects have been minimal.' Nifty. Poorly edited run-on
sentence, but nifty."
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Links:
0. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44090512/
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| Right-Wing German Extremists Tricked By Trojan Shirts
| from the rinse-relax-repeat dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 11, @01:05 (Idle)
| with 424 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0118214/Right-Wing-German-Extremists-Tricked-By-Trojan-Shirts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gzipped_tar writes "Fans at a recent right-wing extremist rock festival
in Germany thought they were getting free T-shirts that reflected their
nationalistic worldview. But after the garment's first wash they
discovered otherwise. [0]The original image rinsed away to reveal a
hidden message from an activist group. It reads: 'If your T-shirt can do
it, so can you. We'll help to free you from right-wing extremism.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0118214/Right-Wing-German-Extremists-Tricked-By-Trojan-Shirts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,779446,00.html
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| UK To Shut Down Social Networks?
| from the because-they-can dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @09:40 (Social Networks)
| with 378 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1325218/UK-To-Shut-Down-Social-Networks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stoobalou writes "In a move worthy of China's communist regime, UK PM
David Cameron wants to [0]shut down social networks whenever civil unrest
rears its head in Britain's towns and cities. Speaking in the House of
Commons, Cameron said, 'Everyone watching these horrific actions will be
struck by how they were, organized via social media. Free flow of
information can be used for good. But it can also be used for ill. So we
are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to
look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these
websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder
and criminality.'" So far I haven't heard anyone blame the Rock 'n Roll
music, but if social networks aren't a good enough culprit, you could
also try [1]blaming video games.
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1325218/UK-To-Shut-Down-Social-Networks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/8/11/cameron-threatens-shut-down-uk-social-networks/
1. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/tactile-imaging-gelsight-0809.html
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| How Apple Is Beating Nintendo At Its Own Game
| from the super-steve-bros dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @12:56 (Japan)
| with 348 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1617231/How-Apple-Is-Beating-Nintendo-At-Its-Own-Game?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "In an industry obsessed with polygon counts and frame
rates, Nintendo's Wii console and DS handheld were the proverbial knives
at a gunfight. They were grossly underpowered compared to the
competition, meaning Nintendo could sell them at a profit from day one.
Their innovative control methods ensured they still sold like hotcakes.
An animated GIF of Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata holding a
DS that printed money became the go to picture to run alongside quarterly
announcements of Nintendo's gargantuan profits. If a disheveled man
emerged from a time-traveling DeLorean with tales of a near-future
Nintendo struggling to sell its latest handheld, I'd have been more
surprised about the Nintendo thing. So [0]what on earth happened?"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/apple-ios-disrupts-nintendo-3ds/19490/
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| UK Police Arrest 12 Over Facebook Use Inciting Riots
| from the where-was-prothero-at-the-time? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @16:53 (Cloud)
| with 246 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1937221/UK-Police-Arrest-12-Over-Facebook-Use-Inciting-Riots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Scotland Yard vowed to track down and arrest
protesters who posted 'really inflammatory, inaccurate' messages on
Facebook, but it didn't stop at just two people. While [0]two teenagers
were arrested earlier this week in connection with messages posted on
Facebook allegedly encouraging people to start rioting, [1]10 more have
now joined them."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/two-teenagers-arrested-for-facebook-posts-inciting-uk-riots/2466
1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/uk-police-arrests-10-more-over-facebook-posts-inciting-riots/2505
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| Fake Names On Social Networks, a Fake Problem
| from the no-you-are-more-fake dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @10:25 (Privacy)
| with 236 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1356205/Fake-Names-On-Social-Networks-a-Fake-Problem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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disco_tracy writes "The leading social networks demand that members use
their real names, and they're not afraid to evict violators. Many
Facebook users have quietly complied, despite the problems that rule
creates for political dissidents, stalking survivors and others. Much of
this discussion has centered around people in physical or financial
danger of having their identities revealed. But there are broader
[0]reasons for social networks to stop pushing real-name policies."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1356205/Fake-Names-On-Social-Networks-a-Fake-Problem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/tech/fake-names-social-networks-fake-problem-110810.html
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| Terrorist Target Mexican Nanotechnology Professors
| from the enter-the-unobomber dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 10, @21:32 (Crime)
| with 223 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/2349225/Terrorist-Target-Mexican-Nanotechnology-Professors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A Mexican terrorist organization [0]sent an
explosive device to an ITESM professor due to his research in
nanotechnology. ITS or Individuals with Wild Tendencies in english, is a
group that claims to be against the 'nanotechnology revolution' in fear
of a nanomachine take over that will mean the end of civilization. The
group has published on their website that they plan to target individuals
in this research field to ensure the survival of mankind. Mexican
authorities are investigating the case."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/10/2349225/Terrorist-Target-Mexican-Nanotechnology-Professors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/08/2350831/package-bomb-injures-2-mexico.html
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| Google Patents Telling Time
| from the ok-ok-I'm-with-theo-on-this-one dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @15:16 (Google)
| with 213 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1858244/Google-Patents-Telling-Time?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Will Google's battle against Microsoft and Apple over
their use of 'bogus' patents result in greater scrutiny of its own IP
holdings? Take [0]Google's new patent on 'Electronic Shipping
Notifications' (please!), which might pique the interest of Amazon.com,
UPS, the USPS and others in the shipping business, since providing
customers with guesstimates of what time [1]The King of Queens will show
up at their door with Christmas presents could now constitute patent
infringement. From the patent: 'The broker sends an electronic message,
such as an email or text message, to the customer prior to the estimated
shipment arrival time to inform the customer of the impending arrival.
The customer can thus arrange for someone to be at the shipping address
to receive the shipment at the estimated arrival time.' To help the USPTO
understand its invention, Google supplied [2]this diagram."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1858244/Google-Patents-Telling-Time?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/google-parcel-service-search-giant-patents-shipping-notifications
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Queens
2. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/6025302789_4079ec06a1.jpg
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| Obama Administration Closing Recently Opened Datacenters
| from the breaking-eggs-for-omelet-stimulus dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @15:32 (Government)
| with 206 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1915228/Obama-Administration-Closing-Recently-Opened-Datacenters?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "After quadrupling the number of government
datacenters over his first three years, Obama's Administration is
[0]reversing course and closing the most recently opened datacenters.
With one datacenter reportedly the size of three football fields, my
question is what happens to all those recently purchased servers? Will
the government hold a server fire sale? Count me in!"
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Links:
0. http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Hundreds-of-US-Data-Centers-Closing/
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| Iron Man-like Exoskeleton Nears Production
| from the suit-up dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @12:07 (Robotics)
| with 191 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1538255/Iron-Man-like-Exoskeleton-Nears-Production?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fangmcgee writes "By now, with films like Iron Man, its sequel, and
Avatar, Hollywood has made us thoroughly familiar with the idea of the
robotic exoskeleton. Less well known, however, is that researchers are
actually [0]building robotic exoskeletons like the ones envisioned by
Hollywood and the comic book visionaries from whom Hollywood pilfers its
most lucrative ideas. Among the developers of real-life Iron Man suits
(of which there are many, the world over) is a group called Raytheon
Sarcos. And as IEEE Spectrum reports in this month's issue, its
impressive second-generation exoskeleton robotics suit, dubbed the XOS 2,
is nearing production."
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Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27055/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-11
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| China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car
| from the OK-but-it's-just-following-the-wall dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @18:30 (AI)
| with 179 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/2122216/China-Catches-Up-With-Googles-Driverless-Car?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "While Google makes headlines with its driverless car and
even manages to lobby Nevada to legalize driverless cars on the public
road ��� China quietly pushes ahead on its own. A driverless car
[0]navigated 286km of expressway all on its own. Using nothing but a pair
of video cameras and laser rangefinders, i.e. no GPS, it managed to
arrive safely even through fog. The computer vision based approach means
that at the moment it can only drive during daylight hours. Google might
need to speed up ..."
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| Apple Files Suit Against Motorola Xoom In EU
| from the when-in-doubt-sue dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 11, @05:13 (EU)
| with 177 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0335201/Apple-Files-Suit-Against-Motorola-Xoom-In-EU?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Apple isn't just going after the Samsung Galaxy Tab in
Europe, it's also attacking the Motorola Xoom. Apple's lawsuit, which was
filed in Germany and led to Tuesday's injunction [1]barring sales of the
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe, makes reference to a separate
complaint against the Motorola Xoom. Patent expert Florian Mueller, who
told Computerworld on Tuesday that the mounting patent cases [2]could
cast a cloud over Android licensing, found the original lawsuit, filed in
Dusseldorf, Germany, and [3]pointed out the Motorola action. The
reference in the suit says that Apple has also filed a complaint over the
design of the Motorola Xoom, which runs the Android operating system. But
it's unclear if Apple is seeking an injunction that would immediately
prevent Motorola from importing the tablets into Europe."
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219017/Update_Apple_gets_injunction_barring_Samsung_Tab_sales_in_Europe
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219024/German_court_s_ruling_may_pose_long_term_concerns_over_Android_
3. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/apple-is-also-suing-motorola-in-europe.html
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| The Case For Surrealism In Games
| from the dolphin-flowers-on-the-sunshine-highway dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 11, @03:51 (Games)
| with 175 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0556232/The-Case-For-Surrealism-In-Games?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An editorial at PikiGeek takes the position that [0]gaming's trend toward
realism can be detrimental in many situations, with the quest for
graphical precision supplanting creativity and uniqueness. Quoting: "The
problem I find most troubling with realism in games is that video games
are inherently unrealistic. By definition, even, video games must adhere
to some sense of absurdity. In Uncharted, no matter how realistic and
convincing the characters and environments may be, the fact is that
Nathan Drake can take a hell of a lot of damage, and is a little too good
with every gun known to man. In Call of Duty, if realism is such a
coveted aspect of the series, why does your character only bleed out of
his eyes, and why is damage rarely permanent? The 'game' part of these
games keeps them from being truly realistic, and in turn makes them even
less believable. Characters like Link, or even Master Chief, are
believable in even the most absurd situations, as the worlds that they
belong to don't try to conform to the world that we live in."
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Links:
0. http://geek.pikimal.com/2011/08/10/editorial-an-argument-for-surrealism-in-games/
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| DARPA Loses Contact With Hypersonic Glider
| from the shout-faster dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @13:42 (The Military)
| with 170 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1721230/DARPA-Loses-Contact-With-Hypersonic-Glider?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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x_IamSpartacus_x writes "DARPA says [0]contact with its experimental
hypersonic glider was lost after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on
the central California coast. The agency says in Twitter postings that
its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 was launched Thursday
atop a rocket, successfully separated from the booster and entered the
mission's glide phase. The agency says telemetry was subsequently lost,
but released no details."
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Links:
0. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2011-08-11-hypersonic-glider-launched_n.htm
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| Browser Wars Redux: This Time It's the Apps
| from the everything-that-rises dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @14:29 (Software)
| with 134 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1815246/Browser-Wars-Redux-This-Time-Its-the-Apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Yesterday's release of the Amazon Kindle Cloud
Reader brought to mind the bad old days of the browser wars, but with a
new twist: while the app works on any iOS device, [1]it only works on
computers with Safari and Chrome. Blogger Brian Proffitt knows as well as
anyone that 'this isn't a deliberate snub of the other browsers. Clearly
the developers of this web app had to get it to work on Safari, because
that's the only vector to get it onto an Apple device. And, since both
Chrome and Safari have a shared ancestor in WebKit, it makes sense that
what would work in one browser would work in the other.' But it raises an
interesting question: 'If HTML5 and other web technologies are supposed
to be open and standardized, then will web app developers have to
continually tweak their apps in order to accommodate deficiencies or
advantages between browsers, or will browsers have to constantly stay in
sync with each other's features just to be able to run all the web apps
out there?'"
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/192491/web-apps-reveal-potential-new-browser-wars
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| Google's 'ID Validation' Is a Joke, But Not Funny
| from the your-voice-is-your-password-so-yell dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @19:23 (Google)
| with 110 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/2111212/Googles-ID-Validation-Is-a-Joke-But-Not-Funny?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "I was curious about the whole profile
reporting and ID validation process on Google+ so I decided to do a
little experimental work to find out just what is involved. Answer:
[0]very little which could be called rigor." Tease: this story involves a
form of I.D. only slightly less funny than the 409-eater with a
[1]passport in the name of James Tiberius Kirk.
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Links:
0. http://gewalker.blogspot.com/2011/08/firsthand-examination-of-google-profile.html
1. http://www.419eater.com/html/user_subs/juno/juno.pdf
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| Human Brain Is Sensitive To Light In Ears
| from the also-to-the-name-of-the-devil dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @17:19 (Medicine)
| with 86 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1942204/Human-Brain-Is-Sensitive-To-Light-In-Ears?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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vuo writes "Finnish researchers have shown that the human brain contains
[0]photoreceptors that react to intracranial illumination. Light is
provided through the ear canal with bright-light headsets by [1]Valkee.
These devices, much like earphones or should we say 'earlumes,' are
registered medical devices. Retinal illumination or bright-light therapy
has been previously assumed to be the only way light indirectly affects
brains. Light therapy helps with mood swings, seasonal affective
disorder, jetlag and other circadian rhythm disruptions."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1942204/Human-Brain-Is-Sensitive-To-Light-In-Ears?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-human-brain-is-sensitive-to-light-breakthrough-findings-from-valkee-and-the-university-of-oulu-127506878.html
1. http://www.valkee.com/uk/
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| Can Analytics Help Fix Your Love Life?
| from the 13%-increase-in-kissing-this-month dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 11, @11:36 (Social Networks)
| with 69 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1452250/Can-Analytics-Help-Fix-Your-Love-Life?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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d2ncal wrote in to tell us about a new service that [0]takes all the
guess work out of a relationship by providing you with timely feedback,
and charts to see how your affection is trending. [1] TheIcebreak was
created by Christina Brodbeck and Dwipal Desai, who gave up their jobs at
YouTube to create the relationship quantifying service. The pair have
gone to great lengths to become relationship experts by doing things such
as: reading books on relationships, and enlisting the help of a couples
therapist, to ensure that the data collected is [2]useful to your long
term love life. The service is free now, and Android and iPhone apps are
coming soon."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1452250/Can-Analytics-Help-Fix-Your-Love-Life?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mashable.com/2011/08/10/theicebreak/
1. http://theicebreak.com/
2. http://www.businessinsider.com/former-youtube-mobile-exec-launches-a-dating-site-for-couples-2011-8
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| New Serial ATA Standards Target SSDs, Tablets
| from the bits-faster-are-faster-bits dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @16:20 (Data Storage)
| with 66 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/2012230/New-Serial-ATA-Standards-Target-SSDs-Tablets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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crookedvulture writes "SATA-IO has devised [0]a couple of new storage
interfaces optimized for solid-state drives. To serve high-performance
SSDs that are fast approaching the 6Gbps ceiling imposed by the current
Serial ATA specification, the SATA Express standard will meld the Serial
ATA software stack with PCI Express to offer up to 16Gbps of bandwidth.
SATA Express isn't expected to be completed until the end of the year,
but the new uSSD standard looks to be ready for prime time. Designed for
tablets and ultraportables, uSSD sticks with current 6Gbps speeds but
ditches traditional Serial ATA connectors, allowing SSD controller chips
to be soldered directly to motherboards. SanDisk already has a 128GB uSSD
primed for ultrabooks."
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https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/2012230/New-Serial-ATA-Standards-Target-SSDs-Tablets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21444
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| Researcher Predicts Your Next Facebook Friend
| from the 29-points-of-compatibility dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 10, @23:51 (Facebook)
| with 65 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0054253/Researcher-Predicts-Your-Next-Facebook-Friend?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Stanford professor Jure Leskovec [1]knows who your
friends will be before you've even met them and has won a Microsoft
fellowship for his analysis. 'Data shows that who will be our next friend
on Facebook is not so random as we think,' he said. Based on information
about the personal networks of users and their communication he was able
to tell in advance half of the new contacts they would add shortly after.
In the future the rate of correctly predicted new friends could be even
higher, he said. 'We are able to train the analyzing methods,' Leskovec
said."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0054253/Researcher-Predicts-Your-Next-Facebook-Friend?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/192409/computer-scientist-predicts-your-next-facebook-friends
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| Ask Slashdot: Info On Upcoming Handhelds?
| from the what's-small-and-upcoming dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @17:44 (Cellphones)
| with 51 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1950203/Ask-Slashdot-Info-On-Upcoming-Handhelds?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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FullBandwidth writes "Seems like some intrepid Slashdotters are always
getting scoops on the soon-to-be-released handhelds (phones, tablets).
What's the best way to get technical information and release dates?
Apparently in the U.S., the vendors have to submit a certain amount of
documentation that then gets published on the fcc.gov website, but I'm
not sure if many of us have time to pore over that site. Are there
reliable sites or RSS feeds dedicated to what's the bleeding edge of
mobile computing?" I glance at [0]Liliputing more days than I don't,
partly because of frequent links to new handhelds and tablets as they hit
the FCC. Where else should people look?
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1950203/Ask-Slashdot-Info-On-Upcoming-Handhelds?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.liliputing.com/
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| GPRS Can Be Hacked Easily, Claims German Researcher
| from the wo-bin-ich-genau? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @16:04 (Cellphones)
| with 38 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1928215/GPRS-Can-Be-Hacked-Easily-Claims-German-Researcher?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hypnosec writes "A German technology researcher on Wednesday showed
global mobile makers and technology firms how [0]General Packet Radio
Service can easily be tapped, intercepted, and decrypted with an average
mobile phone and a few applications. According to the New York Times,
Karsten Nohl, a computer engineer and mobile security researcher,
demonstrated to fellow researchers gathered to attend [1]Chaos
Communication Camp, a Berlin-based hackers event, [2]how to intercept the
voice or data messages sent between mobile devices over GPRS easily,
owing to weak protection provided by mobile network carriers for data
information. Nohl, in collaboration with his colleague Luca Melette,
[3]tapped the information within a radius of five kilometers using a
seven-year-old inexpensive mobile phone from Motorola." Computerworld
also has an [4]informative, link-laden account. If you are attending this
year's CCC (only every four years, sadly), feel free to [5]drop a line
(with the submissions form) about cool projects you encounter there.
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1928215/GPRS-Can-Be-Hacked-Easily-Claims-German-Researcher?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Packet_Radio_Service
1. http://events.ccc.de/2010/08/10/chaos-communication-camp-2011/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/technology/hacker-to-demonstrate-weak-mobile-internet-security.html
3. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/08/11/gprs-can-be-hacked-easily-claims-german-researcher/#ixzz1UkPeNdiE
4. http://blogs.computerworld.com/18776/mobile_phone_eavesdropping_made_easy_hackers_crack_gprs_encryption?source=rss_blogs
5. http://slashdot.org/submit.pl
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| Portable, Super-high-resolution 3-D Imaging
| from the good-day-sunshine dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 11, @08:55 (Graphics)
| with 28 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1246210/Portable-Super-high-resolution-3-D-Imaging?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "At SIGGRAPH 2011, a team of researchers from
MIT presented a clever method for [0]measuring microscopic surface
structure using a rubber sensor, a camera, and a set of lights. This
technology could have applications to industrial inspection, dermatology,
and even forensic ballistics."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/1246210/Portable-Super-high-resolution-3-D-Imaging?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/tactile-imaging-gelsight-0809.html
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| Australian Research Network Plans For 100Gbps
| from the LAN-party-of-the-gods dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 11, @02:26 (Australia)
| with 24 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0110227/Australian-Research-Network-Plans-For-100Gbps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "The Australian Academic and Research Network
(AARNet) has announced a wide range of initiatives around network
upgrades, collaboration, and mobility as part of a new five-year plan.
The plan includes [1]delivering a 100Gbps backbone to its education and
research customers, to ensure sufficient 'headroom' for major projects
such as the [2]Square Kilometre Array radio telescope."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/11/0110227/Australian-Research-Network-Plans-For-100Gbps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/396743/aarnet_launches_five-year_plan/
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/07/2233230/SKA-Telescope-Set-To-Generate-More-Data-Than-Current-Net
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