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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers
* Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps
* Netflix To Lose 1 Million Subscribers
* British Schoolkids To Be Taught Computer Coding
* Obama To Sign 'America Invents Act of 2011' Today
* Ballmer Hints At 'Metro-ization' of Office
* Famous Wildlife Photographer Busted For Using Stock Images
* Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries
* Seismologist Manslaughter Trial Begins Next Week
* ToS Violations No Longer a Crime (On Their Own)
* Microsoft Previews Compiler-as-a-Service Software
* Don't Study the Video Game, Study the Gamer
* Startup Flees To Seattle Amid Amazon's Tax Fight
* Modern Humans Bred With Evolutionary Predecessors In Africa
* Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders?
* GPS Tracking of State Worker Raises Privacy Issues
* River Trail — Intel's Parallel JavaScript
* Seven States Pile On To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
* Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power
* Printing a Building
* Soyuz Capsule Return Marred By Mystery Communications Blackout
* Ask Slashdot: 802.11n Bake-Off Test Plans?
* Intel's Thunderbolt With Fiber Optics Years Away
* 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Off the Coast of Japan
* Purdue Students Building Moon Lander Rocket
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| Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers
| from the comittment-and-scope dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @08:45 (Crime)
| with 569 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1211253/Anonymous-Kills-Websites-Cartels-Kill-Bloggers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "While drug cartels in Mexico are
[0]disemboweling people they accuse of blogging about drug violence,
Anonymous busies itself [1]taking down Mexican government websites. With
all the problems facing people in Mexico right now, including drug
cartels [2]extorting teachers for 50% of their pay and killing
schoolchildren (thus shutting down the school system), Mexico's
[3]biggest oil field in terminal decline and drug cartels kidnapping
busloads of people and [4]forcing them into gladiator-style contests to
the death, Anonymous' actions appear particularly petty."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1211253/Anonymous-Kills-Websites-Cartels-Kill-Bloggers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/15/140501229/mexican-drug-gangs-send-gruesome-message-to-internet-users
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/15/us-mexico-hackers-idUSTRE78E7AC20110915
2. http://www.examiner.com/drug-cartel-in-national/cartels-now-extorting-teachers-killing-schoolchildren-mexico
3. http://survivalandprosperity.com/2011/07/28/forget-cantarell-kmz-latest-oil-concern-for-mexico-and-u-s/
4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003743/Mexican-drug-cartels-force-kidnap-victims-fight-death-gladiator-style-contests.html
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| Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps
| from the just-buy-it-all-again-problem-solved dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @09:29 (Intel)
| with 372 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1324243/Microsoft-No-Windows-8-ARM-Support-For-x86-Apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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jcombel writes "It turns out Microsoft's app compatibility will be
[0]limited to one architecture or another. Yes, Windows 8 will run on
your ARM tablet, but your x86 Office 2003 will not. In his explanation,
[1]Steven Sinofsky reasoned, 'If we allow the world of x86 application
support like that, or based on what we call desktop apps in our start
yesterday, then there are real challenges in some of the value
propositions for system on a chip,' he said. 'You know, will battery life
be as good, for example? Well, those applications aren't written to be
really great in the face of limited battery constraints, which is a value
proposition of the Metro style apps.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1324243/Microsoft-No-Windows-8-ARM-Support-For-x86-Apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/15/sinofsky_windows8_arm_support_x86_apps/
1. http://www.slashgear.com/windows-8-on-arm-wont-run-x86-apps-microsoft-admits-16180415/
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| Netflix To Lose 1 Million Subscribers
| from the abandon-ship dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 15, @22:19 (Businesses)
| with 334 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0043201/Netflix-To-Lose-1-Million-Subscribers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "In light of the recent price increase at Netflix, it
made quite a few subscribers mad. [1]Netflix expects to lose around 1
million total subscribers in the short term after the price changes
(which split off separate subscription plans for streaming video and DVD
rentals). On top of the price increase, Netflix will lose their contract
with Starz in February, which will cost them around 1,000 total streaming
titles from their collection."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0043201/Netflix-To-Lose-1-Million-Subscribers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/
1. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/09/15/netflix-to-lose-1-million-subscribers/
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| British Schoolkids To Be Taught Computer Coding
| from the how-to-program-politely dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @10:12 (Education)
| with 218 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/147238/British-Schoolkids-To-Be-Taught-Computer-Coding?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The UK government has finally decided to do
something about the dire state of IT and computer science teaching in the
country: it will create a new [0]'IT-centric' General Certificate of
Secondary Education that will cover computational principles, systemic
thinking, software development and logic. The current ICT GCSE has been
lambasted for [1]boring kids to death with lessons on using Word and
Excel, rather than teaching computer programming."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/147238/British-Schoolkids-To-Be-Taught-Computer-Coding?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.silicon.com/management/public-sector/2011/09/15/it-centric-gcse-on-way-to-boost-kids-coding-skills-39747953/
1. http://www.silicon.com/management/public-sector/2011/04/20/drop-tedious-ict-lessons-says-intellect-39747319/
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| Obama To Sign 'America Invents Act of 2011' Today
| from the system-and-method-for-inhaling-oxygen dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @10:57 (Patents)
| with 216 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1437218/Obama-To-Sign-America-Invents-Act-of-2011-Today?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ideonexus writes "President Obama will be [1]signing the 'America
Invents Act of 2011' into law today at Thomas Jefferson High School for
Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. [2]The bill will transition
America from a 'first-to-invent" to a 'first-to-file" country, but
critics argue that the bill fails to address the more important problem
that '[3]nobody can tell what a patent covers until they've spent months
or years working it out, often in the courts.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1437218/Obama-To-Sign-America-Invents-Act-of-2011-Today?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ideonexus.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/obama-travels-to-virginia-high-school-to-sign-american-invents-act/2011/09/16/gIQApqDkWK_story.html
2. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/issues_patentreformact2011.html
3. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-patent-overhaul-wont-help-innovators-2011-9
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| Ballmer Hints At 'Metro-ization' of Office
| from the no-making-up-words dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @18:20 (Microsoft)
| with 183 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2118231/Ballmer-Hints-At-Metro-ization-of-Office?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Microsoft's CEO strongly hinted this week that the
company will [1]craft a Metro-style version of the next Office suite.
'You ought to expect that we are rethinking and working hard on what it
would mean to do Office Metro style,' Ballmer told a Wall Street analyst.
Metro, a tile- and touch-based interface borrowed from Windows Phone 7,
would be a massive change for Office, one that would dwarf the
'ribbonization' that [2]set off a firestorm of complaints about Office
2007's new look. The criticism died down, and Microsoft later extended
the ribbon in Office 2010 and Windows 7. It will ribbonize other
components of Windows 8, [3]notably the OS's file manager. One analyst
believes Metro Office is a done deal. 'I think they need something in
Metro to enable people to work on documents on tablets,' said Rob Helm,
an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. 'They need something on ARM.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2118231/Ballmer-Hints-At-Metro-ization-of-Office?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220091/Microsoft_CEO_hints_at_Metro_ization_of_Office
2. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14584/microsoft_you_will_use_the_ribbon_and_you_will_like_it
3. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/29/2037223/Microsoft-Ribbonizes-Windows-8-File-Manager
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| Famous Wildlife Photographer Busted For Using Stock Images
| from the they-all-look-the-same dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 16, @02:24 (Media)
| with 173 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0236233/Famous-Wildlife-Photographer-Busted-For-Using-Stock-Images?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Nobody knows better than Award-winning wildlife photographer Terje
Helleso how hard it can be to get that perfect shot in an out-of-the-way
location. [0]That's why he used stock photos. The 47-year-old
photographer passed off hundreds of stock photos as his own over the
course of several years. From the article: "On Wednesday, a deeply
regretful Helleso spoke to local radio. He gave economic problems as a
reason, but mostly it was about his own unreasonably high demands on
himself to be successful, he said. 'I was under pressure, mostly from
myself, and I gave in to temptation. Looking back, I���m surprised that I
got away with it for so long, and that I managed to keep up appearances
to my wife and everyone else,' he said."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0236233/Famous-Wildlife-Photographer-Busted-For-Using-Stock-Images?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries
| from the computer-of-the-people dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 16, @01:09 (Cellphones)
| with 170 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0222259/Smartphones-Becoming-Computer-of-Choice-in-Developing-Countries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The build-out of 3G networks in developing
countries, plus ultra-low prices from the likes of Samsung, will make the
smartphone the sole computer of millions of citizens worldwide. And by
2016, [0]97 percent of smartphones are expected to use touchscreens. Now,
don't get me wrong ��� I carry an iPad and an iPod Touch in my backpack and
love touchscreens ��� but I still like a phone that fits in my pocket.
However, I'm going to be in the minority five years from now, when the
majority of wireless communicators will be smartphones."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0222259/Smartphones-Becoming-Computer-of-Choice-in-Developing-Countries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.smartertechnology.com/c/a/Social-Business/Smartphones-Downward-Push-Going-Over-Top/
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| Seismologist Manslaughter Trial Begins Next Week
| from the defining-reasonable-prognostication dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @13:50 (Government)
| with 160 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1720213/Seismologist-Manslaughter-Trial-Begins-Next-Week?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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El Puerco Loco writes with a followup to a story we [0]discussed in May
about the manslaughter charges facing six seismologists and one
government official in Italy after an earthquake there killed 309 people
and destroyed 20,000 buildings. [1]The case is going to trial next week,
and an article at Nature provides an update on how things stand: "The
indictments have drawn global condemnation. The American Geophysical
Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
both in Washington DC, issued statements in support of the Italian
defendants. ... The view from L'Aquila, however, is quite different.
Prosecutors and the families of victims alike say that the trial has
nothing to do with the ability to predict earthquakes, and everything to
do with the failure of government-appointed scientists serving on an
advisory panel to adequately evaluate, and then communicate, the
potential risk to the local population. ... [The charges allege that the
defendants] provided 'incomplete, imprecise, and contradictory
information' to a public that had been unnerved by months of persistent,
low-level tremors. [Prosecutor Fabio Picuti] says that the commission was
more interested in pacifying the local population than in giving clear
advice about earthquake preparedness. 'I'm not crazy,' Picuti says. 'I
know they can't predict earthquakes. The basis of the charges is not that
they didn't predict the earthquake. As functionaries of the state, they
had certain duties imposed by law: to evaluate and characterize the risks
that were present in L'Aquila.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1720213/Seismologist-Manslaughter-Trial-Begins-Next-Week?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1315212/Seismologists-Tried-For-Manslaughter-For-Not-Predicting-Earthquake
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110914/full/477264a.html
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| ToS Violations No Longer a Crime (On Their Own)
| from the just-take-care-of-that-tag-on-your-pillow dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @11:41 (Crime)
| with 155 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1537209/ToS-Violations-No-Longer-a-Crime-On-Their-Own?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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nonprofiteer writes "The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act previously made
'unauthorized access to a computer system' a crime ��� meant to apply to
hackers, it also criminalized violations of a website's ToS or of a
workplace's computer policies. The law is being [0]changed to make the
crime a felony rather than a misdemeanor, which led some to worry about
[1]the potential for its abuse. However, Senators Franken and Grassley
added [2]an amendment (PDF) to exempt violations of ToS and employer
policies from the lists of felony activity. w00t for common sense."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1537209/ToS-Violations-No-Longer-a-Crime-On-Their-Own?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/09/16/no-faking-your-name-on-facebook-will-not-be-a-felony/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576562294116160896.html
2. http://judiciary.senate.gov/legislation/upload/JEN11A19-Grassley-Franken.pdf
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| Microsoft Previews Compiler-as-a-Service Software
| from the but-this-please dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 16, @03:55 (Microsoft)
| with 151 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0253202/Microsoft-Previews-Compiler-as-a-Service-Software?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "Microsoft will release a Community Technology
Preview of a new type of compiler its researchers have been building ���
code-named Project Roslyn ��� a company executive announced Thursday.
[1]Roslyn is a compiler for C# and Visual Basic with a set of APIs that
developers can use to fine-tune their code. It resembles a model
developed by the Mono Project, in which the information the compiler
generates about a program can be reused as a library."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0253202/Microsoft-Previews-Compiler-as-a-Service-Software?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/401071/microsoft_previews_compiler-as-a-service_software/?fp=16&fpid=1
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| Don't Study the Video Game, Study the Gamer
| from the obvious-but-needs-to-be-said dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @06:09 (Games)
| with 135 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0354205/Dont-Study-the-Video-Game-Study-the-Gamer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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rrossman2 writes with this quote from a USA Today article about research
recently presented to the American Psychological Association: "Video
games ��� especially violent ones ��� are constantly under scrutiny from
parents concerned about negative effects. Now, research suggests that
[0]those worries should focus more on the player's personality rather
than the content of the games. 'If you're worried about a video game
turning your son or daughter into a killer, don't worry about that,' says
psychologist Patrick Markey of Villanova (Pa.) University. 'But is your
kid moody, impulsive, or are they unfriendly? It's probably not the best
idea to have that child play violent video games.' ... Markey found
slight increases in hostility for those with certain personality traits:
extremely high on neuroticism and extremely low on agreeableness and
conscientiousness. ... 'We found ��� irrespective of violent content ��� the
two highly competitive games produced more aggressive behavior than the
two less competitive games,' [Markey said.]"
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https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/0354205/Dont-Study-the-Video-Game-Study-the-Gamer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Startup Flees To Seattle Amid Amazon's Tax Fight
| from the game-theory-of-taxes dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday September 16, @18:59 (Businesses)
| with 132 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2241257/Startup-Flees-To-Seattle-Amid-Amazons-Tax-Fight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "SF-based comparison shopping startup Shopobot
was caught in the fight between Amazon, big-box retailers, and
politicians over collecting of sales tax for online purchases. So what
did the entreprenurs do? [0]Flee to Seattle, right next to Amazon HQ,
where marketing affiliates have a chance ��� because Amazon already
collects sales tax in WA." And if you must flee, Seattle's a nice
destination.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2241257/Startup-Flees-To-Seattle-Amid-Amazons-Tax-Fight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Modern Humans Bred With Evolutionary Predecessors In Africa
| from the how-you-doin dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @14:55 (Science)
| with 129 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1815216/Modern-Humans-Bred-With-Evolutionary-Predecessors-In-Africa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Based on a new analysis of old skulls, it
now appears that modern humans may have [1]interbred with some earlier
hominid species, suggesting that human evolution took a more complex path
than previously thought. The study opines that [2]modern humans lived
side by side with the older species. Paleontologists disagree over the
meaning of the findings, or whether they have any substantial
significance at all."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1815216/Modern-Humans-Bred-With-Evolutionary-Predecessors-In-Africa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://beckermanlegal.com/
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14947363
2. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0024024
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| Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders?
| from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @14:34 (Businesses)
| with 125 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/188252/Did-HP-Bilk-Its-Shareholders?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "About a month ago, HP announced that [1]it was
getting out of the PC, tablet, and mobile phone business to focus on
software services, at which point, rather predictably, [2]HP's stock
plunged. Obviously, HP's leadership had been working on this plan for
some time before it was announced, which leads to the question: [3]did
they deliberately mislead their stockholders by not being more
transparent? That's what a [4]shareholder lawsuit against the company
alleges. How the courts treat the suit could have interesting
implications for how transparent public corporations need to be about
future strategy."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/188252/Did-HP-Bilk-Its-Shareholders?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/1948232/HP-Spinning-Off-WebOS-and-Exiting-Hardware-Business
2. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b0371e98-ca7d-11e0-aedd-00144feabdc0.html
3. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/204119/hp-misled-investors-shareholder-alleges-lawsuit
4. http://allthingsd.com/20110916/the-number-of-securities-lawyers-circling-hp-is-growing/
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| GPS Tracking of State Worker Raises Privacy Issues
| from the you-can-trust-us dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @16:54 (Privacy)
| with 121 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2015258/GPS-Tracking-of-State-Worker-Raises-Privacy-Issues?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from a Times Union article:
"How far can state government go in keeping tabs on its employees? That's
the question a mid-level appeals court will consider in the wake of a
lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union against the state
Labor Department, in the case of [0]a fired state worker who was tracked
with a GPS device that investigators secretly attached to his personal
car. ... State officials tracked Cunningham's whereabouts by secretly
attaching a GPS device to his BMW. The electronic tailing went beyond
what would normally be termed Cunningham's work hours, since the device
was on for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They even tracked him on a
multi-day family vacation."
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Links:
0. http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/GPS-used-to-track-fired-state-worker-raises-2172601.php
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| River Trail — Intel's Parallel JavaScript
| from the perpendicular-javascript-coming-soon dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @15:25 (Intel)
| with 106 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1922243/River-Trail-mdash-Intels-Parallel-JavaScript?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "Intel has just announced River Trail, an extension of
JavaScript that [0]brings parallel programming into the browser. The code
[1]looks like JavaScript and it works with HTML5, including Canvas and
WebGL, so 2D and 3D graphics are easy. A demo video shows an in-browser
simulation going from 3 to 45 fps and using all eight cores of the
processor. This is the sort of performance needed if 3D in-browser games
are going to be practical. You can [2]download River Trail as a Firefox
add-on and start coding now. Who needs native code?"
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https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1922243/River-Trail-mdash-Intels-Parallel-JavaScript?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.intel.com/research/2011/09/pjs.php
1. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/167-javascript/3068-river-trail-intels-parallel-javascript.html
2. https://github.com/rivertrail
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| Seven States Pile On To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
| from the writing-is-on-the-wall dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @17:37 (AT&T)
| with 102 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/219202/Seven-States-Pile-On-To-Block-ATampTT-Mobile-Deal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "New York, California, and five other [0]U.S.
states have joined a lawsuit initiated by the Department of Justice that
would [1]block AT&T's merger with T-Mobile. 'The revised filing comes
ahead of a court hearing next week, when the two sides are scheduled to
discuss the prospects of a settlement. AT&T has said that it will contest
the Justice Department's lawsuit, while also seeking a potential
settlement.' CNet notes that 'States [2]don't have the power to block the
deal, but they can influence the federal regulators and make it more
onerous if AT&T attempts to negotiate for concessions to close the deal.
They can also slow down the process with their own lawsuits.'"
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/219202/Seven-States-Pile-On-To-Block-ATampTT-Mobile-Deal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/7-states-join-justice-department-suit-against-att/
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/1543256/Justice-Dept-Files-Antitrust-Complaint-Against-ATampT-and-T-Mobile-Merger
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20107511-94/states-join-feds-in-opposing-at-ts-t-mobile-buy/
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| Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power
| from the heliotropic-computing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 15, @20:12 (Intel)
| with 101 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/15/238236/Intel-Experimental-Processor-Runs-On-Solar-Power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "For the IDF keynote, Intel showed [0]an
experimental processor that is solar powered (incandescent light shining
on a solar panel). The whole computer itself still runs on regular power;
only the processor itself is solar. From the article: 'The concept
processor, code-named Claremont, can run light workloads on solar power
by dropping energy consumption to under 10 milliwatts, said Justin
Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, during a keynote address at
the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. That is low enough to keep a
chip running on a solar cell the size of a stamp.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.pcworld.com/article/240116/intel_runs_pc_on_cpu_powered_by_solar_cell.html
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| Printing a Building
| from the you're-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @13:07 (Hardware)
| with 91 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/173210/Printing-a-Building?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology are trying to [0]push 3-D printing technology even further.
Their goals: [1]create whole working machines and perhaps even buildings.
Thus far, 3D printing has been used to make shapes of plastic or metal
that can be assembled later. These folks want to change that. One idea is
to use concrete in a novel way: 'Not only would it be possible to create
fanciful, organic-looking shapes that would be difficult or impossible
using molds, but the technique could also allow the properties of the
concrete itself to vary continuously, producing structures that are both
lighter and stronger than conventional concrete. To illustrate this,
Keating uses the example of a palm tree compared to a typical structural
column. In a concrete column, the properties of the material are
constant, resulting in a very heavy structure. But a palm tree���s trunk
varies: denser at the outside and lighter toward the center. As part of
his thesis research, he has already made sections of concrete with the
same kind of variations of density.'"
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Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/tech/how-to-print-a-building-110916.html
1. http://web.mit.edu/press/2011/3d-printing.html
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| Soyuz Capsule Return Marred By Mystery Communications Blackout
| from the have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-then-on-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @12:23 (ISS)
| with 90 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/1558202/Soyuz-Capsule-Return-Marred-By-Mystery-Communications-Blackout?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "[1]An unexplained communications loss left flight
controllers unable to speak with three space station crew returning to
Earth over Kazakhstan during the last 15 minutes of their descent
Thursday night. The first indication that the capsule survived its fiery
plunge through the atmosphere was a series of beeps signaling components
of the Soyuz had been jettisoned as planned. Later, ground controllers
picked up signals that the Soyuz's parachutes had deployed, but it wasn't
until a Russian recovery aircraft established two-way radio
communications with the crew that [2]flight controllers knew all was well."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/trio-of-space-station-crewmembers-return-to-earth.html
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-20107273-239/yikes-iss-crew-endures-comms-blackout-during-re-entry/#ixzz1Y879A3JW
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| Ask Slashdot: 802.11n Bake-Off Test Plans?
| from the uss-enterprise-level dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday September 16, @19:43 (Businesses)
| with 88 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2332230/Ask-Slashdot-80211n-Bake-Off-Test-Plans?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Richard_13 writes "I am seeking a bake-off
test plan for an enterprise size deployment of 802.11n wireless. We are
about to go to tender for a large scale deployment of 802.11n controllers
and APs ��� and I need a bake-off (benchmarking) test plan that is focused
on testing the *maximum number* of clients that an AP can handle before
it falls over, in addition to the throughput for each client. We intend
to test the latest products from the major vendors, Aruba, Cisco, HP,
Xirrus, Ruckus, etc.; not consumer products like Linksys, D-Link or
Netgear. Any bake-off test plans or useful links to multi-vendor wireless
focused web sites would be greatly appreciated."
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| Intel's Thunderbolt With Fiber Optics Years Away
| from the sometime-down-the-road dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 16, @08:02 (Intel)
| with 62 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/036228/Intels-Thunderbolt-With-Fiber-Optics-Years-Away?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Intel's Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect technology
[1]could be years away from getting optical technology, an Intel
executive said this week at IDF. Originally introduced in February on
Macs, Thunderbolt was pitched as being optical technology but currently
uses copper wires. Dadi Perlmutter of Intel's Architecture Group said
copper wires are working much better than expected, and that fiber was
expensive. 'It's going to be way out,' Perlmutter said. 'At the end of
the day it's all about how much speed people need versus how much they
would be willing to pay.'"
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220029/Intel_s_Thunderbolt_with_fiber_optics_years_away
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| 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Off the Coast of Japan
| from the treacherous-earth dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @17:10 (Japan)
| with 60 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2058246/66-Magnitude-Earthquake-Off-the-Coast-of-Japan?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "[1]Japan shook with yet another earthquake today.
Its magnitude was 6.6 and [2]its epicenter was about 60 miles off shore.
Initially Japan had warned citizens of a possible tsunami, but they've
since cancelled it. [3]No damage or casualties have been reported."
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Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/
1. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005vv7.html
2. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/shakemap/global/shake/c0005vv7/
3. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idJuM2GzbJfMIIdAUmE9y3jLUYRQ?docId=f84d2491d1a2467f9cdd5615231d01a4
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| Purdue Students Building Moon Lander Rocket
| from the competition-for-carmack dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 16, @16:11 (NASA)
| with 32 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/16/2010244/Purdue-Students-Building-Moon-Lander-Rocket?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin sends words that a team of students at Purdue University are
working on a project to [1]build a rocket engine that could be used on a
future Moon lander. Quoting: "Graduate students Thomas Feldman and Andrew
Rettenmaier are part of a team developing a thrust chamber for [2]NASA's
Project Morpheus, which includes research to develop new technologies for
future trips to the moon, Mars or asteroids. The rocket must meet
stringent design and performance specifications related to factors
including efficiency, size and weight limits, thrust and the ability to
dynamically throttle the rocket from 1,300-4,200 pounds of thrust,
Feldman said. ... A development test chamber has been designed and is
ready for testing. This heavily instrumented chamber is far bulkier than
the eventual flight chamber, and data from upcoming tests will be used to
refine the flight engine's design."
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Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/
1. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110913AndersonMoon.html
2. http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/
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