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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court
* Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces
* The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch
* Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot
* Bethesda's 'Scrolls' Lawsuit Going Ahead
* HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response
* ACTA To Be Signed This Weekend
* Square Enix Admits <em>Final Fantasy XIV</em> Damaged Brand
* Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines
* Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List
* European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests
* Samsung Joins Ranks of Android Vendors Licensing Microsoft Patents
* Zotac Releases GeForce GT 520 With Classic PCI Connector
* SlideShare Ditches Flash, Rebuilds Site In HTML5
* FBI Leaves Cleared Names On Terrorist Watch List
* Global Internet Governance Fight Looms
* Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT
* Is the Sparc T4 Too Little Too Late?
* Intel Drops MeeGo
* Microsoft Begins Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Rollout
* GNOME 3.2 Released
* Cold-War Missile Launches Military Satellite
* US Military Seeks Non-Cooperative Biometric Tracking Technology
* Google Drops Cloud Lawsuit Against US Government
* IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System
* Tokyo Subway Gets Lightsaber Handrails
* Encoding Messages In Bacteria
* Ask Slashdot: Best Open Product Review Website?
* New Supercomputer Boosts Aussie SKA Telescope Bid
* Book Review: Scalability Rules
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| Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court
| from the just-a-matter-of-time dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @13:45 (United States)
| with 818 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1724215/Healthcare-Law-Appealed-To-Supreme-Court?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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26 states and a small business group have filed separate appeals to the
U.S. Supreme Court asking them to [0]strike down Obama's 2010 healthcare
law. In August an appeals court in Atlanta ruled that the individual
insurance requirement was unconstitutional making it almost certain that
the bill would go to the Supreme Court. From the article: "The Obama
administration earlier this week said it decided against asking the full
U.S. Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit to review the August ruling by a
three-judge panel of the court that found the insurance requirement
unconstitutional. That decision cleared the way for the administration to
go to the Supreme Court. The administration has said it believes the law
will be upheld in court while opponents say it represents an
unconstitutional encroachment of federal power."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1724215/Healthcare-Law-Appealed-To-Supreme-Court?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/28/us-usa-healthcare-court-idUSTRE78R31520110928
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| Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces
| from the the-sky-is-red dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @11:42 (Hardware)
| with 452 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/156201/Amazon-Kindle-Fire-Surfaces?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrCrassic was the first of several submitters to write in about the
Kindle Fire: "It looks like [1]another competitor has joined the fight
for tablet market share. Amazon released specs and pics of its newest
offering, the Kindle Fire, [2]which is bound to turn heads at $199.
However, I wouldn't sell your Nook Color or iPad just yet. From the
article: 'The Kindle Fire doesn't have an embedded camera or a
microphone. The device offers Wi-Fi connectivity, though not 3G access,
and comes with a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime, the company's
$79-a-year membership service that includes streaming video and free
two-day shipping.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/156201/Amazon-Kindle-Fire-Surfaces?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrcrassicatgmaildotcom/
1. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/amazon/
2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/amazon-unveils-199-kindle-fire-tablet.html
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| The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch
| from the television-is-so-90s dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @12:21 (Television)
| with 383 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/160230/The-Cable-Industrys-a-La-Carte-Bait-and-Switch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "For years, cable operators have insisted that a la
carte pricing, in which users could chose the channels they want, would
undermine the both their own business models and the existence of
important but less-watched channels currently wrapped into bundles.
That's why it was surprising to hear that [1]major cable companies are
privately working towards offering a la carte pricing. But when you look
at the details, it seems [2]more like a bait and switch: those lesser
channels (which pay cable companies for their place on the dial) will
still be bundled with the local stations cable companies are required to
provide, whereas pricey sports channels (which cable companies have to
pay for) will become HBO-like premium services."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/160230/The-Cable-Industrys-a-La-Carte-Bait-and-Switch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/us-cable-idUSTRE78Q6EE20110927
2. http://www.itworld.com/internet/207739/cable-company-la-carte-plan-more-bait-and-switch
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| Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot
| from the treacherous-computing-lives-again dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @09:33 (The Courts)
| with 339 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1311220/Australian-Users-Petitioning-Against-Windows-8-Secure-Boot?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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In his first accepted submission, [0]lukemartinez sends in an excerpt
from a ZDNet article on continuing developments about Microsoft's [1]UEFI
secure boot requirements: "The Linux Australia community [2]began
petitioning the ACCC this week after Microsoft aired plans to mandate the
enabling of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface's secure boot feature
for devices bearing the 'Designed for Windows 8' logo. This means that
any software or hardware that is to run on the firmware will need to be
signed by Microsoft or the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to be
able to execute. This would make it impossible to install alternative
operating systems like Linux..." Delimeter has [3]further information on
the petititions, and Matthew Garret recently posted a follow-up to
Microsoft's response to the concerns about secure boot, [4]calling them
out on their misinformation.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1311220/Australian-Users-Petitioning-Against-Windows-8-Secure-Boot?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://luke.asia/
1. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/21/062231/how-microsoft-can-lock-linux-off-windows-8-pcs
2. http://www.zdnet.com.au/linux-aus-may-have-a-case-on-win-8-accc-339323233.htm
3. http://delimiter.com.au/2011/09/28/linux-fans-file-accc-complaint-over-win8-boot/
4. http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/5850.html
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| Bethesda's 'Scrolls' Lawsuit Going Ahead
| from the really-guys dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 27, @23:14 (The Courts)
| with 315 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0211243/Bethesdas-Scrolls-Lawsuit-Going-Ahead?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter person46 writes "Bethesda's lawsuit against Mojang,
developers of Minecraft, [0]is going to court. As you may recall,
Bethesda is [1]claiming copyright infringement over the title of Mojang's
upcoming CCG/board game Scrolls. Bethesda claims that the name and game
concept are too similar to their well-known RPG franchise The Elder
Scrolls. '[C]ourt documents show that Bethesda lawyers plan to use
comments on Scrolls articles and videos from around the web to show how
people will confuse Scrolls with The Elder Scrolls. He also added that
they've captured screenshots of Scrolls' trailer as a way of showing how
Mojang has copied Bethesda because both Skyrim and Scrolls contain
mountains.' Mojang founder Notch had offered to settle the dispute with
[2]a friendly game of Quake 3, but apparently Bethesda wasn't up for
that."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0211243/Bethesdas-Scrolls-Lawsuit-Going-Ahead?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.1up.com/news/bethesda-scrolls-lawsuit-minecraft-developer-going-court
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/05/2123244/bethesda-tells-minecraft-creator-cease-and-desist
2. https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1838230/notch-asks-for-trial-by-combat
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| HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response
| from the cure-is-near dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @15:52 (Medicine)
| with 303 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1835224/HIV-Vaccine-Trial-Shows-90-Immune-Response?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fergus07 writes "Researchers at the Spanish Superior Scientific Research
Council (CSIC) have successfully completed Phase I human clinical trials
of a [0]HIV vaccine in which 90% of volunteers developed an immunological
response against the virus. The MVA-B vaccine draws on the natural
capabilities of the human immune system and 'has proven to be as powerful
as any other vaccine currently being studied, or even more,' says Mariano
Esteban, head researcher from CSIC's National Biotech Centre."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1835224/HIV-Vaccine-Trial-Shows-90-Immune-Response?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/spanish-hiv-vaccine-90-percent-immune-response/19973/
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| ACTA To Be Signed This Weekend
| from the yep-this-happened dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @00:12 (Censorship)
| with 243 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0145245/ACTA-To-Be-Signed-This-Weekend?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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We've been following the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement for over
three years, from its [0]secretive beginnings, to the controversy and
debate that followed, and to the document it [1]eventually evolved into.
Now, Japan has announced that [2]the agreement will finally be signed on
Saturday during [3]a ceremony that follows an anti-piracy symposium on
Friday. "The negotiation has been carried out among Australia, Canada,
the European Union and its Member States, Japan, the Republic of Korea,
Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United
States, and reached a general agreement at the negotiation meeting held
in Japan in October 2010, followed by the completion of technical and
translation work in April 2011. ... The signing ceremony will be attended
by the representatives of all the participants in the ACTA negotiations,
and those that have completed relevant domestic processes will sign the
agreement. The agreement is open for signature until May 1, 2013."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0145245/ACTA-To-Be-Signed-This-Weekend?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/08/05/26/2312244/anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2132214/proposed-final-acta-text-published
2. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-slouches-toward-signing-this-saturday.ars
3. http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/event/2011/9/0927_01.html
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| Square Enix Admits <em>Final Fantasy XIV</em> Damaged Brand
| from the all-downhill-since-tellah-died dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 27, @21:18 (Role Playing (Games))
| with 227 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/002250/Square-Enix-Admits-Final-Fantasy-XIV-Damaged-Brand?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]_xeno_ writes "It's taken a year since Final Fantasy XIV launched to
what can at best be called [1]unfavorable reviews, but Square Enix CEO
Yoichi Wada is finally willing to admit that the (still
subscription-free) MMO [2]'greatly damaged' the entire Final Fantasy
brand. Despite this damage, Wada said Square Enix will continue to work
on 'reviving' the game, with an upcoming patch promising to [3]finally
introduce such series staples as chocobos and airships. Even so, there's
still no word on the PS3 release, which was delayed until the game was
'fixed,' nor is there any sign that Square Enix feels the game will be
worth a subscription fee any time soon."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/002250/Square-Enix-Admits-Final-Fantasy-XIV-Damaged-Brand?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.xenoveritas.org/
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/10/12/1318223/final-fantasy-xiv-launches-to-scathing-reviews
2. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37475/Square_Enix_Final_Fantasy_XIV_Greatly_Damaged_Entire_Brand.php
3. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/23/chocobos-airships-and-materia-somehow-werent-in-final-fantasy/
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| Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines
| from the some-things-never-change dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @05:20 (Cloud)
| with 227 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0241201/Man-In-the-Middle-Remote-Attack-On-Diebold-Voting-Machines?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader tips news of a vulnerability discovered in the
Diebold Accuvote voting system, which could be used to [0]alter voting
results without leaving evidence of tampering. Quoting Salon: "[T]he
Argonne team's attack required no modification, reprogramming, or even
knowledge, of the voting machine's proprietary source code. ... The
team's video demonstrates how inserting the inexpensive electronic device
into the voting machine can offer a "bad guy" virtually complete control
over the machine. A cheap remote control unit can enable access to the
voting machine from up to half a mile away. ... The video shows three
different types of attack, each demonstrating how the intrusion developed
by the team allows them to take complete control of the Diebold
touch-screen voting machine. They were able to demonstrate a similar
attack on a DRE system made by Sequoia Voting Systems as well."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.salon.com/news/2012_elections/index.html?story=/politics/elections/2011/09/27/votinghack
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| Libraries Release Most-Censored Books List
| from the words-are-dangerous dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @02:09 (Books)
| with 206 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0323214/Libraries-Release-Most-Censored-Books-List?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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destinyland writes "The American Library Association released [0]this
year's list of the most-frequently censored books. (Included in the top
10 are two best-selling novels ��� Twilight and The Hunger Games ��� as well
as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.) The annual list celebrates 'the
freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment,' according to
the library association, highlighting 'the benefits of free and open
access to information while drawing attention to the harms of
censorship.' Interestingly, seven of the ten most-censored books [1]are
now available on Amazon's Kindle ��� more than twice as many [2]as last
year."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0323214/Libraries-Release-Most-Censored-Books-List?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/index.cfm#2010
1. http://www.beyond-black-friday.com/2011/09/27/banned-books-rescued-by-kindle/
2. http://www.beyond-black-friday.com/2010/10/01/reading-banned-books-on-the-kindle/
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| European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests
| from the making-an-intern's-life-hell dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @10:19 (Facebook)
| with 193 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1344218/European-Users-Overwhelm-Facebook-With-Data-Requests?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "If you've ever wondered how much personal
data Facebook holds about you then prepare to be surprised. Using
European data privacy laws, it's [0]possible to request the data Facebook
has stored about you. The document can [1]total 800 pages covering
everything from the expected name, address, and date of birth, right
through to every event you've attended, every message you've deleted, and
your political and religious views." The best part is that Facebook has
to send a physical disc containing the data. This has been exploited by a
number of users, [2]completely overwhelming Facebook's ability to make
the discs.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1344218/European-Users-Overwhelm-Facebook-With-Data-Requests?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/facebook-stores-up-to-800-pages-of-personal-data-per-user-account-20110928/
1. http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Data_Pool/data_pool.html
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/reddit-users-overwhelm-facebook-with-data-requests/4165
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| Samsung Joins Ranks of Android Vendors Licensing Microsoft Patents
| from the bill-gates-always-wins dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @11:04 (Android)
| with 163 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1433259/Samsung-Joins-Ranks-of-Android-Vendors-Licensing-Microsoft-Patents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "GeekWire reports that [0]Microsoft and Samsung just
announced a patent licensing agreement that gives Samsung legal coverage
for its use of Google's Android OS in its smartphones. Under the deal,
which covers both mobile phones and tablets, Microsoft says it will
receive unspecified royalties for every Android device that Samsung
sells. Microsoft previously struck a [1]similar patent deal with HTC,
under which Microsoft is reportedly receiving $5 for every Android
handset that HTC sells. This latest deal leaves Motorola Mobility, with
which [2]Microsoft is currently in litigation, as the only major Android
smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. without a license to Microsoft's
patent portfolio."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1433259/Samsung-Joins-Ranks-of-Android-Vendors-Licensing-Microsoft-Patents?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/breaking-microsoft-samsung-reach-android-patent-deal
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/28/0347235/htc-is-paying-microsoft-5-for-every-android-phone
2. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/1936213/microsoft-sues-motorola-over-android-related-patent-infringement
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| Zotac Releases GeForce GT 520 With Classic PCI Connector
| from the time-to-upgrade-that-voodoo3 dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @15:29 (Graphics)
| with 151 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1651223/Zotac-Releases-GeForce-GT-520-With-Classic-PCI-Connector?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jones_supa writes "It turns out that you can [1]still get a legacy PCI
graphics card with a modern GPU. In this case it's a Nvidia Geforce GT
520 card provided by Zotac. Both the PCI and PCIe x1 variants feature a
GT 520 graphics chip with 48 stream processors, 512MB of DDR3 memory, a
810MHz core clock speed, a 1333MHz memory speed, and a 64-bit memory
interface."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1651223/Zotac-Releases-GeForce-GT-520-With-Classic-PCI-Connector?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:jonskunator@gmail.com
1. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21724
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| SlideShare Ditches Flash, Rebuilds Site In HTML5
| from the writing-on-the-wall dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @06:37 (The Internet)
| with 147 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0351210/SlideShare-Ditches-Flash-Rebuilds-Site-In-HTML5?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Frankie70 writes "SlideShare has [0]ditched Adobe Flash technology
entirely, and [1]rebuilt its website using the HTML5 markup language.
This means that SlideShare is now viewable on every kind of mobile
device, from iPads to iPhones to Android devices and beyond."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0351210/SlideShare-Ditches-Flash-Rebuilds-Site-In-HTML5?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gigaom.com/2011/09/27/slideshare-html5/
1. http://blog.slideshare.net/2011/09/27/slideshare-html5/
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| FBI Leaves Cleared Names On Terrorist Watch List
| from the set-in-stone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @15:09 (Government)
| with 145 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/180259/FBI-Leaves-Cleared-Names-On-Terrorist-Watch-List?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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x_IamSpartacus_x writes "According to a recent FOIA request [0]the FBI
doesn't always take names off of the Terrorist Watch List even when those
people have been cleared of charges or had charges dropped. 'If an
individual is acquitted or charges are dismissed for a crime related to
terrorism, the individual must still meet the reasonable suspicion
standard in order to remain on, or be subsequently nominated to, the
terrorist watch list,' the once-classified memorandum says. The New York
Times is running a story about it as well saying [1]the data is even used
by local police officers to check names during traffic stops."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/180259/FBI-Leaves-Cleared-Names-On-Terrorist-Watch-List?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/253110-terror-watch-list-foia.html
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/us/even-those-cleared-of-crimes-can-stay-on-fbis-terrorist-watch-list.html
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| Global Internet Governance Fight Looms
| from the whether-the-bear-wins-or-the-fox-wins-the-rabbit-loses dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 27, @22:09 (The Internet)
| with 144 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/27/2352223/Global-Internet-Governance-Fight-Looms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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QuietLagoon writes "The [0]global fight among governments over control of
the Internet is heating up amid a flurry of documents, the opening of the
United Nations' General Assembly (GA) and next week's [1]Internet
Governance Forum (IGF). Will the change in Internet governance result in
states like [2]China and Russia exerting more control over what is
allowed on the Internet? The United States has so far comprehensively
outmaneuvered attempts by other governments to seize control of the
Internet, helped by the fact that it holds the keys and represents the
status quo. But how long will it continue to be able to do so?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/27/2352223/Global-Internet-Governance-Fight-Looms?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/09/22/internet-governance-fight-looms
1. http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/09/25/igf-2011-practical-guide
2. http://news.dot-nxt.com/2011/09/13/china-russia-security-code-of-conduct
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| Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT
| from the new-tool dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @19:27 (Open Source)
| with 142 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2228215/Teach-Your-Router-New-Tricks-With-DD-WRT?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Serdar Yegulalp offers an [1]in-depth look
at DD-WRT, open source router firmware that can 'breath new life ��� and
advanced features ��� into your old wired or wireless router.'
Quality-of-service controls, iptables-based firewall, IPv6 support, DNS
controls, Kai Daemon for allowing game console network tunneling, and a
host of features for using your router as a public-access hotspot are
among the many possibilities for hacking your router with DD-WRT."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2228215/Teach-Your-Router-New-Tricks-With-DD-WRT?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/networking/teach-your-router-new-tricks-dd-wrt-174050
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| Is the Sparc T4 Too Little Too Late?
| from the intel-crushes-all dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @14:47 (Oracle)
| with 113 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/149252/Is-the-Sparc-T4-Too-Little-Too-Late?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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packetrat writes "Ars Technica reports on Monday's launch of the Sparc
T4, and how it finally (nearly 20 years after everyone else) brings
out-of-order execution to Sun Sparc...er, Oracle Sparc. But the
benchmarks that Oracle has thrown up (surprise) are a smokescreen for the
fact that the processor is still [0]woefully behind state of the art, and
it serves mostly as a placeholder to keep the remaining Sparc user base
from defecting to Intel--even as Oracle is selling systems based on Intel
and Oracle Linux. With the right benchmarks, my minivan outperforms a
Maserati. The T4 is a minivan."
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| Intel Drops MeeGo
| from the one-crap-standard-to-rule-them-all dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @08:50 (Intel)
| with 110 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1223250/Intel-Drops-MeeGo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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PolygamousRanchKid writes with an article in CNet about [0]yet more
dismal news for MeeGo. Quoting the article: "Like the [1]Moblin operating
system before it, Linux-based MeeGo will will be merged out of existence.
MeeGo will become [2]Tizen, Intel said today. 'Intel joined Linux
Foundation and LiMo Foundation in support of Tizen, a new Linux-based
open source software platform for multiple device categories,' the
company said in a statement. 'Tizen builds upon the strengths of both
LiMo and MeeGo and [3]Intel will be working with our MeeGo partners to
help them transition to Tizen,' Intel said. The initial release of Tizen
is expected in Q1 2012, enabling the first devices in the market
mid-2012..." PolygamousRanchKid adds "It seems one of those strengths is
not actually making it into a product on the market yet." This on the
heels of [4]Nokia shipping the N9 (which is actually running a weird
Maemo/Meego hybrid).
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Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20112580-64/intel-finds-a-way-to-let-go-of-meego/
1. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/02/15/1323200/nokia-intel-merge-maemo-moblin-into-meego
2. https://www.tizen.org/
3. https://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2011/whats-next-meego
4. http://press.nokia.com/2011/09/27/nokia-n9-begins-shipping/
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| Microsoft Begins Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) Rollout
| from the new-way-to-talk dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @14:26 (Microsoft)
| with 109 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1728237/Microsoft-Begins-Windows-Phone-75-Mango-Rollout?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "While the news of late has focused on Apple's upcoming
iPhone 5 launch, Microsoft has some news of their own on the mobile OS
front. [1]Windows Phone 7.5 is the first major overhaul of the system
since the smaller, incremental NoDo updates began to roll out a few
months ago. Starting this week, WP7 users should begin to see the v7.5
update roll their way. Microsoft claims that this release has a
'people-first' attitude, with a focus on multitasking, more integrated
apps, better mobile Web browsing, along with personalized tools, like
integrated social networking and conversation threads for connecting with
the people."
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Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Microsoft-Begins-Windows-Phone-75-Mango-Update-Rollout/
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| GNOME 3.2 Released
| from the get-it-while-it's-hot dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @16:54 (GNOME)
| with 105 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1946226/GNOME-32-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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supersloshy writes "Today marks the release of [0]the latest edition of
the GNOME Desktop for Linux-based operating systems. There are numerous
fixes and improvements in this release such as smaller title bars (for
small screens), the integration of GNOME Contacts and GNOME Documents for
easy data management, web application integration, many more configurable
settings, and other updates such as a more unified appearance and better
chat integration."
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Links:
0. http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.2/
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| Cold-War Missile Launches Military Satellite
| from the swords-to-flying-swords dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 27, @20:07 (The Military)
| with 88 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/27/2245230/Cold-War-Missile-Launches-Military-Satellite?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Velcroman1 writes "At 11:49 a.m. EDT, a Minotaur IV+ rocket ��� essentially
a decommissioned Peacekeeper missile built decades ago during the Cold
War ��� launched the TacSat-4 satellite into orbit. Most troops today carry
PRC-117 radios for communication, devices that rely on UHF transmissions.
They relay calls and data back to a base station that's brought in and
fixed in place, either set up on a hillside locally or carried overhead
in a nearby plane. The [0]TacSat-4 (or tactical microsatellite) lets the
hundreds of thousands of military handheld radios currently in use
communicate directly with an antenna orbiting in the most convenient spot
imaginable: all that space overhead. 'If you're a mobile force, that
requires a mobile infrastructure, [1]the best place to put that
infrastructure is in space,' said Dr. Larry Schuette, director of
innovation for the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR)."
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Links:
0. http://www.onr.navy.mil/Media-Center/Fact-Sheets/TacSat-Tactical-Microsatellite.aspx
1. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/27/cold-war-era-missile-launches-cutting-edge-military-satellite/
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| US Military Seeks Non-Cooperative Biometric Tracking Technology
| from the i'm-watching-all-the-time dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday September 28, @13:02 (The Military)
| with 85 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1632255/US-Military-Seeks-Non-Cooperative-Biometric-Tracking-Technology?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Interesting article on the upcoming efforts
of the Department of Defense biometric capabilities and the ability to
non-cooperatively tag, track, and locate individuals from a variety of
military UAV platforms. Quoting Wired: "[The] Army just handed out a
[0]half-dozen contracts to firms to find faces from above, track targets,
and even spot 'adversarial intent.' 'If this works out, we'll have the
ability to track people persistently across wide areas', says Dr. Tim
Faltemier, the lead biometrics researcher at Progeny Systems Corporation,
which recently won one of the Army contracts. 'A guy can go under a
bridge or inside a house. But [1]when he comes out, we'll know it was the
same guy that went in.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.dodsbir.net/selections/abs2011-1/armyabs111.htm
1. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/drones-never-forget-a-face/
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| Google Drops Cloud Lawsuit Against US Government
| from the seeing-eye-to-ear dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @08:09 (Cloud)
| with 83 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0411238/Google-Drops-Cloud-Lawsuit-Against-US-Government?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "A year ago, Google sued the U.S. government
because the government's request for proposals for a cloud project
mandated Microsoft Office; Google felt, for obvious reasons, that this
was discriminatory. [1]Google has now withdrawn the suit, claiming that
the Feds [2]promised to update their policies (PDF) to allow Google to
compete. The only problem is that the government claims it did no such
thing."
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Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/207585/google-backs-year-old-cloud-computing-lawsuit-against-federal-agency
2. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/fedbiz_daily/Google-MotiontoDismiss.pdf
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| IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System
| from the nickel-and-dime-analytics dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @16:34 (IBM)
| with 82 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/199227/IBM-Launches-Parking-Meter-Analytics-System?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "It's not just a parking spot, think of it as a
'revenue-producing asset,' says Vinodh Swaminathan, IBM's director of
intelligent transportation systems. Working with San Francisco-based
startup Streetline, IBM has launched a system designed to help cities
[1]ease parking congestion and collect more parking fees. Streetline's
remote sensors can determine if a parking space is taken by a car,
whether a customer has paid, and how much time is left on the meter. And
IBM's business intelligence software parses the data and generates
reports and statistics for government managers. Drivers can benefit too:
A free mobile phone app can help locate available parking spaces."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/government/207671/ibm-launches-city-parking-analytics-system
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| Tokyo Subway Gets Lightsaber Handrails
| from the count-your-fingers dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @10:30 (Star Wars Prequels)
| with 60 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/1139219/Tokyo-Subway-Gets-Lightsaber-Handrails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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jafo writes "I can't imagine that even the most steadfast haters of
Lucas' meddling in the series won't warm their cold, cold hearts a little
when the new release brings the awesomeness of [0]light sabers to the
Tokyo subway system. As a promotional tie-in, the handrails have been
outfitted with stickers, LEDs, and buttons, turning them into
fully-functional (well, almost) Jedi weapons. Be careful, Tokyo, of what
part of the handrail you reach out for!"
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| Encoding Messages In Bacteria
| from the secret-cells dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @17:16 (Science)
| with 40 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2010234/Encoding-Messages-In-Bacteria?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "Researchers have invented a new form of secret
messaging using bacteria that make glowing proteins only under certain
conditions. In addition to being useful to spies, the new technique could
also allow companies to [0]encode secret identifiers into crops, seeds,
or other living commodities."
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Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/a-different-kind-of-secret-code.html
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| Ask Slashdot: Best Open Product Review Website?
| from the give-it-a-number dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @18:00 (Books)
| with 33 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2027225/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Open-Product-Review-Website?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]MastaBaba writes "I want to move my
personal reviews (of books, games, music and films) from my website to an
online product review website. However, I would like to be able to bulk
upload my existing reviews and I would require my reviews to be
downloadable by me in CSV, at any time in the future. Goodreads allows
for import/export of book reviews, and IMDB allows you to export your
ratings, but what about game and music reviews? What website aggregates
consumer reviews of (all) products, while allowing for each individual
user to easily import and export his own reviews?"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2027225/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Open-Product-Review-Website?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://babakfakhamzadeh.com/
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| New Supercomputer Boosts Aussie SKA Telescope Bid
| from the it's-not-the-size-of-your-cluster-it's-how-you-use-it dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 28, @03:29 (Australia)
| with 31 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/0333216/New-Supercomputer-Boosts-Aussie-SKA-Telescope-Bid?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "Australian academic supercomputing consortium
[1]iVEC has acquired another major supercomputer, Fornax, to be based at
the University of Western Australia, to further the country's ability to
conduct data-intensive research. The SGI GPU-based system, also known as
iVEC@UWA, is made up of 96 nodes, each containing two 6-core Intel Xeon
X5650 CPUs, an NVIDIA Tesla C2050 GPU, 48 GB RAM and 7TB of storage. All
up, the system has 1152 cores, 96 GPUs and an additional dedicated 500TB
fabric attached storage-based global filesystem. The system is a boost to
the [2]Australian-NZ bid to host the Square Kilometer Array radio
telescope."
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Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/402308/ivec_acquires_fornax_supercomputer/
2. http://radio.slashdot.org/story/11/09/13/0449241/theskynet-wants-your-spare-cpu-cycles
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| Book Review: Scalability Rules
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 28, @18:45 (Books)
| with 26 comments
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2041208/Book-Review-Scalability-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]eldavojohn writes "As a web developer in the 'Agile' era, I find
myself making (or recognizing) more and more important decisions being
made in developing for the web. Scalability Rules cemented and codified a
lot of things I had suspected or picked up from blogs but failed to give
much more thought to and had difficulty defending as a member of a team.
A simple example is that I knew state is bad if unneeded but I couldn't
quite define why. Scalability Rules Read below for the rest of
eldavojohn's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/09/28/2041208/Book-Review-Scalability-Rules?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Links:
0. http://patternizer.com/
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