Monday, October 31, 2011

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The White House Responds To We the People Petition
from the thank-you-for-contacting-citizen-support dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @23:22 (Politics)
with 822 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/0018213/the-white-house-responds-to-we-the-people-petition?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Student Loans In America: the Next Big Credit Bubble
from the bursting-education dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @20:50 (The Almighty Buck)
with 710 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/235248/student-loans-in-america-the-next-big-credit-bubble?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Climate Change Skeptic Results Released Today
from the on-second-thought dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @09:30 (Earth)
with 660 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1255205/climate-change-skeptic-results-released-today?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Federal Contractors Are $600 Screwdrivers
from the cost-of-doing-business dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @11:31 (Government)
with 525 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/152201/federal-contractors-are-600-screwdrivers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Multi-Target Photo-Radar System To Make Speeding Riskier
from the time-to-finish-building-that-stealth-buick dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @15:01 (Government)
with 400 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1846223/multi-target-photo-radar-system-to-make-speeding-riskier?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Weight of an e-Book
from the because-he-can dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @02:21 (Science)
with 236 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/0251228/the-weight-of-an-e-book?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ubuntu Heads To Smartphones, and Tablets
from the have-another-option dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @10:50 (Ubuntu)
with 232 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1352259/ubuntu-heads-to-smartphones-and-tablets?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening
from the equations-that-are-impossible-to-balance dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @14:19 (Medicine)
with 216 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1744203/re-evaluating-the-benefits-of-cancer-screening?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

China Builds 1-Petaflop Homegrown Supercomputer
from the home-is-where-the-chart-is dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @12:12 (China)
with 157 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1512228/china-builds-1-petaflop-homegrown-supercomputer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Military Labs Develop Caffeinated Jerky and "Zapplesauce"
from the military-power-lunch dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @13:58 (The Military)
with 127 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1621209/military-labs-develop-caffeinated-jerky-and-zapplesauce?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Fingernails On a Chalkboard Sound Painful
from the enjoy-your-goosebumps dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @16:05 (Science)
with 126 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1951258/why-fingernails-on-a-chalkboard-sound-painful?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UK Police Buy Covert Cellphone Surveillance System
from the getting-a-better-net dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @05:22 (Privacy)
with 91 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/0255236/uk-police-buy-covert-cellphone-surveillance-system?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Who 'Owns' the Google Driverless Car IP?
from the patent-lawyers-are-already-salivating dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @17:48 (Google)
with 88 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2053219/who-owns-the-google-driverless-car-ip?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Proposes Fix For E-Voting Attack
from the taking-out-the-trash dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @17:09 (Microsoft)
with 83 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2016226/microsoft-proposes-fix-for-e-voting-attack?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>They Might Be Giants</em> Answers Your Questions
from the This-was-the-vehicle-these-were-the-people dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @13:37 (Music)
with 77 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1247236/they-might-be-giants-answers-your-questions?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Progress Spacecraft Launch Successful
from the that-went-better dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @12:53 (ISS)
with 68 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1629230/progress-spacecraft-launch-successful?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

First Android Device Certified For DoD Personnel
from the handheld-fragmentation-grenade dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @16:27 (Android)
with 65 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/203223/first-android-device-certified-for-dod-personnel?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Open Hardware Journal
from the i-think-you-mean-gnu-slash-hardware dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday October 31, @19:10 (Open Source)
with 65 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2221206/open-hardware-journal?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

HTC Becomes Highest Shipping Smartphone Vendor In the US
from the king-of-the-hill dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday October 31, @19:49 (Businesses)
with 65 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2253201/htc-becomes-highest-shipping-smartphone-vendor-in-the-us?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice
from the tasty-and-lifesaving dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @18:29 (Medicine)
with 57 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2114252/human-blood-protein-hsa-from-gmo-rice?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Minecraft</em> Wins Gaming Arts Award
from the pixelated-beauty dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @17:30 (Games)
with 54 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2057245/minecraft-wins-gaming-arts-award?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Boston Dynamics' PETMAN Humanoid On Video
from the somebody-help-john-connor-hide dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @15:44 (Robotics)
with 53 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/194257/boston-dynamics-petman-humanoid-on-video?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Authorities Seize Duqu's C&amp;C Servers In Mumbai
from the following-the-trail dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @10:11 (Security)
with 52 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/1325237/authorities-seize-duqus-cc-servers-in-mumbai?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Paper-Based Explosives Sensor Made Using an Inkjet
from the let-me-print-something-up-for-you dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @08:50 (Printer)
with 40 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/126245/paper-based-explosives-sensor-made-using-an-inkjet?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Another Step Towards Graphene Semiconductors
from the next-step dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday October 31, @08:10 (Technology)
with 31 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/0317256/another-step-towards-graphene-semiconductors?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kinect For PCs Early Next Year, Microsoft Eyeing Business Apps
from the flail-around-to-send-your-tps-report dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday October 31, @18:07 (Input Devices)
with 31 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/31/2111226/kinect-for-pcs-early-next-year-microsoft-eyeing-business-apps?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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Slashdot Daily Newsletter

In this issue:
* How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists?
* Schools In Portugal Moving To OSS
* $25 PC Prototype Gets Award At ARM TechCon
* Dennis Ritchie Day
* Fish Evolve Immunity To Toxic Sludge
* Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion
* Helping the FBI Track You
* Apple Building Solar Farm In North Carolina
* iPhone 4S Has Been Jailbroken, Hack Enables Siri on iPhone 4
* Hybrid Technology Could Bring 'Quantum Information Systems'
* Microsoft Drops Suit Against Firm In Botnet Case
* Can Open Hardware Transform the Data Center?

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| How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists?
| from the a-litte-help-please dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @17:21 (Businesses)
| with 376 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/203242/how-can-i-justify-using-red-hat-when-centos-exists?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Bocaj writes "I recently spec'd out a large project for our company that
included software from Red Hat. It came back from the CIO with everything
approved except I have to use CentOS. Why? Because 'it's free Red Hat.'
Personally I really like the CentOS project because it puts enterprise
class software in the hands of people who might not otherwise afford it.
We are not those people. We have money. In fact, I questioned the
decision by asking why the CIO was willing to spend money on another very
similar project and not this one. The answer was 'because there is no
free alternative.' I know this has come up before and I don't want to
beat a dead horse, but this is still a very persistent issue. Our CIO is
convinced that technical support for any product is worthless. He's
willing to spend money on 'one-time' software purchases, but nothing that
is an annual subscription. There is data to support that the Red Hat
subscription is cheaper that many other up-front paid software products
but not CentOS. The only thing it lacks is support, which the CIO doesn't
want. Help?"

Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/203242/how-can-i-justify-using-red-hat-when-centos-exists?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

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| Schools In Portugal Moving To OSS
| from the seize-the-opportunity dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @02:17 (Education)
| with 265 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/024228/schools-in-portugal-moving-to-oss?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter thyristor pt writes "In light of massive national budget
cuts, the Portuguese government [0]will force public schools to move to
free/open source software (Google translation of [1]original in
Portuguese). Schools with some 50,000 outdated computers won't see their
software licenses renewed, the main reason being the cost of hardware
upgrade inherent to mostly Microsoft software updates. Will the Euro debt
crisis be a driving force to the spread of open source software?"

Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/024228/schools-in-portugal-moving-to-oss?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.publico.pt/Educa%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o/governo-quer-software-gratis-nos-computadores-mais-antigos-das-escolas-1518785&hl=en&langpair=auto%7Cen&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8
1. http://www.publico.pt/Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o/governo-quer-software-gratis-nos-computadores-mais-antigos-das-escolas-1518785

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| $25 PC Prototype Gets Award At ARM TechCon
| from the pcs-have-never-been-so-delicious dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 29, @23:12 (Open Source)
| with 221 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/006256/25-pc-prototype-gets-award-at-arm-techcon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]gbl08ma writes "The [1]Raspberry Pi project, which aims
to [2]create a $25 Linux box, won an [3]award for the category 'Best in
Show for Hardware Design' at ARM TechCon, even though they haven't yet
released any final product (the release will be sometime in late
November). Eben Upton demonstrated the capabilities of one of the
prototypes that have been built. From advanced graphics at 1080p
resolution to simple web browsing and desktop productivity, the small
boards with ARM-based processors and PoP SDRAM have proven to be very
versatile, fast and durable."

Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/006256/25-pc-prototype-gets-award-at-arm-techcon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://gbl08ma.com/
1. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/06/122233/a-25-pc-on-a-usb-stick
3. http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4230191/ARM-TechCon-celebrates-design-with-awards

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| Dennis Ritchie Day
| from the celebrate-the-C dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @09:41 (Unix)
| with 219 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1158204/dennis-ritchie-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "Today we celebrate [0]Dennis Ritchie Day, an idea
proposed by Tim O'Reilly. Ritchie, who died earlier this month, made
contributions to computing that are so deeply woven into the fabric that
they impact us all. We now have to remark on the elephant in the room. If
Dennis Ritchie hadn't died just after Steve Jobs, there would probably
have been no suggestion of a day to mark his achievements. We have to
admit that it is largely a response to the perhaps over-reaction to Steve
Jobs which highlighted the inequality in the public recognition of the
people who really make their world work."

Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1158204/dennis-ritchie-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/dennis-ritchie-day.html

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| Fish Evolve Immunity To Toxic Sludge
| from the what-does-not-kill-me dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @15:48 (Earth)
| with 181 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1758220/fish-evolve-immunity-to-toxic-sludge?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RedEaredSlider writes "Fish in the Hudson River and the harbor in New
Bedford, Mass., have [0]evolved resistance to PCBs. In the Hudson, a
species of tomcod has evolved a way for a very specific protein to simply
not bind to PCBs, nearly eliminating the toxicity. In New Bedford, the
Atlantic killifish has proteins that bind to the toxin (just as they do
in mammals) but the fish aren't affected despite high levels of PCBs in
their cells. Why the killifish survive is a mystery."

Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1758220/fish-evolve-immunity-to-toxic-sludge?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.economist.com/node/21534749

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| Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion
| from the rick-grimes-appoved dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @11:10 (Government)
| with 173 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/126238/ohio-emergency-responders-stage-mock-zombie-invasion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]destinyland writes "An Ohio Emergency Management Agency [1]staged a
mock zombie attack using more than 225 volunteers dressed as zombies at
an Ohio college. 'Organizers hoped the theme would attract more
volunteers than previous simulations of industrial accidents or train
crashes,' the AP reports, quoting a spokesman for the agency as saying
that 'People got zombie fever here in Delaware.' The exercise included
decontamination procedures for hazardous materials, and was inspired by
an '[2]emergency preparedness' post on the CDC web site citing the
popular fascination with zombies. Now, 'Dozens of agencies have embraced
the idea,' the AP reports, 'spreading the message that if you're prepared
for a zombie attack, you're prepared for just about anything.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/126238/ohio-emergency-responders-stage-mock-zombie-invasion?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.destinyland.org/
1. http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/oct/29/ohio-mock-zombie-outbreak-inspired-cdc-message-ar-807679/
2. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

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| Helping the FBI Track You
| from the here-is-a-list-of-my-favorite-socks dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @08:18 (Privacy)
| with 155 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/066237/helping-the-fbi-track-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Hasan M. Elahi writes in the NY Times about his run-in with the FBI
several months after September 11th, 2001. They'd received an erroneous
report that he had explosives and had fled the country, so they were
surprised when he showed up at an airport and was flagged by watch-list
software. Elahi chose not to fight the investigation, and provided the
FBI with enough detail about his life to convince them that he was a
lawful citizen. But then, he kept going, providing more and more
information about his life, [0]documenting his every move and making it
available online. His experience has been that providing too much
information affords almost the same privacy blanket as too little.
Quoting: "On my Web site, I compiled various databases that show the
airports I���ve been in, food I���ve eaten at home, food I���ve eaten on the
road, random hotel beds I���ve slept in, various parking lots off
Interstate 80 that I parked in, empty train stations I saw, as well as
very specific information like photos of the tacos I ate in Mexico City
between July 5 and 7, and the toilets I used. ... A lot of work is
required to thread together the thousands of available points of
information. By putting everything about me out there, I am
simultaneously telling everything and nothing about my life. Despite the
barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I live a
surprisingly private and anonymous life."

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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/066237/helping-the-fbi-track-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/giving-the-fbi-what-it-wants.html?pagewanted=all

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| Apple Building Solar Farm In North Carolina
| from the working-on-sunshine dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @12:47 (Power)
| with 142 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1458251/apple-building-solar-farm-in-north-carolina?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Apple's [1]North Carolina data center will, it
appears, be turning greener: the company is building a [2]dedicated solar
farm to power it. That would be a welcome turnaround for proponents of
green energy, as Apple was lured to North Carolina in part by the promise
of cheap electricity from coal-fired plants."

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/1458251/apple-building-solar-farm-in-north-carolina?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/28/1630256/apples-1-billion-data-center-mystery
2. http://www.itworld.com/data-centerservers/217417/apple-tills-solar-farm-power-its-data-center

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| iPhone 4S Has Been Jailbroken, Hack Enables Siri on iPhone 4
| from the making-changes dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @18:53 (Iphone)
| with 95 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/2043214/iphone-4s-has-been-jailbroken-hack-enables-siri-on-iphone-4?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Diggester writes "Unless their chipset has already been exploited and
jailbroken on a previous device, it takes a lot of time for the iOS
jailbreaking community to jailbreak for a new iOS device. The iPhone 4S
and iPad 2, both of which are based on a still (bootrom) unexploited
dual-core A5 chip, haven't received a jailbreak for iOS 5 yet, but it
appears that they'll be getting one soon as a certain eminent iPhone
hacker has let us know that the [0] iPhone 4s has already been jailbroken
with a jailbreak for iPad 2 in the works." In related news, Hackers have
succeeded in bringing [1]a limited port of Apple's new Siri voice
assistant feature onto jailbroken versions of the iPhone 4 and the
fourth-generation iPod touch.

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https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/2043214/iphone-4s-has-been-jailbroken-hack-enables-siri-on-iphone-4?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.redmondpie.com/jailbreak-iphone-4s-5.0.1-ios-by-iphone-dev-team/iPhone4S
1. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/30/jailbreak_hack_enables_siri_on_iphone_4_4th_gen_ipod_touch.html

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| Hybrid Technology Could Bring 'Quantum Information Systems'
| from the small-advances dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 29, @21:01 (Supercomputing)
| with 48 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/29/2233215/hybrid-technology-could-bring-quantum-information-systems?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Purdue say the merging of
plasmonics and nanophotonics is promising the emergence of new
[0]'quantum information systems' far more powerful than today's computers.
Plasmons are quasiparticles that combine electrons and photons. And by
using them in place of the simple electrons of today's computers, they
could overcome limitations in the operational speed of conventional
integrated circuits. The technology hinges on using single photons for
switching and routing in computers that would harness the exotic
principles of quantum mechanics.'"

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Links:
0. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/111027ShalaevQuantum.html

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| Microsoft Drops Suit Against Firm In Botnet Case
| from the on-second-thought dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 30, @14:17 (Botnet)
| with 41 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/176218/microsoft-drops-suit-against-firm-in-botnet-case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

wiredmikey writes "[0]Microsoft has dismissed a lawsuit against a company
it contended a month ago was at the heart of [1]the now-defunct Kelihos
bonnet. In September, Microsoft named Dominique Piatti and his company
dotFree Group SRO as controllers of the botnet. The move marked the first
time Microsoft had named a defendant in one of its botnet-related civil
suits. 'Since the Kelihos takedown, we have been in talks with Mr. Piatti
and dotFree Group s.r.o. and, after reviewing the evidence voluntarily
provided by Mr. Piatti, we believe that neither he nor his business were
involved in controlling the subdomains used to host the Kelihos botnet,'
blogged Richard Domingues Boscovich, Senior Attorney for Microsoft's
Digital Crimes Unit. 'Rather, the controllers of the Kelihos botnet
leveraged the subdomain services offered by Mr. Piatti's cz.cc domain.'
In regards to Kelihos, Boscovich said Microsoft is continuing its legal
fight against the 22 'John Does' listed as co-defendants in the lawsuit."

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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/176218/microsoft-drops-suit-against-firm-in-botnet-case?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-dismisses-lawsuit-against-firm-kelihos-botnet-case
1. https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/27/1929236/microsoft-disables-kelihos-botnet

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| Can Open Hardware Transform the Data Center?
| from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 30, @05:13 (Hardware)
| with 37 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/0614234/can-open-hardware-transform-the-data-center?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1sockchuck writes "Is the data center industry on the verge of a
revolution in which [0]open source hardware designs transform the process
of designing and building these facilities? This week the Open Compute
Project gained momentum and structure, forming a foundation as it touted
participation from IT heavyweights Intel, Dell, Amazon, Facebook, Red Hat
and Rackspace. That turnout is not an isolated event, but reflects a
growing focus on collaborative projects to reduce cost, timelines and
inefficiency in data center construction and operation. The Open Compute
project is just one of a handful of initiatives to bring standards and
repeatable designs to IT infrastructure."

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/30/0614234/can-open-hardware-transform-the-data-center?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/10/28/can-open-hardware-transform-the-data-center/


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