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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate
* Is the Apple App Store a Casino?
* Fedora Aims To Simplify Linux Filesystem
* Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal
* Consumer Tech: an IT Nightmare
* Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power
* Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You
* India To Build A Thorium Reactor
* How X-Ray Scanners Became Mandatory In US Airports
* Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers
* Is the Maker Movement Making It Cool For Kids To Be Nerds?
* The Story Behind the Demise of the Microsoft Courier Tablet
* Vim Turns 20
* Libya Elects Engineer To Acting Prime Minister Post
* Duqu Installer Exploits Windows Kernel Zero Day
* 'Free' Games Dominate Top-Grossing Game List On App Store
* Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments
* KDE 3.5 Fork Trinity Releases First Major Update
* HP Announces ARM-Based Server Line
* 1st Strikes Issued Under New Zealand Anti-Piracy Laws
* US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property
* Carbonite Privacy Breach Leads To Spam
* 10k Raspberry Pi Units Available In December
* Angry Birds Downloads Pass Half-Billion Mark
* Open Source Eclipse Celebrates 10th Birthday
* Google's iOS Gmail App Pulled
* Intelligent Absorbent Removes Radioactive Material
* Nokia Hints At Windows 8 Tablets
* The Physics of Jump Rope
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| Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate
| from the evolved-sensibilities dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 02, @02:15 (Censorship)
| with 844 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0221259/theologian-attempts-censorship-after-losing-public-debate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RockDoctor writes "Theologian John Haught publicly debated prominent
evolutionary scientist and atheist [0]Jerry Coyne at the University of
Kentucky back in October. Before the debate, both parties agreed to the
debate being video-taped. Coyne is of the opinion that he convincingly
won the debate over Haught. But we'll never know, because Haught, with
the assistance of staff at the University of Kentucky, who sponsored the
debate, is [1]banning publication of the video of the event. They are
even refusing to release the half of the debate containing Coyne's
comments and questions."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0221259/theologian-attempts-censorship-after-losing-public-debate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/
1. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/theologian-john-haught-refuses-to-release-video-of-our-debate/
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| Is the Apple App Store a Casino?
| from the dulcinea's-life-makes-ten-billion dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @13:05 (The Almighty Buck)
| with 469 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1650203/is-the-apple-app-store-a-casino?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Fast Company takes a look at the Apple App
Store and concludes that it's a casino where [0]most developers are
making tragic losses and a tiny few are striking it filthy rich. The
article discusses a new book exposing the App Store millionaires, called
'Appillionaires,' which compares the psychological effects of a hit app
on a programmer to a gambler's high. One millionaire programmer explains
the intense feeling of being in the top-ten: 'The App Store had
established some kind of intravenous connection to my body and was
pumping me full of Apple-branded heroin.' But, the piece warns, the
majority of developers fail to make any return on their app."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1650203/is-the-apple-app-store-a-casino?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Fedora Aims To Simplify Linux Filesystem
| from the like-sunday-morning dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @19:00 (Red Hat Software)
| with 410 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2129237/fedora-aims-to-simplify-linux-filesystem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Even Linux's most passionate partisans will admit
that its filesystem, which stashes vital files in a variety of arcane
directories, can be baffling to users. The developers at the Fedora
project want to cut the Gordian knot and [1]consolidate all executables
into /usr/bin and all libraries into /usr/lib or /usr/lib64. One
downside: this system would conflict with the standards developed by the
Linux Standard Base, or the (rarely used) Filesystem Hierarchy Standard."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2129237/fedora-aims-to-simplify-linux-filesystem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/218847/fedora-simplify-filesystem-hierarchy
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| Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal
| from the us-enhanced-interrogators-filled-with-glee dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @08:50 (Censorship)
| with 297 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1213203/julian-assange-loses-extradition-appeal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has [1]lost
his appeal in the British High Court against extradition to Sweden on
charges of rape. His team has [2]14 days to appeal to the Supreme Court ���
but would have to show a 'wider issue of public importance' to justify
such an appeal. Meanwhile, [3]WikiLeaks has suspended publication because
it says a 'banking blockade' has cut off its sources of funding"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1213203/julian-assange-loses-extradition-appeal?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/high-court-rejects-assange-extradition-appeal-44539
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/02/julian-assange-loses-appeal-extradition
3. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/1419239/wikileaks-suspends-publishing-of-cables-due-to-financial-blockade
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| Consumer Tech: an IT Nightmare
| from the customer-is-always-right dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @19:48 (Apple)
| with 295 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2219243/consumer-tech-an-it-nightmare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "Advice Line's Bob Lewis discusses the [1]difficulties
IT faces in embracing the kinds of consumer technologies business users
are demanding they support. 'Let's assume the [2]consumerization of IT is
the big trend many think it is. But using consumer tech in a business
environment is a very different matter from being [3] satisfied with
consumer tech in a business environment. One of IT's legitimate gripes is
that we're often asked to turn consumer-grade technology into
business-grade technology with a wave of our magic wands. On top of the
intrinsic technical challenges, there's this: IT doesn't have anything
that even resembles a methodology for performing the business analysis we
need to figure out what it means to put consumer tech to productive
day-to-day use.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2219243/consumer-tech-an-it-nightmare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/t/data-integration/apple-icloud-it-nightmare-177613
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/237229/what-consumerization-of-it-really-means-for-it
3. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/18/019222/why-pcs-trump-ipads-for-user-innovation
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| Belgium To Give Up Nuclear Power
| from the sorry-for-the-swear-word-in-the-headline dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 01, @22:11 (Power)
| with 269 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/2325227/belgium-to-give-up-nuclear-power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]AmiMoJo writes "Belgium's political parties have reached a conditional
agreement to [1]shut down the country's two remaining nuclear power
stations. Older reactors will be decommissioned by 2015, with the final
closures happening before 2025. The exit is conditional on alternatives
being available. 'If it turns out we won't face shortages and prices
would not skyrocket, we intend to stick to the nuclear exit law of 2003,'
a spokeswoman for Belgium's energy and climate ministry said."
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https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/2325227/belgium-to-give-up-nuclear-power?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:mojo@nOSPAm.world3.net
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-belgium-nuclear-idUSTRE79U1YY20111031
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| Court To Prisoner: No Xbox 360 For You
| from the break-out-the-2600 dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @17:03 (Microsoft)
| with 259 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2037212/court-to-prisoner-no-xbox-360-for-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jonklinger writes "An Israeli Court rejected the appeal of [1]a
prisoner who requested to have an Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 because there
is no possibility to remove the internet connectivity apparatus from the
device without harming its functionality. Therefore, prisoners cannot
engage in gaming and will have to result to other kinds of violence."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2037212/court-to-prisoner-no-xbox-360-for-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://2jk.org/english/
1. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Flaw.co.il%2Fcomputer-law%2Fdigital-assistant%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2Fbiton-v-the-prison-authority%2F
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| India To Build A Thorium Reactor
| from the someone-has-to-save-us-from-the-nimbys dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @09:31 (Science)
| with 255 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1253252/india-to-build-a-thorium-reactor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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In their first story, slowLearner writes "India will build a working
Thorium reactor. [Quoting the Guardian] 'Officials are currently
selecting a site for the reactor, which would be the first of its kind,
using thorium for the bulk of its fuel instead of uranium ��� the fuel for
conventional reactors. They plan to have [0]the plant up and running by
the end of the decade.'" Before anyone gets too excited, this is only a
modified Heavy Water Reactor and not one of those fancy [1]Molten Salt
Reactors folks like [2]Kirk Sorenson have been evangelizing for a while
now.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1253252/india-to-build-a-thorium-reactor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/01/india-thorium-nuclear-plant
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/02/1330245/thorium-the-next-nuclear-fuel
2. http://energyfromthorium.com/
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| How X-Ray Scanners Became Mandatory In US Airports
| from the slowly-but-surly dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 02, @08:09 (Security)
| with 253 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0511245/how-x-ray-scanners-became-mandatory-in-us-airports?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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OverTheGeicoE writes "ProPublica has a story on how x-ray scanners became
the controversial yet mandatory security fixtures we in the US must now
endure. The story title, '[0]U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns
As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners,' summarizes a substantial part
of the article, but not all of it. The story also describes how
government attitudes about the scanners went from overwhelmingly negative
in the early 1990s to the naive optimism we see today. How did this
change occur? The government weakened its regulatory structure for
radiation safety in electronic devices, and left defining safety
standards to an ANSI committee dominated by scanner producers and users
(prison and customs officials). Even after 9/11 there was still great
mistrust of x-ray scanners, but nine years of lobbying from scanner
manufacturers, panic over failed terrorist attacks, and pressure from
legislators advancing businesses in their own districts eventually forced
the devices into the airports. The article estimates that 6 to 100
cancers per year will be caused by the x-ray scanners."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0511245/how-x-ray-scanners-became-mandatory-in-us-airports?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Dutch Psychologist Faked Data In At Least 30 Scientific Papers
| from the if-it-first-you-don't-succeed-make-it-up dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @10:36 (Idle)
| with 237 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1345216/dutch-psychologist-faked-data-in-at-least-30-scientific-papers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Attila Dimedici writes "A professor at Tilburg University has been
caught using [1]fake data in over 30 scientific papers. Diederik Stapel's
latest paper claimed that eating meat made people anti-social and
selfish. Other academics were skeptical of his findings and raised doubts
about his research. Upon investigation it was discovered that he had
invented the data he used in many of his papers and [2]there is a
question as to whether or not he used faked data in all of his published
work."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1345216/dutch-psychologist-faked-data-in-at-least-30-scientific-papers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.fireplacescreenmarket.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/post/diederik-stapel-the-lying-dutchman/2011/11/01/gIQA86XOdM_blog.html
2. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/us-dutch-scientist-fraud-idUSTRE7A12PL20111102
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| Is the Maker Movement Making It Cool For Kids To Be Nerds?
| from the make-it-so dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 01, @20:06 (Technology)
| with 196 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/01/2321213/is-the-maker-movement-making-it-cool-for-kids-to-be-nerds?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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blackbearnh writes "For many adults into technology, childhood was an
alienating experience, pigeon-holed as a nerd and relegated to the A/V,
Computer or Gaming club in high school. But according to a Christian
Science Monitor article that looks at young Makers, [0]the next
generation of tech geeks are social and are gaining increasing support
from corporate America. Radio Shack is stocking Arduinos, Autodesk bought
Instructables, and teens are flocking to local Hackerspaces to learn how
to create their own gear. Wired GeekDad David Giancaspro thinks the
desire to create things is natural. 'As we've moved further and further
away from that, towards what people call "knowledge work," as opposed to
producing something physical, that urge is starting to come back,' he
says."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech/2011/1101/Maker-Faire-Mad-science-for-the-masses
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| The Story Behind the Demise of the Microsoft Courier Tablet
| from the cool-gadgets-make-no-money dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @10:13 (Microsoft)
| with 192 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1340243/the-story-behind-the-demise-of-the-microsoft-courier-tablet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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UnknowingFool writes "When the [0]Courier project was leaked out, it was
a bold look at how MS would design new tablets. Microsoft was currently
selling tablets but they didn't make a dent in the market. [1]The problem
was it was too bold. According to the story Ballmer had two competing
executive visions for tablets: J. Allard and Steven Sinofsky. Allard's
vision was very different from MS thinking while Sinofsky's was more in
line with existing Windows but was years away. Ballmer called on Gates to
help and Gates met with Allard. Gates was apparently troubled on how
Courier would not mesh with Windows or Office. The project was
[2]cancelled shortly thereafter. An interesting detail was that Courier
was more complete than most outsiders knew. While there was no one
prototype than unified all the concepts of Courier, there were parallel
efforts in the different aspects of it."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/1515251/microsofts-risky-tablet-announcement
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20128013-75/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet/
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/04/29/2337201/Microsofts-Touted-iPad-Rival-Courier-Becomes-Less-Than-Vapor
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| Vim Turns 20
| from the they-grow-up-so-fast dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @17:55 (News)
| with 180 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/218246/vim-turns-20?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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quanticle writes "20 years ago today, Bram Moolenaar [0]released vim to
the public. From the article:'The Vim text editor was first released to
the public on November 2, 1991���exactly 20 years ago today. Although it
was originally designed as a vi clone for the Amiga, it was soon ported
to other platforms and eventually grew to become the most popular
vi-compatible text editor. It is still actively developed and widely used
across several operating systems.' Share your vim stories and your tales
of battles with emacs users."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/218246/vim-turns-20?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Libya Elects Engineer To Acting Prime Minister Post
| from the libya-to-become-tech-center-of-africa dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @12:23 (Government)
| with 172 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1557226/libya-elects-engineer-to-acting-prime-minister-post?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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PolygamousRanchKid writes in with this quote from CNN: "Libya's
transitional government [0]picked an engineering professor and longtime
exile as its acting prime minister Monday, with the new leader pledging
to respect human rights and international law. The National Transitional
Council elected Abdurrahim El-Keib, an electrical engineer who has held
teaching posts at the University of Alabama and Abu Dhabi's Petroleum
Institute, to the post with the support of 26 of the 51 members who
voted. ... El-Keib emerged victorious from a field that initially
included 10 candidates. ... He is currently listed as '[1]former faculty'
on the website of The Petroleum Institute, which said he served as
chairman of its electrical engineering department and lists him as an
expert in power system economics, planning and controls." PRK adds: "Has
there ever been an engineer in the top spot? ... Is this a good idea? Or
are techies doomed in politics?"
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1557226/libya-elects-engineer-to-acting-prime-minister-post?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/31/world/meast/libya-government/index.html
1. http://www.pi.ac.ae/PI_ACA/ee/faculty_staff/aelkeib.php
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| Duqu Installer Exploits Windows Kernel Zero Day
| from the windows-industrial-control-edition dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @10:55 (Microsoft)
| with 156 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1428225/duqu-installer-exploits-windows-kernel-zero-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes with an excerpt from Threatpost: "A newly discovered
installer for the Duqu malware [0]includes an exploit for a previously
unknown vulnerability in the Windows kernel that allows remote code
execution. Microsoft is working on a fix for the kernel vulnerability
right now. The exact location and nature of the flaw isn't clear right
now. The installer uses a Word document to exploit the vulnerability and
then install the Duqu binaries."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1428225/duqu-installer-exploits-windows-kernel-zero-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/duqu-installer-contains-windows-kernel-zero-day-110111
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| 'Free' Games Dominate Top-Grossing Game List On App Store
| from the for-sufficiently-unfree-values-of-free dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 02, @03:33 (Businesses)
| with 155 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0619226/free-games-dominate-top-grossing-game-list-on-app-store?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Why are there [0]so many free games listed in
the top 10 grossing games over in Apple's App Store? Because some feature
exorbitant in-app purchase fees for virtual items. Quoting ZDNet:
'Developing "free" games aimed specifically at children, and then
bundling ridiculously priced in-app purchases inside those "free" games
feels scammy to me. Sure, it's not illegal, and it's not against Apple's
developer terms and conditions, but Apple is a company that prides itself
in protecting users from harm. Most of the game developers do make an
attempt to warn users that the game "changes real money for additional
in-app content" but it's a lame attempt. It's easily missed, and kids
aren't going to read it anyway.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apples-app-store-shame/15933
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| Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments
| from the permanent-record dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @14:30 (Facebook)
| with 155 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1721251/google-starts-indexing-facebook-comments?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter SharkLaser writes "Users of Facebook
Connect have previously enjoyed extra privacy as it was harder for Google
to index comments made on the platform. Google, which also runs the
competing service Google+, has now [0]started indexing Facebook's public
comments as well as comments made on platforms Disqus and Intense Debate,
which all used programming that was hard for Google to read. Public
comments and links made on those platforms will now be directly visible
and searchable in Google."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1721251/google-starts-indexing-facebook-comments?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/8863354/Google-to-index-Facebook-comments.html
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| KDE 3.5 Fork Trinity Releases First Major Update
| from the new-and-improved dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @15:13 (KDE)
| with 145 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1726228/kde-35-fork-trinity-releases-first-major-update?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Z_God writes "Disappointed with KDE 4's
performance and other shortcomings, Timothy Pearson continued KDE 3.5
development under the name Trinity. Tuesday [0]the first major update of
the Trinity Desktop Environment was released providing an alternative
upgrade path for KDE users that do not feel comfortable with KDE 4. The
Trinity Desktop Environment should provide a fast and familiar experience
for all users expecting a traditional desktop environment. Packages are
available for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora from the Trinity project site."
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Links:
0. http://www.trinitydesktop.org/
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| HP Announces ARM-Based Server Line
| from the go-small-or-go-home dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 02, @05:14 (HP)
| with 123 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0541235/hp-announces-arm-based-server-line?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sammcj writes with news that HP is [0]developing servers based on 32-bit
ARM processors from Calxeda. Their current model is only a test setup,
but they plan to [1]roll out a finalized design by the middle of next
year. "HP's server design packs 288 Calxeda chips into a 4U rack-mount
server, or 2,800 in a full rack, with a shared power, cooling, and
management infrastructure. By eliminating much of the cabling and
switching devices used in traditional servers and using the low-power ARM
processors, HP says it can reduce both power and space requirements
dramatically. The Redstone platform uses a 4U (7-inch) rack-mount server
chassis. Inside, HP has put 72 small server boards, each with four
Calxeda processors, 4GB of RAM and 4MB of L2 cache. Each processor, based
on the ARM Cortex-A9 design, runs at 1.4GHz and has its own 80 gigabit
cross-bar switch built into the chip"
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Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/hp_redstone_calxeda_servers/
1. https://www.infoworld.com/d/computer-hardware/hps-first-arm-server-testing-only-177694
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| 1st Strikes Issued Under New Zealand Anti-Piracy Laws
| from the lousy-umps dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 02, @00:07 (Government)
| with 121 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0022224/1st-strikes-issued-under-new-zealand-anti-piracy-laws?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Master Moose writes "New Zealand's largest ISPs confirmed yesterday that
they had [0]received their first notices under the government's new
copyright regime, which came into effect on September 1. All the notices
received so far appear to be from the Recording Industry Association of
New Zealand. Telecom, for example, received 42 notices ��� 35 for alleged
download of songs by R&B star Rihanna, six for Lady Gaga tunes and one
for British recording artist Taio Cruz. Curiously, it was the music
industry, rather than the movie industry, that fired the first shot. It
was believed the Motion Picture Association was keen to go after
copyright infringers."
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Links:
0. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10763252
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| US Marshals Ordered To Seize Righthaven Property
| from the you-have-the-right-to-be-beaten-mercilessly dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday November 02, @11:39 (The Courts)
| with 112 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/158211/us-marshals-ordered-to-seize-righthaven-property?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Troubled times ahead for Righthaven as Ars
Technica reports that the US Marshals have been instructed 'to use
"reasonable force" to [0]seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets from the
Las Vegas copyright troll after Righthaven failed to pay a court judgment
from August 15.'"
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/158211/us-marshals-ordered-to-seize-righthaven-property?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Carbonite Privacy Breach Leads To Spam
| from the fox-in-the-henhouse dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @16:43 (Privacy)
| with 112 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/201234/carbonite-privacy-breach-leads-to-spam?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]richi writes "It looks like Carbonite, Inc. has been [1]giving out
customers' personal information. The company's admitted giving customer
email address to a third party, in direct contravention of its privacy
policy. A company statement reads: 'Carbonite has discovered an
advertiser misappropriated our e-mail list during the process of one of
our e-mail marketing campaigns. When Carbonite launches an e-mail
marketing campaign, it provides a suppression list to e-mail advertisers
so that Carbonite customers do not receive promotion emails from
Carbonite (since they���re already customers) and importantly, so that
people who have opted out of receiving emails from Carbonite do not
receive future email from us. This list was mishandled by an advertiser
and we have taken immediate remedial efforts. As an online backup
company, the security and privacy of our customer data is our top
priority. We take all matters related to privacy very seriously. The
matter will be addressed privately with the involved third parties and we
will ensure that all customer e-mail addresses are permanently removed
from their database.'"
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/201234/carbonite-privacy-breach-leads-to-spam?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:richi.slashdot@richi.co.uk
1. http://blogs.computerworld.com/19197/has_carbonite_had_a_privacy_breach_im_getting_spam
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| 10k Raspberry Pi Units Available In December
| from the just-in-time-for-christmas dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @13:48 (Technology)
| with 99 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1715218/10k-raspberry-pi-units-available-in-december?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A [0]tweet appeared from Raspberry Pi stating
the launch of the $25 wasn't happening in November as expected. So I
decided to investigate further and contacted Raspberry Pi to see what was
going on. Eben Upton was kind enough to email me back and give us some
good and bad news. The bad news is, we aren't getting the $25 PC this
month as expected. But that's where the bad news ends as it is still
arriving in 2011 for some people. Eben confirmed that an order has been
placed for 10,000 units, but they won't arrive until the end of November.
That means we will see [1]Raspberry Pi go up for sale in December, but it
won't be a typical 'get as many out the door as you can' launch. Those
first 10k are earmarked for programmers as software is desperately
required before a full consumer launch." Update: Apparently some of the
details about the production of units and who can get one from the first
batch have changed. Raspberry Pi has [2]updated their front page with the
latest information.
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1715218/10k-raspberry-pi-units-available-in-december?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://twitter.com/#!/Raspberry_Pi/status/130820990807703552
1. http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-planning-incremental-launch-of-25-pc-in-december-2011112/
2. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
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| Angry Birds Downloads Pass Half-Billion Mark
| from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-pigs? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @16:16 (Games)
| with 83 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/186205/angry-birds-downloads-pass-half-billion-mark?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bdking writes "The most popular mobile game in history now has been
[0]downloaded more than 500,000,000 times, according to maker Rovio
Mobile. Good thing the 300 million minutes of Angry Birds daily playing
time around the world aren't being wasted or anything. Rovio chief
executive Mikael Hed says: 'This is a fantastic landmark achievement for
us, and we���re extremely delighted to see such an incredible amount of
people enjoying our games. We remain committed to creating more fun
experiences and bringing exceptional quality to Angry Birds Fans
everywhere.'"
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https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/186205/angry-birds-downloads-pass-half-billion-mark?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/218865/angry-birds-downloads-pass-half-billion-mark
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| Open Source Eclipse Celebrates 10th Birthday
| from the they-grow-up-so-fast dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @15:33 (Java)
| with 77 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1729211/open-source-eclipse-celebrates-10th-birthday?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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msmoriarty writes "[0]10 years ago this month, IBM open sourced an
internal project focused on creating a common component framework for
developers: Eclipse. In an interview with ADTmag.com, Eclipse Foundation
director Mike Milinkovich remarks on what was, back then, [1]a
revolutionary move: 'You've got to give IBM a lot of credit...Ten years
ago, the notion that open source might be the best way for software
vendors to collaborate was really a novel idea... Eclipse demonstrated
the advantages of collaboration in open source, even amongst fierce
competitors.' The Eclipse Foundation is celebrating the anniversary with
a kickoff party at its [2]EclipseCon Europe 2011 conference, and if
you're an Eclipse community member, the Foundation is also inviting you
to add yourself to the [3]Eclipse 10th Birthday Timeline."
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Links:
0. http://www.eclipse.org/10years/
1. http://adtmag.com/articles/2011/11/01/happy-10th-birthday-open-source-eclipse.aspx
2. http://eclipsecon.org/
3. http://www.eclipse.org/10birthday/
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| Google's iOS Gmail App Pulled
| from the not-ready-for-primetime dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @17:34 (Bug)
| with 66 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/212259/googles-ios-gmail-app-pulled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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olsmeister writes "[0]Google removed their new GMail app from the App
Store due to a programming error that caused an error message related to
the aps-environment entitlement string when the app was started and also
caused the [1]notifications not to function correctly. They are
[2]working to get the app fixed and are going to have the new one ready
soon."
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/212259/googles-ios-gmail-app-pulled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20129136-233/looks-like-google-borked-its-first-iphone-gmail-app/
1. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#technotes/tn2265/_index.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40010376-CH1-TNTAG21
2. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/introducing-gmail-app-for-iphone-ipad.html
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| Intelligent Absorbent Removes Radioactive Material
| from the in-with-the-bad-out-with-the-good dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @15:55 (Science)
| with 64 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/1756206/intelligent-absorbent-removes-radioactive-material?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "Nuclear power plants are located close to sources of
water, which is used as a coolant to handle the waste heat discharged by
the plants. This means that water contaminated with radioactive material
is often one of the problems to arise after a nuclear disaster.
Researchers at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have
now developed what they say is a world-first [0]intelligent absorbent
that is capable of removing radioactive material from large amounts of
contaminated water, resulting in clean water and concentrated waste that
can be [1]stored more efficiently."
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Links:
0. http://www.qut.edu.au/about/news/news?news-id=37568
1. http://www.gizmag.com/radioactive-clean-up-absorbent-qut/20353/
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| Nokia Hints At Windows 8 Tablets
| from the it's-coming-up-tablets dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @18:17 (Windows)
| with 58 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2058241/nokia-hints-at-windows-8-tablets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "When the [1]Microsoft-Nokia strategic alliance was first
announced in February, there was absolutely no mention of money: Nokia,
seemingly on its own accord, had decided that Windows Phone 7 was the
future of its smartphone efforts. A week later it emerged that Microsoft
and Google had been competing for Nokia's affections ��� a bidding war that
concluded with Microsoft agreeing to pay Nokia billions of dollars to
help market and develop Windows phones. Fast forward to today and Nokia's
CEO, Stephen Elop, is making rather odd comments about the tablet market:
'[2]There���s a new tablet opportunity coming. We see the opportunity,'
Elop said to Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday. Furthermore, he had only
positive things to say about Windows 8 ��� that it's a "supercharged"
version of WP7, but for tablets. Does that sound like Nokia is planning
to bring out [3]a Windows 8-powered tablet? Is it possible that
Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar agreement with Nokia also included
Windows 8?"
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Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/02/11/1243232/nokia-and-microsoft-make-smartphone-alliance
2. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-02/nokia-s-elop-plans-u-s-return-in-12-with-multiple-carriers.html
3. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/103037-nokia-hints-at-windows-8-tablets
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| The Physics of Jump Rope
| from the because-he-can dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @18:37 (Science)
| with 16 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2029231/the-physics-of-jump-rope?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "Last year, Jeffrey Aristoff and Howard Stone,
mechanical engineers at Princeton University, were at the gym waiting for
a pickup game of basketball. To warm up, Stone started jumping rope. As
the rope whizzed over the head of his colleague, Aristoff wondered, 'Is
it known how jump ropes bend in the wind?' A few literature searches
later, he concluded that the answer was, 'not really.' Now, the two have
[0]solved the problem themselves."
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Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/jumping-rope-by-the-numbers.html?ref=hp
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