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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android
* Censored Religious Debate Video Released After Public Outrage
* Apple To Require Sandboxing For Mac App Store Apps
* Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates
* No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux
* When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids?
* Minor Quakes In the UK Likely Caused By Fracking
* Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4S Battery Problems
* Fine Structure Constant May Not Be So Constant
* Spontaneous Fission In Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2
* HP Slate 2: Brilliant or Bust?
* Apple Threatens Bistro Over "AppleADay" Name
* Amazon Launching eBook Lending Program, Publishers Unenthusiastic
* Asteroid Passes Closer To Earth Than the Moon on Nov 8
* Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes
* OLPC Project To Air-Drop Laptops
* Why Microsoft Embraced Gaming
* AMD To Lay Off 10% of Global Workforce
* China Completes First Space Docking Test
* 3D Printed Bone Models Cut Cost of Surgery Operations
* Godfather of Xen On Why Virtualization Means Everything
* NASA: If There Was Life On Mars, It Was Likely Underground
* Gecko-Inspired Robot Rolls Up Walls
* Honolulu Tops 2011 Digital Cities Survey
* NASA Plans App Store For Scientists
* Watch the Fiery Re-entry of Progress Module
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| Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android
| from the head-of-the-class dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @08:07 (Android)
| with 733 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/0310229/siri-gives-apple-two-year-advantage-over-android?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Gary Morgenthaler, a recognized expert in
artificial intelligence and a Siri board member, says that Apple now has
at least a [1]two-year advantage over Google in the war for best
smartphone platform. 'What Siri has done is changed people's expectations
about what's possible,' says Morgenthaler. 'Apple has crossed a
threshold; people now expect that you should be able to expect to speak
ordinary English ��� and be understood. Siri has cracked the code.' The
threshold, from mere speech recognition to natural language input and
understanding, is one that Google cannot cross by replicating the
technology or making an acquisition adds Morgenthaler. 'There's no
company out there they can go buy.' Morgenthaler's comments echo the
recent article in Forbes Magazine, '[2]Why Siri Is a Google Killer' that
says that Apple's biggest advantage over any other voice application out
there today is the massive data Siri will collect in the next 2 years ���
all being stored in Apple's massive North Carolina data center ��� that
will allow Siri to get better and better. 'Siri is a new interface for
customers wanting to get information,' writes Eric Jackson. 'At the
moment, most of us still rely on Google for getting at the info we want.
But Siri has a foot in the door and it's trusting that it will win your
confidence over time to do basic info gathering.'"
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://mashable.com/2011/10/28/apple-google-smartphone-war/
2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/10/28/why-siri-is-a-google-killer/
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| Censored Religious Debate Video Released After Public Outrage
| from the on-second-thought dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @01:55 (Censorship)
| with 646 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/0114201/censored-religious-debate-video-released-after-public-outrage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter tkel writes "On October 12, 2011 Theologian
John Haught publicly debated prominent evolutionary scientist and atheist
Jerry Coyne at the University of Kentucky. Although both agreed to a
videotaping of the event, [0]Haught later prohibited it's release because
he felt he had been treated unfairly. Coyne released blog posts
addressing the matter as an offense to free speech. Reviewing their new
status in the blogosphere, [1]Haught and his associates at the University
of Kentucky have decided to release the video."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/0114201/censored-religious-debate-video-released-after-public-outrage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/0221259/theologian-attempts-censorship-after-losing-public-debate
1. http://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/GainesCenter/2011_boone_video.html
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| Apple To Require Sandboxing For Mac App Store Apps
| from the your-cat-will-love-it dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @12:21 (OS X)
| with 526 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1532203/apple-to-require-sandboxing-for-mac-app-store-apps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mario_grgic writes "And so it begins: Apple will require that all Mac
apps submitted to the Mac App store [0]stick to strict sandboxing
requirements. This means you [1]must ask Apple for read or read/write
entitlements for additional folders outside your Application Support
folder [2]before your app is approved. There are also restrictions on
direct hardware access, communication to processes your app did not
start, or even something simple as taking a screenshot. All that is
needed after this to turn your Mac into an appliance is to only allow app
installations from App Store."
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Links:
0. http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/02/apple-to-require-sandboxing-in-mac-app-store-apps-as-of-march-20/
1. http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/11/why-the-mac-app-sandbox-makes-me-sad/
2. http://developer.apple.com/news/index.php?id=11022011a
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| Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates
| from the lowering-the-bar dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @18:17 (Businesses)
| with 463 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/2050221/tough-tests-flunk-good-programming-job-candidates?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister discusses the [1]use
of quizzes and brain-teasers in evaluating potential software development
hires, a practice that seems to be on the rise. 'The company best known
for this is Google. Past applicants tell tales of a [2]head-spinning
battery of coding problems, riddles, and brain teasers, many of which
seem only tangential to the task of software development. Other large
companies have similar practices ��� Facebook and Microsoft being two
examples,' McAllister writes. 'You'll need to assess an applicant's skill
in one way or another, but it's also possible to take the whole
interview-testing concept too far. Here are a few thoughts to keep in
mind when crafting your test questions, to avoid slamming the door on
candidates unnecessarily.'"
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https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/2050221/tough-tests-flunk-good-programming-job-candidates?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/tough-tests-flunk-good-programmer-job-candidates-177894
2. http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2009/11/02/googles-interview-brain-teasers/
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| No Windows 8 Plot To Lock Out Linux
| from the playing-nice dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @21:58 (Windows)
| with 404 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2311212/no-windows-8-plot-to-lock-out-linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Bucky24 writes "ZDNet's Ed Bott decided to
contact major PC makers to find out [0]the truth about Windows 8
SecureBoot. The responses are encouraging for those of us who run third
party operating systems. Dell plans to have a BIOS switch to allow
SecureBoot to be disabled, and HP assures us that they will allow
consumers to make their own choice as to what operating system to run,
though they have not given details as to how."
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/2311212/no-windows-8-plot-to-lock-out-linux?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids?
| from the only-if-they-vaccinate-them dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @09:30 (Science)
| with 298 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1322234/when-geeks-meet-are-they-more-likely-to-have-autistic-kids?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen thinks
scientists and engineers could be [0]more likely to have a child with
autism, an idea that is fairly common currency in Silicon Valley. But
many researchers say the proof isn't there yet. From the article:
'Baron-Cohen proposes that systemizing ability can be inherited ��� and
that in information-technology (IT) enclaves such as Silicon Valley,
where hypersystemizers are more likely to meet, pair off and have
children, the result is a higher incidence of autism. Back in 1997, for
example, he concluded that fathers of children with autism were more than
twice as likely to be engineers as were fathers of non-autistic children.
But autism researchers ... found that fathers of children with autism
were more likely to work in medicine, science and accountancy, as well as
engineering, and less likely to have manual occupations. They suggested
that these fathers were simply more likely to have reached a higher level
of education. Baron-Cohen says that when he reanalysed the data and
controlled for education level, he found that fathers of children with
autism were still more likely to be engineers, although the difference
was smaller.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111102/full/479025a.html
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| Minor Quakes In the UK Likely Caused By Fracking
| from the bsg-fans-confused dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @10:53 (Earth)
| with 286 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1437255/minor-quakes-in-the-uk-likely-caused-by-fracking?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Stirling Newberry writes "Non-conventional extraction of hydrocarbons
is the next wave of production, including [1]natural gas and oil ��� at
least according to its advocates. One of the most controversial of the
technologies being used is [2]hydraulic fracture drilling, or 'fracking.'
Energy companies have been gobbling up Google ad words to push the view
that the technology is [3]'proven' and 'safe,' while [4]stories about the
damage continue to surface. [5]Adding to the debate are two small tremors
in the UK ��� below 3.0, so very small ��� that were quite likely the result
of fracking there. Because the drilling cracks were shallow, this raises
concerns that deeper cracks near more geologically active areas might
lead to quakes that could cause serious damage."
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Links:
0. http://symbalitics.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/unconvent_ng_resource.asp
2. http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking
3. http://energytomorrow.org/energy/hydraulic-fracturing
4. http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/06/fracking-in-pennsylvania-201006
5. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/uk-quakes-likely-caused-by-fracking.html
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| Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4S Battery Problems
| from the our-bad dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @15:15 (Iphone)
| with 262 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1757223/apple-acknowledges-iphone-4s-battery-problems?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bdking writes "After more than two weeks of complaints from frustrated
iPhone 4S owners, Apple finally has admitted [0]problems with
fast-draining batteries in the new devices. The company blames it on bugs
in iOS 5 and promises a fix 'in a few weeks.' But Apple should have
spoken up sooner, if only to acknowledge the issue."
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| Fine Structure Constant May Not Be So Constant
| from the pi-is-exactly-three dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @11:36 (Science)
| with 224 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1452209/fine-structure-constant-may-not-be-so-constant?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]BuzzSkyline writes "According to a post at Physics Buzz, 'Just weeks
after speeding neutrinos seem to have broken the speed of light, another
universal law, the [1]fine structure constant might be about to crumble.'
Astronomical observations seem to indicate that the constant, which
controls the strength of electromagnetic interactions, is [2]different in
distant parts of the universe. Among other things, the paper may explain
why the laws of physics in our corner of the universe seem to be finely
tuned to support life. The research ([3]abstract) is so controversial
that it took over a year to go from submission to publication in Physical
Review Letters, rather than the weeks typical of most other papers
appearing in the peer-reviewed journal."
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Links:
0. mailto:buzzskyline@gmail.com
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant
2. http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2011/11/another-law-of-physics-broken.html
3. http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v107/i19/e191101
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| Spontaneous Fission In Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2
| from the gone-fission dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @13:01 (Japan)
| with 211 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1625247/spontaneous-fission-in-fukushima-daiichi-unit-2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Kyusaku Natsume writes "Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that some
of the melted fuel in reactor 2 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant
[0]may have triggered a brief criticality event. Tsuyoshi Misawa, a
reactor physics and engineering professor at Kyoto University's Research
Reactor Institute, said that if Tepco's data are correct, 'it's clear
that the detection (of xenon-133 and -135) comes from nuclear fission.'
Tepco spokesman Junichi Matsumoto said the test results suggest that
either small-scale fission occurred in the melted fuel, or conditions to
trigger criticality were temporarily met for some other reason. He said
the same thing could also happen at reactors 1 and 3. But because the
reactor's temperature and pressure level have not changed, the fission
would not have been large-scale, Matsumoto said, adding that it would not
thwart Tepco's schedule for achieving a cold shutdown at the reactors. In
response, [1]boric acid water was injected again on November 2. On the
plus side, the concentration of radioactive materials in the air is low
enough that workers inside some areas of Fukushima Daiichi [2]workers
soon will not have to use full face masks."
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Links:
0. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a1.html
1. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11110302-e.html
2. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11110112-e.html
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| HP Slate 2: Brilliant or Bust?
| from the do-you-want-it-this-time? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @14:29 (Businesses)
| with 210 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1724209/hp-slate-2-brilliant-or-bust?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]redletterdave writes "After being
introduced in September, HP's new CEO Meg Whitman announced Oct. 27 that
the company '[1]needs to be in the tablet business.' However, by creating
a lackluster product in the Slate 2 that runs on a soon-to-be-outdated
operating system, HP will surely find itself back where it started, when
furious Best Buy executives demanded HP to take back their thousands of
unsold tablets piling up in storage."
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Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/242898/20111103/hp-slate-2-meg-whitman-ceo-leo.htm
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| Apple Threatens Bistro Over "AppleADay" Name
| from the take-our-name-out-of-your-mouth dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @17:29 (The Courts)
| with 201 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/2014255/apple-threatens-bistro-over-appleaday-name?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "In today's edition of David v. Goliath, Apple
lawyers have sent cease and desist letters to a tiny health food
restaurant in Luxembourg named AppleADay. For their part, the owners of
AppleADay, with help from a lawerly friend, have promised that they would
[1]continue to sell only food, not computers. Of course, Apple knows as
well as anyone that promises are made to be broken, having famously
promised Apple Corps, the Beatles' production company, they would never
get into the music business."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/219425/apple-threatens-tiny-luxembourg-bistro-appleaday
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| Amazon Launching eBook Lending Program, Publishers Unenthusiastic
| from the amazon-wants-you-to-put-ebooks-on-fire dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @10:12 (Books)
| with 141 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/143245/amazon-launching-ebook-lending-program-publishers-unenthusiastic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon
is [0]starting a program to lend ebooks to Kindle users. It will allow
users to borrow just one title at a time, but readers will be able to
keep the borrowed ebook for as long as they want. The initial library
will only have around 5,000 titles, because 'None of the six largest
publishers in the U.S. is participating.' The article continues, 'Several
senior publishing executives said recently they were concerned that a
digital-lending program of the sort contemplated by Amazon would harm
future sales of their older titles or damage ties to other book
retailers. ... The new program, called Kindle Owners' Lending Library,
cannot be accessed via apps on other devices, which means it won't work
on Apple Inc.'s iPad or iPhone, even though people can read Kindle books
on both devices. This restriction is intended to drive Kindle device
sales, says Amazon.'"
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577014273003626952.html
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| Asteroid Passes Closer To Earth Than the Moon on Nov 8
| from the spitting-distance dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 02, @20:08 (NASA)
| with 140 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/02/237239/asteroid-passes-closer-to-earth-than-the-moon-on-nov-8?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]TheNextCorner writes "NASA scientists
will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency's Deep
Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as [1]the space rock safely flies
past Earth slightly closer than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. Scientists
are treating the flyby of the 1,300-foot-wide (400-meter) asteroid as a
science target of opportunity ��� allowing instruments on 'spacecraft
Earth' to scan it during the close pass. "
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Links:
0. http://thenextcorner.net/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/yu55-20111025.html
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| Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes
| from the raise-shields dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @03:06 (Medicine)
| with 128 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/0127214/light-barrier-repels-mosquitoes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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kodiaktau writes "Dr. Szabolcs Marka has received one of five $1M grants
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue his experiments with
[0]using light beams to create mosquito barriers. This is the second
grant he has received from the foundation and proves to be a deviation
from the previous and more dangerous use of [1]lasers to control
mosquitoes. A video of [2]the light barrier in action can be seen here"
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Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2011/11/01/using-a-light-barrier-to-repel-mosquitoes/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/12/176220/directed-energy-weapon-downs-mosquitos
2. http://techventures.columbia.edu/blog/profile/mosquito-repelling-light-barriers-show-great-promise-containment-malaria
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| OLPC Project To Air-Drop Laptops
| from the gods-must-be-crazy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @08:49 (Education)
| with 127 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1158201/olpc-project-to-air-drop-laptops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sl4shd0rk writes "Nicholas Negroponte and the [0]OLPC project are still
going and have a new plan in the works: [1]a laptop air-drop to help
facilitate 'self-education' in areas with large poor populations. 'In the
first year we'll go in and meet with tribal elders and aid organizations,
people not involved with education, but then we [2]let the kids learn,'
Negroponte said. All of this work by Negroponte and others was essential,
he explained, because market forces were leaving the poor of the world
behind. Meanwhile, the largest countries had adopted strategies that
offer little for the developing world."
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Links:
0. http://one.laptop.org/
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/02/negroponte_tablet_airdrops/
2. http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet21/mitra.html
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| Why Microsoft Embraced Gaming
| from the something-about-extending-and-i-forget dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @12:44 (Businesses)
| with 117 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1557242/why-microsoft-embraced-gaming?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wjousts writes "A interesting take on the birth of the Xbox from
Technology Review: 'When the original Xbox video-game console went on
sale in 2001, it wasn't clear why Microsoft, known for staid workplace
software, was branching out into fast-paced action games. But Microsoft
decided that capitalizing on the popularity of gaming could help the
company [0]position itself for the coming wave of home digital
entertainment. "Microsoft saw the writing on the wall," says David
Dennis, a spokesman for Xbox. "It wanted to have a beachhead in the
living room." ... Now Microsoft is linking Xbox 360, its most successful
consumer-focused brand, with others that have not been as well received.
It is integrating Bing, its search engine, into Xbox and Xbox Live to
enable people to search for multimedia content. By the end of the year,
Microsoft is expected to unveil an updated Xbox Live design that is more
in line with the look of Windows phones and the forthcoming Windows 8.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39005/
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| AMD To Lay Off 10% of Global Workforce
| from the end-of-the-line dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @19:03 (AMD)
| with 109 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/2140213/amd-to-lay-off-10-of-global-workforce?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Luyseyal writes "Advanced Micro Devices Inc. [1]slashed its global
employment by 1,400 jobs Thursday as the company seeks to boost profits
and re-balance its work force to pursue new product areas. This amounts
to over 11% of its global workforce, including Mark Langsdorf, who often
posts AMD patches to the Linux Kernel Mailing List."
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Links:
0. mailto:swaters@luy.info
1. http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2011/11/03/amd_cuts_1400_jobs.html?cxntcid=breaking_news
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| China Completes First Space Docking Test
| from the you-got-craft-in-my-lab dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @13:45 (China)
| with 88 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/171200/china-completes-first-space-docking-test?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "China has [1]joined two space vehicles together in orbit
for the first time. The unmanned Shenzhou 8 craft, launched earlier this
week, made contact with the Tiangong-1 space lab at 1729 GMT. The union
occurred over China itself. Being able to dock two space vehicles
together is a necessary capability for China if it wants to start
building a space station towards the end of the decade."
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Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15568320
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| 3D Printed Bone Models Cut Cost of Surgery Operations
| from the make-no-bones-about-it dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @11:14 (Medicine)
| with 80 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1447210/3d-printed-bone-models-cut-cost-of-surgery-operations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Tasha26 writes "A trainee surgeon, Mark Frame, has figured out how to
[0]save U.K.'s NHS thousands of pounds by taking advantage of 3D-printer
technology. Success in orthopedic operations relies on surgeons having an
accurate 3D model of the area where the operation will take place. Such
models take time to produce and [1]cost up to ��1200 ($1915). Mark, a
self-confessed 'technology geek,' used [2]open source OsiriX software to
convert CT scans into files which are readable by the 3D printers at
Shapeways, a company in the Netherlands. Within a week they produced and
delivered the first plastic 3D model of a child's forearm at a cost of
��77 ($123). Mark has written a free guide so that other surgeons can make
their own bones, which is being considered for publication by the World
Journal of Science and Technology."
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15535438
1. http://www.3dprinter.net/3d-printed-orthopedic-bones-save-money-time
2. http://www.osirix-viewer.com/
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| Godfather of Xen On Why Virtualization Means Everything
| from the more-real-than-real dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @19:50 (Open Source)
| with 68 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/2135248/godfather-of-xen-on-why-virtualization-means-everything?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "While conventional wisdom says virtualized
environments and public clouds create massive security headaches, the
godfather of Xen, Simon Crosb, says [1]virtualization actually holds a
key to better security. Isolation ��� the ability to restrict what
computing goes on in a given context ��� is a fundamental characteristic of
virtualization that can be exploited to improve trustworthiness of
processes on a physical system even if other processes have been
compromised, he says"
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Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/110311-xen-simon-crosby-252723.html?hpg1=bn
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| NASA: If There Was Life On Mars, It Was Likely Underground
| from the mole-people dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @00:27 (Mars)
| with 57 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/010220/nasa-if-there-was-life-on-mars-it-was-likely-underground?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "NASA issued a study today that said if life ever
existed on Mars, [1]the longest lasting environments were most likely
below the planet's surface. The hypothesis comes from analyzing tons of
mineral data gathered over the years from more than 350 sites on Mars
gathered by NASA and European Space Agency Mars space probes."
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-if-there-was-life-mars-it-was-likely-und
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| Gecko-Inspired Robot Rolls Up Walls
| from the climbing-robot-overlords dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @05:31 (Hardware)
| with 29 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/036253/gecko-inspired-robot-rolls-up-walls?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]RedEaredSlider writes "A group of researchers in Canada has decided to
combine the mechanism geckos use to stick to walls with the simplicity of
a tank tread. The result is a '[1]bot that can roll up smooth (and some
not so smooth) surfaces. Such robots are easier to control than those
that try to simulate walking directly."
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Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gecko-inspired-robo
1. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gecko-inspired-robot-111101.html
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| Honolulu Tops 2011 Digital Cities Survey
| from the high-tech-luau dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @16:01 (Government)
| with 29 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1851202/honolulu-tops-2011-digital-cities-survey?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter folsomfella writes "The 11th annual survey
spotlights the municipalities that best show [0]how information and
communication technology are used to enhance public service. The top 10
cities are selected in four different population categories and judged on
the criteria of enterprise applicability or impact across multiple
program areas, measurable progress from the prior year, hard dollar
savings or soft dollar benefits as a result of technology use, innovation
and a demonstration of effective collaboration."
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Links:
0. http://www.govtech.com/e-government/2011-Digital-Cities-Survey-Winners-Announced.html
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| NASA Plans App Store For Scientists
| from the top-rated-science-section dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 03, @16:45 (NASA)
| with 29 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/205209/nasa-plans-app-store-for-scientists?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gManZboy writes "The space agency is widely known as a cloud computing
success story in the government for its Nebula cloud computing platform.
Now NASA will develop an [1]app store for its scientists. The NASA CIO
says it's about getting the science job done."
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Links:
0. http://www.informationweek.com/
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/231902249
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| Watch the Fiery Re-entry of Progress Module
| from the looking-down-on-reentry dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 03, @13:21 (ISS)
| with 25 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/03/1631233/watch-the-fiery-re-entry-of-progress-module?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 5:04 a.m. EDT, a Progress
Cargo Module undocked from the ISS and drifted away with a full haul of
space station trash. It gradually slowed, deorbiting and dropping into
the atmosphere at 8:48 a.m. EDT, leaving a blazing trail in its wake.
Space station astronauts [1]videoed the event as it unfolded."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/a-progress-cargo-modules-fiery-re-entry-111103.html
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