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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read?
* Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls
* Coders Develop Ways To Defeat SOPA Censorship
* Senators Recommend FTC Perform Antitrust Investigation Of Google
* US Asks Scientists To Censor Reports To Prevent Terrorism
* Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access
* Hobbit Film Trailer Posted Online
* New Remote Flaw In 64-Bit Windows 7
* US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers
* Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3
* Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released
* Hard Drive Prices Slide As Thai Flood Aftermath Subsides
* Gaining a Remote Shell On Android
* Troops In Afghanistan Supplied By Robot Helicopter
* Australian Government Bans New <em>Syndicate</em> Game
* ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org
* Liquid Metal Capsules Used To Make Self-Healing Electronics
* New Kind of Metal Theorized To Be In the Earth's Lower Mantle
* Apple Buys Israeli Flash Manufacturer
* Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon Contemplated RIM Takeover
* China Now Top Patent Filer
* Intel Demos Phone and Tablet In New Mobile Chip Push
* Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source License For Guitar?
* Inductive Charging For EVs To Be Tested In Berlin
* Domestic Surveillance Drones On the Rise
* In-Car Video Chat and 4G Streaming From OnStar
* Microsoft Says Goodbye To CES
* Project To Mainline Android Kernel Changes Formed
* Exoplanets Spotted Orbiting Dead Star
* Book Review: Defense Against the Black Arts
* Ask Gaming [Designer, Professor, Gadfly] Ian Bogost
* QuakeForge 0.6.0 Released In Time For Christmas
* Researcher Claims Siemens Lied About Security Bugs
* Hack Your Holiday Decorations
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| Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read?
| from the fictional-works-of-nonfiction dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @22:08 (Books)
| with 605 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0157218/ask-slashdot-what-do-you-like-to-read?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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badeMan writes "I will be traveling a third of the way around the world
this Christmas, and that means a lot of time on a plane. I have decided I
am not going to do any coding or technical reading during the flight.
Outside the realm of technology and all things related to work, what do
you find interesting to read? What books, genres, and authors do you
enjoy?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0157218/ask-slashdot-what-do-you-like-to-read?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls
| from the that-sounds-a-great-idea dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @19:26 (Iphone)
| with 422 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/20/2343258/apple-patents-using-apps-during-calls?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bizwriter writes "Apple has had quite a week in patents for the iPhone,
and it's only Tuesday. First was [0]the victory at the International
Trade Commission over HTC. And now [1]there's a shiny new patent on
switching to an app during a live phone call ([2]#8,082,523). There may
be non-infringing ways of doing something similar, but they probably will
be clumsy in comparison."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/20/2343258/apple-patents-using-apps-during-calls?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/19/2329243/apple-wins-injunction-banning-import-of-htc-devices
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57345445/apple-patents-using-apps-during-calls/
2. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,082,523.PN.&OS=PN/8,082,523&RS=PN/8,082,523
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| Coders Develop Ways To Defeat SOPA Censorship
| from the causing-the-law-to-break dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @08:14 (Censorship)
| with 369 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0420228/coders-develop-ways-to-defeat-sopa-censorship?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The Atlantic reports that one developer who
doesn't have much faith in Congress making the right decision on
anti-piracy legislation has [1]already built a workaround for the
impending censorship measures being considered, and called it DeSOPA.
Since SOPA would block specific domain names (e.g. www.thepiratebay.com)
of allegedly infringing sites, T Rizk's Firefox add-on allows you to
revert to the bare internet protocol (IP) address (e.g. 194.71.107.15)
which takes you to the same place. 'It could be that a few members of
Congress are just not tech savvy and [2]don't understand that it is
technically not going to work, at all,' says T Rizk. 'So here's some
proof that I hope will help them err on the side of reason and vote SOPA
down.' Another group called 'MAFIAAFire' decided to respond when Homeland
Security's ICE unit started [3]seizing domain names, by coding a browser
add-on to redirect the affected websites to their new domains. More than
200,000 people have already installed the add-on. ICE wasn't happy, and
[4]asked Mozilla to pull the add-on from their site. Mozilla denied the
request, arguing that this type of censorship may threaten the open
Internet."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0420228/coders-develop-ways-to-defeat-sopa-censorship?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/12/coders-are-already-finding-ways-around-sopa-censorship/46425/
2. http://torrentfreak.com/firefox-add-on-bypasses-sopa-dns-blocking-111220/
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/02/009214/us-dept-of-justice-ice-still-seizing-domains
4. http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-dancing-add-on-kills-dns-and-ip-blockades-111130/
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| Senators Recommend FTC Perform Antitrust Investigation Of Google
| from the do-no-competing dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @09:37 (Google)
| with 302 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1356246/senators-recommend-ftc-perform-antitrust-investigation-of-google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SharkLaser writes "U.S. Senators have written to the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission about their [0]concerns over Google's Internet monopoly.
Google executives did themselves no favors when the Senators [1]looked at
Google's business practices in September. When asked if Google has
monopoly in online search, Google chairman Eric Schmidt is quoted as
saying 'I would agree, Senator, that we are in that area.' Another
worrying quote is from Marissa Meyer, Google's VP of location services,
who said that it was 'only fair' that Google put its own sites on higher
placements than competitors. The Senators are also [2]warning that Google
is only facing one real competitor (PDF), Microsoft's Bing. Almost all
other metasearch engines use either Google or Bing technology to deliver
search results, including [3]DuckDuckGo which uses Bing. In Europe Google
is currently [4]under investigation of monopoly abuse and the EU has also
delayed [5]Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1356246/senators-recommend-ftc-perform-antitrust-investigation-of-google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2133844/senators-ftc-look-google
1. http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/004213/google-accused-of-cooking-search-results-and-charging-msft-too-much
2. http://kohl.senate.gov/newsroom/upload/Google-FTC-Letter-12-19-11.pdf
3. http://duckduckgo.com/
4. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/03/0359228/europe-accuses-google-of-monopoly-abuse
5. http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/12/13/1330222/eu-regulators-delay-googles-motorola-buy-seeking-more-info
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| US Asks Scientists To Censor Reports To Prevent Terrorism
| from the all-terrorists-are-like-the-bad-guys-in-mission-impossible dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @05:20 (Medicine)
| with 245 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0222244/us-asks-scientists-to-censor-reports-to-prevent-terrorism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Following up on a disturbing story [0]we discussed in November, Meshach
writes "The United States is asking scientific journals publishing
details about biomedical research to [1]censor articles out of fear that
terrorists could acquire the information. 'In the experiments, conducted
in the United States and the Netherlands, scientists created a highly
transmissible form of a deadly flu virus that does not normally spread
from person to person. It was an ominous step, because easy transmission
can lead the virus to spread all over the world. The work was done in
ferrets, which are considered a good model for predicting what flu
viruses will do in people.' The panel cannot force the journals to censor
their articles, but the editor of Science, Bruce Alberts, said the
journal was taking the recommendations seriously and would most likely
withhold some information. Are we heading for another [2]Rorschach-style
cheat sheet being developed?"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0222244/us-asks-scientists-to-censor-reports-to-prevent-terrorism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/0015216/paper-on-super-flu-strain-may-be-banned-from-publication
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/health/fearing-terrorism-us-asks-journals-to-censor-articles-on-virus.html
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/14/1829231/wikipedia-debates-rorschach-censorship
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| Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access
| from the bug-fixes-are-nice dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @10:18 (Portables)
| with 245 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1437236/kindle-fire-and-nook-upgrades-kill-root-access?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "The Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble Nook tablets
are similar enough and close enough together in price that they ought to
be fighting market share and one-upping each other in terms of features
they offer users. But the latest OS upgrades to both gadgets claims to be
an 'upgrade' while actually taking functionality away: both [1]remove the
ability to root the device." A more balanced way of looking at it is that
the updates fix known local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. This
might be more of an issue for people wanting to hack on the Nook Tablet:
its bootloader is confirmed locked, but reports lean toward the Kindle
Fire having an unlocked bootloader letting anyone [2]flash their own
software without needing to gain root first.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1437236/kindle-fire-and-nook-upgrades-kill-root-access?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://jfruh.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/234809/kindle-fire-and-nook-tablet-both-get-upgraded-reduced-functionality
2. http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fastboot
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| Hobbit Film Trailer Posted Online
| from the chip-the-glasses-crack-the-plates dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @14:45 (Lord of the Rings)
| with 193 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1849233/hobbit-film-trailer-posted-online?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bonch writes "The trailer for the film adaptation of The Hobbit by Peter
Jackson has been [0]posted online by ComingSoon. The film, due December
14, 2012, is subtitled "An Unexpected Journey" and will be followed by a
second film in 2013 that will tie the story with the Lord of the Rings
trilogy." I'm glad to hear that they've kept the Misty Mountains song and
I'll be greatly disappointed if an updated version of "Funny Little
Things" or "Down, Down to Goblin Town" doesn't make the cut also.
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1849233/hobbit-film-trailer-posted-online?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85322
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| New Remote Flaw In 64-Bit Windows 7
| from the hole-in-the-wall dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:26 (Microsoft)
| with 171 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1918240/new-remote-flaw-in-64-bit-windows-7?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "Researchers are warning about a [0]new remotely
exploitable vulnerability in 64-bit Windows 7 that can be used by an
attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine. The bug was first
reported a couple of days ago by an independent researcher and confirmed
by Secunia. In a message on Twitter, a researcher named w3bd3vil said
that he had found a method for exploiting the vulnerability by simply
feeding an iframe with an overly large height to Safari. The exploit
gives the attacker the ability to run arbitrary code on the victim's
machine."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1918240/new-remote-flaw-in-64-bit-windows-7?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-warn-new-windows-7-vulnerability-122011
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| US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers
| from the security-through-insecurity dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @08:56 (China)
| with 164 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1321238/us-chamber-of-commerce-infiltrated-by-chinese-hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SpzToid writes "The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that a group of
hackers in China breached the computer defenses of the [0]United States
Chamber of Commerce. The [1]intrusion was quietly shut down in May 2010,
while FBI investigations continue. 'A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy
in Washington, Geng Shuang, said cyberattacks are prohibited by Chinese
law and China itself is a victim of attacks. ... Still, [2]the Chamber
continues to see suspicious activity, they say. A thermostat at a town
house the Chamber owns on Capitol Hill at one point was communicating
with an Internet address in China, they say, and, in March, a printer
used by Chamber executives spontaneously started printing pages with
Chinese characters.'" According the article, the group "gained access to
everything stored on its systems" and may have "had access to the network
for more than a year before the breach was uncovered."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1321238/us-chamber-of-commerce-infiltrated-by-chinese-hackers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204058404577110541568535300.html
2. http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/270711/20111221/chamber-commerce-hacked-u-s-accuses-china.htm
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| Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3
| from the new-road dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:17 (GNOME)
| with 155 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2223251/linux-mint-developer-forks-gnome-3?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Clement Lefebvre, the Linux Mint founder, has
[0]forked Gnome 3 and named it Cinnamon. Mint has experimented with
extensions to gnome in the latest release of their operating system but
in order to make the experience they are aiming for really work, they
needed an actual fork. The goal of this fork is to use the improved Gnome
3 internals and put a more familiar Gnome 2 interface on it."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2223251/linux-mint-developer-forks-gnome-3?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/cinnamon-gnome-shell-fork-with-gnome2.html
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| Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released
| from the onward-and-upward dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @23:06 (Music)
| with 149 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0324230/music-player-amarok-25-released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jrepin writes with this quote from [1]an article at The H: "The Amarok
development team has released [2]version 2.5 of its open source music
player and organizer, code-named 'Earth Moving.' Among the changes
highlighted by the developers are re-written support for USB mass storage
devices, GPodder.net podcast synchronization and an integrated Amazon MP3
store. The GPodder.net support includes the ability to browse directly
from Amarok through the list of recommended podcasts on GPodder.net.
Users of playlists on Amarok will find the new playlist functionality in
2.5 such as the ability to use formatted strings in Playlist layout items
as prefixes and suffixes, dragging and dropping tracks in an empty area
in the list of playlists to create a new playlist, and, in that same
empty area, the addition of a new 'create new playlist' action."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0324230/music-player-amarok-25-released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~jrepin
1. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Amarok-2-5-adds-GPodder-support-1398475.html
2. http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.5
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| Hard Drive Prices Slide As Thai Flood Aftermath Subsides
| from the dollars-and-bytes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @02:17 (Data Storage)
| with 138 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0443248/hard-drive-prices-slide-as-thai-flood-aftermath-subsides?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]yeszomgpony writes "For the first time since the
Thailand flooding, [1]hard drive prices are finally starting to decrease.
The price jump was kicked off in October when drive inventory levels
plummeted 90% in less than a week. From the article: 'Over the past few
weeks, hard drive prices have leveled off and have begun to drop slowly,
according to Dynamite's data. "For first time, less than week after
Western Digital's first [fabrication plant] went back on line, drive
inventory began increasing at both distributors and ecommerce sites, and
index prices began coming down a little too," Kubicki said. IDC has
predicted that hard disk drive supply shortages in the wake of Thailand
flooding would affect consumers, computer system manufacturers and
corporate IT shops into 2013.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0443248/hard-drive-prices-slide-as-thai-flood-aftermath-subsides?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:yeszomgpony@gmail.com
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222871/Hard_drive_prices_slide_as_Thai_flood_aftermath_subsides
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| Gaining a Remote Shell On Android
| from the poking-google-with-a-stick dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @20:07 (Android)
| with 123 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SharkLaser writes "The security of Android devices has come under
scrutiny in recent months. Android Market has been plagued with a number
of trojaned apps, and researchers have identified various root exploits
and permission leaks that can be exploited, for example, to send premium
rate SMSs. Now researcher Thomas Cannon of ViaForensics is
[0]demonstrating a method for setting up remote shell on an Android
device without using any exploits or vulnerabilities. The security hole
is not new, and it has been pointed out for a number of years, but Google
has yet to fix it. The method works on various versions of Android, up to
and including the newest Ice Cream Sandwich."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://viaforensics.com/security/nopermission-android-app-remote-shell.html
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| Troops In Afghanistan Supplied By Robot Helicopter
| from the johnny-copter dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:28 (The Military)
| with 114 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2040214/troops-in-afghanistan-supplied-by-robot-helicopter?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "Pakistan is still blockading NATO war
supplies passing through the port of Karachi in response to last month's
killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers by an alliance air strike. But inside
Afghanistan, supply lines are about to get a lot safer for NATO's
logisticians as an unmanned helicopter just delivered a sling-load of
beans, bullets, and band-aids to Marines at an undisclosed base in
Afghanistan marking the [1]first time a drone has been used to resupply a
unit at war. The 2.5-ton, GPS-guided K-MAX can heft 3.5 tons of cargo
about 250 miles up and over the rugged and mountainous terrain of
Afghanistan across which NATO troops are scattered and can fly around the
clock. [2]'Most of the [K-MAX] missions will be conducted at night and at
higher altitudes,' says Marine Capt. Caleb Joiner, a K-MAX operator.
'This will allow us to keep out of small-arms range.' K-MAX will soon be
joined in Afghanistan by [3]Lockheed's robo jeep that can carry a half a
ton of supplies for up to 125 miles after being delivered to the field in
a CH-47 or CH-53 helo."
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-12/marines-afghanistan-execute-first-cargo-resupply-unmanned-helo?cmp=tw
2. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/robot-helicopter/
3. http://defensetech.org/2011/08/05/army-fielding-robo-jeeps-to-astan/
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| Australian Government Bans New <em>Syndicate</em> Game
| from the yes-this-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @03:43 (Censorship)
| with 111 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0426227/australian-government-bans-new-syndicate-game?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the Australian Government's
move to [0]introduce a new R18+ classification for adult video games
hasn't yet taken force, with [1]video game maker EA confirming today that
its reboot of the classic Syndicate series [2]has been banned in
Australia due to extreme violence. Left 4 Dead, Mortal Kombat and now
Syndicate ��� what game will be banned next in Australia is anybody's
guess."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0426227/australian-government-bans-new-syndicate-game?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/11/04/2034258/australia-approves-final-r18-gaming-guidelines
1. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/12/ea-responds-to-syndicate-being-refused-classification/
2. http://delimiter.com.au/2011/12/21/eas-syndicate-reboot-game-banned-in-australia/
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| ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org
| from the not-quite-dead-yet dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @11:43 (Open Source)
| with 110 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1612224/asf-lays-out-its-plan-for-openofficeorg?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Thinkcloud writes "In an [0]open letter, the Apache Software Foundation
has [1]made its plans for OpenOffice clear, including an
[2]Apache-branded OpenOffice suite targeted at developers coming next
year." From The H: "The ASF says it does not want to force any vision on
the [3]ODF community noting that 'it is impossible to agree upon a single
vision for all participants, Apache OpenOffice does not seek to define a
single vision, nor does it seek to be the only player' in the large ODF
ecosystem. Instead, it wishes to offer a neutral 'collaboration
opportunity' and notes that its permissive licensing and development
model are 'widely recognised as one of the best ways to ensure open
standards, such as ODF, gain traction and adoption.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1612224/asf-lays-out-its-plan-for-openofficeorg?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/open_letter_to_the_open
1. http://ostatic.com/blog/apache-software-foundation-lays-out-its-plan-for-openoffice
2. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apache-says-OpenOffice-3-4-planned-for-early-2012-1398737.html
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
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| Liquid Metal Capsules Used To Make Self-Healing Electronics
| from the terminator-edition dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @14:25 (Hardware)
| with 110 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1823254/liquid-metal-capsules-used-to-make-self-healing-electronics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "A crack team of engineers at the University of Illinois
has developed an [1]electronic circuit that autonomously self-heals when
its metal wires are broken. This self-healing system restores
conductivity within 'mere microseconds,' which is apparently fast enough
that operation can continue without interruption. [2]The self-healing
mechanism is delightfully simple: The engineers place a bunch of
10-micron (0.01mm) microcapsules along the length of a circuit. The
microcapsules are full of liquid metal, a gallium-indium alloy, and if
the circuit underneath cracks, so do the microcapsules (90% of the time,
anyway ��� the tech isn't perfect yet!). The liquid metal oozes into the
circuit board, restoring up to 99% conductivity, and everything continues
as normal. This even works with multi-layer printed circuit boards
(PCBs), such the motherboard in your computer, too. There's no word on
whether this same technology could one day be used by Terminators to
self-heal shotgun blasts to the face, but it certainly sounds quite
similar. The immediate use-cases are in extreme environments (aerospace),
and batteries (which can't be taken apart to fix), but long term we might
one day buy motherboards with these self-healing microcapsules built in."
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Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://news.illinois.edu/news/11/1220self-healing_ScottWhite_NancySottos_JeffreyMoore.html
2. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/110007-liquid-metal-capsules-used-to-make-self-healing-electronics
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| New Kind of Metal Theorized To Be In the Earth's Lower Mantle
| from the does-it-burn-as-well-as-dead-dinosaurs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @06:38 (Science)
| with 109 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0432222/new-kind-of-metal-theorized-to-be-in-the-earths-lower-mantle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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slew writes "This article talks about a study accepted to Physical Review
Letters which theorizes that iron oxide [0]goes through an
insulator/metal phase change with high temperature and pressure.
Originally it was thought to be a crystalline structure change, but now
apparently it is theorized to be a new type of metallic state. This
discovery might offer new insight on how the earth's magnetic field
operates."
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Links:
0. https://www.gl.ciw.edu/content/2011/12/16/new-kind-metal-earth
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| Apple Buys Israeli Flash Manufacturer
| from the gotta-buy-em-all dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @11:00 (Businesses)
| with 105 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1530241/apple-buys-israeli-flash-manufacturer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "According to published reports [0]Apple is plunking down
up to $500 million to purchase solid-state drive [1]start-up Anobit
Technologies. Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [2]tweeted
about the deal congratulating Apple on its first acquisition in his
country. Apple is planning to use the acquisition to [3]set up to set up
a semiconductor development center in Israel. Apple already uses NAND
flash from Anobit in its iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air products, according
to the reports."
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Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222874/Apple_reportedly_buys_Israeli_SSD_maker_Anobit
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/06/16/011205/israeli-startup-claims-ssd-breakthrough
2. https://twitter.com/#!/israelipm/status/149080537015922688
3. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/14/inside_anobit_why_apple_is_investing_in_flash_ram_technology.html
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| Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon Contemplated RIM Takeover
| from the carrion-eaters-are-people-too dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @12:22 (Microsoft)
| with 104 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1654227/microsoft-nokia-and-amazon-contemplated-rim-takeover?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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CSHARP123 writes "WSJ's anonymous sources indicates that [0]MS and Nokia
casually considered bidding on Research in Motion Ltd. The outcome of the
talks are not clear. The Journal suggests that this wasn't anything more
than a simple idea that came up at one of the regular meetings between
senior executives from all three companies ��� perhaps it could have even
been just a casual talk ��� but one wonders how Microsoft and Nokia
executives think there is profit to be made by this take over. Maybe RIM
provides a good backdoor entry for MS into the enterprise space for its
Windows Phone 7? Recently, [1]Amazon was also considering bidding on RIM.
It is interesting to see who will gobble up RIM."
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204879004577111030686209566.html
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/amazon-microsoft-nokia-mulled-rim-bids/2011/12/21/gIQA3PP88O_story.html
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| China Now Top Patent Filer
| from the people's-patents dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:38 (Patents)
| with 96 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2229227/china-now-top-patent-filer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "China has [0] passed the US as the number one filer of
patents this year, according to a report by Thompson Reuters. With an
average annual increase of 16.7%, China has filed 314,000 patents last
year. This brings the total share of China in worldwide holdings [1]up
from %54 to %58. However, according to legal expert Elliot Papageorgiou:
""One thing is volume, quality is quite another. The return, or the
percentage of grants, of the patents is still not as high in China as,
say, in the U.S., Japan or some places in Europe." This was also a record
year for patent filing over all, [2]according to the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO). According to their numbers, worldwide
patent applications are up %7.2, at 1.98 million in 2010. FTA: "WIPO
Director General Francis Gurry on Tuesday attributed the rise to the
"knowledge economy" and globalization led by U.S. and Chinese
innovation.""
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Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/21/us-china-patents-idUSTRE7BK0LQ20111221
1. http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/news1/111122111.asp
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/un-patent-filings-stage-comeback-in-2010-led-by-us-chinese-innovation/2011/12/20/gIQANvEf6O_story.html
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| Intel Demos Phone and Tablet In New Mobile Chip Push
| from the we-can-make-it-smaller dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @13:05 (Intel)
| with 85 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1742218/intel-demos-phone-and-tablet-in-new-mobile-chip-push?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]holy_calamity writes "Intel is making another assault on the mobile
processor market, [1]showing off a prototype phone and a tablet using its
newest mobile processor Medfield. The company claims that products based
on the chips will appear in the first half of next year. There's reason
to believe that Intel might get somewhere this time. Its chipsets
traditionally comprise three separate chips, a design that guzzles power.
Medfield introduces an [2]all-in-one chip, mirroring the power efficient
design of the ARM-based chips that run smart phones and tablets in the
market today."
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Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39378/?p1=A2
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_Chip
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| Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source License For Guitar?
| from the modular-guitar dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:47 (Music)
| with 82 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1926246/ask-slashdot-best-open-source-license-for-guitar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]PraxisGuitars writes "I am working on
developing an open source electric guitar. I wish to make [1]the basic
structural system completely open and free, with a standardized interface
allowing different body shapes and modules to be bolted on. I am having
trouble figuring out the best way to release the files. There seem to be
at least half a dozen open source licenses out there; The Thingiverse has
some precedent for open source 3d data, but version control seems like it
might be difficult. I have looked into sourceforge and github, but don't
know enough to know if that would be the best choice. Are there other
precedents out there? Is there a better way?"
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Links:
0. mailto:info@praxisguitars.com
1. http://www.praxisguitars.com/
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| Inductive Charging For EVs To Be Tested In Berlin
| from the da-da-da-da-da-da dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:35 (Power)
| with 80 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2118255/inductive-charging-for-evs-to-be-tested-in-berlin?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cylonlover writes "The increasing availability of more practical electric
vehicles has seen inductive charging technology attract the attention of
those looking for for a cable-free way to charge EV batteries. German
automakers are taking the opportunity to [0]put inductive charging of EVs
to a real-world test as part of the 'Effizienzhaus-Plus mit
Elektromobilit��t' project. The project is a German government-backed
initiative to build an energy-efficient house that generates more
electricity than it consumes, with the surplus being fed back into the
grid or used to charge the occupants' electric vehicles."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/inductive-charging-real-world-test/20911/
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| Domestic Surveillance Drones On the Rise
| from the eye-in-the-sky dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:07 (Privacy)
| with 76 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2037251/domestic-surveillance-drones-on-the-rise?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Toe, The writes "Predator drones have now racked up [1]over 10,000
hours of airtime in the U.S., largely for immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security reports that drone operations lead to the apprehension
of 4,865 undocumented immigrants and 238 drug smugglers in the past six
years. Compare that to 327,577 illegal migrants caught at the southwest
border in fiscal 2011. The only limits on their surveillance are FAA
regulations keeping them away from crowded urban areas, and this is for
safety reasons, not privacy. While the drones cannot see through windows,
they certainly see a lot of what goes on in the (former) privacy of
peoples' yards. The article cites Michael Kostelnik from the Office of
Air and Marine for the Border Protection service saying he's never been
challenged in Congress about the appropriate use of domestic drones.
'Instead the question is: Why can't we have more of them in my
district?'"
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Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~Toe,%20The
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/more-predator-drones-fly-us-mexico-border/2011/12/01/gIQANSZz8O_story.html?hpid=z4
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| In-Car Video Chat and 4G Streaming From OnStar
| from the what-could-possibly-go-right dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @00:13 (Transportation)
| with 71 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0215258/in-car-video-chat-and-4g-streaming-from-onstar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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thecarchik writes "At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, OnStar will
reveal the latest on their system. This time, the system will be equipped
in a Chevy Volt research vehicle, which seems to be a more appropriate
vessel than a Buick for previewing your latest technology. In a press
release teasing the appearance, OnStar said the system will offer such
features as cloud-based streaming of information and entertainment,
[0]rear-seat infotainment management and video chat. Video chat may sound
like a terrifying feature for any car, but OnStar said in last year's CES
press materials that the feature would only be enabled when the car is in
park. Other features like video streaming would also be limited to the
rear seat or to a parked vehicle."
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Links:
0. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1070849_in-car-video-chat-and-4g-streaming-from-onstar
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| Microsoft Says Goodbye To CES
| from the we're-outta-here dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:06 (Microsoft)
| with 71 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/197252/microsoft-says-goodbye-to-ces?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Microsoft has traditionally delivered the pre-show keynote
and put up a mammoth booth at the [0]Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in
Las Vegas each January. No more. GeekWire reports that [1]Microsoft will
bow out of CES after this year's show (Steve Ballmer [2]says buh-bye on
Jan. 9). 'As we look at all of the new ways we tell our consumer
stories,' [3]explained Microsoft's Frank Shaw, 'it feels like the right
time to make this transition.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.cesweb.org/
1. http://www.geekwire.com/2011/microsoft-says-upcoming-consumer-electronics-show-will-be-its-last
2. http://www.cesweb.org/events/keynotes.asp#Steve-Ballmer
3. http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/12/21/2012-marks-final-ces-keynote-for-microsoft.aspx
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| Project To Mainline Android Kernel Changes Formed
| from the keep-on-merging dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @12:40 (Android)
| with 63 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1633235/project-to-mainline-android-kernel-changes-formed?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ghostoftiber writes "From the article: 'Tim Bird, a Sony engineering
veteran and the chair of the Architecture Group of the Linux Foundation's
CE Workgroup, has [1]announced a new concerted effort to get [2]Android's
changes to the Linux kernel back [3]into the mainline Linux kernel tree.'
Android has been using Linux 2.6.x for its devices since its release,
with patches from Google. To date they haven't been merged back into the
kernel mainline but existed on kernel.org. Some of the features such as
[4]wakelocks would help with Linux tablet projects, but other features
aren't fully realized and support remains spotty. The radio interface
layer ... still exists as an ATI/Nvidia-esque shim loader scheme with
modem 'drivers' being nothing more than ihex files loaded by open code."
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Links:
0. http://www.knarrnia.com/
1. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzMTY
2. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/02/03/1932222/android-and-the-linux-kernel-community
3. https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/19/508
4. http://elinux.org/Android_Power_Management
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| Exoplanets Spotted Orbiting Dead Star
| from the zombie-planet dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:51 (Space)
| with 57 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2042239/exoplanets-spotted-orbiting-dead-star?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "Scientists have found a system of planets that
appears to have survived [1]being engulfed by their dying parent star.
The discovery raises questions about the ultimate fate of our solar
system when the sun runs out of hydrogen gas in about 5 billion years and
violently transform into an expanding red giant star. Scientists believe
all the planets from Earth inward will be destroyed when the sun expands,
but new research suggests that if planets are large enough, they may
outlast their parent star's death, even if they are engulfed."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/survivor-planets-orbit-dead-stars-111221.html
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| Book Review: Defense Against the Black Arts
| from the protect-ya-neck dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:11 (Security)
| with 47 comments
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/218226/book-review-defense-against-the-black-arts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]brothke writes "If there ever was a book that should not be judged by
its title, Defense against the Black Arts: How Hackers Do What They Do
and How to Protect against It, is that book. Even if one uses the
definition in The New Hackers Dictionary of 'a collection of arcane,
unpublished, and (by implication) mostly ad-hoc techniques developed for
a particular application or systems area', that really does not describe
this book. The truth is that hacking is none of the above. If anything,
it is a process that is far from mysterious, but rather aether to
describe. With that, the book does a good job of providing the reader
with the information needed to run a large set of hacking tools." Read
below for the rest of Ben's review.
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Links:
0. mailto:brothke@hotmail.com
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| Ask Gaming [Designer, Professor, Gadfly] Ian Bogost
| from the how-about-a-nice-tax-system-game dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday December 21, @13:44 (Social Networks)
| with 45 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1745231/ask-gaming-designer-professor-gadfly-ian-bogost?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Ian Bogost is a [1]professor of game theory at Georgia Tech, a game
designer, a [2]prolific writer, an entrepreneur, and a bit of a
prankster. These roles which sometimes overlap, notably in his surprise
success satirical Facebook game [3] Cow Clicker, which you can think of
as the Anti-Zynga. Wired has a [4]fresh article up about Bogost (which
cleverly embeds a sort of micro version of Cow Clicker). It also mentions
another game ��� my favorite of his projects ��� that should be on the mind
of every TSA employee, the 2009 release [5] Jetset. Ask Ian about
clicking cows, being an academic provocateur as well as a participant in
the world of gaming, and breaking into the world of social gaming.
(Please [6]break unrelated questions into multiple comments.)
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Links:
0. http://www.bogost.com/
1. http://digitallounge.gatech.edu/faculty/index.html?id=14
2. http://www.bogost.com/books/
3. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/21/2029213/cow-clicker-boils-down-facebook-games
4. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/1
5. http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/game.aspx?game=jetset
6. http://slashdot.org/faq/interviews.shtml
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| QuakeForge 0.6.0 Released In Time For Christmas
| from the winter-solstice-lan-party dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @10:03 (Quake)
| with 30 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1336208/quakeforge-060-released-in-time-for-christmas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Bill Currie writes "After many years, [0]QuakeForge 0.6.0 has [1]finally
been released, just in time for the [2]12th anniversary of the release of
the Quake source code. Happy birthday, GPL Quake. Merry Christmas, Quake
fans." The [1]release page shows a few 0.5.99 beta releases made starting
earlier this month, the first since 2004. Sometime in that void of time
development moved to [3]git, and there has [4]quite a bit of work going
on in the main tree.
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Links:
0. http://quakeforge.net/
1. http://quakeforge.net/files.php
2. http://games.slashdot.org/story/99/12/21/2210251/quake-1-gpled
3. https://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=git&group_id=882
4. http://quake.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=quake/quake;a=shortlog;h=HEAD
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| Researcher Claims Siemens Lied About Security Bugs
| from the pants-on-fire dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:57 (Security)
| with 25 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2134206/researcher-claims-siemens-lied-about-security-bugs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]chicksdaddy writes "A month after an unknown gray hat hacker calling
himself 'pr0f' used a three character password to [1]hack his way onto
Siemens software used to manage water treatment equipment in South
Houston, Texas, a security researcher working for Google is accusing the
company of trying to [2]cover up the existence of other, more serious
vulnerabilities in its products. Billy Rios has disclosed a range of
vulnerabilities in Siemens SIMATIC software on his blog. The holes could
allow a remote attacker to gain access to the Simatic user interface
without a user name and password. Rios claims that he has disclosed the
hole to Siemens and that [3]the company has acknowledged the problem,
only to deny its existence when a reporter asked for more information
about the vulnerability."
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Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/11/21/1357227/scada-hacker-water-district-used-3-character-password
2. http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/270736/20111221/siemens-lied-major-bugs-security-expert.htm
3. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researcher-alleges-siemens-cover-over-security-holes-simatic-product-122111
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| Hack Your Holiday Decorations
| from the rudolph-the-laser-nased-reindeer dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:59 (Christmas Cheer)
| with 25 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2232222/hack-your-holiday-decorations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Tired of your code only executing in digital
space? Why not hack your smiling snowman? OK, [1]this crash course only
shows you how to make pretty LED lights blink in a sequence of your
choosing, but it serves to introduce you to [2]Arduino, an open-source
platform that uses C-like code. Really, any project that involves a
soldering iron is good fun."
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Links:
0. http://jfruh.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/software/234235/crash-course-embedded-programming-arduino
2. http://www.arduino.cc/
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