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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Why 2012 Will Be the Year of the Android Tablet
* New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops
* GoDaddy Backs SOPA
* Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours
* Go Daddy Reverses Course On SOPA
* NRC Approves New Nuclear Reactor Design
* Inside Obama's Twitter Blitz On the Payroll Tax
* Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Won't Get Android 4.0
* Do You Have the Right Stuff To Be an Astronaut?
* Vanity Fair On the TSA and Security Theater
* Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops
* U.S. Congress Authorizes Offensive Use of Cyberwarfare
* The Curious Case of Increasing Misspelling Rates On Wikipedia
* Raspberry Pi Beta Boards Unveiled
* Major Australian Retailer Accused of Selling Infected Hard Drives
* Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping
* EFF Reverse Engineers Carrier IQ
* Russia Botches Another Rocket Launch
* Trion Worlds' <em>Rift</em> Account Database Compromised
* How the Tevatron Influenced Computing
* Mozilla's 3 Big Bets To Keep the Web Open
* The Large Hadron Collider Has Been Recreated In Lego
* FCC Approves AT&T's $1.9 Billion Qualcomm Spectrum Purchase
* Game Developers Eyeballing Kindle Fire
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| Why 2012 Will Be the Year of the Android Tablet
| from the we-all-scream-for-ice-cream dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @08:51 (Android)
| with 514 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1334224/why-2012-will-be-the-year-of-the-android-tablet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]lseltzer writes "The iPad has dominated the high-end tablet market so
far, but that is about to change. At CES in Las Vegas in a couple weeks
you will see tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) everywhere
and at [1]prices that will make an iPad a lot harder to justify. The
competition from the OEM model in the Android markets will massively
shift market share away from Apple, just as it has done in the smart
phone market."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1334224/why-2012-will-be-the-year-of-the-android-tablet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:lseltzer@techweb.com
1. http://www.informationweek.com/byte/commentary/personal-tech/tablets/232301038
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| New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops
| from the but-it's-weeeeird dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @09:41 (Biotech)
| with 507 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1440223/new-study-confirms-safety-of-gm-crops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter ChromeAeonium writes "Much like vaccines and evolution,
there exists a great disparity between the scientific consensus and the
public perceptions of the safety of genetically engineered crops. A
previous study from France, which was later dismissed by the EFSA, FSANZ,
and the French High Council of Biotechnologies, claiming to have found
abnormalities in the organs of animals fed GM diets by analyzing three
previous studies was [0]discussed on Slashdot. However, a new study, also
out of France, claims the opposite is true, that GM crops are [1]unlikely
to pose health risks (translation of [2]original in French). Looking at
24 long-term and multi-generational studies on insect resistant and
herbicide tolerant plants, [3]the study states, 'The studies reviewed
present evidence to show that GM plants are nutritionally equivalent to
their non-GM counterparts and can be safely used in food and feed.'
Although it is impossible to prove a negative, and while every GM crop
must be individually evaluated as genetic engineering is a process not a
product, perhaps this study will help to ease the fears of genetically
engineered food and foster a more scientific discussion on the role of
agricultural biotechnology."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1440223/new-study-confirms-safety-of-gm-crops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/01/13/0328221/organ-damage-in-rats-from-monsanto-gmo-corn
1. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsante.lefigaro.fr%2Factualite%2F2011%2F12%2F13%2F16445-animaux-nourris-ogm-se-portent-bien
2. http://sante.lefigaro.fr/actualite/2011/12/13/16445-animaux-nourris-ogm-se-portent-bien
3. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691511006399
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| GoDaddy Backs SOPA
| from the if-you-don't-have-anything-good-to-say dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 23, @00:37 (Censorship)
| with 341 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0253207/godaddy-backs-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]redletterdave writes "Website hosting company [1]GoDaddy has
officially voiced its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Bill
in 2012, which is designed to thwart movie and music piracy on the
Internet by empowering copyright holders to effectively shut down
websites or online services found with infringing material. If passed,
the U.S. government could blacklist any website it deems in violation of
copyright, which could range from a few posts in a Web forum to a few
links sent in an e-mail. GoDaddy supports SOPA for 'protecting the
intellectual property of hard-working Americans, U.S. business and the
American public from the harm that necessarily flows from the purchase of
counterfeit products.' Yet, of the 142 companies that support the SOPA
bill, GoDaddy is the only Internet company on the list."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0253207/godaddy-backs-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271730/20111222/sopa-bill-2012-godaddy-reveals-support.htm
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| Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours
| from the we'll-fix-it-in-the-morning dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @11:12 (Businesses)
| with 310 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/160207/volkswagen-turns-off-e-mail-after-work-hours?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wired_parrot writes "Responding to complaints from employees that email
outside of working hours was disrupting their lives, Volkswagen has taken
the step of [0]shutting their email servers outside work-hours. Other
companies have taken similar steps, with at least one taking the
extraordinary step of [1]banning internal e-mail altogether. Is this new
awareness of the disruption work email brings on employee's personal life
a trend?"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/160207/volkswagen-turns-off-e-mail-after-work-hours?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16314901
1. http://slashdot.org/story/11/11/29/0232205/europes-largest-it-company-to-ban-internal-email
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| Go Daddy Reverses Course On SOPA
| from the done-and-done dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @14:13 (Censorship)
| with 280 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/198234/go-daddy-reverses-course-on-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Go Daddy has relented in the face of public
pressure and will [0]no longer support SOPA. 'Fighting online piracy is
of the utmost importance, which is why Go Daddy has been working to help
craft revisions to this legislation���but we can clearly do better,' Warren
Adelman, Go Daddy's newly appointed CEO, said." Go Daddy was put under a
tremendous amount of pressure from around the internet; a boycott had
been [1]organized for Dec. 29th, and several major sites threatened to
pull their domains from Go Daddy, including [2]Stack Overflow and [3]I
Can Has Cheezburger. The U.S. House Judiciary committee posted [4]a list
of companies who support SOPA (PDF).
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/198234/go-daddy-reverses-course-on-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378&isc=smtwsup
1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/godaddy-faces-december-29-boycott-over-sopa-support.ars
2. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/116891/will-stack-overflow-boycott-godaddy-because-of-their-support-for-sopa
3. http://gizmodo.com/5870638/lolcat-kingpin-threatens-giant-boycott-against-godaddys-sopa-lust
4. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rouge%20Websites/SOPA%20Supporters.pdf
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| NRC Approves New Nuclear Reactor Design
| from the minimal-leakage dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 22, @20:02 (Power)
| with 275 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0015228/nrc-approves-new-nuclear-reactor-design?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hrvatska writes "The NY Times has an article about the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission [0]approval of the design of Westinghouse's AP1000
reactor for the U.S., clearing the way for two American utilities to
continue the construction of projects in South Carolina and Georgia. The
last time a nuclear power plant in the U.S. entered service was 1996.
[1]The AP1000 was discussed on Slashdot a few years ago."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0015228/nrc-approves-new-nuclear-reactor-design?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/business/energy-environment/nrc-clears-way-for-new-nuclear-plant-construction.html
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/04/20/0136212/next-gen-nuclear-power-plant-breaks-ground-in-china
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| Inside Obama's Twitter Blitz On the Payroll Tax
| from the this-is-politics-in-the-future-and-i-am-sad dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @13:28 (Communications)
| with 257 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1726224/inside-obamas-twitter-blitz-on-the-payroll-tax?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Brandon Rittiman reports that White House
officials [1]launched a Twitter campaign Tuesday to put pressure on
Congress to reach a deal extending the payroll-tax cut. Using the Twitter
hashtag #40dollars, the White House [2]successfully got thousands of
people to respond and explain what a $40 cut to each paycheck would mean
to them personally. By Wednesday morning, the #40dollars hashtag started
'trending,' which is what happens when Twitter's algorithms see a topic
suddenly surge. It's not easy to create that kind of surge, but the White
House has 2.5 million Twitter followers to call upon. [3]Macon Phillips,
the President's Director of Digital Strategy, says his team has managed
to get a few Twitter topics to rise to the level of 'trending' before ���
most notably when they began tweeting about the death of Osama bin Laden.
'What's very important about a social-media campaign like this is that
regular people are making the point about how this would affect them.
It's not us here in Washington trying to argue on their behalf.' says
Phillips. '[4]The #40dollars campaign puts a face on that amount to
demonstrate the payroll tax cut's real-world impact on middle-class
families.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1726224/inside-obamas-twitter-blitz-on-the-payroll-tax?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.9news.com/news/article/237275/339/Inside-the-White-Houses-Twitter-blitz-on-payroll-tax
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/white-house-launches-40dollars-twitter-campaign-to-win-payroll-tax-debate/2011/12/21/gIQAbyL78O_blog.html
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon_Phillips
4. http://mashable.com/2011/12/21/white-house-twitter-payroll-tax/
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| Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Won't Get Android 4.0
| from the won't-fit-on-triangular-tablets-anyway dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @17:12 (Android)
| with 226 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2156205/galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab-wont-get-android-40?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bonch writes "Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S smartphone, which
sold 10 million last year, and the Galaxy Tab tablet [0]won't be
receiving the Android 4.0 update, known as 'Ice Cream Sandwich.' Samsung
claims the devices lack enough RAM and ROM to run Android 4.0 alongside
TouchWiz and other custom 'experience-enhancing' software. Note that the
Galaxy S runs the same hardware as the Nexus S, which is already
receiving the Android 4.0 update."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2156205/galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab-wont-get-android-40?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/23/2657132/samsung-no-ics-upgrade-for-galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab
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| Do You Have the Right Stuff To Be an Astronaut?
| from the to-the-moon dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 22, @19:13 (NASA)
| with 222 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/22/2324220/do-you-have-the-right-stuff-to-be-an-astronaut?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut?
NASA, the world's leader in space and aeronautics, is now hiring
outstanding scientists, engineers, and other talented professionals until
January 27, 2012 for [1]full time, permanent employment to carry forward
the great discovery process that its mission demands. 'Creativity.
Ambition. Teamwork. A sense of daring. And a probing mind.' To qualify,
you'll need at least a bachelor's degree in science, engineering or
mathematics. Certain degrees are immediate disqualifiers, including
nursing, social sciences, aviation, exercise physiology, technology, and
some psychology degrees, too. The job listing mandates '1,000 hours
pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft' unless you have three years of
'related, progressively responsible, professional experience' [2]like
being an astronaut somewhere else maybe? 'Since astronauts will be
expected to fly on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, they must fit Russia's
physical requirements for cosmonauts. That means no one under 5 foot 2
inches or over 6 foot 3 inches.' Applicants brought in for interviews
will be measured to make sure they meet the job application's
'anthropometric requirements.' You'll need to [3]pass a drug test, a
comprehensive background check, a swimming test, and have 20/20 vision in
each eye and it almost goes without saying that candidates will need to
be in 'incredible shape.' [4]Applicants must pass NASA's long-duration
space flight physical, which evaluates individuals based on 'physical,
physiological, psychological, and social' stressors, like one's ability
to work in small, confined spaces for hours on end. And of
course...'Frequent travel may be required.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/22/2324220/do-you-have-the-right-stuff-to-be-an-astronaut?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/302967000
2. http://gizmodo.com/5859749/heres-the-job-application-to-be-an-astronaut
3. http://theweek.com/article/index/221470/nasas-highly-competitive-astronaut-job-application
4. http://oig.nasa.gov/old/inspections_assessments/061998.html
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| Vanity Fair On the TSA and Security Theater
| from the keeping-the-terrists-from-winning dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @12:01 (Transportation)
| with 219 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1652224/vanity-fair-on-the-tsa-and-security-theater?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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OverTheGeicoE writes "Perhaps it's now officially cool to criticize the
TSA. Vanity Fair has a story [0]questioning the true value of TSA
security. The story features Bruce Schneier, inventor of the term
'security theater' and contender for the Most Interesting Man in the
World title, it would seem. With Schneier's mentoring, the author
allegedly doctors a boarding pass to breach security at Reagan National
Airport to do an interview with Schneier. 'To walk through an airport
with Bruce Schneier is to see how much change a trillion dollars can
wreak. So much inconvenience for so little benefit at such a staggering
cost.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1652224/vanity-fair-on-the-tsa-and-security-theater?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112
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| Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops
| from the 100-words-per-gallon dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 23, @05:25 (Power)
| with 198 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/047227/apple-files-patent-for-fuel-cell-laptops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple Insider reports that [0]Apple recently
filed two patents for a new breed of [1]fuel cell-powered laptop
computers. The devices would eschew lithium ion batteries in favor of
fuel cells that are capable of running for weeks without requiring a
recharge. The patents are entitled 'Fuel Cell System to Power a Portable
Computing Device' and oeFuel Cell System Coupled to a Portable Computing
Device."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/047227/apple-files-patent-for-fuel-cell-laptops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/22/apple_investigating_fuel_cell_powered_macbooks.html
1. http://inhabitat.com/patent-application-reveals-apple-is-researching-fuel-cells-for-macbooks/
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| U.S. Congress Authorizes Offensive Use of Cyberwarfare
| from the take-the-battle-to-the-enemy's-router dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @15:40 (Security)
| with 170 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1850209/us-congress-authorizes-offensive-use-of-cyberwarfare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "Congress has recently [0]authorized the use of
offensive military action in cyberspace. From the December 12th
conference on the National Defense Authorization Act, it states,
'Congress affirms that the Department of Defense has the capability, and
upon direction by the President may conduct offensive operations in
cyberspace to defend our Nation, Allies and interests, subject to: (1)
the policy principles and legal regimes that the Department follows for
kinetic capabilities, including the law of armed conflict; and (2) the
War Powers Resolution.' According to the FAS, 'Debate continues on
whether using the War Powers Resolution is effective as a means of
assuring congressional participation in decisions that might get the
United States involved in a significant military conflict.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1850209/us-congress-authorizes-offensive-use-of-cyberwarfare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2011_cr/cyberwar.html
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| The Curious Case of Increasing Misspelling Rates On Wikipedia
| from the curiouser-adn-cuoriuesr dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @18:43 (Wikipedia)
| with 170 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2252229/the-curious-case-of-increasing-misspelling-rates-on-wikipedia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The crowd-sourced nature of Wikipedia might
imply that its content should be more 'correct' than other sources. As
the saying goes, the more eyes the better. One particular student who was
curious about this conducted rudimentary text mining on a sampling of the
Wikipedia corpus to [0]discover how misspelling rates on Wikipedia change
through time. The results appear to indicate an increasing rate of
misspellings through time. The author proposes that this consistent
increase is the result of Wikipedia contributors using more complex
language, which the test is unable to cope with. How do the results of
this test compare to your own observations on the detail accuracy of
massively crowd-sourced applications?"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2252229/the-curious-case-of-increasing-misspelling-rates-on-wikipedia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://jonsview.com/text-mining-wikipedia-for-misspelled-words
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| Raspberry Pi Beta Boards Unveiled
| from the check-it-out dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 22, @22:08 (Hardware)
| with 149 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0020209/raspberry-pi-beta-boards-unveiled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter anwe79 writes "Those of you who have been
wishing for a Raspberry Pi this Christmas will sadly not get your wish
granted. However, you may be happy to hear that [0]populated beta boards
have now been produced. Beta of course means the boards still have some
more testing to undergo. But, if all goes well, those inclined should be
able to get their hands on production boards in January!"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0020209/raspberry-pi-beta-boards-unveiled?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.raspberrypi.org/
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| Major Australian Retailer Accused of Selling Infected Hard Drives
| from the what's-old-is-new dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 23, @03:05 (Australia)
| with 123 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0257244/major-australian-retailer-accused-of-selling-infected-hard-drives?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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skegg writes "Dick Smith, a [0]major Australian electronics retailer, is
being accused of regularly [1]selling used hard drives as new.
Particularly disturbing is the claim that at least one drive contained
malware-infested pirated movies, causing the unlucky buyer significant
data loss. Apparently the Fair Trading Commissioner will be conducting an
investigation."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0257244/major-australian-retailer-accused-of-selling-infected-hard-drives?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Smith_(retailer)
1. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/complaints-mount-over-dick-smiths-dodgy-drives-20111222-1p6qx.html
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| Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping
| from the apple-a-day-keeps-the-savings-account-at-bay dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @14:57 (Businesses)
| with 110 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1854213/apple-increases-dominance-of-mobile-shopping?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bdking writes "If you purchased something online from a mobile device in
December, there's [0]a 92% chance you used an iPad or iPhone. And if so,
[1]you probably spent more money than someone making an online purchase
with an Android or a desktop computer."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1854213/apple-increases-dominance-of-mobile-shopping?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/235457/apple-increases-dominance-mobile-shopping
1. http://www.richrelevance.com/blog/2011/12/richrelevance-holiday-shopping-study-mobile-matters/
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| EFF Reverse Engineers Carrier IQ
| from the see-how-it-ticks dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 23, @08:06 (Android)
| with 100 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/034249/eff-reverse-engineers-carrier-iq?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "At this point we have a fairly good idea of what Carrier
IQ is, and which manufacturers and carriers see fit to install it on
their phones, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation ��� the preeminent
protector of your digital rights ��� has taken it one step further and
[1]reverse engineered some of the program's code to work out what's
actually going on. There are [2]three parts to a Carrier IQ installation
on your phone: The program itself, which captures your keystrokes and
other 'metrics'; a configuration file, which varies from handset to
handset and carrier to carrier; and a database that stores your actions
until it can be transmitted to the carrier. It turns out that that the
config profiles are completely unencrypted, and thus very easy to crack."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/034249/eff-reverse-engineers-carrier-iq?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/110061-eff-reverse-engineers-carrier-iq
2. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/analyzing-carrier-iq-profiles
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| Russia Botches Another Rocket Launch
| from the at-least-they're-consistent dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @16:27 (Space)
| with 98 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2125213/russia-botches-another-rocket-launch?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "Three hours before a new crew arrived at the
International Space Station on Friday, bringing the outpost back up to
full staff for the first time in months, [1]Russia racked up its fifth
launch accident within a year. A Soyuz-2 rocket carrying a military
communications satellite failed to reach orbit after blastoff from the
Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. The botched launch is again due
to an upper-stage engine problem."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/russia-botches-another-rocket-launch-111223.html
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| Trion Worlds' <em>Rift</em> Account Database Compromised
| from the level-up-your-firewall-skill dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @13:07 (Security)
| with 76 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1732239/trion-worlds-rift-account-database-compromised?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter Etrahkad writes "Trion Worlds, publisher of MMORPG Rift,
has announced that somebody [0]broke into one of their databases and
gained access to user information. First Sony and now Rift... my identity
has probably been stolen several times over, now. From the e-mail: 'We
recently discovered that [1]unauthorized intruders gained access to a
Trion Worlds account database. The database in question contained
information including user names, encrypted passwords, dates of birth,
email addresses, billing addresses, and the first and last four digits
and expiration dates of customer credit cards. ... there is no evidence,
and we have no reason to believe, that full credit card information was
accessed or compromised in any way." Are game companies not concerned
with preventing these attacks?"
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Links:
0. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/330860/rift-publishers-account-database-hacked/
1. http://www.trionworlds.com/en/games/account-notification
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| How the Tevatron Influenced Computing
| from the data-driven-innovation dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @10:27 (Supercomputing)
| with 64 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1458208/how-the-tevatron-influenced-computing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter SciComGeek writes "Few laypeople think of computing
innovation in connection with the Tevatron particle accelerator, which
shut down earlier this year. Mention of the Tevatron inspires images of
majestic machinery, or thoughts of immense energies and groundbreaking
physics research, not circuit boards, hardware, networks, and software.
Yet over the course of more than three decades of planning and operation,
[0]a tremendous amount of computing innovation was necessary to keep the
data flowing and physics results coming. Those innovations will continue
to influence scientific computing and data analysis for years to come."
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Links:
0. http://www.isgtw.org/feature/tevatrons-enduring-computing-legacy
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| Mozilla's 3 Big Bets To Keep the Web Open
| from the mozilla-also-suffering-from-gambling-addiction dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @17:57 (Firefox)
| with 60 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2246224/mozillas-3-big-bets-to-keep-the-web-open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]GMGruman writes "Savio Rodrigues writes that Google's [1]latest
agreement with Mozilla will ironically fund three new areas of
competition between Google and Mozilla ��� [2]areas that users and open
source advocates should cheer on as they will make the Web both better
and more open. The alternative, he says, is more control by the likes of
Google, Facebook, and Apple."
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https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2246224/mozillas-3-big-bets-to-keep-the-web-open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/20/206208/mozilla-and-google-sign-new-agreement-for-default-search
2. http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/mozillas-3-bold-bets-keep-the-web-open-182492
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| The Large Hadron Collider Has Been Recreated In Lego
| from the lego-black-hole-soon-to-destroy-earth dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @16:48 (Toys)
| with 59 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2130239/the-large-hadron-collider-has-been-recreated-in-lego?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Large Hadron Collider has many fans, and
one of its biggest is Sasha Mehlhase, a physicist from the Niels Bohr
Institute at the University of Copenhagen. Mehlhase has decided to help
promote the LHC to students by taking the time to [0]recreate a 1:50
scale model of it using Lego bricks. In total [1]he spent 81 hours
creating it, which was split between 48 hours of designing the model on
his laptop, and a further 33 hours putting it together."
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Links:
0. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/the-large-hadron-collider-has-been-recreated-in-lego-20111223/
1. http://universitypost.dk/gallery/gallery-lego-model-hadron-colliders-atlas-detector
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| FCC Approves AT&T's $1.9 Billion Qualcomm Spectrum Purchase
| from the who-needs-tmobile-anyway dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @12:45 (AT&T)
| with 45 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/1722233/fcc-approves-atts-19-billion-qualcomm-spectrum-purchase?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission has [0]granted approval for AT&T to [1]buy
Qualcomm's wireless spectrum licenses for $1.925 billion. The FCC
admitted to having some 'competitive concerns' about letting AT&T snap up
such a large swath of spectrum licenses, but were satisfied by simply
imposing a number of conditions to prohibit interference on neighboring
bands. They also said the deal facilitates their goal of 'expanding
mobile broadband deployment throughout the country.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-att-acquisition-qualcomm-licenses
1. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-22/qualcomm-1-93-billion-airwaves-sale-to-at-t-wins-u-s-approval.html
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| Game Developers Eyeballing Kindle Fire
| from the hot-for-fire dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 23, @18:20 (Handhelds)
| with 35 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/235214/game-developers-eyeballing-kindle-fire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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donniebaseball23 writes "Amazon's entry into the tablets market has gone
probably even better than they expected. And now the Kindle Fire is
quickly becoming a viable games platform. Developers have come out in
force [0]to lavish praise on the Fire for its price and ease of use.
'People are fired up about Fire because they know it's part of a service
they already use and trust,' said Josh Tsui, president of Robomodo. 'It
becomes effortless to buy and use because it does not make them break
their usual buying patterns. It enhances it.' Added Igor Pusenjak,
president of Lima Sky: 'In many ways, the best thing about Fire is that
you barely feel it's an Android device. Amazon built its own
closed-system OS on top of Android.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/kindle-fire-why-developers-love-it/
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