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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Why Unlocked Phones Don't Work In the US
* Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong'
* Viacom To Sell <em>Rock Band</em> Creator Harmonix
* Firefox 4 Regains Speed Mojo With No. 2 Placing
* Long-Delayed <em>L.A. Noire</em> Gets Trailer, Spring 2011 Release
* Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder
* Google Engineer Sponsors New Kinect Bounties
* Hidden Debug Mode Found In AMD Processors
* Modeling Software Showed BP Cement As Unstable
* Iron Man Is Another Step Closer To a Reality
* The Coming War Over the Future of Java
* James Webb Space Telescope Cost Overruns Adding Up
* Dissecting the Neural Circuitry of Fear
* Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison
* Red Hat's Secret Patent Deal
* The Return of the Microsoft Kin
* Google Says No More Cash For Trash Web Bugs
* Old Apple 1 Up For Auction, Expected To Go For $160,000+
* Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules
* Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris
* <em>Tetris</em> May Reduce PTSD, But <em>Pub Quiz</em> Makes It Worse
* RockMelt — Right Browser, Wrong Platform?
* 'Hulu For Magazines' Relies On Users' Data
* <em>Gran Turismo 5</em> To Be Released November 24th
* After Online Defamation Suit, Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Claim Upheld
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| Why Unlocked Phones Don't Work In the US
| from the they're-just-not-trying-hard-enough dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 11, @22:12 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/021241/Why-Unlocked-Phones-Dont-Work-In-the-US?from=newsletter
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[0]schnell writes "Unlocked cellular devices have long been a part of the
wireless landscape in Europe and elsewhere. But longtime industry analyst
Andrew Seybold [1]explains why that model doesn't work in the US due to
technology and frequency differences, and why LTE adoption may not make
things any better."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/021241&from=newsletter
Links:
0. mailto:me@sch%5B%5Dl.net%5B'nel'ingap%5D
1. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/seybolds-take-fallacy-unlocked-phones/2010-11-10
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| Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong'
| from the honestly-what-are-you-worried-about dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 12, @01:06 (Australia)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/0432229/Aussie-Govt-Says-Wiretap-Laws-Fine-Telcos-Wrong?from=newsletter
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mask.of.sanity writes "A top bureaucrat from the Australian
Attorney-General's department has [0]said telcos are wrong to complain
about changes to the country's wiretapping laws, which will force them to
report every product and network system change to law enforcement for
approval, lest they affect the ability to intercept communications. The
telcos argue there are simply too many products and network architecture
changes to report and that it would become overbearing. It's the latest
in a string of changes to communications law in the country, and comes as
the government mulls [1]data retention and [2]the Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/0432229&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com.au/telcos-wrong-wiretap-laws-are-fine-govt-339307185.htm
1. http://www.zdnet.com.au/privacy-commissioner-slams-data-retention-339306931.htm
2. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/238141,acta-isps-could-be-liable-for-trademark-infringements.aspx
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| Viacom To Sell <em>Rock Band</em> Creator Harmonix
| from the time-for-the-next-fad dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @02:36 (Businesses)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/0455231/Viacom-To-Sell-Rock-Band-Creator-Harmonix?from=newsletter
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UgLyPuNk tips news that Harmonix, the game developer behind Rock Band and
the early Guitar Hero games, [0]will be sold by parent company Viacom,
signaling the media conglomerate's exit from the console game market.
Quoting Wired: "The news is yet another ominous sign for the music-game
business, which exploded seemingly overnight in 2005 with the release of
Guitar Hero. ...sales have been in free fall since the dizzying heights
of 2008, with Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock moving only 86,000 copies in
its first week... Thus far in calendar year 2010, the balance sheet seems
to show that Harmonix has been a $300 million liability for Viacom. And
it doesn���t look like Viacom believes in the long-term future of music
games. With any luck, the company will find a buyer that can help
Harmonix grow, but it���s hard to imagine a better partner in the music biz
than MTV."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/0455231&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/11/viacom-sells-harmonix/
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| Firefox 4 Regains Speed Mojo With No. 2 Placing
| from the greased-lizard-not-so-terrible dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 12, @04:02 (Firefox)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/037241/Firefox-4-Regains-Speed-Mojo-With-No-2-Placing?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "With the release of Firefox 4 Beta 7 this week, [0]Mozilla
has returned to near the top spot in browser performance rankings.
According to SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite tests run by
Computerworld, the new browser is about three times faster than the
current production version of Firefox in rendering JavaScript, and lags
behind only Opera among the top five browser makers. Mozilla launched
Firefox 4 Beta 7, a preview that includes all the features slated to make
it into the final, polished version next year, on Wednesday. Beta 7 was
the first to include Mozilla's new JavaScript JIT (Just In Time)
compiler, dubbed 'JagerMonkey,' which shot the browser's performance into
the No. 2 slot behind the alpha of Opera 11."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/037241&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196258/Firefox_4_regains_speed_mojo
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| Long-Delayed <em>L.A. Noire</em> Gets Trailer, Spring 2011 Release
| from the dark-and-stormy-night dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @05:43 (PlayStation (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/0526236/Long-Delayed-LA-Noire-Gets-Trailer-Spring-2011-Release?from=newsletter
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It's been years since the announcement of L.A. Noire, an expansive murder
mystery game set in 1940s Los Angeles. After several lengthy delays,
Rockstar Games has now [0]posted a trailer and confirmed that the game
will release in Spring of 2011. One of the game's major undertakings is
to [1]step up the realism of the voice acting and the way characters'
faces and bodies are animated, "allowing players to analyze every subtle
nuance of an actor's performance in order to get to the truth." The
trailer shows in-game footage (though not actual gameplay), and while
it's always a good idea to take such displays with a grain of salt, the
facial expressions do look pretty realistic.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/0526236&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/
1. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105226-Update-L-A-Noires-First-Trailer-in-Years-Hits-the-Spotlight
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| Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder
| from the won't-happen-again dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 12, @06:58 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/0258246/Hackers-Blamed-For-MessageLabs-Spam-Blunder?from=newsletter
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littlekorea writes "MessageLabs claims to have discovered that the
[0]systems of one of its customers were hacked by spammers after an
entire block of MessageLabs IP addresses was blocked by antispam service
SORBS. Customers of the managed email service had problems with outbound
mail last week after [1]MessageLabs' IP addresses were included in SORBS'
block list. The Symantec-owned service provider has assured customers it
has systems in place to prevent such incidents from happening again."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/0258246&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/238288,hackers-blamed-for-messagelabs-spam.aspx
1. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/237902,messagelabs-trapped-on-anti-spam-list.aspx
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| Google Engineer Sponsors New Kinect Bounties
| from the dead-or-alive dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @07:52 (Google)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/053212/Google-Engineer-Sponsors-New-Kinect-Bounties?from=newsletter
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ashidosan writes "Hot on the heels of the [0]Adafruit competition, Matt
Cutts (a search spam engineer at Google) is [1]sponsoring two more $1,000
bounties for projects using Kinect. 'The first $1,000 prize goes to the
person or team that writes the coolest open-source app, demo, or program
using the Kinect. The second prize goes to the person or team that does
the most to make it easy to write programs that use the Kinect on
Linux.'" Relatedly, reader imamac points out a video showing Kinect
[2]operating on OS X.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/053212&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/10/2157249/Kinect-Hacked-Adafruit-Bounty-Won
1. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/open-kinect-contest/
2. http://vimeo.com/16734124
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| Hidden Debug Mode Found In AMD Processors
| from the sooper-seekrit dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 12, @09:06 (AMD)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/047243/Hidden-Debug-Mode-Found-In-AMD-Processors?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A hidden (and hardware password protected, by
means of required special values in processor registers) debug mode has
been found in AMD processors, and documented by a reverse engineer called
Czernobyl on the RCE Forums community today. It enables powerful hardware
debugging features long longed for by reverse engineers, such as hardware
data-aware conditional breakpoints, and direct hardware 'page
guard'-style breakpoints. And the best part is, it's sitting right there
in your processor already, just [0]read the details and off you go with
the debugging ninja powers!"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/047243&from=newsletter
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| Modeling Software Showed BP Cement As Unstable
| from the many-points-of-failure dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @09:48 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1323254/Modeling-Software-Showed-BP-Cement-As-Unstable?from=newsletter
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DMandPenfold writes "Advanced modeling software [0]analyzed the cementing
conditions for BP's Deepwater Horizon oil well as unstable, days before
the blast that killed 11 oil rig workers and let millions of barrels of
oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton, the company that carried
out the cement job, used its own modeling software called OptiCem, to
support arguments that more stability was needed for the piping and
cement. ... An OptiCem test on 15 April, five days before the blast,
stipulated that from Halliburton���s point of view, 21 ���centralizers���
needed to be added to the well bore. The centralizers are used to provide
space around the oil pipe casing within the well, as cement is poured
around it, and are a vital part of safe drilling. BP initially adhered to
the OptiCem software test and ordered 15 extra centralizers. But when
technicians on the rig received the extra centralizers they mistakenly
decided the new centralizers were the incorrect type. At this point BP
proceeded with the drilling anyway, with the six centralizers, deciding
another known technique of injecting cement in other places would work."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1323254&from=newsletter
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| Iron Man Is Another Step Closer To a Reality
| from the i'll-order-a-dozen dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @10:30 (The Military)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1415246/Iron-Man-Is-Another-Step-Closer-To-a-Reality?from=newsletter
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arshadk writes with this excerpt from an article at CNN: "Inside a
prosthetic shell of metal and hydraulics, Raytheon test engineer Rex
Jameson is putting an XOS-2 exoskeleton through its paces. As the crowd
watches, Jameson uses his robot hydraulic arm to shadowbox, break three
inches of pine boards and toss around 72-pound ammunition cases like a
bored contestant on the 'World's Strongest Man.' The suit [0]moves as he
moves and amplifies his strength 17-fold. ... Raytheon is seeking to
develop the suits to help the US military carry supplies, and claims that
one operator in an exoskeleton suit can do the work of two to three
soldiers. If all goes as planned, the company hopes to see 'Iron Man'
suits deployed in the field by 2015."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1415246&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/11/11/iron.man.suit/index.html
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| The Coming War Over the Future of Java
| from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @11:14 (Java)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1439236/The-Coming-War-Over-the-Future-of-Java?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes about what
could be [1]the end of the Java Community Process as we know it. With the
Apache Software Foundation [2]declaring war on Oracle over Java, the next
likely step would be a vote of no confidence in the JCP, which, if the
ASF can convince enough members to follow suit, 'could effectively
unravel the Java community as a whole,' McAllister writes, with
educators, academics, and researchers having little incentive to remain
loyal to an Oracle-controlled platform. 'Independent developers could
face the toughest decisions of all. Even if the JCP dissolves, many
developers will be left with few alternatives,' with .Net offering little
advantage, and Perl, Python, and Ruby unable to match Java's performance.
The dark horse? [3]Google Go ��� a language Google might just fast-track in
light of its patent suit with Oracle over Android." Reader Revorm adds
related news that Oracle and Apple have [4]announced the OpenJDK project
for OS X.
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1439236&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/the-coming-war-over-the-future-java-866
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/09/1955250/Apache-Declares-War-On-Oracle-Over-Java
3. http://www.infoworld.com/t/languages-and-standards/google-go-picks-developer-endorsements-133
4. http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_openjdk_project_for_osx.html
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| James Webb Space Telescope Cost Overruns Adding Up
| from the still-worth-it dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @11:55 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1532228/James-Webb-Space-Telescope-Cost-Overruns-Adding-Up?from=newsletter
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digitaldc writes "The scale of the delay and cost overrun blighting
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been laid bare by a panel
called in to review the project. The group believes the final budget for
Hubble's successor is [0]likely to climb to at least $6.5bn, for a launch
that is possible in September 2015. But [1]even this assessment is
optimistic (PDF), say the panel members. Estimates for JWST's total cost
to build, launch and operate have steadily increased over the years from
$3.5bn to $5bn. Along with the cost growth, the schedule has also eroded.
The most recent projected launch of 2014 has looked under pressure for
some time. Charles Bolden has ordered a reorganization of the project and
has changed the management at its top. Whereas Hubble sees the Universe
mostly in visible light, JWST will observe the cosmos at longer
wavelengths, in the infrared. It will see deeper into space and further
back in time, to the very first population of stars."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1532228&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11731754
1. http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/499224main_JWST-ICRP_Report-FINAL.pdf
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| Dissecting the Neural Circuitry of Fear
| from the evolved-incentives-to-change-your-pants dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @12:35 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1613238/Dissecting-the-Neural-Circuitry-of-Fear?from=newsletter
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al0ha writes "Fear begins in your brain, and it is there ��� specifically
in an almond-shaped structure called the amygdala ��� that it is
controlled, processed, and let out of the gate to kick off the rest of
the fear response. In this week's issue of the journal Nature, a research
team led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology has
taken an important step toward understanding just how this kickoff occurs
by [0]beginning to dissect the neural circuitry of fear. In their paper ([1]abstract),
these scientists ... describe a microcircuit in the amygdala that
controls, or 'gates,' the outflow of fear from that region of the brain.
The microcircuit in question, [Professor David J. Anderson] explains,
contains two subtypes of neurons that are antagonistic ��� have opposing
functions ��� and that control the level of fear output from the amygdala
by acting like a seesaw. 'Imagine that one end of a seesaw is weighted
and normally sits on a garden hose, preventing water ��� in this analogy,
the fear impulse ��� from flowing through it,' says Anderson. 'When a
signal that triggers a fear response arrives, it presses down on the
opposite end of the seesaw, lifting the first end off the hose and
allowing fear, like water, to flow.' Once the flow of fear has begun,
that impulse can be transmitted to other regions of the brain that
control fearful behavior, such as freezing in place."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1613238&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13393
1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7321/full/nature09553.html
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| Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison
| from the and-not-white-collar-resort-prison dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @13:16 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1651253/Palin-E-Mail-Snoop-Gets-Year-In-Prison?from=newsletter
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netbuzz writes "David Kernell, whose prying into Sarah Palin's personal
e-mail account [0]caused an uproar two months before the 2008
presidential election, was today [1]sentenced to a year and a day by a
judge in Knoxville, Tenn. Kernell was convicted of misdemeanor computer
fraud and felony obstruction of justice back in April. His attorney had
argued for probation on the grounds that what Kernell did amounted to a
prank that spun out of control."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1651253&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/08/09/21/160222/Palin-Email-Hacker-Found
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/palin-e-mail-snoop-sentenced-year-prison
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| Red Hat's Secret Patent Deal
| from the where-do-penguinburgers-come-from-anyway dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @13:59 (Patents)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1732224/Red-Hats-Secret-Patent-Deal?from=newsletter
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Bruce Perens writes "When patent troll Acacia sued Red Hat in 2007, it
ended with a bang: Acacia's patents were invalidated by the court, and
all software developers, open-source or not, had one less legal risk to
cope with. So, why is [0]the outcome of Red Hat's next tangle with Acacia
being kept secret, and how is a Texas court helping to keep it that way?
Could the outcome have placed Red Hat in violation of the open-source
licenses on its own product?"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1732224&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://gigaom.com/cloud/red-hats-secret-patent-deal-and-the-fate-of-jboss-developers/
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| The Return of the Microsoft Kin
| from the if-at-first-you-really-really-don't-succeed dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @14:40 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1744249/The-Return-of-the-Microsoft-Kin?from=newsletter
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symbolset writes "In a surprising turn of events, Engadget is reporting
that [0]the Microsoft Kin One and Kin Two will have an encore in the
market. Some years ago [1]Microsoft purchased Danger, Inc, services
provider for the legendary Sidekick line of phones, and set upon
refreshing them for a new generation in 'Project Pink.' Several project
restarts and one [2]data loss incident later, the project had lost favor
internally and relations with the launch carrier Verizon had gone sour.
The product was launched anyway to [3]dismal sales and [4]yanked from the
market in under two months. According to the article, the costly data
plan was thought to be to blame for the poor sales, so cellular data
services and features that require them have been removed."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1744249&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/11/confirmed-kin-one-and-two-are-returning-to-verizon-wait-what/
1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-11acquisition.mspx
2. http://techcrunch.com/2009/10/10/t-mobile-sidekick-disaster-microsofts-servers-crashed-and-they-dont-have-a-backup/
3. http://slashdot.org/journal/252026/Rumor-500-Kin-Phones
4. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/06/30/2317256/Microsoft-Kills-the-Kin
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| Google Says No More Cash For Trash Web Bugs
| from the try-offering-achievement-points-instead dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @15:24 (Bug)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/191253/Google-Says-No-More-Cash-For-Trash-Web-Bugs?from=newsletter
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Trailrunner7 writes "It's bound to happen: you create a cool, forward
looking incentive program designed to tap the 'wisdom of the crowd' and
help make your products better, only to find out that, in fact, the
'crowd' isn't all that wise ��� and now wants you to pay cold, hard cash
for their tepid ideas. That's the experience that Google appears to have
had since announcing that it would [0]extend its bounty program for bugs
from its Chromium platform to the various Web applications that the
company owns. In an updated blog post this week, the company said it has
already committed to some $20,000 in bounties, but also provided some
'clarification' to the terms of the reward program, saying that ��� in
essence ��� not all bugs are equal and that [1]researchers dumping low
priority vulnerabilities shouldn't expect to get much in return. 'The
review committee has been somewhat generous this first week,' wrote
Google's Security Team in a blog post. 'We've [2]granted a number of
awards for bugs of low severity, or that wouldn't normally fall under the
conditions we originally described.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/191253&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/01/2248209/Google-Broadens-Bug-Bounties-To-Include-Web-App-Security
1. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-no-cash-trash-vulnerabilities-111210
2. http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2010/11/quick-update-on-our-vulnerability.html
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| Old Apple 1 Up For Auction, Expected To Go For $160,000+
| from the doesn't-run-flash dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @15:48 (Apple)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1914246/Old-Apple-1-Up-For-Auction-Expected-To-Go-For-160000?from=newsletter
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vanstinator was one of several readers to point out that Christie's is
holding [0]an auction for one of the original Apple 1 machines, complete
with a manual, the original shipping box, and the letter from Steve Jobs
to the owner. The invoice says the computer was purchased on December
7th, 1976, with an Apple cassette interface card, for a total price of
$741.66. The auction house expects it to sell for over $160,000.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1914246&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5370965
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| Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules
| from the it's-2010-and-we're-still-debating-it dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @16:07 (Privacy)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/1922206/Obama-May-Toughen-Internet-Privacy-Rules?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "The Obama administration is considering plans to [0]step
up policing of Internet privacy issues and to establish a new position to
direct the effort, [1]reports the WSJ, which cites unnamed sources. Any
push for stronger federal oversight over online privacy is likely to be
welcomed by privacy advocates increasingly concerned about the
data-collection and data-sharing practices of big Internet and marketing
companies. High profile cases such as the uproar over [2]Facebook's
personal data collection habits and the public reaction to [3]Google's
continuing problems over its Street View Wi-Fi snooping have created a
broader awareness of online privacy issues. The big question, though, is
just how successful any fresh attempt at enforcing new privacy strictures
on the Internet will be with Republicans soon to be in charge of the
House."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/1922206&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196328/Obama_may_toughen_Internet_privacy_rules_report_says_?taxonomyId=17
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703848204575608970171176014.html
2. http://slashdot.org/story/10/10/18/143252/Top-Facebook-Apps-Violate-Privacy-Terms
3. http://slashdot.org/story/10/11/11/1556243/FCC-Investigating-Google-Street-View-Wi-Fi-Data-Collection
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| Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris
| from the but-does-disney-have-a-trademark dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @16:51 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/2038250/Pluto-Might-Be-Bigger-Than-Eris?from=newsletter
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[0]astroengine writes "Look out, the battle of the dwarf planets is about
to re-ignite! During last weekend's rare occultation of a star by Eris,
[1]astronomers managed to gain one of the most accurate measurements of
Eris' physical size. When three Chilean telescopes watched the star blink
out of sight, astronomers were shocked to find that Eris is actually a
lot smaller than originally thought. So small that it might be smaller
than Pluto. On speaking with Discovery News, Eris' discoverer Mike Brown
said, 'While everyone is more interested in the "mine is bigger than
yours" aspect, the real science is the shockingly large density of Eris.'
The mass of Eris is well known, so this means the object is more dense
than Pluto. Does this mean the two mini-worlds have different
compositions? Did they evolve differently? In light of this finding, is
the underlying argument for Pluto being [2]demoted from the planetary
club on wobbly ground?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/2038250&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/pluto-might-be-bigger-but-eris-is-more-massive.html
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/06/08/24/148245/IAU-Demotes-Pluto-to-Dwarf-Planet-Status
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| <em>Tetris</em> May Reduce PTSD, But <em>Pub Quiz</em> Makes It Worse
| from the yeah-that-makes-sense dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @17:34 (Puzzle Games (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/210213/Tetris-May-Reduce-PTSD-But-Pub-Quiz-Makes-It-Worse?from=newsletter
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Last year we discussed news that researchers from Oxford University
discovered playing Tetris after watching a disturbing film [0]reduced the
amount of intrusive flashbacks experienced by test subjects. The
researchers then wondered if that was true for other games, so they began
a new study, [1]the results of which were just published in the journal
PLoS ONE. Reader SpuriousLogic points out that while they repeated their
earlier finding about Tetris, they also found that [2]subjects who played
trivia game Pub Quiz instead reported more flashbacks. "Research tells us
that there is a period of up to six hours after the trauma in which it is
possible to interfere with the way that these traumatic memories are
formed in the mind. During this time-frame, certain tasks can compete
with the same brain channels that are needed to form the memory. This is
because there are limits to our abilities in each channel: for example,
it is difficult to hold a conversation while doing math problems. The
Oxford team reasoned that recognizing the shapes and moving the colored
building blocks around in Tetris competes with the images of trauma in
the perceptual information channel. Consequently, the images of trauma
(the flashbacks) are reduced. The team believe that this is not a simple
case of distracting the mind with a computer game, as answering general
knowledge questions in the Pub Quiz game increased flashbacks. The
researchers believe that this verbal based game competes with remembering
the contextual meaning of the trauma, so the visual memories in the
perceptual channel are reinforced and the flashbacks are increased."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/210213&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/01/07/1355204/Playing-Tetris-Is-Good-For-You
1. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013706
2. http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/101111.html
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| RockMelt — Right Browser, Wrong Platform?
| from the helping-you-repoke-your-tweetblogs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @18:19 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/226250/RockMelt-mdash-Right-Browser-Wrong-Platform?from=newsletter
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waderoush writes "A detailed Xconomy software review concludes that the
new [0]RockMelt browser is a labor-saver for heavy users of the desktop
social Web, but it [1]doesn't fully deliver on the startup's promise to
build a browser 'designed around you and how you use the Web.' That's
because the social Web is less and less about the PC desktop, and more
about mobile platforms and appliances like smartphones, tablets, and
Internet-connected TVs. What's missing today is software that can help
bridge the gap: 'I'm not really looking for more reasons to spend time
using my desktop browser,' the review states. 'Rather, I'm busy
offloading as many old PC-centric tasks as I can to my other devices.
It's nice to have better integration between Facebook, Twitter, news
feeds, search, and standard Web content on the desktop. But what's really
needed right now is better integration between the desktop social Web and
the mobile social Web.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/226250&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.rockmelt.com/
1. http://www.xconomy.com/national/2010/11/12/the-new-rockmelt-social-browser-the-right-solution-on-the-wrong-platform/?single_page=true
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| 'Hulu For Magazines' Relies On Users' Data
| from the much-easier-to-ignore-one-object-than-a-rack-full-of-them dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @19:06 (Advertising)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/2212257/Hulu-For-Magazines-Relies-On-Users-Data?from=newsletter
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Toe, The writes "In an interesting twist on the free/closed mobile
platform debate, Apple's closed platform appears to be at least nominally
on the free side when it comes to magazine distribution. Magazines have
always relied on the demographics of their subscribers to sell ad space
to companies who would want to reach that demographic. This apparently
has been a sticking point between publishers and Apple, because the
latter is unwilling to allow its tools to expose the vast wealth of data
that can be tapped from a modern mobile device connected to a purchasing
account. For that reason, the so-called 'Hulu for Magazines,' Next Issue
Media, [0]will only be available on Android. Still unanswered: do people
even want digital magazines?"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/2212257&from=newsletter
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| <em>Gran Turismo 5</em> To Be Released November 24th
| from the for-real-this-time dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 12, @19:30 (PlayStation (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/230201/Gran-Turismo-5-To-Be-Released-November-24th?from=newsletter
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UgLyPuNk writes "After many, many delays, Gran Turismo 5 has [0]finally
gotten a solid release date: November 24th. ('Tis the season for
vaporware titles to emerge into the real world, it seems.)" Eurogamer
posted [1]a preview of the game back in August, saying, "It's been a
whirlwind of features and car chatter, beneath which the game still looks
fantastic. It may have been in development for the whole of this console
generation, but the technical arms race has slowed down and GT5 still
looks as good as any other racing game we've seen, and it is, to say the
least, comprehensive." Joystiq has a video of the [2]course maker and
[3]a collection of screenshots.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/230201&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/11/12/gran-turismo-5-races-to-release-november-24-25/
1. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-19-gran-turismo-5-preview
2. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/12/gran-turismo-5s-course-maker-demonstrated-in-video/
3. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/16/gran-turismo-5-tgs-2010-media-update/
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| After Online Defamation Suit, Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Claim Upheld
| from the that's-a-shame dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 12, @19:48 (The Courts)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/12/2334213/After-Online-Defamation-Suit-Dismissal-of-Malicious-Prosecution-Claim-Upheld?from=newsletter
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Christoph writes "I'm the Slashdot user who was sued for defamation (and
six other claims) by a corporation over negative statements on my
website. I [0]prevailed (pro-se) in 2008. The court found the other side
forged evidence and lied. In 2009, I sued the other party's lawyers for
malicious prosecution/abuse of process (the corporation itself is
dissolved/broke). One defendant had stated in writing their [1]client was
lying, but the trial court dismissed my claim for lack of evidence. I
appealed, and this Tuesday the Minnesota Court of Appeals [2]upheld the
dismissal, completely ignoring the defendant's written admission (and
other evidence). They further found it was not an abuse of process to sue
to 'stop the publication of negative information and opinion.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/12/2334213&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/08/02/25/0159250/Geek-Wins-Copyright-Lawsuit-Against-Corporation
1. http://www.cgstock.com/images/bassford_remele_note.jpg
2. http://www.cgstock.com/malicious_prosecution/appeal
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