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In this issue:
* Tide of International Science Moving Against US, EU
* Android Holes Allow Secret Installation of Apps
* Auto Industry's Fastest Processor Is 128Mhz
* The Ascendancy of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.co
* National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches
* Vint Cerf Calls For IPv6 Incentives In UK
* GE To Buy 25,000 EVs, Starting With the Chevy Volt
* NSA Adds Kahn Collection To Cryptologic Museum
* Ears Might Be Better Than Fingerprints For ID
* Windows Phone Permanently Modifies MicroSD Cards, Warns Samsung
* Windows Cluster Hits a Petaflop, But Linux Retains Top-5 Spot
* Where Do I Go Now That Oracle Owns OpenOffice.org?
* Why There's Still No Netflix App For Android
* Australian Researchers Devise Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer
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| Tide of International Science Moving Against US, EU
| from the old-guard-passing dept.
| posted by kdawson on Saturday November 13, @21:19 (Patents)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/13/226206/Tide-of-International-Science-Moving-Against-US-EU?from=newsletter
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[0]explosivejared writes "The Economist has a story on the [1]increasing
scientific productivity of countries like China, India, and Brazil
relative to the field's old guards in America, Europe, and Japan.
Scientific productivity in this sense includes percent of GDP spent on
R&D and the overall numbers of researchers, scholarly articles, and
patents that a country produces. The article notes increasing levels of
international collaboration on scholarly scientific articles in leading
journals. From the article: '[M]ore than 35% of articles in leading
journals are now the product of international collaboration. That is up
from 25% 15 years ago ��� something the old regime and the new alike can
celebrate.'" Note that the "old guard" are still firmly in the lead on
these measures of scientific prowess, but the growth rate is higher in
the newcomer states.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/13/226206&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://hagan.jaredatgmail.com/
1. http://www.economist.com/node/17460678
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| Android Holes Allow Secret Installation of Apps
| from the be-glad-he's-on-your-side dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday November 13, @23:36 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/0115255/Android-Holes-Allow-Secret-Installation-of-Apps?from=newsletter
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CheerfulMacFanboy writes with a link to Heise Online which says
"'Security researchers have demonstrated two vulnerabilities that
[0]allow attackers to install apps on Android and its vendor-specific
implementations without a user's permission. During normal installation,
users are at least asked to confirm whether an application is to have
certain access rights. Bypassing this confirmation request reportedly
allows spyware or even diallers to be installed on a smartphone.' One
vulnerability was identified when a security specialist analysed HTC
devices and found that the integrated web browser has the right to
install further packages (used to automatically update its Flash Lite
plug-in). Attackers can exploit this if they have found another browser
hole. 'Android specialist Jon Oberheide demonstrated another hole which
involved misusing the Account Manager to generate an authentication token
for the Android Market and obtaining permission to install further apps
from there. However, this initially requires a specially crafted app to
be installed on the smartphone. Nothing could be easier: Oberheide
released the allegedly harmless "Angry Birds Bonus Levels" app into the
Android Market and, upon installation, this app downloaded and installed
three further apps ("Fake Toll Fraud," "Fake Contact Stealer," and "Fake
Location Tracker") without requesting the user's permission.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/0115255&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Android-holes-allow-secret-installation-of-apps-1134940.html
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| Auto Industry's Fastest Processor Is 128Mhz
| from the hot-in-here-or-is-it-me dept.
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 14, @02:52 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/13/2248249/Auto-Industrys-Fastest-Processor-Is-128Mhz?from=newsletter
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afabbro writes "GM stated that the 2011 Buick Regal will have the [0]auto
industry's fastest processor: 128Mhz, and 3MB of flash. 'Three meg of
flash memory and 128MHz clock speed doesn't sound like a lot in terms of
computing power until you consider the environment these controllers have
to live in. Our controllers are made to operate reliably up to 260
degrees (127C) and down to -40 degrees (-40C) for the life of the
vehicle.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/13/2248249&from=newsletter
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| The Ascendancy of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.co
| from the milking-the-cash-cow dept.
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 14, @06:03 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/13/2324256/The-Ascendancy-of-co?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader tipped the fact that, with the .com namespace getting
pretty well mined out, GoDaddy.com's front page for domain registrations
now [0]defaults to .co instead of .com. The article claims that GoDaddy
registers about half of new domain names. Neither the article nor GoDaddy
makes it explicit that .co is a ccTLD belonging to Colombia, or that
registering one costs about three times as much as a .com, at $29.99 per
year. And if you select a .co domain name from GoDaddy's front page, a
number of TLD variants are presented alongside .co ��� but .com is not
among them.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/13/2324256&from=newsletter
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| National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches
| from the hobson's-choice dept.
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 14, @09:18 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/13/2229222/National-Opt-Out-Day-Against-Virtual-Strip-Searches?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes in about a protest called for the busiest
airline travel day of the year. "An activist opposed to the new invasive
body scanners in use at airports around the country just designated
Wednesday, [0]Nov. 24 as a National Opt-Out Day. He's encouraging airline
passengers to decline the TSA's technological strip searches en masse on
that day as a protest against the scanners, as well as the new '[1]enhanced
pat-downs' inflicted on refuseniks. 'The goal of National Opt-Out Day is
to send a message to our lawmakers that we demand change,' reads the call
to action at [2]OptOutDay.com, set up by Brian Sodegren. 'No naked body
scanners, no government-approved groping. We have a right to privacy, and
buying a plane ticket should not mean that we're guilty until proven
innocent.' The US Airline Pilots Association and other pilot groups have
urged their members to avoid the scanners and have also condemned the new
pat-down policy as humiliating to pilots. They've advised pilots who
don't feel comfortable undergoing pat-downs in front of passengers to
request they be conducted in a private room. Any pilots who don't feel
comfortable after undergoing a pat-down have been encouraged to 'call in
sick and remove themselves from the trip.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/13/2229222&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/national-opt-out/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/31/0234232/TSA-To-Make-Pat-Downs-More-Embarrassing-To-Encourage-Scanner-Use
2. http://optoutday.com/
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| Vint Cerf Calls For IPv6 Incentives In UK
| from the there-would-be-this-thing-called-a-market dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @10:22 (The Internet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1332205/Vint-Cerf-Calls-For-IPv6-Incentives-In-UK?from=newsletter
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sweetpea23 writes "Vint Cerf, the 'godfather' of the web and Internet
evangelist for Google, has [0]highlighted the need for cash incentives to
encourage ISPs and businesses in the UK to move to version six of the IP
addressing scheme (IPv6). In response to the UK government's stance that
its role in the transition will primarily be advisory, Cerf suggested a
system of tax credits for upgrading equipment to v6 capability ��� similar
to the 'cash for clunkers' scheme in the US. 'You'd have to do the math
to see what impact it would have, but creating some business incentive
might be helpful,' he said. His words echo those of Axel Pawlik, managing
director of the RIPE NCC, who warned last month that that the IT industry
is [1]adding unnecessary risk and complexity to Internet architectures by
ignoring the availability of IPv6 addresses. the Internet authority IANA
is expected to assign its last batch of IPv4 addresses in June 2011."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/1332205&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/web-pioneer-calls-for-ipv6-incentives-13280
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/interview/its-time-to-let-go-of-ipv4-10452
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| GE To Buy 25,000 EVs, Starting With the Chevy Volt
| from the private-sector-bailout dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @11:21 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/151220/GE-To-Buy-25000-EVs-Starting-With-the-Chevy-Volt?from=newsletter
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DeviceGuru writes "In what's claimed as the largest-ever single electric
vehicle commitment, GE plans to [0]acquire 25,000 electric vehicles by
2015. The buying spree will initially involve 12,000 GM vehicles,
beginning with GM's [1]Chevy Volt in 2011. By converting most of its own
30,000-strong global fleet, and promoting EV adoption among its 65,000
global fleet customers, GE hopes to be in a strong position to help
deploy the vehicles' supporting infrastructure, including charging
stations, circuit protection equipment, and transformers. In contrast to
the [2]all-electric Nissan Leaf, the Volt implements a small gas engine,
which can recharge the vehicle's battery to extend its range beyond the
100 mile limit of all-electric cars like the Leaf, leading some to
[3]question the Volt's EV credentials."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/151220&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://mobilesynergetics.com/ge-to-buy-25000-electric-vehicles-starting-with-chevy-volt/
1. http://www.chevrolet.com/volt/
2. http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index
3. http://www.motortrend.com/features/editorial/1010_unbolting_the_chevy_volt_to_see_how_it_ticks/index.html
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| NSA Adds Kahn Collection To Cryptologic Museum
| from the classic-in-the-field dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @12:23 (Government)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1558224/NSA-Adds-Kahn-Collection-To-Cryptologic-Museum?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The Baltimore Sun reports that as recently as the
late 1960s, the very existence of the National Security Agency was a
closely held secret until a New York newspaper reporter named [1]David
Kahn published The Codebreakers, a 1,200-page blockbuster that would
establish Kahn as the world's leading expert on the history of
cryptology, the art and science of making and breaking codes. 'According
to my editor, the NSA director flew up to New York to say it would be
dangerous to national security, and unpatriotic, to publish it,' says
Kahn. Fast forward 43 years and now the NSA has announced it has [2]added
the David Kahn Collection to the library of its public anteroom, the
National Cryptologic Museum ��� complete with more than 130,000 pages of
original interview notes and 2,800 books. 'For those who care about
cryptology ��� what it is, how it works, where it fits into world history
and culture ��� at some point, [they'd] want to look at the Kahn
collection,' says curator Patrick Weadon. 'It's an eclectic cornucopia of
all things cryptological.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/1558224&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol12i3/html/v12i3a09p_0001.htm
2. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-ar-cryptology-1114-20101114,0,4171208,full.story
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| Ears Might Be Better Than Fingerprints For ID
| from the you-can't-pinnae-that-on-me dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @13:30 (Security)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1652234/Ears-Might-Be-Better-Than-Fingerprints-For-ID?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A new study says that outer [0]ear could be
better unique identification mark in human beings than finger prints.
'When you're born your ear is fully formed. The lobe descends a little,
but overall it stays the same. It's a great way to identify people,' said
Mark Nixon, a computer scientist at the University of Southampton and
leader of the research. Nixon and his team presented a paper at the IEEE
Fourth International Conference on Biometrics and using an algorithm
identified people with 99.6 per cent accuracy." An anonymous reader adds
a link to Wired's story on the same conference presentation, which
[1]adds this skeptical note: "'I have seen no scientific proof that the
ear doesn���t change significantly over time. People tend to believe
notions like these, and they are repeated over time,' said Anil Jain, a
computer scientist at Michigan State University who was not involved in
the study. 'Fingerprinting has a history of 100 years showing that it
works, unless you destroy your fingerprints or work in an industry that
gives you calluses.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/1652234&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20101113/3680/ears-better-than-fingerprints-for-id.htm
1. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/ears-biometric-identification/
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| Windows Phone Permanently Modifies MicroSD Cards, Warns Samsung
| from the oh-didn't-we-mention-that dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @14:33 (Media)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1822259/Windows-Phone-Permanently-Modifies-MicroSD-Cards-Warns-Samsung?from=newsletter
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dotancohen writes "Don't put your MicroSD cards into Windows Phones.
According to Samsung, doing so is a [0]'permanent modification' to the
card, and it can no longer be used in other devices."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/1822259&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.ghacks.net/2010/11/13/windows-phone-locks-in-microsd-cards/
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| Windows Cluster Hits a Petaflop, But Linux Retains Top-5 Spot
| from the heating-up-the-whole-outdoors dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @15:36 (Supercomputing)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/1923240/Windows-Cluster-Hits-a-Petaflop-But-Linux-Retains-Top-5-Spot?from=newsletter
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Twice a year, [0]Top500.org publishes a list of supercomputing benchmarks
from sites around the world; the new results are in. Reader jbrodkin
writes "Microsoft says a Windows-based supercomputer has broken the
petaflop speed barrier, but [1]the achievement is not being recognized by
the group that tracks the world's fastest supercomputers, because the
same machine was able to achieve higher speeds using Linux. The
Tokyo-based Tsubame 2.0 computer, which uses both Windows and Linux, was
ranked fourth in the world in the latest Top 500 supercomputers list.
While the computer broke a petaflop with both operating systems, it
achieved a faster score with Linux, denying Microsoft its first official
petaflop ranking." Also in Top-500 news, reader symbolset writes with
word that "[2]the Chinese Tianhe-1A system at the National Supercomputer
Center in Tianjin takes the top spot with 2.57 petaflops per second.
Although the US has long held a dominant position in the list things now
seem to be shifting, with two of the top spots held by China, one by
Japan, and one by the US. In the [3]Operating System Family category
Linux continues to consolidate its supercomputing near-monopoly with
91.8% of the systems ��� up from 91%. High Performance Computing has come a
long way quickly. When the list started as a top-10 list in June of 1993
the least powerful system on the list was a Cray Y-MP C916/16526 with 16
cores driving 13.7 RMAX GFLOP/s. This is roughly the performance of a
single midrange laptop today."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/1923240&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://top500.org/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-breaks-petaflop-barrier-loses-top-5
2. http://www.top500.org/lists/2010/11/press-release
3. http://www.top500.org/stats/list/36/osfam
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| Where Do I Go Now That Oracle Owns OpenOffice.org?
| from the why-do-you-hate-america dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @16:47 (Open Source)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/2044219/Where-Do-I-Go-Now-That-Oracle-Owns-OpenOfficeorg?from=newsletter
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eldavojohn writes "So I noted that there was better support for my
processor in the latest BIOS for my mainboard. After downloading the
update, there was a .doc file containing flashing instructions. No
matter, I have OpenOffice.org installed on this machine and just opened
it up. And, as should be no surprise, there was an [0]Oracle logo splash
screen while OpenOffice.org 3.2 started up. At my job, I've had a less
than favorable history with Oracle that I'm not going to get into ���
rather let's just say I never want anything to do with them again.
Including installing any of their software on my machine. So I'm facing a
dilemma. I've looked into [1]the forked LIbreOffice but that's still in
beta and I'm a little wary of depending on that. Has anyone used
LibreOffice (it's installing as I type this) extensively? Does it handle
complex Powerpoint files okay? Is there some alternative out there that
I'm completely overlooking for open source? Can anyone convince me that
there's no reason to fear the Oracle OpenOffice.org? Will it remain the
de facto standard? Will it eventually lock me into a commitment with
Oracle? If you get by without one of these heavyweight monster editors,
what do you use and how do you handle doc, ppt, (etc.) extensions?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/2044219&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.openoffice.org/branding/images/oracle-logo.gif
1. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/01/185205/33-Developers-Leave-OpenOfficeorg
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| Why There's Still No Netflix App For Android
| from the wouldn't-exactly-say-I-was-missing-it dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @17:59 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/2155205/Why-Theres-Still-No-Netflix-App-For-Android?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Why is there a Netflix app for iOS devices
and Windows Phone 7, yet no Netflix support for Android? Well, Netflix
has been working on an Android app but has run into a few technical
hurdles because [0]Android lacks a universal DRM solution which means
that the company has to work with different handset manufacturers
separately in order to ensure that the installed DRM protocol meets the
requirements laid out by the movie studios."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/2155205&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.edibleapple.com/why-theres-still-no-netflix-app-for-android-fragmentation/
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| Australian Researchers Devise Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer
| from the majority-rules dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @19:07 (Australia)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/14/231253/Australian-Researchers-Devise-Fault-Tolerant-Quantum-Computer?from=newsletter
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schliz writes "Researchers have devised a theoretical quantum computer
that could function [0]even if one in four qubits were missing. The
design is claimed to be the first that tolerates both qubit loss and
decoherance to this extent. It performs calculations by measuring, rather
than manipulating qubits, so there are fewer points of failure."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/14/231253&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/238435,scientists-raise-quantum-error-threshold.aspx
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