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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Google Preparing To Launch G-Town
* Wikipedia Could Block 67 Million Verizon Customers
* Robot Actress Makes Stage Debut In Japan
* China To Build Its Own Large Jetliner
* Georgia College's New Policy — Reporting All P2P Users To the Police
* WSJ Warnings About Cookies Carry Cookies
* Exciting Kinect Stuff Already Coming Out
* Interview With Head of Pixar Animation Ed Catmull
* Did Microsoft Alter Windows Sales Figures?
* Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams
* Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars
* Apple the No. 1 Danger To Net Freedom
* 2010 Geek IQ Test
* New Facebook Messaging System Announced
* Security Strategy: From Requirements To Reality
* 'Smart' Vending Machines Triple Sales
* Aerial Drone To Hunt For Life On Mars
* Tablet Prototype Needs No External Power Supply
* State-Sponsored CyberAttacks Expected To Rise
* Oracle Solaris 11 Express Released
* NASA Announces Discovery of 30-Year-Old Black Hole
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| Google Preparing To Launch G-Town
| from the owe-my-soul-to-the-company-store dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @20:13 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/0010210/Google-Preparing-To-Launch-G-Town?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "The Mercury News reports that Google's aggressive online
growth [0]increasingly has a counterpart in bricks and mortar, with the
company's Mountain View HQ mushrooming in the past four years to occupy
more than 4 million square feet. And that's just for starters. On Silicon
Valley's NASA Ames base, Google is preparing to build a new corporate
campus with fitness and day care facilities and ��� in a first in the
valley ��� employee housing, adding 1.2 million sqare feet to Google's real
estate holdings. 'I don't want to say it's the new company town,' said
commercial real estate VP Gregory M. Davies of Google's role, 'but it's
not far from it.' Presumably, no [1]anti-suicide nets will be needed for
this one."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/0010210&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16586782?nclick_check=1&forced=true
1. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/foxconn-photo-gallery/?pid=729
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| Wikipedia Could Block 67 Million Verizon Customers
| from the but-that's-why-the-internet-exists dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday November 14, @23:29 (Networking)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/0310217/Wikipedia-Could-Block-67-Million-Verizon-Customers?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A particularly nasty Wikipedia vandal has
forced a discussion to take place over [0]whether to block edits from an
address range used by over 67 million Verizon customers. Verizon has not
responded to abusive Wikipedia users on their network before, even though
the abusive Verizon users have released private information (phone
numbers, etc.) of numerous individuals, and made countless threats that
have also been reported to law enforcement. Wikipedia has done something
similar in the past with users on the AOL network, which used proxy
servers and thus allowed vandals to continue disrupting the site.
Discussion is also taking place on alternate solutions to deal with abuse
from this Verizon user, named 'Zsfgseg' on Wikipedia. If a block of
millions is enacted, Verizon could potentially change how they assign IP
addresses, or be forced at least to address a PR nightmare."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/0310217&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AN/I#Zsfgseg:_Narrow_range_blocks_seem_to_be_possible
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| Robot Actress Makes Stage Debut In Japan
| from the just-a-wee-bit-freaky dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 15, @02:38 (Robotics)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/054225/Robot-Actress-Makes-Stage-Debut-In-Japan?from=newsletter
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Robotron23 writes "The BBC reports that a robot named Geminoid-F has
[0]made its acting debut (video) in Japan. The short play in which it
appeared was a sellout with the Japanese public, who were curious to see
the robot's performance. However an actress who co-starred pointed out
that the lack of human presence made the droid difficult to act
alongside."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/054225&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11732995
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| China To Build Its Own Large Jetliner
| from the rising-tide-lifting-boats dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 15, @05:49 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/0427239/China-To-Build-Its-Own-Large-Jetliner?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "China's domestic airlines will need to buy an
estimated 4,330 new aircraft valued at $480 billion over the next two
decades to meet demand in commercial aviation. Now the LA Times reports
that the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China [1]expects to begin producing
its 156-seat C919 by 2016, competing with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
China has staked billions of dollars and national pride on the effort but
what may surprise some Americans worried about slipping US
competitiveness is that some well-known US companies are aiding China,
putting US and European suppliers in a tough spot: Be willing to hand
over advanced technology to Chinese firms that could one day be rivals or
miss out on what's likely to be the biggest aviation bonanza of the next
half a century. 'If they launch a commercial aviation industry, you've
got to be part of it,' says Roger Seager, GE Aviation's vice president
and general manager for China, whose company has garnered contracts worth
about $6 billion for the C919. 'You can't take a pass and come back in 10
years.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/0427239&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-jetliner-20101113,0,4824354.story
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| Georgia College's New Policy — Reporting All P2P Users To the Police
| from the because-networking-is-wrong dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday November 15, @09:01 (Piracy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/0242212/Georgia-Colleges-New-Policy-mdash-Reporting-All-P2P-Users-To-the-Police?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader excerpts from an article at TorrentFreak: "Georgia's
Valdosta State University has updated its network with software that can
pinpoint students who use P2P software. The university is committed to
stop file-sharing on its network even if that results in prison sentences
for students. Offenders will be [0]disciplined by the school and then
handed over to the police, the university has announced." School policy
is one thing ("don't use file-sharing software on our
resource-constrained network, or we may kick you off"), but I suspect the
police wouldn't appreciate the task of sorting out legal from illegal use
of widespread, essentially neutral software tools. Update: 11/15 18:27
GMT by [1]T : Reader (and VSU alumnus) Matt Baker contacted the school;
he reports that the school's IT director Joe Newton in response flatly
denied the claims in the TorrentFreak article, and says the school hasn't
installed such P2P tracking software, and doesn't hand students over the
police, and says instead "I cannot foresee that we would ever do so."
Thanks, Matt.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/0242212&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.torrentfreak.com/university-begins-reporting-all-p2p-users-to-the-police-101112/
1. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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| WSJ Warnings About Cookies Carry Cookies
| from the pot-meet-kettle dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 15, @09:41 (Privacy)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1253229/WSJ-Warnings-About-Cookies-Carry-Cookies?from=newsletter
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itwbennett writes "The Wall Street Journal has 'a pretty useful section
tracking privacy issues, privacy protection tools and the threats thereof
from online marketers, from the point of view and on the technical level
of a relatively savvy consumer,' says blogger Kevin Fogarty. The
downside: He discovered that reading two [0]stories from the WSJ's
privacy section left behind deletion-resistant Flash cookies."
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1253229&from=newsletter
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| Exciting Kinect Stuff Already Coming Out
| from the i-love-this-stuff dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @10:15 (Graphics)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1347205/Exciting-Kinect-Stuff-Already-Coming-Out?from=newsletter
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Just last week we learned that the [0]Kinect had been hacked wide open
and already we're seeing a flood of innovative stuff coming out. Jamie
found a page with a lot of [1]pictures and screenshots, and [2]Engadget
has more.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1347205&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/10/2157249/Kinect-Hacked-Adafruit-Bounty-Won
1. http://www.creativeapplications.net/news/kinect-opensource-news/
2. http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/14/hack-turns-kinect-into-mindblowing-3d-video-capture-tool/
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| Interview With Head of Pixar Animation Ed Catmull
| from the all-hail-pixar dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @11:01 (Graphics)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1358247/Interview-With-Head-of-Pixar-Animation-Ed-Catmull?from=newsletter
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CowboyRobot writes "Stanford professor Pat Hanrahan [0]discusses graphics
with Pixar Animation Studios President Ed Catmull. Hanrahan and Catmull
share an Oscar award for developing RenderMan. 'Among the many things
that are inspiring about Pixar, and one way you've had a huge impact on
the world, is that you changed many people's views of what computing is
all about. A lot of people think of computing as number crunching whose
main application is business and engineering. Pixar added an artistic
side to computing. I've talked to many students who realize that art can
be part of computing; that creativity can be part of computing; that they
can merge their interests in art and science. They think of computing as
a very fulfilling pursuit.'" I liked this, and not just because I spent
the last week watching Toy Story 3 multiple times with my kid. Catmull
talks a lot about the intersection of science & art and the time before
Pixar. Anyone else think Pixar might be the geek Mecca? Do they do tours?
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1358247&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://queuedev.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1883592
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| Did Microsoft Alter Windows Sales Figures?
| from the smoke-and-mirrors dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @11:45 (Microsoft)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/156230/Did-Microsoft-Alter-Windows-Sales-Figures?from=newsletter
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Saxophonist writes "InformationWeek claims to have analyzed Microsoft's
most recent [0]Form 10-Q and observed that a reported increase in
earnings for the Windows unit [1]may be due to accounting trickery rather
than actual sales growth. Microsoft apparently increased its reported
revenues for its Windows, Server & Tools, and Office units at least
partly through shifting revenues from other units. While there may be
nothing 'to suggest the company's revisions violate any accounting
rules,' the actual growth in Windows sales was likely nowhere near the
high double-digit percentage growth claimed. InformationWeek speculates
that revenues from Xbox and Surface may have been among the revenues
shifted to the other divisions."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/156230&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312510239825/d10q.htm
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/reviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200850&itc=ref-true
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| Web-Users Fall For Fake Anti-Virus Scams
| from the i-use-magnum-xl-av dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @12:19 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1551224/Web-Users-Fall-For-Fake-Anti-Virus-Scams?from=newsletter
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jhernik writes "Fearing their computers may be prone to viruses, [0]many
web-users download fake anti-virus software, only to find later that
their bank details have been hacked. According to the latest research by
GetSafeOnline.org, the UK's national internet security initiative, a
rising nunber of organised criminal gangs are tricking security-conscious
intenet-users into purchasing anti-virus software to access their bank
details. Posing as legitimate IT helpdesks, these fraudsters target
internet users concerned about protecting their computers. By offering
free virus checks, they normally tell consumers that their machines are
infected and offer fake security software protection ��� usually costing
around ��30 ��� which is actually malicious software in disguise." The fact
that there is such a thriving market for fake AV scams really says
something about the present state of the legitimate AV market.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1551224&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/web-users-prone-to-fake-av-2-13384
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| Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars
| from the thousands-would-do-it dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @13:02 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1624209/Scientists-Propose-One-Way-Trips-To-Mars?from=newsletter
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vortex2.71 writes "Invoking the spirit of Star Trek in a scholarly
article entitled 'To Boldly Go,' two scientists contend human travel to
Mars could happen much more quickly and cheaply if [0]the missions are
made one-way. They argue that it would be little different from early
settlers to North America, who left Europe with little expectation of
return. 'The main point is to get Mars exploration moving,' said Dirk
Schulze-Makuch of Washington State University, who wrote the article in
the latest Journal of Cosmology with Paul Davies of Arizona State
University. The colleagues state ��� in one of 55 articles in the issue
devoted to exploring Mars ��� that humans must begin colonizing another
planet as a hedge against a catastrophe on Earth."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1624209&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013438727_apusonewaytomars.html
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| Apple the No. 1 Danger To Net Freedom
| from the but-we-like-the-shiny dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 15, @13:39 (The Internet)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1730206/Apple-the-No-1-Danger-To-Net-Freedom?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "Columbia law professor Tim Wu, who coined the term 'net
neutrality,' now says that [0]Apple is the company that most endangers
the freedom of the Internet. Wu recently published the book [1]The Master
Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, in which he details
what he calls 'information empires' such as AT&T, NBC, Facebook, and
Google. He told The New York Times, 'It's largely a story of the American
affection for information monopolists and the consequences of that
fondness.' When asked whether the Internet could similarly be controlled
by large companies, he [2]told the Times: 'I know the Internet was
designed to resist integration, designed to resist centralized control,
and that design defeated firms like AOL and Time Warner. But firms today,
like Apple, make it unclear if the Internet is something lasting or just
another cycle.' Asked which companies he feared most, Wu replied: 'Right
now, I'd have to say Apple.'" Wu has been [3]in the news a bit lately.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1730206&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://blogs.computerworld.com/17354/apple_is_number_one_danger_to_internet_freedom_says_columbia_professor
1. http://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Information-Empires-Borzoi/dp/0307269930/
2. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/one-on-one-tim-wu-author-of-the-master-switch/
3. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/13/1758242/The-Monopolies-That-Dominate-the-Internet
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| 2010 Geek IQ Test
| from the what-do-you-know dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 15, @14:19 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1614248/2010-Geek-IQ-Test?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "Windows NT name size limits, network cabling and
protocols, Linux printer daemon commands, AD&D character alignments ���
find out how much you know where it really counts by taking
[1]InfoWorld's 2010 Geek IQ Test."
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1614248&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/the-2010-infoworld-geek-iq-test-597
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| New Facebook Messaging System Announced
| from the riding-the-wave dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @15:01 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1838247/New-Facebook-Messaging-System-Announced?from=newsletter
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Mark Zuckerberg just held a presentation to [0]unveil Facebook's "next
generation messaging" system. He repeatedly drove home the idea that
"this is not email," nor is it "an email killer." Their plan is to tie
together multiple forms of communication ��� email, texts, social updates,
etc. ��� and blend them into conversations. As users go about their days,
interacting with a variety of devices, the communication method
automatically updates to whatever is appropriate at the time. If a user
receives an email while he's at a desktop, browsing Facebook, it will
bring up the message in a Facebook chat window. If the user is browsing
on a smartphone, it will bring up the message there, instead. If it's a
dumbphone, then a text message can be sent. Another central feature is
the idea that conversation histories from multiple sources and different
forms of communication can be integrated through Facebook, so that you no
longer have to separately root through IM logs, SMS logs, old emails,
etc., to see old correspondence. (Users will have the ability to delete
these, should they desire.) The last major feature they mentioned is what
they call the "social" inbox, which is based on whitelisting. Users will
be able to set up primary inboxes which only display communications they
definitely want to see, while leaving low-priority messages, spam, and
all the other noise typical to email in an inbox they check less
frequently. The new system will be rolled out slowly over the next few
months.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1838247&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=452288242130
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| Security Strategy: From Requirements To Reality
| from the protect-ya-neck dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday November 15, @15:41 (Security)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1346223/Security-Strategy-From-Requirements-To-Reality?from=newsletter
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brothke writes "Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable
Distributed Systems by Ross Anderson is arguably the best information
security book ever written. Anderson's premise is that security
technology needs to take a structured engineering approach to systems
design, with detailed requirements and specification from start-up to
development and implementation; just as those designing buildings and
bridges do. Without a deeply embedded structured approach to security
systems design, Anderson argued that we find ourselves in the situation
we are in today, with applications and operating systems full of bugs,
vulnerabilities and other serious security flaws. As good as Security
Engineering is, it was not written to be a detailed information security
design guide. That vacuum has been filled by an incredibly important and
valuable new bookSecurity Strategy: From Requirements to Reality." Read
on for the rest of Ben's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1346223/Security-Strategy-From-Requirements-To-Reality?from=newsletter
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1346223&from=newsletter
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| 'Smart' Vending Machines Triple Sales
| from the by-tom-cruise's-eyeballs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @16:24 (Privacy)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1937256/Smart-Vending-Machines-Triple-Sales?from=newsletter
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bossanovalithium writes "A vending machine in Japan which [0]recommends
drinks to customers based on facial recognition data has tripled sales.
JR East Water Business has previously installed two vending machines in
JR Shinagawa station and it is believed that the recognition technology
is responsible for a vast increase in sales in comparison to traditional
machines. The vending machines recommend beverages after physical
attributes of customers are picked up by sensors which allow the machines
determine age, sex and other attributes, before offering a number of
suggestions."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/1937256&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.techeye.net/hardware/smart-vending-machines-triple-sales
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| Aerial Drone To Hunt For Life On Mars
| from the care-for-some-martian-venison dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @17:06 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2044231/Aerial-Drone-To-Hunt-For-Life-On-Mars?from=newsletter
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[0]astroengine writes "What if the Martian terrain is too rugged for a
rover to traverse? How do we study surface features that are too small
for an orbiter to resolve? If selected by NASA, the Aerial Regional-Scale
Environment Surveyor (ARES) [1]could soar high above the Martian
landscape, getting a unique birds-eye view of the Red Planet. Its primary
mission is to [2]sniff out potential microbial-life-generating gases like
methane, but it would also be an ideal reconnaissance vehicle to find
future landing sites for a manned expedition. Prototypes of the
rocket-powered drone have been successfully [3]flown here on Earth, so
will we see ARES on Mars any time soon?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2044231&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/ares-mars-airplane-hunt-life.html
2. http://marsairplane.larc.nasa.gov/science.html
3. http://marsairplane.larc.nasa.gov/reliability_2.html
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| Tablet Prototype Needs No External Power Supply
| from the fully-integrated-car-battery dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @17:45 (Education)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2051214/Tablet-Prototype-Needs-No-External-Power-Supply?from=newsletter
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timothy writes "I'd like to see computing devices with no need for an
external power supply ��� an e-book reader, a general knock-about PDA, a
phone ��� all kinds of things. But there's a certain heart-strings appeal
to [0]such a computer intended as an educational tool for precisely those
kind of places where basic infrastructure (like the provision of
electricity) is a stumbling block. Perhaps built-in solar makes more
sense, in more places, than the hand-cranked power the OLPC project ended
up dropping from their laptops-for-kids program."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2051214&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/52519-tablet-prototype-needs-no-external-power-supply
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| State-Sponsored CyberAttacks Expected To Rise
| from the nowhere-to-go-but-up dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @18:26 (Government)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2226214/State-Sponsored-CyberAttacks-Expected-To-Rise?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes "According to a report released today, IT security
professionals [0]will see a rise in State-sponsored attacks, like the
Stuxnet worm, that will build on concepts and techniques from the
commercial hacker industry to create more powerful 'Advanced Persistent
Threats.' The researchers also expect an increase in compromised mobile
devices leading to data theft or loss as a result of lagging security
measures, and that next year will bring the first major data breaches as
a result of compromised devices. The biggest potential impact will be
caused by the proliferation of sophisticated mobile devices interacting
with corporate networks."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2226214&from=newsletter
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| Oracle Solaris 11 Express Released
| from the long-time-coming dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @19:09 (Operating Systems)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2259239/Oracle-Solaris-11-Express-Released?from=newsletter
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comay writes "Today [0]Oracle released Solaris 11 Express 2010.11. It
includes a large number of [1]new features (PDF) not found in either
Oracle Solaris 10 or previous OpenSolaris releases, including ZFS
encryption and deduplication, network-based packaging and provisioning
systems, network virtualization, optimized I/O for NUMA platforms and
optimized platform support including support for Intel's latest Nehalem
and SPARC T3. In addition, Oracle Solaris 10 support is available from
within a container/zone so migration of existing systems is greatly
simplified." Reader gtirloni adds, "Oracle also announced that this is
not a beta or preview, but a full, supported release aimed at everybody
developing, testing, prototyping or demonstrating applications running on
the latest Solaris release ([0]not allowed to be used in production)."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2259239&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/licenses/solaris-cluster-express-license-167852.html
1. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/solaris-express-whatsnew-201011-175308.pdf
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| NASA Announces Discovery of 30-Year-Old Black Hole
| from the give-or-take-50-million-years dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @19:54 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2332233/NASA-Announces-Discovery-of-30-Year-Old-Black-Hole?from=newsletter
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broknstrngz tips news of an announcement today from NASA about [0]the
discovery of a black hole in the M100 galaxy, roughly 50 million
light-years from Earth. The discovery is notable because, [1]if
confirmed, it's now the youngest known black hole, born from the remains
of a supernova we observed in 1979. Bad Astronomer Phil Plait explains
why scientists think it collapsed to a black hole, rather than a neutron
star: "The way a neutron star emits X-rays is different than that of a
black hole. As a neutron star cools, the X-ray emission will fade.
However, a black hole blasts out X-rays as material falls in; that stuff
forms a flat disk, called an accretion disk, around the black hole. As
this matter falls onto the newly created black hole, it gets heated to
unimaginable temperatures ��� millions of degrees ��� and blasts out X-rays.
In that case, the X-rays emitted would be steady over time. What
astronomers have found is that the X-rays from SN1979c have been steady
in brightness over observations from 1995 ��� 2007. This is very strong
evidence that the star���s core did indeed collapse into a black hole." He
also warns that we're not certain quite yet, and we'll have to keep our
eye on it to make sure it's not a pulsar.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/H-10-299.html
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/11/15/astronomers-may-have-found-youngest-black-hole/
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