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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Video Games Found To Enhance Visual Attention
* Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use
* Free-Form Linguistic Input In Mathematica 8
* AMD Joins Intel's MeeGo OS Effort
* Blizzard Seeking Console Devs For '<em>Diablo</em>-Related Concept'
* Muscle Mice
* The Story of My As-Yet-Unverified Impact Crater
* Stuxnet Was Designed To Subtly Interfere With Uranium Enrichment
* Shadow Scholar Details Student Cheating
* The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders
* Hayabusa Captured Asteroid Dust Confirmed
* The Beatles On iTunes
* Professor Has Camera Surgically Implanted In the Back of His Head
* Cracking Passwords With Amazon EC2 GPU Instances
* Canada To Mandate ISP Deep Packet Inspection
* US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans
* New Rootkit Bypasses Windows Code-Signing Security
* For 18 Minutes, 15% of the Internet Routed Through China
* Internet Blacklist Back In Congress
* The World's Smallest Legible Font
* Facebook Inbox Throws Blow At Google... No Flinch?
* Failed MMO <em>APB</em> To Be Resurrected As Free-To-Play Game
* Most Detailed View of Dark Matter Mapped By Hubble
* Proposed Final ACTA Text Published
* USB Is the Devil's Connection
* Official Google Voice App Approved For iOS
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| Video Games Found To Enhance Visual Attention
| from the told-you-mom dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @20:16 (First Person Shooters (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2339240/Video-Games-Found-To-Enhance-Visual-Attention?from=newsletter
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donniebaseball23 writes "Reporting on new research from WIREs Cognitive
Science, IndustryGamers writes: '[0]Action games like Call of Duty and
Halo can enhance visual attention, the ability that helps us focus on
relevant visual information. The mental mechanism allows people to select
pertinent visual information and ignore irrelevant information. It
suggests that action titles can be used to augment military training,
educational tools, and correct visual deficits.' Shawn Green, co-author
of the study, commented, 'At the core of these action video game-induced
improvements appears to be a remarkable enhancement in the ability to
flexibly and precisely control attention, a finding that could have a
variety of real-world applications. For example, those in professions
that demand "super-normal" visual attention, such as fighter pilots,
would benefit enormously from enhanced visual attention, as their
performance and lives depend on their ability to react quickly and
accurately to primarily visual information."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2339240&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/video-games-can-enhance-visual-attention-finds-research/
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| Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use
| from the allocating-the-best-e-parking-spots dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @20:40 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2350226/Proposed-ADA-Requirements-May-Affect-Public-Internet-Use?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press is reporting on federal
officials who want to expand the application of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) to [0]require accommodations by public websites,
call centers, and technology providers. Hearings are scheduled in
Chicago, Washington, and San Francisco. New rules could be implemented as
soon as 2012. 'For more than a decade, the Justice Department has
interpreted the ADA to apply to websites that offer goods and services.
But now that idea could be clarified, and timetables for compliance could
be set. ... The Justice Department is considering making it clear that
some personal, noncommercial content would not be affected.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/15/2350226&from=newsletter
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| Free-Form Linguistic Input In Mathematica 8
| from the differentiates-concepts-and-integrates-words dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday November 15, @22:38 (Math)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/004238/Free-Form-Linguistic-Input-In-Mathematica-8?from=newsletter
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vbraga writes "With the release of Mathematica 8, it now allows [0]input
through free-form English instead of the Mathematica syntax, just like
the Wolfram|Alpha engine. The results are impressive. From the blog post:
'I routinely found myself using free-form linguistics as an integral part
of longer computations ��� randomly interspersing Mathematica syntax and
free-form linguistics on different lines in a Mathematica session, and
just using whichever was most convenient for a particular input. And
here's an exciting part: in Mathematica 8 the free-form linguistics
doesn't just operate line-by-line. It knows the context in which it's
used in a notebook, so you can use it to build things up.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/004238&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2010/11/the-free-form-linguistics-revolution-in-mathematica/
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| AMD Joins Intel's MeeGo OS Effort
| from the welcome-me-a-meego dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @00:47 (AMD)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0056234/AMD-Joins-Intels-MeeGo-OS-Effort?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "In an effort to expand software compatibility for
its upcoming Fusion chips, AMD [1]has joined rival Intel's efforts to
develop the open-source MeeGo OS. AMD 'will [2]provide engineering
expertise intended to help establish the technical foundations for
next-generation mobile platforms and embedded devices,' the company said
in a blog post on its website."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0056234&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/368079/amd_joins_intel_meego_os_effort/
2. http://blogs.amd.com/press/2010/11/15/amd-joins-meego-linux-open-source-linux-project-for-next-generation-mobile-embedded-platforms/
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| Blizzard Seeking Console Devs For '<em>Diablo</em>-Related Concept'
| from the strict-inevitabilities dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @01:50 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0545226/Blizzard-Seeking-Console-Devs-For-Diablo-Related-Concept?from=newsletter
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Eurogamer reports that a number of [0]Blizzard job listings went up today
for top-level console developers. The [1]listings [2]were [3]posted under
the Diablo 3 heading, leading to speculation about a console port of the
upcoming game. [4]A Blizzard representative soon responded, saying, "...
we���re currently exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles. As we���ve
said in the past, with proper care the gameplay could suit the console
platform, and we���re interested in seeing what talent out there might be
interested in contributing to such a project. To further reiterate what���s
posted on the home page: this is not an announcement of a console title.
We are first and foremost developing Diablo III for Windows and Mac PCs,
and we have no intention of allowing a console interpretation to delay or
otherwise affect the release of the game." Having [5]played Diablo 3 at
Blizzcon, I can say that the game would very easily make the transition
to consoles. An Xbox 360 or PS3 controller would almost perfectly fit all
necessary gameplay functions. That said, they could just as easily be
porting one of the older games, building a new mini-game to get their
feet wet, or getting started on Diablo 4. Time will tell.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0545226&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-15-diablo-iii-heading-to-consoles
1. http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/careers/posting.html?id=10000BC
2. http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/careers/posting.html?id=10000BD
3. http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/careers/posting.html?id=10000BB
4. http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27607509731&sid=3000
5. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/1613240/emDiablo-3em-Hands-On
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| Muscle Mice
| from the hulk-squeek dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @02:58 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0511238/Muscle-Mice?from=newsletter
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[0]SilasMortimer writes "Researchers from the University of Colorado at
Boulder have accomplished that for which humankind has been desperate
since the dawn of civilization: [1]turning sad, injured regular mice into
angry, beefed-up super-mice. Well, okay, there's no official word in the
article about the rodents' emotional states, but certainly when stem
cells were injected into mice with leg injuries, the muscle grew back...
almost twice as big as it was before the injury [[2]abstract,
[3]supplemental material (PDF)]. This has many exciting implications,
from better healing after injuries to slowing down the aging process to a
spike in the number of cases of Generalized Anxiety Disorder among cats.
I, for one, refuse to perpetuate outdated memes. (But feel free to make
up for the lack.)" If these mice are bred with those given previously
discovered treatments to make them [4]smarter and [5]fearless, we might
be in trouble.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0511238&from=newsletter
Links:
0. mailto:pandarsson@gmail.com
1. http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre6a94sz-us-muscle-repair/
2. http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/2/57/57ra83.abstract
3. http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2010/11/08/2.57.57ra83.DC1/2-57ra83_SM.pdf
4. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/0419203/Deleting-Certain-Gene-Makes-Mice-Smarter
5. http://science.slashdot.org/story/05/11/18/0644240/Scientists-Produce-Fearless-Mice
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| The Story of My As-Yet-Unverified Impact Crater
| from the dent-in-the-world dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @04:22 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0520204/The-Story-of-My-As-Yet-Unverified-Impact-Crater?from=newsletter
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tetrahedrassface writes "When I was very young, my dad took me on a trip
to his parents' farm. He wanted to show me '[0]The Crater.' We walked a
long way through second generation hardwoods and finally stood on the rim
of a hole that has no equal in this area. As I grew up, I became more
interested in The Crater, and would always tell friends about it. It is
roughly 1,200 feet across and 120 feet deep, and has a strange vibe about
it. When you walk up to it, you feel like something really big happened
here. Either the mother of all caves is down there, or a large object
smashed into this place a long, long time ago. I bought aerial photos
when I was twelve and later sent images from GIS to a geologist at a
local university. He pretty much laughed me out of his office, saying
that it was a sinkhole. He did wish me luck, however. It may be sinkhole.
Who knows? Last week I borrowed a metal detector and went poking around,
and have found the [1]strangest shrapnel pieces I have ever seen. They
are composed of a metal that reacts strongly to acids. The largest piece
so far reacted with tap water and dish-washing detergent. My second trip
today yielded lots of [2]strange new pieces of metal, and hopefully, one
day the truth will be known. Backyard science is so much fun. And who
knows; if it is indeed a cave, maybe Cerberus resides there."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0520204&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/4529732/640/Picture-Box/test.jpg
1. http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/4528965/640/Picture-Box/new-metal-pictures.-004.jpg
2. http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/4494652/640/Picture-Box/family-and-meteor-191.jpg
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| Stuxnet Was Designed To Subtly Interfere With Uranium Enrichment
| from the well-thank-god-it-didn't-infect-my-pc dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @06:04 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0347231/Stuxnet-Was-Designed-To-Subtly-Interfere-With-Uranium-Enrichment?from=newsletter
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[0]ceswiedler writes "Wired is reporting that the Stuxnet worm was
apparently [1]designed to subtly interfere with uranium enrichment by
periodically speeding or slowing specific frequency converter drives
spinning between 807Hz and 1210Hz. The goal was not to cause a major
malfunction (which would be quickly noticed), but rather to degrade the
quality of the enriched uranium to the point where much of it wouldn't be
useful in atomic weapons. [2]Statistics from 2009 show that the number of
enriched centrifuges operational in Iran mysteriously declined from about
4,700 to about 3,900 at around the time the worm was spreading in Iran."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0347231&from=newsletter
Links:
0. mailto:chris@swiedler.org
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/stuxnet-clues/
2. http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/wp-content/uploads/NumberCentrifuges1.jpg
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| Shadow Scholar Details Student Cheating
| from the cloak-and-dagger-academia dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @09:11 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/0131217/Shadow-Scholar-Details-Student-Cheating?from=newsletter
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vortex2.71 writes "A 'shadow writer,' who lives on the East Coast,
details how he makes a living [0]writing papers for a custom-essay
company and describes the extent of student cheating he has observed. In
the course of editing his article, The Chronicle Of Higher Education
reviewed correspondence he had with clients and some of the papers he had
been paid to write. 'I've written toward a master's degree in cognitive
psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of postgraduate credits
in international diplomacy. I've worked on bachelor's degrees in
hospitality, business administration, and accounting. I've written for
courses in history, cinema, labor relations, pharmacology, theology,
sports management, maritime security, airline services, sustainability,
municipal budgeting, marketing, philosophy, ethics, Eastern religion,
postmodern architecture, anthropology, literature, and public
administration. I've attended three dozen online universities. I've
completed 12 graduate theses of 50 pages or more. All for someone else.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/0131217&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/
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| The ~200 Line Linux Kernel Patch That Does Wonders
| from the well-isn't-that-special dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @09:49 (Linux)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1330233/The-200-Line-Linux-Kernel-Patch-That-Does-Wonders?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "There is a relatively miniscule patch to the
Linux kernel scheduler being queued up for Linux 2.6.38 that is proving
to have dramatic results for those multi-tasking on the desktop. Phoronix
is reporting [0]the ~200 line Linux kernel patch that does wonders with
before and after videos demonstrating the much-improved responsiveness
and interactivity of the Linux desktop. While compiling the Linux kernel
with 64 parallel jobs, 1080p video playback was still smooth, windows
could be moved fluidly, and there was not nearly as much of a slowdown
compared to when this patch was applied. Linus Torvalds has shared his
thoughts on this patch: So I think this is firmly one of those 'real
improvement' patches. Good job. Group scheduling goes from 'useful for
some specific server loads' to 'that's a killer feature.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1330233&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_2637_video&num=1
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| Hayabusa Captured Asteroid Dust Confirmed
| from the grats-to-everyone dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @10:31 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/142209/Hayabusa-Captured-Asteroid-Dust-Confirmed?from=newsletter
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[0]astroengine writes "It's been a seven-year roller-coaster ride for the
asteroid sample return mission, but JAXA ��� the Japanese space agency ���
has confirmed that [1]1,500 particles of dust from the surface of
asteroid Itokawa have been found inside the sample return capsule. The
capsule parachuted to Earth shortly before the Hayabusa spacecraft
reentered over the Australian Outback in June. Since then, scientists
have been painstakingly analyzing the capsule's contents [2]to make sure
the dust they found wasn't terrestrial contamination. Now they are sure,
making this the first time a sample has been collected from the surface
of an asteroid (and only the second time a sample has been returned from
a celestial object, the first being the Moon missions)."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/142209&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/success-hayabusa-captured-asteroid-dust.html
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/06/1357234/Hayabusa-Returns-Particles-From-Asteroid
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| The Beatles On iTunes
| from the help-i-need-some-money dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @11:11 (Media (Apple))
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/154222/The-Beatles-On-iTunes?from=newsletter
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Yesterday Apple put a big old teaser up on their homepage for an unknown
announcement to occur today. Speculation ran rampant from the delayed iOS
4.2, to iTunes Streaming to a [0]release of the Beatles catalog on the
iTunes store. Well, it was the latter. They have 13 albums on the store
now, and a $150 box set. So here's hoping that we get that iPad
multitasking yet this November.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/154222&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/16/17-beatles-albums-top-100/
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| Professor Has Camera Surgically Implanted In the Back of His Head
| from the cheating-impossible dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 16, @11:46 (Education)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1418241/Professor-Has-Camera-Surgically-Implanted-In-the-Back-of-His-Head?from=newsletter
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There won't be any cheating in professor Wafaa Bilal's class anymore. The
New York University photography professor is having [0]a camera
surgically implanted in the back of his head. The camera will take a
still picture every minute for one year, and the best shots will be put
on display at a new museum in Qatar. Visitors can also watch a live
stream of images from the camera which has some NYU administrators and
faculty worried about student privacy. "Obviously you don't want students
to be under the burden of constant surveillance; it's not a good teaching
environment," said Fred Ritchin, associate chairman of the department.
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1418241&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703670004575617083483970398.html
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| Cracking Passwords With Amazon EC2 GPU Instances
| from the sekrit-p4ssw0rd dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @12:28 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1549245/Cracking-Passwords-With-Amazon-EC2-GPU-Instances?from=newsletter
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suraj.sun writes "As of Nov. 15, 2010, Amazon EC2 is providing what they
call 'Cluster GPU Instances': An instance in the Amazon cloud that
provides you with the power of two NVIDIA Tesla 'Fermi' M2050 GPUs...
Using the CUDA-Multiforce, I was able to [0]crack all hashes from this
file with a password length from 1-6 in only 49 Minutes (1 hour costs
$2.10 by the way.). This is just another demonstration of the weakness of
SHA1 ��� you really don't want to use it anymore."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1549245&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://stacksmashing.net/2010/11/15/cracking-in-the-cloud-amazons-new-ec2-gpu-instances/
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| Canada To Mandate ISP Deep Packet Inspection
| from the that's-not-cool-eh dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @13:15 (Canada)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1616209/Canada-To-Mandate-ISP-Deep-Packet-Inspection?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian government has [0]proposed new
legislation that would require ISPs to install deep-packet inspection
capabilities. The proposal includes a laundry list of surveillance
requirements, police review of ISP employees and technologies, and the
mandated disclosure of a broad range of subscriber information without
any court oversight."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1616209&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5451/135/
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| US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans
| from the look-at-my-blurry-junk dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @14:00 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1723233/US-Marshals-Saved-35000-Full-Body-Scans?from=newsletter
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PatPending writes "A Gizmodo investigation has revealed [0]100 of the
photographs saved by the Gen 2 millimeter-wave scanner from Brijot
Imaging Systems, Inc., obtained by a FOIA request after it was recently
revealed that US Marshals operating the machine in the Orlando, Florida
courthouse had improperly ��� perhaps illegally ��� saved [35,000] images
[low resolution] of the scans of public servants and private citizens."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1723233&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://gizmodo.com/5690749/
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| New Rootkit Bypasses Windows Code-Signing Security
| from the sign-here-please dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @14:45 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1617215/New-Rootkit-Bypasses-Windows-Code-Signing-Security?from=newsletter
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Trailrunner7 writes "In recent versions of Windows, specifically Vista
and Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced a number of new security features
designed to prevent malicious code from running. But attackers are
continually finding new ways around those protections, and the latest
example is [0]a rootkit that can bypass the Windows driver-signing
protection."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1617215&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/tdl4-rootkit-bypasses-windows-code-signing-protection-111610
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| For 18 Minutes, 15% of the Internet Routed Through China
| from the i-bet-it's-nice-to-visit dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @15:24 (Encryption)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1838223/For-18-Minutes-15-of-the-Internet-Routed-Through-China?from=newsletter
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olsmeister writes "For [0]18 minutes this past April, 15% of the world's
internet traffic was [1]routed through servers in China. This includes
traffic from both .gov and .mil US TLDs." The crazy thing is that this
happened months ago, and nobody noticed. Hope you're encrypting your
super-secret stuff.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1838223&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/11/16/china-hijacked-15-of-us-internet-traffic-and-no-one-noticed/
1. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/16/internet-traffic-reportedly-routed-chinese-servers/
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| Internet Blacklist Back In Congress
| from the nobody-talks-about-my-orange-list dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @16:04 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/195258/Internet-Blacklist-Back-In-Congress?from=newsletter
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Adrian Lopez writes "A bill giving the government the power to shut down
Web sites that host materials that infringe copyright [0]is making its
way quietly through the lame-duck session of Congress, raising the ire of
free-speech groups and prompting a group of academics to lobby against
the effort. The [1]Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
(COICA) was introduced in Congress this fall by Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D-VT). It would grant the federal government the power to block access
to any Web domain that is found to host copyrighted material without
permission."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/195258&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/internet-censorship-pushed-congress/
1. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-3804
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| The World's Smallest Legible Font
| from the because-he-can dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 16, @16:25 (Graphics)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1438228/The-Worlds-Smallest-Legible-Font?from=newsletter
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hasanabbas1987 writes "From the article: 'Well 'technically' they aren't
the smallest fonts in the world as if they were you wouldn't be able to
read even a single letter, but, you should be able to read the entire
paragraph in the picture given above... we did. A Computer science
professor called Ken Perlin designed these tiny fonts and you can fit 500
reasonable words in a resolution of 320 x 240 space. There are at the
moment the [0]smallest legible fonts in the world.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1438228&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://techhammers.com/news/can-you-read-the-worlds-smallest-legible-fonts/
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| Facebook Inbox Throws Blow At Google... No Flinch?
| from the there-can-be-only-two dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @16:53 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1934257/Facebook-Inbox-Throws-Blow-At-Google-No-Flinch?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "Facebook's new messaging system may not be a Gmail killer,
but it's definitely another blow in the growing battle between two
Internet bigwigs. Facebook took the wraps off what it's calling [0]a
modern messaging system on Monday. The new system is designed to handle
the convergence of different kinds of messages ��� Facebook messages, IMs,
SMS and e-mail ��� and bring them together under a single social umbrella.
The system also allows users to have a facebook.com email address, though
it will work with other e-mail systems like Gmail and Yahoo. Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg is adamant that it's not intended to replace e-mail, but
industry analysts say the new system will [1]almost certainly draw some
users away from Yahoo mail and Google's Gmail. Meanwhile, Google CEO Eric
Schmidt told Computerworld that [2]he's not worried at all about
Facebook's new 'Social Inbox.' 'More competition is always good because
it makes the market larger,' Schmidt said, charging that journalists were
hyping the rivalry: 'As a group, you all are focused on the competition
rather than the market getting larger. It brings more people in. We are
all served by having everybody in the world get online.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/1934257&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/1838247/New-Facebook-Messaging-System-Announced
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196618/Facebook_messaging_throws_a_blow_at_Google
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9196641/Google_CEO_not_worried_about_Facebook
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| Failed MMO <em>APB</em> To Be Resurrected As Free-To-Play Game
| from the pennies-on-the-dollar dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @17:10 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2015222/Failed-MMO-APB-To-Be-Resurrected-As-Free-To-Play-Game?from=newsletter
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Two months ago, we discussed news that Realtime Worlds' action MMO APB
[0]closed its doors only a few months after launch, when it became clear
that player interest and subscriber numbers couldn't begin to recoup the
[1]massive development cost. A few days ago, a company called Reloaded
Productions, owned by free-to-play publisher GamersFirst, [2]acquired all
the rights and assets to APB. The company plans to relaunch the game as
APB: Reloaded in the first half of 2011, abandoning its unusual business
model in favor of free-to-play accounts [3]supplemented by
microtransactions and premium services.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/2015222&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/16/1813218/APB-To-Close-Mere-Months-After-Launch
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/25/056240/EA-Says-Game-Development-Budgets-Have-Peaked
2. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105311-GamersFirst-Acquires-APB-Will-Relaunch-in-2011-as-Free-to-Play-MMO
3. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31564/Interview_APB_Reborn_As_GamersFirst_Microtransactions_Game.php
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| Most Detailed View of Dark Matter Mapped By Hubble
| from the final-frontier dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @17:27 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2127244/Most-Detailed-View-of-Dark-Matter-Mapped-By-Hubble?from=newsletter
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[0]astroengine writes "Building on [1]previous studies by the Hubble
Space Telescope, [2]new analysis of gravitational lensing data has
revealed the most detailed map of the distribution of dark matter yet.
The distribution appears as a beautiful ghost-like or ethereal haze and
could have serious ramifications on our understanding as to how galaxy
clusters form and evolve."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/2127244&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/29/002200/Hubble-Builds-3D-Dark-Matter-Map
2. http://news.discovery.com/space/mapping-dark-matter-with-a-cosmic-lens.html
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| Proposed Final ACTA Text Published
| from the oh-honey-let's-do-some-actas dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 16, @18:09 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2132214/Proposed-Final-ACTA-Text-Published?from=newsletter
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ciaran_o_riordan writes "The US Trade Representative has published a text
which, subject only to a last legal review, is proposed to be [0]the
final text of ACTA. The [1]differences between this text and last month's,
from the Tokyo round, are mostly cosmetic but there's an important
positive change giving signatories the option of excluding patents from
section 2. As [2]for software patents, most harm has been avoided. If
signatories make use of the section 2 exclusion option, there might be no
harm at all. Lobbying for this will be important. Meanwhile, the many
problems regarding Digital Restrictions Management, and the extra powers
given to businesses to obtain personal and identifying information about
accused copyright infringers "in the Digital Environment" are still there
(mostly section 5). Earlier texts were much worse. The improvements in
recent months are surely due to public outcry, leaving us indebted to the
anonymous friends who scanned and leaked the [3]various secret versions
and the activists who made text versions and spread them across the
Internet. There's a chance we can still influence the text in this legal
review phase, but the bigger task ahead will be working on the national
implementations. It's not yet clear what procedure the US will require
for [4]its own ratification."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/2132214&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379
1. http://action.ffii.org/acta/compare?action=diff&rev1=1
2. http://en.swpat.org/wiki/ACTA_and_software_patents
3. http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement_overview#Versions
4. http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/blog-post/acta-s-constitutional-problem
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| USB Is the Devil's Connection
| from the god-bless-the-loons dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 16, @18:50 (Input Devices)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2146213/USB-Is-the-Devils-Connection?from=newsletter
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Jamie handed us [0]Satan's Data Connection. You see, sane and rational
human being, the USB logo is actually in the shape of a trident, and the
obvious action to Evangelical Christians in Brazil is to ban its use.
Hopefully they don't mispronounce SCSI and find themselves lusting after
their PCs.
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/2146213&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/15/3
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| Official Google Voice App Approved For iOS
| from the do-they-need-a-killer-app? dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 16, @19:39 (Cellphones)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/2318247/Official-Google-Voice-App-Approved-For-iOS?from=newsletter
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silverpig writes "Apple has finally [0]approved the official Google Voice
app for iOS. After 16 months of being in app-review limbo, the app is
finally here, but only for users in the US, and not for iPod Touch users.
An interesting use for the app would be to use it as a dialing front end
on an iPod touch in concert with a VOIP service, but it seems like this
isn't an option for now. It seems like non-US users can get the app if
they have a US iTunes account. You can create a US iTunes account without
a credit card by following [1]this Apple article."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/16/2318247&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.wifitalk.ca/google-voice/official-google-voice-app-for-iphone-is-here/
1. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
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