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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Hitachi Demos a Stylus-Friendly Capacitive Touchscreen
* <em>Crazy Taxi</em> Arrives For PSN, XBLA Version Coming Soon
* Microsoft Finally Certifies an Open Source Web App
* Graphene Can Be Made With Table Sugar
* Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes
* Cooks Source Magazine Apologizes — Sort Of
* Internet Explorer 9 Caught Cheating In SunSpider
* Comparing Windows and Ubuntu On Netbooks
* Rural North Carolina Experiences Data Center Boom
* Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book?
* UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet
* Debt Collectors Using Facebook To Embarrass Those Who Owe
* Long Takes In the Movies, Antidote To CGI?
* An Illustrated Version Control Timeline
* TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old
* Bacteria Used To Fix Cracked Concrete
* Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones
* NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook
* LHC Scientists Create and Capture Antimatter
* Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes
* AT&T Wireless Data Still Growing At 1000%
* MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns
* New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections
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| Hitachi Demos a Stylus-Friendly Capacitive Touchscreen
| from the fine-point-you-make-there dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 16, @21:29 (Displays)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/0033218/Hitachi-Demos-a-Stylus-Friendly-Capacitive-Touchscreen?from=newsletter
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dk3nn3dy writes "[0]Hitachi Displays have developed a [1]capacitive
touchscreen which converts input from a non-conductive object into
electrostatic capacitance. [2]This enables it to be used in a diverse
range of ways, such as multi-touch using several fingers, with a plastic
pen for finer input, and in cold places while wearing gloves. The display
is currently under development for release in the second half of 2011."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/0033218&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.hitachi-displays.com/en/
1. http://www.hitachi-displays.com/en/news/2133521_18571.html
2. http://www.diginfo.tv/2010/11/16/10-0237-r-en.php
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| <em>Crazy Taxi</em> Arrives For PSN, XBLA Version Coming Soon
| from the get-out-of-the-way dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 16, @23:42 (Classic Games (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/035233/Crazy-Taxi-Arrives-For-PSN-XBLA-Version-Coming-Soon?from=newsletter
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Today a remake of the Dreamcast classic [0] Crazy Taxi launched on the
PlayStation Network, with the Xbox Live Arcade release coming November
24th. The graphics have been updated to 720p, but [1]licensing issues for
the soundtrack and some in-game locations resulted in noticeable changes.
Quoting the Opposable Thumbs blog: "The Offspring, along with Bad
Religion, provided the game's soundtrack in the original release. These
songs, along with the sound of that announcer, went a long way toward
creating the game's mood. In the new version, they have been replaced by
completely forgettable pop-punk tracks, and it's a downgrade. ... That's
not the only thing that's missing. The game originally featured licensed
locations. Customers would need to be dropped off at the Pizza Hut, for
instance. These companies didn't spring for the advertising in the game's
rerelease, but the buildings weren't updated to look like anything else;
the result is a game that looks like its filled with closed-down fast
food restaurants. ... this is an interesting look at what went on to
become a cult classic. Still, this is no replacement for my original
copy."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/035233&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/16/crazy-taxi-drivers-get-an-early-start-available-on-psn-today/
1. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/11/crazy-taxi-on-psn-xbla-when-the-music-stops.ars
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| Microsoft Finally Certifies an Open Source Web App
| from the where's-your-hall-pass-professor dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday November 17, @00:43 (Microsoft)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/030232/Microsoft-Finally-Certifies-an-Open-Source-Web-App?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has caught up with the fact that
open source web-based software exists, today [0]announcing an open source
project written in PHP is [1]the first 'Certified for Windows' software
that (a) follows an OSI-approved license and (b) runs via a webserver
rather than operating as a native Windows executable. The software in
question is [2]SilverStripe CMS, free software released under a BSD
license, that is used to build and manage websites. Certification entails
a third-party performing [3]various tests and audits on the software and
giving it the green light. If other open source projects can follow suit,
this will be another step in getting business folk to see that open
source is ready for enterprise use. And heck, maybe even a .NET
application could now seek to be certified!"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/030232&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://port25.technet.com/archive/2010/11/16/silverstripe-achieves-windows-server-2008-r2-certification.aspx
1. http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-cms-the-first-ever-open-source-web-app-to-become-microsoft-certified/
2. http://www.silverstripe.org/
3. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/ws08-r2-cf.aspx
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| Graphene Can Be Made With Table Sugar
| from the let's-grid-it-on dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday November 17, @03:52 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/0623254/Graphene-Can-Be-Made-With-Table-Sugar?from=newsletter
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Zothecula writes with this snippet from Gizmag: "There's no doubt that
the discovery of graphene is one sweet breakthrough. The remarkable
material offers everything from faster, cooler electronics and cheaper
lithium-ion batteries to faster DNA sequencing and single-atom
transistors. Researchers at Rice University have made graphene even
sweeter by developing a way to make pristine sheets of the one-atom-thick
form of carbon [0]from plain table sugar and other carbon-based
substances. In another plus, the one-step process takes place at
temperatures low enough to make the wonder material easy to manufacture."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/0623254&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/making-graphene-from-table-sugar/16953/
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| Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes
| from the surplus-to-requirements dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday November 17, @06:56 (United Kingdom)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/0441202/Organs-of-UK-Nuclear-Workers-Secretly-Harvested-Energy-Secretary-Apologizes?from=newsletter
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fernlyn writes with word of a report detailing a decades-long practice of
[0]clandestine post-mortem organ removal from the bodies of dozens of
workers in the UK's nuclear energy industry; Britain's [1]Energy
Secretary Chris Huhne has apologized to the families of those workers
whose organs were taken without consent or even acknowledgement. Many of
the organs taken were removed without any apparent forensic purpose in
mind. Surviving relatives are understandably upset with what they see as
cavalier treatment of their loved ones' bodies (even beyond unauthorized
organ removal), such as the replacement of bones with lengths of
broomstick.
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/0441202&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8138367/Organs-of-nuclear-workers-secretly-harvested-for-40-years-report-finds.html
1. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6AF4CT20101116
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| Cooks Source Magazine Apologizes — Sort Of
| from the helping-budding-writers-everywhere dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday November 17, @08:57 (The Internet)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/0250235/Cooks-Source-Magazine-Apologizes-mdash-Sort-Of?from=newsletter
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taco8982 writes "Cooks Source has published [0]a statement in response to
the uproar over [1]claiming the web is public domain a couple of weeks
ago. While it does contain an apology, I'll leave it to individual
readers to determine how apologetic it actually is." It also seems that
the publisher has decided to cease publication entirely.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/0250235&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.cookssource.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/04/1940257/Cooks-Magazine-Claims-Web-Is-Public-Domain
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| Internet Explorer 9 Caught Cheating In SunSpider
| from the well-that's-not-nice dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @09:43 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1324218/Internet-Explorer-9-Caught-Cheating-In-SunSpider?from=newsletter
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dkd903 writes "A Mozilla engineer has uncovered something embarrassing
for Microsoft ��� [0]Internet Explorer is cheating in the SunSpider
Benchmark. The SunSpider, although developed by Apple, has nowadays
become a very popular choice of benchmark for the JavaScript engines of
browsers."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1324218&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2010/11/17/internet-explorer-9-caught-cheating-in-sunspider-benchmark/
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| Comparing Windows and Ubuntu On Netbooks
| from the little-bit-of-this-and-that dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @10:27 (Operating Systems)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/148204/Comparing-Windows-and-Ubuntu-On-Netbooks?from=newsletter
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Barence writes "With the arrival last month of Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook
Edition, PC Pro has revisited a familiar question: [0]which operating
system is best for a netbook?. The magazine has run a series of
benchmarks on a Asus Eee PC 1008HA running Windows XP Home, two versions
of Windows 7 (with and without Aero switched on) and Ubuntu Netbook
Edition. The operating systems are tested for start-up performance, Flash
handling and video, among other tests. The results are closer than you
might think."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/148204&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/11/17/the-best-netbook-os-xp-windows-7-or-ubuntu/
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| Rural North Carolina Experiences Data Center Boom
| from the hear-that-sound dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @11:11 (Businesses)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1432204/Rural-North-Carolina-Experiences-Data-Center-Boom?from=newsletter
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1sockchuck writes "Rural counties in western North Carolina have hit the
[0]data center trifecta, landing major projects from Google, Apple and
Facebook. These marquee tech companies will invest more than $2 billion
in small towns like Forest City, Kings Mountain and Maiden, a town of
just 3,300 residents. How did western North Carolina become a tech hub?
Aggressive tax incentives and an abundant supply of cheap power, a legacy
of the textile mills that once thrived in the region, which [1]narrowly
missed winning a $499 million Microsoft data center project that ended up
in Virginia."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1432204&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/11/17/north-carolina-emerges-as-data-center-hub/
1. http://www.shelbystar.com/articles/groundbreakings-49666-county-agreement.html
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| Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book?
| from the i'm-in-the-book dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @11:54 (Communications)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1536212/Is-the-Number-Up-For-the-Residential-Phone-Book?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The first phone directory was issued in 1878, two
years after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and for decades
regulators across the US have required phone companies to distribute
directories in paper form. But now the Washington Post reports that
Verizon, the largest provider of landline phones in the Washington DC
region, is asking state regulators for [1]permission to stop delivering
the residential white pages in Virginia and Maryland. About a dozen other
states are also doing away with printed phone books as surveys show that
the number of households relying on residential white pages dropped from
25 percent in 2005 to 11 percent in 2008. The directories will be
available online, printed or on CD-ROM upon request but the inches-thick
white pages, a fixture in American households for more than a century,
will no longer land on porches with a thud each year. 'I'm kind of amazed
they lasted as long as they have,' says Robert Thompson, a professor of
popular culture at Syracuse University. 'But there are some people
nostalgic about this. Some people like to go to the shelf and look up a
number.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1536212&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111605653.html
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| UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet
| from the end-of-an-era dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @12:28 (Google)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1559217/UK-Minister-Backs-Two-Speed-Internet?from=newsletter
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Darkon writes "UK Culture minister Ed Vaizey has [0]backed a 'two-speed
internet', letting service providers charging content makers and
customers for 'fast lane' access. It paves the way for an end to 'net
neutrality' ��� with heavy bandwidth users like Google and the BBC likely
to face a bill for the pipes they use."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1559217&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11773574
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| Debt Collectors Using Facebook To Embarrass Those Who Owe
| from the pay-up-or-be-unfriended dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @12:40 (Facebook)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1553220/Debt-Collectors-Using-Facebook-To-Embarrass-Those-Who-Owe?from=newsletter
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Not even the tranquility of FarmVille can save you from the long arm of
debt collectors. Melanie Beacham says that a collector from MarkOne
Financial [0]contacted her relatives about her past due car note via
Facebook. She is filing suit alleging that the company is harassing her
family. Tampa based consumer attorney Billy Howard of Morgan & Morgan
says, "Now Facebook does a debt collectors work for them. Now it's not
only family members, it's all of your associates. It's a very powerful
tool for debt collectors to use."
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1553220&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=156762
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| Long Takes In the Movies, Antidote To CGI?
| from the can-i-cut-now dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @13:22 (Movies)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1637232/Long-Takes-In-the-Movies-Antidote-To-CGI?from=newsletter
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brumgrunt submitted a Den of Geek story about [0]long takes in movies.
The premise is that CGI has made so many things possible that it all
rings sterile now. Long shots are a better way to be flashy. Personally I
absolutely love long takes, and I always elbow my wife excitedly when
they happen. She probably hates them now! Some of the examples cited here
are probably unfamiliar but maybe that'll just give you an excuse to
queue them on Netflix.
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1637232&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/684897/celebrating_cinemas_greatest_long_takes.html
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| An Illustrated Version Control Timeline
| from the remember-when dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 17, @13:56 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1537247/An-Illustrated-Version-Control-Timeline?from=newsletter
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rocket22 writes "Most software developers are supposed to be using the
latest in tech and see themselves as living on the edge of software
innovation. But, are they aware of how old some of the tools they use on
a daily basis are? There are teams out there developing iPad software and
checking in code inside arcane CVS repositories. Aren't we in the 21st
century, the age of distributed version control? The blog post goes
through some of the most [0]important version control systems on the last
three decades and while it doesn't try to come up with an extremely
detailed thesis, it does a good job creating a catalog of some of the
most widely spread or technologically relevant SCMs."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1537247&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2010/11/version-control-timeline.html
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| TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old
| from the security-theater dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @14:09 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1620203/TSA-Pats-Down-3-Year-Old?from=newsletter
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3-year-old Mandy Simon started crying when her teddy bear had to go
through the X-ray machine at airport security in Chattanooga, Tenn. She
was so upset that she refused to go calmly through the metal detector,
setting it off twice. Agents then informed her parents that she "must be
hand-searched." The subsequent [0]TSA employee pat down of the screaming
child was captured by her father, who happens to be a reporter, on his
cell phone. The video have left some questioning why better procedures
for children aren't in place. I, for one, feel much safer knowing the TSA
is protecting us from impressionable minds warped by too much Dora the
Explorer.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1620203&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=77140
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| Bacteria Used To Fix Cracked Concrete
| from the smear-and-repair dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @14:35 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/182244/Bacteria-Used-To-Fix-Cracked-Concrete?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the U.K's University of
Newcastle have created a new type of [0]bacteria that generates glue to
hold together cracks in concrete structures - that means everything from
concrete sidewalks to buildings that have been damaged by earthquakes.
When the cells have been germinated, they burrow deep into the concrete
until they reach the bottom. At this point, the concrete repair process
is activated, and the cells split into three types that produce calcium
carbonate crystals, act as reinforcing fibers, and produce glue which
acts as a binding agent to fill concrete gaps."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/182244&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40201539/ns/technology_and_science-green_innovation/
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| Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones
| from the set-your-emergency-to-vibrate dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @15:23 (Cellphones)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/186213/Emergency-Broadcast-System-Coming-To-Cell-Phones?from=newsletter
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gambit3 writes "The Emergency Broadcast System that interrupts TV
programming in times of crisis is jumping to a new format where it might
be able to reach you better ��� [0]on your cell phone. The communications
company Alcatel-Lucent announced Tuesday that it's creating a Broadcast
Message Center that will allow government agencies to send cell phone
users specific information in the event of a local, state or national
emergency. It will be similar to the TV alerts in that the text messages
will be geographically targeted for areas where a tornado alert or major
road closure, for example, is in effect."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/186213&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/emergency-broadcast-system-coming-to-cell-phones/19721588
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| NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @16:05 (Book Reviews)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/135201/NHibernate-30-Cookbook?from=newsletter
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RickJWagner writes "Are you a .Net developer? Do you have to persist your
application objects to a database? If so, I know of a book you might be
interested in, Packt Publishing's NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook. NHibernate is
a port of the popular Hibernate object-relational mapper (ORM, for those
who like TLAs.) An object-relational mapper is a framework that lets the
developer get and retrieve application state from a database, and it does
so in an efficient, non-intrusive, and flexible manner. Hibernate is the
top of the line ORM implementation, yet it's easy enough to learn that
even a newbie will find it easy to get started." Read on for the rest of
Rick's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/135201/NHibernate-30-Cookbook?from=newsletter
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/135201&from=newsletter
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| LHC Scientists Create and Capture Antimatter
| from the I-want-my-warp-drive dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @16:47 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1935255/LHC-Scientists-Create-and-Capture-Antimatter?from=newsletter
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Velcroman1 writes "Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have
[0]created antimatter in the form of antihydrogen, demonstrating how it's
possible to capture and release it. The development could help
researchers devise laboratory experiments to learn more about this
strange substance, which mostly disappeared from the universe shortly
after the Big Bang 14 billion years ago. Trapping any form of antimatter
is difficult, because as soon as it meets normal matter ��� the stuff Earth
and everything on it is made out of ��� the two annihilate each other in
powerful explosions. 'We are getting close to the point at which we can
do some classes of experiments on the properties of antihydrogen,' said
Joel Fajans, a University of California, Berkeley professor of physics,
and LBNL faculty scientist. 'Since no one has been able to make these
types of measurements on antimatter atoms at all, it's a good start.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1935255&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/17/breakthrough-mysterious-antimatter-created-captured/
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| Anti-Smartphone Phone Launched For Technophobes
| from the I-do-one-thing-and-I-do-it-well dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @17:28 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/1922208/Anti-Smartphone-Phone-Launched-For-Technophobes?from=newsletter
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geek4 writes "A Dutch company has launched what it calls '[0]the world's
simplest phone,' targeting users who are sick of new-generation models.
Only capable of making and receiving calls, John's Phone is dubbed the
world's simplest mobile phone, specifically designed for anti-smartphones
users. It does not provide any hi-tech features. No apps. No Internet. No
camera. No text messaging. All you have to do ��� in fact, all you can do ���
is call, talk and hang up."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/1922208&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/johns-phone-launched-for-technophobes-13591
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| AT&T Wireless Data Still Growing At 1000%
| from the big-and-bigger dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @18:09 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/2120251/ATampT-Wireless-Data-Still-Growing-At-1000?from=newsletter
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jfruhlinger writes "AT&T's wireless network came under a microscope when
it seemed unable to handle the massive data use boost that came when the
iPhone arrived on the scene. The company has since put money into its
infrastructure, and that growth rate has slowed somewhat, but it's still
gone up [0]30 times over the past three years."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/2120251&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/127888/atampt-mobile-data-growth-eases-30x
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| MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns
| from the don't-worry-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @18:53 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/2126229/MPAA-Dismisses-COICA-Free-Speech-Concerns?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The EFF has gone into detail about why it
opposes '[0]The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act,' or
COICA. It has the potential to give the Department of Justice the power
to shut down any domestic website, or block any foreign website it so
chooses, setting the stage for [1]Internet censorship in the United
States. Addressing the free speech concerns, MPAA chief Bob Pisano
[2]dismissed the First Amendment issues, saying '...the First Amendment
was not intended as a shield for those who steal, irrespective of the
means.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/17/2126229&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.eff.org/pages/sites-coica-may-take-offline-and-why
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/195258/Internet-Blacklist-Back-In-Congress
2. http://www.slyck.com/story2129_MPAA_Dismisses_COICA_Free_Speech_Concerns
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| New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections
| from the look-at-the-big-brain-on-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 17, @19:37 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/17/228219/New-Imaging-Method-Reveals-Brain-Connections?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the Stanford University School
of Medicine, applying a state-of-the-art imaging system to brain-tissue
samples from mice, have been able to quickly and accurately locate and
count the [0]myriad connections between nerve cells in unprecedented
detail, as well as to capture and catalog those connections' surprising
variety. A typical healthy human brain contains about 200 billion nerve
cells, or neurons, linked to one another via hundreds of trillions of
tiny contacts called synapses. It is at these synapses that an electrical
impulse traveling along one neuron is relayed to another, either
enhancing or inhibiting the likelihood that the second nerve will fire an
impulse of its own. One neuron may make as many as tens of thousands of
synaptic contacts with other neurons, said Stephen Smith, PhD, professor
of molecular and cellular physiology and senior author of a paper
describing the study, to be published Nov. 18 in Neuron."
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