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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Google Wave Looking To Join Apache Software Foundation
* BEAR Robot Designed To Rescue Wounded Soldiers
* PayPal Demos Auto-Debit Gumball Machine
* Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter
* UK Police To Get Major New Powers To Seize Domains
* South Africa Drones For Anti-Rhino-Poaching Patrol
* Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon
* Tandberg Attempts To Patent Open Source Code
* CA Sues Over DB2 Migration Tool
* Stephen Fry and DVD Jon Back USB Sniffer Project
* US Government Seizes Torrent Search Engine Domain
* Thin Oxygen-CO2 Atmosphere Discovered On Rhea
* Pirate Bay Trio Lose Appeal
* Google, Microsoft Cheat On Slow-Start — Should You?
* The Sensible Body Scan Alternative
* FedEx Misplaces Radioactive Rods
* New MacBook Pros To Sport Light Peak Technology
* German Scientists Create Bose-Einstein Condensate Using Photons
* Deep Packet Inspection Set To Return
* Company Seeks To Boost Linux Game Development With 3D Engine Giveaway
* UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout
* What Software Specification Tools Do You Use?
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| Google Wave Looking To Join Apache Software Foundation
| from the part-of-the-gang dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 25, @19:28 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/25/231248/Google-Wave-Looking-To-Join-Apache-Software-Foundation?from=newsletter
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MMacFadden writes "The Google Wave team has officially [0]submitted the
open source version of Wave to the Apache Software Foundation as a
candidate Incubator project. Google hopes that the wave technology will
continue to grow, supported by the new open source community (which is
made up of Google and non-Google employees alike). [1]Here is the
proposal itself."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/25/231248&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/211614/google_wave_gets_a_second_life_from_apache.html
1. http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/WaveProposal
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| BEAR Robot Designed To Rescue Wounded Soldiers
| from the ursine-rescue dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 25, @20:35 (Medicine)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/25/236243/BEAR-Robot-Designed-To-Rescue-Wounded-Soldiers?from=newsletter
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Zothecula writes "The US Army is currently testing a robot designed to
locate, lift, and carry wounded soldiers out of harm's way without
risking additional lives. With feedback from its on-board sensors and
cameras, the [0]Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) can be
remotely controlled through the use of a special M-4 rifle grip
controller or by hand gestures using an AnthroTronix iGlove motion glove.
This equipment would allow a soldier to direct BEAR to a wounded soldier
and transport them to safety where they can be assessed by a combat
medic."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/25/236243&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/battlefield-extraction-assist-robot/17059/
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| PayPal Demos Auto-Debit Gumball Machine
| from the candy-card dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 25, @22:32 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/0046258/PayPal-Demos-Auto-Debit-Gumball-Machine?from=newsletter
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ForgedArtificer writes "At their recent developers conference in San
Diego, CA, [0]PayPal unveiled a proof-of-concept gumball machine that
would instantly pay for a gumball through a PayPal account using a smart
phone and a QR code, sending a confirmation of the purchase through
Twitter. Ok, maybe we all don't really care if we can get a gumball
without a quarter, but the possibilities for this technology are
endless."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/0046258&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7436607-paypal-demos-changefree-gumball-machine
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| Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning On Twitter
| from the false-wave dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday November 26, @00:39 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/0053256/Hacker-Sends-Out-Fake-Tsunami-Warning-On-Twitter?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A Twitter account belonging to an official
adviser of the Indonesian president has been broken into by a hacker who
posted [0]a warning that a tsunami was heading for Jakarta. Andi Arief is
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's disaster management
adviser and a frequent user of Twitter. But when he lost control of his
account, a tsunami warning was sent out to Twitter users."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/0053256&from=newsletter
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| UK Police To Get Major New Powers To Seize Domains
| from the mine-now-I-take-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday November 26, @02:27 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/0238248/UK-Police-To-Get-Major-New-Powers-To-Seize-Domains?from=newsletter
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Stoobalou writes "British Police forces could soon have the power to
[0]seize any domain associated with criminal activity, under new
proposals published today by UK domain registrar Nominet. At present,
Nominet has no clear legal obligation to ensure that .uk domains are not
used for criminal activities. That situation may soon change, if
proposals from the Serious and Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) are
accepted."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/0238248&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/25/police-get-major-new-powers-seize-domains/
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| South Africa Drones For Anti-Rhino-Poaching Patrol
| from the no-horn-for-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday November 26, @05:04 (Crime)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/0345241/South-Africa-Drones-For-Anti-Rhino-Poaching-Patrol?from=newsletter
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garymortimer writes "The SA National Defence Force is considering
[0]using an unmanned drone helicopter to target rhino poachers, Defence
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said yesterday. She told a press conference in
Pretoria she wanted state weapons company Denel to further develop an
unmanned aerial vehicle it was working on so it could be used to help SA
National Parks catch rhino poachers."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/0345241&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.suasnews.com/2010/11/2823/south-africa-considers-using-uas-to-track-poachers/
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| Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon
| from the one-cick-loophole dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday November 26, @08:07 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/0348253/Every-Days-a-Tax-Holiday-At-Amazon?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "With Black Friday here, Slate's Farhad Manjoo reminds
readers of [0]how Amazon.com undersells Best Buy, the Apple store, and
almost everybody else. Read his lips: no sales taxes. Unless you live in
KS, KY, NY, ND, or WA, you'll pay no sales tax on many purchases from
Amazon, giving Amazon a huge ��� and largely hidden ��� price advantage over
most other national retailers. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is certainly no fan
of taxes ��� he explored founding Amazon on an Indian reservation, and
recently [1]ponied up $100,000 to defeat a proposed WA state income tax,
a good investment for someone who's [2]cashed in close to $800,000,000 in
Amazon stock this year alone. So, is Amazon's tax-free status unfair? Of
course it is, says Manjoo. Amazon has physical operations in 17 states in
which the company and its employees enjoy the fruits of local taxes ���
police and fire protection, roads, hospitals, and other infrastructure
that make its operations possible. Yet Amazon skirts tax collection in
most of these places through clever legal tricks."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/0348253&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.slate.com/id/2275552/
1. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/ballmer_bezos_fund_effort_to_defeat_state_income_tax.html
2. http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/11/bezos-unloads-another-batch-of-amazon.html
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| Tandberg Attempts To Patent Open Source Code
| from the cut-and-paste-your-way-to-innovation dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @08:50 (Patents)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1319239/Tandberg-Attempts-To-Patent-Open-Source-Code?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "As if the current situation with software
patents wasn't bad enough, it appears a new phenomenon is emerging:
companies are watching the commit logs of open source projects for ideas
to patent. In this case, Tandberg [0]filed a patent that was
[1]step-by-step identical to an algorithm developed by the x264 project ���
a mere two months after the original commit. The particular algorithm is
a useful performance optimization in a wide variety of video encoders,
including Theora."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1319239&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2010077148&IA=NO2009000447&DISPLAY=CLAIMS
1. http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/589
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| CA Sues Over DB2 Migration Tool
| from the not-the-best-customer-retention-plan dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @09:39 (Databases)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1419219/CA-Sues-Over-DB2-Migration-Tool?from=newsletter
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aesoteric writes "Software giant CA has filed suit against an Australian
software developer over a [0]program that allegedly enabled companies to
migrate off CA database platforms onto IBM DB2. It claimed the software
'reproduced' portions of confidential source and object codes without
permission and deprived CA of license fees. CA also disputed claims that
its database platform was 'dying.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1419219&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/239652,ca-sues-over-db2-migration-tool.aspx
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| Stephen Fry and DVD Jon Back USB Sniffer Project
| from the mainstream-hacking dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @10:25 (Hardware Hacking)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1424212/Stephen-Fry-and-DVD-Jon-Back-USB-Sniffer-Project?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]bushing and [1]pytey of the [2]iPhone
DevTeam and [3]Team Twiizers have created a Kickstarter project to fund
[4]the build of an open-source/open-hardware high-speed USB protocol
analyzer. The board features a high-speed USB 2.0 sniffer that will help
with the reverse engineering of proprietary USB hardware. The project has
gained the backing of two high-profile individuals: [5]Jon Lech Johansen
(DVD Jon), and actor and comedian [6]Stephen Fry."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1424212&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/gnihsub
1. http://twitter.com/pytey
2. http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
3. http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Team_Twiizers
4. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/106623684/openvizsla-open-source-usb-protocol-analyzer
5. http://twitter.com/jonlech/status/7943587257909248
6. http://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/7051842366210050
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| US Government Seizes Torrent Search Engine Domain
| from the war-on-torrents dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @11:32 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1450257/US-Government-Seizes-Torrent-Search-Engine-Domain?from=newsletter
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Voulnet writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak: "This morning,
visitors to the Torrent-Finder.com site are greeted with an ominous
graphic which [0]indicates that ICE has seized the site's domain. 'My
domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any
court!' the exasperated owner of Torrent-Finder told TorrentFreak this
morning. 'I firstly had DNS downtime. While I was contacting GoDaddy, I
noticed the DNS had changed. GoDaddy had no idea what was going on and
until now they do not understand the situation and they say it was
totally from ICANN,' he explained. Aside from the fact that domains are
being seized seemingly at will, there is a very serious problem with the
action against Torrent-Finder. Not only does the site not host or even
link to any torrents whatsoever, it actually only returns searches
through embedded iframes which display other sites that are not under the
control of the Torrent-Finder owner."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1450257&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/
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| Thin Oxygen-CO2 Atmosphere Discovered On Rhea
| from the fo'-rhea dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @12:18 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1543203/Thin-Oxygen-CO2-Atmosphere-Discovered-On-Rhea?from=newsletter
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Randyll writes "During its Saturn flyby in March, the Cassini space probe
[0]detected an oxygen-rich atmosphere on Rhea, Saturn's second-largest
moon. While 100 times thinner than the atmospheres of Europa or Ganymede,
Rhea's atmosphere contains a surprising amount of carbon dioxide. There
is an explanation for the oxygen ��� the decomposition of surface ice ���
while the origin of the carbon dioxide is a mystery. A few of the
possible explanations are that Rhea has carbon-rich organic molecules or
that the gas is seeping from Rhea's interior. However, researchers have
been unable to determine the exact source for the gas." While "richness"
is relative ��� the [1]study's abstract refers to Rhea's atmosphere as
"tenuous," and oxygen concentrations are trillions of times lower there
than they are on Earth ��� the finding still puts Rhea in rare company
among the planets and moons of the solar system.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1543203&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/saturn-moon-rhea-oxygen-atmosphere-101125.html
1. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2010/11/24/science.1198366.abstract?sid=7fc30675-96d1-4f34-8766-4ff1487bbf00
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| Pirate Bay Trio Lose Appeal
| from the lose-rinse-repeat dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @13:02 (Piracy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1629213/Pirate-Bay-Trio-Lose-Appeal?from=newsletter
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nk497 writes "Three of the four founders of The Pirate Bay have [0]lost
an appeal against their [1]conviction last year of helping to share
copyrighted material. It wasn't a total waste of time, however. The three
have had their one-year jail sentences cut to between four and ten
months. (The fourth founder was too ill to appear in court, and will
appeal separately.) The foursome also had their fine bumped from 32
million kronor ($4.5 million) to 46 million kronor ($6.5 million)."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1629213&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/363178/pirate-bay-trio-lose-appeal-against-jail-sentences
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/04/17/110235/Pirate-Bay-Trial-Ends-In-Jail-Sentences
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| Google, Microsoft Cheat On Slow-Start — Should You?
| from the reply-hazy-ask-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @13:47 (The Internet)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1729218/Google-Microsoft-Cheat-On-Slow-Start-mdash-Should-You?from=newsletter
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kdawson writes "Software developer and blogger Ben Strong did a little
exploring to find out how Google achieves its admirably fast load times.
What he discovered is that Google, and to a much greater extent
Microsoft, are [0]cheating on the 'slow-start' requirement of [1]RFC-3390.
His research indicates that discussion of this practice on the Net is at
an early, and somewhat theoretical, stage. Strong concludes with this
question: 'What should I do in my app (and what should you do in yours)?
Join the arms race or sit on the sidelines and let Google have all the
page-load glory?'"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1729218&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat-on-slow.html
1. http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3390.txt
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| The Sensible Body Scan Alternative
| from the take-the-bus dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @14:34 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1914218/The-Sensible-Body-Scan-Alternative?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader sends in a CNN article that looks at airport security
from more reasonable point of view, suggesting that [0]looking for every
last micro-gram of potentially explosive material is a waste of time,
since very small quantities of explosives are unlikely to significantly
damage a plane. The author also recommends incorporating parts of [1]the
Israeli method of securing airplanes ��� look for the bomber, not the
tools. Quoting: "Clearly everything should be done to prevent explosives
getting on board an aircraft in quantities sufficient to cause structural
failure and bring the plane down. But is it worth chasing lesser
quantities that would result in zero or minimal damage? The enhanced
pat-down that some find so offensive is designed to search for these
small amounts. It often ends with a swab being taken to test for
explosive residues. Technology does have a role to play, but imaging is
not the solution. Operator fatigue sets in after short periods of time
staring at computer images. That's why there are reports that contraband
items have been smuggled through X-ray units used to scan carry-on bags.
The aim should be to detect high explosive in quantities that are
sufficient to cause significant damage. We don't need a machine that
takes pictures of the human body. It makes more sense to develop a
detector that clearly discriminates between high explosives and human
tissue or water."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1914218&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/26/rez.air.security/index.html?hpt=T2
1. http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/11/yeffet.air.security.israel/index.html?iref=allsearch
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| FedEx Misplaces Radioactive Rods
| from the sign-here-for-your-tumors-sir dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @15:17 (Security)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1948245/FedEx-Misplaces-Radioactive-Rods?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "A shipment of radioactive rods used in medical
equipment [1]has vanished while being sent by FedEx from North Dakota to
Tennessee. Based on tracking information, FedEx is focusing its search in
the Tennessee area, but as a normal precaution the company alerted all of
its stations 'in the event that it got waylaid and went to another
station by accident.' Dr. Marc Siegel says if someone opens the container
it could pose some serious health risks. 'I don't believe it has the
degree of radiation that, if it were opened, your skin would suddenly
slough off. But the concern would be, if this got opened inadvertently
and someone didn't know what it was and then was repeatedly exposed to it
over several days, it could cause a problem with radiation poisoning,'
says Siegel. 'The people that use this equipment in a hospital use
protective shielding with it.' The lesson is that active medical material
must always be transported in a way that ensures the general public
cannot get access to it. 'Medical devices should not be FedExed. They
should be sent under a special service,' adds Siegel."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/1948245&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/26/fedex-searches-missing-radioactive-equipment/?test=latestnews
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| New MacBook Pros To Sport Light Peak Technology
| from the obsoleting-your-dongles dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @16:05 (Intel)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/2040207/New-MacBook-Pros-To-Sport-Light-Peak-Technology?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Over the past few years, Apple has
systematically upgraded the base level MacBook to a level where the
difference between the Pro and consumer models were arguably becoming
negligible. That's about to change. Apple will reportedly introduce a
completely re-designed MacBook Pro this April that will borrow features
from the recently released MacBook Air. The new Pros will reportedly
[0]come with an SSD and Light Peak technology, a [1]transfer protocol
capable of 10 Gbps both up and down. Light Peak, jointly developed by
Intel and Apple, will reportedly be an Apple exclusive at first."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/2040207&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.edibleapple.com/apple-to-unveil-new-ipad-in-january-new-macbooks-in-april-along-with-new-version-of-fcp/
1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/07/27/2057224/Intels-50Gbps-Light-Peak-Successor
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| German Scientists Create Bose-Einstein Condensate Using Photons
| from the keep-this-discovery-away-from-sharks dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @16:51 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/2059208/German-Scientists-Create-Bose-Einstein-Condensate-Using-Photons?from=newsletter
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xt writes "A team of physicists, led by the University of Bonn's Martin
Weitz, have managed to create a [0]Bose-Einstein condensate (here's a
more [1]detailed explanation) out of photons, previously thought to be
impossible. The research was [2]published in the journal Nature ([3]abstract,
and the arXiv has [4]the submitted paper as a PDF) and has possible
applications on solar energy technology and shortwave lasers, which would
be well-suited to the [5]manufacture of computer chips as the process
uses lasers to etch logic circuits onto semiconductor materials. Seems
like Moore's law is safe again!"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/2059208&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Einstein_Condensation
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate
2. http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101124/full/news.2010.630.html
3. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7323/full/nature09567.html
4. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1007.4088v2
5. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6264884,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
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| Deep Packet Inspection Set To Return
| from the rising-from-the-dead-to-feast-on-the-blood-of-the-living dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @17:35 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/2126221/Deep-Packet-Inspection-Set-To-Return?from=newsletter
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siliconbits passes along this quote from a Wall Street Journal report:
"'... two US companies, Kindsight Inc. and Phorm Inc., are pitching deep
packet inspection services as a way for Internet service providers to
[0]claim a share of the lucrative online ad market. Kindsight and Phorm
say they protect people's privacy with steps that include obtaining their
consent. They also say they don't use the full power of the technology,
and refrain from reading email and analyzing sensitive online activities.
Use of deep packet inspection this way would nonetheless give advertisers
the ability to show ads to people based on extremely detailed profiles of
their Internet activity. To persuade Internet users to opt in to be
profiled, Kindsight will offer a free security service, while Phorm
promises to provide customized web content such as news articles tailored
to users' interests. Both would share ad revenue with the ISPs. Kindsight
says its technology is sensitive enough to detect whether a particular
person is online for work, or for fun, and can target ads accordingly."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/2126221&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704243904575630751094784516.html
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| Company Seeks To Boost Linux Game Development With 3D Engine Giveaway
| from the for-services-rendered dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @17:58 (Graphics)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/224218/Company-Seeks-To-Boost-Linux-Game-Development-With-3D-Engine-Giveaway?from=newsletter
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binstream writes "To support Linux game development, Unigine Corp.
announced a competition: it will [0]give a free license for its Unigine
engine to a seasoned team willing to work on a native Linux game. The
company has been Linux-friendly from the very start; it released advanced
GPU benchmarks (Heaven, Tropics, Sanctuary) for Linux before and is
working on the OilRush strategy game that supports Linux as well."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/224218&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://unigine.com/press-releases/101125-linux-giveaway/
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| UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout
| from the much-ado-about-something dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday November 26, @18:23 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/2159230/UK-Asks-News-Outlets-Not-To-Publish-WikiLeaks-Bombshell-US-Prepares-For-Fallout?from=newsletter
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Stoobalou writes "The UK government has [0]issued Defense Advisory
Notices to editors of UK news outlets in an attempt to hush up the latest
bombshell from whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks. DA Notices, the last
of which was issued in April 2009 after sensitive defense documents were
photographed using a telephoto lens in the hand of Assistant Commissioner
Bob Quick as he arrived at No 10 Downing Street for a briefing, are
requests not to publish, and therefore not legally enforceable." This
news comes alongside a raft of articles detailing the US government's
preparations for the release. Officials are warning allies that the
documents [1]will be more damaging than previous releases, to the point
of potentially [2]damaging diplomatic relations with [3]countries like
Turkey. The Vancouver Sun wonders if this will lead to [4]a change in the
way diplomats communicate.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/2159230&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/26/uk-gov-issues-da-notices-over-wikileaks-bomb/
1. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/damage-control-us-state-department-warns-allies-bracing/story?id=12249233
2. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/26/wikileaks/
3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101126/pl_afp/turkeyusinternetwikileaksdefencediplomacy
4. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/WikiLeaks+could+alter+diplomats+relay+info+Expert/3890617/story.html
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| What Software Specification Tools Do You Use?
| from the who-asked-who-when dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday November 26, @18:59 (Programming)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/2323253/What-Software-Specification-Tools-Do-You-Use?from=newsletter
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IronWilliamCash writes "I currently work for a small software development
company and for many years we have been using internally built tools for
all our software specifications, bugs, change requests and the
like.Traceability is a big issue as we are [0]CMMI level 2, and thus our
internal processes need to be clear and everything must be documented. We
are currently looking into getting a unified solution for this, after
quite a bit of googling, there are quite a few different options
(Contour, Kovair, MKS, Doors, CaliberFM, Accept360, etc.). I was
wondering what do other slashdotters use in their everyday life. Does it
fulfill your needs? And what is the most important part in a
specification management tool?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/26/2323253&from=newsletter
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model
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