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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/8s
* Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange
* Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call
* Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down
* Apple's Game Center Shares Your Real Name
* Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet?
* Microsoft Reportedly Working On TV Service For Xbox 360
* Texas A&M Research Brings Racetrack Memory a Bit Closer
* The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Starting P2P-DNS
* SanDisk, Nikon and Sony Develop 500MB/sec 2TB Flash Card
* BendDesk Merges Computer, Monitor and Desk
* FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21
* Internet Routing, Looming Disaster?
* Race On To Fingerprint Phones, PCs
* Advent Calendar For Geeks
* Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban'
* Torrent Users Fight Back
* Attack of the Trojan Printers
* FTC Proposes Do Not Track List For the Web
* Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized
* IBM Discovery May Lead To Exascale Supercomputers
* Using Cinnamon In the Production of Nanoparticles
* The Starry Sky Just Got Starrier
* YouTube Launches Ads You Can Skip
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| Free IPv4 Pool Now Down To Seven<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/8s
| from the need-to-join-a-new-pool dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 30, @19:15 (Networking)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/30/2351245/Free-IPv4-Pool-Now-Down-To-Seven-8s?from=newsletter
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Zocalo writes "For those of you keeping score, ICANN just [0]allocated
another four /8 IPv4 blocks; 23/8 and 100/8 to ARIN, 5/8 and 37/8 to
RIPE, leaving just seven /8s unassigned. In effect however, this means
that there are now just two /8s available before the entire pool will be
assigned due to an arrangement whereby the five Regional Internet
Registries would each automatically receive one of the final five /8s
once that threshold was met. The [1]IPv4 Address Report counter a
tPotaroo.net is pending an update and still saying 96 days, but it's now
starting to look doubtful that we're going to even make it to January."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/30/2351245/Free-IPv4-Pool-Now-Down-To-Seven-8s?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.txt
1. http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
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| Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange
| from the we-think-we-don't-like-him dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 30, @20:06 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0052227/Interpol-Issues-Wanted-Notice-For-Julian-Assange?from=newsletter
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chrb writes "Interpol have [0]issued a wanted notice for Julian Paul
Assange for alleged sex crimes. The Guardian and Wired [1]both have
[2]commentary."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0052227/Interpol-Issues-Wanted-Notice-For-Julian-Assange?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.interpol.int/public/data/wanted/notices/data/2010/86/2010_52486.asp
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/30/interpol-wanted-notice-julian-assange
2. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/assange-interpol/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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| Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call
| from the hey-man-I'm-still-using-that dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday November 30, @22:48 (Books)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0021224/Greg-Bear-Others-Cry-Foul-on-Project-Gutenberg-Copyright-Call?from=newsletter
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[0]Nova Express writes "Recently a lot of science fiction stories from
the 1950s and 60s (including work from still-living authors like Frederik
Pohl and Jack Vance) [1]have been showing up on Project Gutenberg as
being in the public domain. However, according the science fiction writer
Greg Bear and his wife Astrid Anderson Bear (daughter of Poul Anderson,
some of whose works were among those put up) [2]Project Gutenberg has
made a mistake: 'After conducting legal research on the LEXIS database of
legal cases, decisions, and precedents, we have demonstrated conclusively
that PG was making incorrect determinations regarding public domain
status in many, many works that originally appeared in magazine form ...
In general, Project Gutenberg is doing a tremendous service by making
available texts that have truly long since fallen out of copyright, but
they are clearly overstepping their original mandate. They are not merely
exploiting orphan works, but practicing a wholesale kidnapping of works
that are under copyright protection.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0021224/Greg-Bear-Others-Cry-Foul-on-Project-Gutenberg-Copyright-Call?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:lawrenceperson.gmail@com
1. http://www.lawrenceperson.com/?p=2879
2. http://www.lawrenceperson.com/?p=3025
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| Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down
| from the how-was-this-study-published? dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday December 01, @01:41 (Software)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0131240/Aussie-Government-Gives-PDF-the-Thumbs-Down?from=newsletter
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littlekorea writes "The central IT office of the Australian Government
has [0]advised its agencies to offer alternatives to Adobe's Portable
Document Format to ensure folks with impaired vision are able to consume
information on the Web. A Government-funded study found that PDFs can
present themselves as image-only files to screen readers, rendering the
information contained within them unreadable for the vision impaired."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0131240/Aussie-Government-Gives-PDF-the-Thumbs-Down?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/240304,government-gives-thumbs-down-to-pdf-format.aspx
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| Apple's Game Center Shares Your Real Name
| from the slow-erosion-of-anonymity dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 01, @03:24 (Iphone)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/067248/Apples-Game-Center-Shares-Your-Real-Name?from=newsletter
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dotarray writes "Apple's Game Center has just made itself a few enemies
through a simple change to their Terms of Service. Now, whenever you send
a friend invitation, [0]your real name will be attached as well as your
Apple ID." Apparently they didn't learn from the poor reaction to
[1]Blizzard's similar idea.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/067248/Apples-Game-Center-Shares-Your-Real-Name?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/11/30/apples-game-center-wants-your-real-name/
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/09/1740240/Blizzard-Backs-Down-On-Real-Names-For-Forums
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| Nook Color Rooted — Will B&N Embrace the Tablet?
| from the what-technology-wants dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday December 01, @04:47 (Handhelds)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0532257/Nook-Color-Rooted-mdash-Will-BampN-Embrace-the-Tablet?from=newsletter
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itwbennett writes "It can browse the web, edit Office docs, run apps. Is
it a low-cost, low-function e-reader? Nope, it's a Nook. And now that XDA
has [0]rooted it, how Barnes & Noble responds will determine whether the
Nook has a tablet future, says blogger Ryan Faas. 'If the device can be
[1]turned into a capable Android tablet (which technically it already is)
easily, the $250 price tag certainly beats out some of the competition.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0532257/Nook-Color-Rooted-mdash-Will-BampN-Embrace-the-Tablet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://androidandme.com/2010/11/news/nook-color-gets-rooted-and-swaps-books-for-angry-birds/
1. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/129252/nook-color-rooted-what-does-it-mean-barnes-and-noble
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| Microsoft Reportedly Working On TV Service For Xbox 360
| from the path-to-a-unified-entertainment-box dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 01, @06:12 (Microsoft)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0616200/Microsoft-Reportedly-Working-On-TV-Service-For-Xbox-360?from=newsletter
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tekgoblin writes "It seems that Microsoft [0]may be in talks with media
companies to [1]license TV shows and movies for a new streaming service.
With the addition of ESPN to the Xbox 360 over Xbox Live, Microsoft may
be in a position to do the same for different content providers and
charge a subscription fee for them separately. The idea is to better
personalize content and only pay for what you want to watch instead of
paying cable companies for all the channels you don't watch. Microsoft is
looking into duplicating what they have done with ESPN to include
channels such as Showtime or HBO and possibly Disney."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0616200/Microsoft-Reportedly-Working-On-TV-Service-For-Xbox-360?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2010/11/29/microsoft-to-compete-with-netflix-with-own-streaming-service/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AS2E120101129
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| Texas A&M Research Brings Racetrack Memory a Bit Closer
| from the a-few-bits-really dept.
| posted by timothy on Wednesday December 01, @07:57 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0552254/Texas-AampM-Research-Brings-Racetrack-Memory-a-Bit-Closer?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "IBM is one of a number of companies working on a
next-generation storage memory project and a recent discovery at Texas
A&M University is a [1]step forward for the company's racetrack memory.
Racetrack memory relies on a nanowire arranged perpendicular to the chip.
Current pulses across the nanowires allow data to be shifted as
necessary. In theory, racetrack memory could be the Holy Grail of
storage, capable of replacing both traditional hard drives and SSDs
simultaneously. Racetrack memory could solve multiple problems and
commercial implementations could offer hard drive-level density.
Performance and reliability would both be far superior to today's SSDs.
To date, IBM has [2]demo'd a three-bit racetrack configuration. It's a
start, but it's far from a shippable product at this juncture." What the
A&M researchers have come up with is "a way to pulse the current much
more efficiently and quickly."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0552254/Texas-AampM-Research-Brings-Racetrack-Memory-a-Bit-Closer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/IBMs-Racetrack-Memory-One-Step-Closer-To-Reality/
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/08/04/11/130244/IBM-Creates-Working-Racetrack-Memory
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| The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Starting P2P-DNS
| from the whacamole-is-fun dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @08:39 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1320253/The-Pirate-Bay-Co-Founder-Starting-P2P-DNS?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Pirate Bay Co-Founder, Peter Sunde, has
started a new project which will provide a [0]decentralized p2p based DNS
system. This is a direct result of the increasing control which the US
government has over ICANN. The project is called P2P-DNS and according to
the project's wiki, this is how the project is described: 'P2P-DNS is a
community project that will free internet users from imperial control of
DNS by ICANN. In order to prevent unjust prosecution or denial of
service, P2P-DNS will operate as a distributed and less centralized
service hosted by the users of DNS. Temporary substitutes, (as Alpha and
Beta developments), are being made ready for deployment. A network with
no centralized points of failure, (per the original design of the
internet), remains our goal. P2P-DNS is developing rapidly.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1320253/The-Pirate-Bay-Co-Founder-Starting-P2P-DNS?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2010/12/01/the-pirate-bay-co-founder-starting-a-p2p-based-dns-to-take-on-icann/
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| SanDisk, Nikon and Sony Develop 500MB/sec 2TB Flash Card
| from the yes-have-some dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @09:22 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1322255/SanDisk-Nikon-and-Sony-Develop-500MBsec-2TB-Flash-Card?from=newsletter
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Lucas123 writes "SanDisk, Nikon and Sony are jointly developing [0]a new
Compact Flash card specification for the professional photography and
video markets that boosts data transfer rates from 167MB/sec with today's
6.0 specification to 500MB/sec. The newly proposed specification would
also offer up cards with a theoretical maximum capacity of 2TB, which
would be conducive to recording high-definition video."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1322255/SanDisk-Nikon-and-Sony-Develop-500MBsec-2TB-Flash-Card?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| BendDesk Merges Computer, Monitor and Desk
| from the what-a-posture dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @10:00 (Displays)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1450233/BendDesk-Merges-Computer-Monitor-and-Desk?from=newsletter
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cylonlover writes "Researchers from Aachen University's Media Computing
Group have created a computer workstation called the [0]BendDesk where
the desk and screen are transformed into one multi-touch display. The
display is curved at the middle and uses infrared emitters and cameras to
track user movement over the whole of the surface, which has its
graphical user interface beamed onto it by a couple of short throw
projectors hidden within its wooden frame."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1450233/BendDesk-Merges-Computer-Monitor-and-Desk?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/benddesk-multitouch-vertical-horizontal-curve-display/17110/
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| FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21
| from the get-your-voice-on dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @10:41 (Businesses)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1512220/FCC-To-Vote-On-Net-Neutrality-On-December-21?from=newsletter
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GovTechGuy writes "The FCC just released its tentative agenda for the
December 21st open meeting, where [0]the Commission will vote on whether
to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality. According to the agenda the
FCC will consider "adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open
Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free
expression." House Republicans have already promised to [1]oppose any
solution put forth by FCC chairman Julius Genachowski."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1512220/FCC-To-Vote-On-Net-Neutrality-On-December-21?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/131301-fcc-to-vote-on-net-neutrality-at-december-meeting
1. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/131181-house-republicans-plan-opposition-to-potential-fcc-net-neutrality-proposal
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| Internet Routing, Looming Disaster?
| from the fear-the-packets dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @11:20 (Networking)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1617237/Internet-Routing-Looming-Disaster?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes "The Internet's leading architects have considered the
[0]rapid growth and fragmentation of core routing tables one of the most
significant threats to the long-term stability and scalability of the
Internet. In April 2010, about 15% of the world's Internet traffic was
hijacked by a set of servers owned by China Telecom. n the technical
world, this is typically called a prefix hijack and it happened due to a
couple of wrong tweaks made at China Telecom. Whether this was
intentional or not is unknown, but such routing accidents are all too
common online. While BGP is the de-facto protocol for inter-domain
routing on the Internet, actual routing occurs without checking whether
the originator of the route is authorized to do so. The global routing
system itself is made up of autonomous systems (AS) which are simply
loosely interconnected routing domains. Each autonomous system decides,
unilaterally, and even arbitrarily, to trust everything it hears from any
other AS, to use that information without validation, and to further
transmit that information to its other peers..."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1617237/Internet-Routing-Looming-Disaster?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/routing-internet-disaster-waiting-happen
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| Race On To Fingerprint Phones, PCs
| from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @12:00 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1619224/Race-On-To-Fingerprint-Phones-PCs?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "Advertisers no longer want to just buy ads, reports the
WSJ. They want to buy access to specific people. In response, [0]the race
is on develop digital fingerprint technology to identify how we use our
computers, mobile devices and TV set-top boxes. Start-up BlueCava, an
anti-piracy company spinoff, is building a 'credit bureau for devices' in
which every computer or cellphone will have a 'reputation' based on its
user's online behavior, shopping habits and demographics. By the end of
next year, BlueCava says it expects to have cataloged one billion of the
world's estimated 10 billion devices, and plans to sell this information
to advertisers willing to pay top dollar for granular data about people's
interests and activities. It's 'the next generation of online
advertising,' said Blue Cava's David Norris. As controversy grows over
intrusive online tracking, regulators are looking to rein it in ��� the FTC
is expected to release a privacy report Wednesday calling for a
'do-not-track' tool for Web browsers."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1619224/Race-On-To-Fingerprint-Phones-PCs?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Advent Calendar For Geeks
| from the geek-christmas dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @12:05 (Perl)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1419230/Advent-Calendar-For-Geeks?from=newsletter
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bLanark writes "Well, as children and adults all over the world begin
their day with chocolate, with the traditional [0]Advent calendar, I'd
like to remind you that there's an alternative for geeks. The [1]Perl
Advent calendar will give you a new Perl tip every day right up to
Christmas."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1419230/Advent-Calendar-For-Geeks?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_calendar
1. http://perladvent.pm.org/2010/
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| Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban'
| from the name-calling dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 01, @12:45 (The Military)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1736241/Sarah-Palin-Target-WikiLeaks-Like-Taliban?from=newsletter
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DMandPenfold writes "Sarah Palin, who is widely tipped as a possible
Republican candidate for president in 2012, has said WikiLeaks founder
[0]Julian Assange should be hunted down in the way armed forces are
targeting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda." So that means we should spend
billions of dollars and not catch him? Good plan.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1736241/Sarah-Palin-Target-WikiLeaks-Like-Taliban?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Torrent Users Fight Back
| from the we're-not-going-to-take-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @13:31 (Piracy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1818242/Torrent-Users-Fight-Back?from=newsletter
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eonlabs writes "[0]Torrent users being blamed for illegally downloading
Farcry are fighting back. In a 96 page lawsuit, the lawyers at Dunlap,
Grubb, and Weaver are being accused of: 'extortion, fraudulent omissions,
mail fraud, wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse, racketeering, fraud
upon the court, abuse of process, fraud on the Copyright Office,
copyright misuse, unjust enrichment, and consumer protection
violations.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1818242/Torrent-Users-Fight-Back?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/41341-torrent-users-sue-us-copyright-group-for-fraud-and-extortion.html
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| Attack of the Trojan Printers
| from the it's-crowded-in-there dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @14:19 (Security)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1821215/Attack-of-the-Trojan-Printers?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "Security professionals are tapping [1]Trojan horse
access points cloaked in printers and other office equipment to
infiltrate clients who want their defenses tested, InfoWorld reports.
Attackers dressed in IT supplier uniforms drop off printers to a company
for a test-drive. Once the device is connected to the network, the
penetration testers have a platform behind any perimeter defenses from
which to attack. 'You can put your box inside a printer tray and glue it
shut, and who will notice if there are one or two or three power cables
coming out?' one security researcher says of the method. A variant of the
attack, presented by Errata Security at the Defcon hacking convention,
uses [2]an attack-tool-laden iPhone mailed to a target company to get
inside the firm's network defenses."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1821215/Attack-of-the-Trojan-Printers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/t/intrusion-detection-and-prevention/attack-the-trojan-printers-331
2. http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/38814-death-from-the-mailroom-%E2%80%93-iphone-hacks-your-company-from-the-inside
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| FTC Proposes Do Not Track List For the Web
| from the don't-follow dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @15:06 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1929205/FTC-Proposes-Do-Not-Track-List-For-the-Web?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Federal Trade Commission proposed
allowing consumers to [0]opt out of having their online activities
tracked on Wednesday as part of the agency's preliminary report on
consumer privacy. FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz said he would prefer for the
makers of popular web browsers to come up with an setting on their own
that would allow consumers to opt out of having their browsing and search
habits tracked."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1929205/FTC-Proposes-Do-Not-Track-List-For-the-Web?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized
| from the I-feel-safer-already dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @15:53 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/206200/Wikileaks-DDoS-Attacker-Arrested-Equipment-Seized?from=newsletter
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kaptink writes "The self proclaimed hacker that waged a DDoS attack on
Wikileaks [0]has been arrested and has had all his equipment seized. What
is interesting is that local police conducted the raid and not a federal
authority such as the FBI. The Jester (th3j35t3r) who has a reputation
for attacking websites he disagrees with is said to be trying to raise
$10,000 in expected lawyers fees. If anyone is going to be alight in the
whole Wikileaks debacle, its going to be the lawyers. Personally I think
anyone who spells their nick with numbers in an effort to look 'leet'
deserves to have their computer confiscated."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/206200/Wikileaks-DDoS-Attacker-Arrested-Equipment-Seized?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| IBM Discovery May Lead To Exascale Supercomputers
| from the greased-lightning dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @16:38 (IBM)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2010254/IBM-Discovery-May-Lead-To-Exascale-Supercomputers?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "IBM researchers have made a breakthrough in using
pulses of light to accelerate data transfer between chips, something they
say could [0]boost the performance of supercomputers by more than a
thousand times. The new technology, called CMOS Integrated Silicon
Nanophotonics, integrates electrical and optical modules on a single
piece of silicon, allowing electrical signals created at the transistor
level to be converted into pulses of light that allow chips to
communicate at faster speeds, said Will Green, silicon photonics research
scientist at IBM. The technology could lead to massive advances in the
power of supercomputers, according to IBM."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2010254/IBM-Discovery-May-Lead-To-Exascale-Supercomputers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120110-ibm-chip-breakthrough-may-lead.html
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| Using Cinnamon In the Production of Nanoparticles
| from the what-about-the-brown-sugar? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @17:24 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2127238/Using-Cinnamon-In-the-Production-of-Nanoparticles?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at the University of Missouri
[0]used cinnamon to replace almost all toxic chemicals needed for making
gold nanoparticles used in electronics and healthcare products.
Nanoparticle production requires the use of extremely dangerous and toxic
chemicals. While the nanotechnology industry is expected to produce large
quantities of useful nanoparticles in the near future, the entire
production process could be detrimental to the environment."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2127238/Using-Cinnamon-In-the-Production-of-Nanoparticles?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| The Starry Sky Just Got Starrier
| from the twinkle-twinkle dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @18:06 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2237211/The-Starry-Sky-Just-Got-Starrier?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Astronomers have surveyed eight elliptical
galaxies, and found that we've [0]vastly underestimated the number of dim
red dwarf stars in these giant galaxies. When they used the new number of
red dwarfs in their calculations, they [1]tripled the total number of
known stars in the universe."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2237211/The-Starry-Sky-Just-Got-Starrier?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature09578.html
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/01/the-estimated-number-of-stars-in-the-universe-just-tripled/
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| YouTube Launches Ads You Can Skip
| from the skip-button dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 01, @18:59 (Advertising)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2241233/YouTube-Launches-Ads-You-Can-Skip?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes "A new format that YouTube has been testing for a while
officially launched today. YouTube is launching TrueView, [0]a new ad
format that lets users skip over ads they aren't interested in ��� and
advertisers are actually okay with it. When a TrueView ad unit begins
playing, you'll notice a five second countdown timer ��� as soon as that's
up, you'll see an arrow that will let you skip the remainder of the ad
and get back to the content you wanted to see, or you can choose to keep
on watching the ad."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/2241233/YouTube-Launches-Ads-You-Can-Skip?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/01/youtube-officially-launches-ads-you-can-skip/
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