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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Verizon LTE Can Use the Monthly Data Allotment In 32 Minutes
* GM Loses Money On Every Volt Built
* Is 'Quadroid' the New 'Wintel'?
* Xbox Modding Trial Dismissed
* Ransomware Making a Comeback
* Analyzing Game Journalism
* Optical Camouflage Puts Kinect Into Stealth Mode
* WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown
* A Third of World's Spam From One Russian Man
* EMI Using Rapidshare To Market Music
* History Sniffing In the Wild
* Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking
* House Passes TV Commercial Volume Bill
* Foodtubes Proposes Underground, Physical Internet
* Time Warner Defends Comcast In Level 3 Dispute
* Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers
* Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park
* Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Real Time Credit Card Activity
* Web Bugs the New Norm For Businesses?
* NASA Delays Discovery's Final Launch To February
* A Mind Made From Memristors
* Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties
* The Odd Variations On 3G Per-Megabyte Pricing
* USAF Unveils Supercomputer Made of 1,760 PS3s
* Canon's Image Verification System Cracked
* X-37B Robotic Space Plane Returns To Earth
* Google Earth Engine To Provide Climate Change Data
* <em>Pac-Man's</em> Ghost Behavior Algorithms
* Researchers Bypass IE Protected Mode
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| Verizon LTE Can Use the Monthly Data Allotment In 32 Minutes
| from the that-was-quick dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday December 02, @19:20 (The Internet)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0019229/Verizon-LTE-Can-Use-the-Monthly-Data-Allotment-In-32-Minutes?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "Verizon's new 4G LTE network is so fast that you
can use up your entire 5GB in as little as 32 minutes. The 2010-era
speeds are soured by the 2005-era thinking on data plans. Verizon has
priced LTE pretty much like 3G to encourage data sipping, not guzzling.
As soon as you start using the latest high-bandwidth Internet services,
your whole month's allotment can evaporate in no time. According to a
test, the network's speed maxed out at 21Mbps, which means that it takes
only [0]32 minutes to smoke up the 5GB monthly data cap on the plan.
While the 21Mbps speed was hit on a low traffic network, Verizon
estimates you'll be able to get around 8.5Mbps with a loaded network
which still means that the cap can be exhausted in about an hour and a
half."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0019229/Verizon-LTE-Can-Use-the-Monthly-Data-Allotment-In-32-Minutes?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373767,00.asp
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| GM Loses Money On Every Volt Built
| from the making-it-up-on-current dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday December 02, @20:11 (Businesses)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0028214/GM-Loses-Money-On-Every-Volt-Built?from=newsletter
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thecarchik writes "Doug Parks, vehicle line executive for the 2011
Chevrolet Volt, GM's range-extended electric vehicle, confirmed Tuesday
that the company [0]loses money on every Volt it sells. The expensive
16-kilowatt-hour battery pack, which likely costs GM somewhere between
$8,000 and $12,000, is clearly too expensive to let the company build
hundreds of thousands of Volts right away. Just [1]10,000 Volts will be
built in 2011, though GM is working to increase that number. GM plans to
chip away incrementally to lower the costs of the specialized components
in the Volt, especially the power electronics. The price of consumer
lithium-ion cells has fallen 6 to 8 percent annually since their 1989
launch; the large-format cells in automotive packs seem likely to follow
the same curve and as costs are lowered the Volt may stop being a loss
for the company."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0028214/GM-Loses-Money-On-Every-Volt-Built?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1052107_gm-confirms-yes-were-losing-money-on-every-volt-we-build
1. http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1046750_want-to-buy-a-2011-chevrolet-volt-more-details-dealer-info
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| Is 'Quadroid' the New 'Wintel'?
| from the don't-ask-meego dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday December 02, @23:02 (Cellphones)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0124239/Is-Quadroid-the-New-Wintel?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "'Wintel' is the term that for years defined Windows-based
computers running Intel chips. Now a similar expression is emerging for
smartphones: 'Quadroid,' a term that refers to the Qualcomm chips used
inside smartphones running the Android mobile operating system. The term,
recently coined in a report by the PRTM consultancy, could catch on,
largely because Qualcomm provides 77% of the chips in phones running
Google's Android, which is [0]expected to take the No. 2 slot in 2010.
And the Quadroid alliance is expected to grow. Like Wintel has for PCs,
[1]Quadroid could push down profit margins for smartphone manufacturers,
some analysts say. That might seem like a good thing to consumers, but
may not be so good for many phone makers."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0124239/Is-Quadroid-the-New-Wintel?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184598/Android_leaps_to_No._2_mobile_OS_in_2010
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9199244/Is_Quadroid_the_new_Wintel_
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| Xbox Modding Trial Dismissed
| from the game-over dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @00:28 (The Courts)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/050237/Xbox-Modding-Trial-Dismissed?from=newsletter
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It seems the [0]harsh words from District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez on
Wednesday had their intended effect; prosecutors in Matthew Crippen's
Xbox modding case [1]have now dismissed the indictment. Quoting Wired:
"Witness No. 1, Tony Rosario, was an undercover agent with the
Entertainment Software Association. He told jurors Wednesday that he paid
Crippen $60 in 2008 to modify an Xbox, and secretly videotaped the
operation. Rosario had responded to Crippen���s advertisement on the
internet and met Crippen at his Anaheim house. All of that had been laid
out in pretrial motions. But during his testimony, Rosario also said
Crippen inserted a pirated video game into the console to verify that the
hack worked. That was a new detail that helped the government meet an
obligation imposed by the judge that very morning, when Gutierrez ruled
that the government had to prove Crippen knew he was breaking the law by
modding Xboxes. But nowhere in Rosario���s reports or sworn declarations
was it mentioned that Crippen put a pirated game into the console. ...
[Prosecutor Allen Chiu] conceded he never forwarded that information to
the defense."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/050237/Xbox-Modding-Trial-Dismissed?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/02/0528205/Judge-Berates-Prosecutors-In-Xbox-Modding-Trial
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/crippen-dismissed/
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| Ransomware Making a Comeback
| from the please-send-money dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday December 03, @02:05 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/038255/Ransomware-Making-a-Comeback?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "Ransomware is back. After a hiatus of more than two
years, a variant of the GpCode program has again been released,
[1]kidnapping victims' data and demanding $120 for its return, InfoWorld
reports. 'Like the ransomware programs before it, GpCode encrypts a
victim's files and then demands payment for the decryption key. The new
version of GpCode ��� labeled GpCode.AX by security firm Kaspersky ��� comes
with a bit more nastiness than previous attempts. The program overwrites
files with the encrypted data, causing total loss of the original data,
and uses stronger crypto algorithms ��� RSA-1024 and AES-256 ��� to scramble
the information.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/038255/Ransomware-Making-a-Comeback?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/t/malware/ransomware-returns-if-you-ever-want-see-your-data-again-449
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| Analyzing Game Journalism
| from the wicked-awesome-is-not-an-impartial-phrase dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @03:35 (The Media)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0447251/Analyzing-Game-Journalism?from=newsletter
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SSDNINJA writes "Joseph Jackmovich of gamrFeed analyzes 161 articles from
Kotaku, Joystiq, and Destructoid to [0]discover how well they report
gaming news. He looks to find out if the stereotypes of game journalism
being poorly sourced and sexist are anecdotal or based in fact."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0447251/Analyzing-Game-Journalism?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Optical Camouflage Puts Kinect Into Stealth Mode
| from the where-are-you-anyhow dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday December 03, @05:01 (Graphics)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0343202/Optical-Camouflage-Puts-Kinect-Into-Stealth-Mode?from=newsletter
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UgLyPuNk writes "Takayuki Fukatsu, a Japanese coder who works under the
name Art & Mobile, has done a bit of trickery with Kinect and
openFrameworks. The peripheral will still track your movement and
position, [0]but turns your image nearly transparent. Take a look (it's
particularly obvious at about 1:30):"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0343202/Optical-Camouflage-Puts-Kinect-Into-Stealth-Mode?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/12/02/optical-camouflage-puts-kinect-into-stealth-mode/
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| WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown
| from the musical-dns-providers dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @08:00 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1232248/WikiLeaks-Moves-To-Swiss-Domain-After-DNS-Takedown?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Netcraft posted two reports on the movement
of the WikiLeaks website today. First the site was [0]taken down by
EveryDNS, who [1]terminated the DNS provision for wikileaks.org. A few
hours later, WikiLeaks [2]moved to a Swiss domain (wikileaks.ch).
Netcraft suggests this move could be because the wikileaks.org domain was
registered with a US company, which could be influenced by the US
government. The new wikileaks.ch site is hosted in Sweden, but redirects
all of its traffic to France. Strangely, WikiLeaks has chosen to use
EveryDNS again for their new domain." This follows Amazon's [3]removal of
WikiLeaks from their cloud hosting, which has [4]the EFF and others
[5]worrying about free speech on the net as various hosting providers
[6]receive political pressure to censor certain content. Amazon claims
their decision [7]wasn't influenced by a government inquiry, while
Tableau Software freely admits that a public request from Senator Joe
Lieberman [8]prompted them to take down WikiLeaks data visualizations.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1232248/WikiLeaks-Moves-To-Swiss-Domain-After-DNS-Takedown?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/12/03/wikileaks-org-taken-down-by-us-dns-provider.html
1. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2636740/posts
2. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/12/03/wikileaks-moves-domain-to-switzerland.html
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/02/0342220/Wikileaks-Booted-From-Amazon
4. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/amazon-and-wikileaks-first-amendment-only-strong
5. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212253/amazons_wikileaks_rejection_raises_cloud_trust_concerns.html
6. http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/02/censorship/index.html
7. http://aws.amazon.com/message/65348/
8. http://www.tableausoftware.com/blog/why-we-removed-wikileaks-visualizations
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| A Third of World's Spam From One Russian Man
| from the hormel-should-be-so-proud dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday December 03, @08:42 (Botnet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0427236/A-Third-of-Worlds-Spam-From-One-Russian-Man?from=newsletter
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DaveNJ1987 writes "The FBI believes that one third of the world's spam
messages are being [0]generated by one 23-year-old Russian man. Oleg
Nikolaenko of Moscow is being blamed for operating the Mega D botnet that
sent spam emails from over 500,000 infected computers."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/0427236/A-Third-of-Worlds-Spam-From-One-Russian-Man?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2010/12/1/fbi-claims-third-worlds-spam-one-russian-man/
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| EMI Using Rapidshare To Market Music
| from the legal-team-defeated-by-marketing-team dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @09:22 (Music)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1411214/EMI-Using-Rapidshare-To-Market-Music?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "While Rapidshare [0]defends itself around the
world from lawsuits by media companies for copyright infringement, new
evidence was revealed that UK-based major label [1]EMI is putting music
on Rapidshare and directing people to download it in the hopes that it
spreads 'virally.' This came to light in the ongoing copyright battle EMI
v. MP3tunes over personal cloud media storage and the Sideload.com music
search engine. EMI accuses MP3tunes of enabling piracy by linking to
Rapidshare, but since EMI is using Rapidshare, this would seem to weaken
their argument considerably. You can [2]read the legal brief online."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1411214/EMI-Using-Rapidshare-To-Market-Music?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/07/01/19/2237230/Germanys-RIAA-Sues-Rapidshare---YouTube-Next
1. http://www.p2pnet.net/story/46435
2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/44005365/Defendants-Opp-to-Plaintiffs-SJ-Memo-of-Law
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| History Sniffing In the Wild
| from the smells-fishy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @10:04 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1419200/History-Sniffing-In-the-Wild?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Kashmir Hill at Forbes documents a recent
study by UCSD researchers showing that [0]'history sniffing' is being
actively used by mainstream ad networks like Interclick as well as
popular porn sites like YouPorn in order to track what other sites you
visit. The vulnerability has been known for almost a decade, but this
paper [1]documents hundreds of commercial sites exploiting it today
(PDF)."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1419200/History-Sniffing-In-the-Wild?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2010/11/30/history-sniffing-how-youporn-checks-what-other-porn-sites-youve-visited-and-ad-networks-test-the-quality-of-their-data/
1. http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~d1jang/papers/ccs10.pdf
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| Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking
| from the smaller-by-the-hour dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 03, @10:41 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1249203/Smart-Wallets-React-To-Spending-By-Shrinking?from=newsletter
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fangmcgee writes "These [0]high-tech Wallets are digitally programmed to
react to your bank account levels by shrinking in size, refusing to open,
or vibrating whenever a transaction is processed. From the article: 'The
Proverbial Wallets come in three attractive styles to fit your spending
needs: The Mother Bear has a constricting hinge that makes it harder to
open the closer you approach your monthly budget, while the Bumblebee
buzzes every time a transaction is processed. The Peacock inflates and
deflates with the amount of cash in your account, which puts your assets
on ���display��� for potential mates, according to the designers.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1249203/Smart-Wallets-React-To-Spending-By-Shrinking?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ecouterre.com/smart-wallets-react-to-electronic-spending-by-shrinking-refusing-to-open/
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| House Passes TV Commercial Volume Bill
| from the apply-directly-to-eardrum dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @10:45 (Television)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1512249/House-Passes-TV-Commercial-Volume-Bill?from=newsletter
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eldavojohn writes "About [0]a year ago, legislation was introduced to
control the volume of TV commercials. It [1]passed the Senate in
September and [2]has now been passed in the House as well. This problem
has dated back to the 1960s, but after the president signs the bill,
broadcasters will be subject to regulations of the Advanced Television
Systems Committee on what is 'too loud.' Of the last 25 quarterly reports
from the FCC, this has been [3]the number one consumer complaint in 21 of
them. Within a year, you should start to notice a difference, with
commercials no longer forcing you to turn down the TV volume during
breaks in your regular programming."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1512249/House-Passes-TV-Commercial-Volume-Bill?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/12/14/2210235/Loud-Commercial-Legislation-Proposed-In-US-Congress
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/1217245/Senate-Votes-To-Turn-Down-Volume-On-TV-Commercials
2. http://www.commlawblog.com/2010/12/articles/broadcast/update-congress-says-shhhh/
3. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/calm-act-passed-will-quiet-loud-tv-commercials-within-a-year.ars
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| Foodtubes Proposes Underground, Physical Internet
| from the snail-mail-two-point-oh dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @11:27 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1518213/Foodtubes-Proposes-Underground-Physical-Internet?from=newsletter
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geek4 writes "Automatically routed canisters could replace trucks with an
Internet of things, says Foodtubes. A group of academics is proposing a
system of [0]underground tunnels which could deliver food and other goods
in all weathers with massive energy savings. The Foodtubes group wants to
put goods in metal capsules two meters long, which are shifted through
underground polyethylene tubes at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour,
directed by linear induction motors and routed by intelligent software to
their destinations. The group, which includes an Oxford physics professor
and logistics experts, wants ��15 million to build a five-mile test
circuit, and believes the scheme could fund itself if used by large
supermarkets and local councils, and could expand because it uses an open
architecture."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1518213/Foodtubes-Proposes-Underground-Physical-Internet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/foodtubes-proposes-underground-physical-internet-14742
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| Time Warner Defends Comcast In Level 3 Dispute
| from the discouragingly-finite-bandwidth dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @12:10 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1611219/Time-Warner-Defends-Comcast-In-Level-3-Dispute?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "On December 21, the FCC will [1]finally vote on
adopting net neutrality rules. This may (or may not) have been caused by
Comcast's [2]spat with Level 3 after Level 3 won a big contract to handle
Netflix's video streaming. Grind it all together, output it to Facebook
and you get this campaign: '[3]Save the Internet: Stop Comcast from
Blocking Netflix. Without strong net neutrality rules, companies like
Comcast can demand fees from innovative companies like Netflix in an
attempt to choke consumer freedom and coerce users to adopt its own video
services instead.' Comcast insists that this has nothing to do with
blocking the upstart Netflix's business but about [4]how much of Level
3's traffic it must carry before they get to send Level 3 a bill. Level
3's traffic has greatly increased thanks to Netflix. On Thursday,
Comcast's frienemy, Time Warner, [3]issued a statement of support for
Comcast that explained the pro-cable provider side of the fight."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1611219/Time-Warner-Defends-Comcast-In-Level-3-Dispute?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/1512220/FCC-To-Vote-On-Net-Neutrality-On-December-21#commentlisting
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/30/0246235/Level-3-Shaken-Down-By-Comcast-Over-Video-Streaming
3. http://hothardware.com/News/Time-Warner-defends-Comcast-in-Level-3-dispute/
4. http://blog.comcast.com/2010/12/fcc-proposes-rules-to-preserve-an-open-internet.html
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| Antivirus Firms Short-Changing Customers
| from the nickles-and-dimes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @12:50 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1727214/Antivirus-Firms-Short-Changing-Customers?from=newsletter
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Barence writes "Two leading security firms have been accused of
[0]ripping off customers by cutting short their antivirus subscriptions.
AVG and Symantec are offering their own customers discounts on
subscriptions via email or pop-ups, but the new subscriptions start
immediately, [1]'short-changing' users who had months left on their
existing deal. Both Symantec and AVG owned up to the practice, and said
they had no plans to change their ways, instead advising their customers
to upgrade as close as possible to the end of the subscription. However,
the pair actively send out emails and pop-up messages that encourage
customers to upgrade immediately."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1727214/Antivirus-Firms-Short-Changing-Customers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/363322/antivirus-firms-accused-of-short-changing-customers
1. http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/12/anti-virus-upgrade-offers-short-changing-customers-237375/
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| Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park
| from the ride-the-dinosaur dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday December 03, @13:12 (Government)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1226202/Kentucky-Announces-Creationism-Theme-Park?from=newsletter
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riverat1 writes "On December first, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear
announced that [0]a creationism theme park is expected to open in 2014.
Park developers are seeking state tourism development incentives and
could receive up to $37.5 million over a 10-year period. Gov. Steve
Beshear said he does not believe the incentives would violate the
principle of church-state separation because the 14-year-old tax
incentives law wasn���t approved for the purpose of benefiting the Ark
Encounter. The park will have [1]a 500 foot replica of the Ark with live
animals on it and a Tower of Babel explaining how races and languages
developed. The park will be turned over to Answers in Genesis after it is
built. They are a non-profit organization which may allow them to
discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1226202/Kentucky-Announces-Creationism-Theme-Park?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.courier-journal.com/print/article/20101201/NEWS01/312010087/Beshear-announces-creationism-theme-park-to-open-in-2014-with-250-million-impact
1. http://arkencounter.com/
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| Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Real Time Credit Card Activity
| from the enjoy-knowing-the-exact-minute-i-eat-lunch dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @13:32 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1747258/Feds-Warrantlessly-Tracking-Americans-Real-Time-Credit-Card-Activity?from=newsletter
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PatPending writes "A [0]10-page Powerpoint presentation (PDF) that
security and privacy analyst Christopher Soghoian recently [1]obtained
through a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Justice
reveals that law enforcement agencies routinely [2]seek and obtain
real-time surveillance of credit card transactions. The government's
guidelines reveal that this surveillance often occurs with a simple
subpoena, thus sidestepping any Fourth Amendment protections."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1747258/Feds-Warrantlessly-Tracking-Americans-Real-Time-Credit-Card-Activity?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://files.spyingstats.com/hotwatch/hotwatch-powerpoint.pdf
1. http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2010/12/dojs-hotwatch-real-time-surveillance-of.html
2. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/realtime/
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| Web Bugs the New Norm For Businesses?
| from the stop-or-i'll-say-stop-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @14:13 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1845212/Web-Bugs-the-New-Norm-For-Businesses?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "What ever happened to the good old days, when
underhanded email practices were only used by shady email marketing
companies and spammers? Today, it seems, the mainstream corporate world
has begun to employ the same tactics as spammers to track their
customers' email. Jonathan Zdziarski noted in a blog entry that [0]AT&T
is using web bugs to track email sent to customers. Could this be used
for nefarious purposes?"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1845212/Web-Bugs-the-New-Norm-For-Businesses?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=1137
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| NASA Delays Discovery's Final Launch To February
| from the hope-you-brought-a-blanket,-keith dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @14:36 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1911229/NASA-Delays-Discoverys-Final-Launch-To-February?from=newsletter
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Velcroman1 writes "NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle
Discovery's final mission to [0]no earlier than early February ��� the
latest in a long string of delays that have kept the spacecraft grounded
for more than a month. Discovery is now slated to launch no earlier than
Feb. 3, with the delay allowing NASA engineers more time to analyze why
[1]small cracks developed in the shuttle's huge external fuel tank. The
cracks have since been repaired, but NASA wants to make sure similar
issues don't pose a future concern."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1911229/NASA-Delays-Discoverys-Final-Launch-To-February?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
1. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/03/nasa-delays-shuttle-discoverys-final-launch-february/
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| A Mind Made From Memristors
| from the fully-functional dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @14:55 (Robotics)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1953219/A-Mind-Made-From-Memristors?from=newsletter
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Csiko writes "Researchers at Boston University's department of cognitive
and neural systems are working on [0]an artificial brain implemented with
memristors. 'A [1]memristor is a two-terminal device whose resistance
changes depending on the amount, direction, and duration of voltage
that's applied to it. But here's the really interesting thing about a
memristor: Whatever its past state, or resistance, it freezes that state
until another voltage is applied to change it. Maintaining that state
requires no power.' Also theoretically described, solid state versions of
memristors have not been implemented until recently. Now researchers in
Boston claim that memristors are the new key technology to implement
[2]highly integrated, powerful artificial brains on cheap and widely
available hardware within five years."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/1953219/A-Mind-Made-From-Memristors?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/moneta-a-mind-made-from-memristors/0
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor
2. http://cns.bu.edu/nl/moneta.html
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| Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties
| from the mr-president-tear-down-that-firewall dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @15:34 (Government)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2023201/Schneier-Recommends-Nuclear-Style-Cyberwar-Hotlines-Treaties?from=newsletter
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strawberryshakes writes "Cyberwar is the new nuclear war. Bruce Schneier
says governments should [0]establish hotlines and treaties outlining the
protocol surrounding cyberwar, just as they would for any other war. He
wrote in the Financial Times ([1]paywalled, but [2]available through
Google), 'A first step would be a hotline between the world���s cyber
commands, modelled after similar hotlines among nuclear commands. This
would at least allow governments to talk to each other, rather than guess
where an attack came from. More difficult, but more important, are new
cyberwar treaties. These could stipulate a no first use policy, outlaw
unaimed weapons, or mandate weapons that self-destruct at the end of
hostilities. The Geneva Conventions need to be updated too. Cyber weapons
beg to be used, so limits on stockpiles, and restrictions on tactics, are
a logical end point. International banking, for instance, could be
declared off-limits. Whatever the specifics, such agreements are badly
needed.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2023201/Schneier-Recommends-Nuclear-Style-Cyberwar-Hotlines-Treaties?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3251799/bruce-schneier-we-need-cyberwar-hotlines-to-match-nuclear-hotlines/
1. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f863fb4c-fe53-11df-abac-00144feab49a.html
2. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBgQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Ff863fb4c-fe53-11df-abac-00144feab49a.html&rct=j&q=It%20will%20soon%20be%20too%20late%20to%20stop%20the%20cyberwars&ei=DU75TIWkDYvoOYTnrdUK&usg=AFQjCNGp96vkk2XknKHl_KF6tCDamjf_vw&sig2=bCRbUe78fBgiLIfNC2fr9g&cad=rja
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| The Odd Variations On 3G Per-Megabyte Pricing
| from the taking-their-toll dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @16:16 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2059238/The-Odd-Variations-On-3G-Per-Megabyte-Pricing?from=newsletter
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GMGruman writes "Carriers are increasingly charging for 3G mobile access
by the megabyte, to prevent 'unfair' subsidies of heavy users by everyone
else. So why does the price of a 3G megabyte vary based on the device
used to send or receive it? Why is an iPad megabyte cheaper than a MiFi
one? After all, a megabyte is a megabyte as far as the network is
concerned. InfoWorld has [0]a comparison of 3G pricing for the four major
US carriers for their various supported devices, so you can see whose 3G
pricing is out of whack for which devices."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2059238/The-Odd-Variations-On-3G-Per-Megabyte-Pricing?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/the-strange-unpredictable-pricing-3g-data-plans-485
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| USAF Unveils Supercomputer Made of 1,760 PS3s
| from the going-for-the-gusto dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @16:35 (PlayStation (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/216250/USAF-Unveils-Supercomputer-Made-of-1760-PS3s?from=newsletter
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digitaldc writes with this excerpt from Gamasutra: "The Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL) has [0]connected 1,760 PlayStation 3 systems
together to create what the organization is calling the fastest
interactive computer in the entire Defense Department. The Condor
Cluster, as the group of systems is known, also includes 168 separate
graphical processing units and 84 coordinating servers in a parallel
array capable of performing 500 trillion floating point operations per
second (500 TFLOPS), according to AFRL Director of High Power Computing
Mark Barnell."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/216250/USAF-Unveils-Supercomputer-Made-of-1760-PS3s?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/31784/US_Air_Force_Creates_Powerful_Supercomputer_Out_Of_PS3s.php
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| Canon's Image Verification System Cracked
| from the picture-is-worth-a-thousand-lies dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @16:57 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2133218/Canons-Image-Verification-System-Cracked?from=newsletter
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TJNoffy writes "The H Security's H-online reports that 'Hacker Dmitry
Sklyarov has succeeded in [0]extracting the secret signing key from
numerous digital SLR cameras and has [1]used it to sign modified images
which Canon's latest OSK-E3 security kit verifies as legitimate. Canon's
Original Data Security System is intended to show whether changes have
been made to photographs and to verify date and location information. The
system is primarily used for ensuring the integrity of evidence, for
reporting accidents and for construction records.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2133218/Canons-Image-Verification-System-Cracked?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Russians-on-the-moon-Canon-s-image-verification-system-cracked-1145443.html
1. http://www.elcomsoft.com/canon.html?r1=pr&r2=canon
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| X-37B Robotic Space Plane Returns To Earth
| from the down-to-earth dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @17:18 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2140246/X-37B-Robotic-Space-Plane-Returns-To-Earth?from=newsletter
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Kozar_The_Malignant writes "The secretive X-37B robotic space plane
[0]has returned to Earth after a seven-month mission. This was the
vehicle's first flight. Looking like a cross between a Predator Drone and
the Space Shuttle, it landed at Vandenberg AFB in California, which was
to have been the military's shuttle launch facility. Speculation is that
the X-37B is an orbital spy platform."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2140246/X-37B-Robotic-Space-Plane-Returns-To-Earth?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40491145/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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| Google Earth Engine To Provide Climate Change Data
| from the melts-in-your-browser,-not-in-your-icecaps dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @17:36 (Google)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2226238/Google-Earth-Engine-To-Provide-Climate-Change-Data?from=newsletter
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Meshach tips news that Google has unveiled [0]Google Earth Engine, "a new
technology platform that puts an unprecedented amount of satellite
imagery and data ��� current and historical ��� online for the first time. It
enables global-scale monitoring and [1]measurement of changes in the
earth���s environment." They're also "donating 10 million CPU-hours a year
over the next two years on the Google Earth Engine platform, to
strengthen the capacity of developing world nations to track the state of
their forests, in preparation for [2]REDD. For the least developed
nations, Google Earth Engine will provide critical access to terabytes of
data, a growing set of analytical tools and our high-performance
processing capabilities."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2226238/Google-Earth-Engine-To-Provide-Climate-Change-Data?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://earthengine.googlelabs.com/#intro
1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-google-earth-engine.html
2. http://www.un-redd.org/
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| <em>Pac-Man's</em> Ghost Behavior Algorithms
| from the i-hate-the-pink-one dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @17:58 (Classic Games (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2237200/Pac-Mans-Ghost-Behavior-Algorithms?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "This article has a very interesting
description of [0]the algorithms behind the ghosts in Pac-Man. I had no
idea about most of this information, but that's probably because it's
difficult to study the ghosts when I die every 30 seconds. Quoting: 'The
ghosts are always in one of three possible modes: Chase, Scatter, or
Frightened. The "normal" mode with the ghosts pursuing Pac-Man is Chase,
and this is the one that they spend most of their time in. While in Chase
mode, all of the ghosts use Pac-Man's position as a factor in selecting
their target tile, though it is more significant to some ghosts than
others. In Scatter mode, each ghost has a fixed target tile, each of
which is located just outside a different corner of the maze. This causes
the four ghosts to disperse to the corners whenever they are in this
mode. Frightened mode is unique because the ghosts do not have a specific
target tile while in this mode. Instead, they pseudorandomly decide which
turns to make at every intersection.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2237200/Pac-Mans-Ghost-Behavior-Algorithms?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gameinternals.com/post/2072558330/understanding-pac-man-ghost-behavior
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| Researchers Bypass IE Protected Mode
| from the locked-doors-open-windows dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday December 03, @18:16 (Internet Explorer)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2231205/Researchers-Bypass-IE-Protected-Mode?from=newsletter
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Trailrunner7 writes "A new paper from researchers at Verizon Business
identifies a method through which [0]an attacker can bypass Internet
Explorer Protected Mode and gain elevated privileges once he's
successfully exploited a bug on the system. Protected Mode in Internet
Explorer is one of a handful of key security mechanisms that Microsoft
has added to Windows in the last few years. It is often described as a
sandbox, in that it is designed to prevent exploitation of a
vulnerability in the browser from leading to more persistent compromise
of the underlying system. In their research, the Verizon Business team
found a method that, when combined with an existing memory-corruption
vulnerability in the browser, enables an attacker to [1]bypass Protected
Mode and elevate his privileges on the compromised machine (PDF). The
technique enables the attacker to move from a relatively un-privileged
level to one with higher privileges, giving him complete access to the
logged-in user's account."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2231205/Researchers-Bypass-IE-Protected-Mode?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-bypass-internet-explorer-protected-mode-120310
1. http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/whitepapers/wp_escapingmicrosoftprotectedmodeinternetexplorer_en_xg.pdf
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