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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Consumer Reports Gives AT&T Lowest US Carrier Rank
* Vuvuzelas Blare On Pirated Copies of Music Game
* Why We Shouldn't Begrudge Commercial Open Source Companies
* Summarizing the Apple-Android Patent Battle
* The New Reality of Gaming
* Australia's Outback Could Get Web Via TV Antenna
* John Carmack Not Enthused About Android Marketplace
* Programming Mistakes To Avoid
* Wikileaks Founder Arrested In London
* Blizzard Launches Third <em>WoW</em> Expansion, <em>Cataclysm</em>
* Android Phones Get Virtualization
* Why Money Doesn't Motivate File-Sharers
* Download Firefox, Feed a Red Panda
* Tour of the Closet Sized Living Quarters On ISS
* Google Unveils Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet
* Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services
* Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE?
* PC Era Forecasted To End In 18 Months
* Nvidia Adds GeForce GTX 570 To Graphics Lineup
* Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters
* Gamers Abandoning DS, PSP In Favor of Smartphones
* Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update
* Google Unveils Beta Chrome OS Notebook
* NASA Records Solar Blast of Epic Proportions
* Microsoft Adds 'Do Not Track' Option For IE9
* AMD Releases Three New Low-Cost CPUs
* Hi-Tech Nativity Security
* Oracle To Halve Core Count In Next Sparc Processor
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| Consumer Reports Gives AT&T Lowest US Carrier Rank
| from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @19:20 (Communications)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/232239/Consumer-Reports-Gives-ATampT-Lowest-US-Carrier-Rank?from=newsletter
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tekgoblin writes "Consumer Reports has just released results for
[0]consumer satisfaction across all US cell phone carriers. The survey
covered around 58,000 Consumer Reports subscribers. Over half of the
respondents who used AT&T used the iPhone when taking the survey.
According to Consumer Reports, iPhone users were less satisfied with AT&T
than other users with different phones. An AT&T spokesman responded by
[1]citing independent speed tests, as well as [2]higher subscriber
numbers and a dropped call rate within 0.1% of the industry leader."
Update: 12/07 01:49 GMT by [3]S : Corrected last sentence to indicate the
0.1% dropped call rate statistic is the difference between AT&T and
another carrier, not 0.1% overall.
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/232239/Consumer-Reports-Gives-ATampT-Lowest-US-Carrier-Rank?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2010/12/consumer-reports-cell-phone-survey-att-worst.html
1. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATT-Delivers-Nations-Fastest-prnews-2079623051.html?x=0
2. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2010/12/06/att-ranks-lowest-according-to-consumer-reports/
3. mailto:soulskillatslashdotdotorg
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| Vuvuzelas Blare On Pirated Copies of Music Game
| from the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @20:08 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2359257/Vuvuzelas-Blare-On-Pirated-Copies-of-Music-Game?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader sends this quote from Wired: "A novel anti-piracy
measure baked into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The
Experience makes copied versions of the game unplayable and [0]taunts
gamers with the blaring sound of vuvuzelas. Many games have installed
switches that detect pirated copies and act accordingly, like ending the
user's game after 20 minutes. Ubisoft has come under fire multiple times
for what players have seen as highly restrictive anti-piracy measures
that annoy legitimate users as much or more so than pirates. But some
more-mischievous developers have used tricks similar to the vuvuzela
fanfare to mess with pirates. Batman: Arkham Asylum lets unauthorized
users play through the game as if it were a normal copy, with a single
exception: Batman's cape-glide ability doesn't work, rendering the game
impossible to finish ��� although you might bash your head against it
trying to make what are now impossible jumps. If you pirate Command &
Conquer: Red Alert 2, brace yourself for an explosion, as your entire
base will detonate within 30 seconds of loading the game."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2359257/Vuvuzelas-Blare-On-Pirated-Copies-of-Music-Game?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/12/michael-jackson-vuvuzela/
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| Why We Shouldn't Begrudge Commercial Open Source Companies
| from the merge-those-benjamins-back-upstream dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @22:10 (Firefox)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/011229/Why-We-Shouldnt-Begrudge-Commercial-Open-Source-Companies?from=newsletter
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Thinkcloud writes with a followup to recent news that Mozilla is once
again [0]looking into a do-not-track mechanism after having previously
killed a similar tool, allegedly under pressure from advertisers.
Canonical COO Matt Asay wrote in The Register that this is not
necessarily the case, [1]nor is Mozilla's decision necessarily the wrong
one. "It's quite possible ��� indeed, probable ��� that the best way for
Mozilla to fulfill its mission is precisely to limit the openness of the
web. At least a bit. Why? Because end-users aren't the only ones with
rights and needs online, a point Luis Villa [2]elegantly made years ago.
It's not a one-way, free-for-all for end-users. Advertisers, developers
and enterprises who employ end-users among others all factor into
Mozilla's freedom calculus. Or should." OStatic adds commentary that
"Like it or not, [3]commercial open source companies are still companies,
and the economics of the online world have everything to do with their
present and their future.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/011229/Why-We-Shouldnt-Begrudge-Commercial-Open-Source-Companies?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704584804575645074178700984.html
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/mozilla_freedom/
2. http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/08/07/freedom-for-users-which-users-did-you-mean-exactly-or-of-users-user-deployers-and-user-consumers/
3. http://ostatic.com/blog/dont-begrudge-mozilla-for-being-a-commercial-open-source-company
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| Summarizing the Apple-Android Patent Battle
| from the technolegal-detritus dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @00:14 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/021247/Summarizing-the-Apple-Android-Patent-Battle?from=newsletter
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FlorianMueller writes "Apple's patent dispute with Motorola is one of the
biggest legal battles going on at the moment. Apple, which is also
entangled in litigation with Nokia and HTC, recently [0]beefed up its
legal team, but it also keeps throwing in ever more patents. Apple made
important court filings last Wednesday and Thursday. The bottom line:
[1]Apple now asserts 24 patents against Motorola, which uses 18 patents
in claims against Apple. 21 of Apple's infringement allegations relate to
Android, 3 to Motorola set-top boxes and DVRs. Motorola targets the whole
range of Apple products." Mueller followed up the above article with an
excellent visualization of [2]how the patents, companies, and courts
intersect.
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/021247/Summarizing-the-Apple-Android-Patent-Battle?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-29/apple-beefs-up-legal-team-for-patent-showdowns-with-nokia-motorola-htc.html
1. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/12/apple-vs-motorola-now-42-patents-in.html
2. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/12/visualization-of-apples-patent-dispute.html
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| The New Reality of Gaming
| from the i-blame-the-schools dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @01:23 (Social Networks)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0319204/The-New-Reality-of-Gaming?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Video games used to be about fighting aliens and
rescuing princesses, writes Rohin Dharmakumar in Forbes, but the most
popular games today have you tilling your farm, hiring waiting staff and
devising menus for your restaurant or taking your pets out for walks
while maintaining cordial relations with the neighbors. '[1]Reality, it
would seem, is the new escapism.' Video games of the pre-social network
era were mostly played by boys or young men but '[2]now the core audience
of social network games are girls and young women,' says Alok Kejriwal,
founder and CEO of games2win, an online gaming company. The tipping point
in the US came in 2008 when women outnumbered men on the Internet.
Combined with millions of parents and grandparents who're new to the
Internet, the traditional face of the gamer is changing from that of a
25-year-old male to a band stretching from 16 to 40 years comprising men
and women in almost equal numbers, says Sebastien de Halleux, one of the
co-founders of Playfish, who predicts that someone is going to [3]create
a social game very shortly that pulls in a billion dollars a year. Gaming
for this new set of players is less about breathtaking graphics,
pulsating sound or edge-of-the-seat action and more about strengthening
existing real world relations through frequent casual gaming. 'Think of
these games as a sandbox where everybody has the same tools, yet everyone
achieves different results,' says de Halleux."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0319204/The-New-Reality-of-Gaming?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/the-new-realitygaming_502707.html.
2. http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2010/07/23/newer-facebook-games-are-attracting-an-older-female-audience/
3. http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/20/ea-playfish-president-the-billion-dollar-social-game-is-achievable/
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| Australia's Outback Could Get Web Via TV Antenna
| from the hope-they-broadcast-the-sites-you-want-to-see dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @02:20 (Australia)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0311247/Australias-Outback-Could-Get-Web-Via-TV-Antenna?from=newsletter
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disco_tracy writes "Australia began switching off its analog TV signals
in June and the transition to digital-only transmission is expected to be
complete by the end of 2013, five years before the roll out finishes for
the NBN. The leftover analog spectrum could be [0]used to deliver
Internet to people living in remote areas. Unlike 3G networks, which lose
download speed with more users, the analog signal would provide a
consistent speed no matter how many users there were."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0311247/Australias-Outback-Could-Get-Web-Via-TV-Antenna?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/tech/australia-outback-could-get-web-via-tv-antenna.html
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| John Carmack Not Enthused About Android Marketplace
| from the hit-with-a-fragmentation-grenade dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @04:31 (Cellphones)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0215233/John-Carmack-Not-Enthused-About-Android-Marketplace?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "During an in-depth and informative interview,
Doom creator and id Software co-founder John Carmack opines on iOS game
development, the economics of mobile development vs. console development,
why mobile games lend themselves to more risk-taking and greater
creativity, and finally, [0]why he's not too keen on the Android
Marketplace as a money-making machine. '...I'm honestly still a little
scared of the support burden and the effort that it's going to take for
our products, which are very graphics-intensive.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0215233/John-Carmack-Not-Enthused-About-Android-Marketplace?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/11/post-8.ars/
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| Programming Mistakes To Avoid
| from the livin'-on-the-edge-cases dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @05:17 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0026224/Programming-Mistakes-To-Avoid?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Peter Wayner outlines some of [1]the most
common programming mistakes and how to avoid them. 'Certain programming
practices send the majority of developers reaching for their hair upon
opening a file that has been exhibiting too much "character." Spend some
time in a bar near any tech company, and you'll hear the howls: Why did
the programmer use that antiquated structure? Where was the mechanism for
defending against attacks from the Web? Wasn't any thought given to what
a noob would do with the program?' Wayner writes. From playing it fast
and loose, to delegating too much to frameworks, to relying too heavily
on magic boxes, to overdetermining the user experience ��� each programming
pitfall is accompanied by its opposing pair, lending further proof that
'programming may in fact be transforming into an art, one that requires a
skilled hand and a creative mind to achieve a happy medium between
problematic extremes.'" What common mistakes do you frequently have to
deal with?
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0026224/Programming-Mistakes-To-Avoid?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/d/developer-world/12-programming-mistakes-avoid-292
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| Wikileaks Founder Arrested In London
| from the that-didn't-take-long dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @07:58 (The Media)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1249210/Wikileaks-Founder-Arrested-In-London?from=newsletter
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CuteSteveJobs writes "The founder of WikiLeaks, [0]Julian Assange, has
been arrested by London police on behalf of Swedish authorities on
allegation of rape. Assange has admitted that he is exhausted by the
ongoing battle against authorities. The Swiss Government has
[1]confiscated $37K in his Swiss Bank account. PayPal and [2]Mastercard
have frozen Wikileak's accounts, hampering Wikileaks from raising any
more funds."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1249210/Wikileaks-Founder-Arrested-In-London?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/wikileaks-founder-arrested-in-london-20101207-18ogq.html
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101206/ap_on_re_us/wikileaks
2. http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=22076
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| Blizzard Launches Third <em>WoW</em> Expansion, <em>Cataclysm</em>
| from the resetting-the-treadmill dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 07, @08:42 (Role Playing (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0346240/Blizzard-Launches-Third-WoW-Expansion-Cataclysm?from=newsletter
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Last night marked [0]the launch of Cataclysm, the third expansion for
Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Cataclysm includes: two new races, both of
which have their own starting zones; five new high-level zones that span
the new 80-85 leveling content; seven new five-man dungeons (plus two
heroic versions of classic dungeons); three end-game raids; a new
profession; two new PvP battlegrounds; and one world PvP zone. In
addition, Cataclysm features a [1]revamp of Azeroth, the portion of the
game world that went live when WoW originally launched in 2004, providing
a much improved leveling experience for new players and alts.
MMO-Champion posted [2]a comprehensive collection of information about
the new content. Of course, Cataclysm's launch has [3]brought the video
game addiction debate back to the fore.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/0346240/Blizzard-Launches-Third-WoW-Expansion-Cataclysm?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/cataclysm/
1. http://www.gamespot.com/features/6284838/index.html
2. http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2100-Cataclysm-is-going-live-THIS-WEEK!
3. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/12/06/editorial-panorama-addicted-to-games/
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| Android Phones Get Virtualization
| from the do-both-run-doom dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @09:17 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/148259/Android-Phones-Get-Virtualization?from=newsletter
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[0]bednarz writes "VMware is teaming with LG to sell [1]Android
smartphones that are virtualized, allowing a single phone to run two
operating systems, one for business use and one for personal use. A
user's personal email and applications would run natively on the Android
phone, while a guest operating system contains the employee's work
environment. The devices would also have two phone numbers."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/148259/Android-Phones-Get-Virtualization?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://moc.wwntazrandeba/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120710-vmware-virtualizes-lg-android.html
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| Why Money Doesn't Motivate File-Sharers
| from the just-wanna-watch-tron dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @09:59 (Music)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/149250/Why-Money-Doesnt-Motivate-File-Sharers?from=newsletter
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nk497 writes "File-sharers aren't [0]motivated by financial gain, but by
altruism, according to an economist. Joe Cox, of the Portsmouth Business
School, said those uploading content for others to share don't see what
they're doing as illegal, meaning current tactics to deter piracy are
doomed to fail. 'The survey data suggested there was a deep-seated belief
that this type of activity shouldn't be illegal, that there was no
criminal act involved.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/149250/Why-Money-Doesnt-Motivate-File-Sharers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/interviews/363418/q-a-why-money-doesnt-motivate-file-sharers
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| Download Firefox, Feed a Red Panda
| from the have-a-sandwich dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 07, @10:27 (Firefox)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1441251/Download-Firefox-Feed-a-Red-Panda?from=newsletter
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KenW writes "Mozilla has launched a [0]new marketing campaign to promote
Firefox: adopting red pandas and putting them on live webcams. The
company wants to underline the fact that the red panda is the mascot for
its open source browser via a new section on its site called Firefox
Live. It's clear that Mozilla is trying to think of new ways to promote
its browser ahead of the launch of Firefox 4. The company has been
struggling recently as Firefox steadily loses share to Google Chrome."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1441251/Download-Firefox-Feed-a-Red-Panda?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/41446-mozilla-launches-firefox-live-to-promote-browser.html
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| Tour of the Closet Sized Living Quarters On ISS
| from the efficient-use-of-space-get-it?? dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @10:42 (Space)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1433235/Tour-of-the-Closet-Sized-Living-Quarters-On-ISS?from=newsletter
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[0]Phoghat writes "Who knew it could take almost seven minutes to get a
[1]tour of the teeny-tiny crew quarters on board the International Space
Station? But Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly provides an engaging
peek inside his personal living space, and an inside look at life aboard
the ISS."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1433235/Tour-of-the-Closet-Sized-Living-Quarters-On-ISS?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:tjsobieski@gmail.com
1. http://www.universetoday.com/81424/grand-tour-of-closet-sized-crew-quarters-in-space/
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| Google Unveils Android 'Honeycomb' Tablet
| from the i-hear-google-doesn't-render dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @11:23 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/164213/Google-Unveils-Android-Honeycomb-Tablet?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "Google Mobile Platform VP Andy Rubin [0]unvieled
the very first Android 'Honeycomb' tablet. While very few specs were
released about the device, it is said to be a sleek, black, Motorola
tablet that is roughly 10-inches and runs NVidia dual core CPU. The
device has a very clean homepage and the app page looked almost Apple
iPad-like. In fact, the Gmail app looked almost exactly like Gmail on the
iPad. According to Andy Rubin, Honeycomb should release some time next
year, and most major OEMs planning on building Android tablets have
expressed interest in using this version of the Android platform."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/164213/Google-Unveils-Android-Honeycomb-Tablet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373943,00.asp
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| Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services
| from the ambush-backstab-vanish dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @12:00 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1639216/Rogue-Satellite-Shuts-Down-US-Weather-Services?from=newsletter
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radioweather writes "On Sunday, the drifting rogue [0] 'zombie' Galaxy 15
satellite with a stuck transmitter interfered with the satellite data
distribution system used by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS),
[1]effectively shutting down data sharing between NWS offices nationwide,
as well as weather support groups for the US Air force. This left many
forecasters without data, imagery, and maps. Interference from Galaxy 15
affected transmissions of the [2]SES-1 Satellite, which not only serves
NOAA with data relay services, but also [3] is used to feed TV
programming into virtually every cable network in the US NOAA's Network
Control Facility [4]reports that the computer system affected was NOAA's
[5]Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) used to issue
forecasts and weather bulletins which uses the weather data feed. They
also state the problem is likely to recur again this month before the
satellite drifts out of range and eventually dies due to battery
depletion."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1639216/Rogue-Satellite-Shuts-Down-US-Weather-Services?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.space.com/news/zombie-satellite-interference-threat-101015.html
1. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/06/zombie-satellite-shuts-down-critical-noaa-nws-systems-overnight/
2. http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/ses1communicationssa/
3. http://www.spacedaily.com/report/SES_1_Satellite_Of_SES_WORLD_SKIES_Now_Operational_999.html
4. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.pl?fn=DMPD111005.txt
5. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ops2/ops24/awips.htm
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| Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE?
| from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @12:39 (KDE)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1719245/Does-the-End-of-KOffice-Mean-the-End-of-KDE?from=newsletter
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jfruhlinger writes "Venerable Linux office suite KOffice has been reborn
as "Calligra," a name meant to evoke calligraphy but perhaps a bit too
close to the neme of a deranged Roman emperor. Perhaps more importantly,
Calligra seems to be cooperating with the future MeeGo mobile Linux
distro. Could this be the [0]beginning of the end of the KDE desktop, at
least under its current branding?"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1719245/Does-the-End-of-KOffice-Mean-the-End-of-KDE?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/129859/the-end-koffice-the-end-kde
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| PC Era Forecasted To End In 18 Months
| from the i-have-crystal-balls dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @13:23 (Hardware)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1724253/PC-Era-Forecasted-To-End-In-18-Months?from=newsletter
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dcblogs writes "In a historic shift, shipments of smartphones, tablets
and other app-enabled devices will [0]overtake PC shipments in the next
18 months, an event that may signify the end of the PC-centric era,
market research firm IDC said. IDC said worldwide shipments this year of
app-enabled devices, which include smartphones and media tablets such as
the iPad, will reach 284 million. In 2011, makers will ship 377 million
of these devices, and in 2012, the number will reach 462 million
shipments, exceeding PC shipments. In 2012, there will be 448 million PC
shipments. One shipment equals one device. PC sales will continue to
climb, but will no longer rule."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1724253/PC-Era-Forecasted-To-End-In-18-Months?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9199918/In_historic_shift_smartphones_tablets_to_overtake_PCs
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| Nvidia Adds GeForce GTX 570 To Graphics Lineup
| from the pixels-and-polys dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @14:01 (Graphics)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1841258/Nvidia-Adds-GeForce-GTX-570-To-Graphics-Lineup?from=newsletter
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crookedvulture writes "Filling the gap between mid-range graphics cards
around the $200 mark and high-end excess that costs upward of $500,
Nvidia has added a $350 [0]GeForce GTX 570 to its stable of graphics
cards. Based on the company's latest GF110 GPU, the GTX 570 offers
equivalent performance to last year's flagship GTX 480 with lower power
consumption and a cheaper price tag. The [1]value proposition is strong
with this one, although as The Tech Report's review points out, it would
be wise to hold out until AMD's "Cayman" graphics card breaks cover,
which it's expected to do next week."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1841258/Nvidia-Adds-GeForce-GTX-570-To-Graphics-Lineup?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techreport.com/articles.x/20088
1. http://techreport.com/articles.x/20088/13
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| Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters
| from the taking-a-personal-detective-day dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 07, @14:30 (Businesses)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1547257/Corporations-Hiring-Hooky-Hunters?from=newsletter
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No longer satisfied with your crinkled doctor's note, a growing number of
[0]corporations are hiring "Hooky Detectives." Private investigator Rick
Raymond says he's staked out bowling alleys, pro football games, weddings
and even funerals looking for people using sick days. From the article:
"Such techniques have become permissible at a time when workers are more
likely to play hooky. Kronos, a workforce productivity firm in
Chelmsford, Mass., recently found that 57 percent of salaried employees
take sick days when they're not sick ��� almost a 20 percent increase from
statistics gathered between 2006 and 2008."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1547257/Corporations-Hiring-Hooky-Hunters?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/06/BUK81GLNK1.DTL
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| Gamers Abandoning DS, PSP In Favor of Smartphones
| from the does-in-run-plants-v-zombies dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @14:45 (Cellphones)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1926242/Gamers-Abandoning-DS-PSP-In-Favor-of-Smartphones?from=newsletter
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donniebaseball23 writes "[0]IndustryGamers reports on new research from
Interpret, which shows that more and more people are turning to their
phones for game time, leaving the DS and PSP behind. 43.8% of the
phone/DS/PSP gaming market plays games on phones, which represents a
significant 53.2% increase over the past year. At the same time,
Interpret says that the proportion of those who play on the DS or PSP has
fallen by 13%. The company notes, 'Gamers appear to be defecting from
their handheld gaming devices to phones to get their gaming kicks: a full
27.2% of consumers who indicate that they play games on their phones only
(and not on the DS/PSP) actually own a DS or PSP, but do not actively use
the device(s).' Notable games industry analyst Michael Pachter also
recently commented that handhelds continue to decline and Sony's much
rumored [1]PSP2 would be 'dead on arrival' as smartphones continue to
gain steam."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1926242/Gamers-Abandoning-DS-PSP-In-Favor-of-Smartphones?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/gamers-abandoning-ds-psp-in-favor-of-smartphones-says-interpret/
1. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/pachter-psp2-is-dead-on-arrival/
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| Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update
| from the keep-adding-cylinders dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @15:36 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2027259/Google-Quietly-Posts-Big-JavaScript-Engine-Update?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Google has [0]updated the Chrome JavaScript
engine from version 2.5 to 3.0, which apparently results in some big
performance jumps. ConceivablyTech has run some benchmarks on two
different PCs and posted charts showing that the latest nightly builds
are up to 100% faster than the Chrome browsers with the JavaScript
version 2.5 (which would be all currently published Chrome 8 and 9
variants). Especially V8 and Kraken seem to benefit from the upgrade,
while Google has now at least on some system the fastest Sunspider
browser again."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2027259/Google-Quietly-Posts-Big-JavaScript-Engine-Update?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.conceivablytech.com/4472/products/chrome-10-posts-huge-performance-jump/
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| Google Unveils Beta Chrome OS Notebook
| from the wait-this-is-new-now dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @16:17 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/218202/Google-Unveils-Beta-Chrome-OS-Notebook?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "Google has unveiled a [0]beta version of its Chrome
OS notebook, dubbed CR48. The device will have a 12.1-inch screen and
full-size keyboard, as well as an oversized, clickable touchpad. It will
also include world-mode 3G and 802.11 dual-band Wi-Fi. Google promised
eight hours of active use and eight days of standby, as well as a
webcam.Those hoping to get their hands on a Chrome OS device, however,
will either have to wait until mid-2011 or obtain one through one of
several Google-backed [1]giveaway options. Google plans to release two,
Intel-based Chrome OS notebooks from Acer and Samsung in mid-2011, with
Verizon Wireless providing cellular connectivity which comes with 100MB
of free data per month for the first two years. According to Sundar
Pichai, Google's vice president of product management, CR48 is not and
will not be for sale. All Chrome OS devices will be launched and priced
by their partners, who will hold their own launch events in the future
with more details."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/218202/Google-Unveils-Beta-Chrome-OS-Notebook?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373976,00.asp
1. http://www.google.com/chromeos/
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| NASA Records Solar Blast of Epic Proportions
| from the i-burnt-my-fingers dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @17:00 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2158228/NASA-Records-Solar-Blast-of-Epic-Proportions?from=newsletter
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Arvisp writes "As predicted, the a 'mega-filament' of solar magnetism
erupted on Dec. 6th, producing [0]a blast of epic proportions. NASA's
Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the action as the 700,000-km long
structure lifted off the stellar surface and--snap!!--hurled itself into
space. The eruption produced a bright coronal mass ejection (CME)
observed by the STEREO-A spacecraft: [1]video. Earth was not in the line
of fire; the cloud should sail wide of our planet. Earth-effects might be
limited to pretty pictures."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2158228/NASA-Records-Solar-Blast-of-Epic-Proportions?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.spaceweather.com/
1. http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/browse/2010/12/06/ahead_20101206_cor2_512.mpg
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| Microsoft Adds 'Do Not Track' Option For IE9
| from the and-who-will-listen dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @17:38 (Internet Explorer)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2216242/Microsoft-Adds-Do-Not-Track-Option-For-IE9?from=newsletter
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devbox writes "Microsoft says it will offer a privacy setting in the next
version of Internet Explorer that will make it easy for users to [0]keep
their browsing habits from being tracked by advertising networks and
other third-party websites. 'By designing these sorts of enhancements
with privacy in mind at the design phase, we're able to deliver a
functionality that provides consumers additional levels of control over
what they want to engage in and how they choose to do so,' Microsoft
Chief Privacy Strategist Peter Cullen blogged. Previously, [1]Mozilla
stopped working on a similar feature for Firefox after pressure from
advertisers and other OSS projects as it would hurt their revenue sources
from advertisers."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2216242/Microsoft-Adds-Do-Not-Track-Option-For-IE9?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/07/internet_explorer_do_not_track/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/011229/Why-We-Shouldnt-Begrudge-Commercial-Open-Source-Companies
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| AMD Releases Three New Low-Cost CPUs
| from the cheap-at-twice-the-price dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, @18:16 (AMD)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2247228/AMD-Releases-Three-New-Low-Cost-CPUs?from=newsletter
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WesternActor writes "With its [0]new Fusion APUs coming out in about a
month, you wouldn't think AMD would still be tweaking its processor
lineup. But it [1]released three new processors today���the Phenom II X6
1100T Black Edition, the Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition, and the Athlon
II X3 455���to balance out its price-performance offerings. The Black
Edition CPUs with their unlocked multipliers are probably the most
interesting, particularly the [2]Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition which
has six cores, runs at 3.3 GHz, and costs only $265. As the name implies,
the 1100T represents only a minute increase in clock speed over the
1090T. It even has the same amount of L2 and L3 cache (3MB and 6MB,
respectively), is based on the same 45nm production process, and is
designed for the currently standard AM3 socket. Given that 1090T got the
downward nudge in price to $235, however, the 1100T offers slightly
better performance for less money."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2247228/AMD-Releases-Three-New-Low-Cost-CPUs?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/10/19/238218/AMD-Demos-Llano-Fusion-APU-Radeon-6800-Series
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373925,00.asp
2. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373923,00.asp
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| Hi-Tech Nativity Security
| from the a-higher-satellite-power dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 07, @18:47 (Christmas Cheer)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1459256/Hi-Tech-Nativity-Security?from=newsletter
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To combat vandalism and theft of their holiday displays, many churches
and cities are turning to a technological answer. After one of their cows
was stolen, St. Marks Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn, Ill. [0]installed
GPS devices in the figurines of its nativity scene. This year the village
of Wellington, Fla. added security cameras to protect their display. From
the article: "BrickHouse Security in New York City offered churches and
synagogues free GPS and cameras to protect their displays this season.
Seventy have signed up so far. About 24 of them are also installing
security cameras. In Merrick, N.Y., the Chabad Center for Jewish Life is
putting GPS in its 8-foot menorah on display in a park."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/1459256/Hi-Tech-Nativity-Security?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-12-10-gps-nativity_N.htm
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| Oracle To Halve Core Count In Next Sparc Processor
| from the reverse-course-full-steam dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday December 07, @18:59 (Oracle)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2338217/Oracle-To-Halve-Core-Count-In-Next-Sparc-Processor?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "Oracle will [1]halve the number of cores in its
next Sparc processor and instead improve its single-thread performance, a
weak area for the chip but one that's important for running large
databases and back-end applications. The next Sparc chip on Oracle's
roadmap, the T4, will have eight cores on each chip, down from 16 in the
current Sparc T3."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/07/2338217/Oracle-To-Halve-Core-Count-In-Next-Sparc-Processor?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/370535/oracle_halve_core_count_next_sparc_processor/
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