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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access
* Years-Old Conficker Worm Still a Threat
* Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking
* Russian Media Link Moscow Bombing With <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> Scene
* Physicists Call For Alien Messaging Protocol
* Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance
* Carmack Says NGP Is a 'Generation Beyond' Smartphones
* Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence
* Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class
* The Abdication of the HTML Standard
* Half of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.gov Sites Fail DNSSEC Test
* Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber
* Supercomputer Advancement Slows?
* Challenger 25 Years Later
* White House Wants 1M Electric Cars By 2015
* Facebook Spammer Fined $360 Million
* What Exactly Is a Galaxy?
* EU Approves Intel's McAfee Purchase After Interoperability Pledge
* Stem Cell Research Running Into IP Brick Walls
* FBI Executes 40 Search Warrants For 'Anonymous'
* Malaysia Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
* Alaska Must Release Palin E-mails By May
* eBooks Nearly Outsell Print Books At Amazon
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| Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access
| from the why-not-call-their-skype-accounts? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday January 27, @20:15 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0114217/Egypt-Shuts-Off-All-Internet-Access?from=newsletter
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h00manist writes "Several sources are reporting [0]Egypt has shut off
[1]all Internet access. There is still no official confirmation.
Blackberry, twitter and SMS seem confirmed off. So, if you were there,
what would you do to get communications for everyone? Do you still have a
POTS modem?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0114217/Egypt-Shuts-Off-All-Internet-Access?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/#!/search/egypt
1. http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/1/28/urgent-egypt-has-shut-off-the-internet.html
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| Years-Old Conficker Worm Still a Threat
| from the barely-know-'er dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday January 27, @22:07 (Botnet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0225240/Years-Old-Conficker-Worm-Still-a-Threat?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "The [0]Conficker worm is still a threat, even
though it is more than two years old and nobody has used it in a botnet
attack yet. The problem is that so many machines are infected (largely
because many don't realize it) and it's such a flexible piece of
malware."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0225240/Years-Old-Conficker-Worm-Still-a-Threat?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/105943/20110127/conficker-worm-still-threat.htm
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| Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking
| from the now-how-will-we-smuggle-in-cakes dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday January 28, @01:02 (PlayStation (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0413250/Sony-Updates-PS3-Firmware-To-356-To-Stop-Jailbreaking?from=newsletter
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tekgoblin writes "Today Sony has [0]released a firmware update for the
PS3 console that will update it to version 3.56. This comes on the same
day news broke on the [1]restraining order against George Hotz (Geohot).
Sony did not state that it would stop jailbreaking the console but we can
only assume that it does. With this restraining order against Geohot we
see the [2]Streisand Effect taking hold again as the key spreads all over
the net. This decision by the courts may also prompt more hackers to
focus their time on the PS3 from other projects. Be aware if you update
your system and you like to jailbreak or hack, you will probably be
unable to after the update." Actually, [3]it might be possible after all.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0413250/Sony-Updates-PS3-Firmware-To-356-To-Stop-Jailbreaking?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/01/27/sony-updates-ps3-firmware-to-3-56-to-stop-jailbreaking/
1. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/27/2157211/Sony-Wins-Restraining-Order-Against-Geohot
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
3. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/285891/news/new-ps3-firmware-hacked-within-hours/
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| Russian Media Link Moscow Bombing With <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> Scene
| from the taking-cues-from-american-journalists dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @02:27 (The Media)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0557231/Russian-Media-Link-Moscow-Bombing-With-Modern-Warfare-2-Scene?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader tips news that following the [0]airport bombing in
Moscow earlier this week, the Russia media is [1]linking the attack to a
scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in which a number of civilians
were gunned down inside an airport. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has
become a shocking reality ... with so many people seemingly downloading,
playing or watching this game, you have to consider whether or not
anybody actually thought this game could so closely resemble reality,'
said a Russia Today news presenter in the report. It also included
comments from US terrorism expert Walid Phares, who said it was possible
that computer games might influence the strategies employed by
terrorists. Phares, who is director of Future Terrorism Project at the
Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said: 'The issue is we need to
know if terrorists or extremists are using these videos or DVDs or games
to basically apply the model.' 'I think those who have been radicalized
already ��� that is supposed in this case jihadists, Al-Qaeda or other kind
��� they look at the games and say these games will serve them to train.'"
As we discussed when the game came out, Activision [2]edited out the
controversial scene from the Russian version. Violent video games have
been [3]taking a similar beating in the US after the shooting in Arizona
earlier this month.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0557231/Russian-Media-Link-Moscow-Bombing-With-Modern-Warfare-2-Scene?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/01/24/1836225/Terrorists-Bomb-Moscow-Airport
1. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/terrorist-games-linked-to-russian-airport-bomb-20110127-1a66i.html
2. http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/20/0519249/emModern-Warfare-2em-Not-Recalled-In-Russia-After-All
3. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/13/1839215/FBI-Seeks-Suspects-Web-Game-Records
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| Physicists Call For Alien Messaging Protocol
| from the don't-they-still-use-macs? dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday January 28, @03:53 (Communications)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0228202/Physicists-Call-For-Alien-Messaging-Protocol?from=newsletter
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schliz writes "Researchers have [0]called for the development of a
messaging framework that could increase the probability that our
interplanetary messages are detected and deciphered ��� assuming [1]Orson
Scott Card's vision of telepathic buggers doesn't come true. The trio of
postgraduate astrophysicists suggest a Messaging to Extraterrestrial
Intelligence protocol ([2]METI ��� PDF) for signal encoding, message
length, information content, transmission method and periodicity. The
protocol could be tested via a website that allows users to create,
retrieve and decrypt sample messages that conform to the protocol ��� which
also demonstrates communication across human cultural boundaries, they
say."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0228202/Physicists-Call-For-Alien-Messaging-Protocol?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/246346,physicists-call-for-alien-messaging-protocol.aspx
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game
2. http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1101/1101.4968.pdf
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| Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance
| from the real-streaming-match dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday January 28, @06:50 (Networking)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0452216/Netflix-Compares-ISP-Streaming-Performance?from=newsletter
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boustrophedon writes "The Netflix blog [0]compared streaming performance
among 20 top ISPs for the past three months. A Netflix HD stream can
provide up to 4800 kbps, but the fastest American ISP, Charter, could
sustain only 2667 kbps on average. Most Canadian ISPs beat that, with
champ Rogers providing an average of 3020 kbps. Clearwire, Frontier, and
CenturyTel were in the doghouse with under 1600 kbps."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0452216/Netflix-Compares-ISP-Streaming-Performance?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html
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| Carmack Says NGP Is a 'Generation Beyond' Smartphones
| from the make-it-so dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @07:30 (Portables (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0619205/Carmack-Says-NGP-Is-a-Generation-Beyond-Smartphones?from=newsletter
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donniebaseball23 writes "id co-founder and all-around programming genius
John Carmack, who has become a bigger [0]fan of the iPhone and iOS
platform recently, has given his take on [1]the technical aspects of
Sony's Next Generation Portable. He says that 'the Sony NGP [will]
perform about a generation beyond smart phones with comparable specs.'
Essentially, the fast approaching round of iOS and Android devices will
still be well behind the capabilities of Sony's new handheld, which comes
close to reproducing PS3-like visuals." New details have emerged since
the NGP's confirmation yesterday: there will be [2]different versions of
the device, all of which can connect over Wi-Fi, but only one of which
has 3G connectivity. The battery life will be [3]similar to the original
PSP, and the NGP will have [4]two proprietary memory card slots. Sony
says they [5]considered 3D for the device, but they don't see how it
translates to portable gaming. 1up has [6]a hands-on with the NGP, as
well as video of Epic's [7]Unreal Engine 3 tech demo.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/0619205/Carmack-Says-NGP-Is-a-Generation-Beyond-Smartphones?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/10/30/1647207/John-Carmack-On-emRAGEem-For-iOSAndroid
1. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/john-carmack-says-ngp-is-a-generation-beyond-smartphones/
2. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-27-sony-outlines-ngp-asynchronous-gaming
3. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/67301
4. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/27/ngp-features-two-proprietary-card-slots-for-memory-storage-game/
5. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-27-sony-3d-not-right-for-portable-devices
6. http://www.1up.com/news/sony-ngp-feels-like
7. http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/32713
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| Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence
| from the objection-relevance dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday January 28, @08:13 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/058256/Facebook-Posts-Mined-For-Courtroom-Evidence?from=newsletter
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littlekorea writes "Defense lawyers are increasingly gaining permission
from US courts to [0]mine the private comments and postings on Facebook
accounts to be used as evidence during trials. The first example ���
[1]noted in Slashdot in September ��� has given way to an avalanche of new
cases ��� and a worrying precedent that judges consider social networking
content to be public data."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/058256/Facebook-Posts-Mined-For-Courtroom-Evidence?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/246329,facebook-posts-mined-for-court-case-evidence.aspx
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/25/1354255/In-Court-Be-Careful-What-You-Post-On-Facebook
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| Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class
| from the jesus-rode-dinosaurs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @08:47 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/137215/Teachers-Back-Away-From-Evolution-In-Class?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "A [0]study (abstract) from Penn State shows that a
lot of teachers ��� some 60 percent ��� are [1]reluctant to teach
evolutionary theory in the classroom either because they fear controversy
or they just aren't comfortable with the material (as not every biology
teacher was a science major). It shows the importance, the authors say,
of training teachers well before they step into the class."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/137215/Teachers-Back-Away-From-Evolution-In-Class?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6016/404.summary
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/105982/20110127/teachers-back-away-from-evolution-in-class.htm
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| The Abdication of the HTML Standard
| from the caught-between-corporate-juggernauts dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @09:29 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/142248/The-Abdication-of-the-HTML-Standard?from=newsletter
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GMGruman writes "The [0]end of numbering for HTML versions beyond HTML5
[1]hides two painful realities, argues Neil McAllister. One is that the
HTML standards process has failed, becoming a seemingly never-ending
bureaucratic maze that has encouraged the proliferation of draft
implementations. That's not great, but as all the wireless draft
standards have shown, it can be managed. But the bigger problem is that
HTML has effectively been abandoned to four companies: Apple, Google,
Opera, and Mozilla. They are deciding the actual fate of HTML, not a
truly independent standards process."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/142248/The-Abdication-of-the-HTML-Standard?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/01/20/206206/No-More-Version-Numbers-For-HTML
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/html-the-standard-failed-585
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| Half of<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.gov Sites Fail DNSSEC Test
| from the moving-at-the-speed-of-government dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @10:13 (Government)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1442226/Half-of-gov-Sites-Fail-DNSSEC-Test?from=newsletter
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netbuzz writes "US federal government Web sites were mandated to have
begun deploying DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by Dec. 31, 2009, but a
recent check shows that [0]51 percent have still failed to do so. That
does represent a marked increase over the 20 percent that had complied as
of a year ago. 'But if you think the government should be fully deployed
by now, it's a disappointing number,' says Mark Beckett, vice president
of marketing and product management for Secure64, who conducted the
study."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1442226/Half-of-gov-Sites-Fail-DNSSEC-Test?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/012711-dns-security-test.html?hpg1=bn
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| Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber
| from the spam-redeems-itself dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday January 28, @10:55 (Spam)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1228241/Spam-Text-Prematurely-Blows-Up-Suicide-Bomber?from=newsletter
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Hugh Pickens writes "A suicide bomber's plan to detonate explosives in
Central Moscow on New Year's Eve was foiled when she received an
unexpected spam text message that [0]caused her deadly payload to blow up
too early. A message wishing her a happy new year came hours before the
unnamed woman was to set off her suicide belt near Red Square, an act of
terrorism that could have killed hundreds of people. Islamist terrorists
in Russia often use mobile phones as detonators. The bomber's handler,
who is usually watching his charge, [1]sends the bomber a text message to
set off the explosive belt at the moment when it is thought they can
inflict maximum casualties."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1228241/Spam-Text-Prematurely-Blows-Up-Suicide-Bomber?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/killer-text-a-russian-suicide-bomber-blows-up-by-accident/8015?tag=mantle_skin;content
1. http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Text+message+blows+suicide+bomber+accident/4172966/story.html
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| Supercomputer Advancement Slows?
| from the moore-flops-moore-problems dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @11:33 (Supercomputing)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1545247/Supercomputer-Advancement-Slows?from=newsletter
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kgeiger writes "In the Feb. 2011 issue of IEEE Spectrum online, Peter
Kogge, an IEEE Fellow and professor of computer science and engineering
at the University of Notre Dame, outlines [0]why we won't see exaflops
computers soon. To start with, consuming 67 MW (an optimistic estimate)
is going to make a lot of heat. He concludes, 'So don't expect to see a
supercomputer capable of a quintillion operations per second appear
anytime soon. But don't give up hope, either. [...] As long as the
problem at hand can be split up into separate parts that can be solved
independently, a colossal amount of computing power could be assembled
similar to how cloud computing works now. Such a strategy could allow a
virtual exaflops supercomputer to emerge. It wouldn't be what DARPA asked
for in 2007, but for some tasks, it could serve just fine.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1545247/Supercomputer-Advancement-Slows?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/nextgeneration-supercomputers/0
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| Challenger 25 Years Later
| from the burned-in-my-mind dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Friday January 28, @12:13 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1447241/Challenger-25-Years-Later?from=newsletter
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25 years ago, I peered inside through the playground window of my school.
I was never particularly interested in being outside, and there was a
shuttle launch on the library TV! The images of [0]what I saw that day
will stick with me forever. I didn't know what it really was I saw; I
just made jokes. It's still how I deal. But I think I'm a bit wiser
today, having maybe learned that [1]the bleeding edge is sometimes
literal. The technology we take for granted descends directly from the
people willing to do what we never could. Thanks to the crew of
Challenger, [2]Columbia and [3]Apollo 1.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1447241/Challenger-25-Years-Later?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17221336?nclick_check=1
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/27/apollo-1-challenger-columbia-and-those-who-sacrifice-for-the-stars/
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/03/02/01/1442213
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
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| White House Wants 1M Electric Cars By 2015
| from the way-too-many-and-yet-way-too-few dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @12:58 (Government)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1721258/White-House-Wants-1M-Electric-Cars-By-2015?from=newsletter
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coondoggie writes "The White House has outlined a wide-ranging plan for
putting one million of what it calls [0]'advanced technology vehicles' on
the road by 2015. Most observers would say that is a good start, but is
it reasonably doable? The next White House budget will [1]include a
number of investments and enticements to make the goal achievable in
theory. Of course, not all of the provisions are likely to make the cut."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1721258/White-House-Wants-1M-Electric-Cars-By-2015?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/white-house-outlines-ambitious-plan-get-1m-el
1. http://www.energy.gov/news/10034.htm
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| Facebook Spammer Fined $360 Million
| from the take-a-check? dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @13:41 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1758259/Facebook-Spammer-Fined-360-Million?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Facebook has been [0]awarded $360,500,000 in
damages against spammer Philip Porembski, who phished the login details
of at least 116,000 Facebook users and sent more than 7.2 million spam
messages to victims' online friends. Facebook claimed it received more
than 8,000 complaints from users as a result of the spam campaign, and
more than 4,500 users had deactivated their accounts."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1758259/Facebook-Spammer-Fined-360-Million?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/01/28/facebook-awarded-over-360-million-spammer/
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| What Exactly Is a Galaxy?
| from the will-smith-will-figure-it-out dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @14:24 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/199225/What-Exactly-Is-a-Galaxy?from=newsletter
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sciencehabit writes "Surprising as it may sound, astronomers [0]don't
have an answer to this basic question. There's no agreement on when a
collection of stars stops being a cluster and starts being something
more. Now, in an echo of the recent wrangling over Pluto's status as a
planet, a pair of astrophysicists from Australia and Germany [1]want to
start a debate on the issue ��� and they have even set up a Web site for
people to [2]cast their votes." While we're on the subject of galaxies,
reader mvar pointed out that astronomers using data from Hubble have
spotted what could be a new record holder for [3]the most distant known
galaxy, located roughly 13.2 billion light years from Earth.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/199225/What-Exactly-Is-a-Galaxy?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/01/what-is-a-galaxy.html?ref=hp
1. http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3309
2. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WLRJMWS
3. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2011-01-26-hubble_N.htm
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| EU Approves Intel's McAfee Purchase After Interoperability Pledge
| from the viruses-and-lag-inside dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @15:05 (Intel)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1951249/EU-Approves-Intels-McAfee-Purchase-After-Interoperability-Pledge?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader tips news that the European Union has given their
approval for Intel's [0]purchase of McAfee for $7.7 billion after the
chipmaker [1]promised it wouldn't try to stifle competition for other
security programs running on Intel hardware or McAfee software running on
rival hardware. "Under the agreement, Intel committed to providing other
security vendors with the technology needed to tap the same functionality
in its processors and chipsets available to McAfee. In addition, Intel
pledged to continue having McAfee software support the products of rival
chipmakers, which would include Advanced Micro Devices. The European
Commission will monitor Intel for compliance. 'The commitments submitted
by Intel strike the right balance, as they allow preserving both
competition and the beneficial effects of the merger,' Joaquin Almunia,
commission VP in charge of competition policy, [2]said in a statement.
'These changes will ensure that vigorous competition is maintained and
that consumers get the best result in terms of price, choice, and quality
of the IT security products.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/1951249/EU-Approves-Intels-McAfee-Purchase-After-Interoperability-Pledge?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/08/19/136238/Intel-Buys-McAfee
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229100391
2. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/70&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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| Stem Cell Research Running Into IP Brick Walls
| from the still-waiting-on-my-patent-on-cell-division-to-come-through dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @15:49 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/207226/Stem-Cell-Research-Running-Into-IP-Brick-Walls?from=newsletter
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hlovy writes "The profit motive can ��� yes, shockingly ��� drive biotech
research. But, according to a report by the AFP news agency, this same
drive to make money is [0]actually putting the brakes on embryonic stem
cell research. With the research already set back years due to government
research bans, US scientists [1]now face roadblocks because other
universities or companies have secured exclusive rights."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/207226/Stem-Cell-Research-Running-Into-IP-Brick-Walls?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iPtBIarvPCd4E8rJt-BCu82ZmOwg?docId=CNG.1824f4b91fbefe5d8cf85de640b1a169.b1
1. http://www.fiercebiotechresearch.com/story/report-stem-cell-research-running-ip-brick-walls/2011-01-27
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| FBI Executes 40 Search Warrants For 'Anonymous'
| from the that's-a-lot-of-john-does dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @16:34 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2041209/FBI-Executes-40-Search-Warrants-For-Anonymous?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "Police agencies worldwide are turning up the heat on a
loosely organized group of WikiLeaks activists. After yesterday's news
that UK police [0]arrested five people, US authorities announced that
[1]more than 40 search warrants have been executed in the US in
connection with last month's Web-based attacks against companies that had
severed ties with WikiLeaks. Investigations are also ongoing in the
Netherlands, Germany and France, the FBI said Thursday. Acting on
information from German authorities, the [2]FBI raided Dallas ISP Tailor
Made Services last month, looking for evidence relating to one of the
chat servers used by Anonymous. Another server was traced to Fremont,
California's Hurricane Electric. On Thursday, [3]a Web page used by
Anonymous to coordinate this latest round of DDoS attacks was offline,
and the group's Twitter and Blogspot pages were silent." Reader Ajehals
contributes a link to the UK Pirate Party's explanation of [4]how the law
applies to DDoS attacks.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2041209/FBI-Executes-40-Search-Warrants-For-Anonymous?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/01/27/1413211/Police-Arrest-Five-Over-Anonymous-Attacks
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9206838/FBI_executes_40_search_warrants_in_quest_for_Anonymous_
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/31/0453259/FBI-Raids-Texas-ISP-For-Anonymous-DDoS-Info
3. http://anonops.ru/
4. http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2011/jan/28/ddos-attacks-and-law/
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| Malaysia Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
| from the look-what-you've-done-gates dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @17:14 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2151207/Malaysia-Releases-Genetically-Modified-Mosquitoes?from=newsletter
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Blessed_by_the_Cow writes "Apparently, Malaysian scientists have
[0]released 6,000 genetically modified male mosquitoes into the the wild.
These bloodsuckers have been altered to have shorter lifespans. The basic
idea behind it is to help slow down the spread of Dengue fever by killing
off the mosquitoes faster."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2151207/Malaysia-Releases-Genetically-Modified-Mosquitoes?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Alaska Must Release Palin E-mails By May
| from the hitting-fwd-is-complicated dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @17:53 (Communications)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2221258/Alaska-Must-Release-Palin-E-mails-By-May?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from msnbc.com: "The state
of Alaska has until May 31 to release about 25,000 pages of e-mails from
former Gov. Sarah Palin and senior members of her administration, the
state attorney general declared Wednesday. ... the delays in dealing with
public records from the Palin administration will have [0]stretched out
longer than the Palin administration itself. She was governor for 966
days. By May 31, the request from msnbc.com for the official records will
be 986 days old. State regulations usually require records to be made
available within 10 days, but state officials said they were overwhelmed
by the volume of the e-mails." [0]
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2221258/Alaska-Must-Release-Palin-E-mails-By-May?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/27/5935487-alaska-must-release-palin-e-mails-by-may
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| eBooks Nearly Outsell Print Books At Amazon
| from the if-only-we-could-operate-books-using-oil dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 28, @18:35 (Books)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2254208/eBooks-Nearly-Outsell-Print-Books-At-Amazon?from=newsletter
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destinyland writes "Thursday Amazon.com announced that [0]they're selling
more ebooks than paperback books ��� and three times as many ebooks as
hardcovers. If you combine their statistics into a pie chart, it shows
that [1]45% of all the books Amazon sells are now ebooks. And Amazon's
statistic doesn't include all the free ebooks people are downloading to
their Kindles, so if just one user downloads a free ebook for every nine
paid ebook purchases ��� then Amazon is already delivering more digital
ebooks than they are print editions." Another reader tips an interview
with Brian Altounian, CEO of ebook marketplace WOWIO, in which he
discusses [2]an encroaching feature that ebook aficionados love to hate:
ads.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/01/28/2254208/eBooks-Nearly-Outsell-Print-Books-At-Amazon?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1521090&highlight=
1. http://www.beyond-black-friday.com/2011/01/27/are-ebooks-finally-outselling-printed-books/
2. http://blogkindle.com/2011/01/an-interview-with-the-wowio-ceo/
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