15 petabytes of new information are generated every day.
And 80% of it is unstructured data. Don't let it get in the
way of your decision-making. Read more!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-sdnewsfeb
======================================================================
Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* HP Unveils WebOS Tablet, Plans WebOS Computer
* Microsoft Kills AutoRun In Windows
* See How Tough Your Immune System is With "Blood Wars"
* Gov App Detects Potholes As Your Drive Over Them
* NASA Invents New Technique For Finding Alien Life
* Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low
* Using War Games To Make Organizations More Secure
* Secret Plan To Kill Wikileaks With FUD Leaked
* iPhone Attack Reveals Passwords In Six Minutes
* DARPA Wants To Know How Stories Influence People
* Vatican Bans IOS Confession App
* Researchers Boast First Programmable Nanoprocessor
* Can World Governments Veto Your Domain Name?
* Insider-Trading Suspects Smash Hard Drive Evidence
* Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 RC
* Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity
* Un-Bricking Linux Plug Computers
* Post-Oracle Purchase, How Is Sun's Software Doing?
* Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students
* Leaked Cables Reveal US Thinks Saudi Oil Reserves May Be Overstated
* Google Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Gmail
* Security Patch Breaks VMware Users' Windows Desktops
* Chinese Hackers Strike Energy Companies
* Startup Provides Secure Calls For Egypt
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| HP Unveils WebOS Tablet, Plans WebOS Computer
| from the congtatulations-it's-a-tablet dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 09, @19:32 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2316203/HP-Unveils-WebOS-Tablet-Plans-WebOS-Computer?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jfruhlinger writes "As had been expected, Hewlett-Packard unveiled new
webOS-based smartphones and a webOS tablet today. But in a bit of a
shock, the company also announced that [0]webOS would be coming to HP PCs.
Whether this is happening in specialized products only or HP plans a
wholesale repudiation of Windows, it's definitely a bold move."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2316203/HP-Unveils-WebOS-Tablet-Plans-WebOS-Computer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Microsoft Kills AutoRun In Windows
| from the so-long-farewell-aufedersein-goodbys dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 09, @20:56 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2331218/Microsoft-Kills-AutoRun-In-Windows?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
aesoteric writes "Microsoft has [0] finally decided to push out an update
to disable AutoRun in its XP operating system, a Windows feature that had
been increasingly exploited by virus writers over the years. But because
Microsoft still sees AutoRun as a feature and not a security hole, it
isn't calling its Windows Update a "security update" but rather an
"Important, non-security update" ��� but it effectively disables the
AutoRun feature anyway."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2331218/Microsoft-Kills-AutoRun-In-Windows?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/247616,microsoft-says-rip-windows-xp-autorun.aspx
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| See How Tough Your Immune System is With "Blood Wars"
| from the that's-some-tough-blood dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 09, @23:11 (Idle)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0127225/See-How-Tough-Your-Immune-System-is-With-Blood-Wars?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks to a new art/science exhibition called "Blood Wars," you can find
out [0]whose dad has the toughest immune system once and for all. The
brainchild of artist Kathy High, "Blood Wars" pits white blood cells from
two different people against each other. From the article: "In order to
create the blood duel, High gets a phlebotomist to take blood samples
from two different people. She then separates the white blood cells from
the rest of the blood and stains them using different colors. They are
then placed in a Petri dish and their interactions are filmed under a
microscope using time-lapse microscopy. The cellular 'winner' of each
round will go onto fight another participant."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0127225/See-How-Tough-Your-Immune-System-is-With-Blood-Wars?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-02/09/blood-wars-art-science-exhibition
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Gov App Detects Potholes As Your Drive Over Them
| from the bump-in-the-road dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @01:40 (Government)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0235239/Gov-App-Detects-Potholes-As-Your-Drive-Over-Them?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "The City of Boston has released an app that
uses the accelerometer in your smartphone to [0]automatically report
bumps in the road as you drive over them. From the article: 'The
application relies on two components embedded in iPhones, Android phones,
and many other mobile devices: the accelerometer and the Global
Positioning System receiver. The accelerometer, which determines the
direction and acceleration of a phone���s movement, can be harnessed to
identify when a phone resting on a dashboard or in a cupholder in a
moving car has hit a bump; the GPS receiver can determine by satellite
just where that bump is located.' I am certain that this will not be used
to track your movements, unless they are vertical."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0235239/Gov-App-Detects-Potholes-As-Your-Drive-Over-Them?from=newsletter#commentlisting
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| NASA Invents New Technique For Finding Alien Life
| from the take-me-to-your-leader dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @04:10 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0345253/NASA-Invents-New-Technique-For-Finding-Alien-Life?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RedEaredSlider writes "From the IB Times article: 'Researchers from
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have come up with
an idea to improve on an old standby of space exploration instruments and
[0]improve the odds of finding life, if any, on Mars. By adding a laser
and an ion funnel to a mass spectrometer, it is possible to analyze the
elements from the Martian surface directly, without the complex handling
samples usually needed... The new version uses a two-step technique.
First it shoots a laser at the sample's surface. This creates a plume of
molecules and ions. To get the ions into the mass spectrometer, the new
system uses an ion funnel. The ion funnel uses conductive, progressively
smaller electrodes in the shape of a ring that attract the ions,
effectively vacuuming them into the mass spectrometer.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0345253/NASA-Invents-New-Technique-For-Finding-Alien-Life?from=newsletter#commentlisting
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low
| from the unpredictable-like-the-tides dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 10, @06:09 (First Person Shooters (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0534237/Fox-News-Brings-Video-Game-Violence-Debate-To-a-New-Low?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fox News took another shot at the video game violence debate earlier this
week when they asked whether Bulletstorm, an upcoming M-rated shooter
from Epic Games, is [0]the worst game in the world. The article links
violent games with an increase in rapes, and suggests there should be
greater penalties for selling to minors. Gaming website Rock, Paper,
Shotgun [1]breaks down the problems with the article's sensationalist
claims and [2]highlights the disingenuous cherry-picking of quotes.
"Scott Steinberg, CEO of TechSavvy Global, and all-round industry guru,
got in touch with me to show me the answers he submitted to Fox when they
approached him for comment. [3]The full answers are reproduced below,
because what results is a fantastic interview on the subject of adult
game content and regulation. Fox chose to use none of Steinberg���s
comments in their final piece, opting instead for the more sensational
claims of those with no expertise in the subject (neither of whom have
found time to reply to our emails). But seeing these answers also
provides further insight into how the mainstream media coverage of gaming
stories works. Far from being a reporter ignorant of the subject and
twisted by naive contributors, Fox correspondent John Brandon was
equipped with a wealth of factual information and informed opinion before
composing his frantic article."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0534237/Fox-News-Brings-Video-Game-Violence-Debate-To-a-New-Low?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/
1. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/09/will-bulletstorm-murder-your-children-no/
2. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/09/churnalism-fox-news-selective-quoting/
3. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/10/the-fox-news-debacle-techsavvy-update/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Using War Games To Make Organizations More Secure
| from the what-doesn't-kill-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @08:07 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0422248/Using-War-Games-To-Make-Organizations-More-Secure?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
wiredmikey writes "Along with budget constraints and disconnect between
IT and executive management surrounding information security, results of
a recent survey show that a major problem is outright lack of
understanding of threats. We all know the best way to get that budget
increased, is to get hacked. Unfortunately, that could also result in you
losing your job. Some companies, however, are taking creative approaches
to both raise awareness and identify potential vulnerabilities. A manager
with a large financial services group, for example, says that his company
addresses security vulnerabilities by staging a series of what it calls
'war games,' in which [0]a user or group of users is tasked with trying
to compromise a system, while another user or group of users is tasked
with preventing the break-in. Management needs to understand the security
threat and its impact to business, and these 'war games' are an
innovative and creative way for IT departments to convince executive
management on security needs."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/0422248/Using-War-Games-To-Make-Organizations-More-Secure?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/organizations-struggle-data-and-application-security-budgets-strategies
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Secret Plan To Kill Wikileaks With FUD Leaked
| from the cyber-plumbers dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @08:48 (Businesses)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1243211/Secret-Plan-To-Kill-Wikileaks-With-FUD-Leaked?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "Three information security consultancies with
links to US spy agencies [0]cooked up a dirty tricks campaign late last
year to destroy Wikileaks by exploiting its perceived weaknesses, reads a
[1]presentation released by the whistleblowers' (pdf) organization that
it claimed to be from the conspirators. Consultants at US defense
contractors Palantir Technologies, Berico Technologies and HBGary
proposed to lawyers for a desperate Bank of America an alliance that
would work to discredit the whistleblowers' website using a divide and
conquer approach. Since the plan was hatched, disgruntled volunteers
mentioned in the PDF broke away from Wikileaks, financial institutions
withdrew services, [Jacob ] Appelbaum was harassed by the US government,
and Amazon denied service to Wikileaks' website."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1243211/Secret-Plan-To-Kill-Wikileaks-With-FUD-Leaked?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/247706,secret-plan-to-kill-wikileaks-with-fud-leaked.aspx
1. http://wikileaks.ch/IMG/pdf/WikiLeaks_Response_v6.pdf
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| iPhone Attack Reveals Passwords In Six Minutes
| from the what-took-so-long? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @09:30 (Iphone)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1326250/iPhone-Attack-Reveals-Passwords-In-Six-Minutes?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
angry tapir writes "Researchers in Germany say they've been able to
[0]reveal passwords stored in a locked iPhone in just six minutes and
they did it without cracking the phone's passcode. The attack, which
requires possession of the phone, targets keychain, Apple's password
management system. Passwords for networks and corporate information
systems can be revealed if an iPhone or iPad is lost or stolen."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1326250/iPhone-Attack-Reveals-Passwords-In-Six-Minutes?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/376245/iphone_attack_reveals_passwords_six_minutes/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| DARPA Wants To Know How Stories Influence People
| from the greatest-story-ever-told dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @10:16 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1436244/DARPA-Wants-To-Know-How-Stories-Influence-People?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
coondoggie writes "DARPA in a nutshell wants to know [0]how stories or
narratives influence human behavior. To this end, they are hosting a
workshop called 'Stories, Neuroscience and Experimental Technologies
(STORyNET): Analysis and Decomposition of Narratives in Security
Contexts,' on Feb. 28th to discuss the topic. 'Stories exert a powerful
influence on human thoughts and behavior. They consolidate memory, shape
emotions, cue heuristics and biases in judgment, influence
in-group/out-group distinctions, and may affect the fundamental contents
of personal identity. It comes as no surprise that these influences make
stories highly relevant to vexing security challenges such as
radicalization, violent social mobilization, insurgency and terrorism,
and conflict prevention and resolution. Therefore, understanding the role
stories play in a security context is a matter of great import and some
urgency," DARPA stated.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1436244/DARPA-Wants-To-Know-How-Stories-Influence-People?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/thought-police-darpa-wants-know-how-stories-i
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Vatican Bans IOS Confession App
| from the get-your-iabsolution-somewhere-else dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @10:28 (IOS)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1448256/Vatican-Bans-IOS-Confession-App?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "Despite all the hype that [0]a lowly priest
had approved the new confessional app hitting the app store, the truth
has now revealed itself. According to today's Daily Mail, a spokesman for
the Vatican, Federico Lombardi said: 'It is essential to understand that
the rites of penance require a personal dialogue between penitents and
their confessor. It cannot be replaced by a computer application. I must
stress to avoid all ambiguity, [1]under no circumstance is it possible to
confess by iPhone."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1448256/Vatican-Bans-IOS-Confession-App?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/08/2258234/Confession-Theres-an-iPhone-App-For-That
1. http://theappwhisperer.com/2011/02/10/vacitan-bans-ios-confessional-app/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Researchers Boast First Programmable Nanoprocessor
| from the size-matters dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @11:02 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1513226/Researchers-Boast-First-Programmable-Nanoprocessor?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
schliz writes "Harvard University researchers have assembled nanowires
into [0]tiny 'logic tiles' that can perform adder, subtractor,
multiplexer, demultiplexer and clocked D-latch functions. While the
960-square-micrometre chips are not currently as dense as 32nm CMOS
technology, the researchers say future versions could be up to [1]100
times more efficient than current electronics, and could yield low-power,
application-specific 'nanocontrollers' for use in tiny embedded systems
and biomedical devices."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1513226/Researchers-Boast-First-Programmable-Nanoprocessor?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/247677,researchers-boast-first-programmable-nanoprocessor.aspx
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110209/full/news.2011.81.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Can World Governments Veto Your Domain Name?
| from the a-website-by-any-other-name dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @11:50 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/169242/Can-World-Governments-Veto-Your-Domain-Name?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AugstWest writes "There's been talk recently of the Obama administration
wanting the right to shoot down possible TLDs, but it looks like things
may be going even a step further ��� According to this article by Laura
Stotler, 'the NTIA is asking for the power to [0]object to any proposed
Internet address for any reason.' What happens if, say, the government of
Germany decides they don't like your domain name? ICANN's had its share
of bureaucratic nightmares, what happens when world governments also have
a say?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/169242/Can-World-Governments-Veto-Your-Domain-Name?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://dns.tmcnet.com/topics/dns/articles/143143-dns-will-world-governments-be-able-veto-doma.htm
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Insider-Trading Suspects Smash Hard Drive Evidence
| from the you-forgot-to-melt-it-down dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @12:37 (Crime)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1628236/Insider-Trading-Suspects-Smash-Hard-Drive-Evidence?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "We all know Slashdotters love debating [0]the
best way to wipe a hard drive clean. Looks like tech-savvy Wall Street
Hedge Fund managers also know the best way to do it. From the WSJ
article: 'Mr. Longueuil's version of that night's events was recorded
later, during a December meeting with former colleague Mr. Freeman, who
by then was cooperating with the government and recording conversations,
according to the U.S. complaint. "F���in' pulled the external drives
apart," Mr. Longueuil told Mr. Freeman during their meeting, according to
the criminal complaint. "Put 'em into four separate little baggies, and
then at 2 a.m. 2 a.m. on a Friday night, I put this stuff inside my black
North Face jacket, and leave the apartment and I go on like a twenty
block walk around the city and try to find a, a garbage truck and threw
the s���t in the back of like random garbage trucks, different garbage
trucks four different garbage trucks."'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1628236/Insider-Trading-Suspects-Smash-Hard-Drive-Evidence?from=newsletter#commentlisting
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 RC
| from the try-it-out dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @13:16 (Internet Explorer)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1733234/Microsoft-Releases-Internet-Explorer-9-RC?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft [0]has released Internet Explorer 9
Release Candidate. The new RC build includes a Tracking Protection
feature, which gives users the option to control what third-party site
content can track them when they're online, as well as a new ActiveX
filtering option, which allows users to turn on/off ActiveX plug-ins.
Best of all, Microsoft has addressed what was arguably the biggest
complaint with the new version: if you want your tabs on a separate line
from the address box, there's now an option to turn that on from the
right click menu at the top of the browser. At the same time, IE9 RC is
significantly faster than [1]the beta version. Furthermore, many site
rendering issues have been fixed, although we can't say that it's working
perfectly. Last but not least, the new build includes hundreds of bug
fixes."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1733234/Microsoft-Releases-Internet-Explorer-9-RC?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/42358-microsoft-releases-internet-explorer-9-release-candidate.html
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/15/166231/IE-9-Beta-Strips-Down-For-Speed
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity
| from the computationally-intensive dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @13:59 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/189246/Online-Only-Currency-BitCoin-Reaches-Dollar-Parity?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IamTheRealMike writes "The [0]BitCoin peer to peer currency [1]briefly
reached exchange parity with the US dollar today after a spike in demand
for the coins pushed prices slightly above 1 USD:1 BTC. BitCoin was
launched in early 2009, so in only two years this open source currency
has gone from having no value at all to one with not only an open market
of [2]competing [3]exchanges, but the ability to buy real goods and
services like [4]web hosting, [5]gadgets, [6]organic beauty products and
even [7]alpaca socks."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/189246/Online-Only-Currency-BitCoin-Reaches-Dollar-Parity?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bitcoin.org/
1. http://bitcoinwatch.com/
2. http://www.mtgox.com/
3. https://bitcoin-central.net/
4. https://vekja.net/
5. http://www.bitcoingadgets.com/
6. http://www.myhealthyorganics.com/index.php?main_page=index
7. http://www.grasshillalpacas.com/alpacaproductsforbitcoinoffer.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Un-Bricking Linux Plug Computers
| from the keeping-the-impervious-patched-up dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @14:22 (Linux)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1825252/Un-Bricking-Linux-Plug-Computers?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "Accidentally 'bricking' a little Linux plug
computer doesn't have to be forever. This is a good howto on [0]repairing
a non-booting Linux plug computer. For example if it uses the uBoot
environment then it already has some good built-in recovery tools. The
article also mentions ESIA, the Sheevaplug installer, openocd, and
GuruPlug."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1825252/Un-Bricking-Linux-Plug-Computers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7292/1/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Post-Oracle Purchase, How Is Sun's Software Doing?
| from the first-the-pro-side dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @14:43 (Java)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1851238/Post-Oracle-Purchase-How-Is-Suns-Software-Doing?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GMGruman writes "Oracle has steadily provoked the open source community
since its acquisition of Sun, raising the question of whether the move
will simply destroy Sun. But as Paul Krill observes, [0]Oracle has been
steadfast in upgrading Sun-derived technologies ��� and making them
profitable, which should mean they will stick around a long time."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1851238/Post-Oracle-Purchase-How-Is-Suns-Software-Doing?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/year-later-has-oracle-ruined-or-saved-sun-748
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students
| from the sticks-and-e-stones dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 10, @15:15 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1532206/Teacher-Suspended-Over-Blog-About-Students?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
English teacher Natalie Munroe is in a bit of hot water after she
described the precious snowflakes in her class as: ���Frightfully dim,���
���Rat-like,��� ���Am concerned your kid is going to open fire on the school,���
���I hate your kid,��� and ���Seems smarter than she actually is,��� on her blog.
The Central Bucks School District has [0]suspended Natalie after parents
complained to administrators. ���It���s hard to know that you sat in her
class for an hour and a half a day and for her to feel that way it is
like, it is an awful feeling,��� student Alli Woloshyn said.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/1532206/Teacher-Suspended-Over-Blog-About-Students?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/09/bucks-schoolteacher-suspended-over-blog-about-students/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Leaked Cables Reveal US Thinks Saudi Oil Reserves May Be Overstated
| from the let-prices-adjust-to-reflect dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @15:32 (Earth)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2025254/Leaked-Cables-Reveal-US-Thinks-Saudi-Oil-Reserves-May-Be-Overstated?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mr.Intel writes with this excerpt from a UPI report which may interest
those of you with cars, electricity, items made of plastic, etc:
"Estimates of oil reserves in Saudi Arabia are overstated, meaning crude
output could peak within the next decade, [0]leaked US diplomatic cables
reveal. Washington fears Saudi Arabia overestimated its oil reserves by
as much as 40 percent and the kingdom can't keep enough oil flowing to
control prices, US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and published
by The Guardian newspaper in London reveal."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2025254/Leaked-Cables-Reveal-US-Thinks-Saudi-Oil-Reserves-May-Be-Overstated?from=newsletter#commentlisting
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Google Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Gmail
| from the get-to-the-next-phone-booth dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @16:15 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2052235/Google-Adds-Two-Factor-Authentication-To-Gmail?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trailrunner7 writes "Google has introduced [0]a new two-step
authentication feature for Gmail users that it says will significantly
increase the security of the free mail service. The system enables users
to set up a method for obtaining a secret code that will be required,
along with a password, to access a Gmail account. The new two-factor
authentication system is a voluntary program right now, although it could
become mandatory at some point in the future. Gmail, like virtually all
other webmail services, has been a frequent target of attacks, both
sophisticated and mundane, aimed at hijacking users' accounts. The most
famous of these was an attack that was part of the Aurora operation
against Google and others, part of which targeted the Gmail accounts of
Chinese dissidents."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2052235/Google-Adds-Two-Factor-Authentication-To-Gmail?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-adds-two-factor-verification-gmail-021011
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Security Patch Breaks VMware Users' Windows Desktops
| from the outside-design-specs dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @17:02 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2155204/Security-Patch-Breaks-VMware-Users-Windows-Desktops?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jbrodkin writes "VMware is telling customers that two Windows 7 security
patches have left VMware View users [0]incapable of accessing their
Windows desktops. Security updates issued on Patch Tuesday fixed Windows
but broke the VMware View connection between users' PCs and remotely
hosted Windows 7 desktops. Users will have to upgrade VMware View or
uninstall the Microsoft patches in order to regain access to their
desktops."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2155204/Security-Patch-Breaks-VMware-Users-Windows-Desktops?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/021011-windows-fix-vmware-software.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Chinese Hackers Strike Energy Companies
| from the plz-send-me-yer-planz-kthxbai dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @17:48 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2216217/Chinese-Hackers-Strike-Energy-Companies?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
angry tapir writes "Chinese hackers working regular business hours shifts
[0]stole sensitive intellectual property from energy companies for as
long as four years using relatively unsophisticated intrusion methods in
an operation dubbed 'Night Dragon,' according to a new report from
security vendor McAfee." Reader IT.luddite links this [1]informative PDF
from CERT.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2216217/Chinese-Hackers-Strike-Energy-Companies?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/376254/_night_dragon_attacks_from_china_strike_energy_companies/
1. http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-041-01.pdf
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Startup Provides Secure Calls For Egypt
| from the say-hi-for-me dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 10, @18:47 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2347242/Startup-Provides-Secure-Calls-For-Egypt?from=newsletter
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An anonymous reader writes "As the technology used to fuel democracy
protests in Egypt continues to evolve, [0]Whisper Systems, the company
founded by well-known security researcher [1]Moxie Marlinspike, [2]just
released encrypted calling and text messaging applications into Egypt to
help keep protesters safe from surveillance."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/10/2347242/Startup-Provides-Secure-Calls-For-Egypt?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.whispersys.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie_Marlinspike
2. http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/02/10/hackers-build-android-encryption-apps-for-egypt/
Copyright 1997-2010, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
======================================================================
You have received this message because you subscribed to it
on Slashdot. To stop receiving this and other
messages from Slashdot, or to add more messages
or change your preferences, please go to your user page.
http://slashdot.org/prefs/messages
You can log in and change your preferences from there.
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder