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In this issue:
* Fibre Channel Over Ethernet: From Fee To Free
* Google Goes After Content Farms
* Common Traits of the Veteran Unix Admin
* CRIA Files Massive Canadian Suit Against IsoHunt
* London Stock Exchange Finishes Switch To Linux
* <em>Postal III</em>, Source Engine Still Coming To Linux
* Sun Produces First Cycle 24 X-Class Solar Flare
* <em>Mirror's Edge</em> Sequel On Hold
* As HTML5 Gets 2014 Final Date, Flash Floods Mobile
* Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark
* Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google
* AMD Sale to Dell Rumored
* Stuxnet Struck Five Targets In Iran
* Visualization of Egyptian Revolution On Twitter
* Nokia Shareholders Fight Back
* Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds
* Toy Converted Into an Enigma Machine
* US Secret Service Virtualizes Tiny Town
* Apple To Keep 30% of Magazine Subscription Revenue
* The Seven Types of Hackers
* Google To Merge Honeycomb and Gingerbread
* Keys Leaking Through the Air At RSA
* Stardust Mission Makes First-Ever Return To Comet
* Obama Wants Big Hike In Cybersecurity Research
* Microsoft's New Plan For Keeping the Internet Safe
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| Fibre Channel Over Ethernet: From Fee To Free
| from the investment-dollars-well-spent dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday February 14, @19:01 (Networking)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/14/2354259/Fibre-Channel-Over-Ethernet-From-Fee-To-Free?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "With demand for Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) more
sluggish than vendors had hoped, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and adapter
makers are [0]making it available for free. FCoE is a standard driven
largely by Cisco to converge customers' data center LAN and storage
fabrics with 10G Ethernet. Industry heavyweights Intel and Brocade are
among those now giving away FCoE capabilities. There are several factors
prompting vendors to slash FCoE prices or stop charging for it
altogether, including market indifference; technological immaturity;
competing alternatives, such as virtualized Fibre Channel and Ethernet
I/O; the recession; and vendors looking to drive switch volumes. 'When
FCoE first came out there used to be a fairly large price premium,' says
Alan Weckel, director of Dell'Oro Group. 'Cisco had to give it away for
free to drive switch volumes. Users were not adopting as rapidly as
thought or that Cisco had hoped for.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/14/2354259/Fibre-Channel-Over-Ethernet-From-Fee-To-Free?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020811-fcoe-free.html
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| Google Goes After Content Farms
| from the cleaning-up-the-e-streets dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday February 14, @19:54 (Chrome)
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/003234/Google-Goes-After-Content-Farms?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "Aimed at stripping search results of pages from
'low-quality' sites, [0]a new Google Chrome extension allows users to
[1]block specified websites from appearing in search results. The names
of these sites are then sent to Google, which will study the collected
results and use them to determine future page ranking systems. Google
principal engineer Matt Cutts wrote in a post on the Google blog that the
company [2]hopes the extension will improve the quality of search results.
The company has been [3]the target of criticism in recent months, much of
which centered around the effect that content farms were having on
searches."
Discuss this story at:
https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/003234/Google-Goes-After-Content-Farms?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nolijncfnkgaikbjbdaogikpmpbdcdef
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/112320/20110214/google-demand-media-content-farms-huffington-post.htm
2. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-chrome-extension-block-sites-from.html
3. http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/01/21/203214/Google-Fires-Back-About-Search-Engine-Spam
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| Common Traits of the Veteran Unix Admin
| from the no-tolerance-for-stupidity-and-epic-beards dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday February 14, @21:57 (Unix)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/14/2357242/Common-Traits-of-the-Veteran-Unix-Admin?from=newsletter
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snydeq writes "Deep End's Paul Venezia offers [0]a field guide to
understanding your resident Unix veteran, laying out the nine traits
common to this grizzled, hardcore set. From not using sudo, to wielding
regular expressions like weapons, to generally assuming the problem
resides with whomever is asking the question, each trait is key to
'spotting these rare, beautiful creatures in the wild,' Venezia writes.
'If some of these traits seem anti-social or difficult to understand from
a lay perspective, that's because they are. Where others may see
intractable, overly difficult methods, we see enlightenment, borne from
years of learning, experience, and overall, logic.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/14/2357242/Common-Traits-of-the-Veteran-Unix-Admin?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/t/unix/nine-traits-the-veteran-unix-admin-276
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| CRIA Files Massive Canadian Suit Against IsoHunt
| from the payable-in-hockey-pucks dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @00:01 (Canada)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0149202/CRIA-Files-Massive-Canadian-Suit-Against-IsoHunt?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "After claiming for years that Canada has lax
copyright laws that can't deal with downloading, 26 record labels have
secretly [0]filed a massive lawsuit against isoHunt. The suit was filed
three weeks before Canada introduced the Canadian DMCA, yet the industry
did not disclose the suit and regularly claimed it was powerless to do
anything about the site."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0149202/CRIA-Files-Massive-Canadian-Suit-Against-IsoHunt?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5636/135/
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| London Stock Exchange Finishes Switch To Linux
| from the takes-a-while-to-put-on-a-good-tux dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @02:03 (Novell)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/026254/London-Stock-Exchange-Finishes-Switch-To-Linux?from=newsletter
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DMandPenfold writes "The London Stock Exchange has [0]successfully set
into live trading a new matching engine based on Novell SUSE Linux
technology, following successful last-step setup procedures on Saturday.
The move has been billed as one of the LSE's most significant
technological developments since the increasing prevalence of electronic
trading led to the closure of the traditional exchange floor in 1986. LSE
chief executive Xavier Rolet has insisted that the exchange, once a
monopoly, will deliver record speed and stable trading in order to fight
back against the fast erosion of its dominant marketshare by specialist
electronic rivals."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/026254/London-Stock-Exchange-Finishes-Switch-To-Linux?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| <em>Postal III</em>, Source Engine Still Coming To Linux
| from the better-late-than-never dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @03:28 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0540251/Postal-III-Source-Engine-Still-Coming-To-Linux?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "It appears that [0]the Source Engine Postal
III game is coming to Linux as was originally planned and is slated for
release in May, according to the Running With Scissors CEO. 'Yes we are
still planning a Linux release. We, that is RWS, are waiting for a final
beta from our production team in Moscow. Like you and yours, we are
anxious and frustrated. ... It looks like May if all goes well. We are
hopeful to reach a distribution deal at GDC and [worst] case we go
[direct download] and will find another team [for] Linux.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0540251/Postal-III-Source-Engine-Still-Coming-To-Linux?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTEwMQ
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| Sun Produces First Cycle 24 X-Class Solar Flare
| from the go-outside-and-look dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @05:10 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0437243/Sun-Produces-First-Cycle-24-X-Class-Solar-Flare?from=newsletter
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radioweather writes "For the first time since solar cycle 24 began, the
[0]sun produced a massive X-class solar flare, the strongest type of
flare event. This comes from sunspot group 1158, which produced an
[1]M-class solar flare on Sunday. The EVE X-ray imager on the solar
dynamics observatory [2]shows a bright explosion [3]on the sun, so bright
it made a lens flare. The last X-class solar flare was on [4]December
13th, 2006 and was part of solar cycle 23. Look for spectacular auroras
in a couple days as the slower Coronal Mass Ejection hits earth. This
will be a test of how well our newest technology handles stray energy
from such solar disruptions."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/0437243/Sun-Produces-First-Cycle-24-X-Class-Solar-Flare?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/02/14/sunspot-group-1158-produces-and-x-class-solar-flare/
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/02/14/first-earthward-heading-solar-flare-of-the-cycle/
2. http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/latest_sam11.png
3. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
4. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/A_Massive_Explosion_On_The_Sun_999.html
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| <em>Mirror's Edge</em> Sequel On Hold
| from the one-and-done dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @06:43 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/062214/Mirrors-Edge-Sequel-On-Hold?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader tips news that Electronic Arts has [0]rejected DICE's
pitch for Mirror's Edge 2, halting development on the sequel to 2008's
Parkour-inspired first-person action game. "'Patrick [Soderlund - EA
driving and shooting game boss] acknowledges that Mirror's Edge didn't
match up to their expectations regarding sales, and that has stopped the
sequel that has been in development,' declared the report, published
originally in December. EA was shown a prototype, but declined with
askance. The project has been stopped ��� involved parties at DICE are
working on something else now. Patrick himself seems to have Mirror's
Edge near his heart, but they are not in the business of charity.'
Presumably the extra development is going into Battlefield 3 ��� EA's well
publicized attempt at wrestling shooter supremacy from the Call of Duty
series."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/062214/Mirrors-Edge-Sequel-On-Hold?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-14-report-ea-rejects-mirrors-edge-2-pitch
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| As HTML5 Gets 2014 Final Date, Flash Floods Mobile
| from the no-it's-ok-take-your-time dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 15, @08:12 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/057246/As-HTML5-Gets-2014-Final-Date-Flash-Floods-Mobile?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "Those curious about the final release date for the hotly
debated HTML5 need wonder no more: the [0]W3C plans to finalize the
standard by July 2014, the consortium said on Monday. 'This is the first
time we've been able to answer people's questions of when it will be
done,' said W3C's Ian Jacobs. 'More and more people from more and more
industries are asking when it will be done. They require stability in the
standard and very high levels of interoperability.' Meanwhile, as
[1]Apple dismisses the value of the Flash Player in favor of HTML5 for
its smartphones and tablets, Adobe said on Monday that it [2]predicts
600% growth in the number of smartphones having the Flash 10.1 Player
installed in 2011, reaching 132 million smartphones and more than 50
tablet models with either the player installed or available for download.
For the six months following the launch of Flash 10.1, more than 20
million smartphones were shipped or upgraded with it."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/057246/As-HTML5-Gets-2014-Final-Date-Flash-Floods-Mobile?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209322/W3C_HTML5_will_be_finished_in_2014
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/04/29/1356214/Steve-Jobs-Publishes-Some-Thoughts-On-Flash
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209326/Adobe_predicts_huge_growth_for_its_Flash_player_in_smartphones
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| Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark
| from the moving-parts-are-for-fuckers dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @08:50 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1331249/Intel-310-Series-Mini-SSDs-Now-Shipping-Benchmark?from=newsletter
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MojoKid writes "Intel's new [0]310 Series SSDs utilize the same 34nm NAND
flash memory technology and controller found on the chip maker's 2.5-inch
SSDs, but in a form factor just 1/8th the size; a scant 2 inches (51mm)
long by 1.18 inches (30mm) wide and flatter than a pancake. The new tiny
Intel [1]SSDs are now shipping and despite their diminutive stature,
[2]performance is actually pretty similar to that of the company's
popular X25-M 34nm SSD. Intel says the 310 Series is shipping to
customers for $179 in 1,000-unit quantities for the 80GB version of the
drive."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1331249/Intel-310-Series-Mini-SSDs-Now-Shipping-Benchmark?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/2322251/Intel-Intros-310-Series-Mini-SSDs
1. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-310-Series-80GB-SSD-Review/
2. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-310-Series-80GB-SSD-Review/?page=5
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| Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google
| from the the-sky-is-falling dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 15, @09:30 (Google)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1349242/Glen-Beck-Warns-Viewers-Not-To-Use-Google?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Glenn Beck has told his viewers to do
research, but to not use Google, because '[0]Google is pretty deeply in
bed with the government.' He points to the fact that Google is having
some problems overseas, as well as Jared Cohen. Cohen is Director of
Google Ideas, has worked with the State Department, and has played a role
in the 2009 unrest in Iran. He also mentions social networking in
sinister undertones, asking if it's government propaganda."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1349242/Glen-Beck-Warns-Viewers-Not-To-Use-Google?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201102140037
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| AMD Sale to Dell Rumored
| from the more-than-chump-change dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @10:08 (AMD)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1410223/AMD-Sale-to-Dell-Rumored?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Advanced Micro Devices may be up for sale.
AMD's shares were significantly up yesterday, apparently on [0]rumors
that Dell is interested in buying the American multinational
semiconductor company. If AMD ends up being bought out, the purchase by
Dell, or any other company for that matter, would be among the biggest
the technology industry has seen. It would be of course bigger than when
AMD bought ATI in 2006."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1410223/AMD-Sale-to-Dell-Rumored?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/42411-rumor-amd-is-up-for-sale-dell-may-be-interested.html
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| Stuxnet Struck Five Targets In Iran
| from the behind-the-scenes dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @10:51 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1542249/Stuxnet-Struck-Five-Targets-In-Iran?from=newsletter
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Batblue writes "Researchers at Symantec said that the notorious Stuxnet
worm [0]targeted five separate organizations, and attacks against those
objectives ��� all with a presence in Iran ��� [1]started in June 2009, more
than a year before independent experts raised the alarm."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1542249/Stuxnet-Struck-Five-Targets-In-Iran?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209160/Stuxnet_struck_five_targets_in_Iran_say_researchers?taxonomyId=17
1. http://www.symantec.com/connect/fr/blogs/updated-w32stuxnet-dossier-available
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| Visualization of Egyptian Revolution On Twitter
| from the revolution-will-not-be-televised dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @11:33 (Twitter)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1544254/Visualization-of-Egyptian-Revolution-On-Twitter?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A [0]visualization of the network of retweets
with the hashtag #jan25 at February 11 2011, at the time of the
announcement of Mubarak's resignation, is available. The data was
collected using Gephi connected to the Twitter Streaming API, converting
the users and retweets to nodes and edges in a dynamic network. Though
the data represents only approximately 10% of the retweets, it's
interesting to see the large flow of interconnected retweets in just one
hour." I've attached the video if you want to watch it.
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1544254/Visualization-of-Egyptian-Revolution-On-Twitter?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gephi.org/2011/the-egyptian-revolution-on-twitter/
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| Nokia Shareholders Fight Back
| from the shut-up-and-sit-down dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @12:14 (Microsoft)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1635200/Nokia-Shareholders-Fight-Back?from=newsletter
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MohammedSameer writes "A group of nine young [0]Nokia shareholders are
fighting back. They posted an open letter for Nokia shareholders and
investors asking to be elected in order to bring sanity back. They are
also planning to challenge the company's strategy and partnership with
Microsoft."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1635200/Nokia-Shareholders-Fight-Back?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://nokiaplanb.com/
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| Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds
| from the double-the-fun dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @13:03 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1745204/Two-way-Radio-Breakthrough-To-Double-Wi-Fi-Speeds?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at Stanford University have built
a radio that can transmit and receive at the same time on the same
frequency. The breakthrough could lead to a [0]twofold increase in
performance for home wireless networks and end that annoying habit of
pilots finishing every sentence with 'over.'" But you can still do it if
you like. I'm not judging.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1745204/Two-way-Radio-Breakthrough-To-Double-Wi-Fi-Speeds?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365275/two-way-radio-breakthrough-doubles-wi-fi-performance
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| Toy Converted Into an Enigma Machine
| from the my-first-encryption dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 15, @13:12 (Toys)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1548225/Toy-Converted-Into-an-Enigma-Machine?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Enigma machines (the machine Germans used to
encrypt messages during World War II) are cool, both from the perspective
of the technology behind them and the effort that went into cracking
them. This project shows how to [0]convert a toy from a second-hand store
into an Enigma machine."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1548225/Toy-Converted-Into-an-Enigma-Machine?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.instructables.com/id/Kids-Game-to-Arduino-Enigma-Machine/
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| US Secret Service Virtualizes Tiny Town
| from the vectors-of-voxels dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @13:46 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1817251/US-Secret-Service-Virtualizes-Tiny-Town?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "For the past 40 years, a miniature model
environment called 'Tiny Town' has been one of the methods used to teach
Secret Service agents and officers how to prepare a site security plan.
The model includes different sites ��� an airport, outdoor stadium, urban
rally site and a hotel interior ��� and uses scaled models of buildings,
cars and security assets. With help from the [0]Department of Homeland
Security's Science & Technology Directorate, the Secret Service is giving
training scenarios a high-tech edge: moving from [1]static tabletop
models to virtual kiosks with gaming technology and 3D modeling."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1817251/US-Secret-Service-Virtualizes-Tiny-Town?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0530.shtm
1. http://scienceblog.com/42753/us-secret-service-moves-tiny-town-to-virtual-tiny-town/
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| Apple To Keep 30% of Magazine Subscription Revenue
| from the more-for-me-less-for-you dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @14:25 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1856211/Apple-To-Keep-30-of-Magazine-Subscription-Revenue?from=newsletter
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Hugh Pickens writes writes "The Guardian reports that Apple has launched
a new subscription service for magazines, newspapers and music bought
through its App Store, expanding the model developed for Rupert Murdoch's
iPad newspaper and will [0]keep 30% of the revenue from subscriptions if
the subscription is purchased through Apple. 'Our philosophy is simple ���
when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30% share;
when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the
publisher keeps 100% and Apple earns nothing,' says Steve Jobs, Apple's
chief executive, who is presently taking a medical leave of absence from
the company. 'All we require is that, if a publisher is making a
subscription offer outside of the app, the same ��� or better ��� offer be
made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one
click right in the app.' Apple's control over its App Store payments plan
has long been a cause for concern for content companies. Publishers want
to have access to subscriber data which can provide lucrative
demographics on which to base advertising campaigns and targeted reader
offers. Apple says customers purchasing a subscription through its App
Store will be [1]given the option of providing the publisher with their
names, email addresses and zip codes. The use of such information will be
governed by the publisher's privacy policy rather than Apple's."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1856211/Apple-To-Keep-30-of-Magazine-Subscription-Revenue?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/15/apple-subscription-service-app-store
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110215-710944.html
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| The Seven Types of Hackers
| from the partridge-in-a-pair-tree dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @15:13 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1945253/The-Seven-Types-of-Hackers?from=newsletter
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[0]Bruce Schneier's blog links to a nifty article listing the [1]seven
types of malicious hackers. The list is: Cyber criminals; Spammers and
adware spreaders; Advanced persistent threat (APT) agents; Corporate
spies; Hactivists; Cyber warriors; and Rogue hackers.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/1945253/The-Seven-Types-of-Hackers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/02/the_seven_types.html
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/your-guide-the-seven-types-malicious-hackers-636?source=IFWNLE_nlt_sec_2011-02-08
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| Google To Merge Honeycomb and Gingerbread
| from the there-can-be-only-one dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @15:57 (Android)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/208256/Google-To-Merge-Honeycomb-and-Gingerbread?from=newsletter
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eldavojohn writes "In Barcelona, Google's Eric Schmidt has been revealing
future plans for Google, saying that the next release will [0]merge
smartphone and tablet versions of its mobile operating system Android.
Aside from [1]bragging about Android's growth, Schmidt [2]tiptoed around
a question of Google acquiring Twitter, instead offering the very
nebulous statement that YouTube doubled its revenues last year."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/208256/Google-To-Merge-Honeycomb-and-Gingerbread?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365293/google-to-merge-smartphone-and-tablet-versions-of-android
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110215-711821.html
2. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/15/us-mobile-fair-google-idUSTRE71E54J20110215
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| Keys Leaking Through the Air At RSA
| from the patch-it-up dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @16:41 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2052252/Keys-Leaking-Through-the-Air-At-RSA?from=newsletter
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NumberField writes "The [0]RSA Conference is underway in San Francisco. A
theme among the opening speakers is that the attackers are winning, and
even well-funded organizations like NASDAQ can't [1]secure their networks
reliably. The show floor is lively, but dominated by the typical
firewalls and 'compliance solutions.' One interesting exception is a
scary [2]side-channel analysis demo in the [3]Cryptography Research booth
using [4]GNU Radio to capture secret keys from various smartphones from
about 10 feet away. (The method is related to [5]early computer music
using AM radio interference.)"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2052252/Keys-Leaking-Through-the-Air-At-RSA?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.rsaconference.com/index.htm
1. http://www.nasdaqomx.com/statement/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_channel_attack
3. http://www.cryptography.com/
4. http://gnuradio.org/
5. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/weirdstuff/altair-sheetmusic/index.html
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| Stardust Mission Makes First-Ever Return To Comet
| from the nice-to-see-you-again dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @17:15 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/226223/Stardust-Mission-Makes-First-Ever-Return-To-Comet?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "NASA's Stardust probe made its [0]closest approach
to comet Tempel-1 on Monday night, marking the first time a comet has
ever been revisited by a spacecraft. The mission, formally called
Stardust-NeXT, for New EXploration of Tempel-1, was launched on its way
in 2006. On Monday night it came within 181 kilometers (112 miles) of the
comet, taking pictures and measuring the amount and composition of dust
in the comet's coma, the plume of gas that surrounds it. It approached
the comet at about 10.6 kilometers (6.7 miles) per second, making it one
of the fastest probes that has yet flown. Stardust made its closest
approach at 11:39 p.m. Eastern and after that, swung around its high-gain
antenna towards Earth to transmit its data. The comet and spacecraft are
about 336 million kilometers (209 million miles) away, so signals take a
full 18 minutes to get to Earth."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/226223/Stardust-Mission-Makes-First-Ever-Return-To-Comet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/112683/20110215/stardust.htm
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| Obama Wants Big Hike In Cybersecurity Research
| from the i-feel-safer-already dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 15, @18:00 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2231252/Obama-Wants-Big-Hike-In-Cybersecurity-Research?from=newsletter
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dcblogs writes "The White House 2012 budget [0]seeks a 35% increase to
$548 million in cybersecurity research and development, including funds
to help DARPA mitigate the risk of insider threats. Think WikiLeaks.
Improving control system security, post Stuxnet, was also cited as
priority. Overall, the budget seeks $66.1 billion for basic and applied
research across all areas, an 11.6% increase. Some areas called out for
special focus by the White House include robotics. The feds have already
started offering grants for [1]developing of 'co-robots,' which are
'systems that can safely co-exist in close proximity to or in physical
contact with humans in the pursuit of mundane, dangerous, precise or
expensive tasks.' The US also wants to focus research on
[1]nanomanufacturing, 'and the merging of self-assembly with lithography
to achieve large-scale predictable placement of nanoscale components.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2231252/Obama-Wants-Big-Hike-In-Cybersecurity-Research?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209461/Obama_seeks_big_boost_in_cybersecurity_spending?taxonomyId=70
1. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-279.html
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| Microsoft's New Plan For Keeping the Internet Safe
| from the new-metaphor-search-going-on dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday February 15, @18:47 (Microsoft)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2312238/Microsofts-New-Plan-For-Keeping-the-Internet-Safe?from=newsletter
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itwbennett writes "Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy
Computing Scott Charney used to think it was the responsibility of ISPs
to keep hacked PCs off the Internet. Now, he says [0]the burden should be
on consumers. Speaking at the RSA Conference, Charney suggested that the
solution may be for consumers to share trusted certificates about the
health of their personal computer: 'The user remains in control. The user
can say I don't want to pass a health certificate,' he said. 'There may
be consequences for that decision, but you can do it.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/15/2312238/Microsofts-New-Plan-For-Keeping-the-Internet-Safe?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/security/137159/microsoft-has-a-change-heart-how-keep-internet-safe
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