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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight
* Researchers Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip
* Talking To Computers?
* Secrets of a Memory Champion
* FTC To Examine Microtransactions In Free-To-Play Games and Apps
* Aussie Security Forces Testing Apple's iOS
* Police Raid PS3 Hacker's House, Hacker Releases PS3 'Hypervisor Bible'
* Google Launches Apps Certification Program
* Julian Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden
* Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros
* Iran Claims Two New Supercomputers
* Intel Unveils Next Gen Itanium Processor
* Army Psy Ops Units Targeted American Senators
* Google x86 Native Browser Client Maybe Not So Crazy After All
* New Internal Cavity X-ray Technology for Airports
* Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011
* For California, an Earthquake Early Warning System Is Up and Running
* Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available
* PayPal Freezes Support Account For Bradley Manning
* Feds Help You Find Your Fastest Internet Service
* Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'
* Google Launches New Assault On Microsoft Office
* Drupal Competes As a Framework, Unofficially
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| NASA Readies Discovery Shuttle For Final Flight
| from the fare-thee-well dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 23, @19:44 (NASA)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/2258254/NASA-Readies-Discovery-Shuttle-For-Final-Flight?from=newsletter
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[0]gabbo529 writes "After 38 trips, 352 days in orbit and more than 5,600
trips around the Earth, the [1]space shuttle Discovery is preparing for
its final launch. Since its creation, it has flown to orbit more than any
other craft. It has set a number of precedents including first craft to
feature a female shuttle pilot and female shuttle commander (Eileen
Collins), the first African American spacewalker (Bernard Harris) and the
first sitting member of congress to fly in space (Jake Garn). In its
final foray into space, the Discovery will set another precedent when it
flies the first humanoid robot to fly in space, Robonaut2."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/2258254/NASA-Readies-Discovery-Shuttle-For-Final-Flight?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:g.perna@ibtimes.com
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/115569/20110223/nasa-discovery-shuttle-last-launch-discovery-mission-space-station-robonaut2.htm
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| Researchers Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip
| from the because-they-can dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 23, @21:43 (Hardware)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/2354250/Researchers-Create-Computer-That-Fits-On-a-Pen-Tip?from=newsletter
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CWmike writes "Researchers at the University of Michigan announced
Wednesday that they have created the first prototype for [0]a
millimeter-scale computing system that can hold up to a week's worth of
data when implanted in something as small as a human eye. [1]The
computer, called the Phoenix chip, is just over one cubic millimeter in
size and was designed to monitor eye pressure in glaucoma patients. 'This
is the first true millimeter-scale complete computing system,' said
Dennis Sylvester, a professor at the school and one of the researchers on
the project. Within the computer is an ultra low-power microprocessor, a
pressure sensor, memory, a thin-film battery, a solar cell and a wireless
radio with an antenna that can transmit data to an external reader device
held near the eye."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/2354250/Researchers-Create-Computer-That-Fits-On-a-Pen-Tip?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9210962/Researchers_create_computer_that_fits_on_a_pen_tip
1. http://ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=8278
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| Talking To Computers?
| from the what-are-you-doing-dave? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 23, @23:49 (AI)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/020255/Talking-To-Computers?from=newsletter
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[0]merlock18 writes "Is it un-natural to talk to a computer? After
discussing the outcome of the Jeopardy game with some colleagues, they
seem to think it is mildly 'scary' to talk to a computer and have it
competently talk back. Is this what everyone thinks? I was thinking to
myself how much I would like to be able to even tell my computer to open
programs by telling it vocally. A simple idea that I am fairly surprised
is not common. Am I a minority in this one? Do people just not like the
idea of talking (without cursing) to a computer, let alone have it act or
reply? Would anyone else be interested in building their own mini-Watson,
or is this just scary?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/020255/Talking-To-Computers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:merlock18@hotmail.com
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| Secrets of a Memory Champion
| from the never-forget dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 24, @02:28 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0351254/Secrets-of-a-Memory-Champion?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "We've all heard of people who claim to
have 'photographic memories.' Now Joshua Foer writes in the NY Times
magazine (reg. may be required) that a 'skilled memory' can be acquired
and proves it by explaining how he [1]trained his brain to became a
world-class memory athlete winning first place in the speed cards
competition last year at the USA Memory Championship by [2]memorizing a
deck of cards in one minute forty seconds. According to Foer, memory
training is a lost art that dates from antiquity. 'Today we have books,
photographs, computers and an entire superstructure of external devices
to help us store our memories outside our brains, but it wasn't so long
ago that culture depended on individual memories,' writes Foer. 'It was
considered a form of character-building, a way of developing the cardinal
virtue of prudence and, by extension, ethics.' Foer says that the secret
to supermemory is a system of training and discipline that works by
[3]creating 'memory palaces' on the fly filled with lavish images,
painting a scene in the mind so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten.
'Photographic memory is a detestable myth. Doesn't exist. In fact, my
memory is quite average,' concludes Ed Cooke who recently invented a code
that allows him to convert every number from 0 to 999,999,999 into a
unique image that he can then deposit in a memory palace. 'What you have
to understand is that even average memories are remarkably powerful if
used properly.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0351254/Secrets-of-a-Memory-Champion?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/20/magazine/mind-secrets.html
2. http://www.usamemorychampionship.com/events/speed-cards
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci
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| FTC To Examine Microtransactions In Free-To-Play Games and Apps
| from the view-the-rest-of-this-post-for-eight-cents dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 24, @03:53 (Portables (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0617228/FTC-To-Examine-Microtransactions-In-Free-To-Play-Games-and-Apps?from=newsletter
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A post at [0]GamePolitics points out that the Federal Trade Commission
will be [1]looking into free-to-play mobile games that rely on internal
microtransactions as a business model. Many such games are marketed for
children, and there have been [2]a spate of cases where kids racked up
huge bills without their parents' knowledge or explicit consent. "The
in-app purchases have also catapulted children's games such as Smurfs'
Village and Tap Zoo, by San Francisco-based Pocket Gems, into the ranks
of the highest-grossing apps on iPods, iPhones and iPads. But the
practice is troubling parents and public interest groups, who say $99 for
a wagon of Smurfberries or $19 for a bucket of snowflakes doesn't have
any business in a children's game. Though a password is needed to make a
purchase, critics say that the safeguards aren't strong enough and that
there are loopholes. 'Parents need to know that the promotion of games
and the delivery mechanism for them are deceptively cheap,' said Jim
Styer, president of Common Sense Media, a public advocacy group for
online content for children. 'But basically people are trying to make
money off these apps, which is a huge problem, and only going to get
bigger because mobile apps are the new platform for kids.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0617228/FTC-To-Examine-Microtransactions-In-Free-To-Play-Games-and-Apps?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gamepolitics.com/2011/02/23/ftc-look-free-play
1. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2011/02/ftc_chairman_to_probe_apple_ip.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/07/AR2011020706073.html
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| Aussie Security Forces Testing Apple's iOS
| from the an-ipad-in-every-pouch dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 24, @05:03 (Australia)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0356251/Aussie-Security-Forces-Testing-Apples-iOS?from=newsletter
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[0]lukehopewell1 writes "Australia's Defence Signal Directorate (DSD) is
testing [1]the national security capability of Apple's iOS mobile
operating system for use on federal networks that transmit national
security data. If the operating system is certified as secure, Australian
Defence Force personnel, government aides as well as ministers and
senators at all levels could see iPads deployed as standard."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0356251/Aussie-Security-Forces-Testing-Apples-iOS?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:lukehopewell1@gmail.com
1. http://www.zdnet.com.au/dsd-tests-apple-ios-for-national-security-339310133.htm
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| Police Raid PS3 Hacker's House, Hacker Releases PS3 'Hypervisor Bible'
| from the you-got-streisowned dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 24, @06:33 (Sony)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0638257/Police-Raid-PS3-Hackers-House-Hacker-Releases-PS3-Hypervisor-Bible?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from PSGroove.com: "Graf_chokolo,
who has contributed countless things to the PS3 scene, had his private
home raided by police this morning. They confiscated all of his
'accounts' and anything related to PS3 hacking. Some of you may remember
that graf_chokolo promised if he was pushed, that he would release all of
his PS3 hypervisor knowledge to the world. He kept good on this promise,
[0]releasing what is being dubbed as the Hypervisor Bible. 'The uploaded
files contains his database, which is a series of tools for the PS3's
Hypervisor and Hypervisor processes. It will help other devs to reverse
engineer the hypervisor of PS3 further.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0638257/Police-Raid-PS3-Hackers-House-Hacker-Releases-PS3-Hypervisor-Bible?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Google Launches Apps Certification Program
| from the look-for-the-seal dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 24, @08:07 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0338245/Google-Launches-Apps-Certification-Program?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "Google has launched a program to [1]certify that
staffers at Google Apps resellers have specific expertise, knowledge and
experience working with the company's hosted collaboration and
communication suite. The [2]Google Apps Certification Program will offer
badges for various areas of expertise, including Apps deployment, sales,
software development and technical support."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/0338245/Google-Launches-Apps-Certification-Program?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/377726/google_launches_apps_certification_program_it_pros/
2. http://certification.googleapps.com/
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| Julian Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden
| from the but-it's-so-cold dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @08:46 (The Courts)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1317245/Julian-Assange-To-Be-Extradited-To-Sweden?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has [0]lost
his challenge against extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual
assault. The 39-year-old Australian computer expert, who has infuriated
the US government by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables on
his website, is wanted in relation to claims made by two WikiLeaks
volunteers last August."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1317245/Julian-Assange-To-Be-Extradited-To-Sweden?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/24/julian-assange-extradition-sweden-verdict
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| Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros
| from the get-yer-cult-on dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @09:15 (Portables (Apple))
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1415259/Quad-Core-Thunderbolt-In-New-MacBook-Pros?from=newsletter
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Although as I write this the store is still down, the Apple web site has
officially published the specs for the [0]revised MacBook Pros, which top
out at 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 for the 17" as well as offering a
512GB solid state drive. Somehow I don't think my boss will let me
expense the one I want.
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1415259/Quad-Core-Thunderbolt-In-New-MacBook-Pros?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html
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| Iran Claims Two New Supercomputers
| from the good-thing-we-don't-export-crypto dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @10:03 (Supercomputing)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1454222/Iran-Claims-Two-New-Supercomputers?from=newsletter
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[0]dcblogs writes "Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced
[1]development of two supercomputers Wednesday. Iranian government news
media published [2]a photo spread of one the systems it claims is capable
of 89 teraflops, which is far short of the petascale systems in the US
and China. There's no independent verification of Iran's claim. But after
the Stuxnet attack, Iran may be trying for an IT comeback via
supercomputing or just trying to show it is in control as regional unrest
spreads. Iran says the new systems will make the global Top 500
supercomputing listing, but it hasn't submitted a Linpack benchmark to
the list organizers."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1454222/Iran-Claims-Two-New-Supercomputers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/dcgov
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211058/Iran_claims_two_new_supercomputers
2. http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1259697
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| Intel Unveils Next Gen Itanium Processor
| from the who-doesn't-like-faster dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @10:52 (Intel)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1513221/Intel-Unveils-Next-Gen-Itanium-Processor?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "This week, at ISSCC Intel unveiled its next-generation
[1]Itanium processor, codenamed Poulson. This new design is easily the
most significant update to Itanium Intel has ever built and could upset
the current balance of power at the highest-end of the server / mainframe
market. It may also be the Itanium that fully redeems the brand name and
sheds the last vestiges of negativity that have dogged the chip since it
launched ten years ago. Poulson incorporates a number of advances in its
record-breaking 3.1 Billion transistors. It's socket-compatible with the
older Tukwila processors and offers up to eight cores and 54MB of on-die
memory."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1513221/Intel-Unveils-Next-Gen-Itanium-Processor?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Previews-RecordBreaking-32nm-Itanium-Poulson-Processor/
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| Army Psy Ops Units Targeted American Senators
| from the oh-yeah-that'll-work-fine dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @11:34 (The Military)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1545227/Army-Psy-Ops-Units-Targeted-American-Senators?from=newsletter
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Weezul writes "The US Army illegally ordered [0]a team of soldiers
specializing in 'psychological operations' to manipulate visiting
American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war. An
officer who tried to stop the operation was railroaded by military
investigators. (see also the [1]Hatch Act of 1939)."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1545227/Army-Psy-Ops-Units-Targeted-American-Senators?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-20110223
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939
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| Google x86 Native Browser Client Maybe Not So Crazy After All
| from the because-you-can dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @12:16 (Google)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1617233/Google-x86-Native-Browser-Client-Maybe-Not-So-Crazy-After-All?from=newsletter
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[0]GMGruman writes "Google's experimental technology to run native x86
binaries in the browser shows lots of potential, writes Neil McAllister.
He's previously said it was a crazy idea, but a new version of Native
Client (NaCl) caused McAllister to take a fresh look, which has led him
to conclude [1]the technology is crazy like a fox. McAllister explains
what NaCl is useful for, how to use it, and why it's not a Java or a
Flash or a JavaScript replacement, but something else."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1617233/Google-x86-Native-Browser-Client-Maybe-Not-So-Crazy-After-All?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/inside-google-native-client-x86-binaries-515-0
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| New Internal Cavity X-ray Technology for Airports
| from the nice-guts-finish-last dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 24, @12:53 (Security)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1638239/New-Internal-Cavity-X-ray-Technology-for-Airports?from=newsletter
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Thanks to a new type of X-ray scanner unveiled in Australia, annoyed TSA
agents [0] won't have to send you to a hospital for a body cavity scan,
they can do it in-house. Officials say that more than 4,600 man-hours
were wasted last year in hospitals waiting for scans. From the article:
"Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said the scanners would also help
innocent travelers. 'The option of an internal body scan will more
quickly exonerate the innocent and ensure a minimum of delay for
legitimate travelers,' Mr O'Connor said."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1638239/New-Internal-Cavity-X-ray-Technology-for-Airports?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011
| from the gotta-wonder-why dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, @13:00 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1648259/Retro-Browser-War-IE6-Vs-Netscape-In-2011?from=newsletter
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[0]jbrodkin writes "What if you took the raw, pre-patched, 10-year-old
versions of Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.1 and [1]tried to surf the
modern Web? What would happen? You might think firing up IE6 or Netscape
would lead to an immediate onslaught of viruses, but just for fun, I
decided to spend some time using these two ancient browsers. It turns out
IE6 is still capable of surfing much of the modern Internet, and can play
Flash and Java content, but Netscape's troubles show it probably died a
justified death."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1648259/Retro-Browser-War-IE6-Vs-Netscape-In-2011?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/4855
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/022411-browser-ie6-netscape.html
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| For California, an Earthquake Early Warning System Is Up and Running
| from the timely-in-light-of-christchurch dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @13:44 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1838245/For-California-an-Earthquake-Early-Warning-System-Is-Up-and-Running?from=newsletter
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[0]autospa writes "In California's Coachella Valley around Palm Springs,
a state-of-the-art, first-in-the-world earthquake early warning system in
now [1]installed and operational. Twelve locations are now in place with
120 sites planned, all meant to detect an earthquake and give people a
chance to get under a table, or in the case of a fire station, get the
engines outside of the building."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1838245/For-California-an-Earthquake-Early-Warning-System-Is-Up-and-Running?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ispyce.com/
1. http://www.ispyce.com/2011/02/earthquake-early-warning-system-reality.html
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| Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available
| from the ok-I'm-a-little-envious-of-the-features dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @14:28 (Operating Systems)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1920242/Mac-OS-X-107-Lion-Developer-Preview-Available?from=newsletter
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kwolf22 writes "Today Apple is offering a [0]developer preview of Mac OS
X 10.7 (Lion) to registered Mac developers. In addition, the Lion product
page has been updated with [1]new details. Among the updates is this
exciting bit of news: Lion Server is now part of Mac OS X Lion." Adds
reader Orome1: the new OS X "features Mission Control, a new view of
everything running on your Mac; Launchpad, a new home for all your Mac
apps; full screen apps that use the entire Mac display; and new
Multi-Touch gestures. Lion also includes the Mac App Store, a place to
discover, install and automatically update Mac apps."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/1920242/Mac-OS-X-107-Lion-Developer-Preview-Available?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/24macosx.html
1. http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/
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| PayPal Freezes Support Account For Bradley Manning
| from the we-don't-like-you dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @15:10 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/205208/PayPal-Freezes-Support-Account-For-Bradley-Manning?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The online payment provider PayPal has
[0]frozen the account of Courage to Resist, which in collaboration with
the Bradley Manning Support Network is currently raising funds in support
of US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. 'We've been in discussions with PayPal
for weeks, and by their own admission there's no legal obligation for
them to close down our account,' noted Loraine Reitman of the Bradley
Manning Support Network (Support Network). 'This was an internal policy
decision by PayPal. ... They said they would not unrestrict our account
unless we authorized PayPal to withdraw funds from our organization's
checking account by default. While there may be no legal obligation to
provide services, there is an ethical obligation. By shutting out
legitimate nonprofit activity, PayPal shows itself to be morally
bankrupt.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/205208/PayPal-Freezes-Support-Account-For-Bradley-Manning?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/view/891/1
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| Feds Help You Find Your Fastest Internet Service
| from the ok-not-good-for-nothin' dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @15:58 (Government)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2044228/Feds-Help-You-Find-Your-Fastest-Internet-Service?from=newsletter
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Slashdot [1]previously covered the National
Broadband Map, designed by the US Federal government to illustrate where
the 'digital divide' between those with access to high-speed Internet and
those who go without. But, as blogger Ryan Faas points out, you can use
it for a much more individualistic purpose: [2]to find your fastest local
wired or wireless ISP. Just [3]plug in your name and address and you'll
soon see what your options are."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2044228/Feds-Help-You-Find-Your-Fastest-Internet-Service?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/17/1941210/National-Broadband-Map-Shows-Digital-Divide?from=rss
2. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/138013/how-find-fastest-wireless-carrier-or-wired-internet-where-you-live-and-work
3. http://www.broadbandmap.gov/
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| Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime'
| from the commit-craigslistcrime-do-hard-time dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @16:42 (Crime)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2112208/Study-Calls-Craigslist-a-Cesspool-of-Crime?from=newsletter
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[0]Bala4361 writes "Classifieds site Craigslist has been [1]linked with
330 crimes, 12 murders and 105 robberies or assaults in the United States
last year due to anonymous interactions on the site, says a new study.
The report calls Craigslist 'a cesspool of crime,' citing murders, rapes,
robberies, assault and rental rip-offs as some of the examples." Among
the many Reefer Madness-style quotable stretchers from the originating
consultancy: "The unfortunate fact is that Craigslist has become almost
synonymous with crime."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2112208/Study-Calls-Craigslist-a-Cesspool-of-Crime?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/115849/20110224/craigslist-anonymous-classifieds-facebook-crime-society-social-network.htm#ixzz1EuesJdzH
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| Google Launches New Assault On Microsoft Office
| from the to-the-mattresses dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @17:30 (Businesses)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2138254/Google-Launches-New-Assault-On-Microsoft-Office?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "BetaNews reports that Google has announced
the [1]global availability of Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office,
which went into beta late last year with technology that builds off
Google's acquisition of DocVerse. Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft
Office is essentially a plugin for Windows versions of the productivity
suite (2003, 2007, 2010). 'The plugin syncs your work through Google's
cloud, so everyone can contribute to the same version of a file at the
same time,' says Google Apps product manager Shan Sinha. Additionally,
Google announced a 90-day trial for Appsperience, described as 'a way for
[2]companies that currently use cumbersome legacy systems to see how
web-powered tools help their teams work together more effectively.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/2138254/Google-Launches-New-Assault-On-Microsoft-Office?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Google-launches-its-next-assault-on-cumbersome-legacy-Microsoft-Office/1298569862
2. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-ways-to-experience-better.html
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| Drupal Competes As a Framework, Unofficially
| from the what's-in-a-name? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday February 24, @18:14 (PHP)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/221231/Drupal-Competes-As-a-Framework-Unofficially?from=newsletter
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[0]tgeller writes "Drupal developer Ben Buckman attended the [1]BostonPHP
Framework Bake-Off with the hopes of pitting the CMS against [2]CakePHP,
[3]Symfony, [4]Zend, and [5]CodeIgniter. He was told that he couldn't
because [6]Drupal is 'not a framework,' a response he felt was
'coder-purist snobbery ("it's not a framework if you build any of it in a
UI").' So he decided to unofficially compete in the back of the room by
accepting the challenge of building a job-posting app in 30 minutes,
while the official competitors did the same from the stage. He
[7]recorded the results, which are impressive. In the process he raised
the question: What is a framework, anyway?"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/24/221231/Drupal-Competes-As-a-Framework-Unofficially?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://tomgeller.com/
1. http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/16011906/
2. http://cakephp.org/
3. http://www.symfony-project.org/
4. http://framework.zend.com/
5. http://codeigniter.com/
6. http://drupal.org/
7. http://benbuckman.net/tech/11/02/drupal-application-framework-bostonphp-competition
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