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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Sony PlayStation 3 Imports Temporarily Banned In Europe
* Intel Completes McAfee Acquisition
* Infected Androids Run Up Big Texting Bills
* Meteorites Brought Ingredients of Life To Earth
* Microsoft Adds Selective ActiveX Filtering to IE9
* Intel Unveils SSDs With 6Gbit/Sec Throughput
* First Probe To Orbit Mercury May Help Us Learn How Planets Form
* Multi-Core Voltage Regulators To Increase Processor Efficiency
* Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright
* Windows Intune Cloud-Based PC Management Utility Hits the Street March 23
* Eye-controlled Laptop Presented At CeBit
* Arkansas Earthquakes Could Be Man-Made
* WikiLeaks, Internet Nominees For Nobel Peace Prize
* Open Source Guy Takes the Hardest Job At Microsoft
* Official MS Kinect SDK Coming to Windows
* Facebook Linked To One In Five Divorces In US
* Will the LHC Smash Supersymmetry?
* SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics
* Boxee Scores $16.5M Investment
* Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread
* Contents of Leaked HBGary Emails Reveal Wrongdoing
* Full Bladder Improves Decision Making
* How Cyborg Tech Could Link the Minds of the World
* Lobbyists Attack UK Open Standards Policy
* How To Protect Your Privacy and Make Money
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| Sony PlayStation 3 Imports Temporarily Banned In Europe
| from the acrimonious-patent-battles dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @19:28 (EU)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2358233/Sony-PlayStation-3-Imports-Temporarily-Banned-In-Europe?from=newsletter
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[0]tekgoblin writes "Looks like Sony is in some trouble in Europe. LG
recently complained about Sony and filed a [1]US patent dispute over
their Blu-ray technology. Now they have been granted a preliminary
injunction in the matter in Europe. This injunction [2]prevents the
PlayStation 3 from currently being imported to Europe. For at least the
next 10 days, every PlayStation that is imported will be seized by
government officials."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2358233/Sony-PlayStation-3-Imports-Temporarily-Banned-In-Europe?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/08/1320256/LG-Wants-PlayStation-3-Banned-From-US-Market
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/28/playstation-3-lg-legal-dispute
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| Intel Completes McAfee Acquisition
| from the are-we-secure-yet? dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @20:18 (Businesses)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0015212/Intel-Completes-McAfee-Acquisition?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "Intel has [1]completed its US$7.68 billion
acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker has announced. The
all-cash deal makes Intel a security industry powerhouse, giving it a
broad range of consumer and enterprise security products. Intel had been
working to get the deal approved by US and European Union regulators
since it was announced last August. The European Commission, in
particular, had expressed concerns that Intel would give McAfee special
treatment when it came to its processors and chipsets, locking other
security vendors out of the technology."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0015212/Intel-Completes-McAfee-Acquisition?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/378217/intel_completes_mcafee_acquisition/
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| Infected Androids Run Up Big Texting Bills
| from the watch-out-for-unsanctioned-app-stores dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @21:01 (Android)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0041203/Infected-Androids-Run-Up-Big-Texting-Bills?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Computerworld reports that a rogue Android app is
hijacking smartphones and [1]running up big texting bills to premium rate
numbers before the owner knows it. Chinese hackers grabbed a copy of
Steamy Windows, a free program, added a backdoor Trojan horse to the
app's code, then placed the reworked app on unsanctioned third-party "app
stores" where unsuspecting or careless Android smartphones find it,
download it and install it."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0041203/Infected-Androids-Run-Up-Big-Texting-Bills?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211879/Infected_Android_app_runs_up_big_texting_bills
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| Meteorites Brought Ingredients of Life To Earth
| from the we-have-met-the-aliens-and-they-are-us dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @21:50 (Earth)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0241243/Meteorites-Brought-Ingredients-of-Life-To-Earth?from=newsletter
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Meshach writes "A new analysis of a meteorite found in Antarctica is
leading scientists to think that [0]life on Earth may have come from
outer space. Chemical analysis of the meteorite shows it to be rich in
ammonia and containing the element nitrogen. Nitrogen is found in the
proteins and DNA that form the basis of life as we know it. The
prevailing theory is that our planet may have been seeded by a comet or
asteroid because the formative Earth might not have been able to provide
the full inventory of simple molecules needed for the processes which led
to primitive life."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0241243/Meteorites-Brought-Ingredients-of-Life-To-Earth?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12597564
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| Microsoft Adds Selective ActiveX Filtering to IE9
| from the yet-another-icon-in-the-address-bar dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @22:32 (Internet Explorer)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0132250/Microsoft-Adds-Selective-ActiveX-Filtering-to-IE9?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A post on the IE blog details the new
[0]ActiveX filtering feature in the IE9 release candidate. Microsoft's
Herman Ng writes, 'ActiveX Filtering in the IE9 Release Candidate gives
you greater control over how Web pages run on your PC. With ActiveX
Filtering, you can turn off ActiveX controls for all Web sites and then
turn them back on selectively as you see fit. While ActiveX controls like
Adobe Flash are important for Web experiences today for videos and more,
some consumers may want to limit how they run for security, performance,
or other reasons.' My favorite quote from the article is one of the image
captions: 'ActiveX content may prevent you from having a good experience
viewing a Web site'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0132250/Microsoft-Adds-Selective-ActiveX-Filtering-to-IE9?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/02/28/activex-filtering-for-consumers.aspx
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| Intel Unveils SSDs With 6Gbit/Sec Throughput
| from the got-to-get-one-got-to-get-one dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @23:12 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/035233/Intel-Unveils-SSDs-With-6GbitSec-Throughput?from=newsletter
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[0]CWmike writes "Intel announced a [1]new line of solid-state drives
(SSDs) on Monday that are based on the serial ATA (SATA) 3.0
specification, which doubles I/O throughput compared to previous
generation SSDs. Using the SATA 3.0 specs, Intel's new 510 Series gets
6Gbit/sec. performance and thus can take full advantage of the company's
transition to [2]higher speed 'Thunderbolt' SATA bus interfaces on the
recently introduced second generation Intel Core processor platforms.
Supporting data transfers of up to 500MB/sec, the Intel SSD 510 doubles
the sequential read speeds and more than triples the sequential write
speeds of [3]Intel's SATA 2.0 SSDs. The drives offer sequential write
speeds of up to 315MB/sec."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/035233/Intel-Unveils-SSDs-With-6GbitSec-Throughput?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211819/Intel_unveils_next_gen_SSDs_with_6Gbit_sec_throughput
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211179/Update_Intel_s_Thunderbolt_gets_off_the_ground
3. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9170099/A_trend_Intel_releases_125_affordable_SSD
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| First Probe To Orbit Mercury May Help Us Learn How Planets Form
| from the you-mean-they're-not-made-of-Legos? dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 01, @01:25 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0033245/First-Probe-To-Orbit-Mercury-May-Help-Us-Learn-How-Planets-Form?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Next month, the first space probe in nearly
40 years will approach the planet Mercury, with an array of instruments
that [0]could help answer fundamental questions about how planets form.
The mission is called MESSENGER, for Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment,
GEochemistry and Ranging. On March 17 it will pull into orbit around
mercury, after more than six years of maneuvering between the Earth,
Venus and Mercury itself."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0033245/First-Probe-To-Orbit-Mercury-May-Help-Us-Learn-How-Planets-Form?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Multi-Core Voltage Regulators To Increase Processor Efficiency
| from the now-we-need-multi-core-voltages-to-regulate dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 01, @03:18 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0330244/Multi-Core-Voltage-Regulators-To-Increase-Processor-Efficiency?from=newsletter
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[0]cylonlover writes "For decades, chipmakers strove to develop the
fastest and most powerful chips possible and damn the amount of
electricity needed to power them, but these days raw grunt isn't the only
consideration. As more and more devices go mobile and these devices
become more and more powerful, chipmakers must also take the energy
efficiency into account. Harvard graduate student Wonyoung Kim has
developed and demonstrated an on-chip, [1]multi-core voltage regulator
(MCVR) that he says could allow the creation of 'smarter' smartphones,
slimmer laptops and more energy efficient data centers by more closely
matching the power supply to the demand of the chip."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0330244/Multi-Core-Voltage-Regulators-To-Increase-Processor-Efficiency?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:quickieau@gmail.com
1. http://www.gizmag.com/mcvr-processor-technology-power-demand/18001/
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| Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright
| from the boop-boop-a-doop-forever dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 01, @05:28 (Entertainment)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0346249/Betty-Boop-and-Indefinite-Copyright?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the Fleischer estate has [0]lost a
court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim
Natwick at Max Fleischer's studio in 1930. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals (based in San Francisco) ruled against the Fleischers, saying in
their decision, 'If we ruled that AVELA's depictions of Betty Boop
infringed Fleischer's trademarks, the Betty Boop character would
essentially never enter the public domain.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0346249/Betty-Boop-and-Indefinite-Copyright?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/who-owns-betty-boop.html
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| Windows Intune Cloud-Based PC Management Utility Hits the Street March 23
| from the proprietary-competition-for-established-open-source-software dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 01, @07:20 (Cloud)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0050201/Windows-Intune-Cloud-Based-PC-Management-Utility-Hits-the-Street-March-23?from=newsletter
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[0]Roberto123 writes "Microsoft has [1]announced a release date for
Windows Intune, its cloud-based solution for PC management for
businesses, whether computers are on the corporate network or operated
remotely. Intune will be released on March 23 for $11 per PC per month."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/0050201/Windows-Intune-Cloud-Based-PC-Management-Utility-Hits-the-Street-March-23?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/nwblogs_arch
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/windows-intune-hits-street-march-23
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| Eye-controlled Laptop Presented At CeBit
| from the stop-looking-at-that dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @08:44 (Input Devices)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1335253/Eye-controlled-Laptop-Presented-At-CeBit?from=newsletter
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siliconbits writes "Microsoft is rumoured to be one of their partners;
maybe they'll built it in the next Kinect. 'Computer manufacturer Lenovo
has partnered with Swedish startup Tobii Technology to launch the world's
first [0]eye-controlled laptop, which will be on display as from today at
CeBIT in Hannover.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1335253/Eye-controlled-Laptop-Presented-At-CeBit?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/03/01/worlds-first-eye-controlled-laptop-presented-cebit-2011/
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| Arkansas Earthquakes Could Be Man-Made
| from the boom-shocka-locka dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @09:14 (Earth)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1414254/Arkansas-Earthquakes-Could-Be-Man-Made?from=newsletter
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oxide7 writes "The small earthquakes that struck north central Arkansas
could be from a combination of [0]natural and man-made activity. Some
experts think that pumping water into the ground as part of the
extraction process of natural gas could cause local seismic events."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1414254/Arkansas-Earthquakes-Could-Be-Man-Made?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/117167/20110228/arkansas-earthquake-natural-gas-link.htm
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| WikiLeaks, Internet Nominees For Nobel Peace Prize
| from the keep-'em-nominated dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @10:00 (The Internet)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1446206/WikiLeaks-Internet-Nominees-For-Nobel-Peace-Prize?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "[1]WikiLeaks and the Internet are among a
record 241 nominations for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize that also includes
Afghan rights advocate Sima Samar, the European Union, former German
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Russian
rights group Memorial and its founder Svetlana Gannushkina. 'Looking at
the long term, we can say interest in the prize is strong and growing
along with the number of candidates,' says Geir Lundestad, a non-voting
member of the Nobel panel. WikiLeaks grabbed the world's attention and
angered a number of governments by publishing thousands of secret US
diplomatic cables, while pundits say the Internet or social media such as
Facebook and Twitter, which have been used to help organize dissent in
countries with oppressive governments, could be rewarded. Under the
leadership of former Prime Minister Thorbjoern Jagland, the Nobel panel
has not shied away from bold decisions ��� first picking Barack Obama just
months after he became US president, and last year awarding the prize to
jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1446206/WikiLeaks-Internet-Nominees-For-Nobel-Peace-Prize?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-norway-nobel-idUSTRE7202ZS20110301
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| Open Source Guy Takes the Hardest Job At Microsoft
| from the because-he-can dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @10:48 (Microsoft)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1528258/Open-Source-Guy-Takes-the-Hardest-Job-At-Microsoft?from=newsletter
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[0]jbrodkin writes "Gianugo Rabellino, founder of the Italian Linux
Society and a key member of the Apache Software Foundation, traded his
Linux and Mac PCs in for a Windows 7 laptop and took on a [1]newly
created job at Microsoft designed to encourage collaboration between
Redmond and open source communities. 'Developers nowadays are mostly to
be found in the open source world,' the new Microsoft executive says. 'We
need to go where they are.' With Rabellino's help, Microsoft is expanding
its successful [2] partnership with PHP developers , but Steve Ballmer
and crew are a long way from completely erasing their poor reputation in
Linux and open source circles."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1528258/Open-Source-Guy-Takes-the-Hardest-Job-At-Microsoft?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/4855
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030111-microsoft-rabellino.html?hpg1=bn
2. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030111-microsoft-php-opensource.html
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| Official MS Kinect SDK Coming to Windows
| from the i-know-what-i'm-hacking-first dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @11:24 (Microsoft)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1536229/Official-MS-Kinect-SDK-Coming-to-Windows?from=newsletter
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fredr1k writes "Microsoft figured there is some movement in the Kinect
hacking scene. They have now announced a Kinect SDK for Windows. (Though
only for Academics & Enthusiasts). 'Ever since the November launch of
Kinect for Xbox 360, enthusiasts and academic researchers alike have
expressed their excitement and intense interest in the possibilities
created by the products ability to enable users to bring games and
entertainment to life without using a controller. While Microsoft plans
to release a commercial version at a later date, [0]this SDK will be a
starter kit to make it simpler for the academic research and enthusiast
communities to create rich natural user interfaces using Kinect
technology.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1536229/Official-MS-Kinect-SDK-Coming-to-Windows?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/kinectforwindowssdk-022111.aspx
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| Facebook Linked To One In Five Divorces In US
| from the sanctity-of-a-friend-request dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 01, @12:05 (Facebook)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1617226/Facebook-Linked-To-One-In-Five-Divorces-In-US?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "yes, in theory if you're single, Facebook can
help you meet that special someone. But for those in even the healthiest
of marriages, [0]improper use can quickly devolve into a marital disaster.
A recent survey by the [1]American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers found
that Facebook is cited in one in five divorces in the United States.
Also, more than 80 percent of divorce lawyers reported a rising number of
people are using social media to engage in extramarital affairs."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1617226/Facebook-Linked-To-One-In-Five-Divorces-In-US?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://scienceblog.com/43196/facebook-linked-to-one-in-five-divorces-in-the-united-states/
1. http://www.aaml.org/
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| Will the LHC Smash Supersymmetry?
| from the i-can't-even-balance-my-checkbook dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @12:15 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1647231/Will-the-LHC-Smash-Supersymmetry?from=newsletter
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[0]gbrumfiel writes "The Large Hadron Collider is just getting ready for
its [1]next big science run. One thing researchers hope it will find is
evidence for [2]supersymmetry, a theory that could help to unify
fundamental forces and explain mysterious dark matter. But as Nature
reports this week, the LHC has shown no signs of supersymmetry in [3]data
[4]from last [5]year's run. If super particles don't appear by 2012, then
physicists might give up on the theory for good."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1647231/Will-the-LHC-Smash-Supersymmetry?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/news/
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110228/full/471013a.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry
3. http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2357
4. http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.1628
5. http://arxiv.org/abs/1102.5290
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| SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics
| from the yeah-so-sad dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @13:00 (Data Storage)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1740240/SSDs-Cause-Crisis-For-Digital-Forensics?from=newsletter
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rifles only writes "Firmware built into many solid state drives (SSDs) to
improve their storage efficiency could be making forensic analysis at a
later date by police forces and intelligence agencies [0]almost
impossible to carry out to legally safe standards, Australian researchers
have discovered. They found that SSDs start wiping themselves within
minutes after a quick format (or a file delete or full format) and can
even do so when disconnected from a PC and rigged up to a hardware
blocker." So either SSDs are really hard to erase, or really hard to
recover. I'm so confused.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1740240/SSDs-Cause-Crisis-For-Digital-Forensics?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.techworld.com/security/3263093/ssd-fimware-destroys-digital-evidence-researchers-find/
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| Boxee Scores $16.5M Investment
| from the take-the-money-and-run dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @13:47 (Media)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1758219/Boxee-Scores-165M-Investment?from=newsletter
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DeviceGuru writes "Boxee, maker of the free Boxee multimedia-player
software platform for PCs and Macs, and the smarts behind D-Link's
recently introduced Boxee Box, has just [0]received $16.5 million more
funding. Following several significant firmware updates and the addition
of new apps for Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and other content sources, all
pushed automatically out to users' devices, the $199 [1]D-Link Boxee Box
is finally stating to feel more like a finished product than a beta-test
device. What's next for Boxee? The D-Link device will soon be joined by
two more Boxee-powered devices: a Boxee NAS device from Iomega and a
ViewSonic TV running Boxee, and one of the main uses of the company's new
funding will be to 'sign up more device and distribution partners,' says
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1758219/Boxee-Scores-165M-Investment?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://deviceguru.com/boxee-scores-another-investment/
1. http://deviceguru.com/d-link-boxee-box-available-for-pre-order/
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| Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread
| from the center-of-the-candy-house dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @14:29 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/190204/Googles-Nexus-S-A-Look-At-Gingerbread?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "Google's Nexus S smartphone has a lot of interesting
features, but the one that attracts the most attention is the fact that
it ships with the latest version of the Android smartphone operating
system, version 2.3. Otherwise known as Gingerbread, this OS [1]is said
to be the fastest version of Android yet. In addition to Gingerbread, the
Nexus S touts a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird
processor, and 16GB of internal memory. Its [2]network performance
numbers turned out to be relatively impressive as well."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/190204/Googles-Nexus-S-A-Look-At-Gingerbread?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Nexus-S-Review/
2. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Nexus-S-Review/?page=6
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| Contents of Leaked HBGary Emails Reveal Wrongdoing
| from the run-and-hide dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @15:14 (Democrats)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1925215/Contents-of-Leaked-HBGary-Emails-Reveal-Wrongdoing?from=newsletter
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chargersfan420 writes "Ars Technica has sifted through the contents of
the HBGary emails leaked last week in the attack by Anonymous and posted
an [0]interesting story about some of the things they were up to (which
include rootkit development, selling rootkits to the private sector, and
an entire list of 0-day exploits in a variety of OSes and other software,
among a variety of other devious plans). Today they are reporting a
[1]democratic push for a congressional investigation of HBGary Federal."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1925215/Contents-of-Leaked-HBGary-Emails-Reveal-Wrongdoing?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/black-ops-how-hbgary-wrote-backdoors-and-rootkits-for-the-government.ars/
1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/democrats-push-for-congressional-investigation-of-hbgary-federal.ars
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| Full Bladder Improves Decision Making
| from the can't-talk-now-gotta-go dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @16:04 (Idle)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1935254/Full-Bladder-Improves-Decision-Making?from=newsletter
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[0]anymouse writes "What should you do when you really, REALLY have to
'go'? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder
makes you [1]better at controlling yourself when making decisions about
your future, too, according to a study to be published in Psychological
Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1935254/Full-Bladder-Improves-Decision-Making?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:andrews.karl@gmail.com
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110228163141.htm
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| How Cyborg Tech Could Link the Minds of the World
| from the thought-for-food dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @16:48 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/2059213/How-Cyborg-Tech-Could-Link-the-Minds-of-the-World?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Science writer Michael Chorost has written a
book that suggests that mankind may one day be able to [0]link individual
minds to share thoughts, feelings and perceptions by genetically
modifying individuals brains and implanting computers based on neural
networks in the body. Here he talks about the implications for human
relationships, our sense of self and phenomenon like telempathy and dream
brainstorming that this so-called World Wide Mind would make possible."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/2059213/How-Cyborg-Tech-Could-Link-the-Minds-of-the-World?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Lobbyists Attack UK Open Standards Policy
| from the big-surprise-there dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @17:31 (Government)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/222204/Lobbyists-Attack-UK-Open-Standards-Policy?from=newsletter
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[0]superglaze writes "The Business Software Alliance, a lobbying
organisation representing the likes of Microsoft, Adobe and Apple, has
laid into the UK's recently-adopted policy of mandating the use of open
standards wherever possible in government IT systems.The policy describes
open standards as being "publicly available at zero or low cost" and
having "intellectual property made irrevocably available on a
royalty-free basis" The BSA said this would "inadvertently reduce choice
[and] hinder innovation", and [1]even went so far as to claim open
standards would lead to higher e-government costs, but open-source
advocates say the policy reflects how much the European Interoperability
Framework is weighted in favour of the proprietary software companies."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/222204/Lobbyists-Attack-UK-Open-Standards-Policy?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:superglaze@hotmail.com
1. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/intellectual-property/2011/03/01/bsa-open-standards-will-increase-e-government-costs-40091981/
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| How To Protect Your Privacy and Make Money
| from the pardon-my-skepticism dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 01, @18:18 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/2219229/How-To-Protect-Your-Privacy-and-Make-Money?from=newsletter
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[0]itwbennett writes "You have precious personal information; marketers
are willing to pay good money for it; and now there are [1]services to
broker the deal. London-based [2]Allow Ltd., for example, negotiates with
marketers on your behalf and cuts you in on the deal. One Allow customer,
Giles Sequeira, made a whopping $10 for letting a single credit card
company know that he's in the market for new plastic. In the US, a
company called [3]Personal is starting a similar pay-for-data service,
and you can hop on its waiting list now." Anyone selling bridges?
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/2219229/How-To-Protect-Your-Privacy-and-Make-Money?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/internet/138582/how-protect-your-privacy-and-make-money-doing-it
2. http://www.i-allow.com/
3. http://www.personal.com/
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