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In this issue:
* Facebook Bans AdSense In Apps
* Researchers Develop Super Batteries From Aerogel
* IBM Patenting HAL-Like Stuffed Animal Toys
* Mideast Turmoil and the Push For Clean Energy
* Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"?
* Students Suspended, Expelled Over Facebook Posts
* Stellar Wormholes May Exist
* Graphs Show Costs of DNA Sequencing Falling Fast
* Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8
* Meth Dealer Faces Loss of His Comic Book Collection
* A Spamming Attorney Gets Sentenced To 40 Months
* Ariz. Team Seeks Fossil-Fuel Cost Parity, Using Solar Energy Concentrators
* Google Finally Uses Remote Kill Switch On Malware
* Turkey Bans Google's Blogger Over Soccer Piracy
* Disarm Internet Trolls, Gently
* HBGary Hack In Depth

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| Facebook Bans AdSense In Apps
| from the you-guys-play-nice dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday March 05, @19:08 (Facebook)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/05/2320257/Facebook-Bans-AdSense-In-Apps?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Three days ago Facebook finalized their
[0]list of accepted ad networks for use within Facebook Apps; AdSense
being an (unsurprising?) omission from the list, stating that any missing
ad network had yet to agree to [1]the Facebook TOS. Facebook developers
were quick to point out the only losers in this cold-war between Facebook
and Google are [2]the developers themselves. Other devs go on to clarify
that the reputations of some of the accepted networks is [3]shady at best,
leaving developers with sub-par options to monetize their work on the
Facebook platform."

Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/05/2320257/Facebook-Bans-AdSense-In-Apps?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://developers.facebook.com/adproviders/
1. http://developers.facebook.com/ad_provider_terms/
2. http://forum.developers.facebook.net/viewtopic.php?id=91182&p=2
3. http://forum.developers.facebook.net/viewtopic.php?pid=321002#p321002

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| Researchers Develop Super Batteries From Aerogel
| from the out-of-thick-air dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday March 05, @21:11 (NASA)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/05/2324221/Researchers-Develop-Super-Batteries-From-Aerogel?from=newsletter
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[0]greenerd writes "Researchers from the University of Central Florida
may have found the most efficient (and most bizarre) battery material yet
��� 'frozen smoke', also known as Aerogel. One of the world's lightest
solids, aerogel contains multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) which each
one several thousands thinner than human hair. The researchers, Associate
Professor Lei Zhai and Postdoctoral Associate Jianhua Zou, believe that
this material could soon become [1]the best energy storage material for
capacitors and batteries."

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/05/2324221/Researchers-Develop-Super-Batteries-From-Aerogel?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. mailto:jillfehrenbacher@gmail.com
1. http://inhabitat.com/super-batteries-made-from-frozen-smoke-may-be-here-soon/

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| IBM Patenting HAL-Like Stuffed Animal Toys
| from the parent-toys dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Saturday March 05, @23:33 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0048228/IBM-Patenting-HAL-Like-Stuffed-Animal-Toys?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "'Look, Dave,' said HAL. 'I can see you're really upset
about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress
pill and think things over.' Put a HAL 9000 in a baby's stuffed animal
toy, a toddler's EEG-equipped knit cap, or other interactive monitoring
device, and you've got the gist of IBM Research's just-published patent
application for its [0]Adaptive System for Real-Time Behavioral Coaching
and Command Intermediation. 'For example,' explains Big Blue, 'to help a
child who plays rough with other children the interaction data can
include multiple interaction operations that can be performed by the
interactive device for helping the child play less rough with other
children. For example, one interaction operation can include an audible
warning telling the child 'to play nice' in a strict tone of voice,
whereas another interaction operation can include an audible warning that
asks the child 'would you like someone to do that to you' in a softer
tone of voice along with a visual cue as well."

Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0048228/IBM-Patenting-HAL-Like-Stuffed-Animal-Toys?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220110053129%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20110053129&RS=DN/20110053129

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| Mideast Turmoil and the Push For Clean Energy
| from the no-time-like-the-present dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 06, @02:23 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0337209/Mideast-Turmoil-and-the-Push-For-Clean-Energy?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "Adam Werbach writes that in July 2008
[1]oil prices reached $147 a barrel and suddenly energy prices and
alternative energy was on everyone's agenda but soon oil prices fell as
the economy faltered and people moved on to the more immediate concerns
of keeping their jobs and businesses alive. Now with [2]the possibility
looming of $200 a barrel oil, the US has a robust field of clean energy
technologies that are slowly coming online, from thinfilm solar to fuel
cells to cellulosic ethanol ��� unlike 2008, when it seemed like we were
starting our innovation engine from a cold start. 'In the last three
years, as oil prices have softened, we've seen stumbles as companies like
Applied Materials pulled back from the clean energy space because of
operational and market conditions,' writes Werbach. '2012 will be a rich
year for equity capitalizations, giving energy entrepreneurs the capital
they need to build infrastructure. Even with the draconian austerity
measures that are coming into effect across the country, [3]this is a
second opportunity for energy innovation.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0337209/Mideast-Turmoil-and-the-Push-For-Clean-Energy?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/libyas-revolution-offers-a-second-chance-for-clean-energy/71630/
2. http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/118901/20110304/saudi-arabia-oil-crude-price-200-arab-unrest-middle-east-gulf-production.htm
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/05/oil-uk-energy-sources

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| Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"?
| from the one-mouse-button-to-rule-them-all dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 06, @05:25 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0440202/Is-Apple-Turning-Into-the-Next-Evil-Empire?from=newsletter
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jira writes "'[0]You may think you own your iPad or iPhone but in reality
an invisible string links it back to Apple HQ' writes John Naughton. He
adds: 'Umberto Eco once wrote a memorable essay arguing that the Apple
Mac was a Catholic device, while the IBM PC was a Protestant one. His
reasoning was that, like the Roman church, Apple offered a guaranteed
route to salvation ��� the Apple Way ��� provided one stuck to it. PC users,
on the other hand, had to take personal responsibility for working out
their own routes to heaven.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0440202/Is-Apple-Turning-Into-the-Next-Evil-Empire?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/06/john-naughton-apple-dominates-market

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| Students Suspended, Expelled Over Facebook Posts
| from the reading-writing-and-rhetoric dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 06, @08:10 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0447203/Students-Suspended-Expelled-Over-Facebook-Posts?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Two students have been suspended, and one
student has been expelled, [0]over negative Facebook postings they made
about a teacher. The individuals are in seventh grade at Chapel Hill
Middle School, meaning they are either 12 or 13 years old, according. The
children are accused of violating a portion of the school code that is a
"level one" offense, the worst possible: 'Falsifying, misrepresenting,
omitting, or erroneously reporting' allegations of inappropriate behavior
by a school employee toward a student."

Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/0447203/Students-Suspended-Expelled-Over-Facebook-Posts?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/students-suspended-expelled-over-facebook-posts/517

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| Stellar Wormholes May Exist
| from the into-the-gamma-quadrant dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 06, @09:55 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1336258/Stellar-Wormholes-May-Exist?from=newsletter
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[0]seagirlreed writes "[1]Pairs of stars could be connected via wormholes
filled with 'phantom matter,' according to Kyrgyz researchers. If a
wormhole exists within a star, the stellar body may exhibit measurable
properties astronomers might detect. Although interesting, other
scientists are skeptical, pointing out that this is highly speculative
research."

Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1336258/Stellar-Wormholes-May-Exist?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://news.discovery.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/wormholes-connecting-stars-110305.html

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| Graphs Show Costs of DNA Sequencing Falling Fast
| from the we've-got-your-number dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @11:00 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1533249/Graphs-Show-Costs-of-DNA-Sequencing-Falling-Fast?from=newsletter
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[0]kkleiner writes "You may know that the cost to sequence a human genome
is dropping, but you probably have no idea how fast that price is coming
down. The National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the US
National Institute of Health, has compiled extensive data on the costs of
sequencing DNA over the past decade and used that information to create
[1]two truly jaw-dropping graphs. NHGRI's research shows that not only
are sequencing costs plummeting, they are outstripping the exponential
curves of Moore's Law. By a big margin."

Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1533249/Graphs-Show-Costs-of-DNA-Sequencing-Falling-Fast?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://singularityhub.com/
1. http://singularityhub.com/2011/03/05/costs-of-dna-sequencing-falling-fast-look-at-these-graphs/

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| Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8
| from the just-being-polite dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @11:57 (AMD)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1546207/Taiwanese-OEMs-Consider-ARM-Products-For-Windows-8?from=newsletter
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siliconbits writes "At CeBIT 2011, we went around the stands from some of
the biggest component manufacturers in the world and asked them a simple
question, would you consider bringing out ARM products (barebones,
laptops, tablets, motherboards) for Windows 8? The [0]answer was a
unanimous yes; like Microsoft, the same firms that have been faithful
Intel and AMD partners for years are prepared to explore other
territories as soon as Windows 8 will go live."

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1546207/Taiwanese-OEMs-Consider-ARM-Products-For-Windows-8?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/03/05/exclusive-taiwanese-component-manufacturers-considering-arm-products-windows-8/

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| Meth Dealer Faces Loss of His Comic Book Collection
| from the taking-their-pound-of-flash dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 06, @12:14 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1429258/Meth-Dealer-Faces-Loss-of-His-Comic-Book-Collection?from=newsletter
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[0]cultiv8 writes "According to an article from The Smoking Gun: 'A
large-scale methamphetamine dealer who allegedly laundered drug profits
by purchasing valuable comic books [1]is in danger of forfeiting his
18,753-volume collection to Uncle Sam, according to a new court filing.
Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a US District Court complaint seeking
ownership of the comic book holdings of Aaron Castro, 30, who is facing a
May trial in Colorado on narcotics distribution and weapons charges. The
comics are valued in excess of $500,000.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1429258/Meth-Dealer-Faces-Loss-of-His-Comic-Book-Collection?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://robertjtownsend.com/
1. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/methamphetamine/accused-meth-dealer-faces-loss-his-beloved-18753-comic-books

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| A Spamming Attorney Gets Sentenced To 40 Months
| from the should-have-to-pay-rent dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @13:01 (Spam)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1722241/A-Spamming-Attorney-Gets-Sentenced-To-40-Months?from=newsletter
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[0]www.sorehands.com writes "While one spammer, Robert Soloway, gets
released on probation, the Feds send another, Robert Smoley, [1]to the
slammer for 40 months. I know about Smoley because I tracked him down,
and [2]beat him in court. Not only was he an attorney, he still has not
lost his license, yet. The IRS contacted me as a result of seeing my web
site, and I gladly assisted the IRS in tracking his business. He not only
bounced a check on me, but stiffed his local counsel and one of his
ISPs."

Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1722241/A-Spamming-Attorney-Gets-Sentenced-To-40-Months?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.barbieslapp.com/spam
1. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/03/2096559/miami-lawyer-sentenced-for-drug.html
2. http://barbieslapp.com/spam/rid/timeline.htm

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| Ariz. Team Seeks Fossil-Fuel Cost Parity, Using Solar Energy Concentrators
| from the all-I-want-is-a-big-solar-oven dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @13:59 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1815237/Ariz-Team-Seeks-Fossil-Fuel-Cost-Parity-Using-Solar-Energy-Concentrators?from=newsletter
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[0]autospa writes "A University of Arizona engineering team led by Roger
Angel has designed a new type of solar concentrator that uses half the
area of solar (PV) cells used by other optical devices and delivers a
[1]light output/concentration that is over 1000 times more concentrated
before it even hits the cells. This comes as a result of a broader goal
to make solar energy cost competitive with fossil fuels (target = 1$/W)
without the 'need for government subsidization.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/1815237/Ariz-Team-Seeks-Fossil-Fuel-Cost-Parity-Using-Solar-Energy-Concentrators?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.ispyce.com/
1. http://www.ispyce.com/2011/03/solar-energy-telescopeare-are-efficient.html

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| Google Finally Uses Remote Kill Switch On Malware
| from the you're-going-to-feel-a-little-zapping dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @15:03 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/202208/Google-Finally-Uses-Remote-Kill-Switch-On-Malware?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "The Google Mobile Team has announced that
in addition to removing the 21 malicious applications from Android Market
that were downloaded 50,000 times, suspending the associated developer
accounts, and contacting law enforcement about the attacks, they are
[1]remotely removing the malicious applications from affected devices.
'We are pushing an Android Market security update to all affected devices
that undoes the exploits to prevent the attacker(s) from accessing any
more information from affected devices,' wrote the team on their blog.
'For affected devices, we believe that the only information the
attacker(s) were able to gather was device-specific (IMEI/IMSI, unique
codes which are used to identify mobile devices, and the version of
Android running on your device).' Google's actions come after numerous
complaints in tech publications. "Does Google really want its Android
Market to gain the reputation of being a [2]cesspool of malware?
'Certainly not,' wrote Nicholas Deleon in TechCrunch. 'But then part of
the allure of the Android Market is that it's open; you don't have to
play by Google's rules, per se, to get on there like you do with Apple's
App Store.'"

Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/202208/Google-Finally-Uses-Remote-Kill-Switch-On-Malware?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/03/update-on-android-market-security.html
2. http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/04/android-market-malware-has-users-begging-google-to-remotely-disable-bad-apps/

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| Turkey Bans Google's Blogger Over Soccer Piracy
| from the futbol-must-prevail dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @16:02 (Censorship)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2050216/Turkey-Bans-Googles-Blogger-Over-Soccer-Piracy?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A local court has [0]banned Google's Blogger
service in Turkey in response to a complaint by satellite TV firm
Digiturk that streaming media feeds from local soccer games were
appearing on multiple Blogger profiles. Unsurprisingly, Google criticized
the move, given that everyone is suffering over a few people's illegal
actions. Copyright holders should target the individuals that are
distributing the infringing content via an established complaints
procedure rather than having the parent site banned. An estimated 600,000
Turks use the service to blog about anything from daily ramblings, to
hobbies, to keeping their readers updated with the news."

Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2050216/Turkey-Bans-Googles-Blogger-Over-Soccer-Piracy?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/42700-turkey-bans-googles-blogger-over-soccer-piracy.html

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| Disarm Internet Trolls, Gently
| from the offer-them-cookies-but-watch-the-bowl dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @17:01 (Perl)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2142233/Disarm-Internet-Trolls-Gently?from=newsletter
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[0]Shlomi Fish writes "The best way to react to people trolling on
Internet forums is not to feed them, right? Wrong! 'Don't feed the
trolls' is also usually ineffective. Luckily, however, there is [1]more
effective approach, inspired by the book [2]Feeling Good by David D.
Burns."

Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2142233/Disarm-Internet-Trolls-Gently?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.shlomifish.org/
1. http://unarmed.shlomifish.org/909.html
2. http://www.amazon.com/Feeling-Good-Therapy-Revised-Updated/dp/0380810336

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| HBGary Hack In Depth
| from the injectification-nation dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday March 06, @18:04 (Government)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2249224/HBGary-Hack-In-Depth?from=newsletter
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[0]Udo Schmitz writes "Heise's UK site has the English translation of an
article from the latest issue of their magazine c't about Anonymous's
HBGary hack. It shows that there was [1]much more involved than just
social engineering to get passwords, and how anonymous evolved following
OpTunisia and OpEgypt."

Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/06/2249224/HBGary-Hack-In-Depth?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~Udo%20Schmitz
1. http://www.h-online.com/security/features/Anonymous-makes-a-laughing-stock-of-HBGary-1198176.html?view=print


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