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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* iPad 2 Forces Samsung To Reevaluate Galaxy Tab
* Study Shows Technology May Inhibit Good Sleep
* China Pledges To Step Up Internet Administration
* Former MI6 Chief Credits WikiLeaks With Helping Spark Revolutions
* Virgin Media UK Begins Throttling P2P Traffic
* Microsoft Recruiting For Next-Gen Console Development
* Scientists Give NASA Planetary Marching Orders
* Gameduino Project Aims To Game-ify the Arduino
* Nokia Has a Billion Reasons To Love WP7
* $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok
* Adobe Releases Flash To HTML 5 Converter
* Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex?
* Wikipedia Moves To Delete the Free Speech Flag
* AMD's New Flagship HD 6990 Tested
* Kidney Printer
* <em>Dragon Age II</em> Released
* 'Most Earth-Like' Exoplanet Gets Major Demotion
* Getting Computers To Recognize Facial Expressions
* Browsers — the Gaming Platform of the Future?
* Unmasking Anonymous Email Senders
* Google Voice Discovered Allowing Pure VoIP Calls
* $39.5 Million Hi-Tech Library Opens In Illinois
* Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations
* Google Releases Stable Version of Chrome 10
* A Letter On Behalf of the World's PC Fixers
* What Pi Sounds Like
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| iPad 2 Forces Samsung To Reevaluate Galaxy Tab
| from the competition-is-easy-except-for-the-competition-part dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday March 07, @19:23 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/07/2346243/iPad-2-Forces-Samsung-To-Reevaluate-Galaxy-Tab?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Apple's iPad competitors are still
spec-obsessed, and Apple's next-gen iPad coupled with the same price
point is forcing Samsung to [0]rethink its tablet strategy and pricing
methodology altogether. The South Korean Yonhap News Agency relays a
quote from Lee Don-joo, executive VP of Samsung's mobile division, about
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 compared to the new iPad. 'We will
have to [1]improve the parts that are inadequate,' Don-joo said. 'Apple
made it very thin.' Features aside, Samsung also finds itself in a bind
price-wise. The upcoming Galaxy Tab model, complete with a 10.1-inch
screen and Android 3.0, was initially going to be priced higher than the
current 7-inch Galaxy Tab. Apple's iPad 2, however, is forcing Samsung to
'think that over.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/07/2346243/iPad-2-Forces-Samsung-To-Reevaluate-Galaxy-Tab?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.edibleapple.com/ipad-2-forces-samsung-to-reconsider-featurespricing-on-galaxy-tab-101/
1. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2011/03/04/9/0601000000AEN20110304009300320F.HTML
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| Study Shows Technology May Inhibit Good Sleep
| from the it's-hard-to-sleep-without-all-the-beeps dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday March 07, @20:06 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0022200/Study-Shows-Technology-May-Inhibit-Good-Sleep?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader points out a study by the National Sleep Foundation
which looked at the relationship between sleep habits and [0]the use of
electronic communications tech in the hour before bedtime. Dr. Michael
Grasidar of Flinders University said, "My research compares how
technologies that are ���passively received' such as TVs and music versus
those with ���interactive' properties like video games, cell phones and the
Internet may affect the brain differently. The hypothesis is that the
latter devices are more alerting and disrupt the sleep-onset process."
The study found that people who frequently send text messages or use
their laptops before bed were [1]less likely to report getting a good
night's sleep (PDF) than people who don't. "While these technologies are
commonplace, it is clear that we have a lot more to learn about the
appropriate use and design of this technology to complement good sleep
habits," said the NSF's David Cloud.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0022200/Study-Shows-Technology-May-Inhibit-Good-Sleep?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/press-release/annual-sleep-america-poll-exploring-connections-communications-technology-use-
1. http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sites/default/files/sleepinamericapoll/SIAP_2011_Summary_of_Findings.pdf
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| China Pledges To Step Up Internet Administration
| from the doubling-down dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday March 07, @22:03 (The Internet)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0029211/China-Pledges-To-Step-Up-Internet-Administration?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "China says it will [1]step up administration of
the Internet this year while continuing to build out the country's
fiber-optic backbone and expand broadband access for consumers. Internet
administration was mentioned in a keynote report on the work of the
government to China's parliamentary session. It underlined the importance
of culture and noted the need to 'strengthen the development of civic
morality' and 'speed up the establishment of moral and behavioral norms
that carry forward traditional Chinese virtues.' The pledge comes amid
revelations that [2]DDoS attacks against WordPress last week allegedly
originated from China."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0029211/China-Pledges-To-Step-Up-Internet-Administration?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/378898/china_pledges_step_up_administration_internet/
2. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/378895/wordpress_ddos_attacks_came_from_china/
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| Former MI6 Chief Credits WikiLeaks With Helping Spark Revolutions
| from the powder-kegs-need-not-apply dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @00:02 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0339232/Former-MI6-Chief-Credits-WikiLeaks-With-Helping-Spark-Revolutions?from=newsletter
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[0]EnergyScholar writes "Sir Richard Dearlove, former Intelligence Chief
of MI6, [1]credits WikiLeaks with helping spark revolutions in the Middle
East, in (what was supposed to be) an off-the-record speech. 'I would
definitely draw parallels at the moment between the wave of political
unrest which is sweeping through the Middle East in a very exciting and
rather extraordinary fashion and also the WikiLeaks phenomenon. Really,
what ties these two events together, and of course a number of other
events, is the diffusion of power, away from the states and the
empowerment of individuals, and small groups of individuals, by
technology,' he said."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0339232/Former-MI6-Chief-Credits-WikiLeaks-With-Helping-Spark-Revolutions?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:energyscholar@gmail.com
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/mi6_dearlove_wikileaks/
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| Virgin Media UK Begins Throttling P2P Traffic
| from the jig-is-up dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @02:09 (Media)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0413257/Virgin-Media-UK-Begins-Throttling-P2P-Traffic?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The ISP which advertises itself as 'The
fastest in the UK' and offers speeds of up to 100mbps has [0]said it
needs to throttle file sharing traffic to prevent slowness in other areas
such as online multiplayer gaming. Trialing of the new traffic management
plans commenced on March 2 and will only apply to upstream traffic,
therefore download speeds will be unaffected. The clampdown will apply on
top of the existing traffic shaping Virgin Media has in place and will
affect all packages, including the previously unmanaged 100mbps deal.
This policy, which applies to all broadband packages, is restricted to
P2P applications and Newsgroups (which are commonly used to distribute
large amounts of data)."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0413257/Virgin-Media-UK-Begins-Throttling-P2P-Traffic?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.unitethecows.com/content/359-virgin-media-uk-begins-throttling-p2p-traffic.html
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| Microsoft Recruiting For Next-Gen Console Development
| from the keeping-up-with-the-miyamotos dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @03:42 (Microsoft)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0515217/Microsoft-Recruiting-For-Next-Gen-Console-Development?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Eurogamer: "Microsoft
is [0]ramping up development of its next generation Xbox console
according to job positions being advertised on business networking site
LinkedIn, brought to light on the Beyond 3D Forum. The first position
advertised is for a Graphics Hardware Architect, working with the team
that is 'responsible for defining and delivering next-generation console
architectures from conception through implementation.' 'The
responsibilities include architecture analysis, key technology selection,
architecture specification, communication and collaboration with extended
Microsoft teams and partner companies,' according to the advert. ... the
most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production
we appear to be ��� far earlier than many had suspected. Unless Microsoft
is actually planning pre-production of the next next-gen console, the
evidence seems to suggest that the system is so early in development that
the graphics hardware at the very least hasn't been locked down."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0515217/Microsoft-Recruiting-For-Next-Gen-Console-Development?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/microsoft-seeking-staff-for-next-gen-xbox
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| Scientists Give NASA Planetary Marching Orders
| from the cassini-mark-ii-please dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @05:10 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0254202/Scientists-Give-NASA-Planetary-Marching-Orders?from=newsletter
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[0]coondoggie writes "The community and team of scientists that help NASA
prioritize space missions has come out with its [1]exploration
recommendations for the next decade: get to Mars, explore one of
Jupiter's moons and study Uranus. From [2]the report: 'The gas giants
Jupiter and Saturn have been extensively studied by the Galileo and
Cassini missions, respectively. But Uranus and Neptune represent a wholly
distinct class of planet. While Jupiter and Saturn are made mostly of
hydrogen, Uranus and Neptune have much smaller hydrogen envelopes. The
bulk composition of these planets is dominated instead by heavier
elements; oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur are the likely candidates.
What little we know about the internal structure and composition of these
"ice giant" planets comes from the brief flybys of Voyager 2. So the ice
giants are one of the great remaining unknowns in the solar system: the
only class of planet that has never been explored in detail.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0254202/Scientists-Give-NASA-Planetary-Marching-Orders?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/scientists-set-nasa-space-priorities-can-it-c
2. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=13117&page=R1
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| Gameduino Project Aims To Game-ify the Arduino
| from the pocket-sized-arcade dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @06:26 (Open Source)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0443246/Gameduino-Project-Aims-To-Game-ify-the-Arduino?from=newsletter
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beckman101 writes "Gameduino is a DIY game platform built on a shield for
the Arduino. It's open source hardware (BSD and, for the code, GPL).
Okay, that's fairly cool. But what makes this project special is that
this inexpensive board has hardware that's capable enough to be
interesting. The result is [0]a lo-fi game console built on an FPGA that
[1]gives you retro graphics without being, you know, too retro. Games
actually look good."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0443246/Gameduino-Project-Aims-To-Game-ify-the-Arduino?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/
1. http://createdigitalmotion.com/2011/03/gameduino-is-a-diy-open-source-game-platform-built-on-arduino-thats-ridiculously-awesome/
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| Nokia Has a Billion Reasons To Love WP7
| from the attempting-to-buy-mindshare dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @08:15 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0433233/Nokia-Has-a-Billion-Reasons-To-Love-WP7?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "A report from Bloomberg notes it ain't easy, or cheap, to
outbid Google. [0]Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay Nokia more than
$1 billion to 'promote and develop' Windows Phone devices under the
agreement between the companies. Bloomberg says the agreement for the
payment was 'part of a campaign by Microsoft to keep Nokia from choosing
Google's Android operating system.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/0433233/Nokia-Has-a-Billion-Reasons-To-Love-WP7?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok
| from the explains-my-wife's-navigation-system dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @09:00 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1327216/30-GPS-Jammer-Can-Wreak-Havok?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A [0]simple $30 GPS jammer made in China can
ruin your day. It doesn't just affect your car's navigation ��� ATM
machines, cell phone towers, plane, boat, train navigation systems all
depend upon GPS signals that are easily blocked. These devices fail badly
��� with no redundancy. These jammers can be used to defeat vehicle
tracking products ��� but end up causing a moving cloud of chaos. The next
wave of anti-GPS devices include GPS spoofers to trick or confuse nearby
devices."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1327216/30-GPS-Jammer-Can-Wreak-Havok?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20202-gps-chaos-how-a-30-box-can-jam-your-life.html?page=1
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| Adobe Releases Flash To HTML 5 Converter
| from the hospital-bed-conversion dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @09:45 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1411252/Adobe-Releases-Flash-To-HTML-5-Converter?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Adobe has released its Flash to HTML 5
conversion tool, [0]codenamed 'Wallaby.' Wallaby is an application to
convert Adobe Flash Professional CS5 files (.FLA) to HTML5 and its
primary design goals were to get the best quality and performance on
browsers within iOS devices like iPhone and iPad."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1411252/Adobe-Releases-Flash-To-HTML-5-Converter?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex?
| from the because-we-all-do dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @10:33 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1424243/Why-Do-Videogames-Struggle-With-Sex?from=newsletter
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[0]brumgrunt writes "Why do videogames still [1]treat sex in such a two
dimensional way? Why do they snigger at it, or treat it as a reward? Den
Of Geek has been taking a look." I always figured it was some combination
of games being made by our inner adolescent, marketed to the outer ones,
and getting banned whenever they take sex seriously.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1424243/Why-Do-Videogames-Struggle-With-Sex?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:simonbrew@hotmail.com
1. http://www.denofgeek.com/games/801237/why_videogames_havent_grown_up_yet_sex.html
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| Wikipedia Moves To Delete the Free Speech Flag
| from the under-the-rug dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @11:18 (Wikipedia)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1459252/Wikipedia-Moves-To-Delete-the-Free-Speech-Flag?from=newsletter
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[0]decora writes "After a version of the [1] PS3 Free Speech Flag (from
the [2]Yale Law & Tech blog) was [3]deleted from Wikipedia, for being a
copyright violation, discussion turned to [4]the original Free Speech
Flag, from the [5]HD DVD / AACS encryption key controversy. The result is
that this flag too (currently [6]in [7]use [8]on [9]six [5]different
[10]wikipedias) has now been nominated for deletion."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1459252/Wikipedia-Moves-To-Delete-the-Free-Speech-Flag?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:decorat@mail.com
1. http://www.yalelawtech.org/trusted-computing-drm/46-dc-ea-d3-17-fe-45-d8-09-23-eb-97-e4-95-64-10-d4-cd-b2-c2/
2. http://www.yalelawtech.org/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#free_speech_flag
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Free-speech-flag.svg
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy
6. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD
7. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6rbjudet_tal
8. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversia_por_la_clave_de_cifrado_AACS
9. http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontroverze_o_%C5%A1ifrovac%C3%AD_kl%C3%AD%C4%8D_AACS
10. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand-Effekt
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| AMD's New Flagship HD 6990 Tested
| from the pixels-rot-the-brain dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @12:01 (Graphics)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1523211/AMDs-New-Flagship-HD-6990-Tested?from=newsletter
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[0]I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD officially introduces their newest flagship
GPU, the Radeon HD 6990. Targeted to counter [1]Nvidia's current
generation flagship GTX580, for AMD this is a followup to their previous
generation 2xGPU on a single PCB design, the Radeon HD 5970. It
represents the strongest entry AMD will release within their 6000 series
graphics lineup. Initial testing and [2]overclocking results are
publishing at [3]first tier [4]review sites [5]now. As eloquently stated
by Tweaktown's Anthony Garreffa, the 6990 'punches all other GPUs in the
nuts.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1523211/AMDs-New-Flagship-HD-6990-Tested?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:spamisyummy@gmail.com
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/09/156235/NVIDIAs-New-Flagship-GeForce-GTX-580-Tested
2. http://www.overclockers.com/amd-radeon-hd6990-graphics-card-review/
3. http://www.anandtech.com/show/4209/amds-radeon-hd-6990-the-new-single-card-king
4. http://www.tweaktown.com/news/19044/amd_radeon_hd_6990_launch_punches_all_other_gpu_s_in_the_nuts/index.html
5. http://hardocp.com/article/2011/03/07/amd_radeon_hd_6990_antilles_video_card_review
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| Kidney Printer
| from the hellu-spendy-ink-cartridges dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @12:43 (Biotech)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1657205/Kidney-Printer?from=newsletter
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smitty777 writes "Dr. Anthony Atala of the [0]Wake Forest Institute of
Regenerative Medicine demonstrated [1]his technique for printing a new
kidney. The early stage technology involves scanning the patient's
current organ, and actually printing the organ directly into the patient.
He refutes reported claims that it's just a kidney shaped mold, as
reported by some. While still in the early stages, it does hold promise
that we will be able to use this technology for actual transplants in the
future."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1657205/Kidney-Printer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.wfubmc.edu/wfirm/
1. http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/2007635/new_kidney_printed_on_ted_stage/
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| <em>Dragon Age II</em> Released
| from the time-to-upgrade-that-video-card dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @13:04 (Role Playing (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1715209/Dragon-Age-II-Released?from=newsletter
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Today marks the US launch of Dragon Age II, the sequel to BioWare's
popular 2009 RPG Dragon Age: Origins. Like its predecessor and other
BioWare RPGs, Dragon Age II is non-linear and has extensive dialog,
though this time the story focuses on a particular character, Hawke,
whose race and identity you can't change. A [0]demo of the game is
available, and early opinions noted both the [1]impressive art direction
and [2]less punishing difficulty settings. BioWare has also released
[3]an optional ~1GB texture pack for the PC version that bumps up the
level of detail for owners of high end computers. They explained some of
the [4]technological changes [5]they made in a couple of blog posts. It's
available for Windows, OS X, the PS3, and the Xbox 360.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1715209/Dragon-Age-II-Released?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://dragonage.bioware.com/info/demo/
1. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6297/the_rise_of_dragon_age_ii.php
2. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/108141-BioWare-Dev-Explains-Why-Dragon-Age-II-Is-Easier-Than-Origins
3. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/08/download-dragon-age-2-patch/
4. http://blog.bioware.com/2011/02/16/the-technology-of-dragon-age-ii-%E2%80%93-part-1/
5. http://blog.bioware.com/2011/03/03/the-technology-of-dragon-age-ii-%E2%80%93-part-2/
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| 'Most Earth-Like' Exoplanet Gets Major Demotion
| from the science-works dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @13:23 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1819215/Most-Earth-Like-Exoplanet-Gets-Major-Demotion?from=newsletter
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[0]audiovideodisco writes "Last month, the team behind NASA's Kepler
planet-finding mission announced the discovery of the most Earth-like
planetary candidate ever spotted: KOI 326.01, an approximately
Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star. There was
much excitement; one astrophysicist even calculated the value of the new
planet as [1]exactly $223,099.93. But when an innocent fact-checker's
question sent one of the researchers back to look at some figures, she
noticed that the star's brightness was listed incorrectly in a reference
catalog, throwing the planet's properties into doubt. After jiggering the
calculations, the Kepler team now says that KOI 326.01 is [2]neither
Earth-sized nor in the habitable zone, and may actually be orbiting a
different star. The Kepler researcher says, 'We're seeing the scientific
method playing out in real time.' While this news is a bit of a downer,
Kepler is just getting going, and it's expected to find many, many more
Earth-like planets."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1819215/Most-Earth-Like-Exoplanet-Gets-Major-Demotion?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:azeeberg@discovermagazine.com
1. http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/03/koi-32601-the-cream.html
2. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/08/exclusive-most-earth-like-exoplanet-gets-major-demotion%E2%80%94it-isnt-habitable/
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| Getting Computers To Recognize Facial Expressions
| from the getting-to-know-you-better dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 08, @14:04 (Input Devices)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1823239/Getting-Computers-To-Recognize-Facial-Expressions?from=newsletter
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Zothecula writes "Binghamton University computer scientist Lijun Yin
thinks that using a computer should be a comfortable and intuitive
experience, like talking to a friend. As anyone who has ever yelled 'Why
did you go and do that?' at their PC or Mac will know, however, using a
computer is currently sometimes more like talking to an overly-literal
government bureaucrat who just doesn't get you. Thanks to [0]Yin's work
with things like emotion recognition, however, that might be on its way
to becoming a thing of the past."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1823239/Getting-Computers-To-Recognize-Facial-Expressions?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/designing-computer-software-to-recognize-users-emotions/18078/
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| Browsers — the Gaming Platform of the Future?
| from the might-as-well-merge-our-nerd-holy-wars dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 08, @14:25 (Software)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/199212/Browsers-mdash-the-Gaming-Platform-of-the-Future?from=newsletter
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Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, spoke at the recent Game
Developers Conference about how he expects game platforms to evolve in
the future. Hawkins thinks [0]the role of web browsers as a platform will
greatly increase as the explosion of mobile device adoption continues.
"For all of the big media companies, this phase of disruption is dramatic
and happening fast. Where it's really going to lead is where the function
of the browser is going. ... The browser has taken over 2 billion PCs ���
it's going to be taking over a billion tablets over the next few years,
billions of mobile devices. It will end up in my opinion very strong on
the television. The browser is the platform of the future."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/199212/Browsers-mdash-the-Gaming-Platform-of-the-Future?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33406/Hawkins_The_Browser_Is_The_Platform_Of_The_Future.php
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| Unmasking Anonymous Email Senders
| from the i-see-you-over-there dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @14:46 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/197235/Unmasking-Anonymous-Email-Senders?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "Just because you send an email anonymously doesn't mean
people can't figure out who you are anymore. A new technique developed by
researchers at Concordia University in Quebec could be used to [0]unmask
would-be anonymous emailers by sniffing out patterns in their writing
style from use of all lowercase letters to common typos. Their research,
published in the journal Digital Investigation, describes techniques that
could be used to serve up evidence in court, giving law enforcement more
detailed information than a simple IP address can produce."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/197235/Unmasking-Anonymous-Email-Senders?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030811-anonymous-email.html
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| Google Voice Discovered Allowing Pure VoIP Calls
| from the who-needs-landlines dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @15:32 (Communications)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1955200/Google-Voice-Discovered-Allowing-Pure-VoIP-Calls?from=newsletter
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From the article "Google Voice users learned late Monday that the service
now has a way of making [0]purely Internet-based phone calls. Making a
SIP call with a 'sip:' prefix, the Google Voice phone number and
@sip.voice.google.com skips the conventional phone network entirely,
saving users cellphone minutes. Disruptive Telephony tested it and found
that a call worked 'great.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/1955200/Google-Voice-Discovered-Allowing-Pure-VoIP-Calls?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/08/google.voice.can.make.pure.internet.calls/
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| $39.5 Million Hi-Tech Library Opens In Illinois
| from the not-your-mother's-library dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday March 08, @15:33 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/171223/395-Million-Hi-Tech-Library-Opens-In-Illinois?from=newsletter
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[0]The new $39.5 million Fountaindale Public Library features:
flat-screen TVs, video games, self-checkout stations, a variety of
e-readers, and a cafe. Library officials say the new facility is a
blueprint for libraries of the future, and will focus on using new
technologies. From the article: "The Fountaindale Public Library, with
its state-of-the-art, Wi-Fi equipped space, is starkly different from the
previous antiquated library, a nearby one-story brick structure built in
1975 that awaits the wrecking ball. Officials are hopeful the new
facility attracts a demographic libraries haven't seen in a number of
years - young professionals."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/171223/395-Million-Hi-Tech-Library-Opens-In-Illinois?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Android Devices Are Hives of License Violations
| from the license-to-license dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @16:11 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2041257/Android-Devices-Are-Hives-of-License-Violations?from=newsletter
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inkscapee writes "Android developers are [0]paying little attention to
Free/Open Source software licenses and have a 71% violation rate. Come on
folks, FOSS licenses are easy to comply with, certainly easier than
proprietary software licenses, and less punitive. But it seems even the
tiny hoops that FOSS requires are too much for devs eager to cash in."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2041257/Android-Devices-Are-Hives-of-License-Violations?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/7315/1/
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| Google Releases Stable Version of Chrome 10
| from the one-more-than-nine dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @16:52 (Chrome)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2043244/Google-Releases-Stable-Version-of-Chrome-10?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Google has released [0]version 10 of the
Chrome Browser. The update brings hundreds of bug fixes as well as many
features that have been available on the Chrome beta and dev channels to
users interested in using Chrome's latest builds. Chrome 10 also
addresses 23 security vulnerabilities in the WebKit-based browser (easily
more than Google has ever fixed before): 15 rated as High, three rated as
Medium, and five rated as Low."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2043244/Google-Releases-Stable-Version-of-Chrome-10?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/42726-google-releases-stable-version-of-chrome-10.html
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| A Letter On Behalf of the World's PC Fixers
| from the and-stop-clicking-links-from-strangers dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @17:33 (IT)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2054255/A-Letter-On-Behalf-of-the-Worlds-PC-Fixers?from=newsletter
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[0]Barence writes "PC Pro's Steve Cassidy has written [1]a letter on
behalf of all the put-upon techies who've ever been called by a friend to
fix their PC. His bile is directed at a friend who put a DVD bought on
holiday into their laptop, and then wondered what went wrong. 'Once you
stuck that DVD in there and started saying "yes, OK" to every resulting
dialog box, you sank the whole thing,' Cassidy writes. 'It doesn't take
10 minutes to sort that out; it requires a complete machine reload to
properly guarantee the infection is history. No, there is no neat and
handy way I've been keeping secret that allows you to retain your
extensive collection of stolen software licenses loaded on that laptop. I
do disaster recovery, not disaster participation.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/2054255/A-Letter-On-Behalf-of-the-Worlds-PC-Fixers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/03/08/a-letter-on-behalf-of-the-worlds-pc-fixers/
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| What Pi Sounds Like
| from the bleep-bleep-bloop dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 08, @18:19 (Math)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/220210/What-Pi-Sounds-Like?from=newsletter
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I've always loved generative music, and this guy used [0]Pi as the basis
for his composition. I'm not saying it's as good as Lady Gaga or Justin
Bieber or something, but it's a great way to get ready for Pi day which
is tragically still not a federal holiday. Write your congressman.
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/220210/What-Pi-Sounds-Like?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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