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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* DirecTV Plans Netflix Competitor
* China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails
* South Australia AG Backs R18+ For Games, But Not MA15+
* Report Critical of FBI Cybercrime-Fighting Ability
* B&N Responds To Microsoft's Android Suit
* Nintendo Chief: Consumers Don't Understand 3DS Yet
* White iPhone 4 Coming Today
* The Great Firewall of Europe
* Apple Buys iCloud.com Domain For $4.5 Million
* Ubuntu 11.04, Slackware 13.37
* EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open
* University Proposes Tuition Based On Major
* Geohot Denies Involvement In PSN Hack Attack
* My Crowdsourced Follow-Up About Crowdsourcing
* Inside Google's Secret Employee Hackerspace
* GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police
* iPhone 3G and iOS4 Lack Chemistry
* US Gov't To Close 137 Data Centers In 2011, More By 2015
* Pepsi Creates a Social Network Vending Machine
* Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Leave My Router Open?
* Yes, an Armadillo Can Give You Leprosy
* Supreme Court: AT&T Can Force Arbitration
* New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years
* Programmer For Endeavor Now Crew On Final Flight
* Nikon's Image Authentication Insecure
* Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested
* Wikileaks Says Public Forced Canadian DMCA Delay
* Google Adds Speech To Newly Stable Chrome 11, Pays Big Bounty
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| DirecTV Plans Netflix Competitor
| from the getting-in-the-stream dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 27, @21:39 (Television)
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/27/232237/DirecTV-Plans-Netflix-Competitor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "DirecTV isn't sitting still in the long-simmering
war between traditional TV providers and digital streaming services. A
survey the satellite network sent to customers this week indicates that
[1]it may be planning a streaming service of its own."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/04/27/232237/DirecTV-Plans-Netflix-Competitor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/internet/159885/directv-contemplates-netflix-streaming-service
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| China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails
| from the best-laid-plans dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @00:08 (Government)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/021229/Chinas-High-Speed-Trains-Coming-Off-the-Rails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Post reports that China's
expanding network of ultramodern high-speed trains is coming under
growing scrutiny over costs and because of concerns that [1]builders
ignored safety standards in the quest to build faster trains in record
time as new leadership at the Railways Ministry announced that to enhance
safety, the top speed of all trains was being decreased from about 218
mph to 186. Without elaborating, the ministry called the safety situation
'severe' and said it was launching safety checks along the entire network
of tracks. Meanwhile China's Finance Ministry announced that the Railways
Ministry continues to lose money as the ministry's debt stands at $276
billion, almost all borrowed from Chinese banks. 'In China, we will have
a debt crisis ��� a high-speed rail debt crisis,' says Zhao Jian, a
professor at Beijing Jiaotong University and longtime critic of
high-speed rail who worries that the cost of the project might have
created a [2]hidden debt bomb that threatens China's banking system. 'I
think it is more serious than your subprime mortgage crisis. You can
always leave a house or use it. The rail system is there. It's a burden.
You must operate the rail system, and when you operate it, the cost is
very high.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/021229/Chinas-High-Speed-Trains-Coming-Off-the-Rails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/are-chinas-high-speed-trains-heading-off-the-rails/2011/04/22/AFHzaNWE_story.html
2. http://business.globaltimes.cn/china-economy/2011-04/646605.html
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| South Australia AG Backs R18+ For Games, But Not MA15+
| from the you-must-be-18-to-read-the-rest-of-this-post dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday April 28, @02:07 (Australia)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/0549208/South-Australia-AG-Backs-R18-For-Games-But-Not-MA15?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dotarray writes "The Australian classification debate has just gotten a
little more interesting, with South Australian Attorney-General John Rau
announcing that he wants to [0]go one step further than merely
introducing an R18+ rating for video games. His proposed plan would
change the system to include G, PG, M and R18+ classifications (while
still allowing for games to be Refused Classification or effectively
banned), making a 'clear difference' between what adults can play and
what is available to children."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2011/04/27/sa-attorney-general-backs-r18-but-not-ma15/
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| Report Critical of FBI Cybercrime-Fighting Ability
| from the I-fought-the-law-and-I-won dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @02:54 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/036243/Report-Critical-of-FBI-Cybercrime-Fighting-Ability?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "Despite a push to bulk up its security expertise,
the FBI in some case [1]lacks the skills to properly investigate national
security intrusions. That was one of the major conclusions found in the
US Department of Justice inspector general audit of the FBI's ability to
address national security cyberthreats today. The DOJ looked at 10 of the
56 FBI field offices and interviewed 36 agents. Of those interviewed, 13
'lacked the networking and counterintelligence expertise to investigate
national security intrusion cases.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/036243/Report-Critical-of-FBI-Cybercrime-Fighting-Ability?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042711-fbi-cyber-intrusions.html?hpg1=bn
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| B&N Responds To Microsoft's Android Suit
| from the telling-it-how-it-is dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @05:57 (Android)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/039255/BampN-Responds-To-Microsofts-Android-Suit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]eldavojohn writes "You're probably familiar with [1]Microsoft's long
running [2]assault on Android but, as noticed by Groklaw, [3]Barnes and
Noble has fired back saying, 'Microsoft has asserted patents that extend
only to arbitrary, outmoded, or non-essential design features, but uses
these patents to demand that every manufacturer of an Android-based
mobile device take a license from Microsoft and pay exorbitant licensing
fees or face protracted and expensive patent infringement litigation.'
Barnes and Noble goes on to assert that Microsoft violates 'antitrust
laws, threatens competition for mobile device operating systems and is
further evidence of Microsoft's efforts to dominate and control Android
and other open source operating systems.' The [4]PDF of the filing from
two days ago is rife with accusations including, 'Microsoft intends to
utilize its patents to control the activities of and extract fees from
the designers, developers, and manufacturers of devices, including
tablets, eReaders, and other mobile devices, that employ the Android
Operating System.' and 'Microsoft has falsely and without justification
asserted that its patents somehow provide it with the right to prohibit
device manufacturers from employing new versions of the Android Operating
System, or third party software.' Barnes and Noble does not mince words
when explaining Microsoft's FUD campaign to both the public and
developers in its attempts to suppress Android. It's good to see PJ still
digging through massive court briefs to bring us the details on IP court
battles."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/039255/BampN-Responds-To-Microsofts-Android-Suit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://slashdot.org/story/11/03/21/2014244/Microsoft-Continues-Android-Legal-Assault
2. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/1936213/Microsoft-Sues-Motorola-Over-Android-Related-Patent-Infringement
3. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110427052238659
4. http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/MSvB&Nanswer.pdf
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| Nintendo Chief: Consumers Don't Understand 3DS Yet
| from the buy-our-stuff-or-you're-stupid dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday April 28, @07:14 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/0558214/Nintendo-Chief-Consumers-Dont-Understand-3DS-Yet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gabbo529 writes "Nintendo's latest financial results reveal that
initial sales for their portable 3D gaming system have been
[1]underwhelming at best. What's the reason? Nintendo chief executive
Satoru Iwata says [2]consumers have yet to fully understand the console's
3D capabilities, even when trying it out. Others think it might have
something to do with the console's high price ($250) and the lack of
big-name titles available (Mario and Zelda are not yet out)."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. mailto:g.perna@ibtimes.com
1. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/04/nintendo-3ds-sales/
2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138766/20110427/nintendo-3ds-satoru-iwata.htm
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| White iPhone 4 Coming Today
| from the black-tulip dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @08:08 (Cellphones)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/0041206/White-iPhone-4-Coming-Today?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Initially, [0]the white iPhone 4 will be
available in 28 countries including the US, UK, Australia, China, Japan,
and Italy. It will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US)
for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model with a new two year
agreement through the Apple Store, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores (as
rumored earlier) and select Apple Authorized Resellers."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.geekword.net/white-iphone-4-launch/
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| The Great Firewall of Europe
| from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @08:53 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1244214/The-Great-Firewall-of-Europe?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Glyn Moody writes "The Presidency of the EU's Law Enforcement Working
Party wants to create [PDF] '[1]a single secure European cyberspace with
a certain "virtual Schengen border" and "virtual access points" whereby
the Internet Service Providers (ISP) would block illicit contents on the
basis of the EU "black-list."' Leaving aside the fact that [2]this won't
work for lots of reasons, how seriously can you take anyone talking about
'cyberspace' in 2011?"
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Links:
0. http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/
1. http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st07/st07181.en11.pdf
2. http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2011/04/non-so-great-firewall-of-europe.html
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| Apple Buys iCloud.com Domain For $4.5 Million
| from the centi-cloud-ipad dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @09:42 (Cloud)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1333212/Apple-Buys-iCloudcom-Domain-For-45-Million?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A report on late Wednesday night relayed that
Apple recently [0]purchased the iCloud.com domain from Xcerion for a cool
$4.5 million. Indeed, iCloud.com now re-directs to CloudMe.com. With such
a hefty price tag, Apple clearly must have serious plans for the cloud in
the pipeline..."
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Links:
0. http://www.edibleapple.com/apple-reportedly-buys-icloudcom-domain-for-45-million/
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| Ubuntu 11.04, Slackware 13.37
| from the if-it-ain't-broke-upgrade dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @10:19 (Ubuntu)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/145234/Ubuntu-1104-Slackware-1337?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Approximately one billion Slashdot readers wrote in to tell us today that
one of two distributions had releases: [0]the new Ubuntu sports the Unity
interface, marking a 'radical departure' from its UI of old. Now the more
ancient and bearded amongst you might be interested in Patrick announcing
the [1]latest Slackware release which clearly has the most 1337 version
number to date.
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Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2011/04/28/ubuntu-11-04-natty-narhwal/
1. http://slackware.com/announce/13.37.php
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| EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open
| from the sounds-good-to-me dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @11:03 (Wireless Networking)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/150241/EFF-Advocates-Leaving-Wireless-Routers-Open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SD-Arcadia writes "We will need a political and technological [0]'Open
Wireless Movement' to reverse the degradation of this indispensable
component of the Internet's infrastructure. Part of the task will simply
be reminding people that opening their WiFi is the socially responsible
thing to do, and explaining that individuals who choose to do so can
enjoy the same legal protections against liability as any other Internet
access provider."
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https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/150241/EFF-Advocates-Leaving-Wireless-Routers-Open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement
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| University Proposes Tuition Based On Major
| from the varying-cost-of-education dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @11:35 (Education)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1449250/University-Proposes-Tuition-Based-On-Major?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has proposed "differential tuition," a
[0]tuition structure that varies based on your major. An engineering
major for example, would now pay considerably more than an English major.
Liberal Arts majors would presumably get their education for free. From
the article: "Charging different tuition rates for different courses of
study is a growing trend among public research universities across the
country. According to research by Glen Nelson, senior vice president of
finance and administration for the Arizona Board of Regents, only five
institutions used the practice for undergraduate students before 1988. As
of this year, 57 percent of 162 public research institutions did so,
including the University of Iowa and Iowa State University."
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Links:
0. http://omaha.com/article/20110427/NEWS01/704279887
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| Geohot Denies Involvement In PSN Hack Attack
| from the thats-what-i'd-say-too dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @11:46 (Sony)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/157228/Geohot-Denies-Involvement-In-PSN-Hack-Attack?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stoobalou writes "Soon-to-be-celebrity hacker and thorn in Sony's side
George 'Geohot' Hotz has [0]denied any involvement in the ongoing breach
at the PlayStation Network. The 21-year-old hacker ��� who is best known
for creating the first software-based hack for the iPhone, and getting
hypervisor access and exposing the root key to the PlayStation 3 ��� has
made it clear that he had nothing to do with filleting Sony's online
gaming servers, saying 'I'm not crazy.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/4/28/geohot-denies-involvement-psn-hack-attack/
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| My Crowdsourced Follow-Up About Crowdsourcing
| from the department-of-redundancy dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @12:31 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1535203/My-Crowdsourced-Follow-Up-About-Crowdsourcing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Slashdot regular contributor [0]Bennett Haselton writes "In my last
article, I [1]proposed an algorithm that Facebook could use to handle
abuse complaints, which would make it difficult for co-ordinated mobs to
get unpopular content removed by filing complaints all at once. I offered
a total of $100 for the best reader suggestions on how to improve the
idea, or why they thought it wouldn't work. Read their suggestions and
decide what value I got for my infotainment dollar."
This story continues at:
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Links:
0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/1545213/Crowdsourcing-the-Censors-A-Contest
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| Inside Google's Secret Employee Hackerspace
| from the i-want-to-go-to-that dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 28, @13:17 (Google)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1539214/Inside-Googles-Secret-Employee-Hackerspace?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "One of the more secret perks on Google's
campus is their [0]hackerspace that even most of the employees don't know
about. Only the most skilled need apply, but once you're in, you have a
treasure trove of equipment at your disposal. While there are no
restrictions on what employees can build for personal use, some pretty
important hardware has come out of the Google hackerspace over the years.
Their Streetview trikes were designed and built there, as were some
components for their self-driving cars. Yet another reason I want to work
for Google." I guess the AP blew that "secret."
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| GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police
| from the put-your-speed-trap-riiiiight-here dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @13:58 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1719247/GPS-Maker-TomTom-Submits-Your-Speed-Data-To-Police?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The GPS systems in TomTom's Live range all
feature built-in 3G data cards, which feed location and route information
back to a central server. According to CNET, this data, along with users'
speed information, is [0]being made available to local governments and
the police." From the article: "Knowing the cops can see where you're
driving and how fast you're going is eye-opening stuff, but TomTom says
the data is anonymous and can never be traced back to an individual user
or device. Ordinarily, we'd be reassured by this, but we recall Apple
saying something similar before the location-tracking excrement hit the
phone-carrying fan."
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| iPhone 3G and iOS4 Lack Chemistry
| from the when-hard-and-soft-aren't-enough dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @14:20 (Handhelds)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/184246/iPhone-3G-and-iOS4-Lack-Chemistry?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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adeelarshad82 writes "Granted that iPhone 3G is about 3 years old but
some of us who still have it are tempted to update it to iOS 4 for the
folders, threaded e-mail and iBooks even if it means jail-breaking the
phone. Unfortunately though, as it turns out, it's [0]really not worth
the hassle. Not only does the update slow the phone, in some cases by a
fraction of a second and in others much more, but it's a nightmare to
downgrade back to iOS 3."
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Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384524,00.asp
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| US Gov't To Close 137 Data Centers In 2011, More By 2015
| from the let-a-thousand-flowers-bloom dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @14:41 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1750212/US-Govt-To-Close-137-Data-Centers-In-2011-More-By-2015?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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1sockchuck writes "The US government has [0]closed 39 data centers this
year, and expects to shut down 98 more by the end of 2011, federal CIO
Vivek Kundra said Wednesday. The 137 closures are a step towards the
long-term goal of consolidating 800 of the government's [1]2,094 data
centers by 2015. Government agencies have identified 100 email systems
and 950,000 mailboxes to migrate to a cloud computing model as part of
Kundra's [2]'Cloud First' initiative."
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Links:
0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/04/28/feds-will-shutter-137-data-centers-in-2011/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/10/13/144246/Feds-Discover-1000-More-Government-Data-Centers
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/11/1940252/Feds-To-Adopt-Cloud-First-IT-Policy
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| Pepsi Creates a Social Network Vending Machine
| from the why-won't-you-accept-my-beverage-request? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 28, @14:50 (Businesses)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/153232/Pepsi-Creates-a-Social-Network-Vending-Machine?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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RedEaredSlider writes "Now even vending machines are getting in on the
social media act. Pepsi has rolled out a [0]new machine that can send a
soda to a friend, using a Facebook-like functionality. From the article:
'Along with buying a soda with either cash or credit, the Social Vending
System allows people to send a user a soda as a gift. All they have to do
is enter the recipient's name, mobile number and a personalized text
message. Consumers can even send a video along with the gift. Once
received, the recipient will learn where they can redeem it.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/139068/20110428/pepsi-vending-machine-social-high-tech.htm
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| Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Leave My Router Open?
| from the tomayto-tomahto-ddwrt dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @15:21 (Wireless Networking)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1830241/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Way-To-Leave-My-Router-Open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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generalhavok writes "I read the story on Slashdot earlier about the EFF
[0]encouraging people to leave their WiFi open to share the internet. I
would like to do this! I don't mind sharing my connection and letting my
neighbors check their email or browse the web. However, when I used to
leave it open, I quickly found my limited bandwidth dissappearing, as my
neighbors started using it heavily by streaming videos, downloading large
files, and torrenting. What is an easy way I can share my internet, while
enforcing some limits so there is enough bandwidth left for me? What
about separating the neighbors from my internal home network? Can this be
done with consumer-grade routers? If the average consumer wants to share,
what's the easiest and safest way to do it?"
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https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1830241/Ask-Slashdot-Best-Way-To-Leave-My-Router-Open?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/150241/EFF-Advocates-Leaving-Wireless-Routers-Open
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| Yes, an Armadillo Can Give You Leprosy
| from the wear-a-saddle-every-time dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @15:42 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1927239/Yes-an-Armadillo-Can-Give-You-Leprosy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "For years, scientists have speculated that
armadillos can pass on leprosy to humans, and that they are behind the
few dozen cases of the disease that occur in the US every year. Now, they
have evidence. A genetic study published in The New England Journal of
Medicine shows that US armadillos and human patients [0]share what seems
to be a unique strain of the bacterium that causes leprosy. If an
armadillo's blood 'got on my tires of my car from running [the animal]
over, I would wash it down,' advises one expert. 'And I would not dig in
soil that has a lot of armadillo excrement.'"
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Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/armadillos-spread-leprosy.html?ref=hp
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| Supreme Court: AT&T Can Force Arbitration
| from the anywhere-it-wants-to dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @16:01 (Businesses)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1948247/Supreme-Court-ATampT-Can-Force-Arbitration?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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suraj.sun writes with this unhappy news, as reported by Ars Technica:
"The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that AT&T ��� and indeed, any company
��� [0]could block class-action suits arising from disputes with customers
and instead force those customers into binding arbitration. The ruling
reverses previous lower-court decisions that classified stipulations in
AT&T's service contract which barred class arbitration as
'unconscionable.' ... In cases where an unfair practice affects large
numbers of customers, AT&T or other companies could quietly settle a few
individual claims instead of being faced with larger class-action
settlements which might include punitive awards designed to discourage
future bad practices."
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| New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years
| from the maytag-man-will-be-dust dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @16:25 (Technology)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2018219/New-Heat-Pump-Will-Last-10000-Years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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formaggio writes "Most heat pumps maintain an average useful life of
10-20 years, but researchers at the University of Stavanger in Norway
(USN) and the University of Oslo believe that they have developed a new
[0]heat pump that will last up to 10,000 years."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2018219/New-Heat-Pump-Will-Last-10000-Years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://inhabitat.com/researchers-develop-a-heat-pump-that-can-last-10000-years/
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| Programmer For Endeavor Now Crew On Final Flight
| from the geek-makes-good dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @16:44 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/209246/Programmer-For-Endeavor-Now-Crew-On-Final-Flight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Lucas123 writes "Greg Chamitoff, a computer programmer who wrote software
for NASA's Endeavour spacecraft, [0]will be blasting off on shuttle's
final 15-day flight as a mission specialist on Friday. Chamitoff, who
created software focused on spacecraft analysis and maneuver
optimization. will operate the space station's robotic arm, and he'll
also take part in two spacewalks."
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| Nikon's Image Authentication Insecure
| from the pictures-don't-lie-cameras-lie dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @17:30 (Encryption)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2015211/Nikons-Image-Authentication-Insecure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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silanea writes "Elcomsoft [0]claims to have broken Nikon's Image
Authentication system which ��� apparently only in theory ��� ensures that a
photograph is authentic and not tampered with through a digital
signature. They were able to extract the signing key from a camera and
use it to have a modified image pass the software verification, rendering
the rather expensive feature mostly marketed to law enforcement all but
useless. So far Nikon has not given a statement. Canon's competing system
was cracked by the same company last December."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2015211/Nikons-Image-Authentication-Insecure?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blog.crackpassword.com/2011/04/nikon-image-authentication-system-compromised/
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| Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested
| from the weighed-in-the-balance-and-found-wanting dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @18:12 (Android)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2112255/Google-Docs-OCR-Quality-Tested?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]orenh writes "Google has released a Google Docs application for
Android, which includes the ability to create documents by OCR-ing
photos. I tested the application's OCR quality and found that it's
[1]mediocre under the best conditions and poor under real-world
conditions. However, I believe that this poor performance is caused in
part by an intentional decision by Google."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2112255/Google-Docs-OCR-Quality-Tested?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hurvitz.org/blog/
1. http://hurvitz.org/blog/2011/04/ocr-quality-of-google-docs
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| Wikileaks Says Public Forced Canadian DMCA Delay
| from the political-economy dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @18:53 (Canada)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2136212/Wikileaks-Says-Public-Forced-Canadian-DMCA-Delay?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist reports that a new [0]Wikileaks
cable confirms that the Canadian Conservative government [1]delayed
introducing a Canadian DMCA in early 2008 due to public opposition. The
US cable notes confirmation came directly from then-Industry Minister Jim
Prentice, who told U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins that cabinet colleagues
and Conservative MPs were worried about the electoral implications of
copyright reform."
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Links:
0. http://www.wikileaks.fi/cable/2008/02/08OTTAWA311.html
1. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5763/125/
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| Google Adds Speech To Newly Stable Chrome 11, Pays Big Bounty
| from the tastiest-part-of-the-operating-system dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday April 28, @19:40 (Chrome)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2218214/Google-Adds-Speech-To-Newly-Stable-Chrome-11-Pays-Big-Bounty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Google patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome on
Wednesday as it boosted the stable build of the browser to version 11 on
Windows, Mac and Linux. The company [1]paid out a record $16,500 in
bounties to researchers who reported a majority of the bugs, beating the
previous biggest payday by several hundred dollars. While Google listed
more than 3,700 changes in Chrome 11, the only one it highlighted was the
[2]speech input feature. The combination of Chrome and Google Translate
isn't flawless. In several quick tests by Computerworld, the browser and
service transcribed most phrases accurately, but in one instance heard
'Good morning, sister ship' when the line was actually 'Good morning, Mr.
Smith.'"
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https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/2218214/Google-Adds-Speech-To-Newly-Stable-Chrome-11-Pays-Big-Bounty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216220/Google_patches_27_Chrome_bugs_pays_out_record_bounties
2. http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/04/everybodys-talking-and-translating-with.html
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