http://slashdot.org/News for nerds, stuff that mattersen-usCopyright 1997-2010, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:50:17 GMTTue, 07 Sep 2010 21:50:17 GMT5hourly11970-01-01T00:00:00Zhelp@slashdot.orgTechnologyGeeknet, Inc.2010-09-07T21:50:17Zen-usCopyright 1997-2010, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved.http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gifhttp://slashdot.org/http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LmWYpEgDccc/story01.htmitwbennett writes "Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese freelance journalist held captive in Afghanistan since April 1, was released over the weekend. His freedom came a day after he sent two Twitter messages from a captor's phone. 'i am still allive [sic], but in jail,' read a message sent at 1:15 p.m. GMT on Friday. It was followed a few minutes later with a second message, also in English, that read, 'here is archi in kunduz. in the jail of commander lativ.' The message referred to the Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz where he was being held. On Tuesday, speaking in Tokyo, Tsuneoka revealed how he managed to convince his captors to give him access to the Internet. 'He asked me if I knew how to use it, so I had a look and explained it to him,' said Tsuneoka. 'I called the customer care number and activated the phone,' he said."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F2110218%2FJournalist-Tricked-Captors-Into-Twitter-Access" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Journalist+Tricked+Captors+Into+Twitter+Access%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdtftGk" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/2110218/Journalist-Tricked-Captors-Into-Twitter-Access?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779964&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d868b3a/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1MJeLBJvjM3evTTtIHM8UVjRMNY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1MJeLBJvjM3evTTtIHM8UVjRMNY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1MJeLBJvjM3evTTtIHM8UVjRMNY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1MJeLBJvjM3evTTtIHM8UVjRMNY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/LmWYpEgDccc" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:04 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d868b3a/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C2110A2180CJournalist0ETricked0ECaptors0EInto0ETwitter0EAccess0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillsocial2010-09-07T21:45:00Z140-characters-of-freedomnews0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d868b3a/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C2110A2180CJournalist0ETricked0ECaptors0EInto0ETwitter0EAccess0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Mv_3AHncG_Q/story01.htmIftekhar25 writes "The NY Times is running an article about soaring unemployment rates for IT in the US (6 percent) despite a tech sector that is thirsting for engineering talent. Quoting: 'The chief hurdles to more robust technology hiring appear to be increasing automation and the addition of highly skilled labor overseas. The result is a mismatch of skill levels here at home: not enough workers with the cutting-edge skills coveted by tech firms, and too many people with abilities that can be duplicated offshore at lower cost. That's a familiar situation to many out-of-work software engineers, whose skills start depreciating almost as soon as they are laid off, given the dynamism of the industry.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F2042201%2FTech-Sector-Slow-To-Hire" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Tech+Sector+Slow+To+Hire%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbOKVPf" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/2042201/Tech-Sector-Slow-To-Hire?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779942&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8673f2/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vUII17rUFPMJqLEv1iM__XpF85o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vUII17rUFPMJqLEv1iM__XpF85o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vUII17rUFPMJqLEv1iM__XpF85o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vUII17rUFPMJqLEv1iM__XpF85o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Mv_3AHncG_Q" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:12:25 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8673f2/l/0Ltech0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C20A4220A10CTech0ESector0ESlow0ETo0EHire0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillbusiness2010-09-07T21:01:00Z1because-hp-might-sue-youtechnology1,1,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d8673f2/l/0Ltech0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C20A4220A10CTech0ESector0ESlow0ETo0EHire0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/axpIkBLZYlA/story01.htmCWmike writes "Hewlett-Packard is reported to be suing former CEO Mark Hurd, who was named co-president of rival Oracle on Monday. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news, and has now posted the full text of the suit on Google Docs. Among other things, it says, 'In his new positions, Hurd will be in a situation in which he cannot perform his duties for Oracle without necessarily using and disclosing HP's trade secrets and confidential information to others.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F206228%2FHP-Sues-Hurd-For-Joining-Oracle" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=HP+Sues+Hurd+For+Joining+Oracle%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaVLcZc" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/206228/HP-Sues-Hurd-For-Joining-Oracle?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779902&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85fe10/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Am2GyqsuLeKfkKXg7y53vXa4xP4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Am2GyqsuLeKfkKXg7y53vXa4xP4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Am2GyqsuLeKfkKXg7y53vXa4xP4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Am2GyqsuLeKfkKXg7y53vXa4xP4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/axpIkBLZYlA" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:22:11 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85fe10/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C20A62280CHP0ESues0EHurd0EFor0EJoining0EOracle0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillhp2010-09-07T20:18:00Zfollowing-the-hurdnews0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85fe10/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C20A62280CHP0ESues0EHurd0EFor0EJoining0EOracle0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/sZqm8lfZ3E4/story01.htmeldavojohn writes "For decades, Stanford has been working on a different kind of Wikipedia. It might even be considered closer to a peer-reviewed journal, since you have get submissions past a 120 person group of leading philosophers around the world, not to mention Stanford's administration. It has several layers of approval, but the authoritative model produces high quality content &mdash; even if it only amounts to 1,200 articles. Content you can read straight through to find everything pertinent &mdash; not hop around following link after link like the regular Wikipedia. You might question the need for this, but one of the originators says, 'Our model is authoritative. [Wikipedia's] model is one an academic isn't going to be attracted to. If you are a young academic, who might spend six months preparing a great article on Thomas Aquinas, you're not going to publish in a place where anyone can come along and change this.' The site has articles covering topics from Quantum Computing to technical luminaries like Kurt Friedrich G&#246;del and Alan Turing. The principal editor said, 'It's the natural thing to do. I'm surprised no one is doing it for the other disciplines.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1921205%2FStanfords-Authoritative-Alternative-To-Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Stanford's+Authoritative+Alternative+To+Wikipedia%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaVoSaJ" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1921205/Stanfords-Authoritative-Alternative-To-Wikipedia?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779866&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85c4f5/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n6oEMEO4aU5_V0EPRAnoAGtseJU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n6oEMEO4aU5_V0EPRAnoAGtseJU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n6oEMEO4aU5_V0EPRAnoAGtseJU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n6oEMEO4aU5_V0EPRAnoAGtseJU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/sZqm8lfZ3E4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:40:57 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85c4f5/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C192120A50CStanfords0EAuthoritative0EAlternative0ETo0EWikipedia0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskilleducation2010-09-07T19:35:00Z1citation-providednews1,1,1,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85c4f5/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C192120A50CStanfords0EAuthoritative0EAlternative0ETo0EWikipedia0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/FcHV9OdtMr8/story01.htmTommy Christopher, who writes for mediate.com, has reporting in his blood, so much so that he livetweeted every part of his recent heart attack. "I gotta be me. Livetweeting my heart attack. Beat that!" and "This is not like the movies. Most deadpan heart attack evar. Still hurts even after the morphine," were among his updates as he was rushed to the hospital. Christopher is now in stable condition after recovering from emergency surgery.<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fidle.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1532251%2FWhite-House-Correspondent-Tweets-His-Heart-Attack" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=White+House+Correspondent+Tweets+His+Heart+Attack%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdvQx8v" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1532251/White-House-Correspondent-Tweets-His-Heart-Attack?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779640&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85bc34/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TW0AWJbgRFgVmG_wWMt_A3JvsuY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TW0AWJbgRFgVmG_wWMt_A3JvsuY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TW0AWJbgRFgVmG_wWMt_A3JvsuY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TW0AWJbgRFgVmG_wWMt_A3JvsuY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/FcHV9OdtMr8" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:23:52 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85bc34/l/0Lidle0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15322510CWhite0EHouse0ECorrespondent0ETweets0EHis0EHeart0EAttack0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmsamzenpusmedicine2010-09-07T19:11:00Z7dedication-to-the-jobidle7,7,7,5,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d85bc34/l/0Lidle0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15322510CWhite0EHouse0ECorrespondent0ETweets0EHis0EHeart0EAttack0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/PSiOnqjg7L0/story01.htmRyuuzakiTetsuya writes "Destructoid is reporting that the 3.42 firmware has been released for the PlayStation 3, and it has fixed the USB vulnerability that allows the PSJailbreak exploit to work." Sony's brief announcement of the update refers only to "additional security features," though the EU blog post acknowledges that a vulnerability was addressed. PS3-Hacks.com confirms that the patch is effective against the various jailbreak tools, and they point out a different tool for bypassing the update. Sony told the BBC, "... as we always have, we will continue to take necessary actions to both hardware and software to protect the intellectual content provided on the PlayStation 3."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1821231%2FSony-Releases-PS3-Firmware-Update-To-Fight-Jailbreaks" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Sony+Releases+PS3+Firmware+Update+To+Fight+Jailbreaks%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaJqrgC" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1821231/Sony-Releases-PS3-Firmware-Update-To-Fight-Jailbreaks?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779808&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d858dd5/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sP-2SsOrGGaHcOzfGCH3Mdk3sIA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sP-2SsOrGGaHcOzfGCH3Mdk3sIA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sP-2SsOrGGaHcOzfGCH3Mdk3sIA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sP-2SsOrGGaHcOzfGCH3Mdk3sIA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/PSiOnqjg7L0" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:07:21 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d858dd5/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C18212310CSony0EReleases0EPS30EFirmware0EUpdate0ETo0EFight0EJailbreaks0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillsony2010-09-07T18:51:00Z10i-think-they-just-escalatedgames10,10,6,5,2,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d858dd5/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C18212310CSony0EReleases0EPS30EFirmware0EUpdate0ETo0EFight0EJailbreaks0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/w4yhiyakQsw/story01.htmkkleiner writes "The latest in a line of 'modsnakes' from Carnegie Mellon's Biorobotics Lab, Uncle Sam can move in a variety of different ways, including rolling, wiggling, and side-winding. It can also wrap itself around a pole and climb vertically, and even scale a tree. You have to watch this thing in action. There is something incredibly life-like and eerie about the way it scales the tree outdoors and then looks around with its camera 'eye.' Projects like Uncle Sam show how life-mimicking machines could revolutionize robotics in the near future."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1712248%2FRobot-Snake-Can-Climb-Trees" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Robot+Snake+Can+Climb+Trees%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcAtqmS" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1712248/Robot-Snake-Can-Climb-Trees?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779752&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d855c73/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y49d50AAFn7R1KxLHcSH9zf_MmU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y49d50AAFn7R1KxLHcSH9zf_MmU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y49d50AAFn7R1KxLHcSH9zf_MmU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y49d50AAFn7R1KxLHcSH9zf_MmU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/w4yhiyakQsw" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:17:28 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d855c73/l/0Lhardware0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C17122480CRobot0ESnake0ECan0EClimb0ETrees0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillrobot2010-09-07T18:10:00Zas-long-as-they-aren't-on-planeshardware0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d855c73/l/0Lhardware0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C17122480CRobot0ESnake0ECan0EClimb0ETrees0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fSJh4fpdm_s/story01.htmTrailrunner7 writes "The United States has a responsibility to take a leadership role in securing the Internet against both internal and external attackers, a duty that the federal government takes very seriously, the country's top military cybersecurity official said Tuesday. However, Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and commander of the US Cyber Command, provided virtually nothing in the way of details of how the government intends to accomplish this rather daunting task. 'We made the Internet and it seems to me that we ought to be the first folks to get out there and protect it,' Alexander said. 'The challenge before us is large and daunting. But we have an obligation to meet it head-on.' It's unlikely that any of Alexander's comments Tuesday will do much to quiet the criticisms of the Obama administration's security efforts thus far. Speaking mostly in generalities, Alexander emphasized the administration's commitment to the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, a plan developed by the Bush administration and recently partially de-classified by Obama administration officials."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1627233%2FNSA-Director-Says-the-US-Must-Secure-the-Internet" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=NSA+Director+Says+the+US+Must+Secure+the+Internet%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaXjyvS" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1627233/NSA-Director-Says-the-US-Must-Secure-the-Internet?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779712&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d851ee7/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISMPRC8PdKX-qB-GdmS0AjKYKXw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISMPRC8PdKX-qB-GdmS0AjKYKXw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISMPRC8PdKX-qB-GdmS0AjKYKXw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ISMPRC8PdKX-qB-GdmS0AjKYKXw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/fSJh4fpdm_s" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:35:09 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d851ee7/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C16272330CNSA0EDirector0ESays0Ethe0EUS0EMust0ESecure0Ethe0EInternet0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillgovernment2010-09-07T17:27:00Zself-proclaimed-internet-policeyro0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d851ee7/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C16272330CNSA0EDirector0ESays0Ethe0EUS0EMust0ESecure0Ethe0EInternet0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wQiT5MdLzQA/story01.htmSpuriousLogic writes "Does happiness rise with income? In one of the more scientific attempts to answer that question, researchers from Princeton have put a price on happiness. It's about $75,000 in income a year. They found that not having enough money definitely causes emotional pain and unhappiness. But, after reaching an income of about $75,000 per year, money can't buy happiness. More money can, however, help people view their lives as successful or better. The study found that people's evaluations of their lives improved steadily with annual income. But the quality of their everyday experiences &mdash; their feelings &mdash; did not improve above an income of $75,000 a year. As income decreased from $75,000, people reported decreasing happiness and increasing sadness, as well as stress. The study found that being divorced, being sick and other painful experiences have worse effects on a poor person than on a wealthier one."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1519221%2FResearchers-Say-Happiness-Costs-75k" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Researchers+Say+Happiness+Costs+%2475k%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaqAeqr" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1519221/Researchers-Say-Happiness-Costs-75k?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779612&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d84deb7/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1T4qk6es3y6IXoBhnG0h2Rpy1c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1T4qk6es3y6IXoBhnG0h2Rpy1c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1T4qk6es3y6IXoBhnG0h2Rpy1c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/m1T4qk6es3y6IXoBhnG0h2Rpy1c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/wQiT5MdLzQA" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:52:32 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d84deb7/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15192210CResearchers0ESay0EHappiness0ECosts0E75k0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmsamzenpusmoney2010-09-07T16:45:00Z2money-fixes-everythingscience2,2,1,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d84deb7/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15192210CResearchers0ESay0EHappiness0ECosts0E75k0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/kQea15-y6H4/story01.htmA recent NYT piece explores the never-ending quest for password-based security, to which reader climenole responds with a snippet from ReadWriteWeb that argues it's time to think more seriously about life beyond passwords, at least beyond keeping a long list of individual login/password pairs: "These protective measures don't go very far, according to the New York Times, because hackers can get ahold of passwords with software that remotely tracks keystrokes, or by tricking users into typing them in. The story touches on a range of issues around the problem, but neglects to mention the obvious: the march toward a centralized login for multiple sites."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1528225%2FNYT-Password-Security-Discussion-Overlooks-Universal-Logins" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=NYT+Password+Security+Discussion+Overlooks+Universal+Logins%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdrGA7X" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1528225/NYT-Password-Security-Discussion-Overlooks-Universal-Logins?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779630&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d848456/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DGS7Um1cCekbOTcD_Q9vBL24rmg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DGS7Um1cCekbOTcD_Q9vBL24rmg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DGS7Um1cCekbOTcD_Q9vBL24rmg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DGS7Um1cCekbOTcD_Q9vBL24rmg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/kQea15-y6H4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:18:38 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d848456/l/0Lit0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15282250CNYT0EPassword0ESecurity0EDiscussion0EOverlooks0EUniversal0ELogins0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmtimothyprivacy2010-09-07T16:02:00Z4your-voice-is-your-passwordit4,4,4,4,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d848456/l/0Lit0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C15282250CNYT0EPassword0ESecurity0EDiscussion0EOverlooks0EUniversal0ELogins0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/G2AkIlXCH_Q/story01.htmBarence writes "The United Arab Emirates has its own Chinese-style firewall to weed out pornography and other 'unsavory' content. But as PC Pro's correspondent has found out, the firewall has more than a few holes in it. ISP helplines routinely suggest proxy server software that circumvents the filters. Access to Flickr is blocked, in case citizens' eyes should fall upon a naked buttock, but The Pirate Bay, which 'offers a range of bottoms to suit every need, including midget and donkey bottoms for anybody having a really slow afternoon &ndash; remains blissfully undisturbed.' 'Ultimately, I'm quite glad the UAE's authorities block websites, and thrilled that they're so inept at it,' concludes PC Pro's writer. 'Just like everybody in Dubai, all they've done is made me a master of internet chicanery.'" Guess that depends how closely they're watching the evaders.<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F133218%2FThe-Gaping-Holes-In-the-UAEs-Net-Firewall" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Gaping+Holes+In+the+UAE's+Net+Firewall%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcI0kpL" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/133218/The-Gaping-Holes-In-the-UAEs-Net-Firewall?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778500&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d841e88/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YM2n9b2lLS6TtZfZ3FGpuEIzmhM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YM2n9b2lLS6TtZfZ3FGpuEIzmhM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YM2n9b2lLS6TtZfZ3FGpuEIzmhM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YM2n9b2lLS6TtZfZ3FGpuEIzmhM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/G2AkIlXCH_Q" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:18:38 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d841e88/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C1332180CThe0EGaping0EHoles0EIn0Ethe0EUAEs0ENet0EFirewall0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmtimothycensorship2010-09-07T15:15:00Z30dirty-dirty-holesyro30,28,25,21,4,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d841e88/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C1332180CThe0EGaping0EHoles0EIn0Ethe0EUAEs0ENet0EFirewall0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/bQ8QQcx3smY/story01.htmpgptag writes "This talk by Dr. Suzanne Gilbert (video) explains why quantum computers are useful, and also dispels some of the myths about what they can and cannot do. It addresses some of the practical ways in which we can build quantum computers and gives realistic timescales for how far away commercially useful systems might be."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1344210%2FSeparating-Hope-From-Hype-In-Quantum-Computing" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Separating+Hope+From+Hype+In+Quantum+Computing%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdcC6ix" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1344210/Separating-Hope-From-Hype-In-Quantum-Computing?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779524&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d83ce59/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Or36e7U9c1LkyRV6TQhXj0PlaAc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Or36e7U9c1LkyRV6TQhXj0PlaAc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Or36e7U9c1LkyRV6TQhXj0PlaAc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Or36e7U9c1LkyRV6TQhXj0PlaAc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/bQ8QQcx3smY" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:34:37 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d83ce59/l/0Lhardware0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C1344210A0CSeparating0EHope0EFrom0EHype0EIn0EQuantum0EComputing0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmtimothysoftware2010-09-07T14:29:00Zsemi-un-non-deterministichardware0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d83ce59/l/0Lhardware0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C1344210A0CSeparating0EHope0EFrom0EHype0EIn0EQuantum0EComputing0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/uuJXia-jkbY/story01.htmAn anonymous reader writes "Ireland's Computer Emergency Response Team differs from what you can find in most other countries, since it's not government-backed and relies mainly on the good will of several security professionals. In this interview, the founder and head of the CERT, Brian Honan, talks about how the CERT was formed, what equipment they use and what challenges they face in their daily work without having a government to back them up."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1232211%2FBehind-the-Scenes-and-Inside-Workings-of-a-CERT" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Behind+the+Scenes+and+Inside+Workings+of+a+CERT%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdzXMBB" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1232211/Behind-the-Scenes-and-Inside-Workings-of-a-CERT?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779452&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d835e8f/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sKfQSGQEr07DnehVtBoZgKI8en0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sKfQSGQEr07DnehVtBoZgKI8en0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sKfQSGQEr07DnehVtBoZgKI8en0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/sKfQSGQEr07DnehVtBoZgKI8en0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/uuJXia-jkbY" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:51:44 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d835e8f/l/0Lit0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C12322110CBehind0Ethe0EScenes0Eand0EInside0EWorkings0Eof0Ea0ECERT0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmtimothysecurity2010-09-07T13:42:00Z2with-retsinit2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d835e8f/l/0Lit0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C12322110CBehind0Ethe0EScenes0Eand0EInside0EWorkings0Eof0Ea0ECERT0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/gg76dVcfDs8/story01.htmStoobalou contributes a link to this story at Thinq.co.uk, from which he excerpts: "Torrent-tracking site The Pirate Bay is currently unavailable as reports come in of co-ordinated police raids against file sharers across Europe. Police in up to 14 countries carried out raids against suspected file-sharing servers this morning. According to file-sharing news site TorrentFreak, the bulk of police action seems to have taken place in Sweden. Swedish Internet service provider ISP, which hosts both The Pirate Bay and whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks, earlier denied rumours of a police raid, saying that officers had visited them to ask questions over two suspect IP addresses, and that no computers or other goods had been seized."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F1253244%2FPirate-Bay-Down-Police-Raids-Across-Europe" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Pirate+Bay+Down%3B+Police+Raids+Across+Europe%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fck1yJR" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/1253244/Pirate-Bay-Down-Police-Raids-Across-Europe?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1779474&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d82d711/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J-gFJknzUBoqy5xNbgkOQbKkBOI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J-gFJknzUBoqy5xNbgkOQbKkBOI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J-gFJknzUBoqy5xNbgkOQbKkBOI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J-gFJknzUBoqy5xNbgkOQbKkBOI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/gg76dVcfDs8" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:08:57 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d82d711/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C12532440CPirate0EBay0EDown0EPolice0ERaids0EAcross0EEurope0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmtimothypiracy2010-09-07T13:00:00Zknock-knock-jokeyro0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d82d711/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C12532440CPirate0EBay0EDown0EPolice0ERaids0EAcross0EEurope0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/siOP9986vig/story01.htmtheodp writes "Late on Monday, Oracle announced that ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd has joined the company as a co-president and a director. Hurd resigned from HP a month ago, after an investigation by the board into a personal relationship with a contractor turned up questionable expenses. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a personal friend of Hurd, criticized HP's board at the time, saying it was 'the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs.' 'Mark did a brilliant job at HP and I expect he'll do even better at Oracle,' Ellison said in a statement Monday. 'There is no executive in the IT world with more relevant experience than Mark.' Stepping down to make room for Hurd was Charles E. Phillips Jr., who had some personal relationship issues of his own."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F012240%2FFormer-HP-CEO-Selected-As-Oracle-Co-President" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Former+HP+CEO+Selected+As+Oracle+Co-President%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcoC5el" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/012240/Former-HP-CEO-Selected-As-Oracle-Co-President?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778864&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d825a65/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vGVhXLk-lBsUzx-GDvXx7xYTgb8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vGVhXLk-lBsUzx-GDvXx7xYTgb8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vGVhXLk-lBsUzx-GDvXx7xYTgb8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vGVhXLk-lBsUzx-GDvXx7xYTgb8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/siOP9986vig" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:25:18 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d825a65/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A12240A0CFormer0EHP0ECEO0ESelected0EAs0EOracle0ECo0EPresident0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillbusiness2010-09-07T12:14:00Z1out-with-the-old-in-with-the-oldnews1,1,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d825a65/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A12240A0CFormer0EHP0ECEO0ESelected0EAs0EOracle0ECo0EPresident0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CsV_QaJeq6s/story01.htmtelomerewhythere writes "Michael Strano and his team at MIT have made a self-assembling and indefinitely repairable photovoltaic cell based on the principle found in chloroplasts inside plant cells. 'The system Strano's team produced is made up of seven different compounds, including the carbon nanotubes, the phospholipids, and the proteins that make up the reaction centers, which under the right conditions spontaneously assemble themselves into a light-harvesting structure that produces an electric current. Strano says he believes this sets a record for the complexity of a self-assembling system. When a surfactant is added to the mix, the seven components all come apart and form a soupy solution. Then, when the researchers removed the surfactant, the compounds spontaneously assembled once again into a perfectly formed, rejuvenated photocell.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F0424217%2FSelf-Assembling-Photovoltaic-Tech-From-MIT" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Self-Assembling+Photovoltaic+Tech+From+MIT%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdurPVg" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/0424217/Self-Assembling-Photovoltaic-Tech-From-MIT?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778976&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d80d48f/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/b-Psb7LzAJnftjFxPgnktUD2jFM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/b-Psb7LzAJnftjFxPgnktUD2jFM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/b-Psb7LzAJnftjFxPgnktUD2jFM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/b-Psb7LzAJnftjFxPgnktUD2jFM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/CsV_QaJeq6s" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:27:03 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d80d48f/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A4242170CSelf0EAssembling0EPhotovoltaic0ETech0EFrom0EMIT0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillpower2010-09-07T09:17:00Zbright-ideasscience0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d80d48f/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A4242170CSelf0EAssembling0EPhotovoltaic0ETech0EFrom0EMIT0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Eo5oe89MMXY/story01.htmAn anonymous reader writes "I bought a bunch of old Wing Commander games for Windows, but they use DirectDraw, which Microsoft has deprecated. They don't work too well under Windows 7, so I ended up reimplementing ddraw.dll using OpenGL to output the games' graphics. I wrote an article describing the process and all the fun workarounds I had to come up with, and released all related source code for others to hack on."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F0344257%2FBreathing-New-Life-Into-Old-DirectDraw-Games" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Breathing+New+Life+Into+Old+DirectDraw+Games%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9po8Uc" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/0344257/Breathing-New-Life-Into-Old-DirectDraw-Games?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778944&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7f3d2d/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Ex_Y9BJKMQ3Iafz7-wNtxP2yq4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Ex_Y9BJKMQ3Iafz7-wNtxP2yq4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Ex_Y9BJKMQ3Iafz7-wNtxP2yq4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Ex_Y9BJKMQ3Iafz7-wNtxP2yq4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Eo5oe89MMXY" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:22 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7f3d2d/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A3442570CBreathing0ENew0ELife0EInto0EOld0EDirectDraw0EGames0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillclassicgames2010-09-07T06:22:00Znew-love-to-old-gamesgames0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7f3d2d/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A3442570CBreathing0ENew0ELife0EInto0EOld0EDirectDraw0EGames0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tQIhf2RX1LM/story01.htmKilrah_il writes "In recent years the number of people killed on roads in New South Wales, Australia has dropped, but strangely enough, the number of pedestrians killed has risen. Some think it's because of the use of iPods and other music players making people not attentive to road dangers (the so-called 'iPod Zombie Trance'). Based on this (unproven) assumption, the Pedestrian Council has started a campaign in an effort to educate the people, but apparently it isn't enough. Now, some are pushing for the government to enact laws to help eradicate the problem. 'The government is quite happy to legislate that people can lose two demerit points for having music up too loud in their cars, but is apparently unconcerned that listening devices now appear to have become lethal pieces of entertainment,' [Harold Scruby of the Pedestrian Council of Australia] said. 'They should legislate appropriate penalties for people acting so carelessly towards their own welfare and that of others. ... Manufacturers should be made to [warn] consumers of the risks they run.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F07%2F0124228%2FAustralia-To-Fight-iPod-Use-By-Pedestrians" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Australia+To+Fight+iPod+Use+By+Pedestrians%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FdxCOFT" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/07/0124228/Australia-To-Fight-iPod-Use-By-Pedestrians?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778872&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7e0072/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6KSpWVNCpBGviYFZib4RjTyAo_E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6KSpWVNCpBGviYFZib4RjTyAo_E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6KSpWVNCpBGviYFZib4RjTyAo_E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/6KSpWVNCpBGviYFZib4RjTyAo_E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tQIhf2RX1LM" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:25:43 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7e0072/l/0Lapple0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A1242280CAustralia0ETo0EFight0EiPod0EUse0EBy0EPedestrians0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillaustralia2010-09-07T03:20:00Zhard-to-fight-that-logicapple0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7e0072/l/0Lapple0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A70C0A1242280CAustralia0ETo0EFight0EiPod0EUse0EBy0EPedestrians0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/GvJyrRUsap4/story01.htmGovTechGuy writes "On Friday we discussed news that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott opened a probe into whether Google ranks its search listings with an eye toward nicking the competition. Google suggested the concerns have a major sponsor: Microsoft. In question is whether the world's biggest search engine could be unfairly disadvantaging some companies by giving them a low ranking in free search listings and in paid ads that appear at the top of the page. That could make it tough for users to find those sites and might violate antitrust laws. Abbott's office asked for information about three companies who have publicly complained about Google, according to blog post by Don Harrison, the company's deputy general counsel. Harrison linked each of the companies to Microsoft."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F2353226%2FGoogle-Says-Microsoft-Is-Driving-Antitrust-Review" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Google+Says+Microsoft+Is+Driving+Antitrust+Review%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fa97zLT" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/2353226/Google-Says-Microsoft-Is-Driving-Antitrust-Review?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778836&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d77fa/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/olK7TNtqVoMUxv4XYWXWV0tEdF8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/olK7TNtqVoMUxv4XYWXWV0tEdF8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/olK7TNtqVoMUxv4XYWXWV0tEdF8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/olK7TNtqVoMUxv4XYWXWV0tEdF8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/GvJyrRUsap4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:21:49 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d77fa/l/0Ltech0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C23532260CGoogle0ESays0EMicrosoft0EIs0EDriving0EAntitrust0EReview0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillgoogle2010-09-07T00:20:00Zwater-is-wet-film-at-eleventechnology0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d77fa/l/0Ltech0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C23532260CGoogle0ESays0EMicrosoft0EIs0EDriving0EAntitrust0EReview0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pltIZYTaKfY/story01.htmjamie tips a post at Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog about an extremely unusual astronomical phenomenon originating from a binary system about 3000 light years away. Quoting: "The name of this thing is AFGL 3068. It's been known as a bright infrared source for some time, but images just showed it as a dot. This Hubble image using the Advanced Camera for Surveys reveals an intricate, delicate and exceedingly faint spiral pattern. ... Red giants tend to blow a lot of their outer layers into space in an expanding spherical wind; think of it as a super-solar wind. The star surrounds itself with a cloud of this material, essentially enclosing it in a cocoon. In general the material isn't all that thick, but in some of these stars there is an overabundance of carbon in the outer layers which gets carried along in these winds. ... AFGL 3068 is a carbon star and most likely evolved just like this, but with a difference: it's a binary. As the two stars swing around each other, the wind from the carbon star doesn't expand in a sphere. Instead, we see a spiral pattern as the material expands."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F2254223%2FAging-Star-System-Leaves-Strange-Death-Spiral" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Aging+Star+System+Leaves+Strange+Death+Spiral%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9hb4J0" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/2254223/Aging-Star-System-Leaves-Strange-Death-Spiral?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778816&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d6aef/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M8rCPcbLT4-4BfNLXKCpjcxwU0A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M8rCPcbLT4-4BfNLXKCpjcxwU0A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M8rCPcbLT4-4BfNLXKCpjcxwU0A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/M8rCPcbLT4-4BfNLXKCpjcxwU0A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/pltIZYTaKfY" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:34:27 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d6aef/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C22542230CAging0EStar0ESystem0ELeaves0EStrange0EDeath0ESpiral0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillspace2010-09-06T23:25:00Ztox-utaht-spottedscience0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d6aef/l/0Lscience0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C22542230CAging0EStar0ESystem0ELeaves0EStrange0EDeath0ESpiral0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/y5BjL00Yc5o/story01.htmHugh Pickens writes "JP Mangalindan writes that for years psychologists have studied what makes video games so engrossing &mdash; why do players spend hours accruing virtual points working towards intangible rewards and what characteristics make some games more addictive than others? Now, companies are realizing that 'gamification' &mdash; using the same mechanics that hook gamers &mdash; is an effective way to generate business. For example, when Nike released Nike + in 2008, it 'gamified' exercise. 'Place the pedometer in a pair of (Nike) sneaks and it monitors distance, pace and calories burned, transmitting that data to the user's iPod. The Nike software loaded on the iPod will then "reward" users if they reach a milestone,' writes Mangalindan. 'If a runner beats his 5-mile distance record, an audio clip from Tour de France cycling champ Lance Armstrong congratulates him.' In addition, users can upload their information, discuss achievements online with other users, and challenge them to distance or speed competitions. The result: to date, Nike has moved well over 1.3 million Nike + units."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F222214%2FAmerican-Business-Embraces-Gamification" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=American+Business+Embraces+'Gamification'%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F8ZJMeH" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/222214/American-Business-Embraces-Gamification?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778806&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d4733/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FGdM3hDxKlw7JYMdTYvj3a3XmAs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FGdM3hDxKlw7JYMdTYvj3a3XmAs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FGdM3hDxKlw7JYMdTYvj3a3XmAs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FGdM3hDxKlw7JYMdTYvj3a3XmAs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/y5BjL00Yc5o" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:41:55 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d4733/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C2222140CAmerican0EBusiness0EEmbraces0EGamification0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillbusiness2010-09-06T22:36:00Zlevel-up-your-reward-pointsgames0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d4733/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C2222140CAmerican0EBusiness0EEmbraces0EGamification0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hTX7_MUaNx8/story01.htmChipMonk writes "Over at hobbyist site OS News, editor-in-chief Thom Holwerda published a highly skeptical opinion of the announcement of Commodore USA's own Amiga line. Within hours, Commodore USA sent a takedown notice to OS News, demanding a retraction of the piece and accusing the site of libel and defamation. What's funny is that the takedown notice was mostly copied, with minor edits, from Chilling Effects, a site dedicated to publicizing attempts at squelching free speech. The formatting, line breaks, obtuse references to 'OCGA,' and even the highlighted search terms were left largely intact."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F206211%2FPlagiarizing-a-Takedown-Notice" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Plagiarizing+a+Takedown+Notice%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9NJeMz" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/206211/Plagiarizing-a-Takedown-Notice?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778766&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d0b5a/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zDyGQLJkc_UE7u56K75ZjVzZQ_g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zDyGQLJkc_UE7u56K75ZjVzZQ_g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zDyGQLJkc_UE7u56K75ZjVzZQ_g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zDyGQLJkc_UE7u56K75ZjVzZQ_g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/hTX7_MUaNx8" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:46:10 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d0b5a/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C20A62110CPlagiarizing0Ea0ETakedown0ENotice0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillhumor2010-09-06T21:40:00Zcheaper-than-paying-lawyersnews0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7d0b5a/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C20A62110CPlagiarizing0Ea0ETakedown0ENotice0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NZn5ZqLSORw/story01.htmYokimaSun writes "Sony may have dealt a major blow to the PSjailbreak sellers, but the release last week of PSGroove, an open source version of the hack, has now opened the floodgates of ports to mobile phones such as the Nokia N900 and Palm Pre. The final kick in the teeth is that a port of the exploit has been released by Waninkoko of Wii custom firmware fame for the Dingoo Handheld, which is a homebrew console that is very popular amongst emulation fans. It makes you smile that you can use one homebrew console to hack another to get homebrew on that console. Awesome." pudge notes that you can apparently do the same with a TI-84 Plus graphing calculator (YouTube video).<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F202201%2FSony-Has-Lost-the-PS3-Hacking-War" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Sony+Has+Lost+the+PS3+Hacking+War%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9Ppjjy" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/202201/Sony-Has-Lost-the-PS3-Hacking-War?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778764&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7cdf46/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DR0BeQz6O0vS-BlYZhg8unla76A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DR0BeQz6O0vS-BlYZhg8unla76A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DR0BeQz6O0vS-BlYZhg8unla76A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DR0BeQz6O0vS-BlYZhg8unla76A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/NZn5ZqLSORw" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:06:28 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7cdf46/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C20A220A10CSony0EHas0ELost0Ethe0EPS30EHacking0EWar0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillplaystation2010-09-06T20:53:00Z2not-that-they'll-admit-itgames2,2,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7cdf46/l/0Lgames0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C20A220A10CSony0EHas0ELost0Ethe0EPS30EHacking0EWar0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/X0-1Dxex24s/story01.htmAn anonymous reader writes "The Royal Mail on Friday issued what it called the world's first 'intelligent stamps,' designed to interact with smartphones using image-recognition technology. The Royal Mail's latest special-issue stamps, devoted to historic British railways, are designed to launch specially developed online content when a user snaps them using an image-recognition application available on iPhone or Android handsets. 'This is the first time a national postal service has used this kind of technology on their stamps and we're very excited to be bringing intelligent stamps to the nation's post,' a Royal Mail spokesman said in a statement. 'Intelligent stamps mark the next step in the evolution of our stamps, bringing them firmly into the 21st century.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F1832207%2FUKs-Royal-Mail-Launches-First-Intelligent-Stamps" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=UK's+Royal+Mail+Launches+First+Intelligent+Stamps%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9Clkph" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/1832207/UKs-Royal-Mail-Launches-First-Intelligent-Stamps?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778698&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7ca351/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n256YtMeujbQ_5c6WtYBrBD9rq0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n256YtMeujbQ_5c6WtYBrBD9rq0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n256YtMeujbQ_5c6WtYBrBD9rq0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n256YtMeujbQ_5c6WtYBrBD9rq0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/X0-1Dxex24s" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:11:20 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7ca351/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C183220A70CUKs0ERoyal0EMail0ELaunches0EFirst0EIntelligent0EStamps0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillgovernment2010-09-06T20:01:00Z2stamplons-were-created-by-manyro2,2,1,1,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7ca351/l/0Lyro0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C183220A70CUKs0ERoyal0EMail0ELaunches0EFirst0EIntelligent0EStamps0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmhttp://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/J_CC6hRqO5Q/story01.htmStoobalou writes "A member of Iceland's parliament and prominent organizer for whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks has turned on the site's spokesman, Julian Assange, urging him to step down over rape allegations made against him in Sweden. Birgitta Jonsdottir told news site The Daily Beast that she did not believe Assange's repeated assertion that the allegations of rape and molestation made against him were part of a US-backed smear campaign to distract attention from documents posted on the site laying bare US involvement in the war in Afghanistan and further promised revelations."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F09%2F06%2F1827240%2FWikiLeaks-Calls-For-Assange-To-Step-Down" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=WikiLeaks+Calls+For+Assange+To+Step+Down%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fdz0cPS" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/1827240/WikiLeaks-Calls-For-Assange-To-Step-Down?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1778692&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img width='1' height='1' src='http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7c5828/mf.gif' border='0'/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dsrg6lhiiTD5SR56WgBluQenXhw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dsrg6lhiiTD5SR56WgBluQenXhw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dsrg6lhiiTD5SR56WgBluQenXhw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dsrg6lhiiTD5SR56WgBluQenXhw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/J_CC6hRqO5Q" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:13:23 GMThttp://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7c5828/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C1827240A0CWikiLeaks0ECalls0EFor0EAssange0ETo0EStep0EDown0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htmSoulskillgovernment2010-09-06T19:10:00Zclean-out-your-desknews0,0,0,0,0,0,0http://slashdot.feedsportal.com/c/32909/f/530758/s/d7c5828/l/0Lnews0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C10A0C0A90C0A60C1827240A0CWikiLeaks0ECalls0EFor0EAssange0ETo0EStep0EDown0Dfrom0Frss/story01.htm