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All Rights Reserved. 2012-05-24T21:04:10+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4h50JMylLDY/new-jersey-mayor-and-son-arrested-for-nuking-recall-website <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MufSz6C6msA_3ZbDWZ4ZvnrhUeE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MufSz6C6msA_3ZbDWZ4ZvnrhUeE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MufSz6C6msA_3ZbDWZ4ZvnrhUeE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MufSz6C6msA_3ZbDWZ4ZvnrhUeE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>phaedrus5001 writes "The mayor of West New York, New Jersey was arrested by the FBI after he and his son illegally took down a website that was calling for the recall of mayor Felix Roque (the site is currently down). From the article: 'According to the account of FBI Special Agent Ignace Ertilus, Felix and Joseph Roque took a keen interest in the recall site as early as February. In an attempt to learn the identity of the person behind the site, the younger Roque set up an e-mail account under a fictitious name and contacted an address listed on the website. He offered some "very good leads" if the person would agree to meet him. When the requests were repeatedly rebuffed, Joseph Rogue allegedly tried another route. He pointed his browser to Google and typed the search strings "hacking a Go Daddy Site," "recallroque log-in," and "html hacking tutorial."'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=New+Jersey+Mayor+and+Son+Arrested+For+Nuking+Recall+Website%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJGZSKl"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F2027256%2Fnew-jersey-mayor-and-son-arrested-for-nuking-recall-website%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/2027256/new-jersey-mayor-and-son-arrested-for-nuking-recall-website?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/2027256/new-jersey-mayor-and-son-arrested-for-nuking-recall-website?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872643&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/4h50JMylLDY" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-24T20:36:00+00:00 crime ah-new-jersey politics 33 33,33,23,17,5,4,2 http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/2027256/new-jersey-mayor-and-son-arrested-for-nuking-recall-website?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/0sjUjgEP-WU/nasa-to-future-lunar-explorers-dont-mess-with-our-moon-stuff <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JI1SyPu_ucv0BRlOWxl4WEXL9AI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JI1SyPu_ucv0BRlOWxl4WEXL9AI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JI1SyPu_ucv0BRlOWxl4WEXL9AI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JI1SyPu_ucv0BRlOWxl4WEXL9AI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>coondoggie writes "NASA today gently reminded any future Moon explorers that any relics of its Apollo missions or other U.S. lunar artifacts should be off limits and are considered historic sites. NASA issued the reminder in conjunction with the X Prize Foundation and its Google Lunar X Prize competition which will use NASA's Moon sites guidelines as it sifts through the 26 teams currently developing systems and spacecraft to land on the Moon."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=NASA+To+Future+Lunar+Explorers%3A+Don't+Mess+With+Our+Moon+Stuff%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLt7lgX"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F181253%2Fnasa-to-future-lunar-explorers-dont-mess-with-our-moon-stuff%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/181253/nasa-to-future-lunar-explorers-dont-mess-with-our-moon-stuff?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/181253/nasa-to-future-lunar-explorers-dont-mess-with-our-moon-stuff?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872471&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/0sjUjgEP-WU" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-24T19:54:00+00:00 moon why-didn't-you-bring-enough-for-the-entire-class? science 124 124,122,84,65,17,8,7 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/181253/nasa-to-future-lunar-explorers-dont-mess-with-our-moon-stuff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/6RIHTvDYIRM/ask-slashdot-hobbyist-ready-lcd-touch-panel-for-embedded-projects <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GO-HfDIqiAwsjM9A_3a9yNkKs1A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GO-HfDIqiAwsjM9A_3a9yNkKs1A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GO-HfDIqiAwsjM9A_3a9yNkKs1A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GO-HfDIqiAwsjM9A_3a9yNkKs1A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>michael_cain writes "I've been asked (by family, friends) to consider several small embedded controller projects. A good starting point for all of them would be a backlit LCD graphics module with touch screen pre-mounted in a plastic enclosure with enough room behind the display for a custom circuit board. 320-by-240 pixels, 3.5 to 4.5 inch diagonal measure, monochrome is sufficient (but color is always cool), easily driven by an AVR or PIC type microcontroller. And priced at a reasonable point for a hobbyist! Anyone seen anything like this?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+Hobbyist-Ready+LCD+Touch+Panel+For+Embedded+Projects%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLILWqg"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1753257%2Fask-slashdot-hobbyist-ready-lcd-touch-panel-for-embedded-projects%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1753257/ask-slashdot-hobbyist-ready-lcd-touch-panel-for-embedded-projects?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1753257/ask-slashdot-hobbyist-ready-lcd-touch-panel-for-embedded-projects?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872455&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/6RIHTvDYIRM" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-24T19:12:00+00:00 displays you-could-take-my-stack-of-dead-laptops askslashdot 80 80,79,58,36,16,8,4 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1753257/ask-slashdot-hobbyist-ready-lcd-touch-panel-for-embedded-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/C_sOvgqKPjM/new-music-boss-worse-than-old-music-boss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iefXsjbeWmMAWeFuL6XOVTmrdXc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iefXsjbeWmMAWeFuL6XOVTmrdXc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iefXsjbeWmMAWeFuL6XOVTmrdXc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iefXsjbeWmMAWeFuL6XOVTmrdXc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>frank_adrian314159 writes "David Lowery, musician (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven), producer (Sparklehorse, Counting Crows), recording engineer (Archers of Loaf, Lamb of God), and geek (programmer, packet radio operator, ex-CBOT quant) talks about the economics of the music business and how the "old boss" &mdash; the record labels &mdash; have been replaced by the new boss &mdash; file downloading services, song streaming, and commercial online music stores. His take? Although the old boss was often unfair to artists, artists are making even less money under the new boss. Backed with fairly persuasive data, he shows that, under the new distribution model, artists &mdash; even small independent ones &mdash; are exposed to more risk while making less money. In addition, the old boss was investing in the creation of new music, while the new boss doesn't. This article is lengthy, but worth the attention of anyone interested in the future of music or music distribution."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=New+Music+Boss%2C+Worse+Than+Old+Music+Boss%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJVsxSh"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1745220%2Fnew-music-boss-worse-than-old-music-boss%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1745220/new-music-boss-worse-than-old-music-boss?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1745220/new-music-boss-worse-than-old-music-boss?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872425&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/C_sOvgqKPjM" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-24T18:31:00+00:00 business ok-but-it-all-beats-laying-brick-in-ancient-egypt yro 262 262,259,192,169,63,33,26 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1745220/new-music-boss-worse-than-old-music-boss?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9YgzVxqEtyo/yahoo-includes-private-key-in-source-file-for-axis-chrome-extension <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Mxp7sMnvSfixzGyN6V_eCa_VOE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Mxp7sMnvSfixzGyN6V_eCa_VOE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Mxp7sMnvSfixzGyN6V_eCa_VOE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Mxp7sMnvSfixzGyN6V_eCa_VOE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Trailrunner7 writes "Yahoo on Wednesday launched a new browser called Axis and researchers immediately discovered that the company had mistakenly included its private signing key in the source file, a serious error that would allow an attacker to create a malicious, signed extension for a browser that the browser will then treat as authentic. The mistake was discovered on Wednesday, soon after Yahoo had launched Axis, which is both a standalone browser for mobile devices as well as an extension for Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. ... Within hours of the Axis launch, a writer and hacker named Nik Cubrilovic had noticed that the source file for the Axis Chrome extension included the private PGP key that Yahoo used to sign the file. That key is what the Chrome browser would look for in order to ensure that the extension is legitimate and authentic, and so it should never be disclosed publicly."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Yahoo+Includes+Private+Key+In+Source+File+For+Axis+Chrome+Extension%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLjvabl"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1717219%2Fyahoo-includes-private-key-in-source-file-for-axis-chrome-extension%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1717219/yahoo-includes-private-key-in-source-file-for-axis-chrome-extension?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1717219/yahoo-includes-private-key-in-source-file-for-axis-chrome-extension?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872395&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/9YgzVxqEtyo" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-05-24T17:50:00+00:00 security open-source-rocks it 64 64,63,47,33,12,9,7 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1717219/yahoo-includes-private-key-in-source-file-for-axis-chrome-extension?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/6mpoEfgSjgE/us-state-department-hacks-al-qaeda-websites-in-yemen <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aC2UPeU4GD96Zblr-Un_Vc3ZTfs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aC2UPeU4GD96Zblr-Un_Vc3ZTfs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aC2UPeU4GD96Zblr-Un_Vc3ZTfs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aC2UPeU4GD96Zblr-Un_Vc3ZTfs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>shuttah writes "In the growing Al-Qaeda activity in Yemen, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton revealed today that "cyber experts" had recently hacked into web sites being used by an Al-Qaeda affiliate, substituting the group's anti-American rhetoric with information about civilians killed in terrorist strikes. Also this week, a statement from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs revealed the presence an Al-Qaeda video calling for 'Electronic Jihad.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=US+State+Department+Hacks+Al-Qaeda+Websites+In+Yemen%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJuk2t3"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1624258%2Fus-state-department-hacks-al-qaeda-websites-in-yemen%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1624258/us-state-department-hacks-al-qaeda-websites-in-yemen?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1624258/us-state-department-hacks-al-qaeda-websites-in-yemen?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872295&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/6mpoEfgSjgE" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T17:08:00+00:00 security hearts-and-minds news 180 180,175,111,93,16,7,3 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1624258/us-state-department-hacks-al-qaeda-websites-in-yemen?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/MKcrcAg0hD4/sales-of-unused-ipv4-addresses-gaining-steam <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0kPE6PfneL6-CHtw09D4-4XMfmk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0kPE6PfneL6-CHtw09D4-4XMfmk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0kPE6PfneL6-CHtw09D4-4XMfmk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/0kPE6PfneL6-CHtw09D4-4XMfmk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>netbuzz writes "A growing number of U.S. carriers and enterprises are hedging their bets on IPv6 by purchasing blocks of unused IPv4 addresses through official channels or behind-the-scenes deals. There is certainly no shortage of stock, as these address brokers have blocks available that range from 65,000 to more than a million IPv4 addresses. And it's not just large companies and institutions benefiting, as one attorney who's involved in the market says he represents a woman who came into possession of a block of IPv4 address in the early '90s and now, 'She's in her 70s, and she's going to have a windfall.''"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Sales+of+Unused+IPv4+Addresses+Gaining+Steam%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJZs6EL"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1526258%2Fsales-of-unused-ipv4-addresses-gaining-steam%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1526258/sales-of-unused-ipv4-addresses-gaining-steam?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1526258/sales-of-unused-ipv4-addresses-gaining-steam?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872185&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/MKcrcAg0hD4" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T16:25:00+00:00 internet get-em-before-they're-gone technology 198 198,194,166,150,43,20,12 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1526258/sales-of-unused-ipv4-addresses-gaining-steam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/yUWh_OYotbg/moxie-marlinspike-proposes-new-tack-extension-to-tls-for-key-pinning <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ou7ifjh9c-sEck6-G9ZPpf0LcBU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ou7ifjh9c-sEck6-G9ZPpf0LcBU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ou7ifjh9c-sEck6-G9ZPpf0LcBU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ou7ifjh9c-sEck6-G9ZPpf0LcBU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Trailrunner7 writes "Two independent researchers are proposing an extension for TLS to provide greater trust in certificate authorities, which have become a weak link in the entire public key infrastructure after some big breaches involving fraudulent SSL certificates. TACK, short for Trust Assertions for Certificate Keys, is a dynamically activated public key framework that enables a TLS server to assert the authenticity of its public key. According to an IETF draft submitted by researchers Moxie Marlinspike and Trevor Perrin, a TACK key is used to sign the public key from the TLS server's certificate. Clients can 'pin' a hostname to the TACK key, based on a user's visitation habits, without requiring sites modify their existing certificate chains or limiting a site's ability to deploy or change certificate chains at any time. If the user later encounters a fraudulent certificate on a "pinned" site, the browser will reject the session and send a warning to the user. 'Since TACK pins are based on TACK keys (instead of CA keys), trust in CAs is not required. Additionally, the TACK key may be used to revoke previous TACK signatures (or even itself) in order to handle the compromise of TLS or TACK private keys,' according to the draft."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Moxie+Marlinspike+Proposes+New+TACK+Extension+To+TLS+For+Key+Pinning%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJG5TqM"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1438239%2Fmoxie-marlinspike-proposes-new-tack-extension-to-tls-for-key-pinning%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1438239/moxie-marlinspike-proposes-new-tack-extension-to-tls-for-key-pinning?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1438239/moxie-marlinspike-proposes-new-tack-extension-to-tls-for-key-pinning?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2872075&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/yUWh_OYotbg" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T15:40:00+00:00 security protect-ya-neck it 45 45,44,31,27,14,8,1 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1438239/moxie-marlinspike-proposes-new-tack-extension-to-tls-for-key-pinning?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9Erun9p2ozI/supreme-court-orders-do-over-on-key-software-patents <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4mbPD6RaQ1bC3KHf_B9UDdF3SGc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4mbPD6RaQ1bC3KHf_B9UDdF3SGc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4mbPD6RaQ1bC3KHf_B9UDdF3SGc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4mbPD6RaQ1bC3KHf_B9UDdF3SGc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Fluffeh writes "It seems that the US Supreme Court has an itch it just can't scratch. A patent granted to the Ultramercial company covers the concept of allowing users to watch a pre-roll advertisement as an alternative to paying for premium content and the company is demanding fees from the likes of Hulu and YouTube. Another company called WildTangent is however is challenging Ultramercial's "invention" as merely an abstract idea not eligible for patent protection. Add to this a recent ruling by the Supreme Court restricting patents &mdash; albeit on medical diagnostic techniques and you get into a bit of a pickle. The Supreme Court is now sending the Ultramercial case back to the lower courts for another round, which doesn't mean that the court disagrees with the original ruling, but rather that it thinks it is a patent case that is relevant to the situation and they want to re-examine it under this new light."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Supreme+Court+Orders+Do-Over+On+Key+Software+Patents%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJURbCP"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1348203%2Fsupreme-court-orders-do-over-on-key-software-patents%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1348203/supreme-court-orders-do-over-on-key-software-patents?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1348203/supreme-court-orders-do-over-on-key-software-patents?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2871989&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/9Erun9p2ozI" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T14:56:00+00:00 medicine no-trade-backs science 133 133,126,111,98,42,18,12 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1348203/supreme-court-orders-do-over-on-key-software-patents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jlHUGHQbykk/obama-to-agencies-optimize-web-content-for-mobile <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cOO3n-PHRcP-sFaNv65rVXrW6Kc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cOO3n-PHRcP-sFaNv65rVXrW6Kc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cOO3n-PHRcP-sFaNv65rVXrW6Kc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cOO3n-PHRcP-sFaNv65rVXrW6Kc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>CWmike writes "President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices. Obama, in a directive issued Wednesday, also ordered federal agencies to create websites to report on their mobile progress. The websites are due within 90 days. Innovators in the private sector and the government have used the Internet and powerful computers to improve customer service, but 'it is time for the federal government to do more,' Obama said in the memo. 'For far too long, the American people have been forced to navigate a labyrinth of information across different government programs in order to find the services they need.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Obama+To+Agencies%3A+Optimize+Web+Content+For+Mobile%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJUJFYm"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1259236%2Fobama-to-agencies-optimize-web-content-for-mobile%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1259236/obama-to-agencies-optimize-web-content-for-mobile?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1259236/obama-to-agencies-optimize-web-content-for-mobile?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2871891&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/jlHUGHQbykk" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T14:10:00+00:00 government phone-of-the-people yro 264 264,259,176,149,28,18,12 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1259236/obama-to-agencies-optimize-web-content-for-mobile?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2xuiKGsTzkE/bioethicist-jonathan-moreno-talks-jacked-in-soldiers-and-military-neuroscience <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rQYKV7t-mOkf_AADOo6FdumdOyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rQYKV7t-mOkf_AADOo6FdumdOyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rQYKV7t-mOkf_AADOo6FdumdOyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rQYKV7t-mOkf_AADOo6FdumdOyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>pigrabbitbear writes "Who's driving a lot of neuro research? The military. Much of it is health related, like figuring out how to make prosthetics work more seamlessly and helping diagnose brain injuries. But the military's involvement highlights the basic ethical quandary of neurological development: When our brains pretty much define who we are, what happens when you start adding tech in there? And what happens when you take it away? Jonathan Moreno is quite possibly the top bioethicist in the country, and along with Michael Tennison, recently penned a fascinating essay on the role and ethics of using neuroscience for national security. He also recently updated his book Mind Wars, a seminal look into the military's work with the brain. In this interview he discusses brain implants, drones, and what will happen when military tech hits the civilian world."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Bioethicist+Jonathan+Moreno+Talks+Jacked-In+Soldiers+And+Military+Neuroscience%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKBqjBa"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1231230%2Fbioethicist-jonathan-moreno-talks-jacked-in-soldiers-and-military-neuroscience%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1231230/bioethicist-jonathan-moreno-talks-jacked-in-soldiers-and-military-neuroscience?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1231230/bioethicist-jonathan-moreno-talks-jacked-in-soldiers-and-military-neuroscience?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2871821&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/2xuiKGsTzkE" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T13:28:00+00:00 military weapon-of-the-future technology 103 103,103,77,66,23,14,6 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1231230/bioethicist-jonathan-moreno-talks-jacked-in-soldiers-and-military-neuroscience?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NoRlymmlhQ4/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbYZl7994YXsbSRQuL5Eg-EzDsI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbYZl7994YXsbSRQuL5Eg-EzDsI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbYZl7994YXsbSRQuL5Eg-EzDsI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qbYZl7994YXsbSRQuL5Eg-EzDsI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>nk497 writes "Last year, Eric Schmidt slammed British computer science teaching, saying the UK was wasting its computing heritage &mdash; since then, the Government has agreed to re-examine how the subject is taught. 'Rebooting computer science education is not straightforward,' Schmidt said. 'Scrapping the existing curriculum was a good first step &mdash; the equivalent of pulling the plug out of the wall. The question is now how to power up.' To help, Schmidt has now promised funding from Google to train 100 teachers as well as give classrooms Raspberry Pis, via charity Teach First."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Google+Funds+Raspberry+Pi+And+CS+Teachers+For+UK+Schools%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMsM2yW"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F1131237%2Fgoogle-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1131237/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1131237/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2871693&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/NoRlymmlhQ4" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T12:45:00+00:00 education google-a-better-grade news 140 140,139,102,83,23,11,6 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1131237/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/XdW61gVLsrU/groups-launch-200m-gigabit-per-second-broadband-project <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4xgi1AFtgKt7wssI2smISeBlcbM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4xgi1AFtgKt7wssI2smISeBlcbM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4xgi1AFtgKt7wssI2smISeBlcbM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4xgi1AFtgKt7wssI2smISeBlcbM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>alphadogg writes "An Ohio startup company has raised $200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday. Gigabit Squared will work with the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project (Gig.U), a coalition of 30 universities focused on improved broadband, to select six communities in which to build the ultra-fast broadband networks, they said. The two organizations will select winning communities between November and the first quarter of 2013, Mark Ansboury, president of Gigabit Squared, said. The new project comes at an important time, when many commercial broadband providers have stopped deploying next-generation networks, said Blair Levin, executive director of Gig.U and lead author of the FCC's 2010 national broadband plan."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Groups+Launch+%24200M+Gigabit-per-second+Broadband+Project%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMJzxll"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F0256237%2Fgroups-launch-200m-gigabit-per-second-broadband-project%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0256237/groups-launch-200m-gigabit-per-second-broadband-project?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0256237/groups-launch-200m-gigabit-per-second-broadband-project?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2870645&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/XdW61gVLsrU" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T12:04:00+00:00 networking greased-lightning technology 41 41,36,23,19,6,3,2 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0256237/groups-launch-200m-gigabit-per-second-broadband-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YvWnWgPqz5o/four-years-jail-for-bredolab-botnet-author <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nuLs0-B9T5T9ftc4bw7W6FOImBY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nuLs0-B9T5T9ftc4bw7W6FOImBY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nuLs0-B9T5T9ftc4bw7W6FOImBY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nuLs0-B9T5T9ftc4bw7W6FOImBY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>angry tapir writes "The creator of the Bredolab malware has received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia for using his botnet to launch DDoS attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations. G. Avanesov was sentenced by the Court of First Instance of Armenia's Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun administrative districts for offenses under Part 3 of the Article 253 of the country's Criminal Code &mdash; intentionally causing damage to a computer system with severe consequences."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Four+Years+Jail+For+Bredolab+Botnet+Author%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMrKDsr"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F0254223%2Ffour-years-jail-for-bredolab-botnet-author%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0254223/four-years-jail-for-bredolab-botnet-author?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0254223/four-years-jail-for-bredolab-botnet-author?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2870637&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/YvWnWgPqz5o" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T09:23:00+00:00 botnet do-not-pass-go yro 41 41,33,21,17,8,5,4 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0254223/four-years-jail-for-bredolab-botnet-author?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/UTzuG0HMUgg/seti-pioneer-jill-tarter-retires <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dtx_b64L1a_Cp4wSGcRdLogtJ-M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dtx_b64L1a_Cp4wSGcRdLogtJ-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dtx_b64L1a_Cp4wSGcRdLogtJ-M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dtx_b64L1a_Cp4wSGcRdLogtJ-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>ananyo writes "After 35 years, astronomer Jill Tarter is retiring from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) &mdash; a field she helped pioneer and popularize, most recently at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Tarter, who inspired the late Carl Sagan to create the fictional character Ellie Arroway, heroine of the book and movie Contact, says she will instead focus her efforts on what she calls 'the search for intelligent funding.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=SETI+Pioneer+Jill+Tarter+Retires%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJTVbmX"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F24%2F0252205%2Fseti-pioneer-jill-tarter-retires%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0252205/seti-pioneer-jill-tarter-retires?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0252205/seti-pioneer-jill-tarter-retires?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2870629&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/UTzuG0HMUgg" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-24T08:00:00+00:00 space time-to-go-home science 77 77,72,59,46,18,13,10 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/0252205/seti-pioneer-jill-tarter-retires?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl