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Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/utK_2iNe1bk/Hackers-Attack-AU-Websites-To-Protest-Censorship
An anonymous reader writes "A band of cyber-attackers have taken down the Australian Parliament House website and hacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website in coordinated protests against government plans to filter the Internet. The group responsible, called Anonymous, is known for coordinated Internet attacks against Scientology and other groups in the past. It recently turned its attention against the AU government after it said in December that it would block access to sites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1459257/Hackers-Attack-AU-Websites-To-Protest-Censorship?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/1459257"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1459257/Hackers-Attack-AU-Websites-To-Protest-Censorship?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/o-di7CV-nMM/New-Russian-Botnet-Tries-To-Kill-Rivals
alphadogg writes "An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers. Security researchers say that the relatively unknown Spy Eye toolkit added this functionality just a few days ago in a bid to displace its larger rival, known as Zeus. The feature, called "Kill Zeus," apparently removes the Zeus software from the victim's PC, giving Spy Eye exclusive access to usernames and passwords. Zeus and Spy Eye are both Trojan-making toolkits, designed to give criminals an easy way to set up their own "botnet" networks of password-stealing programs. These programs emerged as a major problem in 2009, with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation estimating last October that they have caused $100 million in losses."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1337238/New-Russian-Botnet-Tries-To-Kill-Rivals?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/1337238"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1337238/New-Russian-Botnet-Tries-To-Kill-Rivals?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/ZGutK7BS4tE/Microsoft-Wins-Windows-XP-WGA-Lawsuit
Rish writes "A lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers to download and install an update for Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) under the guise that it was critical security update has been tossed out. Last month, a federal judge refused to certify the lawsuit as a class action, which would have meant anyone who owned a Windows XP PC in mid-2006 could join the case without having to hire an attorney, and on Friday the same judge dismissed the case completely."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1332235/Microsoft-Wins-Windows-XP-WGA-Lawsuit?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/1332235"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1332235/Microsoft-Wins-Windows-XP-WGA-Lawsuit?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/bC0eKmxpUeY/Opera-for-iPhone-to-Test-Apples-Resolve
Barence writes "Opera is launching a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone in what could prove a landmark decision for Apple's app gatekeepers. Apple has been traditionally hostile to rival browsers, with Mozilla claiming that Apple made it "too hard" for its rivals to develop a browser for the iPhone. However, Opera remains bullishly confident that it's app will be approved. "We have not submitted Opera Mini to the Apple App store," an Opera spokesperson told PC Pro. "However, we hope that Apple will not deny their users a choice in web browsing experience."" I can't imagine what would motivate them to do that.<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1328245/Opera-for-iPhone-to-Test-Apples-Resolve?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/1328245"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/1328245/Opera-for-iPhone-to-Test-Apples-Resolve?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/feRygwfT3_k/Hearts-Actually-Can-Break
DesScorp writes "It seems that there's a grain of truth to one old wives' tale; it turns out that you really can die of a broken heart, especially if you're a post-menopausal woman. The Wall Street Journal reports on a phenomena called 'broken-heart syndrome,' which often occurs after great emotional distress. Quoting: 'In a conventional heart attack, an obstructed artery starves the heart muscle of oxygenated blood, quickly resulting in the death of tissue and potentially permanently compromising heart function. In contrast, the heart muscle in broken-heart-syndrome patients is stunned in the adrenaline surge and appears to go into hibernation. Little tissue is lost.' In the article a doctor notes, 'The cells are alive, but mechanically or electrically disabled.' Documented cases track heart attacks in people with seemingly healthy hearts after the grief of the death of a loved one. Intense feelings can cause the heart actually to change shape. Doctors call this 'tako-tsubo,' after the Japanese phrase for 'octopus trap,' so called because the syndrome was first identified by a Japanese doctor who noticed the strange shape in the left ventricle. Doctors note that while strong emotions like grief are usually associated with the syndrome, stress or a migraine can also trigger such heart attacks."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0127211/Hearts-Actually-Can-Break?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0127211"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0127211/Hearts-Actually-Can-Break?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/J21csKy49qo/Appeals-Court-Rules-On-Internet-Obscenity-Standards
dark_requiem writes "The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that online content can be judged by the standards of the strictest community that is able to access it. The court upheld the conviction of pornography producer Paul F. Little, aka Max Hardcore, for violating obscenity laws in Tampa, despite the fact that the 'obscene' material in question was produced and sold in California. From the article: 'The Atlanta-based court rejected arguments by Little's attorneys that applying a local community standard to the Internet violates the First Amendment because doing so means material can be judged according to the standards of the strictest communities. In other words, the materials might be legal where they were produced and almost everywhere else. But if they violate the standards of one community, they are illegal in that community and the producers may be convicted of a crime. ... Jurors in Little's trial were told to judge the materials on the basis of how "the average person of the community as a whole — the Middle District of Florida" — would view the material.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0140245/Appeals-Court-Rules-On-Internet-Obscenity-Standards?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0140245"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0140245/Appeals-Court-Rules-On-Internet-Obscenity-Standards?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/V5kU65nr8s4/Blizzard-Previews-Revamped-Battlenet
Blizzard updated the official StarCraft II site today with a preview of how the revamped Battle.net will function. They emphasize the social features, competitive matchmaking system, and the ease of sharing mods and maps. Quoting:
"When the legacy Battle.net service introduced support for user-created mods such as DotA, Tower Defense, and many others, these user-created game types became immensely popular. But while Battle.net supported mods at a basic level, integration with tools and the mod community wasn't where it needed to be for a game releasing in 2010. The new Battle.net service will see some major improvements in this area. StarCraft II will include a full-featured content-creation toolkit — the same tools used by the StarCraft II design team to create the single-player campaign. To fully harness the community's mapmaking prowess, Battle.net will introduce a feature called Map Publishing. Map Publishing will let users upload their maps to the service and share them with the rest of the community immediately on the service. This also ties in with the goal of making Battle.net an always-connected experience — you can publish, browse, and download maps directly via the Battle.net client. Finding games based on specific mods will also be much easier with our all-new custom game system, placing the full breadth of the modding community's efforts at your fingertips."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0547236/Blizzard-Previews-Revamped-Battlenet?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0547236"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0547236/Blizzard-Previews-Revamped-Battlenet?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/_StR8psrLFY/Is-Internet-Explorer-67-Support-Required-Now
k33l0r writes "Following Google's announcement ending support for Internet Explorer 6, I find myself wondering whether we (Web developers) really need to continue providing support for IE6 and IE7. Especially when creating Web sites intended for technical audiences, wouldn't it be best to end support for obsoleted browsers? Would this not provide additional incentives to upgrade? Recently I and my colleagues had to decide whether it was worth our time to try to support anything before IE8, and in the end we decided to redirect any IE6/7 user-agent to a separate page explaining that the site is not accessible with IE 6 or 7. This was easy once we saw from our analytics that fewer than 5% of visitors to the site were using IE at all. Have you had to make a choice like this? If so, what was your decision and what was the reasoning behind it?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0056257/Is-Internet-Explorer-67-Support-Required-Now?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0056257"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0056257/Is-Internet-Explorer-67-Support-Required-Now?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/d9ECmrQIa24/India-Suspended-From-PayPal-For-At-Least-a-Few-Months
More details have come about about what was behind PayPal's decision to suspend personal payments to any user in India, as we discussed on Sunday. In a blog post today, PayPal revealed that payments to India will remain in suspension for at least a few months. Customers in India will be able to pull rupees out of the service into their bank accounts within a few days. The suspension came about when Indian government regulators raised questions about whether PayPal's service was enabling remittences (transfers of money by foreign workers) to Indian citizens. "The problems may have been triggered by a marketing push that promotes PayPal as a way to send money abroad, a source familiar with the matter said. The campaign — which reads 'As low as $1.50 to send $300 to countries like India' — may have caught the attention of Indian regulators, the source said."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0048246/India-Suspended-From-PayPal-For-At-Least-a-Few-Months?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0048246"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0048246/India-Suspended-From-PayPal-For-At-Least-a-Few-Months?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/IeNdxa-7HNA/Google-Buzz-mdash-First-Reactions
Google announced Buzz today, as we anticipated this morning. CNET has a workmanlike description of the social-networking service, which is integrated into gmail. CNET identifies a central obstacle Buzz will have to overcome to gain traction: "The problem, however, will be the increasing backlash Google is seeing from the general public over how much data the company already controls on their online habits." Buzz is being rolled out over the next few days so some people will see a Buzz folder in their gmail, but most won't yet (this Twitter post explains how Safari users can get an early glimpse). A blog posting up at O'Reilly Answers points out some of the distinguishing characteristics of Google Buzz — one interesting one being its ability to post an update either pubilcly or privately, at the user's option. This design choice places it between the public-by-default Twitter and the private-by-default Facebook. Lauren Weinstein sounds a note of caution about the inherent privacy risks of Google's method of filling out initial friend profiles by automatic friending.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0014246/Google-Buzz-mdash-First-Reactions?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/10/0014246"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/02/10/0014246/Google-Buzz-mdash-First-Reactions?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/NJ-k8LxZAcw/A-Never-Reboot-Service-For-Linux
An anonymous reader writes "Ksplice, the company based on the MIT Ksplice project, is now offering its 'never reboot' service for Red Hat, Debian, and other Linux distros. You subscribe and get real-time kernel security updates that apply in-memory instead of rebooting. Last summer we discussed the free service for Ubuntu. Cool tech, but will people really pay $4 a month for this?"<p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2341249/A-Never-Reboot-Service-For-Linux?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/09/2341249"></a></p><p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2341249/A-Never-Reboot-Service-For-Linux?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/0GCD9LfjSY0/Submit-Your-Comments-About-ACTA
alex_guy_CA Notes that the US Trade Representative — who has been negotiating the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement without input from the American people or Congress — is seeking public submissions on how to conduct US foreign copyright policy. This means that Americans can file comments with the USTR asking for ACTA to be made public. Public Knowledge explains the process: "Under the Special 301 process the USTR seeks input from US copyright, trademark, and patent owners about whether policies and practices in foreign countries deny them adequate IP protection. The process has generally been used by IP holders to complain not only about lax enforcement in other countries, but also about limitations and exceptions in their laws that are beneficial to libraries, to education, to innovation, and to the public interest generally. The ability to comment in the Special 301 process is not limited to IP owners only. Any member of the public is free to file comments. If you believe in the importance of balanced copyright policies, file comments with the USTR and make your voice heard. Comments can be filed electronically via http://www.regulations.gov/ docket number USTR-2010-0003. You have to include the term '2010 Special 301 Review' in the 'Type Comment and Upload File' field. ... Deadline for filing is February 16 by 5 pm"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2242230/Submit-Your-Comments-About-ACTA?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/09/2242230"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2242230/Submit-Your-Comments-About-ACTA?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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Precision writes to inform us about the Swiss firm Myriad, which claims a 3x boost in Android app performance and longer battery life with a new virtual machine. Myriad says that its technology is 100% compatible with existing Android apps. "The tool is a replacement for the Dalvik virtual machine, which ships as part of the Android platform, and retains full compatibility with existing software. Dalvik Turbo also supports a range of processors including those based on ARM, Intel Atom, and MIPS Architectures."<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2020224/Swiss-Firm-Claims-Boost-In-Android-App-Performance?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/09/2020224"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2020224/Swiss-Firm-Claims-Boost-In-Android-App-Performance?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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I'm typing this on a netbook with no hard drive, not using a chip from Intel or AMD, and powered by AA batteries. Eight rechargeable AAs, to be precise, in a bank of cells right where a Li-Ion battery would sit in a conventional laptop. The batteries charge in place, too (regulation prevents overcharging) meaning that the power cord is a simple three-prong-to-cloverleaf cord, no wall-wart required. It's the EduBook from Xcore (see that page for some photos of the internals, too), and it's a cool concept. Despite some warts, it's one of the most interesting things I ran into on the CES show floor last month (Xcore's Michael Barnes kindly supplied the laptop, straight from the display case). Read on for my review.<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2138200/XCores-EduBook-a-Netbook-That-Runs-on-AA-Batteries?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/09/2138200"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/2138200/XCores-EduBook-a-Netbook-That-Runs-on-AA-Batteries?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/YlYo1LuKjrE/Microsoft-Says-Windows-7-Not-Killing-Batteries
VindictivePantz sends word that the Windows 7 team has posted a new blog entry discussing their conclusions about the reported Windows 7 battery failures. "To the very best of the collective ecosystem knowledge, Windows 7 is correctly warning batteries that are in fact failing and Windows 7 is neither incorrectly reporting on battery status nor in any way whatsoever causing batteries to reach this state. In every case we have been able to identify the battery being reported on was in fact in need of recommended replacement. ...every single indication we have regarding the reports we've seen are simply Windows 7 reporting the state of the battery using this new feature and we're simply seeing batteries that are not performing above the designated threshold. ... We are as certain as we can be that we have addressed the root cause and concerns of this report, but we will continue to monitor the situation."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/196235/Microsoft-Says-Windows-7-Not-Killing-Batteries?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=10/02/09/196235"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/02/09/196235/Microsoft-Says-Windows-7-Not-Killing-Batteries?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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