http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2012, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2012-02-15T17:54:21+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/eqWf/~3/4wOJ5vSegMk/in-hot-water-the-effects-of-even-modern-nuke-plants-on-water Harperdog writes "Dawn Stover has a fascinating article on the newest nuclear power plant to get approval: the Blue Castle Project on the Green River in Utah. Stover details the enormous damage done by nuke plants on local water systems, and points out that the 1-2 punch of climate change and cooling systems is already taking a toll on the ability of nuclear power plants to operate, because in summer the water they use to cool systems with is too hot even before they use it (Tennessee Valley Authority is the example). "<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=In+Hot+Water%3A+The+Effects+of+Even+Modern+Nuke+Plants+On+Water%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fyic03f"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1716219%2Fin-hot-water-the-effects-of-even-modern-nuke-plants-on-water%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/12/02/15/1716219/in-hot-water-the-effects-of-even-modern-nuke-plants-on-water?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/12/02/15/1716219/in-hot-water-the-effects-of-even-modern-nuke-plants-on-water?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=2673325&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hZzv04kn0r4qZuGXQ5xFGIP1jVw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hZzv04kn0r4qZuGXQ5xFGIP1jVw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hZzv04kn0r4qZuGXQ5xFGIP1jVw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hZzv04kn0r4qZuGXQ5xFGIP1jVw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T17:41:00+00:00 news fish-hate-people news 8 8,8,5,5,0,0,0 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1716219/in-hot-water-the-effects-of-even-modern-nuke-plants-on-water?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/S3Gw3cz98qs/major-bitcoin-exchange-ceases-operation First time accepted submitter Sabbetus writes "On Monday the CEO of prominent Bitcoin exchange Tradehill announced that they are shutting down. Ars Technica ran a story on this stating that 'After Monday's news, the currency's value fell from $5.50 to $4.40, a decline of 20 percent.' Tradehill is returning all funds and meanwhile their competitors are fighting over who gets Tradehill's customers."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Major+Bitcoin+Exchange+Ceases+Operation%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FyfZIVU"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1658248%2Fmajor-bitcoin-exchange-ceases-operation%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/12/02/15/1658248/major-bitcoin-exchange-ceases-operation?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/12/02/15/1658248/major-bitcoin-exchange-ceases-operation?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=2673297&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AgLObLa8r7APRw7xA1k9HGseJC8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AgLObLa8r7APRw7xA1k9HGseJC8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AgLObLa8r7APRw7xA1k9HGseJC8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AgLObLa8r7APRw7xA1k9HGseJC8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T17:22:00+00:00 bitcoin but-mom-money-does-grow-on-gpus news 27 27,27,19,19,6,3,1 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1658248/major-bitcoin-exchange-ceases-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/UTEv0hYD3rM/steve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-grammy An anonymous reader writes "Recognizing Steve Jobs's immense contribution to music, he was the recipient of the Grammy Trustees Award at the Grammy's this past Sunday. The award is handed out annually to 'individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.'" Eddy Cue, head of iTunes, accepted the Grammy in place of Jobs.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Steve+Jobs+Awarded+Posthumous+Grammy%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FyU69Jj"><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%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F15%2F1624249%2Fsteve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-grammy%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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1624249/steve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-grammy?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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1624249/steve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-grammy?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=2673249&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pVwYRV6eNPVh4xiWYStENe4DwNA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pVwYRV6eNPVh4xiWYStENe4DwNA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pVwYRV6eNPVh4xiWYStENe4DwNA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pVwYRV6eNPVh4xiWYStENe4DwNA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T17:03:00+00:00 music unreleased-jobs-dubstep-record-out-next-week apple 62 62,62,47,42,9,6,4 http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1624249/steve-jobs-awarded-posthumous-grammy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/ub8J7uGMHv0/factorable-keys-twice-as-many-but-half-as-bad J. Alex Halderman and Nadia Heninger write in with an update to yesterday's story on RSA key security: "Yesterday Slashdot posted that RSA keys are 99.8% secure in the real world. We've been working on this concurrently, and as it turns out, the story is a bit more complicated. Those factorable keys are generated by your router and VPN, not bankofamerica.com. The geeky details are pretty nifty: we downloaded every SSL and SSH keys on the internet in a few days, did some math on 100 million digit numbers, and ended up with 27,000 private keys. (That's 0.4% of SSL keys in current use.) We posted a long blog post summarizing our findings over at Freedom to Tinker."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Factorable+Keys%3A+Twice+As+Many%2C+But+Half+As+Bad%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzIPuT9"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1540212%2Ffactorable-keys-twice-as-many-but-half-as-bad%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/12/02/15/1540212/factorable-keys-twice-as-many-but-half-as-bad?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/12/02/15/1540212/factorable-keys-twice-as-many-but-half-as-bad?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=2673175&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2wAWumTviXip9hUmvVclpnG1MhQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2wAWumTviXip9hUmvVclpnG1MhQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2wAWumTviXip9hUmvVclpnG1MhQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2wAWumTviXip9hUmvVclpnG1MhQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T16:40:00+00:00 security keep-on-factoring it 23 23,23,12,12,4,2,0 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1540212/factorable-keys-twice-as-many-but-half-as-bad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/fL8G4vNioPE/nasdaq-and-bats-ddosed DMandPenfold writes with a quote from an article in Computer World: NASDAQ and BATS saw their sites disrupted during the day on Monday and Tuesday respectively. The sites host company news and share price data, as well as vital information on live service status on the exchanges. It is understood, however, that while the websites were affected, the stock exchanges continued to trade as normal with no change to trading. A spokesperson at BATS said the exchange's site had been hit with 'an external Distributed Denial Of Service incident.' Our trading systems were not affected and there were no exchange customer disruptions associated with the incident.' ... NASDAQ told the Wall Street Journal that on Tuesday it experienced 'intermittent service disruptions on our corporate websites.' It is not known who initiated the attacks. In 2010, NASDAQ's Directors Desk online scheduling application was compromised by hackers. An FBI investigation found that the stock exchange's aging software and out of date security patches played a key part in the problems."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=NASDAQ+and+BATS+DDoSed%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fwq67CY"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1549201%2Fnasdaq-and-bats-ddosed%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/12/02/15/1549201/nasdaq-and-bats-ddosed?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/12/02/15/1549201/nasdaq-and-bats-ddosed?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=2673185&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W-ns5ts2OYKYGoj8duys4_7zMxA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W-ns5ts2OYKYGoj8duys4_7zMxA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W-ns5ts2OYKYGoj8duys4_7zMxA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/W-ns5ts2OYKYGoj8duys4_7zMxA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T16:18:00+00:00 security basement-dwelling-h4x0rs it 12 12,12,11,10,4,1,0 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1549201/nasdaq-and-bats-ddosed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/ndbjKL8KZnI/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-reveal-opposition-to-science New submitter bheerssen writes with an excerpt from an article by The Bad Astronomer: "The Heartland Institute &mdash; a self-described 'think tank' that actually serves in part as a way for climate change denialism to get funded &mdash; has a potentially embarrassing situation on their hands. Someone going by the handle 'Heartland Insider' has anonymously released quite a few of what are claimed to be internal documents from Heartland, revealing the Institute's strategies, funds, and much more." At least one site has the documents in question.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Leaked+Heartland+Institute+Documents+Reveal+Opposition+To+Science%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fz5XGAQ"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1515208%2Fleaked-heartland-institute-documents-reveal-opposition-to-science%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/12/02/15/1515208/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-reveal-opposition-to-science?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/12/02/15/1515208/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-reveal-opposition-to-science?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=2673121&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/svbrjcJ4EaaOD0s_eythvpK7Ah0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/svbrjcJ4EaaOD0s_eythvpK7Ah0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/svbrjcJ4EaaOD0s_eythvpK7Ah0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/svbrjcJ4EaaOD0s_eythvpK7Ah0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T16:01:00+00:00 education scientists-cause-global-warming news 165 165,156,129,113,42,26,12 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1515208/leaked-heartland-institute-documents-reveal-opposition-to-science?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/AjKSstTH16Q/did-life-emerge-in-ponds-rather-than-ocean-vents ananyo writes "The prevailing scientific view holds that life began in hydrothermal vents in the deep sea. But a controversial study (abstract) suggests that inland pools of condensed and cooled geothermal vapor have the ideal characteristics for the origin of life. The study hinges on the observation that the composition of the cytoplasm of modern cells is very different to that of seawater. On the other hand, the mix of metal ions in cytoplasm is (almost exclusively) found where where hot hydrothermal fluid brings the ions to the surface &mdash; places such as geysers and mud pots. There are a number of problems with the study, however &mdash; for instance, a lack of land 4 billion years ago would have made it difficult for life to start in such pools."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Did+Life+Emerge+In+Ponds+Rather+Than+Ocean+Vents%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwqIPNp"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1444247%2Fdid-life-emerge-in-ponds-rather-than-ocean-vents%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/12/02/15/1444247/did-life-emerge-in-ponds-rather-than-ocean-vents?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/12/02/15/1444247/did-life-emerge-in-ponds-rather-than-ocean-vents?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=2673059&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YQtEFZ5NQ-fBhIV1aKy3NuckCss/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YQtEFZ5NQ-fBhIV1aKy3NuckCss/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YQtEFZ5NQ-fBhIV1aKy3NuckCss/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YQtEFZ5NQ-fBhIV1aKy3NuckCss/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T15:18:00+00:00 earth life-evolved-in-coca-cola science 73 73,70,44,32,14,8,5 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1444247/did-life-emerge-in-ponds-rather-than-ocean-vents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/sJMyDPfFz-4/megaupload-co-founder-allowed-bail New submitter masterfpt writes "TorrentFreak is running the following article: 'The co-founder of Megaupload has been freed on bail by a judge in New Zealand. Mathias Ortmann will be the subject of strict conditions including no Internet access. The U.S. will now rely on a United Nations treaty to extradite the Mega team. Separately, it was revealed that the FBI remotely monitored last month's raids and congratulated New Zealand police on their work.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Megaupload+Co-Founder+Allowed+Bail%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FxWByJL"><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%2F02%2F15%2F1350206%2Fmegaupload-co-founder-allowed-bail%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/12/02/15/1350206/megaupload-co-founder-allowed-bail?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/12/02/15/1350206/megaupload-co-founder-allowed-bail?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=2672981&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yqY1DPLwZRyATsHTJIUk44G8v0M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yqY1DPLwZRyATsHTJIUk44G8v0M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yqY1DPLwZRyATsHTJIUk44G8v0M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/yqY1DPLwZRyATsHTJIUk44G8v0M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T14:36:00+00:00 piracy no-one-escapes-new-zealand yro 86 86,86,65,60,26,15,10 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1350206/megaupload-co-founder-allowed-bail?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/gQ6IGqWECiY/fcc-bars-lightsquared-from-using-airwaves New submitter mc6809e writes with news that Lightsquared might have just been killed. From the article: "A proposed wireless broadband network that would provide voice and Internet service using airwaves once reserved for satellite-telephone transmissions should be shelved because it interferes with GPS technology, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. The news appears to squash the near-term hopes for the network pushed by LightSquared, a Virginia company that is majority-owned by Philip Falcone, a New York hedge fund manager." LightSquared, naturally, continues to deny that the interference is real.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FCC+Bars+Lightsquared+From+Using+Airwaves%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzfTvsA"><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%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F15%2F1324228%2Ffcc-bars-lightsquared-from-using-airwaves%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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1324228/fcc-bars-lightsquared-from-using-airwaves?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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1324228/fcc-bars-lightsquared-from-using-airwaves?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=2672943&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Sg5WnKvpTj9G95yfQL-lFI9YQs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Sg5WnKvpTj9G95yfQL-lFI9YQs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Sg5WnKvpTj9G95yfQL-lFI9YQs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Sg5WnKvpTj9G95yfQL-lFI9YQs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Unknown Lamer 2012-02-15T13:55:00+00:00 wireless lightsquared-disputes-laws-of-physics mobile 138 138,135,105,80,32,24,18 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/1324228/fcc-bars-lightsquared-from-using-airwaves?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/26sqSXOEkpA/female-passengers-say-they-were-targeted-for-tsa-body-scanners wiedzmin writes "TSA agents in Dallas singled out female passengers to undergo screening in a body scanner, according to complaints filed by several women who said they felt the screeners intentionally targeted them to view their bodies. Allegedly, women with 'cute bodies' were directed through the body scanners up to three times over by female agents, who appeared to be acting on a request from male agents viewing the scans in a separate room. Apparently this was done because the scans were 'blurry,' possibly due to autofocus problems with agents' smartphone cameras." After hearing the claims, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced plans to introduce legislation that would require the presence of "passenger advocates" at airports to deal with complaints like these.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Female+Passengers+Say+They+Were+Targeted+For+TSA+Body+Scanners%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FyXCrNr"><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%2F02%2F15%2F0315214%2Ffemale-passengers-say-they-were-targeted-for-tsa-body-scanners%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/12/02/15/0315214/female-passengers-say-they-were-targeted-for-tsa-body-scanners?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/12/02/15/0315214/female-passengers-say-they-were-targeted-for-tsa-body-scanners?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=2671947&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Ku-HcvX-RbLlWB3kTCEnrfgLNU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Ku-HcvX-RbLlWB3kTCEnrfgLNU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Ku-HcvX-RbLlWB3kTCEnrfgLNU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Ku-HcvX-RbLlWB3kTCEnrfgLNU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T13:12:00+00:00 privacy when-there's-something-to-abuse-somebody-will-abuse-it yro 408 408,406,312,271,87,57,46 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0315214/female-passengers-say-they-were-targeted-for-tsa-body-scanners?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/AjoYsKd4AhE/is-agriculture-sucking-fresh-water-dry sciencehabit writes "The average American uses enough water each year to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and global agriculture consumes a whopping 92% of all fresh water used annually. Those are the conclusions of the most comprehensive analysis to date of global water use, which also finds that one-fifth of humankind's water consumption flows across international borders as 'virtual water' &mdash; the water needed to produce a commodity, such as meat or electronics, if the ultimate consumers were to make it themselves rather than outsource its growth or manufacture."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Is+Agriculture+Sucking+Fresh+Water+Dry%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FxWFYCv"><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%2F02%2F15%2F0337212%2Fis-agriculture-sucking-fresh-water-dry%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/12/02/15/0337212/is-agriculture-sucking-fresh-water-dry?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/12/02/15/0337212/is-agriculture-sucking-fresh-water-dry?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=2671975&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUgNqFd4anp0DjuKxDGXf9cZADg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUgNqFd4anp0DjuKxDGXf9cZADg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUgNqFd4anp0DjuKxDGXf9cZADg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUgNqFd4anp0DjuKxDGXf9cZADg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T10:10:00+00:00 earth i-blame-the-water-buffalo news 271 271,265,214,176,71,40,24 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0337212/is-agriculture-sucking-fresh-water-dry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/T_RneN75NdE/microsofts-antivirus-briefly-flags-googlecom-as-malicious tsu doh nimh writes "Computers running Microsoft's antivirus and security software may be flagging google.com &mdash; the world's most-visited Web site &mdash; as malicious, apparently due to a faulty Valentine's Day security update shipped by Microsoft. For several hours on Tuesday, PC users browsing with Internet Explorer on a machine equipped with Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront saw warnings that Google.com was serving up a 'severe' threat &ndash; Exploit:JS/Blacole.BW &mdash; basically that google.com was supposedly infected with a Blackhole exploit kit. The warning prompted users to 'delete' the threat, although accepting the default action appeared to cause no ill result. The episode is more embarrassing than harmful, given that Microsoft is expected to ship antivirus technology with the next version of Windows."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Microsoft's+Antivirus+Briefly+Flags+Google.com+As+Malicious%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FxvKurt"><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%2F02%2F15%2F048221%2Fmicrosofts-antivirus-briefly-flags-googlecom-as-malicious%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/12/02/15/048221/microsofts-antivirus-briefly-flags-googlecom-as-malicious?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/12/02/15/048221/microsofts-antivirus-briefly-flags-googlecom-as-malicious?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=2672007&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RBC1kxqtIIpPyzh2JEcRIaJ22bs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RBC1kxqtIIpPyzh2JEcRIaJ22bs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RBC1kxqtIIpPyzh2JEcRIaJ22bs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RBC1kxqtIIpPyzh2JEcRIaJ22bs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T08:43:00+00:00 google quarantine-all-the-googles it 100 100,99,68,54,24,14,9 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/048221/microsofts-antivirus-briefly-flags-googlecom-as-malicious?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/sTjInCKfXAM/legislation-for-18-games-hits-australian-parliament angry tapir writes "Legislation to pave the way for an R18+ (adults only) classification of video games has just been introduced into the Australian parliament by the minister for home affairs. The state and territories will still have to pass complementary legislation, however. Currently the highest rating for a game in Australia is MA15+, with games that didn't meet the criteria being refused classification, leading to content being gutted prior to release or games just not being released. The legislation marks a victory for a long campaign by gamers (notably lobby group Grow Up Australia). The current legislation, which will take effect on January 1 next year providing it makes it through the lower and upper houses, merely introduces an R18+ classification, falling short of the complete classification overhaul proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Legislation+For+18%2B+Games+Hits+Australian+Parliament%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FyWaCuP"><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%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F15%2F0326248%2Flegislation-for-18-games-hits-australian-parliament%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://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0326248/legislation-for-18-games-hits-australian-parliament?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://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0326248/legislation-for-18-games-hits-australian-parliament?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=2671953&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhYvgKDP0aySdWqGHn-v8-gGOL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhYvgKDP0aySdWqGHn-v8-gGOL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhYvgKDP0aySdWqGHn-v8-gGOL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PhYvgKDP0aySdWqGHn-v8-gGOL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T07:14:00+00:00 australia australian-for-fun games 37 37,36,30,23,16,11,8 http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0326248/legislation-for-18-games-hits-australian-parliament?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/cpQhM7JsQLc/unauthorized-ios-apps-leak-private-data-less-than-approved-ones Sparrowvsrevolution writes "In the wake of news that the iPhone app Path uploads users' entire contact lists without permission, Forbes dug up a study from a group of researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the International Security Systems Lab that aimed to analyze how and where iPhone apps transmit users' private data. Not only did the researchers find that one in five of the free apps in Apple's app store upload private data back to the apps' creators that could potentially identify users and allow profiles to be built of their activities; they also discovered that programs in Cydia, the most popular platform for unauthorized apps that run only on 'jailbroken' iPhones, tend to leak private data far less frequently than Apple's approved apps. The researchers ran their analysis on 1,407 free apps (PDF) on the two platforms. Of those tested apps, 21 percent of official App Store apps uploaded the user's Unique Device Identifier, for instance, compared with only four percent of unauthorized apps."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Unauthorized+iOS+Apps+Leak+Private+Data+Less+Than+Approved+Ones%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwE3wmi"><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%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F15%2F0036242%2Funauthorized-ios-apps-leak-private-data-less-than-approved-ones%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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0036242/unauthorized-ios-apps-leak-private-data-less-than-approved-ones?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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0036242/unauthorized-ios-apps-leak-private-data-less-than-approved-ones?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=2671805&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Lwngvaemkr3VAs3F8q-9Pc7c6A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Lwngvaemkr3VAs3F8q-9Pc7c6A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Lwngvaemkr3VAs3F8q-9Pc7c6A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_Lwngvaemkr3VAs3F8q-9Pc7c6A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T05:11:00+00:00 ios curated-for-a-different-purpose apple 136 136,133,105,93,32,22,11 http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0036242/unauthorized-ios-apps-leak-private-data-less-than-approved-ones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/qxgCR50UaL4/zynga-sues-brazilian-dev-for-copying-its-games An anonymous reader writes "In what can only be described as a case of the pot calling the kettle black, Zynga has launched and settled a lawsuit against Brazilian game developer Vostu after accusing Vostu of copying their games. The settlement resulted in the loss of jobs for many Vostu employees. How Zynga managed to carry out such actions while keeping a straight face after dealing with similar allegations remains to be seen."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Zynga+Sues+Brazilian+Dev+For+Copying+Its+Games%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FyFIb2B"><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%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F15%2F0333205%2Fzynga-sues-brazilian-dev-for-copying-its-games%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://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0333205/zynga-sues-brazilian-dev-for-copying-its-games?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://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0333205/zynga-sues-brazilian-dev-for-copying-its-games?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=2671969&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2b4Yr0XcdiHeC1VdZwgAg8D6JLM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2b4Yr0XcdiHeC1VdZwgAg8D6JLM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2b4Yr0XcdiHeC1VdZwgAg8D6JLM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2b4Yr0XcdiHeC1VdZwgAg8D6JLM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2012-02-15T04:08:00+00:00 court you-show-those-jerks-who-copy-games games 103 103,101,82,68,41,28,19 http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/15/0333205/zynga-sues-brazilian-dev-for-copying-its-games?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl