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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is
* Fruit Flies Show Spark of Free Will
* IBM and Sun Launch Intranet Metaverses
* Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency
* Gene Research Gives Hope of Reversing Baldness
* Google Expands to 'Universal' Search
* How Far Should a Job Screening Go?
* Amazon to Open DRM-Free MP3 Music Download Store
* Bush Causes Cell Phone Ban
* Russia Accused of Cyber-War Against Estonia
* NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux
* Making Fingers Work With Touch Screens
* Microsoft To Dump 32-Bit After Vista
* Stanford To Charge Reconnect Fee For DMCA Notices
* Intel's PowerTOP Extends Linux Battery Life
* Has Cosmology Been Solved?
* Microsoft Votes to Add ODF to ANSI Standards List
* Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched
* Does Zelda Need an Overhaul?
* Experts Now Say JFK Bullet Analysis Was Wrong
* AACS Revision Cracked A Week Before Release
* Firefox Going the Big and Bloated IE Way?
* The First Terabyte Hard Drive Reviewed
* Is Dedicated Hosting for Critical DTDs Necessary?
* A Robotic Cable Inspection System
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| Judge Doesn't Know What a Web Site is |
| from the and-the-earth-is-not-flat dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 16, @20:29 (It's funny. Lau|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/2248209
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An anonymous reader writes "A British judge admitted on Wednesday he was
struggling to cope with basic terms like "Web site" in the trial of three
men accused of inciting terrorism via the Internet. Judge Peter Openshaw
broke into the questioning of a witness about a Web forum used by alleged
Islamist radicals. "The trouble is I don't understand the language. [0]I
don't really understand what a Web site is". he told a London court
during the trial of three men charged under anti-terrorism laws.
Prosecutor Mark Ellison briefly set aside his questioning to explain the
terms "Web site" and "forum." An exchange followed in which the
59-year-old judge acknowledged: "I haven't quite grasped the concepts.""
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/16/2248209
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/security_britain_internet_dc;_ylt=AszIY5m_8gyrEPggaWSqKdgjtBAF
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| Fruit Flies Show Spark of Free Will |
| from the sorry-about-all-those-bio-labs dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 16, @21:40 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/2255247
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[0]Lucas123 writes "A study performed at the Free University Berlin on
human free will has produced some unexpected results showing that
[1]fruit flies may have a spark of free will in their tiny brains." From
the article: "Their behavior seemed to match up with a mathematical
algorithm called [2]Levy's distribution ... Future research delving
further into free will could lead to more advanced robots, scientists
added. The result, joked neurobiologist Bj��rn Brembs from the Free
University Berlin, could be "world robot domination."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/16/2255247
Links:
0. http://ww.computerworld.com/
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18684016/
2. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LevyFlight.html
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| IBM and Sun Launch Intranet Metaverses |
| from the meet-me-in-thunder-bluff dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 16, @22:59 (Networking) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/234209
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[0]wjamesau writes "[1]Sun and IBM have launched intranet metaverses
designed for business and built to work behind their corporate firewalls,
so their worldwide employees can use them to collaborate together. Most
interesting to game developers, IBM (which also runs a private, no public
access Second Life island as a development lab) created their intranet
world from the 3D Torque engine from Garage Games. Will the metaverse
actually be thousands of gated community metaverses?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/16/234209
Links:
0. http://nwn.blogs.com/
1. http://gigaom.com/2007/05/15/here-come-virtual-world-intranets-seriously/
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| Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency |
| from the power-up dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 17, @00:56 (Power) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/0329206
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space_mongoose writes "Hitachi thinks that a [0]simple chemical additive
could significantly improve battery life. Alkaline batteries have a
positive electrode of manganese oxide and a negative electrode of finely
powdered zinc, but zinc oxide forms around these grains of zinc.
Hitachi's solution is to replace the zinc with a fine powder of
zinc-aluminum alloy, displacing the zinc within the zinc oxide layer
making it a much better conductor."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/0329206
Links:
0. http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11843-invention-battery-booster.html
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| Gene Research Gives Hope of Reversing Baldness |
| from the rapunzel-rapunzel-regrow-your-hair dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 17, @03:20 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/0335228
|
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Hair loss in humans might not be irreversible, suggest scientists who
have helped create new hair cells on the skin of mice. It was thought
hair follicles, once damaged, could never be replaced. A University of
Pennsylvania team, writing in the journal Nature, say [0]hair growth can
actually be encouraged using a single gene.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/0335228
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6661849.stm
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| Google Expands to 'Universal' Search |
| from the triple-awesome-metasearch-coming-soon dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 17, @05:27 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/0342256
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[0]ppadala writes "Google today unveiled its [1]uber search which allows
you to search for text, images, news etc. together. This is the result of
unifying various search engines that Google developed for web, images,
news etc. Google's main page and the results page are also sporting a
polished look with a top menu bar sporting various search items."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/0342256
Links:
0. http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~ppadala
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131929-c,google/article.html
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| How Far Should a Job Screening Go? |
| from the where-would-you-draw-the-lnie dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Thursday May 17, @07:45 (Privacy) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/2212228
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SlashSquatch asks: "My sister is getting screened for a programming
position with a financial firm. I was alarmed to hear she'll be getting
fingerprinted at the Sheriff's Office as part of the screening process.
Instantly I conjure up scenes of frame-ups and corporate scandals. I want
to know, should this raise a flag? Would you submit to fingerprinting,
blood tests and who knows what else (financial, genetic code, and so
forth) for a programming position?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/16/2212228
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| Amazon to Open DRM-Free MP3 Music Download Store |
| from the learning-to-share dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 17, @08:02 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/0316233
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mtnlion1 writes "Amazon.com announced it will launch a digital music
store later this year offering [0]millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3
format from more than 12,000 record labels. EMI Music's digital catalog
is the latest addition to the store. Every song and album in the
Amazon.com digital music store will be available exclusively in the MP3
format without digital rights management (DRM) software. Amazon's
DRM-free MP3s will free customers to play their music on virtually any of
their personal devices and burn songs to CDs for personal use."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/0316233
Links:
0. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1003003&highlight=
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| Bush Causes Cell Phone Ban |
| from the security-through-headlines dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @08:41 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1221255
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An anonymous reader writes "When President George Bush visits Sydney,
Australia for the APEC Summit in September, [0]all cell phone calls
within the radius of a football field will be suppressed. The president's
motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming
equipment. Terrorists have used mobile phones to detonate
remote-controlled bombs in Iraq and elsewhere in the world." There are
other ways to detonate explosives remotely. Doesn't seem like the
smartest thing to let potential enemies know of such plans in advance.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1221255
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| Russia Accused of Cyber-War Against Estonia |
| from the deniability dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @09:19 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1248215
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[0]earthlingpink writes about the ongoing DDoSing of Estonia. The
Guardian is reporting that [1]Russia stands accused of engaging in a
three-week-long series of cyber-attacks. Government, banking, and media
websites have been targeted. It is unclear whether the attacks are
sanctioned or initiated by the Russian Government, but Estonian
authorities believe that to be the case. NATO has sent security experts
to Tallinn to help beef up defenses. The Estonian defense minister said,
"At present, NATO does not define cyber-attacks as a clear military
action. This means that the provisions of... collective self-defense,
will not automatically be extended to the attacked country... this matter
needs to be resolved in the near future."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1248215
Links:
0. http://www.stevepickering.net/
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2081438,00.html
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| NY Stock Exchange Moves To Linux |
| from the bye-bye-big-iron dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @09:58 (Unix) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/139256
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Even the old mainframe strongholds, the
financial markets, are moving away from big iron. The New York Stock
Exchange is one of them, as it's [0]leaving the mainframe for AIX and
Linux. They're doing it to save money; it seems that transactions are
going to cost half as much on Unix and Linux as they did on the
mainframe." The first phase of the transition happened last Monday.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/139256
Links:
0. http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci1254860,00.html
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| Making Fingers Work With Touch Screens |
| from the seeing-the-spot dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @10:44 (Input Devices) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1438252
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An anonymous reader writes "A paper was recently published about Shift at
the Computer Human Interaction Conference earlier this month. The authors
(Daniel Vogel, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto and Patrick
Baudisch, a research scientist at Microsoft Research) developed the
technology to [0]solve several problems with mobile-phone touch screens.
Most such screens are designed to be operated with a stylus; when touched
with a finger the UI doesn't work so well. They also created a short
video with a demonstration of how Shift works. Shift builds on an
existing technology known as Offset Cursor, which displays a cursor just
above the spot a user touches on the screen. That allows a user to place
their finger below the item they wish to choose so that they can see the
item, rather than hiding it with their finger."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1438252
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070516/tc_infoworld/88585;_ylt=AhwoEfHPRzNoFNspXZCmJWkjtBAF
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| Microsoft To Dump 32-Bit After Vista |
| from the at-least-it-fixes-Y2K38 dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @11:17 (Windows) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1452228
|
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[0]SlinkySausage writes "Microsoft has used its annual hardware
engineering conference to announce that Windows Vista and Server 2008
will be the [1]last versions of Windows capable of booting on 32-bit CPUs
such as Intel Pentium 4 and Core Duo. AMD, which introduced 64-bit CPUs
early ��� much to the derision of Intel, which said there was no use for
them at the time ��� must be delighted with Microsoft's decision. Owners of
first-generation Intel Macs that used (32-bit only) Core Duo CPUs may not
be so happy knowing that Vista will be the last Windows they will be able
to run."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1452228
Links:
0. mailto:krispysausage@gmail.com
1. http://apcmag.com/6121/windows_server_gets_vista_version_itis
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| Stanford To Charge Reconnect Fee For DMCA Notices |
| from the your-tuition-dollars dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @11:55 (Education) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1529238
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theantipop writes "Stanford didn't like appearing on the MPAA's list of
25 worst offenders. Last week the university issued notice of a [0]new
policy in which students are charged a reconnection fee, ranging from
$100 to $1000, if they fail to respond quickly enough to a DMCA
complaint. The policy is to take effect September 1 this year. As a show
of 'good faith' they are graciously allowing all students to start at the
$100 fee level for subsequent notices."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1529238
Links:
0. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=stanford%20policy
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| Intel's PowerTOP Extends Linux Battery Life |
| from the using-the-hooks dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @12:32 (Intel) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1553202
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DuracellFan writes "Intel recently released its [0]PowerTOP utility,
which builds on work done by kernel developers to make the Linux kernel
power-efficient. PowerTOP gives a [1]snapshot of what apps are consuming
the most power. The PowerTOP website also hosts patches for several Linux
apps and the kernel. In the Linux.com article, lead PowerTOP developer
Arjan van de Ven of Intel says that PowerTOP could soon show which
applications keep the disk busy." Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of
OSTG.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1553202
Links:
0. http://www.linuxpowertop.org/powertop.php
1. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/1742204
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| Has Cosmology Been Solved? |
| from the more-concensus-than-debate dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday May 17, @13:14 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/160214
|
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An anonymous reader writes "In 1998, Dr. Michael Turner published a
famous paper titled 'Cosmology Solved? Quite Possibly!' where he outlined
seven major issues cosmologists should address in the following ten
years. Nine years later, he [0]revisits the list in an interview with the
Slackerpedia Galactica podcast. He summarizes progress on each issue,
adds some new goals for the next ten years, and even suggests that
cosmology is now more interesting than science fiction."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/160214
Links:
0. http://www.slackerastronomy.org/slackerpedia/index.php/Show_Notes:_Cosmology_5
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| Microsoft Votes to Add ODF to ANSI Standards List |
| from the curiouser-and-curiouser dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @13:57 (Microsoft) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1632235
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[0]RzUpAnmsCwrds writes "In a puzzling move, Microsoft today [1]voted to
support the addition of the OpenDocument file formats to the American
National Standards List. OpenDocument is used by many free-software
office suites, including [2]OpenOffice.org. Microsoft is still pushing
its own [3]Office Open XML format, which it hopes will also become an
ANSI standard. Is Microsoft serious about supporting ODF, or is this a
merely a PR stunt to make Office Open XML look more like a legitimate
standard?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1632235
Links:
0. http://wikinote.com/
1. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-16ANSIVotePR.mspx
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML
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| Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched |
| from the except-by-elliot-ness dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @14:44 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1749259
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gwoodrow writes "Forbes has a brief article about, essentially, the
ultimate [0]futility of fighting online pirates. From the article: 'As
the world's largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org
helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies, music
and other files ��� without paying for them ... That's illegal, of course ���
at least it is in the U.S. But when Time Warner's (nyse: TWX ��� news ���
people ) Warner Bros. studio accused them of breaking U.S. copyright law
in 2005, the pirates gleefully reminded the movie company that they
didn't live in America, but rather in the land of vikings, reindeer,
Aurora Borealis and cute blond girls.' The article also touches on the
many YouTube clones and AllofMP3.com."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1749259
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/04/youtube-piratesbay-piracy-tech-cx_ag_0507pirates.html
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| Does Zelda Need an Overhaul? |
| from the tooling-up-the-mean-green-machine dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @14:50 (Games) |
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/187235
|
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CVG has up a piece noting the fact that not much about Zelda games have
changed since the move to 3D. Chalk that up to the greatness of Ocarina
of Time if you will, but the same mirror moving, fire-arrow switch
activating puzzles have been in the last several titles. Is it time for
some kind of [0]radical change to the equation? "People generally don't
like to accept change. But change doesn't always spell disaster. Final
Fantasy introduces a totally new cast, setting and theme with each sequel
and continues to please fans. Resident Evil 4 completely revolutionised
Capcom's horror series and is now viewed as one of the best games ever
made ... We still totally adore Zelda but eventually the appeal will tire
and the series risks bombing. Nintendo needs to take the bold step and
inject something totally new into Zelda. We're not talking about a couple
of new items, or a new location - that's been done. We mean a significant
change that affects the whole structure and gameplay."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/187235
Links:
0. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163904&skip=yes
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| Experts Now Say JFK Bullet Analysis Was Wrong |
| from the just-ask-oliver-stone dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @15:22 (United States) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1823248
|
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[0]Spy Handler writes "Researchers analyzing bullet fragments from the
1963 Kennedy assassination using new techniques say that the government's
1976 conclusion that [1]the bullets came from only one gun (Oswald's) is
wrong. 'Using new guidelines set forth by the National Academy of
Sciences for proper bullet analysis, Tobin and his colleagues at Texas
A&M re-analyzed the bullet evidence used by the 1976 House Select
Committee on Assassinations, which concluded that only one shooter,
Oswald, fired the shots that killed Kennedy in Dallas. The committee's
finding was based in part on the research of now-deceased University of
California at Irvine chemist Vincent P. Guinn. He used bullet lead
analysis to conclude that the five bullet fragments recovered from the
Kennedy assassination scene came from just two bullets, which were traced
to the same batch of bullets Oswald owned.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1823248
Links:
0. http://www.woohp.org/
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18709539/
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| AACS Revision Cracked A Week Before Release |
| from the damned-time-traveling-pirates dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @16:05 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1836257
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[0]stevedcc writes "Ars Technica is running a story about next week's
release of AACS, which is intended to fix the currently compromised
version. The only problem is, [1]the patched version has already been
cracked. From the article: 'AACS LA's attempts to stifle dissemination of
AACS keys and prevent hackers from compromising new keys are obviously
meeting with extremely limited success. The hacker collective continues
to adapt to AACS revisions and is demonstrating a capacity to assimilate
new volume keys at a rate which truly reveals the futility of resistance.
If keys can be compromised before HD DVDs bearing those keys are even
released into the wild, one has to question the viability of the entire
key revocation model.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1836257
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~stevedcc
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| Firefox Going the Big and Bloated IE Way? |
| from the dinosaur-needs-a-diet dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @16:43 (Mozilla) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1926209
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abhinav_pc writes "Wired is carrying an article pondering [0]whether
Firefox has become big and bloated, much like IE. As the browser's
popularity has risen, the interest in cramming more features into the
product has as well. Slowdowns and feature creep have some users asking
for a return to the days of the 'slim and sexy' Firefox. 'Firefox's
page-cache mechanism, for example, introduced in version 1.5, stores the
last eight visited pages in the computer's memory. Caching pages in
memory allows faster back browsing, but it can also leave a lot less
memory for other applications to use. Less available RAM equals a
less-responsive computer. Firefox addresses this issue somewhat, setting
the default cache lower on computers with less than a gigabyte of RAM.
Though the jury is still out on where the perfect balance between too
many and too few features lies, one truth is apparent: The new web is
pushing our browsers to the limit.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/1926209
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/05/firefox_bloat
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| The First Terabyte Hard Drive Reviewed |
| from the that-is-a-lot-of-dvd-rips dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @17:25 (Data Storage) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/2050245
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[0]mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech has a review and benchmarks of the
[1]Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB Hard Drive, which ushers in the terabyte
age. It performs well on HDTach and PCMark benchmarks, though not as
speedily as professional-grade drives. It could be just the ticket for
digital media junkies. 'One of the first issues to note is that you may
not see an actual one terabyte capacity on your system. First, the
formatted capacity is always less than the raw space available on the
drive. Directory information and formatting data always take up some
space. Second, the hard drive industry's definition of a megabyte differs
from the rest of the PC business. One megabyte of hard drive space is
1,000,000 bytes: 10^6 bytes. Operating systems calculate one megabyte as
2^20 bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. Once installed and set up, Hitachi's 1TB
hard drive offers up an actual formatted capacity of about 935GB, as
measured by the OS. That's still a lot of space, by anyone's
definition.'" Update: 05/17 21:52 GMT by [2]Z : Adding '^s' missing from
article.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/17/2050245
Links:
0. http://www.extremetech.com/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2131552,00.asp
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| Is Dedicated Hosting for Critical DTDs Necessary? |
| from the might-the-W3C-be-interested dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Thursday May 17, @18:07 (The Internet) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/16/2342213
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pcause asks: "Recently there was a glitch, when someone at Netscape took
down a page that had an important DTD (for RSS), used by many
applications and services. This got me thinking that many or all of the
important DTDs that software and commerce depend on are hosted at various
commercial entities. Is this a sane way to build an XML based Internet
infrastructure? Companies come and go all of the time; this means that
the storage and availability of those DTDs is in constant jeopardy. It
strikes me that we need an infrastructure akin to the root server
structure to hold the key DTDs that are used throughout the industry.
What organization would be the likely custodian of such data, and what
would be the best way to insure such an infrastructure stays funded?"
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| A Robotic Cable Inspection System |
| from the amazing-voyage-only-without-guts dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday May 17, @19:14 (Robotics) |
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1856239
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "In a short article, Popular Science reports
that researchers at the University of Washington have built [1]a robotic
cable inspection system. This system should help utility companies to
[2]maintain their networks of subterranean cables. The robot, dubbed
Cruiser, is about 4-feet-long and is designed like a snake. When it
detects an anomaly on an underground cable, it sends a message to a human
operator via Wi-Fi. The first field tests took place in New Orleans in
December 2006. But a commercial version should not be available before
2012."
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Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/
1. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/b402c2649aa82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=575
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