======================================================================
Track & Manage Your Source Code and Digital Assets for FREE with Perforce
Discover how you can manage your source code and digital assets faster and
easier with Perforce. Perforce offers visual client interfaces for
Linux.com, Mac, Solairs,FreeBSD and Windows. Learn more and get a free two user download
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=133888&bid=282689&dat=121642&opt=0&rdm=[timestamp]
======================================================================
Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Subpoenas Issued Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
* Will You Change Your Web Site For the iPhone?
* Robots To Replace Migrant Fruit Pickers
* EU Broadens Probe of Search Engines and Privacy
* Pimp Your XP
* ISPs Inserting Ads Into Your Pages
* Stanford Gets First Sun Blackbox
* C.I.A. to Let "Skeletons" Out of its Closet
* Washington Woman Sues RIAA for Attorneys Fees
* Lunar Lens Takes A Step Forward
* How-Not-to-Hire-U.S.-Workers Law Firm Fires Back
* The Roadmap to Leopard?
* Internet Radio Will Go Silent on June 26th
* eBay And Google Make Amends, Kinda
* Take Two Shelves Manhunt 2
* Table Top USP Lasers Slice, Dice, and So Much More
* Congress to Revisit Virtual Goods Taxation
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Subpoenas Issued Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping |
| from the i-tell-you-nine-times dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday June 22, @21:10 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/2342243
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]Spamicles writes "The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to
[1]subpoena documents from the Bush Administration related to the
government's admitted eavesdropping on Americans' overseas emails and
phone calls without getting court approval. In a 13-3 vote, the Committee
decided to authorize its chairman to issue subpoenas for documents
related to the NSA warrantless surveillance program. Nearly any request
is going to be met with tough resistance from the White House, and the
confrontation over the documents 'could set the stage for a
constitutional showdown over the separation of powers.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/22/2342243
Links:
0. mailto:paulastewart@gmail.com
1. http://www.lawbean.com/2007/06/21/subpoenas-issued-over-nsa-warrantless-wiretapping/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Will You Change Your Web Site For the iPhone? |
| from the multi-touch-is-not-a-mouse dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday June 22, @22:34 (Portables (Apple)) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/0028245
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
An anonymous reader calls to our attention a blog post about the way the
[0]iPhone's multi-touch UI will strain the interface conventions of Web
2.0. This looming clash comes clearer as Apple releases more [1]details
of the iPhone's UI. Much has been made about the iPhone including Safari
to provide a full web browsing experience. But this reader is wondering
how compatible certain sites will be with the iPhone's input. From the
post: "[Web 2.0-style interaction] makes somewhat heavy use of 'onmouse'
events and cursor changes... along with CSS a:hover styles. The iPhone
challenges those particular Web 2.0 conventions, though, because it is a
device that not only adds support for another pointer, but at the same
time eliminates them as interface objects... [T]he user doesn't get to
express their attention with the iPhone... They only get to express their
immediate action." This reader asks, "What other pitfalls lurk in the
multi-touch web? Do any Slashdot readers plan to adjust their sites to
ensure they work with the iPhone, and can you think of any similar issues
that will crop up with such a different browsing experience?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/0028245
Links:
0. http://subsume.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/less-reaching-out-and-more-touching/
1. http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/guidedtour.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Robots To Replace Migrant Fruit Pickers |
| from the beats-getting-offshored dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday June 23, @01:28 (Robotics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/22/2326203
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Vicissidude sends us to Wired for a look at a [0]fruit-harvesting robot
being developed in California. Its development has been funded entirely
by agricultural associations, concerned by the uncertainty surrounding
migrant immigrant labor. Quoting: "As if the debate over immigration and
guest worker programs wasn't complicated enough, now a couple of robots
are rolling into the middle of it. Vision Robotics, a San Diego company,
is working on a pair of robots that would trundle through orchards
plucking oranges, apples or other fruit from the trees. In a few years,
troops of these machines could perform the tedious and labor-intensive
task of fruit picking that currently employs thousands of migrant workers
each season."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/22/2326203
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/robo_picker
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EU Broadens Probe of Search Engines and Privacy |
| from the 30-year-cookies-need-preservatives dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday June 23, @04:26 (The Internet) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/013246
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]Raver32 sends in word of a PC World article reporting that [1]EU
officials are looking beyond Google in their examination of the impact
search engines have on privacy. Quoting: "A panel of European data
protection officials called the Article 29 Working Group decided
Wednesday to request information from Google's rivals amid concerns that
search engines are holding onto information about the people who use them
for too long, Hustinx said. Hustinx... declined to name the companies.
However, they are believed to include Yahoo Inc., Lycos Inc. and
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live.com."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/013246
Links:
0. mailto:rob.dack@gmail.com
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133288-c,searchengines/article.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Pimp Your XP |
| from the old-dogs dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday June 23, @07:57 (Windows) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/0126206
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
An anonymous reader writes "Ezinearticles.com has up an interesting
article on how you can [0]improve Windows XP to mimic and even surpass
Vista ��� at least some of its new features. Several of the suggestions
cost money and others are free. From improving the user interface with
Stardock to mimicking new security features with open source software
such as Sudown, the article discusses many ways that die-hard XP users
can enhance their environment without moving to Vista."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/0126206
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ISPs Inserting Ads Into Your Pages |
| from the now-thats-just-slimey dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday June 23, @09:19 (Your Rights Onlin|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1233212
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]TheWoozle writes "Some ISPs are resorting to a new tactic to increase
revenue: [1]inserting advertisements into web pages requested by their
end users. They use a transparent web proxy (such as [2]this one) to
insert javascript and/or HTML with the ads into pages returned to users.
Neither the content providers nor the end-users have been notified that
this is taking place, and I'm sure that they weren't asked for permission
either."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1233212
Links:
0. mailto:chris.howden@hotmail.com
1. http://jaiku.com/channel/twit/presence/4880265
2. http://www.nebuad.com/providers/providers.php
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Stanford Gets First Sun Blackbox |
| from the park-plug-and-play dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 23, @10:08 (Sun Microsystem|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1245229
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]miller60 writes "The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) will be
the first end-user to get a [1]Project Blackbox portable data center from
Sun Microsystems. The 20-foot shipping container (which will be white,
not black) will sit on a concrete pad behind the computer building with
hookups to power, a 10-gigabit network connection and a chiller located
on an adjacent pad. The 'data center in a box' will allow the SLAC to
expand its computing capacity even though its existing data center has
maxed out its power and cooling."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1245229
Links:
0. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| C.I.A. to Let "Skeletons" Out of its Closet |
| from the taking-some-heat dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 23, @10:51 (United States) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1313253
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
sgt_doom writes "The C.I.A. announced it was going to reveal "skeletons"
by [0]declassifying hundreds of pages of documents detailing illegal
abuses over the years. As a preamble, the National Security Archive at
George Washington University released a separate [1]set of documents
covering internal government deliberations of the abuses from January
1975. Mandatory reading for all those history-challenged individuals who
believe government knows best!"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1313253
Links:
0. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/06/22/MNG2GQJVLT1.DTL
1. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/index.htm
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Washington Woman Sues RIAA for Attorneys Fees |
| from the time-and-recompense dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 23, @11:40 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1338203
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A Washington woman sued by the RIAA has
[1]asked the Court to award her attorneys fees, after the record company
plaintiffs (Interscope Records, Capitol Records, SONY BMG, Atlantic
Recording, BMG Music, and Virgin Records) [2]dropped their case against
her after two years of litigation, in [3]Interscope v. Leadbetter. The
[4]brief submitted by her attorneys (pdf) pointed out the similarity
between Ms. Leadbetter's case and [5]Capitol v. Foster. In the Leadbetter
case, as well as Foster case, the RIAA sued the woman solely because she
had paid for an internet access account, and then later in the case
attempted to plead 'secondary liability' against her without any factual
basis for doing so. This tactic had been repudiated by Judge Lee R. West
in [6]Capitol v. Foster as 'marginal' and 'untested' in his [7]initial
decision awarding attorneys fees, and in his [8]later decision denying
the [9]RIAA's motion for reconsideration."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1338203
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/06/dawnell-leadbetter-moves-for-attorneys.html
2. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/01/voluntary-dismissals-in-michigan-and.html
3. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Interscope_v_Leadbetter
4. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=interscope_leadbetter_070622MotAttysFees
5. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/24/177255&tid=123
6. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/#Capitol_v_Foster
7. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958993.html?categoryid=16&cs=1
8. http://techdirt.com/articles/20070424/154747.shtml
9. http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/04/debbie_foster_g.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Lunar Lens Takes A Step Forward |
| from the looking-to-the-future dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 23, @12:31 (NASA) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/155218
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]palewook writes "A recent breakthrough increased NASA's interest in a
[1]lunar-based space telescope. Researchers combined an ionic liquid
surface and a layer of silver which produced a [2]favorably reflective
mirror."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/155218
Links:
0. http://surfdez.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN2140065620070621
2. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v447/n7147/edsumm/e070621-08.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| How-Not-to-Hire-U.S.-Workers Law Firm Fires Back |
| from the those-rascally-scamps dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @13:32 (Businesses) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/175246
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]theodp writes "Congress is now calling for a Dept. of Labor
investigation into a Pittsburgh law firm after a video showing its
attorneys [1]advising employers how to game the immigration system was
[2]posted on YouTube. Cohen & Grigsby, the firm in question, issued a
statement [3]insisting their statements were commandeered and misused,
but would not allow CBS to view the original video in its entirety. Cohen
& Grigsby has also been advising employers since 2002 that they have
nothing to fear if they [4]keep employees in the dark about the existence
of DOL-required H-1B Public Access Files."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/175246
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2007/db20070621_912042.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU
3. http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_173211114.html
4. http://www.cohenlaw.com/news-articles-99.html
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The Roadmap to Leopard? |
| from the includes-stops-for-dennys dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @14:41 (OS X) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1711223
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]Alexandros Roussos writes with a link to the site MacScoop, which
claims to have obtained a [1]roadmap for the months leading up to Leopard's
release. It's a straightforward article, stating how much access
individuals outside the company will have access to the product prior to
October. "Major build on early August - In a little more than a month,
Apple's development team targets a feature-full build. The build that was
provided to developers during the World Wide Developers Conference
earlier this month is actually not totally feature frozen. Some minor
features are currently being finished for the system. These features will
arrive in the August build along with user-interface improvements,
sources told MacScoop. If you expect major 'wow' features or interface
changes, you will be disappointed. What we may expect is additional
settings and [some] user interface polish[ing]. Among the most criticized
parts of the new user interface [are] the new menu bar and Dock."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1711223
Links:
0. http://ww.macscoop.com/
1. http://www.macscoop.com/articles/2007/06/22/mac-os-x-leopard-internal-roadmap-revealed
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Internet Radio Will Go Silent on June 26th |
| from the up-against-the-wall dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @15:35 (The Internet) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/198224
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
[0]Spamicles writes "Thousands of U.S. webcasters plan to [1]turn off the
music and go silent this Tuesday, June 26th, to draw attention to an
impending royalty rate increase that, if implemented, would lead to the
virtual shutdown of this country's Internet radio industry. In March, the
Copyright Royalty Board announced that it would raise royalties for
Internet broadcasters, moving them from a per-song rate to a per-listener
rate. The increase would be made retroactive to the beginning of 2006 and
would double over the next five years. Internet radio sites would be
charged per performance of a song. A "performance" is defined as the
streaming of one song to one listener; thus a station that has an average
audience of 500 listeners racks up 500 "performances" for each song it
plays."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/198224
Links:
0. mailto:paulastewart@gmail.com
1. http://www.lawbean.com/2007/06/23/internet-radio-to-fall-silent-in-protest-on-june-26th/
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| eBay And Google Make Amends, Kinda |
| from the best-of-cuthroat-enemies dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @16:26 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/1914221
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
It's been tit for tat for some time; eBay [0]bans Google payments, Google
tries to throw a party mocking eBay, in response to which the service
[1]pulls all of its ads, fun corporate shenanigans. It seems as though,
for the moment, the two companies have made up. News.com is reporting
that eBay ads will once again be service via Google's adwords service,
but that [2]they will also be using alternative methods to a greater
extent in the future. "Hani Durzy, a spokesman for San Jose,
California-based eBay, said his company later on Friday would begin
advertising on Google, but at reduced levels than previously. eBay had
been buying tens of millions of keyword ads on Google each year. 'I will
tell you it will be in a much more limited way than it was before,' Durzy
told Reuters. 'What we found is that we were not as dependent on AdWords
as some people thought.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/1914221
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/232209&tid=217
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/15/1215211&tid=217
2. http://news.com.com/eBay+and+Google+make+ad+amends%2C+sort+of/2100-1024_3-6192873.html?tag=nefd.top
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Take Two Shelves Manhunt 2 |
| from the not-surprising dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @17:19 (Politics) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/2031246
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you've been following this story so far, it shouldn't come as a shock
that [0]Take-Two has shelved Manhunt 2 for the moment, while they decide
what to do next. The company is considering its options, and still
[1]fully supports the game as a 'work of art'. "Take-Two Interactive
Software has temporarily suspended plans to distribute Manhunt 2 for the
Wii or PlayStation platforms while it reviews its options with regard to
the recent decisions made by the British Board of Film Classification and
Entertainment Software Rating Board ... We continue to stand behind this
extraordinary game. We believe in freedom of creative expression, as well
as responsible marketing, both of which are essential to our business of
making great entertainment." Analysts have already started weighing in,
with some seeing this as [2]unfairly targeting the GTA-maker for previous
'sins'.
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/2031246
Links:
0. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6172931.html
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2048540020070621
2. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=16603
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table Top USP Lasers Slice, Dice, and So Much More |
| from the not-sold-in-any-stores dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @18:23 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/2046242
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
UltravioletLED writes "A company in Petaluma, California has developed
[0]highly programmable desktop lasers. The same devices used in hospitals
could also be used to [1]turn any metal surface black by simply changing
the software. From the article: 'The technology once filled a large room
at DARPA until Raydiance scientists made it into a compact, tabletop
unit. Schuler (The CEO) said he hopes it will replace just about any
cutting device you can think of, from a big metal saw to a precise
surgical blade ... Now that it's a little bigger than a breadbox,
researchers want to use them to kill tumors, identify friend or foe
during combat, and even remove tattoos.' Femtosecond lasers for eye
surgery have been around for years now, but these new lasers are far
smaller and promise to have much greater versatility."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/2046242
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/raydiance
1. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/23/231259&tid=14
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Congress to Revisit Virtual Goods Taxation |
| from the rollercoaster-of-anti-fun dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday June 23, @19:48 (Role Playing (Games))|
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/23/2055244
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
News.com has the word that [0]congress is set to re-visit taxing virtual
goods, a concept they shelved a while back in order to consider the
matter more fully. That's given the Congress' Joint Economic Committee
time to come to a decision about what exactly the value of virtual goods
means for players and game-makers. An economist with the group told CNet
to expect their report sometime next month. "What that report will say is
unknown, as the committee has kept entirely quiet about its thoughts.
However, it's clear that something will happen. 'Given growth rates of 10
to 15 percent a month, the question is when, not if, Congress and IRS
start paying attention to these issues,' [senior economist Dan] Miller,
who is a fan of virtual worlds and economies, told CNET News.com in
December. 'So it is incumbent on us to set the terms and the debate so we
have a shaped tax policy toward virtual worlds and virtual economies in a
favorable way.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/23/2055244
Links:
0. http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733848-7.html
Copyright 1997-2006 OSTG. All rights reserved.
======================================================================
You have received this message because you subscribed to it
on Slashdot. To stop receiving this and other
messages from Slashdot, or to add more messages
or change your preferences, please go to your user page.
http://slashdot.org/my/messages
You can log in and change your preferences from there.
No comments:
Post a Comment