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In this issue:
* Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality
* Seagate and Maxtor Show Off New Stuff To Bloggers
* Copyright Alliance Says Fair Use Not a Consumer Right
* BBC's iPlayer To Be Crossplatform
* Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser
* Indictment Highlights File-Sharing Risks
* Storm Worm More Powerful Than Top Supercomputers
* Don't Dismiss Online Relationships As Fantasy
* Sun CEO Says NetApp Lied in Fear of Open Source
* Open Letter to ISO Calls For Standardization of Process
* Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software
* Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US
* "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing
* A Telescope as Big as the Earth
* Server Benchmarking Lone Wolf Bites Intel Again
* Radiation Absorbing Mineral Found In the Arctic
* Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush
* Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank
* Barrier to Web 2.0 — IT Departments
* House Passes Patent Overhaul Bill
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| Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality |
| from the weighing-in dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 06, @20:16 (The Intern|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/2329200
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[0]thornomad writes "I was saddened (though not surprised) to read that
the Justice Department [1]opposes net neutrality saying that it could
'hamper development of the internet.' While it may seem counter-intuitive
to me, they argue that allowing ISPs to provide different levels of
service/speed for different content will benefit consumers. They did
promise to 'continue to monitor and enforce any anticompetitive conduct
to ensure a competitive broadband marketplace' ��� not that anyone was
worried about that."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/2329200
Links:
0. http://www.damonjustisntfunny.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118910051959919525.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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| Seagate and Maxtor Show Off New Stuff To Bloggers |
| from the hot-platters dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 06, @21:44 (Data Stora|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/2357209
|
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Doggie Fizzle writes "[0]Seagate held an event for bloggers and other
media in the NYC area yesterday and rolled out some of their new items
for show and tell. DAVE, the battery powered portable hard drive for
WiFi/Bluetooth phones was being demoed. Some of the new FDE series of
laptop and desktop drives with full (hardware based) disk encryption were
on hand. And Maxtor's fourth generation of OneTouch external drives were
on display and available to take home."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/2357209
Links:
0. http://www.bigbruin.com/2007/seagate_1
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| Copyright Alliance Says Fair Use Not a Consumer Right |
| from the no-rights-make-a-wrong dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday September 06, @23:12 (Media) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/0047225
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[0]KingSkippus writes "In response to a complaint to the FCC filed by the
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) to change
copyright warnings before movies and sporting events, Executive Director
Patrick Ross of the Copyright Alliance tells us [1]in an editorial that
'fair use is not a consumer right.' The Copyright Alliance is [2]backed
by such heavy-hitters as the MPAA, RIAA, Disney, Business Software
Alliance, and perhaps most interestingly, Microsoft, who is also
[3]backing the CCIA's complaint."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/0047225
Links:
0. http://skippus.blogspot.com/
1. http://news.com.com/Fair+use+is+not+a+consumer+right/2010-1030_3-6205977.html
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/30/1731240&tid=217
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| BBC's iPlayer To Be Crossplatform |
| from the coming-around dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday September 07, @00:48 (The Internet|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/0122208
|
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craig1709 writes "10 Downing Street has [0]responded to the petition to
open up iPlayer access for those on other operating systems. While the
wording is confusing, near as I can tell, they say they will make the
iPlayer available to users of those operating systems. 'The BBC Trust
made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the
iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has
given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as
soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's progress on this every six
months and publish the findings.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/0122208
Links:
0. http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13090.asp
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| Opera 9.5 Beats Firefox and IE7 As Fastest Browser |
| from the internet-races dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday September 07, @03:44 (Software) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/044243
|
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Abhinav Peddada writes "Ars Technica takes Opera 9.5, the latest from
Opera's stable, for a [0]test run and finds some interesting results,
including it being a 'solid improvement to an already very strong
browser.' On the performance front, Ars Technica reports 'Opera 9.5
scored slightly higher (281ms) than the previous released version, 9.23
(546ms). And Opera 9.x, let it be known, smacks silly the likes of
Firefox and Internet Explorer, which tend to have results in the
900-1500ms range on this test machine (a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2GB
RAM). Opera was 50 percent faster on average than Firefox, and 100
percent faster than IE7 on Windows Vista, for instance.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/044243
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070905-first-look-opera-9-5-alpha.html
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| Indictment Highlights File-Sharing Risks |
| from the careful-what-you-share dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday September 07, @07:28 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/0415242
|
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[0]Bomarc writes "Via the KOMO-TV website, an article from the Associated
Press about how Gregory Thomas Kopiloff used Limewire, Soulseek and other
peer-to-peer file-sharing programs to [1]troll other computers for
financial information, which he used to open credit cards for an online
shopping spree, according to a four-count indictment unsealed in US
District Court on Thursday. The news article isn't big on details, but it
does outline the risks with peer-to-peer file-sharing programs."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/0415242
Links:
0. http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8947/
1. http://www.komotv.com/news/9622602.html
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| Storm Worm More Powerful Than Top Supercomputers |
| from the spamalot dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @08:19 (Security)|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/122200
|
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Stony Stevenson writes to mention that some security researchers are
claiming that the Storm Worm has grown so massive that it could [0]rival
the world's top supercomputers in terms of raw power. "Sergeant said
researchers at MessageLabs see about 2 million different computers in the
botnet sending out spam on any given day, and he adds that he estimates
the botnet generally is operating at about 10 percent of capacity. 'We've
seen spikes where the owner is experimenting with something and those
spikes are usually five to 10 times what we normally see,' he said,
noting he suspects the botnet could be as large as 50 million computers.
'That means they can turn on the taps whenever they want to.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/122200
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/60752,storm-worm-botnet-more-powerful-than-top-supercomputers.aspx
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| Don't Dismiss Online Relationships As Fantasy |
| from the asl-dangers dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @09:08 (The Inter|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1213251
|
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Columnist Regina Lynn has a look at how [0]online relationships seem to
be blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. "The common thread
among these stories is that people get deeply involved in online
relationships and make decisions about their real lives. Calling any of
these online relationships 'fantasy' dismisses the impact they have on
the people involved and on those closest to them... I have yet to
encounter anything that challenges my core belief: Relationships are real
wherever they form."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1213251
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/09/sexdrive_0907
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| Sun CEO Says NetApp Lied in Fear of Open Source |
| from the ph34r-m3 dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @09:59 (Businesse|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1220243
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[0]Lucas123 writes "In reaction to [1]NetApp's patent infringement
lawsuit against Sun, CEO Jonathan Schwartz today [2]said in his blog that
NetApp basically lied in its legal filing when it said Sun asked them for
licensing fees for use of their ZFS file system technology. In a separate
statement, Sun said NetApp's lawsuit is about fear over open-source ZFS
technology as a competitive threat. 'The rise of the open-source
community cannot be stifled by proprietary vendors. I guess not
everyone's learned that lesson'."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1220243
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
2. http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/
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| Open Letter to ISO Calls For Standardization of Process |
| from the corruption-arms-race dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @10:47 (Software)|
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1230213
|
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In a recent [0]open letter to the ISO FreeCode CEO Geir Isene calls for
standardization in the processes used by the ISO to help prevent future
OOXML blunders. "It seems ISO is not prepared for a politicized process
where a big and influential commercial enterprise will use any means
possible to push its own standard through to certification. Committees
are flooded by the vendor in support of the standard. Votes are bought
and results are hijacked. Several national bodies have flawed and skewed
procedures open for corruption."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1230213
Links:
0. http://blogs.freecode.no/isene/2007/09/07/an-open-letter-to-iso/
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| Name Your Favorite Bloat-Free Software |
| from the need-a-steady-diet-of-#-/*-and-// dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @11:35 (Software)|
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1242212
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An anonymous reader writes "I prefer software that takes as [0]little
hard drive space and [1]RAM as possible. I can't stand bloated software
like iTunes, as compared to Foobar or classic Winamp; or Windows Media
Player, as compared to VLC or Media Player Classic. What are some of your
favorite applications which are a little less bloated?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1242212
Links:
0. http://www.tinyapps.org/
1. http://www.liveslick.com/2007/09/best-lightweight-software-which-can.html
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| Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US |
| from the turnabout-is-fair-play dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @12:23 (Businesse|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1314258
|
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[0]phobos13013 writes "NPR is reporting Indian software maker Wipro is
[1]outsourcing positions to a development office opening in Atlanta,
Georgia. Although it sounds good for US job growth, the implication is
that [2]firms outside the US appear to be dominating more and more in the
global economy, even from developing and underdeveloped regions of the
world. Similarly, [3]salaries of IT professionals world-wide are
projected to stagnate or possibly fall due to the large pool of qualified
applicants in the market today."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1314258
Links:
0. mailto:phobos13013@yahoo.com
1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14204620
3. http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2007/sep/07it.htm
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| "Spooky" Science Points Towards Quantum Computing |
| from the more-success-quantum-theory-has-the-sillier-it-looks dep|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @13:14 (Networkin|
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/146201
|
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Stony Stevenson writes to tell us that University of Michigan physicists
have been able to establish an "entanglement" between two atoms trapped
more than a meter apart in different enclosures using light. This shows
how two different atoms can have a sort of communication, something
Einstein referred to as '[0]spooky action-at-a-distance'. "By
manipulating the photons emitted from each of the two atoms and guiding
them to interact along a fibre-optic thread, the researchers were able to
detect the resulting photon clicks and entangle the atoms. Professor
Monroe explained that the fibre-optic thread was necessary to establish
entanglement of the atoms. But the fibre could be severed and the two
atoms would remain entangled, even if one were 'carefully taken to
Jupiter'."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/146201
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/60762,spooky-science-points-to-quantum-internet.aspx
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| A Telescope as Big as the Earth |
| from the now-come-the-arguments-on-where-to-point-it-next dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @14:05 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1447206
|
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "A week ago, seven telescopes around the
world were linked together to watch a distant galaxy called 3C273 in real
time and create [1]a single world telescope. The data from these
telescopes, which are located in Australia, China and Europe, was
streamed around the world at a rate of 256 Mb per second. One of the
Australian researchers involved in the project said that it was the first
time that astronomers have been able to instantaneously connect
telescopes half a world apart. He added that 'the diameter of the Earth
is 12,750 km and the two most widely separated telescopes in our
experiment were 12,304 km apart.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1447206
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/2007/09/06.html
1. http://www.csiro.au/news/TelescopeNetworks.html
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| Server Benchmarking Lone Wolf Bites Intel Again |
| from the everyone-loves-a-homecourt-ruling dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @14:53 (Intel) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1459219
|
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[0]Ian Lamont writes "Neal Nelson, the engineer who conducts independent
server benchmarking, has nipped Intel again by reporting that AMD's
Opteron chips '[1]delivered better power efficiency' than Xeon
processors. Intel has [2]discounted the findings, claiming that Nelson's
methodology 'ignores performance,' but the company may not be able to
ignore Nelson for much longer: the [3]Standard Performance Evaluation
Corp., a nonprofit company that develops computing benchmarks, is
expected to publish [4]a new test suite for comparing server efficiency
that Nelson believes will be similar to his own benchmarks that measure
server power usage directly from the wall plug."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1459219
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/blog/19
1. http://www.worlds-fastest.com/wfz991.html
2. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9034460&intsrc=hm_list
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| Radiation Absorbing Mineral Found In the Arctic |
| from the the-power-of-suck dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @15:41 (Power) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1652207
|
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An anonymous reader writes "A mineral has recently been found that
exhibits the astounding property of being able to [0]remove radiation
from water-based solutions. 'After coming into contact with the mineral,
radioactive water becomes completely safe. Had this mineral been
available to physicists after the Chernobyl or Three Mile Island
disasters, the consequences might have been very different, as both
accidents resulted in contamination from radioactive water.' Also, the
article notes that although only grams of the material have been found,
tons of it are needed; they are confident they could artificially
reproduce it."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/1652207
Links:
0. http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/13304
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| Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush |
| from the oddly-this-used-in-his-defense-of-mental-instability dep|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @16:30 (It's funn|
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/178241
|
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Ariastis writes "Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court
in Florida requesting to [0]subpoena President George W. Bush for a
deposition to retain Thompson's license to practice law. Ah, and Jeb Bush
too, for good measure."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/178241
Links:
0. http://news.filefront.com/wacky-jacky-subpoenas-george-w-bush/
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| Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank |
| from the doing-whatever-a-spider-boat-does dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @17:22 (Toys) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/201208
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[0]Lucas123 writes "Proteus, a Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel that [1]looks
like a spider, is so fuel efficient that it can travel 5,000 miles on one
load of diesel fuel. The 100-foot-long, 50-foot-wide boat rides on metal
and fabric pontoons that have hinges and shock absorbers to flex with the
motion of the waves, which helps it to skim over the water at a max speed
of 30 knots. It made its debut yesterday in New York harbor."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/201208
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20631051/
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| Barrier to Web 2.0 — IT Departments |
| from the bofh-gone-luddite-or-lazy dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @18:15 (IT) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/2027256
|
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jcatcw writes "Wikis, social networks, and other Web 2.0 technologies are
finding resistance inside companies from the very people who should be
rolling them out: the IT staff. The National Endowment for Science,
Technology and the Arts (NESTA) in London had to [0]bypass IT to get Web
2.0 technologies to end users. Both Morgan Stanley and Pfizer are
[1]rolling out Web 2.0 projects, but it took some grass roots organizing
to get there."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/2027256
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9034898
1. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9034778
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| House Passes Patent Overhaul Bill |
| from the gut-it-and-start-over dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @19:07 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/2133214
|
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[0]narramissic writes "ITworld reports that the House of Representatives
has passed a bill that promises to [1]overhaul the US patent system. 'The
Patent Reform Act, supported by several large tech vendors including
Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp., would allow courts to change they way they
assess damages in patent infringement cases. Currently, courts generally
consider the value of the entire product when a small piece of the
product infringes a patent; the bill would allow, but not require, courts
to base damages only on the value of the infringing piece."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/2133214
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/Man/2687/070907patent/index.html
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