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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* US Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking
* Intergalactic Missing Mass Missing Again
* Google's Open Source Mobile Platform
* BBC Backpedals On Linux Audience Figures
* Qmail At 10 Years — Reflections On Security
* Sun To Seek Injunction, Damages Against NetApp
* Red Hat Joins Open Source Java Project
* Microsoft Plans $500 Million Chicago Data Center
* Asus Insider Claims Apple Tablet Is Real
* Smart Monitoring PC Hardware Launched By NVIDIA
* NASA Performs Zero-G Robot Surgery for Mars, Iraq
* The Implications of a Facebook Society
* Top Inventions of 2007
* Municipal Wi-Fi - A Promise Unfulfilled?
* What Are The Best Free Games Online?
* Battle Lines Being Drawn Over OpenSocial
* REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU
* Robot Becomes One of the Kids
* 38% of Downloaders Paid For Radiohead Album
* Highly Targeted Phishing From Salesforce.com Leak
* Astronomers Announce 5-Planet System
* Congressional Commitee Rips Yahoo Execs
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| US Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking |
| from the just-pretend-nobody's-watching dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday November 05, @21:06 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/2351248
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Arashtamere writes "A study on consumer perceptions about online privacy,
undertaken by the Samuelson Clinic at the University of California and
the Annenberg Public Policy Center, found that the [0]average American
consumer is largely unaware that every move they make online can be, and
often is, tracked by online marketers and advertising networks. Those
surveyed showed little knowledge on the extent to which online tracking
is happening or how the information obtained can be used. More than half
of those surveyed ��� about 55 percent ��� falsely assumed that a company's
privacy polices prohibited it from sharing their addresses and purchases
with affiliated companies. Nearly four out of 10 online shoppers falsely
believed that a company's privacy policy prohibits it from using
information to analyze an individuals' activities online. And a similar
number assumed that an online privacy policy meant that a company they're
doing business with wouldn't collect data on their online activities and
combine it with other information to create a behavioral profile."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/05/2351248
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1726527222;fp;16;fpid;1
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| Intergalactic Missing Mass Missing Again |
| from the yesterday-upon-the-stair dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday November 05, @22:42 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0048217
|
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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "Researchers at the University Of
Alabama In Huntsville have discovered that some x-rays thought to come
from intergalactic clouds of 'warm' gas are instead probably caused by
lightweight electrons ��� leaving the [1]mass of the universe as much as
ten to 20 percent lighter (in terms of its ordinary matter) than
previously calculated. In 2002 the same team reported finding large
amounts of extra 'soft' (relatively low-energy) x-rays coming from the
vast spaces in the middle of galaxy clusters. Their cumulative mass was
thought to account for as much as ten percent of the [2]mass and gravity
needed to hold together galaxies, galaxy clusters, and perhaps the
universe itself. When the team looked at data from a galaxy cluster in
the southern sky, however, they found that energy from those additional
soft x-rays doesn't look like it should. 'The best, most logical
explanation seems to be that a large fraction of the energy comes from
electrons smashing into photons instead of from warm atoms and ions,
which would have recognizable spectral emission lines,' said Dr. Max
Bonamente. The work was published Oct. 20 in the Astrophysical Journal."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/0048217
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071102152248.htm
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_mass
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| Google's Open Source Mobile Platform |
| from the gphone-by-any-other-name dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @00:14 (Google) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0223211
|
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As expected, today [0] Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the
media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is
"leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into
powerful mobile computers," and will be licensing its software to all
comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street
Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a [1]miserable grasp of what "open
source" means.) Google's US partners include Nextel and Sprint, but not
AT&T nor Verizon. Phones will be available in the second half of 2008 ���
not the spring as earlier reports had speculated. News.com's analysis
warns that [2]Google won't take over the mobile market overnight, though
they quote Forrester in the opinion that Google may be one of the three
biggest mobile players after several years of shakeout.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/0223211
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/technology/05cnd-gphone.html
1. http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/11/05/google-phone-a-business-tech-nightmare-waiting-to-happen
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| BBC Backpedals On Linux Audience Figures |
| from the couple-orders-of-magnitude-between-friends dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @01:52 (Media) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/035218
|
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[0]6031769 writes "After recently claiming that only [1]400 to 600 Linux
users visit the BBC website, the BBC's Ashley Highfield has now admitted
that [2]they got their numbers wrong. The new estimate is between 36,600
and 97,600 according to his blog post. He stops short of describing how
Auntie arrives at these two widely different sets of numbers and how
their initial estimate is two orders of magnitude out."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/035218
Links:
0. http://www.worldcup.org.uk/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/133259&tid=188
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/linux_figures_1.html
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| Qmail At 10 Years — Reflections On Security |
| from the eliminating-code dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @04:19 (Security) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0131227
|
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[0]os2man writes "Qmail is one of the most widely used MTAs on the Net
and has a solid reputation for its level of security. In '[1]Some
thoughts on security after ten years of qmail 1.0' (PDF), Daniel J.
Bernstein, reviews the history and security-relevant architecture of
qmail; articulates partitioning standards that qmail fails to meet;
analyzes the engineering that has allowed qmail to survive this failure;
and draws various conclusions regarding the future of secure programming.
A good read for anyone involved in secure development."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/0131227
Links:
0. http://www.quands.cat/wp/
1. http://cr.yp.to/qmail/qmailsec-20071101.pdf
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| Sun To Seek Injunction, Damages Against NetApp |
| from the file-systems-want-to-be-free dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @06:39 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0332228
|
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Zeddicus_Z writes to note that Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has outlined
[0]Sun's response to Network Appliance's recent patent infringement
[1]lawsuit over ZFS: "As a part of this suit, we are requesting a
permanent injunction to remove all of their filer products from the
marketplace, and are examining the original NFS license ��� on which
Network Appliance was started. In addition... we will be going after
sizable monetary damages. And I am committing that Sun will donate half
of those proceeds to the leading institutions promoting free software and
patent reform... [Regarding NetApp's demands in order to drop its
existing case against Sun:] ...[to] unfree ZFS, to retract it from the
free software community, and to limit ZFS's allowable field of use to
computers ��� and to forbid its use in storage devices."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/0332228
Links:
0. http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/harvesting_from_a_troll
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/05/2220228&tid=102
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| Red Hat Joins Open Source Java Project |
| from the cup-of-cooperation dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @09:01 (Red Hat Softwar|
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0358250
|
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[0]narramissic writes "Red Hat [1]has signed on to Sun's OpenJDK project
and agreed to coordinate its own Java development efforts for Linux with
the project. Red Hat will align the work it has done on IcedTea (its own
implementation of some parts of the Java SE JDK) with OpenJDK. As part of
its participation in OpenJDK, Red Hat will eventually create a compatible
OpenJDK implementation for its Enterprise Linux distribution and will
also use OpenJDK to create a runtime for its JBoss Enterprise Middleware
that is optimized for a Linux environment."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/0358250
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://open.itworld.com/4917/071105redhatjava/page_1.html
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| Microsoft Plans $500 Million Chicago Data Center |
| from the i-believe-it-is-on-now dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @09:42 (Microsoft) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1312240
|
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[0]miller60 writes "Microsoft is planning a [1]huge new data center in
the Chicago area, as it continues to expand its Internet infrastructure
in an effort to keep pace with Google in web-based services. The new
facility in Northlake, Ill. may cost more than $500 million and is
expected to span 440,000 square feet. Microsoft opened a 470,000 square
foot data center in Quincy, Washington earlier this year, and is building
a similar facility in San Antonio. Microsoft has also submitted plans for
a $500 million data center campus in Dublin, Ireland."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1312240
Links:
0. http:///www.datacenterknowledge.com
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| Asus Insider Claims Apple Tablet Is Real |
| from the pleasant-fantasy dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @10:22 (Portables) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1327230
|
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CaptainCrunchyApple writes "According to cnet.co.uk the oft-rumoured
[0]Apple Tablet PC is actually very real, and on its way soon. CNET
claims to have spoken to an anonymous tipster at Asus who claims to be
working with Apple to produce the tablet. 'We're guessing it'll be based
on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all
the multi-touch, CoverFlow goodness we've seen in the iPhone and iPod
touch. All this begs the question: Can Apple turn the Tablet PC into a
success when previous attempts have failed? The short answer is 'yes'.
Any company that can make a mobile phone with no buttons, no picture
messaging, slow Web access and no video capture into the most desirable
phone on the planet can easily make tablets popular.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1327230
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49293967,00.htm
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| Smart Monitoring PC Hardware Launched By NVIDIA |
| from the i-see-you've-been-playing-some-portal dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @11:04 (Graphics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1326233
|
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[0]MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has just introduced a new [1] open-industry
standard for real-time monitoring and control of PC power supplies,
chassis, and water cooling systems. Dubbed ESA, which stands for
Enthusiast System Architecture, the company hopes the standard will be
adopted across the industry. A new wave of [1] ESA compliant hardware
that can be monitored and controlled via a standard interface could
ensue, like smart health-monitoring power supplies and other components,
that would increase system stability and reliability. 'The ESA standard
is built around the USB HID (Human Interface Device) specification and
has been submitted to the USB-if HID subcommittee for discussion and
approval. ESA is essentially a hardware and software interface that takes
data collected by analog sensors and converts it to digital information
that can accessed via software. Below are a handful of slides taken from
an NVIDIA-produced presentation on ESA.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1326233
Links:
0. http://www.hothardware.com/
1. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_ESA__Enthusiast_System_Architecture
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| NASA Performs Zero-G Robot Surgery for Mars, Iraq |
| from the not-sure-i'd-trust-that dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @11:46 (Robotics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/151232
|
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An anonymous reader writes "With rapid-response surgery needed in Iraq
and super-long-distance medicine a far-off necessity for a manned trip to
Mars, [0]NASA recently sent eight astronauts, roboticists and surgeons on
its 'Vomit Comet,' pitting real doctors against new robotic ones. As if
the prospect of a [1]portable robo-OR deploying to Iraq by 2009 weren't
enticing enough, one of the surgeons on board [2]promised this in his
flight blog: 'So far, surgery by hand is still the most efficient way to
get the job done in a mobile, extreme environment. But robots are
advancing rapidly... The solution that roboticists are working on now is
to CAT scan a patient's entire body and beam the results back to Earth.
Then a surgeon could program an operation and beam it back to upload into
a robo-surgeon, which could carry out procedures like a player piano.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/151232
Links:
0. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/robotics/4230099.html
1. http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4220163.html
2. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/robotics/4230102.html
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| The Implications of a Facebook Society |
| from the you-could-just-not-put-stuff-on-there dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @12:26 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1521227
|
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FloatsomNJetsom writes "The site Switched.com is taking a look at the
slow death of privacy at the hands of social media sites such as Facebook
and MySpace with a link to a report on the creepy practice of [0]Facebook
employees monitoring what pages you look at and a thought-provoking
[1]video interview with social media expert Clay Shirky ��� who says that
social networks are profoundly changing our ability to keep our private
lives private. 'Eventually, Shirky theorizes, society will have to create
a space that's implicitly private even though it's technically public,
not unlike a personal conversation held on a public street. Otherwise,
our ability to keep our lives private will be forever destroyed. Of
course, that might already be the case.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1521227
Links:
0. http://valleywag.com/tech/scoop/facebook-employees-know-what-profiles-you-look-at-315901.php
1. http://www.switched.com/2007/11/05/can-privacy-exist-on-the-internet/
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| Top Inventions of 2007 |
| from the toys-gadgets-and-widgets dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @13:05 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1618251
|
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Gibbs-Duhem writes "Time Magazine is reporting on the [0]best inventions
of the year. The top invention is the somewhat well-known [1]iPhone, but
there are some extremely cool projects included that I had certainly
never heard of, including a device for [2]capturing waste heat from car
engines to increase efficiency up to 40%, a novel car [3]designed to run
entirely on compressed air claiming to have a range of 2000km with zero
pollution, a James Bond style [4]GPS tracking device that police can use
to avoid high-speed chases, a [5]small-scale printing press capable of
printing and binding a paperback book in 3 minutes for under $3/book (and
$50k per machine), a [6]microbe-based technology for turning soft sand
into sandstone, a [7]water-based display which uses computer controlled
nozzles to produce coherent gaps in the water, and a [8]way to convert
type A, B, and AB-negative blood into type O."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1618251
Links:
0. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678542,00.html
2. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1677971_1677973,00.html
3. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1677971_1678000,00.html
4. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678438_1678439,00.html
5. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1677980_1677970,00.html
6. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678027_1677996,00.html
7. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678083_1678067,00.html
8. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1677329_1678169_1678154,00.html
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| Municipal Wi-Fi - A Promise Unfulfilled? |
| from the problematic-adoption dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @13:43 (Wireless Networkin|
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1634230
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Jeff Merron at InformationWeek writes about
the problems with municipal Wi-Fi, and how despite the high hopes of
cities across the country [0]there hasn't been much success deploying it
in reality. He also examines the few successful applications of the
technology, and tries to explore why more projects don't make it out of
their infancy. 'Thus far, there have been a few true municipal Wi-Fi
success stories and several spectacular failures. But more than half of
municipal Wi-Fi networks remain only in the planning stages. The broad
consensus among analysts and providers is that the only viable business
models will be centered around municipal government applications, which
appear to be able to provide cities with the ability to provide both
better and more cost-efficient services for residents and increase city
revenue. This will ensure that providers like EarthLink can recoup their
capital costs within a few years.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1634230
Links:
0. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802427
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| What Are The Best Free Games Online? |
| from the big-fan-of-line-rider dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 06, @14:23 (Games) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1558234
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almostdead writes "CNET has just put up a story about what it thinks are
the [0]best online flash games of all time. These include titles like
Line Rider, Bejeweled, Desktop Tower Defense and Portal, all of which I
enjoy playing a lot. But my thirst for free games is peaking at the
moment, probably due to an incredibly boring job and lack of imagination.
Can you suggest any more good free games online?" Two words: [1]Puzzle
Pirates.
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1558234
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49293453,00.htm
1. http://www.puzzlepirates.com/
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| Battle Lines Being Drawn Over OpenSocial |
| from the very-very-beta dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @15:06 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1733253
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[0]SkiifGeek writes "Microsoft employees have already openly criticized
Google's OpenSocial initiative (recently [1]discussed here), and now
there's news that one of the first OpenSocial applications, emote by
Plaxo, was [2]hacked within 45 minutes of appearing on the Net (it was
subsequently pulled while Plaxo looked into fixing the holes). Although
coding errors can happen to anyone, leaving evidence of lax programming
discipline when all it takes to view your code is 'View Source' is poor
form. It seems that the battle lines have been drawn between Microsoft
and Google [3]through their social networking proxies, with Facebook
[4]getting ready to fire the next salvo in the social networking battle."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1733253
Links:
0. http://www.beskerming.com/
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/05/1356249&tid=217
2. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/02/first-opensocial-application-hacked-within-45-minutes/
3. http://www.beskerming.com/commentary/2007/11/06/299/AntiSocial_Responses_to_OpenSocial
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| REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU |
| from the go-ahead-and-board-that-plane dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @15:50 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1912250
|
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Dr. Eggman points us to Ars Technica for an article on the ACLU's view of
the latest loosening and deadline extensions for REAL ID act compliance
by the Department of Homeland Security. The rights organization believes
that [0]REAL ID is doomed. "The ACLU, which opposes the plan on civil
liberties grounds, says that the many changes made since the Act was
passed [in 2005] nearly 'negate the original intent of the program.' 'DHS
is essentially whittling Real ID down to nothing... all in the name of
denying Real ID is a failure,' said ACLU senior legislative counsel Tim
Sparapani. 'Real ID is in its death throes, and any signs of life are
just last gasps.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/1912250
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| Robot Becomes One of the Kids |
| from the everybody-say-awwww dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @16:31 (Robotics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/2018230
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers have found that toddlers [0]treat
a small robot as a peer rather than a toy. A team from the University of
California, San Diego, placed Sony's QRIO in a classroom of kids aged 18
months to 2 years and watched them interact. Over time the children grew
to treat the robot as one of them ��� playing games with the robot, hugging
it, and covering it up with a blanket when its batteries ran down."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/2018230
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12879-giggling-robot-becomes-one-of-the-kids-.html
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| 38% of Downloaders Paid For Radiohead Album |
| from the fanatical-fan-base dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @17:09 (Music) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/2035244
|
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[0]brajesh sends us to Comscore for a followup on the earlier discussion
of [1]Radiohead making $6-$10 million on their name-your-own-cost album
"In Rainbows" ��� with the average price paid being between $5 and $8.
[2]Comscore analyzes the numbers: "During the first 29 days of October,
1.2 million people worldwide visited the 'In Rainbows' site, with a
significant percentage of visitors ultimately downloading the album. The
study showed that 38 percent of global downloaders of the album willingly
paid to do so, with the remaining 62 percent choosing to pay nothing...
Of those who were willing to pay, the largest percentage (17 percent)
paid less than $4. However, a significant percentage (12 percent) were
willing to pay between $8-$12, or approximately the cost to download a
typical album via iTunes, and these consumers accounted for more than
half (52 percent) of all sales in dollars."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/2035244
Links:
0. http://brajesh.wordpress.com/
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/19/211245&tid=188
2. http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1883
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| Highly Targeted Phishing From Salesforce.com Leak |
| from the no-more-drift-nets dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @17:52 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/216228
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Salesforce.com has finally acknowledged what
security experts have suspected for weeks: that a [0]Salesforce.com
employee had his company credentials stolen in a phishing scam, and
criminals have been using names and e-mail addresses from Salesforce's
customer list to conduct other highly targeted phishing attacks,
including the [1]recent round of fake e-mails apparently from the Federal
Trade Commission." In such hightly targeted attacks, the AV companies are
at a loss ��� they have little chance of quickly developing signatures for
threats that only reach a few thousand victims.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/216228
Links:
0. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/salesforcecom_acknowledges_dat.html
1. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/deconstructing_the_fake_ftc_em_1.html
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| Astronomers Announce 5-Planet System |
| from the looking-for-something-rockier dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @18:35 (Space) |
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/2149217
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An anonymous reader writes "Astronomers have detected a
[0]record-breaking 5th planet orbiting the star 55 Cancri, 41 light years
distant. This planet orbits within the 'habitable zone,' where water
could presumably exist, but it's probably another gas giant like Saturn,
so any liquid water would have to be on a moon. There's still a big gap
between this planet and the outermost planet where no planets have been
detected yet, so there could yet be a rocky planet in the system. The
lead researcher said he's optimistic that 'continued observations will
reveal a rocky planet within five years.'"
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http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/2149217
Links:
0. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071106133058.htm
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| Congressional Commitee Rips Yahoo Execs |
| from the morals-of-a-corporation dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 06, @19:18 (Yahoo!) |
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/238229
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A number of readers sent word of the hearing by the US House Foreign
Affairs Committee in which committee members [0]raked two Yahoo execs
over the coals. "While technologically and financially you are giants,
morally you are pygmies," the committee chairman Tom Lantos, D-Calif.,
said angrily after hearing from Jerry Yang and Michael Callahan about
Yahoo's actions that resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of a Chinese
dissident. In 2004 Yahoo turned over information about journalist Shi
Tao's online activities requested by Chinese authorities. In Feb. 2006,
Yahoo's General Counsel Callahan testified that he had not known the
nature of the investigation the authorities were conducting. He later
learned that several employees of Yahoo China were aware at the time that
the investigation involved "state secrets," but Callahan did not go back
to Congress to amend his testimony. Committee members were withering in
their disdain for Yahoo's refusal to help Shi Tao's family after his
arrest.
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http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/06/238229
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Yahoo-China.html
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