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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Why Privacy & Security Are Not a Zero-Sum Game
* Followup On Java As "Damaging" To Students
* Open Source DRM Solutions?
* IBM Won't Open-Source OS/2
* Microsoft Unveils Virtualization Strategy
* Groklaw Explains the Cyberlaw "Trademark"
* Windows 7 To Be Released Next Year?
* Yahoo Patents 'Smart' Drag and Drop
* 'Safe Ebola' Created for Research
* Corporate Email Etiquette - Dead or Alive?
* Robotic Fly to Descend on New York
* Microsoft Ties $235m IT Aid To Use of Windows
* Bandwidth Caps May Be Critical Error For Broadband Companies
* W3C Publishes First Public Working Draft of HTML 5
* IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways
* Privacy Commissioner Criticizes Canadian DMCA
* How Do I Become an IT/IS Manager?
* Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes
* The Tree of Life Consolidates
* Apple Crippled Its DTrace Port
* Colleges Being Remade Into "Repress U"?
* Drive-By Pharming In the Wild
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| Why Privacy & Security Are Not a Zero-Sum Game |
| from the insert-ben-franklin-quote-here dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday January 21, @20:17 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/21/237248
|
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica has up a
nice article on why security consultant Ed Giorgio's statement that
[1]'privacy and security are a zero-sum game' is wrong. The author
reasons that, due to [2]Metcalfe's law, the more valuable a government
network is to the good guys, the more valuable it is to the bad guys.
Given the trend in government to [3]gather all of its eggs into one
database, unless more attention is paid to privacy, we'll end up with
neither security nor privacy. In other words, privacy and security are a
positive-sum game with precarious trade-offs ��� you can trade a lot of
privacy away for absolutely no gain in security, but you don't have to."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/21/237248
Links:
0. http://www.eff.org/support
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metcalfe's_law&oldid=175744373
3. http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/060329tampa.htm
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| Followup On Java As "Damaging" To Students |
| from the many-are-called-but-few-are-chosen dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday January 21, @21:52 (Education) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0217200
|
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[0]hedley writes "A prior article on the [1]damage Java does to CS
education was [2]discussed here recently. There was substantial feedback
and the mailbox of one of the authors, Prof Dewar, also has been filled
with mainly positive responses. In this followup to the article, Prof.
Dewar [3]clarifies his position on Java. In his view the core of the
problem is universities 'dumbing down programs, hoping to make them more
accessible and popular. Aspects of curriculum that are too demanding, or
perceived as tedious, are downplayed in favor of simplified material that
attracts a larger enrollment.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/0217200
Links:
0. mailto:hedley@pacbell.net
1. http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2008/01/0801DewarSchonberg.html
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/08/0348239&tid=146
3. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3722876
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| Open Source DRM Solutions? |
| from the using-the-force-for-good dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday January 21, @23:28 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0230217
|
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Feint writes "I'm working on an business platform for inter-company
collaboration based on an open source software stack. As part of that
platform I would like to integrate some sort of digital rights management
for the documents in the system. The vast majority of articles about DRM
are focused how good or evil it is to apply DRM to digital music or
video. I haven't seen many articles address open source solutions for
protecting business data like CAD / MS Office / PDF / etc. documents,
which is a real need in business today. Can the Slashdot readership
suggest some open source DRM offerings other than the [0]Sun DReaM
initiative, which hasn't had a release since Jan. 2007?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/0230217
Links:
0. https://dream.dev.java.net/
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| IBM Won't Open-Source OS/2 |
| from the big-blue-meanies dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @01:02 (IBM) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0258213
|
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[0]wikinerd writes "Following an online petition in November 2007 by
[1]members of an OS/2 online community to open-source OS/2, IBM answered
by sending a letter via FedEx making it clear that [2]OS/2 is going to
remain closed-source, citing business, technical, and legal reasons. An
earlier petition in 2005 that had attracted over 11,000 signatures [3]met
a similar response. Both petition letters to IBM Corp. can be viewed at
the [4]OS2World.com library. The End of Support period for OS/2 passed by
in December 2006, and the given IBM's response the future for OS/2
doesn't look bright, unless re-implementation projects such as [5]Voyager
or [6]osFree attract the necessary critical mass of operating system
developers."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/0258213
Links:
0. http://karastathis.org/
2. http://www.os2world.com/content/view/16595/1/
3. http://www.os2world.com/content/view/4400/2/
4. http://www.os2world.com/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,87/task,cat_view/gid,59/
5. http://voyager.netlabs.org/en/site/index.xml
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| Microsoft Unveils Virtualization Strategy |
| from the getting-all-hyper dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @04:28 (Microsoft) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0334240
|
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billstewart writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft will
be [0]announcing a virtualization strategy on Tuesday. Of course there's
plenty of focus on the competition with VMware, including the obligatory
reference to Microsoft's entry into the browser wars prior to cutting off
Netscape's air supply. The pieces of the picture will include: an
alliance with Citrix Systems, owners of XenSource; acquisition of
privately held Calista Technologies of San Jose, which has software that
speeds up the performance of applications running in a virtualized
environment; and lower price for Windows Vista used on virtualized
computers. Microsoft also reversed its earlier position and will now
allow the Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista to run under
virtualization. The company confirmed its plans to deliver its [1]Hyper-V
hypervisor within six months of the launch of Windows Server 2008 ([2]betas
available now), which is expected this quarter."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/0334240
Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120093762351904643.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
1. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0FE4E411-8C88-48C2-8903-3FD9CBB10D05
2. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/virtualization/default.mspx
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| Groklaw Explains the Cyberlaw "Trademark" |
| from the black-letter dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @07:58 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0159220
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "PJ of Groklaw has
written in more detail about the [1]lawyer trying to get a servicemark on
the term 'cyberlaw'. (We [2]discussed this here a few days back.) First,
she notes that it's only a trademark application at this point.
Furthermore, 'cyberlaw' is a generic term with 300,000+ hits on Google
and an entry in some dictionaries and reference sites. In other words,
while it's silly for a law firm that should know better to file a
trademark application, it shouldn't and probably won't be granted if the
law is followed. The article is interesting because it spells out the
difference between trademarks and servicemarks, as well as explaining the
law surrounding them ��� a law that [3]differs significantly from copyright
law."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/0159220
Links:
0. http://www.iwouldntsteal.net/
1. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080120102550386
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/19/0232233&tid=123
3. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
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| Windows 7 To Be Released Next Year? |
| from the that's-mighty-fast dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @08:40 (Microsoft) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1314235
|
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[0]KrispySausage writes "A recently-released roadmap for the next major
Window release ��� Windows 7 ��� indicates that Microsoft is planning to
release the new operating system [1]in the second half of 2009, rather
than the anticipated release date of some time in 2010. This
quickly-approaching release date would seem to be at least partially
verified by news of a milestone build [2]available for review by an
anonymous third party." We've previously [3]discussed the upcoming new OS
version, as well as its [4]danger to Vista.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1314235
Links:
0. mailto:Krispy78@gmail.com
1. http://apcmag.com/7874/windows_7_to_be_released_next_year
3. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/13/2218259&tid=201
4. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/17/1959214&tid=201
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| Yahoo Patents 'Smart' Drag and Drop |
| from the will-wonders-never-cease dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @09:23 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1337202
|
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[0]Unequivocal writes "According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation,
[1]Yahoo has filed a patent for 'smart' drag and drop. From the article:
'A computer-implemented method for manipulating objects in a user
interface, comprising: providing the user interface including a first
interface object operable to be selected and moved within the user
interface; and in response to selection and movement of the first
interface object in the user interface, presenting at least one
additional interface object in the user interface in proximity of the
first interface object, each additional interface object representing a
drop target with which the first interface object may be associated.' How
do these patent claims differ from normal drag and drop? In pretty
trivial ways if at all, but it may be hard for a patent examiner to
understand that trivial changes in drag and drop user interface are not
in fact novel enough to warrant a patent. If [2]Yahoo gets this patent,
they'll have a mighty big stick to shake at competitors."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1337202
Links:
0. http://www.misuse.org/science
2. http://www.peertopatent.org/patent/20070234226/activity
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| 'Safe Ebola' Created for Research |
| from the makes-me-so-happy-to-be-living-in-the-same-city dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @10:02 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1350258
|
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Nephrite writes "By removing a gene from the virus Ebola, UW-Madison
scientists have managed to [0]stop the deadly pathogen from replicating.
This first step may be a start down the path to a vaccine or drug
screening. 'The scientists still want the virus to replicate in order to
study it, so they developed monkey kidney cells which contained the
protein needed. Because the cell was providing the protein, and not the
virus itself, it could only replicate within those cells, and even if
transferred into a human, would be harmless.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1350258
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7196812.stm
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| Corporate Email Etiquette - Dead or Alive? |
| from the on-a-steel-horse-i-ooops dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @10:39 (Businesses) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1358237
|
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[0]mbravo writes "I work in a largish company, heavily into IT, and in a
complex and quickly changing market. Employees are predominantly in the
30 or younger age-bracket, and as you might expect we rely on a lot of
internal e-mail. Despite that, lately I'm finding myself increasingly
frustrated by a complete lack of e-mail etiquette in the company. A
typical thread might look like a hundred-message-long chain of one-line
replies, with full quoting and hundreds of recipients in the 'To:' field.
It feels like it is happening more and more often. I don't seem to be
seeing much success in explaining to my co-workers what the problem is
here. How do you deal with this at your place of business, and does your
company care? Does the company take any policing or educating measures?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1358237
Links:
0. http://mbravo.spb.ru/
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| Robotic Fly to Descend on New York |
| from the now-you-can-be-the-fly-on-the-wall dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @11:21 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1548208
|
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DeviceGuru writes "[0]Harvard University's tiny microrobotic fly, hailed
by its creators as 'the first robotic fly that is able to generate enough
thrust to takeoff,' will be [1]showcased at New York's Museum of Modern
Art starting Feb. 24. The life-sized 'Flybot' reportedly has a wingspan
of 1.2 inches (3 cm) and weighs a mere 0.002 ounces (60 mg). This project
of the [2]Harvard University Microbotics Lab has received funding from
DARPA, the U.S. [3]Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which hopes
to gain access to micro-miniature surveillance technologies."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1548208
Links:
0. http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/21/robotic-fly-to-descend-on-new-york/
1. http://moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632
2. http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/
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| Microsoft Ties $235m IT Aid To Use of Windows |
| from the developing-countries-just-the-way-you-want-them dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @12:01 (Microsoft) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1626228
|
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[0]E5Rebel writes "Microsoft will spend $235m in schools worldwide over
the next five years, part of a plan to [1]triple the number of students
and teachers trained in its software programs to up to 270 million by
2013. 'Microsoft's investment shows how important it views developing
markets to its future business. Last year, Microsoft introduced the
Student Innovation Suite, which includes the XP Starter Edition plus
educational applications, for $3 for qualifying countries. Microsoft
faces heated competition from companies supporting the open-source OS
Linux and associated software in developing countries. "I think as a
company we welcome choice," [Orlando Ayala] said. "Frankly, we welcome
the competition." The company's educational funding comes with a hitch:
"Of course, that includes the fact they [the schools] use Windows," Ayala
said.' If you don't use Windows you don't get the cash." Microsoft has
long been [2]interested in the education of children.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1626228
Links:
0. mailto:E5Rebel@yahoo.co.uk
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080122/tc_infoworld/94742
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/20/1916203&tid=109
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| Bandwidth Caps May Be Critical Error For Broadband Companies |
| from the give-a-little-get-a-little dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @12:42 (Networking) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1659239
|
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[0]Technical Writing Geek writes "An Ars Technica article argues that
after many years of stagnation, [1]the US broadband landscape is finally
'primed for change'. Companies like Time Warner that decide to cap
bandwidth risk being relegated to a 'broadband ghetto. Alternatives to
the standard cable modem vs. DSL conundrum will come from technologies
like WiMax and (eventually) the 'white space' broadband that might be
offered by whoever wins the 700mhz auction. 'All of that is to say that
cable and DSL won't always be the only games in town. If wireless
solutions are able to deliver on their promises of high speeds with no
usage limits, capped cable broadband service like Time Warner has planned
is likely to be unattractive, to say the least. Instead of developing
plans designed to discourage consumers from feeding at the bandwidth
trough, cable companies would be better served in the long run by making
investments in new technologies like DOCSIS 3.0 and the kind of
infrastructure improvements necessary to meet bandwidth demands.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1659239
Links:
0. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
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| W3C Publishes First Public Working Draft of HTML 5 |
| from the new-coat-of-shellack dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 22, @13:23 (The Internet) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/175243
|
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[0]Lachlan Hunt writes "Today [1]W3C announced that the HTML Working
Group has published [2]the first public working draft of HTML 5 ��� A
vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML. It's been [3]over 9
months since the working group began in March 2007 and this long awaited
milestone has finally been achieved. '"HTML is of course a very important
standard," said Tim Berners-Lee, author of the first version of HTML and
W3C Director. "I am glad to see that the community of developers,
including browser vendors, is working together to create the best
possible path for the Web..." Some of the most interesting new features
for authors are APIs for drawing two-dimensional graphics, embedding and
controlling audio and video content, maintaining persistent client-side
data storage, and for enabling users to edit documents and parts of
documents interactively.' An updated draft of [4]HTML 5 differences from
HTML 4 has also been published to help guide you through the changes."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/175243
Links:
0. http://lachy.id.au/
1. http://www.w3.org/2008/02/html5-pressrelease
2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080122/
3. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/20/1226235&tid=185
4. http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-diff-20080122/
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| IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways |
| from the prior-art-stuck-at-the-tollbooth dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @14:03 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1828245
|
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[0]theodp writes "Self-professed patent reformer IBM snagged a patent
Tuesday for the [1]Variable Rate Toll System, which covers the rather
anti-egalitarian scheme of pricing motorists off of the roads by raising
tolls as congestion increases. 'Congestion pricing of traffic is
[2]emerging as a completely new services market for IBM,' boasted Jamie
Houghton, IBM's Global Leader for Road Charging."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1828245
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7,320,430
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| Privacy Commissioner Criticizes Canadian DMCA |
| from the opting-out-is-not-circumventing dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @14:43 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1919241
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Jennifer Stoddart, the
Privacy Commissioner of Canada, has [1]criticized the proposed Canadian
DMCA in a [2]public letter to Jim Prentice, the Canadian Minister of
Industry. Specifically, she's asking them not to protect any DRM from
circumvention that gathers and transmits personal data, because that
would give abusive DRM makers a legal cudgel to use against anyone who
exposes them. The proposed bill, which was [3]recently delayed due to
heavy opposition, is thought to contain DMCA-style anti-circumvention
provisions that would make it illegal to investigate or remove intrusive
DRM, even if that DRM was violating Canadian privacy laws."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1919241
Links:
0. http://www.eff.org/support
2. http://www.privcom.gc.ca/parl/2008/let_080118_e.asp
3. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/2357247&tid=219
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| How Do I Become an IT/IS Manager? |
| from the do-i-even-want-to dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @15:29 (IT) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/2017257
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[0]link915 writes "For the last seven years I have moved around from job
to job climbing the rungs of the IT ladder. I've worked in tech support,
network operations, sys admin, and as a programmer. Two years ago I took
a job with a company that has a small IT department. We are now hiring on
more people and doubling the department, and along with this growth comes
an IT manager. Now, I could stay and wait things out with the goal of
taking over the IT manager's position someday; or I could look for a new
job as a manager elsewhere. What are others' experiences with moving up
the ranks in IT? Is it best to move on to another company or to stay
where you are and try to get ahead there?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/2017257
Links:
0. mailto:tom@voidmain.net
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| Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes |
| from the no-i'm-an-expert-really-i-am dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @16:04 (Internet Explore|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1837244
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[0]Dak RIT writes "In a blog post this week, Microsoft's IE Platform
Architect, Chris Wilson, confirmed that [1]IE8 will use three distinct
modes to render web pages. The first two modes will render pages the same
as IE7, depending on whether or not a DOCTYPE is provided ('Quirks Mode'
and 'Standards Mode'). However, in order to take advantage of the
improved standards compliance in IE8, Web developers will have to opt-in
by adding an [2]additional meta tag to their web pages. This improved
standards mode is the same that was recently reported to pass the Acid 2
test, as was [3]discussed here."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/1837244
Links:
0. http://www.dak.org/
1. http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/01/21/compatibility-and-ie8.aspx
2. http://alistapart.com/articles/beyonddoctype
3. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/19/2231235&tid=109
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| The Tree of Life Consolidates |
| from the pruning-it dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @16:46 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/2133202
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "The Tree of Life is an expression first
used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms on Earth
and their evolutionary history. There are only two life forms, ���
eukaryotes, which gather their genetic material in a nucleus, and
prokaryotes, such as bacteria, which have their genetic material floating
freely in the cell. Until recently, eukaryotes, which include humans,
were divided into five groups. But now, based on work by European
researchers, [1]the Tree of Life has lost a branch. After doing the
largest ever genetic comparison of life forms they concluded that there
are only four groups of eukaryotes."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/2133202
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/2008/01/22.html
1. http://www.apollon.uio.no/vis/art/2007_4/Artikler/The_Tree_of_Life
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| Apple Crippled Its DTrace Port |
| from the nothing-to-see-here dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @17:26 (Programming) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/2156244
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Linnen writes in to note that one of developers of Sun's open source
system tracing tool, DTrace, has discovered that [0]Apple crippled its
port of the tool so that software like iTunes could not be traced. From
Adam Leventhal's blog: "I let it run for a while, made iTunes do some
work, and the result when I stopped the script? Nothing. The expensive
DTrace invocation clearly caused iTunes to do a lot more work, but DTrace
was giving me no output. Which started me thinking... did they? Surely
not. They wouldn't disable DTrace for certain applications. But that's
exactly what Apple's done with their DTrace implementation. The notion of
true systemic tracing was a bit too egalitarian for their classist
sensibilities..."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/2156244
Links:
0. http://blogs.sun.com/ahl/entry/mac_os_x_and_the
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| Colleges Being Remade Into "Repress U"? |
| from the don't-speak-out dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @17:42 (Education) |
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/209232
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The Nation has up a sobering article from its upcoming issue about how
colleges and universities are being turned into [0]homeland security
campuses, in the name of preventing homegrown radicalization. Quoting:
"From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest
watchtower in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their
attention to "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention'
��� as it was recently dubbed in a House of Representatives bill of the
same name ��� have set out to reconquer that traditional hotbed of
radicalization, the university."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/209232
Links:
0. http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20080128&s=gould-wartofsky
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| Drive-By Pharming In the Wild |
| from the just-change-the-default-password-already dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, @18:08 (Security) |
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/2259211
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An anonymous reader writes "Symantec reported Tuesday that the first case
of drive-by pharming, in which a hacker changes the DNS settings on a
customer's broadband router or wireless access point and directs the link
to a fraudulent Web site, has been [0]observed in the wild. The first
drive-by pharming attack has been observed against a Mexican bank: 'It's
associated with an e-mail pretending to be from a legitimate
Spanish-language e-greeting card company, Gusanito.com,' says Symantec
Security Response principal researcher Zulfikar Ramzan. Inside the e-mail
is an HTML image tag but instead of displaying images, it sends a request
to the home router to tamper with it."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/22/2259211
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/012208-drive-by-pharming.html
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