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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* UK Reconsiders 1986 Decision To Ban Astronauts
* Mass Website Hack Compromises 200,000 Sites
* Summer of Code'08 Organizations List Announced
* Space Planes to Meet 'Big Demand' For Tourism
* State Agency to Destroy Unauthorized USB Drives
* One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News
* Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera
* Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ?
* TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6 Now Released
* NVIDIA 790i Chipset and GeForce 9800 GX2 Launched
* Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces
* Human Rights and a Code of Conduct for China's Web
* Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate
* The Army's $10M Spy Bat Still Too Big
* What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next?
* Archive Formats Kill Antivirus Products
* Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out
* Sequoia Threatens Over Voting Machine Evaluation
* Microsoft Accepts Flash For Windows Mobile
* Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software?
* Bruce Perens Aims For OSI Executive
* Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90
* The Reality Distortion Field Is Real
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| UK Reconsiders 1986 Decision To Ban Astronauts |
| from the brits-iiiinnnn-spaaaaccceee dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday March 17, @21:18 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/17/2121251
|
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An anonymous reader writes "The British space agency, BNSC, is
reconsidering its [0]1986 decision to reject all human space missions.
The decision has dominated British space policy ever since, [1]leaving
Britain out of many American and European space projects. The UK is the
only nation in the G8 group of leading economies that does not have a
human space flight program. But space enthusiast groups like the
[2]British Interplanetary Society are trying to persuade the British
government to participate in both manned and unmanned space activities."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/17/2121251
Links:
0. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1084/1
1. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/03/is_britain_lost_in_space.html
2. http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/sitesia.aspx/page/1711/l/en-us
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| Mass Website Hack Compromises 200,000 Sites |
| from the that-is-a-lot-of-angry-pr0n-bots dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday March 17, @23:23 (The Internet) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/17/2358207
|
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Stony Stevenson writes "Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which
[0]10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new
large-scale attack. Researchers at McAfee estimated that the attack has
been active for roughly one week, and in that time frame has managed
[1]to place itself on roughly 200,000 web pages. Most of the infected
pages are running the phpBB forum software, said McAfee. The compromised
pages are embedded with a Javascript file that links to the site hosting
the attack."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/17/2358207
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/13/1920201&tid=172
1. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/72214,second-mass-hack-exposed.aspx
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| Summer of Code'08 Organizations List Announced |
| from the meet-your-mentors-and-your-masterse dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @01:23 (Google) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/003212
|
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[0]kulbirsaini writes "Google has announced [1]the list of accepted
organizations for the [2]Google Summer of Code 2008. 'No doubt many
would-be Summer of Code students are wondering what their next steps
should be. We've changed the program timeline this year, leaving a week
in between the announcement of accepted mentoring organizations and
opening for student applications. Use this week to meet your potential
mentors and discuss your project ideas with them, and keep on eye on the
program mailing lists, as we'll post notes about additional resources for
learning about our mentoring organizations.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/003212
Links:
0. http://linux.saini.co.in/
1. http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/03/meet-your-mentors.html
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0134235&tid=217
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| Space Planes to Meet 'Big Demand' For Tourism |
| from the infinity-and-beyond dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @03:34 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/0512213
|
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Mab_Mass writes "[0]Widespread space tourism is getting closer to reality,
reports the BBC. In fact, Aerospace company EADS sees that sector of the
tourism market being so lucrative that it will need a 'production line'
of rockets to satisfy the needs of rich travelers. '[EAD's] market
assessment suggests there would be 15,000 people a year prepared to part
with some 200,000 euros (��160,000) for the ride of a lifetime. [EADS
subsidiary] Astrium anticipates it be will be producing about 10 planes a
year.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/0512213
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7298511.stm
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| State Agency to Destroy Unauthorized USB Drives |
| from the what-they-don't-know-won't-hurt-you dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @05:21 (Data Storage) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/0518242
|
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[0]Lucas123 writes "The State of Washington's Division of Child support
has forced hundreds of workers to turn in personal USB flash drives and
has instead begun issuing corporate-style USB drives. The goal is to
centrally monitor, configure and prevent unauthorized access to storage
devices. So far about 150 common drives have been issued. The [1]agency
eventually plans to destroy all existing thumb drives collected as part
of the security policy change."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/0518242
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
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| One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News |
| from the you-don't-learn-things-by-watching-the-news dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @07:21 (The Media) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/0527235
|
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[0]ideonexus writes "The Pew group has released its annual [1]study into
the state of news media. They conclude that science and technology
content is a rare treat for cable newscast viewers; some five hours of
programming could pass with the average viewer [2]seeing only one minute
of science news coverage."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/0527235
Links:
0. http://ideonexus.com/
1. http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/index.php
2. http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/2008/03/if_you_watch_five_hours_of_cab.php
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| Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera |
| from the but-is-it-as-efficient-as-a-red-stapler dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @08:05 (Mozilla) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/0531241
|
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[0]Edy52285 writes "Ars Technica has an article showing benchmarks
[1]pitting Firefox 3 Beta 4 against other browsers. Contenders include
IE7, Firefox 2, Opera 9.5 Beta, and Safari 3.0.4 Beta. The piece includes
[2]a graph depicting FF3's memory usage well below that of the other
browsers. The in-testing browser even trumps Opera, which has long been
regarded as the fastest browser around."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/0531241
Links:
0. mailto:Edy52285@COFFEEsbcglobal.netminuscaffeine
1. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080317-firefox-3-goes-on-a-diet-eats-less-memory-than-ie-and-opera.html
2. http://arstechnica.com/news.media/browser-memory-comparison.png
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| Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ? |
| from the you're-blocking-the-view-of-the-big-game dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @08:44 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1221219
|
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[0]S1mmo+61 writes "Salon is analyzing a Time Magazine article today, a
piece that essentially claims [1]Americans do not care about the domestic
spying. The [2]analysis of the Time magazine piece (which is longer than
the article itself) is interesting, if only as a quick history of
domestic spying in the last eight years. 'Time claims that "nobody cares"
about the Government's increased spying powers and that "polling
consistently supports that conclusion." They don't cite a single poll
because that assertion is blatantly false. Just this weekend, a new poll
released by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University proves that
exactly the opposite is true. That poll shows that the percentage of
Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has
doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%)'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1221219
Links:
0. mailto:daniel.simpson@hotmail.com
1. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1722537,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
2. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/17/time/index.html
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| TiVo Desktop Plus 2.6 Now Released |
| from the lets-you-watch-such-wonderful-things dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @09:22 (Media) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1253227
|
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Engadget's feed lets us know that [0]Tivo has delivered Desktop Plus 2.6,
as promised (just a week after [1]they announced the YouTube deal).
"Truth be told, there's not a whole lot here that you didn't already get
a taste of in our [2]hands-on at CES, but here's the skinny. As of today,
TiVo users can grab hold of the latest version of [3]Desktop (Windows
only, we're afraid) and 'enjoy a broad range of web entertainment
available directly from their TV.' More specifically, these customers
'can choose web videos downloaded on the home PC using web browsers, RSS
video clients such as iTunes podcasts, or other video download software
to automatically copy to their TiVo DVR's Now Playing List alongside
recorded broadcast and cable TV shows.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1253227
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/12/211233&tid=217
2. http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-hd-video-podcasts-on-an-hd-tivo/
3. http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/domore/tivotogo/index.html
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| NVIDIA 790i Chipset and GeForce 9800 GX2 Launched |
| from the don't-eat-these-chips-with-dip dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @10:01 (Graphics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1347214
|
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[0]MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has launched their next generation desktop
chipsets for the Intel platform today, now known as the [1]nForce 790i
and 750i SLI families, along with a new high-end graphics card dubbed
[2]the GeForce 9800 GX2. The new motherboard chipset offering brings
support for DDR3 to the NVIDIA platform for Intel's Core 2 processors
with 1600MHz Front Side Bus support, as well as Gen2 PCI Express for
multi-GPU graphics and NVIDIA's new ESA health monitoring/control
functions. Performance with the new platform looks fairly impressive in
both [3]workstation and [4]gaming scenarios."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1347214
Links:
0. http://www.hothardware.com/
1. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_nForce_790i_SLI_Ultra_and_GeForce_9800_GX2/
2. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_nForce_790i_SLI_Ultra_and_GeForce_9800_GX2/?page=8
3. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_nForce_790i_SLI_Ultra_and_GeForce_9800_GX2/?page=13
4. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIA_nForce_790i_SLI_Ultra_and_GeForce_9800_GX2/?page=18
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| Discussion of Internet Addiction as Mental Illness Resurfaces |
| from the i-can't-quit-you-internets dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @10:45 (The Internet) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/141241
|
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[0]Lone Writer writes "The editorial section of the American Journal of
Psychiatry for March offers the opinion that [1]Internet addiction is a
'compulsive-impulsive' disorder, and should be added to the official
guidebook of disorders. The editorial characterizes net addiction as
including 'excessive gaming, [online] sexual pre-occupations and
e-mail/text messaging'. From the article: 'Like other addicts, users
experience cravings, urges, withdrawal and tolerance, requiring more and
better equipment and software, or more and more hours online, according
to Dr. Jerald Block, a psychiatrist at the Oregon Health and Science
University in Portland. Dr. Block says people can lose all track of time
or neglect "basic drives," like eating or sleeping. Relapse rates are
high, he writes, and some people may need psychoactive medications or
hospitalization."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/141241
Links:
0. http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog
1. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=705d2e4e-420f-4555-82ac-285b73d74d96&k=37204
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| Human Rights and a Code of Conduct for China's Web |
| from the try-to-play-well-with-others dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @11:23 (Government) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1427238
|
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[0]Ian Lamont writes "Human Rights Watch is [1]preparing a code of
conduct that specifies how major Internet service providers and portal
operators should deal with Internet censorship in China. An officer for
the group expressed concern that the Chinese government is 'setting the
standard on control of the Internet' and also singled out international
companies working in China for preemptively blocking access in
'anticipation of requests from the government' rather than waiting for
orders from Beijing to block access. China has recently [2]blocked
YouTube following the posting of videos about the Tibetan protests, but
has been [3]unable to completely stop the flow of Tibet-related
information in and out of China, thanks in part to bloggers and others
using spam tactics to bypass Chinese filters."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1427238
Links:
0. http://www.thestandard.com/people/i-lamont550036
1. http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/18/chinese-internet-censorship-code-conduct-works
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/16/2033210&tid=153
3. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/images-and-news.html
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| Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate |
| from the plenty-of-substance-behind-the-laughs dept. |
| posted by Roblimo on Tuesday March 18, @12:04 (Democrats) |
|
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1442206
|
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Not many candidates for the U.S. Senate are 4'9" tall and only have one
hand. But Oregon Democrat [0]Steve Novick qualifies on both counts -- and
uses them as pluses in his TV ads. Like [0]this one, where he shows why
he's the best beer-drinking partner among all the candidates. Or [1]this
one, where it's obvious why he's for "the little guy." Also, as far as we
know, he's the only candidate this year for any major office who has
[2]his own brand of beer. And his online campaign manager is a major
Slashdot junkie, too, which is certainly in his favor. But will humor and
oddness get Steve into the Senate? We don't know. So ask him. In fact,
ask him anything else you'd like about campaigning and politics. He's
promised to respond, and seems like the kind of guy who will give
interesting answers, at that. (Please follow [3]Slashdot interview rules,
as always.)
Discuss this story at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1442206
Links:
0. http://www.novickforsenate.org/
1. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QFX1TCK_PS8
2. https://www.c-esystems.com/novick/lefthooklager.aspx
3. http://slashdot.org/faq/interviews.shtml
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| The Army's $10M Spy Bat Still Too Big |
| from the who-hasn't-had-that-problem dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @12:43 (Government) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1551252
|
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[0]Lucas123 writes "The University of Michigan's Center for Objective
Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology (COM-BAT) is
[1]working on building a robot bat that would perform long-range
reconnaissance for the U.S. Army, but U.Mich is currently struggling with
miniaturizing components in order to make the bat small enough to be
stealthy. 'The focus is to shrink down many electronics that while
currently available would only be good if the US Army wanted, say, a
12-foot spy-bat.' Some components need to be 1,000 times smaller than
they currently are. The Army's $10 million grant proposal calls for the
bat to be six inches in length, weigh four ounces and use just one watt
of power. The bat is supposed to be powered by a lithium-ion battery,
charged by solar and wind energy, as well as simple vibrations."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1551252
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
1. http://gizmodo.com/369110/armys-miniature-spy+bat-concept-makes-lucius-fox-drool
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| What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next? |
| from the anything-but-haskell dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 18, @13:22 (Programming) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1633229
|
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[0]simoniker writes "Over at Dobbs Code Talk, Chris Diggins has been
[1]discussing programming languages beyond C++ or Java, suggesting
options such as Ruby ('does a great job of showing how powerful a dynamic
language can be, and leverages powerful ideas from Smalltalk, Perl, and
Lisp') but suggesting Scala as a first choice ('Very accessible to
programmers from different backgrounds.') What would your choice be for
programmers extending beyond their normal boundaries?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1633229
Links:
0. http://www.gamesetwatch.com/
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| Archive Formats Kill Antivirus Products |
| from the fuzz-in-the-zip dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @14:07 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1724245
|
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nemiloc sends us to the F-Secure blog for breaking news about widespread
[0] vulnerabilities in programs that process archive files: "The Secure
Programming Group at Oulu University has created a collection of
malformed archive files. These archive files break and crash products
from at least 40 vendors ��� including several antivirus vendors...
including us." Here is [1] test material from OUSPG and a [2]joint
advisory from Finnish and English security organizations. It isn't news
that security products can have have security vulnerabilities. What makes
this advisory important is that antivirus software is a perfect target.
It is run in critical places with high privileges and auto-updates to
keep versions coherent.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1724245
Links:
0. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001404.html
1. http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
2. https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
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| Vista Service Pack 1 Is Out |
| from the prepare-to-be-serviced dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @14:49 (Windows) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/186208
|
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[0]superglaze writes "What's to say? After much prevaricating and
slipping out then pulling back, the first service pack for Windows Vista
[1]has actually been released. It's available for download now via
Microsoft's sites, with an auto-update rollout scheduled for next month,
and it should hit Amazon's virtual shelves on Wednesday."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/186208
Links:
0. mailto:superglaze@hotmail.com
1. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39369881,00.htm
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| Sequoia Threatens Over Voting Machine Evaluation |
| from the don't-look-in-there dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @15:31 (Businesses) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1828259
|
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[0]enodo writes "Voting machine manufacturer Sequoia has sent well-known
Princeton professor Ed Felten and his colleague Andrew Appel a letter
threatening to sue if New Jersey sends them a machine to evaluate. It's
not clear from [1]the letter Sequoia sent whether they intend to sue the
professors or the state ��� presumably that ambiguity was deliberate on
Sequoia's part. Put another clipping in your scrapbook of cases of
companies invoking 'intellectual property rights' for bogus reasons."
Sequoia seems to be claiming that no one can make a "report" regarding
their "software" without their permission.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1828259
Links:
0. mailto:mgolden@inch.com
1. http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1265
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| Microsoft Accepts Flash For Windows Mobile |
| from the embrace-is-the-first-step dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @16:15 (Handhelds) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1947250
|
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[0]Ian Lamont writes "Despite Microsoft's aim to take on Adobe Flash with
Silverlight, the company has [1]decided to support Flash on Windows
Mobile devices. Microsoft has also licensed the Adobe Reader LE software,
so owners of Windows Mobile devices will be able to view PDFs. The two
companies are working together on integration and OEM distribution, but
Microsoft is still mum on when consumers will be able to use Flash or
Silverlight on their Windows Mobile phones. The article points out that
Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and LG already support Flash,
but only Nokia has announced Silverlight support, and only on some models
starting later this year. The other major handset maker ��� Apple ��� doesn't
support Flash on the iPhone and [2]has no plans to do so in the near
future."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/1947250
Links:
0. http://www.thestandard.com/people/i-lamont550036
1. http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/17/windows-mobile-get-flash-pdf-support
2. http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/06/0429207&tid=269
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| Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software? |
| from the whistling-past-the-malware dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @17:01 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/2033219
|
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[0]adamengst sends in an article from TidBITS in which Macintosh security
expert Rich Mogull explains why he [1]doesn't use antivirus software on
the Mac, and why most Mac users shouldn't bother with it either. The
article also touches on the question of when an increasing Mac market
share might tip it over an inflection point into more active attention
from malware writers. (Last month [2]Apple had 14% of PC sales, but 25%
of dollar value.)
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/2033219
Links:
0. mailto:ace@tidbits.com
1. http://db.tidbits.com/article/9511
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| Bruce Perens Aims For OSI Executive |
| from the board-games dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @17:44 (GNU is Not Unix) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/2058218
|
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[0]mutube writes "Open Source advocate Bruce Perens began [1]petitioning
for support in election to the OSI Executive Board. Because it's a
self-electing board, demonstrable community support is needed to attain a
seat. Perens is standing on a platform of reducing over-representation of
vendors in OSI leadership in favor of developers. In his petition notice,
Perens suggests that recent Open Source involvement by Microsoft could
lead to their being offered a place on the board. With his background
fighting SCO and the Novell-Microsoft patent agreements, Perens would be
a good counter-balance."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/18/2058218
Links:
0. http://www.mutube.com/
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| Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead At 90 |
| from the pod-bay-doors-are-open dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @18:27 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/2214208
|
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Many readers are sending in word that [0]Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri
Lanka. He wrote over 100 books including 2001: A Space Odyssey and
Rendezvous With Rama, and popularized the ideas of geosynchronous
communications satellites and space elevators.
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| The Reality Distortion Field Is Real |
| from the roped-tied-and-branded dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 18, @19:09 (Businesses) |
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http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/2117208
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TimeZone writes "Apparently, even [0]subliminal exposure to the Apple
logo can make you 'think different.' Researchers at Duke University
subjected participants to subliminal images of the iconic Apple and IBM
logos (during what subjects thought was a visual acuity test), and those
who were shown the Apple logo generated more creative ideas after the
test than did those who were shown the IBM logo. In a second test,
subjects exposed to the Disney logo acted more honestly than those who
saw an E! Channel logo." Here's a [1]preprint of the paper (PDF) due for
publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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0. http://www.physorg.com/news125073871.html
1. http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~gavan/GJF_articles/brand_exposure_JCR_inpress.pdf
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