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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Intel to Take Online Suggestions for New Chips
* Mindbridge Saves "Bunches of Money" In Switch To Linux
* G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero?
* New Bill to Clarify Cellphone Contracts
* A Step Closer to Creating Artificial Life
* Judge Kimball Strikes SCO's Jury Trial Demand
* 2007 Hugo Award Winners Announced
* Ohio Court Admits Lie Detector Tests As Evidence
* Anti-Scammers Become Storm Botnet Victims
* USPTO Imposes 'Undue Hardship' On 1-Click Lawyers
* FAA Gets a Big-Screen Touch Table
* Implanted RFID Chips Linked To Cancer
* Cablevision CEO a Verizon FiOS Customer?
* Help Find Steve Fossett
* Making War On Light Pollution
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| Intel to Take Online Suggestions for New Chips |
| from the horses-mouth dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @21:15 (Intel) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/2138202
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[0]hhavensteincw writes "Intel has quietly launched a [1]new online
community that it plans to use to take feedback and suggestions from OEMs
and end users for new features in its vPro chips and management software.
Intel envisions that the community will grow to allow users to get
answers from other community members faster than Intel's support group
can answer questions."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/2138202
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/havenstein
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| Mindbridge Saves "Bunches of Money" In Switch To Linux |
| from the yet-another-success-story dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 07, @23:23 (Linux Bus|
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/2147256
|
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While Mindbridge didn't start out as an open source company, it has since
managed to save what they can only describe as "bunches of money" by
[0]switching to Linux. "Today, Mindbridge has repurposed itself as an
open-source-friendly company, and revamped its infrastructure to run
completely on Linux and other open source software. 'Having deployed
[Linux servers] to our customers, we turned around and said, we can do
the same thing internally and save bunches of money. We began a
systematic but slow flipping of servers from the Microsoft world over to
predominantly Linux ��� although there are a few BSD boxes around as well,'
Christian says. 'It's to the point that today I only have two production
Windows servers left, out of 15 or so.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/07/2147256
Links:
0. http://www.linux.com/feature/119020
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| G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero? |
| from the pussification-of-the-modern-male dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday September 08, @01:37 (Movies)|
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/0312243
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Advocate123 writes "Clearly, Hollywood has forgotten the, 'Real American
Hero.' G.I. Joe originally symbolized the American WWII soldier and a
great generation. Now Hollywood celebrities are going to turn him into a
[0]international multicultural coed task force with no government
affiliations. Isn't anything sacred to these people?"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/0312243
Links:
0. http://copiousdissent.blogspot.com/2007/09/hollywood-seeks-to-change-gi-joe-into.html
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| New Bill to Clarify Cellphone Contracts |
| from the immediately-suspect-for-caring-about-the-common-man dept|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday September 08, @04:29 (Communi|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/0318208
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theorem4 writes to tell us that US Senators today unveiled legislation
designed to [0]empower cell phone customers across the nation by
providing more protections and guaranteed options. "The Cell Phone
Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007 will require wireless service providers
to share simple, clear information on their services and charges with
customers before they enter into long-term contracts; a thirty-day window
in which to exit a contract without early termination fees; and greater
flexibility to exit contracts with services that don't meet their needs."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/0318208
Links:
0. http://klobuchar.senate.gov/newsreleases_detail.cfm?id=281970&
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| A Step Closer to Creating Artificial Life |
| from the absolutely-glowing-with-happiness dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday September 08, @07:41 (Biotech|
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/0324206
|
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[0]slick_shoes writes to mention that Italian researcher Giovanni Murtas
has taken another step towards [1]creating life in a test tube. "To the
untrained eye, the tiny, misshapen, fatty blobs on Giovanni Murtas's
microscope slide would not look very impressive. But when the Italian
scientist saw their telltale green fluorescent glint he knew he had
achieved something remarkable ��� and taken a vital step towards building a
living organism from scratch. The green glow was proof that his fragile
creations were capable of making their own proteins, a crucial ability of
all living things and vital for carrying out all other aspects of life."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/0324206
Links:
0. mailto:several_heads@yahoo.com
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/sep/06/2
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| Judge Kimball Strikes SCO's Jury Trial Demand |
| from the down-on-their-luck dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 08, @08:48 (The Courts|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1124219
|
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watchingeyes writes "In a ruling on various pre-trial motions in limine
and other, similar motions in the SCO vs Novell case, Judge Kimball today
issued a ruling [0]striking SCO's demand for a jury trial, ruling that
Novell's claims seek equitable, and not legal relief. In addition, he
denied SCO's request for entry of judgment that would allow them to
appeal his ruling on the UNIX copyrights and Novell's waiver rights,
ruling that if SCO wants to appeal any of his rulings, it can do them all
at once after trial. He also granted Novell's request to voluntarily
dismiss its own breach of contract claim, denied SCO's motion to exclude
press coverage and evidence from the IBM case, granted Novell's motion in
limine preventing SCO from contesting his summary judgment ruling at
trial, granted Novell's second motion in limine preventing SCO from
arguing that SCOsource licenses that license SVRx only incidentally
aren't SVRx licenses, denied another SCO motion in limine which
improperly asked the Judge to issue rulings on contractual issues and
denied Novell's final motion in limine which sought to prevent SCO from
contesting Novell's apportionment of royalties analysis. Looks like SCO
will be facing a trial in-front of a judge which has already ruled
against them numerous times."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1124219
Links:
0. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070907215715563
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| 2007 Hugo Award Winners Announced |
| from the come-on-down dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 08, @09:39 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1146218
|
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[0]jX writes "This year's [1]Hugo Award Winners have been announced at
the recently launched Hugo Award official website. Some winners that
should be familiar to any well read/watched geek are Vernor Vinge for
Best Novel, Doctor Who for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form), and
last years hit movie Pan's Labyrinth for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long
Form. Of course, a complete list of this year's [2]nominees and winners
is also available."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1146218
Links:
0. http://greyampburntelectronsorg/
1. http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=134
2. http://www.thehugoawards.org/index.php?page_id=127
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| Ohio Court Admits Lie Detector Tests As Evidence |
| from the good-enough-for-maury dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 08, @10:37 (The Courts|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1210219
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Last month, an Ohio court set a new precedent
by allowing polygraph test results to be entered as evidence in a
criminal trial. Do lie detectors really belong in the court room?
AntiPolygraph.org [0]critiques the polygraph evidence from the this
precedential case (Ohio v. Sharma)."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1210219
Links:
0. https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1187845990
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| Anti-Scammers Become Storm Botnet Victims |
| from the sticking-their-necks-out dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 08, @11:32 (The Intern|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1251238
|
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capnkr writes "It looks like the efforts of the anti-scammers at sites
like [0]419eater, [1]Scamwarners, [2]Artists Against 419, and possibly
others have become the target of the Storm botnet. Spamnation has a post
about it, and as of this writing none of the above listed sites are
responding. Spamnation reports that CastleCops and other [3]anti-spam
forums are being DDoSed as well. Sounds like a massive, concerted effort
against the folks who are fighting the good fight. Although I hate it for
the owners and admins of the above sites, I think it shows without a
doubt that their efforts to 'get back' at the scammers are working."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1251238
Links:
0. http://419eater.com/
1. http://www.scamwarners.com/
3. http://www.spamnation.info/blog/archives/2007/09/419eater_ddosd.html
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| USPTO Imposes 'Undue Hardship' On 1-Click Lawyers |
| from the crack-of-noon dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 08, @12:23 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1327255
|
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[0]theodp writes "Looks like Amazon's high-priced Silicon Valley
attorneys will have to [1]endure the 'undue hardship' of awakening early
next Thursday morning to defend CEO Jeff Bezos' 1-Click patent in a Video
Hearing before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. The
attorneys' [2]plea for a 1 p.m. ET start time drew a
[3]be-there-at-9-or-be-square response from the USPTO. The 1-Click patent
has fallen into disfavor lately with USPTO Examiners, who no longer have
the same boss who once [4]sent a 1-Click love letter to the WSJ arguing
that the merits of Amazon's patent were proven by a contest run by a
[5]Jeff Bezos-financed company, an argument that was later [6]rejected by
Congress."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1327255
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://valleywag.com/tech/fenwick-&-west/
2. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/1162534682_1c78cc2091_o.jpg
3. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1327/1345397220_18a7f2db37_o.jpg
4. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/517265415_f62c02b9d4_o.gif
5. http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2000102300506PSCY
6. http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju28201.000/hju28201_0.HTM#81
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| FAA Gets a Big-Screen Touch Table |
| from the every-situation-room-needs-one dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday September 08, @13:31 (Displays) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1615200
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[0]Matt writes "Northrop Grumman, best known for missile systems and
other military gear, has for years been selling the TouchTable as part of
what it calls an '[1] integrated collaboration environment.' They
delivered their TouchTable to the US Federal Aviation Administration last
month and will showcase their technologies next week at a defense
conference in London. There are two versions of the TouchTable; one with
an 84-inch screen (1600x1200 resolution), the other with a 45-inch screen
(1920x1080 resolution). Moving a hand across the surface pans the
display' two fingers moving apart zooms it out; and two fingers moving
together zooms it in. This simple interface allows users easily to change
a view from miles above the Earth to a detailed layout of a single city
block."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1615200
Links:
0. mailto:matt.c@gmail.com
1. http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/touchtable_gets_picked_up_by_the_federal_aviation_administration.php
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| Implanted RFID Chips Linked To Cancer |
| from the probably-too-late-to-sell-verichip dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday September 08, @14:48 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1832243
|
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An anonymous reader writes "The Associated Press is reporting that
[0]microchip implants have induced cancer in laboratory animals and dogs.
A series of research articles spanning more than a decade found that mice
and rats injected with glass-encapsulated RFID transponders developed
malignant, fast-growing, lethal cancers in up to 1% to 10% of cases. The
tumors originated in the tissue surrounding the microchips and often grew
to completely surround the devices. To date, about 2,000 RFID devices
have been implanted in humans worldwide, according to VeriChip Corp." We
recently discussed the [1]California ban on companies requiring such
implants.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1832243
Links:
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090800997_pf.html
1. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/03/1847248&tid=191
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| Cablevision CEO a Verizon FiOS Customer? |
| from the for-research-purposes-only-of-course dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday September 08, @15:56 (It's funny. |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1629215
|
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[0]Keri_Love writes "Cablevision and Verizon are in the middle of heated
battle trying to sign up customers for the coveted 'triple play': it's
fiber-to-the-premises vs. cable for broadband, television, and phone.
Cablevision is slinging lines like 'We're not afraid of your fiber!' Tech
blogger Mike Murray discloses evidence that [1]Cablevision's CEO may be
enjoying FiOS at home. He writes: 'Click the picture to the right showing
a Verizon FiOS can and drop directly above Cablevision's CEO Chuck
Dolan's Oyster Bay, Long Island mailbox.' He's not scared! He's a
customer!"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1629215
Links:
0. mailto:keri_loves_u@yahoo.com
1. http://www.my-pc-help.com/OurBlogs/MikesTechBlog/tabid/171/EntryID/15/Default.aspx
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| Help Find Steve Fossett |
| from the spare-wetware-cycles dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday September 08, @17:07 (United States|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/2018228
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An anonymous reader invites us to join in the hunt for the [0]missing
Steve Fossett using Amazon's Mechanical Turk. DigitalGlobe, one of
Google's imaging partners, has acquired new high-resolution satellite
imagery of the area where Fossett disappeared on Monday. The public can
now [1]go through this imagery and quickly flag any images that might
contain Fossett's plane. Flagged images will receive further review by
search and rescue experts.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/2018228
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/192236&tid=99
1. http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=9TSZK4G35XEZJZG21T60&kw=Flash
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| Making War On Light Pollution |
| from the if-i-could-save-time-in-a-bortle dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday September 08, @18:19 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/08/1635219
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Almost thirty years ago I worked in the Middle
East helping install a nationwide communications system and had the
opportunity to be part of a team doing microwave link tests across
[1]Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter. Something I've never forgotten were the
astonishing nights I spent in the desert hundreds of miles from the
nearest city where the absence of light made looking at the sky on a
moonless night feel like you were floating in the middle of the galaxy.
In Galileo's time, nighttime skies all over the world would have merited
the darkest Bortle ranking, Class 1. Today, the sky above New York City
is Class 9 and American suburban skies are typically Class 5, 6, or 7.
The very darkest places in the continental United States today are almost
never darker than Class 2, and are increasingly threatened. Read a story
from the New Yorker on [2]what we have lost to light pollution and how
some cities are adopting outdoor lighting standards to save the
darkness."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/08/1635219
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Quarter
2. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_owen?printable=true
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