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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* MS's Hilf Named Windows Server Marketer
* Countering the Arguments Against Unbundling Windows
* Nominate SysAdmin of the Year By Oct. 12
* The Dark Side of Iapetus
* UK Moves To Allow Human Hybrid Experiments
* Interpol Unscrambles Doctored Photo In Manhunt
* Canadian Mint Claims Rights To Words "One Cent"
* Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up
* Google To Monetize Content From Consenting YouTubers
* .Asia Internet Domain Launched
* Churches Use Halo To Spread the Word, Raise Eyebrows
* OpenOffice.org 2.3 Review
* eBay Sellers Seething Over Targeted Ads
* Time Dimension To Become Space-like
* Google Patents Shipping-Container Data Centers
* Last Chance to Sign Up for 10-Year Anniversary Party
* Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd
* 2007 Physics Nobel Prize For Giant Magnetoresistance
* Mandriva Linux 2008 Now Available
* Self-Sufficient Lunar Habitat Designed
* With OES 2.0, Novell Moves NetWare To Linux
* Banked Blood May Not Be As Effective As Hoped
* Stalling Cars Via OnStar
* KDE Readies KOffice 2.0 As OpenOffice Competitor
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| MS's Hilf Named Windows Server Marketer |
| from the lengthening-the-lightning-rod dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday October 08, @20:17 (Microsoft) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/2232221
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[0]netbuzz writes "The director of Microsoft's Open Source Lab, Bill
Hilf, has [1]added a new duty ��� general manager of Windows server
marketing ��� to his already established role of shepherding the company's
efforts to have open source software peacefully coexist with Microsoft
technologies. What the company calls a 'natural evolution' of Hilf's job
description may not be considered quite so natural among segments of the
open source community that eye every Microsoft move with suspicion if not
hostility." Bill Hilf [2]answered Slashdot's questions two years back and
sounded quite friendly to OSS; yet at other times he has come off like a
[3]hardcore Microsoftie.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/2232221
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=buzzblog
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100807-microsoft-open-source-windows-server.html
2. http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/08/1247220&tid=109
3. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/2038250&tid=163
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| Countering the Arguments Against Unbundling Windows |
| from the package-with-a-live-cd-and-wrap-with-a-bow dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday October 08, @21:54 (Microsoft) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/0048247
|
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An anonymous reader sends in a link to a blog posting by Con Zymaris
arguing for competition regulators to [0]force the unbundling of Windows
from consumer PCs. The argument takes the form of knocking down one by
one the objections raised by "unbundling skeptics."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/0048247
Links:
0. http://www.cybersource.com.au/users/conz/why_the_unbundling_windows_sceptics_are_wrong.html
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| Nominate SysAdmin of the Year By Oct. 12 |
| from the barely-sung-heroes dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday October 08, @23:26 (Unix) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/2247244
|
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PMcGovern writes "Deadline for nominations for [0]SysAdmin of the Year
2007 is this Friday Oct. 12. The award is sponsored by Slashdot,
SourceForge, Digg, Usenix, Lopsa, Splunk, and Naspa. The first 2500
sysadmins nominated win a free SysAdmin Rockstar tee shirt. Prizes
include a MacBook Pro, a non-bricked Apple iPhone, Gibson guitar, Splunk
license, a full-paid trip to the LISA conference, cases of Red Bull, and
more. If you know a sysadmin that goes beyond the call of duty,
[0]nominate them."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/08/2247244
Links:
0. http://www.sysadminoftheyear.com/
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| The Dark Side of Iapetus |
| from the like-e-ink-writ-large dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @00:57 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/023221
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The difference in coloring between Iapetus'
leading and trailing hemispheres is striking. NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs
has just released a report on a [1]bizarre 'runaway' process that may
explain the strange and dramatically [2]two-toned appearance recently
revealed in images collected during a close flyby by the Cassini
spacecraft. Scientists believe that initially dark material on one side
of Iapetus may have come from other moons orbiting Saturn in the opposite
direction. Since Iapetus is locked in synchronous rotation about Saturn,
as dusty material from the outer moons spiraled in and hit Iapetus
head-on, the forward-facing side began to darken. As it absorbed more
sunlight, its surface water evaporated, and vapor was transported from
the dark side to the white side of Iapetus. Thermal segregation then
proceeded in a runaway process as the dark side lost its surface ice and
got darker still. Now the leading hemisphere is as dark as a tarred
street and the trailing hemisphere resembles freshly fallen snow."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/023221
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=779
2. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2763
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| UK Moves To Allow Human Hybrid Experiments |
| from the be-afraid-oh-never-mind dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @03:17 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/0313237
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penguin_dance writes "The UK is apparently [0]rethinking its ban on human
hybrid experiments. If approved by regulators, '[t]he move opens the door
to experiments involving every known kind of human-animal hybrid. These
could include both "cytoplasmic" embryos, which are 99.9% human, and
"true hybrids" carrying both human and animal genes.' Previous calls for
an outright ban on all human-animal embryos outraged scientists,
according to the article, who believe that 'work on human-animal hybrid
embryos will greatly speed up progress in stem cell research.' The report
claims there will be a provision for regulation of the research to
incorporate any 'unforeseen developments.' Let the Island of Dr. Moreau
comparisons begin!"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/0313237
Links:
0. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=paEmbryo_mon19_human_experiments&show_article=1
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| Interpol Unscrambles Doctored Photo In Manhunt |
| from the blur-schmlur dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @05:39 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/0235235
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jackpot777 writes in with an AP story out of Paris reporting that
Interpol has distributed photos of a man suspected of sexually exploiting
children. The images were recovered from pictures taken off the Internet
in which the man's face had been blurred using something like Photoshop's
Filter > Distort > Twirl tool. German police were able to recover
recognizable images of the man, whose identity and nationality are not
known. Interpol would not discuss the techniques used to recover the
images. jackpot777 writes: "It does show one interesting facet of
internet privacy that has also been noted with topics ranging from
[0]reading blurred check numbers in images to Google's plan to [1]blur
out license plate and face data for Street View. And that is: blurring is
not the same as completely obscuring. As computers become more adept at
extrapolating data of different types, your identity isn't safe unless
you completely cover all those identifying features."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/0235235
Links:
0. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/07/1352242&tid=172
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/30/0213214&tid=217
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| Canadian Mint Claims Rights To Words "One Cent" |
| from the nickling-and-diming dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @08:04 (The Almighty Buc|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/0146237
|
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knorthern knight writes "A weird intersection of copyright/trademark with
politics is playing out in Canada. Short background: various Canadian
cities and municipalities have launched a publicity/lobbying campaign
seeking a fixed take from the GST (Goods and Services Tax, a national
Canadian sales tax similar to European VAT). The amount sought is 1 cent
for each dollar of the purchase price. This is summarized by the slogan
'One Cent of the GST NOW.' According to a press release, the Royal
Canadian Mint (the federal agency that prints Canadian paper currency and
stamps Canadian coins) has demanded from the City of Toronto $47,680 in
[0]royalties for use of the phrase 'one cent', and the image of the
Canadian penny. $10,000 covers the use of the words 'one cent' in the
campaign website address (www.onecentnow.ca) and email address
(onecentnow@toronto.ca). An additional $10,000 is demanded for the use of
these words in the campaign phone number (416-ONE-CENT). The remaining
$27,680 covers the use of the image of the Canadian penny in printed
materials such as pins and posters." Here's a [1]National Post article on
the brouhaha.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/0146237
Links:
0. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/05/c9202.html
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| Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up |
| from the oh-good-more-smack-talk dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @08:31 (Patents) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1221223
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Via [0]Groklaw comes comments from
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at a UK event, in which the company once again
[1]threatens Linux distributions that haven't signed up with their
program. '"People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our
intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to compensate us,"
Ballmer said last week ... Ballmer praised Novell at the UK event for
valuing intellectual property, and suggested that open source vendors
will be forced to strike similar deals with other patent holders. He
predicted that firms like Eolas will soon come after open source vendors
or users. Microsoft [2]paid $521m to settle a patent claim by Eolas in
August.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1221223
Links:
0. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071008205138925
1. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2200717/microsoft-sharpens-aims-patent
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/127228&tid=155
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| Google To Monetize Content From Consenting YouTubers |
| from the youtubers-is-the-strangest-word-ever dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @09:12 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1230251
|
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[0]sufijazz writes "Google has announced its intention to allow
advertisers to [1]monetize the contents of YouTube videos. 'The ads
accompanying the outbound YouTube clips won't be in a video format.
Instead, they will appear as a graphic straddling the video or as a link
along the bottom. Google won't be pulling clips from YouTube's entire
library ... The material sent to other Web sites will be confined to
video from providers who sign consent forms. With the new twist, Web
sites participating in AdSense now can sign up to specify the kinds of
YouTube videos they want shown on their pages.' Everyone sees a cut in
this plan, evidently. Both the creator of the video as well as anyone
that embeds it on their website will receive a share of the profits. The
company has yet to specify the percent each party gets."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1230251
Links:
0. http://www.diffen.com/
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| .Asia Internet Domain Launched |
| from the always-room-at-the-top dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @09:56 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1327213
|
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[0]eldavojohn writes "Expect to see sites ending in .asia pop up soon, as
ICANN has allowed DotAsia to [1]recently open bidding on the new domain.
A DotAsia representative is quoted as saying, 'Our research has found
that Asia is one of the most searched-for terms and by having a .asia
website, your ranking on Google or Yahoo will become much higher.' Is
there really a need for more top level domains?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1327213
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://www.physorg.com/news111129961.html
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| Churches Use Halo To Spread the Word, Raise Eyebrows |
| from the now-turn-to-the-holy-book-of-cortana-chapter-twelve dept|
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @10:29 (Games) |
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1429240
|
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The New York Times has a lengthy look at an unorthodox way to spread the
religious word: [0] Halo 3 multiplayer matches. Churches across the
country have adopted 'Halo Nights' as a way to get kids together in
religious centers and church basements. "The alliance of popular culture
and evangelism is challenging churches much as bingo games did in the
1960s. And the question fits into a rich debate about how far churches
should go to reach young people. Far from being defensive, church leaders
who support Halo -- despite its "thou shalt kill" credo -- celebrate it
as a modern and sometimes singularly effective tool. It is crucial, they
say, to reach the elusive audience of boys and young men." Just the same,
the use of the game is raising concerns among some onlookers.
GamePolitics reports that many [1]faith communities are heavily debating
the issue.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1429240
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/us/07halo.html?th&emc=th
1. http://gamepolitics.com/2007/10/08/faith-community-debates-halo-3-youth-ministry/
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| OpenOffice.org 2.3 Review |
| from the penguins-look-good-in-text dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @10:41 (Software) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1414201
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Peace Frog writes passed us a link to an in-depth [0]review of the newest
version of OpenOffice. Instead of just the normal bug fixes, 2.3 has
added several new features. Examples include: "A bunch of new and
enhanced features like restoring the user-defined movement path in
Impress and applying better default print settings in Calc. Check the
release notes for complete information from OpenOffice.org. A
significantly different chart tool. New extensions provided by Sun and
other vendors. You will need to run 2.3 for the extensions to work. Read
more about the new extensions on the OpenOffice.org web site." The
general impression from the review is that the OO team is doing an
excellent job of responding to feedback from previous releases.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1414201
Links:
0. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1275483,00.html
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| eBay Sellers Seething Over Targeted Ads |
| from the buck-is-stopping-a-little-short dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @11:23 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1424253
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hoagiecat writes "eBay isn't just an enormous auction site; it's also a
publisher of Google and Yahoo targeted ads, which earn eBay money every
time a user clicks on them. But those clicks take users to a new page,
and lead them away from the auctions ��� and those who make their living
from those auctions [0]are starting to get upset. Is eBay doing the right
thing to make some extra cash from the hot advertising market? Or are
they cannibalizing their income and hurting the sellers who have been the
backbone of their business?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1424253
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2403/071008ebayads/
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| Time Dimension To Become Space-like |
| from the you're-not-thinking-fourth-dimensionally dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @12:02 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1544200
|
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[0]KentuckyFC writes "The Universe is about to flip from having three
dimensions of space and one of time to [1]having four dimensions of space.
That's the conclusion of a group of Spanish astrophysicists who have
calculated that observers inside such a Universe would see it expanding
and accelerating away from them just before the flip ([2]abstract,
[3]full paper pdf on the physics arXiv). 'We show that regular changes of
signature on brane-worlds in AdS bulks may account for some types of the
recently fashionable sudden singularities. Therefore, the fact that the
Universe seems to approach a future sudden singularity at an accelerated
rate of expansion might simply be an indication that our braneworld is
about to change from Lorentzian to Euclidean signature. Both the brane
and the bulk remain fully regular everywhere.'" Update: 10/09 16:06 GMT
by [4]Z : A few readers have written in to point out that the article is
not peer-reviewed; your mileage may vary.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1544200
Links:
0. http://www.arxivblog.com/
2. http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.0820
3. http://arxiv.org/pdf/0710.0820
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| Google Patents Shipping-Container Data Centers |
| from the pick-it-up-and-move-it-out dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @12:43 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1543256
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[0]theodp writes "Two years ago, Robert X. Cringely wrote that Google was
[1]experimenting with portable data centers built in standard shipping
containers. The idea, Cringely explained, [2]wasn't new and wasn't even
Google's, backing up his claim with a link to an
[3]Internet-Archive-in-a-Shipping-Container presentation (PDF, dated
11-8-2003) that was reportedly pitched to Larry Page. Google filed for a
patent on essentially the same concept on 12-30-2003. And on Tuesday, the
USPTO issued the search giant a [4]patent for Modular Data Centers housed
in shipping containers, which Google curiously notes facilitate 'rapid
and easy relocation to another site depending on changing economic
factors'. That's a statement that may make those [5]tax-abating NC
officials a tad uneasy."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1543256
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20051117_000873.html
2. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2005/pulpit_20051124_000474.html
3. http://www.baumgart.org/petabytebox.pdf
4. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7,278,273
5. http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/1172822/
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| Last Chance to Sign Up for 10-Year Anniversary Party |
| from the party-like-it's-2007 dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 09, @13:23 (Slashdot.org) |
|
http://meta.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1542200
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We have 700 T-Shirts coming in today and now we need to know where to
ship them. So while you can continue to sign up for parties, today is the
last day we'll be looking at the sign-ups to determine where to send
shirts. You can [0]sign up or host your own party and we'll try to mail
lots of you schwag and [1]ThinkGeek gift certificates. A note to people
signed on for my party in Ann Arbor- we will be at Leopold Bros Oct 20.
Pudge has a large party coming together near Seattle, Zonk has 30+ in
Madison, and of course there's a big party in Palo Alto Oct 25 that Hemos
& I will both be at as well. A reminder to all party planners- make SURE
your email address is accurate so we can spam you guys and get snail mail
addresses. Remember to take pictures/videos/etc at your local gatherings
and submit them to us (we'll have an email address later). Whoever
impresses us the most with their creativity in submission will win $1k
ThinkGeek prize.
Discuss this story at:
http://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1542200
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/anniversary.pl
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| Full Net Census Takes a Hint From xkcd |
| from the you-say-hilbert-i-say-dilbert dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @14:01 (The Internet) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1646244
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[0]netbuzz writes "The University of Southern California Information
Sciences Institute says it's the first [1]full census of the 'visible
Internet' since David Smallberg canvassed a piddling 315 allocated
addresses in 1982. They're talking about 3 billion pings directed toward
2.8 million addresses over the course of 62 days. Oh, and they credit the
[2]comic strip xkcd for sparking the idea of presenting the data using a
Hilbert curve." The [3]main page for the census project has links to
versions of the census at various scales.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1646244
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=buzzblog
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20390
3. http://www.isi.edu/ant/address/
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| 2007 Physics Nobel Prize For Giant Magnetoresistance |
| from the google-thanks-you-too dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @14:37 (Data Storage) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/176235
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A number of readers made sure we are aware that the [0]2007 Nobel Prize
in physics has been awarded to [1]Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for
simultaneously and independently discovering [2]giant magnetoresistance.
This property has allowed the explosion of disk-space growth and is cited
as being one of the first nanotechnology breakthroughs. From the
announcement: "Very weak magnetic changes give rise to major differences
in electrical resistance in a GMR system. A system of this kind is the
perfect tool for reading data from hard disks when information registered
magnetically has to be converted to electric current."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/176235
Links:
0. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/press.html
1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/index.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_magnetoresistance
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| Mandriva Linux 2008 Now Available |
| from the latest-bits dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @15:16 (Mandriva) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1757214
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[0]AdamWill writes "[1]Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available for download
on the official site and on the network of public mirror servers. In 2008
you will find KDE 3.5.7 and the new GNOME 2.20 already integrated, a
solid kernel 2.6.22.9 with fair scheduling support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1,
cutting-edge 3D-accelerated desktop courtesy of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2,
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6, and everything else you've come to expect. We
have integrated a reworked hardware detection sub-system, with support
for a lot of new devices (particularly graphics cards, sound cards, and
wireless chips). There is a wizard to import Windows documents and
settings, a new network configuration center, and a set of improvements
to the Mandriva software management tools. Read about the new features in
depth in the [2]release tour, or view the [3]release notes. The One
installation CD is the recommended download: it comes with a full KDE
desktop and application suite, NVIDIA and ATI proprietary video card
drivers, Intel wireless firmware, Adobe Flash and Sun Java browser
plugins, all included."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1757214
Links:
0. mailto:awilliamson@mandriva.com
1. http://www.mandriva.com/
2. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/Tour
3. http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/Notes
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| Self-Sufficient Lunar Habitat Designed |
| from the hydroponics-with-a-side-of-tilapia dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @15:57 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1848247
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An anonymous reader writes "Cosmos Magazine reports on a design for a
[0]lunar habitat that is 90 to 95 percent self-sufficient. The
[1]proposed habitat uses a closed-loop life support system that recycles
and regenerates air, water, and food, reducing the need for costly supply
trips. The north pole of the moon is chosen as a location because of its
access to sunlight and useful resources. About 11 astronauts could live
and work in the habitat for 2 to 3 years. The project would also help the
environment on Earth with recycling and other sustainable practices." The
designers say it could be 20 to 30 years before such a habitat could be
up and running on the moon.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1848247
Links:
0. http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1646
1. http://ssp06.isunet.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Itemid=142
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| With OES 2.0, Novell Moves NetWare To Linux |
| from the xen-underneath dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @16:38 (Novell) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1919214
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[0]apokryphos writes "Novell's long journey from NetWare to Linux is
finally complete, with Open Enterprise Server 2.0. Linux-Watch takes a
look at the [1]newly-released OES 2.0: 'Now, with OES 2.0, the NetWare
operating system kernel, NetWare 6.5 SP7, is still there if you run it,
but it runs on top of the Xen hypervisor. You can also run the NetWare
services, or a para-virtualized instance of NetWare, on top of Xen with
the SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server) 10 SP 1 kernel. So, if you're
wedded to NetWare and its way of doing things, you don't have to wave
good-bye to it.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/1919214
Links:
0. http://francis.giannaros.org/
1. http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9908188054.html
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| Banked Blood May Not Be As Effective As Hoped |
| from the round-up-the-usual-vampires dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @17:20 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/200213
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[0]URSpider alerts us to two separate research reports published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pointing to the [1]rapid
breakdown of nitric oxide in donated blood as a reason why such blood
loses its ability to transfer oxygen, and is sometime implicated in
problems such as strokes and heart attacks. Nitric oxide depletion is
significant after 3 hours of storage; yet current guidelines allow for
storing donated blood for up to 42 days. The article notes: "Several of
the researchers, including Stamler, have consulting and/or equity
relationships with Nitrox/N30, a company developing nitric oxide based
therapies."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/200213
Links:
0. http://feeds.feedburner.com/eink
1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTX1LzeAKgD18t0qrVIJFaB09iiwD8S59U780
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| Stalling Cars Via OnStar |
| from the let-the-hacking-begin dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @18:02 (Hardware Hacking|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/2110216
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[0]Lauren Weinstein writes to tell us that GM will be installing OnStar
systems on almost 1.7 million 2009-model cars that will allow law
enforcement (or anyone who cracks the system) to [1]remotely shut down
vehicles. Here is the [2]AP's writeup, which like most MSM coverage
doesn't mention any privacy implications.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/2110216
Links:
0. mailto:lauren@vortex.com
1. http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000313.html
2. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gn55yegRAw_W9RfFKNKkCFTECxHQD8S5H7N80
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| KDE Readies KOffice 2.0 As OpenOffice Competitor |
| from the another-country-heard-from dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 09, @19:52 (KDE) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/2140247
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Da Massive writes in with a link to a story on [0]KOffice 2.0, the next
generation of the KDE office suite due sometime next year. In an
interview with KDE spokesman Sebastian Kugler, Computerworld reports that
KOffice 2.0 will be leaner, faster, and enjoy a cleaner code base than
OpenOffice. It will also feature more applications, including an
Access-like database creator, a flowcharter, and an image manipulation
tool. KOffice is not yet fully compatible with ODF but the claim is that
2.0 will be.
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/09/2140247
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1596080362
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