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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix
* 500-fold Increase in Data Flow from SETI Telescope
* Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted
* MS Drops Licensing Restrictions from Web Server 2008
* Proof That Practice Does Make Perfect
* EU Encouraging Standardized DRM, Licensing
* Intel Resigns from One Laptop Per Child Project
* Microsoft Patents Frustration-Detection System
* Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk
* EFF Busts Bogus Online Testing Patent
* Researchers Say Wi-Fi Virus Outbreak Possible
* Reverse Engineer Finds Kindle's Hidden Features
* Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory
* Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs?
* Google Algorithm to Search Out Hospital Superbugs
* Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop?
* Mars Rover, Spirit, Turns 4
* Sony BMG Dropping DRM
* Interview with Red Hat's New CEO
* Who Owns Your Social Data? You Do, Sort of
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| HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix |
| from the new-years-low-resolution dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 03, @19:10 (Media) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/03/2339248
|
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Jeremiah Cornelius points us to Davis Freeberg's blog, where he discusses
his "nightmare scenario" of [0]losing access to his DRM-protected
purchases by upgrading his PC monitor. "When I called them they confirmed
my worst fears. In order to access the Watch Now service, I had to give
Microsoft's DRM sniffing program access to all of the files on my hard
drive. If the software found any non-Netflix video files, it would revoke
my rights to the content and invalidate the DRM. This means that I would
lose all the movies that I've purchased from Amazon's Unbox, just to
troubleshoot the issue. Because my computer allows me to send an
unrestricted HDTV feed to my monitor, Hollywood has decided to revoke my
ability to stream 480 resolution video files from Netflix. In order to
fix my problem, Netflix recommended that I downgrade to a lower res VGA
setup."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/03/2339248
Links:
0. http://davisfreeberg.com/2008/01/03/bad-copp-no-netflix/
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| 500-fold Increase in Data Flow from SETI Telescope |
| from the et-in-crystal-clear-high-defintion dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 03, @20:12 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/0042250
|
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[0]coondoggie brings us an article from Networkworld about a [1]flood of
new data for the SETI@home project. We discussed something similar a few
months ago when a [2]new telescope array went live. The vast amount of
processing power required to handle the new data is prompting the
SETI@home team to make a [3]plea for more volunteers. Quoting the press
release: "What triggered the new flow of data was the addition of seven
new receivers at Arecibo, which now let the telescope record radio
signals from seven regions of the sky simultaneously instead of just one.
With greater sensitivity and the ability to detect the polarization of
the radio signals, plus 40 times more frequency coverage, Arecibo is set
to survey the sky for new radio sources."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/0042250
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23469
2. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/11/2059250&tid=160
3. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/01/02_setiahome.shtml
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| Spammer Alan Ralsky Indicted |
| from the dont-flee-to-nigeria dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 03, @21:23 (Spam) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/0154229
|
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Several users have written to tell us that [0]notorious spammer Alan
Ralsky has been indicted along with ten others on 41 counts of
spam-related illegal activity. Ralsky has had [1]trouble with the law
[2]in the past, and the current litany of charges includes mail and wire
fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and violation of federal spamming
laws. From the Detroit Free Press: "The 41-count indictment said Ralsky
... and others used unsolicited e-mail to pump up the price of largely
worthless stock in Chinese companies and sold the stock reaping huge
profits and leaving Internet subscribers who purchased it holding the
bag. The operation also used illegal methods to maximize the amount of
spam that could be sent while evading spam-blocking devices and tricked
recipients into opening and acting on advertisements, prosecutors said."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/0154229
Links:
0. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080103/NEWS06/80103045/1008/NEWS06
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/30/2352241&tid=111
2. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/16/1617249&tid=111
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| MS Drops Licensing Restrictions from Web Server 2008 |
| from the retrograde-innovation dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 03, @23:21 (Windows) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/0340216
|
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[0]Channel Guy writes "According to a report from CRN, Microsoft plans to
allow users of the Web Server SKU in Windows Server 2008 to 'run any type
of database software with [1]no limit on the number of users, provided
they deploy it as an Internet-facing front-end server.' The previous
limit was 50 users. Microsoft's partners expect the changes to go a long
way toward making Windows Web Server 2008 more competitive with the LAMP
stack, against which Microsoft has been [2]making headway in recent
months."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/0340216
Links:
0. mailto:soul_yawn@yahoo.com
1. http://www.crn.com/software/205207950
2. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/08/06/august_2007_web_server_survey.html
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| Proof That Practice Does Make Perfect |
| from the its-just-like-falling-off-a-bike dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 04, @02:20 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/0451249
|
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[0]eldavojohn sends us an article about a discovery by Carnegie Mellon
researchers that explains [1]why repetitive studying or training is
effective. Previous research had suggested the opposite, which ran
counter to nearly everyone's personal experience. Scientists hope that
this information will help us to learn more about diseases which affect
the memory, such as Alzheimer's. From the article: "In a series of
experiments the researchers blocked different receptors, including NMDA,
to see the receptors' effect on long-term neural stimulation. They found
that while the NMDA receptor is required to begin neural strengthening, a
second neurotransmitter receptor -- the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu)
receptor -- comes into play after this first phase of cellular learning.
...blocking mGlu receptors caused strengthening to stop."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/0451249
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://www.physorg.com/news118592975.html
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| EU Encouraging Standardized DRM, Licensing |
| from the reply-hazy-try-again dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 04, @05:24 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/043213
|
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The [1]European
Commission is trying to encourage a [2]standard licensing and DRM scheme
for all of Europe, as well as 'cooperation procedures' and 'codes of
conduct' for ISPs, copyright holders, and customers. No legislation has
been proposed yet, but the 'cooperation procedures' sound like a push for
an EU version of the [3]DMCA Takedown Notices, which are already
routinely sent to people outside the US. While simplified licensing might
be nice, it's interesting that they don't appear to understand the
inherent tension between standardization, interoperability and DRM ���
break once, copy everywhere."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/043213
Links:
0. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Commission&oldid=181572861
2. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080103-eu-one-license-drm-scheme-to-rule-them-all.html
3. http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/
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| Intel Resigns from One Laptop Per Child Project |
| from the taking-their-toys-and-going-home dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday January 04, @08:22 (The Almighty Bu|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/0520254
|
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[0]theodp writes "Reportedly angered by the One Laptop Per Child
project's demand that it curtail work on its Classmate PC and other cheap
laptops, [1]Intel has resigned from the project's board and canceled
plans for an Intel-based OLPC laptop. Intel's withdrawal from the project
comes less than six months after the chip-making giant earned kudos for
[2]agreeing to contribute funding and join the board of OLPC. It's the
latest blow to the OLPC, whose CTO [3]quit earlier this week to launch a
for-profit company to commercialize her OLPC inventions."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/0520254
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9839806-37.html?tag=nefd.top
2. http://www.news.com/OLPC-and-Intel-bury-the-hatchetfor-the-children/2100-1005_3-6196629.html
3. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/1324240&tid=146
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| Microsoft Patents Frustration-Detection System |
| from the would-you-like-to-buy-a-handgun-dave dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @09:12 (Microsoft) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1246246
|
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Microsoft has patented a
[1]frustration-detection help system that would monitor your computer use
and biometrics to figure out when you were frustrated. It could then
offer to pair you up with someone else doing exactly the same thing who
might be able to help you out. Interestingly, they don't appear to use
speech recognition to detect abnormal levels of swear words, but that
could be due to their [2]past difficulties with speech recognition.
'Physical responses aren't the only things that could trigger this
event--taking an abnormally long time to complete a task would do so
also--but the biometric aspect is certainly the most unusual. Is this
patent a harbinger of a dystopian future where computer users' biorhythms
will be monitored to increase efficiency? Unlikely. The idea, which was
birthed at Microsoft Research, is simply a more advanced version of user
focus group testing that Microsoft (and most other software companies)
have been doing for years now.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1246246
Links:
0. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
2. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/29/1258212&tid=201
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| Firefox Spoofing Bug Puts Passwords At Risk |
| from the please-keep-the-fox-in-the-pen dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @09:52 (Mozilla) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/146213
|
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[0]hairyfeet writes "Aviv Raff, an Israeli researcher known for his work
in hunting browser bugs, has revealed a Firefox spoofing vulnerability
which could allow identity thieves to [1]dupe users into giving up their
password. According to Mr. Raff Firefox fails to sanitize single quotes
and spaces in the 'Realm' value of an authentication header. Raff was
quoted as saying 'This makes it possible for an attacker to create a
specially crafted Realm value which will look as if the authentication
dialog came from a trusted site.' This vulnerability was shown to be in
the latest Firefox, version 2.0.0.11 and until Mozilla fixes this
vulnerability Mr. Raff recommends in his blog 'not to provide username
and password to Web sites which show this dialog.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/146213
Links:
0. mailto:bassbeast1968@NOSPam.gmail.com
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140997-pg,1/article.html
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| EFF Busts Bogus Online Testing Patent |
| from the still-kicking dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @10:32 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1440201
|
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[0]Panaqqa writes "It's taken some time, but the EFF's [1]Patent Busting
Project is making progress. In the latest news, [2]the USPTO has now
officially rejected one of the [3]10 awful patents targeted, making the
world safe again for administering tests over the Internet. This joins
the reexamination of a patent on [4]automated remote access of a computer
over a network and the revocation of a patent on [5]recording live
performances to CD as notable successes for the EFF."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1440201
Links:
0. mailto:panaqqa@gmail.com
1. http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/
3. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20040630/0424218.shtml
4. http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/patent.php?p=neomedia
5. http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/patent.php?p=clearchannel
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| Researchers Say Wi-Fi Virus Outbreak Possible |
| from the batten-down-the-hatches dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @11:11 (Wireless Networking)|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1447217
|
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alphadogg writes with a link to a NetworkWorld article about a troubling
security scenario. Indiana University IT researchers are now saying that
[0]a WiFi attack intended to piggyback across unsecured access points
could do serious damage in a city like Chicago or New York. By
essentially brute-forcing the passwords on insecure routers, a worm-like
firmware agent could be introduced to an estimated 20,000 networks in New
York City alone. "Although the researchers did not develop any attack
code that would be used to carry out this infection, they believe it
would be possible to write code that guessed default passwords by first
entering the default administrative passwords that shipped with the
router, and then by trying a list of one million commonly used passwords,
one after the other. They believe that 36% of passwords can be guessed
using this technique."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1447217
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/010408-a-wi-fi-virus-outbreak-researchers.html
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| Reverse Engineer Finds Kindle's Hidden Features |
| from the under-the-hood dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @12:01 (Handhelds) |
|
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1530252
|
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bensafrickingenius writes "CNET's Crave site has an interesting article
on Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, and [0]the extensive reverse-engineering
that fans of the device have accomplished. The site specifically points
out the work of Igor Skochinsky at the [1]Reversing Everything website.
His [2]work on the Kindle's Root Shell has revealed some fascinating
goodies: 'Among the ones uncovered and described on his blog are a basic
photo viewer, a minesweeper game, and most interesting, location
technology that uses the Kindle's CDMA networking to pinpoint its
position. There also are some basic location-based services that call up
a Google Maps view to show where you are and nearby gas stations and
restaurants.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1530252
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9838934-1.html?tag=nl.e501
1. http://igorsk.blogspot.com/
2. http://igorsk.blogspot.com/2007/12/hacking-kindle-part-3-root-shell-and.html
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| Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory |
| from the what-would-we-do-if-he's-right dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @12:44 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1555201
|
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holy_calamity writes "A New Zealand physicist has [0]written a paper
saying that physicists should [1]seriously explore the possibility the
universe is a giant virtual reality simulation. He says that the
existence of quantum phenomena could be due to the underlying digital
nature of the simulation and also claims his VR hypothesis can explain
relativity, the big bang and more. It should be possible to perform
experiments to prove the hypothesis too. He reasons that if reality was
to do something that information processing cannot, then it cannot be
virtual."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1555201
Links:
0. http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0337
1. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/01/vr-hypothesis.html
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| Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs? |
| from the big-and-little dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 04, @13:25 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1558257
|
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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "Asteroid impacts, massive volcanic
flows, and now [1]biting, disease-carrying insects have been put forward
as an important contributor to the demise of the dinosaurs. In the Late
Cretaceous the world was covered with warm-temperate to tropical areas
that swarmed with blood-sucking insects. A theory explored by researchers
at Oregon State suggests these bugs carried leishmania, malaria,
intestinal parasites, arboviruses and other pathogens. Repeated epidemics
may have slowly-but-surely worn down dinosaur populations while ticks,
mites, lice and biting flies tormented and weakened them. 'After many
millions of years of evolution, mammals, birds and reptiles have evolved
some resistance to these diseases,' says Researcher George Poinar. 'But
back in the Cretaceous, these diseases were new and invasive, and
vertebrates had little or no natural or acquired immunity to them.' The
confluence of new insect-spread diseases, loss of traditional food
sources, and competition for plants by insect pests could all have
provided a lingering, debilitating condition that dinosaurs were
ultimately unable to overcome."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1558257
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080103090702.htm
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| Google Algorithm to Search Out Hospital Superbugs |
| from the bug-rank dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @14:16 (Google) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1719213
|
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[0]Googling Yourself writes "Researchers in the UK plan to use Google's
PageRank algorithm to find how [1]super-bugs like MRSA spread in a
hospital setting. Previous studies have discovered how particular
objects, like doctors' neckties, can harbor infection, but little is
known about the network routes by which bugs spread. Mathematician Simon
Shepherd plans to build a matrix describing all interactions between
people and objects in a hospital ward, based on observing normal daily
activity."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1719213
Links:
0. http://googlingyourself.com/
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| Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? |
| from the multiple-alternatives dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @15:03 (Apple) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1730254
|
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[0]Domains May Disappear writes "Chris Howard has an interesting
commentary at Apple Matters on [1]recent trends in OS market share that
says that while OS X has seen continual growth, from 4.21% in Jan 2006 to
7.31% in December 2007 at the same time, Linux's percentage has risen
from only 0.29% to 0.63%. The reasons? 'Apple has Microsoft Office, Linux
doesn't; Apple has Adobe Creative Suite, Linux doesn't; Apple has easily
accessed and easy to use service and support, Linux doesn't; Apple is
driven by someone who has some understanding of end-user needs, Linux is
not,' says Howard. 'Early in the decade it seemed that if you wanted a
Windows alternative, Linux was it. Nowadays, an Apple Mac is undoubtedly
the alternative and, with its resurgence and its Intel base, a very
viable one.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1730254
Links:
0. http://domainsmaydisappear.com/
1. http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/apple-is-killing-linux-on-the-desktop/
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| Mars Rover, Spirit, Turns 4 |
| from the bouncing-happily-among-the-rocks dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @15:49 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1735212
|
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Brandee07 writes "Designed for a 90 day mission, the Spirit Mars Rover is
starting its [0]4th year of exploration. Spirit's sister-module,
Opportunity, will turn four on Jan 25. 'We never thought we'd still be
driving these robots all over Mars,' said Mark Lemmon, a planetary
scientist at Texas A&M University and member of the rover science team.
'We joked about driving Opportunity into Victoria Crater, but now we're
there, and we're looking at doing even more science. Each day they still
work is an amazing one.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1735212
Links:
0. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080103-rovers-anniversary.html
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| Sony BMG Dropping DRM |
| from the finding-apple-alternatives dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @16:37 (Music) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1812215
|
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Lally Singh writes "BusinessWeek is reporting that Sony BMG is planning
on [0]dropping DRM from their music. Salon's Machinest had an
[1]interesting take on this; 'Actually, what's happened is quite ironic.
It was the industry's own DRM mandates that tied many music-lovers in to
Apple's music storefront (we all had iPods, and the only way to buy
digital music for the iPod was from Apple). Now Apple's become too
powerful for the labels. They need an alternative distribution channel ���
they want to get music to our iPods, but they don't want to go through
Apple to do it. The only way to do that is to offer retailers like Amazon
the chance to sell songs as plain, unrestricted MP3s, which are
iPoddable.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/1812215
Links:
0. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008013_398775.htm
1. http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/01/04/sony_drm/index.html
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| Interview with Red Hat's New CEO |
| from the impossible-growth-charts-impress-investors dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @17:30 (Red Hat Sof|
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/2048218
|
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[0]mjasay writes "Red Hat just got a new CEO, Jim Whitehurst, but based
on a recent CNET interview with him, he's [1]cut from the same cloth as
Matthew Szulik, Red Hat's former CEO. He won't buy an iPod because it
won't play Ogg Vorbis files. He refused other CEO roles because he 'must
have a mission.' He suggests that taking proprietary shortcuts is a
fundamentally wrong way to build a software business. And he believes Red
Hat should be doing $5 billion, not $500 million. It's a question of
operational excellence and on focusing on its core businesses, according
to Whitehurst."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/2048218
Links:
0. http://blogs.cnet.com/openroad
1. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9839996-7.html
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| Who Owns Your Social Data? You Do, Sort of |
| from the don't-kid-yourself dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 04, @18:19 (Social Netw|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/2052224
|
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[0]eweekhickins writes "Mad about Facebook's treatment of Robert Scoble?
'The idea for people to move their social graph from one service to other
is a fabulous benefit,' Wikia co-founder Jimmy Wales told eWEEK. 'To me,
it's a benefit to customers. People should be very wary about services
that are uptight about that kind of thing in an effort to lock you out of
the customer.' The problem is that while the profile data may be yours
and yours alone, your address book contains the names and e-mail
addresses of your friends, family and business contacts. So [1]who owns
the data?"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/01/04/2052224
Links:
0. http://blogs.eweek.com/epiphanies/
1. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2243727,00.asp
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