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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* University of Washington Will Aid RIAA
* Walt Mossberg Reviews the iPhone
* Flaws In Intel Processors Quietly Patched
* Microsoft Security Makes “Worst Jobs” List
* CIA Declassifies the “Family Jewels”
* 6 Months On, Vista Security Still Besting Linux
* Hans Reiser Interview from Prison
* Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus
* Internal Microsoft Email about Life at Google
* Slashdot: Podcasts, IM, Improved Discussions
* Linux Computer in USB Key Form-Factor
* Will Linux Win the Next Presidential Election?
* First Royal Mummy Found Since Tut is Identified
* The Art and Science of CSS
* Boeing’s New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible
* Autism Reversed in Mice at MIT Lab
* Sun Super Computer May Hit 2 Petaflops
* GPL 3 Launch Date Announced
* Microsoft to Offer Free Online Storage
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| University of Washington Will Aid RIAA |
| from the in-loco-prosecutor dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, @20:15 (Music) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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Several readers let us know that the University of Washington has
announced that it will [0]pass on RIAA settlement offer letters to
students identified, presumably by IP address, as suspected file sharers.
“The notices say offending students have 20 days to settle with the
association by paying it about $3,000 to $5,000 or be taken to court
without possibility of a settlement.” The Vice Provost for Student Life
sent an email to all students saying, “The University has been notified
by the RIAA that we will be receiving a number of these early settlement
letters. After careful consideration, we have decided to forward the
letters to the alleged copyright violators.”
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.thenewstribune.com
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| Walt Mossberg Reviews the iPhone |
| from the hands-on-early dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, @21:44 (Communications) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org
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[0]WSJdpatton writes “Walt Mossberg [1]tested the iPhone for two weeks,
in multiple usage scenarios, in cities across the US. His verdict is
that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is on balance
a beautiful and breakthrough hand-held computer. Its software especially
sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch
interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well,
though the lack of physical buttons can be a hindrance.” Digital Daily
has a [2]roundup of early iPhone reviews.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://wsj.com/free
1. http://online.wsj.com/article
2. http://digitaldaily.allthingsd
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| Flaws In Intel Processors Quietly Patched |
| from the probably-broke-drm dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 26, @23:09 (Intel) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org
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Nom du Keyboard writes “According to [0]this article in The Inquirer and
[1]this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, a fix for some significant
problems in many of Intel’s most recent processors has been quietly
released — by whom is not clear. Patches are available on Microsoft’s
site. Affected processors include Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000, Core 2 Quad
Q6600, Core 2 Xtreme X6800, XC6700, and XC6800. Details on just what has
been fixed are scanty (it’s called a ‘reliability update’), however, it’s
probably more important than either Intel or Microsoft is openly
admitting.” There is no indication that Apple users are affected.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.theinquirer.net
1. http://support.microsoft.com/
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| Microsoft Security Makes “Worst Jobs” List |
| from the whale-meat-and-blubber dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 27, @02:06 (It’s funny. Laug|
| http://it.slashdot.org/article
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Stony Stevenson asks, rhetorically, “What do whale-feces researchers,
hazmat divers, and employees of Microsoft’s Security Response Center have
in common? They all made Popular Science magazine’s [0]2007 list of the
absolute worst jobs in science.” Quoting: “The MSRC ranked near the
middle as the sixth-worst job in this year’s list.. ‘We did rate the
Microsoft security researcher as less-bad than the people who prepare the
carcasses for dissection in biology laboratories,’ Moyer said. Moyer
didn’t have to think long when asked whether he’d rather have the number
10-ranked whale research job. ‘Whale feces or working at Microsoft? I
would probably be the whale feces researcher,’ he said. ‘Salt air and
whale flatulence; what could go wrong?’” Here’s the [1]Popular Mechanics
list all on one page.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comment
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com
1. http://www.popsci.com/popsci
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| CIA Declassifies the “Family Jewels” |
| from the in-case-you-were-inclined-to
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 27, @05:03 (Security) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org
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An anonymous reader informs us that the CIA has recently declassified for
your reading pleasure some records relating to [0]illegal spying,
assassination attempts, and other goodies. These are [1]available from
the CIA’s FOIA portal. From the BBC article: ” Last week, CIA chief
Michael Hayden announced the decision to declassify the records, saying
the documents were ‘unflattering but part of CIA history.’ The documents
detail assassination plots, domestic spying, wiretapping, and
kidnapping… Among the documents is a request in 1972 for someone ‘who
was accomplished at picking locks’ who might be retiring or resigning
from the agency.”
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi
1. http://www.foia.cia.gov/
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| 6 Months On, Vista Security Still Besting Linux |
| from the maybe-because-nobody’s-using
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 27, @07:58 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article
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[0]Martin writes “Great report on [1]security vulnerabilities for
MS/Linux/OS X. This is a revised version of the one Jeff Jones did back
on March 21: [2]Windows Vista — 90 Day Vulnerability Report. This time he
did what the Linux community had asked. Everyone complained that he did
the report based on a full Linux distro including optional components,
not on just a base OS install. So this time he did both; Vista still came
out on top. I was shocked that Apple was even on the list as I believed
all those Mac commercials!”
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comment
Links:
0. mailto://crazyhammer [Email address: //crazyhammer #AT# gmail.com/ - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://blogs.csoonline.com
2. http://blogs.csoonline.com
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| Hans Reiser Interview from Prison |
| from the now-that-paris-is-out dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, @08:48 (Programming) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org
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JLester writes “Wired Magazine has an [0]interview this month with
[1]Hans Reiser (of the ReiserFS journaling file system for Linux) from
prison. It contains more details about the murder case against him. Some
of the questions still go unanswered though.”
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/techbiz
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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| Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus |
| from the i-don’t-know-if-anonymizes-is
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, @09:39 (Privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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[0]njondet writes “French-law.net reports that Ratatium.com, a French
website specialized in technology news and software downloads, has just
launched [1] Privatunes, a free software that [2]anonymizes DRM-free
files bought on iTunes Plus. Last month’s revelations that the DRM-free
files sold by EMI on iTunes Plus came with user’s full name and account
e-mail embedded in them had raised serious privacy concerns. Ratatium.com
[3] explains (in French) that Privatunes is aimed at guaranteeing the
privacy of users but also their rights as consumers to freely share and
trade the songs they have purchased. However, the claim that this
software is perfectly legal will surely be tested.”
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://french-law.net/
1. http://www.privatunes.com/
2. http://french-law.net/index
3. http://www.ratiatum.com
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| Internal Microsoft Email about Life at Google |
| from the i-wish-i-had-a-cafeteria dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, @10:26 (Google) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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An anonymous reader wrote in to give us “An interesting perspective on
Google, from an internal email sent around Microsoft. Basically an
interview that provides [0]analysis about how Google compares to
Microsoft from an employee perspective. Included are suggestions for what
Microsoft might copy in order to stay competitive in the job market and
criticisms of Google’s “college kid” atmosphere.”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. http://no2google.wordpress.com
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| Slashdot: Podcasts, IM, Improved Discussions |
| from the how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, @11:14 (Slashdot.org) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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We have a number of Slashdot features that we’ve added in recent months
that I’ve neglected to mention so I wanted to take a moment to share them
with everyone today. I’d like to start by reminding all logged in users
to try playing with our new experimental Discussion2 system. It’s very
nearly complete at this point. You can activate it with a checkbox on any
article page (provided you actually have logged in). Read on to learn
about Podcasts, IM, improved quoting in discussions, new subscriber
options and more.
This story continues at:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
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| Linux Computer in USB Key Form-Factor |
| from the put-that-in-yer-pipe-and-smoke
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 27, @12:05 (Hardware Hacking|
| http://linux.slashdot.org
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PMBjornerud writes “A start-up located in the French Alps near Grenoble
is readying [0]a tiny ARM-based Linux single-board computer (SBC) in a
USB key form-factor. [1]Calao’s USB-9260 USB key-sized SBC measures 3.3 x
1.4 inches (85 x 36 mm). It is based on an Atmel AT91SAM9260 processor,
an SoC (system-on-chip) powered by an ARM926EJ-S core clocked at 190MHz.
The SoC targets “advanced applications such as GPS application
processors,” according to Atmel. Here is a [2]Spec sheet PDF. With a
10/100 Ethernet port, firewall usage springs to mind. Other interfaces
are 2 USB host ports and room for an expansion card. Which should allow
some creative uses. ”
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.linuxdevices.com
1. http://www.calao-systems.com/
2. http://www.calao-systems.com
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| Will Linux Win the Next Presidential Election? |
| from the vote-for-their-os-since
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @12:52 (Politics) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org
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i_like_spam writes “Douglas Karr has posted an interesting breakdown,
complete with bar charts, of the operating systems and server software
used by the websites for 23 declared and undeclared presidential
candidates. The breakdown shows that there is nearly an [0]equal split
between Linux and Windows servers among the whole candidate pool. More
interesting, all of the Democratic candidates except for Hillary favor
Linux or FreeBSD. 69% of the Republican candidates, in contrast, prefer
Windows. Is this preference for OSS or Microsoft a true reflection of
differing political philosophies? And, more importantly, will Linux win
the next election?”
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.douglaskarr.com
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| First Royal Mummy Found Since Tut is Identified |
| from the ancient-grills dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @13:44 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org
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brian0918 writes “In what is being described as the most important find
in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of King Tut, a single
tooth has clinched the [0]identification of an ancient mummy as that of
Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago. A molar
inscribed with the queen’s name, discovered in a wooden box in 1881 in a
cache of royal mummies, was found to fit perfectly in the jaw of ‘a fat
woman in her 50s who had rotten teeth and died of bone cancer.’ Reuters
also reports on the DNA analysis: ‘Preliminary results show similarities
between its DNA and that of Ahmose Nefertari, the wife of the founder of
the 18th dynasty and a probable ancestor of Hatsephsut’s.’”
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://uk.reuters.com/article
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| The Art and Science of CSS |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 27, @14:35 (Book Reviews) |
| http://books.slashdot.org
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[0]nateklaiber writes “The Art and Science of CSS was a quick read (208
pages) and packed full of valuable code examples. Unlike other CSS books
that teach you the specifics of CSS with vague examples (not vague in a
bad way), this book teaches you specific examples and gives you extra
resources. This book is somewhat of a cookbook of commonly used CSS
methods. Each author brings their unique writing style to the table, and
each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of design and its CSS and
styling methods.” Read below for the rest of Nate’s review.
This story continues at:
http://books.slashdot.org
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org
Links:
0. mailto://nateklaiber [Email address: //nateklaiber #AT# gmail.com/ - replace #AT# with @ ]
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| Boeing’s New 787 Wings — Amazingly Flexible |
| from the reed-in-the-wind dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @15:27 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org
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An anonymous reader writes “Boeing is making the wings of its new 787 out
of [0]carbon fiber instead of metal. That means the wings are so strong
and flexible that they could bend upward and touch above the fuselage —
or come close. The company is expected to deliver the first 787 to All
Nippon Airlines in May 2008. ‘Boeing has completed static testing of a
three-quarter wingbox, but engineers are still considering whether to
limit testing of the full wing to a 150% load limit held for 3 sec. or to
continue bending it to see when it breaks. ‘There’s a raging debate
within the engineering team to see if we should break it or not,’ says
[787 General Manager Mike] Bair.’” They have [1]come a long way in wing
flexibility.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://blog.wired.com/wiredsci
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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| Autism Reversed in Mice at MIT Lab |
| from the only-one-man-would-dare-give
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @16:19 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org
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[0]ClayTapes writes “It seems that scientists at MIT have been able to
[1]reverse the effects of autism and some forms of mental retardation in
mice caused by fragile X chromosomes. They do so by targeting an enzyme
that changes the structure of connections between brain cells. The
treatment actually repairs these structural abnormalities which suggests
that it may be possible to reverse the effects in children who already
show symptoms.”
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org
Links:
0. mailto://wilkins%2Ejc [Email address: //wilkins%2Ejc #AT# gmail.com/ - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi
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| Sun Super Computer May Hit 2 Petaflops |
| from the coming-out-swinging dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @17:12 (Sun Microsy|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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Fletcher writes to tell us that Sun Microsystems has revealed their
“Constellation System”, a [0]new supercomputing platform that the company
hopes will put them back in the running for top dog in the supercomputer
race. “The linchpin in the system is the switch, the piece of hardware
that conducts traffic between the servers, memory and data storage.
Code-named Magnum, the switch comes with 3,456 ports, a
larger-than-normal number that frees up data pathways inside these
powerful computers. ‘We are looking at a factor-of-three improvement over
the current best system at an equal number of nodes,” said Andy
Bechtolsheim, chief architect and senior vice president of the systems
group at Sun. “We have been somewhat absent in the supercomputer market
in the last few years.’”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news
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| GPL 3 Launch Date Announced |
| from the full-speed-ahead dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 27, @18:02 (GNU is Not |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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[0]Joe Blakesley writes “Today, the Free Software Foundation announced
that version 3 of the GNU General Public License will be released on
[1]Friday, June 29 at noon (EDT). Live video footage of the GPL’s
unveiling by Richard M. Stallman will be available as a stream on the
[2]FSF’s website.”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~sepluv
1. http://lists.gnu.org/archive
2. http://www.fsf.org/
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| Microsoft to Offer Free Online Storage |
| from the the-first-500-megs-are-free dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 27, @19:17 (Microsoft) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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[0]athloi writes “Microsoft Corp. is giving computer users up to [1]500
megabytes of online storage for their documents, music, photos and video.
They’re offering it to a select 5,000 test users for now, but will make
it widely available later this summer. This move is the latest in a
series by the previous large corporation we all loved to hate to compete
with the newest large corporation we might hate and fear, Google.”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. http://www.dionysius.com/
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap
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