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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* School District To Parents — Buy Office 2007
* Judge Permits eBay’s “Buy It Now” Feature
* KisMAC Developer Discontinues Project
* NZ MPs Outlaw Satire of Parliament
* Encrypted USB Key With TOR, Firefox
* First iPhone 3rd Party GUI App Compiles
* DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta)
* Don’t Overlook Efficient C/C++ Cmd Line Processing
* Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy
* Web Contracts Can’t Be Changed Without Notice
* Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree
* Microsoft Seeks Open Source Certification
* US Blocks Entry For German Black Hat Presenter
* Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail
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| School District To Parents — Buy Office 2007 |
| from the no-more-parents’-dirty-looks dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday July 28, @21:06 (Upgrades) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article
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WS Nick writes “Batavia school district in Illinois is recommending that
parents of high school students [0]upgrade their home computers to
Microsoft Office 2007. Why not use one of the free alternatives and
relieve parents of some of the financial burden they face to buy all the
stuff for their children the school requires?” A comment from a reader
points out how easy it is to interoperate with Office 2007 from earlier
versions.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comment
Links:
0. http://www.kcchronicle.com
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| Judge Permits eBay’s “Buy It Now” Feature |
| from the there’s-still-that-25-mil dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday July 28, @22:52 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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[0]stalebread points to a Reuters story reporting that a federal judge
[1]refused to issue an injunction against eBay’s “Buy It Now” feature.
Quoting: “Judge Jerome B. Friedman of Federal District Court denied a
motion by the Virginia company, MercExchange, for a permanent injunction
to stop eBay from using the feature. The [2]Supreme Court ruled last year
that, although eBay infringed upon MercExchange’s patent for the service,
it was up to the lower court to decide whether eBay had to stop using it.
‘MercExchange has utilized its patents as a sword to extract money rather
than as a shield to protect its right to exclude or its market share,
reputation, good will, or name recognition, as MercExchange appears to
possess none of these,’ he wrote.”
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. mailto:peterst28 [Email address: peterst28 #AT# gmail.com - replace #AT# with @ ]
1. http://www.reuters.com/article
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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| KisMAC Developer Discontinues Project |
| from the when-security-tools-are
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @01:49 (Wireless Networking)|
| http://hardware.slashdot.org
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[0]mgv writes to let us know that the lead developer of KisMAC, a passive
wireless network discovery tool for Mac OS X, is [1]discontinuing the
project. Michael Rossberg lives in Germany and that country has recently
passed laws that would make his participation dangerous. He urges
visitors to take a copy of KisMAC and its source as long as the site is
up, so that development might be continued outside the US or EU. From the
website: “There has not been a lot of time for KisMAC lately. However the
motivation for this drastic step [lies] somewhere different. German laws
change and are being adapted for ‘better’ protection against something
politicians obviously do not understand. It will become illegal to
develop, use or even posses KisMAC in this banana republic [i.e.,
Germany].”
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org
Links:
0. mailto:Nospam.01.slash2dot@veltTEAman
1. http://kismac.de/
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| NZ MPs Outlaw Satire of Parliament |
| from the head-and-shoulders-only dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @04:45 (Censorship) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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[0]mernil writes “New Zealand’s Parliament has voted itself
[1]far-reaching powers to control satire and ridicule of MPs in
Parliament, attracting a storm of media and academic criticism. The new
standing orders, voted in last month, concern the use of images of
Parliamentary debates, and make it a contempt of Parliament for
broadcasters or anyone else to use footage of the chamber for ’satire,
ridicule or denigration.’ The new rules are actually more liberal than
the previous ones, but the threat of felony contempt is new.”
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://mernil.wordpress.com/
1. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk
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| Encrypted USB Key With TOR, Firefox |
| from the and-a-pony dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @07:52 (Toys) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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An anonymous reader writes “Gizmodo has a writeup on the new [0]IronKey —
a [1]self-destructing, hardware-encrypted and -authenticated USB flash
drive with on-board secure Firefox, high-speed TOR network, password
manager, and online encrypted backup. Here is the [2]demo page. $79 for a
1GB, $149 for 4GB.” Ironkey works on XP and Vista only. Let’s hope its
self-destruct feature works better than [3]Secustick’s.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.ironkey.com/
1. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets
2. https://www.ironkey.com/demo
3. http://it.slashdot.org/article
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| First iPhone 3rd Party GUI App Compiles |
| from the getting-closer-now dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 29, @09:11 (Hardware Hacking) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org
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CmputrAce writes “Well, it’s here now. The [0]#iphone-dev team has
compiled the [1]first third-party application for the iPhone. Of course,
it is the standard “[2]Hello, world.” application, but it’s native to the
iPhone and uses the iPhone’s GUI. This opens up the iPhone for
development by anyone who can forge through the process of cracking the
iPhone, installing the iPhone “[3]Toolchain”, writing an application,
compiling, translating, and finally installing the application to the
iPhone. With the pace of development at present, expect to see commercial
“jailbreak” (mod-enabling) applications soon as well. You can already get
[4]high-quality applications (Mac) to theme the iPhone and [5]add your
own ring tones (Win) for the phone.”
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://iphone.fiveforty.net
1. http://miazmatic.com/personal
2. http://iphone.fiveforty.net
3. http://iphone.fiveforty.net
4. http://www.iphonealley.com
5. http://www.modmyiphone.com
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| DeLorean to Come Back (Sorta) |
| from the my-childhood-dream dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 29, @10:18 (Movies) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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Alcibaides writes “DeLorean Motor Company, a suburban Houston company
that rebuilds DeLoreans, [0]is laying plans to bring the car back into
limited production. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in
Northern Ireland in 1982. But like Duran Duran, the Rubik’s Cube and
other Reagan-era icons, the car retains a following. Of the 9,000 built
in 1981 and 1982, about 6,500 are still on the road, according to James
Espey, vice president of DeLorean Motor.”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/busines
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| Don’t Overlook Efficient C/C++ Cmd Line Processing |
| from the also-don’t-eat-yellow-snow dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 29, @11:33 (Programming) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article
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An anonymous reader writes “Command-line processing is historically one
of the most ignored areas in software development. Just about any
relatively complicated software has dozens of available command-line
options. [0]The GNU tool gperf is a “perfect” hash function that, for a
given set of user-provided strings, generates C/C++ code for a hash
table, a hash function, and a lookup function. This article provides a
reference for a good discussion on how to use gperf for effective
command-line processing in your C/C++ code.”
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comment
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| Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy |
| from the because-we-say-so dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 29, @12:45 (Sun Microsystems) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org
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[0]eldavojohn writes “Ian Murdock (Debian author & Sun’s OS Chief) made
some comments about [1]Project Indiana that many have said is an attempt
to make Solaris simply “more Linux-like.” But Murdock [2]quashes any
concerns that this is just another Linux clone — muddying up the waters
of distribution selection. He says that it’s more a ‘best of both worlds’
attempt to make an OS that appeals to a broader audience. From the
article, “Project Indiana will include a revamped package management
system, which should prove popular with developers unaccustomed to
Solaris. The OS has some clunky, archaic aspects, and Murdock thinks the
new package system will modernize Solaris.”"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@ [Email address: my/.username #AT# - replace #AT# with @ ]@@gmail.com
1. http://www.opensolaris.org/os
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk
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| Web Contracts Can’t Be Changed Without Notice |
| from the late-binding dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @13:52 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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RZG writes “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on July
18th that [0]contracts posted online cannot be updated without notifying
users ([1]PDF of ruling). ‘Parties to a contract have no obligation to
check the terms on a periodic basis to learn whether they have been
changed by the other side,’ the court wrote. This ruling has consequences
for many online businesses, which took for granted their right to do this
(see for example item 19 in [2]Google’s Terms of Service).”
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com
1. http://pub.bna.com/eclr
2. http://www.google.com/accounts
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| Higher Tuition For an Engineering Degree |
| from the does-this-mean-music-majors
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @14:57 (Education) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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i_like_spam writes “The NYTimes is running a story about [0]a new trend
in tuition charges at public universities throughout the country.
Differential pricing schemes are being implemented, whereby majors in
engineering and business pay higher tuition rates than majors in arts and
humanities. Last year, for instance, engineering majors at the University
of Nebraska starting paying an extra $40 per credit hour. One argument in
support of differential pricing is that professors in engineering and
business are more expensive than in other fields. Officials at schools
that are implementing differential pricing are aware of some of the
downsides. A dean at Iowa State said he ‘thought society was no longer
looking at higher education as a common good but rather as a way for
individuals to increase their earning power.’ And a University of Kansas
provost said, ‘Where we have gone astray culturally is that we have
focused almost exclusively on starting salary as an indicator of… the
value of the particular major.’”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
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| Microsoft Seeks Open Source Certification |
| from the guess-who’s-climbing-into-the
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @16:04 (Microsoft) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl
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[0]eldavojohn writes “Microsoft is [1]applying for OSI certification for
its Shared Source Initiative. The move is described in a [2]blog post by
an MS OSS lab worker: ‘Today, we reached another milestone with the
decision to submit our open licenses to the OSI approval process, which,
if the licenses are approved, should give the community additional
confidence that the code we’re sharing is truly Open Source. I believe
that the same voices that have been calling for Microsoft products to
better interoperate with open source products would voice their approval
should the Open Source Initiative itself open up to more of the IT
industry.’ According to PC World, reaction from the community has been
mostly positive.”
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@ [Email address: my/.username #AT# - replace #AT# with @ ]@@gmail.com
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article
2. http://port25.technet.com
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| US Blocks Entry For German Black Hat Presenter |
| from the officious-nonsense dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @17:06 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article
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bushwhacker2000 alerts us to the dilemma of Thomas Dullien, a prominent
security researcher who has been a fixture at the annual Black Hat
security conference. Dullien was [0]denied entry into the US on his way
to this year’s conference. Dullien, a German reverse-engineering expert
known in hacker circles as “Halvar Flake,” said he was blocked from
entering the US on the technicality that he had (years ago) signed a
contract with Black Hat as an individual, not as his company. Customs
agents said he would need an H1-B visa to perform the contracted two days
of training at Black Hat, and put him on the next plane back to Germany.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comment
Links:
0. http://addxorrol.blogspot.com
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| Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail |
| from the money-for-nuthin dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday July 29, @18:08 (The Almighty Buck) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org
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Actually, I do RTFA writes “This community recently discussed [0]possible
criminal prosecution for people who took advantage of faulty slot machine
software. At the time, many here drew an analogy to a hypothetical ATM
that dispensed too much money. Well, apparently, [1]that too may result
in criminal charges. Although they suspect that someone may have tampered
with the ATM, they are considering charging anyone who got extra money
from it.” Here is an editorial musing on [2]the morality of such
unexpected windfalls.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org
1. http://apnews.myway.com
2. http://www.aspendailynews.com
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