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Learn more and get a free two user download at http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=133888&bid=282689&dat=121642 ====================================================================== Slashdot Daily Newsletter In this issue: * Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked * MPAA Fires Back at AACS Decryption Utility * Huge Reservoir Discovered Beneath Asia * Data Storing Bacteria Could Last Millennia * New Technique for Recycling PCBs * Who Needs a Satellite Dish When You Have a Wok? * Photoshop Online Within Six Months * Academic Credentials and Wikiality * Google a "Wake-Up Call" For Microsoft * Using Safari Slows Your System? * California Joins Open Document Bandwagon * AMD Demonstrates "Teraflop In a Box" * Who Wrote, and Paid For, 2.6.20 * Free Global Virtual Scientific Library * Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent * Music Execs Say Apple's DRM Hurting Industry * Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again * Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee' * Sanyo Blamed in Lenovo Battery Recall * Sun Joins the Free Software Foundation * Berners-Lee Speaks Out Against DRM, Advocates Net Neutrality * Sony Blackballs Blog Over PS3 Rumor * VR Game Ties Depression To Brain Area * Information Technology Pros Debate Windows Vista +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Xbox Hypervisor Security Protection Hacked | | from the they're-in dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 28, @19:48 (XBox (Games| | http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/28/2325212 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]ACTRAiSER writes "A recent Post on Bugtraq claims the hack of the [1]Xbox 360 Security Protection Hypervisor. It includes sample code as well." From Bugtraq "We have discovered a vulnerability in the Xbox 360 hypervisor that allows privilege escalation into hypervisor mode. Together with a method to inject data into non-privileged memory areas, this vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to an Xbox 360 to run arbitrary code such as alternative operating systems with full privileges and full hardware access." Discuss this story at: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/28/2325212 Links: 0. http://www.dextrose.com/ 1. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461489/30/0/threaded +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MPAA Fires Back at AACS Decryption Utility | | from the only-a-matter-of-time dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 28, @20:55 (Software) | | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/28/2338242 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ RulerOf writes "The AACS Decryption utility released this past December known as BackupHDDVD originally authored by Muslix64 of the [0]Doom9 forums has received its first official [1]DMCA Takedown Notice. It has been widely speculated that the utility itself was not an infringing piece of software due to the fact that it is merely "a textbook implementation of AACS," written with the help of documents publicly available at the [2]AACS LA's website, and that the [3]AACS Volume Unique Keys that the end user isn't supposed to have access to are in fact the infringing content, but it appears that such is not the case." From the thread "...you must input keys and then it will decrypt the encrypted content. If this is the case, than according to the language of the DMCA it does sound like it is infringing. Section 1201(a) says that it is an infringement to "circumvent a technological measure." The phrase, "circumvent a technological measure" is defined as "descramb(ling) a scrambled work or decrypt(ing) an encrypted work, ... without the authority of the copyright owner." If BackupHDDVD does in fact decrypt encrypted content than per the DMCA it needs a license to do that." Discuss this story at: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/28/2338242 Links: 0. http://www.doom9.net/ 1. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=122770 2. http://www.aacsla.com/home 3. http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120611 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Huge Reservoir Discovered Beneath Asia | | from the city-of-R'lyeh dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 28, @22:08 (Science) | | http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/014219 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ anthemaniac writes "Seismic observations reveal [0]a huge reservoir of water in Earth's mantle beneath Asia. It's actually rock saturated with water, but it's an ocean's worth of water ... as much as is in the whole Arctic Ocean. How did it get there? A slab of water-laden crust sank, and the water evaporated out when it was heated, and then it was trapped, the thinking goes. The discovery fits neatly with the region's heavy seismic activity and fits neatly with the idea that the planet's moving crustal plates are lubricated with water." Discuss this story at: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/014219 Links: 0. http://www.livescience.com/environment/070228_beijing_anomoly.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Data Storing Bacteria Could Last Millennia | | from the written-in-the-genes dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 01, @00:08 (Data Storage) | | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/0113240 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]PetManimal writes "Computerworld has a story about a new technology developed by Keio University researchers that creates [1] artificial bacterial DNA that can carry more than 100 bits of data within the genome sequence. The researchers claimed that they encoded "e= mc2 1905!" on the common soil bacteria, Bacillius subtilis. The bacteria-based data storage method has backup and long-term archival functionality." The researchers say "While the technology would most likely first be used to track medication, it could also be used to store text and images for many millennia, thwarting the longevity issues associated with today's disk and tape storage systems ... The artificial DNA that carries the data to be preserved makes multiple copies of the DNA and inserts the original as well as identical copies into the bacterial genome sequence. The multiple copies work as backup files to counteract natural degradation of the preserved data, according to the newswire. Bacteria have particularly compact DNA, which is passed down from generation to generation. The information stored in that DNA can also be passed on for long-term preservation of large data files." Discuss this story at: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/0113240 Links: 0. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/blog/19 1. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9011945&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_top +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | New Technique for Recycling PCBs | | from the use-and-use-again dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 01, @02:21 (Businesses) | | http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/0434255 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]MattSparkes writes "PCBs from discarded computers, cellphones and other devices could be recycled less harmfully using a technique developed by researchers in China. Unlike current methods, it can be used to [1]reclaim metals such as copper without releasing toxic fumes into the air. Only a small numbers of PCBs are currently recycled." Discuss this story at: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/0434255 Links: 0. http://mattsparkes.org/ 1. http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn11269?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=recycle +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Who Needs a Satellite Dish When You Have a Wok? | | from the sweet-and-sour-channel dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 01, @05:26 (It's funny. La| | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/0442200 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ An anonymous reader writes "Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television station when a [0]$10 kitchen wok from the Warehouse is just as effective? This is exactly how North Otago's newest television station 45 South is transmitting its signal from its studio to the top of Cape Wanbrow, in a bid to keep costs down." Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/0442200 Links: 0. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000BB3C8-B910-15DC-9E5E83027AF10110 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Photoshop Online Within Six Months | | from the first-one's-free dept. | | posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 01, @07:54 (Software) | | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/0117203 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]scobrown writes "Adobe is going to create a [1]software-as-a-service version of photoshop that it will initially be offering for free. It should be available within 6 months. It is supposed to be ad supported... but we'll see how long that lasts" Discuss this story at: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/0117203 Links: 0. http://www.secondsupper.com/ 1. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10043/53/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Academic Credentials and Wikiality | | from the matter-of-degrees dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @08:34 (The Internet) | | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1313251 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ An anonymous reader writes "A [0]prominent Wikipedia administrator and [1]Wikia employee has been caught [2]lying to the [3]media and [4]'other' professors about his academic credentials. Wikipedia's Essjay has been [5]representing himself as 'a tenured professor of theology at a private university in the eastern United States; I teach both undergraduate and graduate theology. My Academic Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies (B.A.), Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), Doctorate of Philosophy in Theology (Ph.D.), Doctorate in Canon Law (JCD).' His real identity came to light after Wikia offered him a job: It turns out that he is really 24 years old with no degree living in Louisville, KY. Wikipedia's co-founder, Jimbo Wales, says 'I regard it as a pseudonym and I don't really have a problem with it.' How will this affect Wikipedia's already shaky reputation with the academic world?" Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1313251 Links: 0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Essjay 1. http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Essjay 2. http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/02/28/wikipedia-oops/ 3. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060731fa_fact 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Essjay/Letter 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Essjay/History1&oldid=21137993 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Google a "Wake-Up Call" For Microsoft | | from the don't-count-them-out dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @09:13 (Microsoft) | | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1340226 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ wooha points out coverage of a talk Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, gave at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas. Ozzie said that watching Google rake in advertising revenue was [0]a wake-up call within Microsoft. He said Microsoft plans to do more than simply follow Google's lead by creating Web-based versions of desktop programs or duplicating its search and advertising model. (Despite Microsoft's massive investment in promoting and improving Web-based search, the company still has [1]less than 10% of search engine market share, compared to Google's ~50% and growing.) Ozzie, who has only made a few appearances since his promotion last June to replace Bill Gates as CSA, told analysts and investors that he has been laying the groundwork for programmers across the company to build Internet-based software. Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1340226 Links: 0. http://ibtimes.com/articles/20070228/microsoft-google-search.htm 1. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070228-8946.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Using Safari Slows Your System? | | from the need-for-speed dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @09:52 (OS X) | | http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/144222 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ sandoz writes "Macenstein has up an interesting article with some evidence that [0]running Safari seems to slow down unrelated programs. While the speed with which a browser renders a Web page is an important measure, the difference between browsers is usually a matter of a few seconds at most. To my mind, a more important measure of speed is how a browser affects the overall speed of your system." Some responses to the article suggest that memory handling in WebKit may be the culprit. The [1]Safari developers have already responded to this article on the webkit.org blog. They explain why the slowdown might be occurring and how it's (probably) already been fixed in the nightly build. And they request more minimal test cases. Discuss this story at: http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/144222 Links: 0. http://macenstein.com/default/archives/540 1. http://webkit.org/blog/?p=96 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | California Joins Open Document Bandwagon | | from the stretching-the-lobbiests-thin dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @10:30 (Software) | | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1434218 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]Andy Updegrove writes "A legislator in California has decided that it's [1]time for California to get on the open formats bandwagon. If all of the bills filed in the last few weeks pass, California, Texas, and Minnesota will all require, in near-identical language, that 'all documents, including, but not limited to, text, spreadsheets, and presentations, produced by any state agency shall be created, exchanged, and preserved in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file format.' What type of formats will qualify? Again, the language is very uniform (the following is from the California statute): 'When deciding how to implement this section, the department in its evaluation of open, XML-based file formats shall consider all of the following features: (1) Interoperable among diverse internal and external platforms and applications; (2) Fully published and available royalty-free; (3) Implemented by multiple vendors; (4) Controlled by an open industry organization with a well-defined inclusive process for evolution of the standard.'" Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1434218 Links: 0. http://www.gesmer.com/attorneys/updegrove.php 1. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070228080638136 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | AMD Demonstrates "Teraflop In a Box" | | from the speedy-silicon dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @11:10 (AMD) | | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1519254 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ UncleFluffy writes "AMD gave a sneak [0]preview of their upcoming R600 GPU. The demo system was a single PC with two R600 cards running streaming computing tasks at just over [1]1 Teraflop. Though a prototype, this beats Intel to ubiquitous Teraflop machines by approximately [2]5 years." Ars has an article exploring [3]why it's hard to program such GPUs for anything other than graphics applications. Discuss this story at: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1519254 Links: 0. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=364 1. http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070228006340&newsLang=en 2. http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6119618.html 3. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8931.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Who Wrote, and Paid For, 2.6.20 | | from the names-and-companies dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @11:52 (Programming) | | http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1613253 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]Corbet writes "LWN.net did some data mining through the kernel source repository and put together an [1]analysis of where the patches came from. It turns out that most kernel code is contributed by people paid to do the work — but the list of companies sponsoring kernel development has a surprise or two." The article's conclusion: "The end result of all this is that a number of the widely-expressed opinions about kernel development turn out to be true. There really are thousands of developers — at least, almost 2,000 who put in at least one patch over the course of the last year. Linus Torvalds is directly responsible for a very small portion of the code which makes it into the kernel. Contemporary kernel development is spread out among a broad group of people, most of whom are paid for the work they do. Overall, the picture is of a broad-based and well-supported development community." Discuss this story at: http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1613253 Links: 0. http://lwn.net/ 1. http://lwn.net/Articles/222773/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Free Global Virtual Scientific Library | | from the free-as-in-research dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @12:30 (Databases) | | http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1643204 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Several readers wrote in with news of the momentum gathering behind free access to government-funded research. A petition "to create a [0]freely available virtual scientific library available to the entire globe" garnered more than 20,000 signatures, including several Nobel prize winners and 750 education, research, and cultural organizations from around the world. The European Commission responded by committing more than $100 million towards support for open access journals and for the building of infrastructure needed to house institutional repositories able to store the millions of academic articles written each year. In the article Michael Geist discusses the open access movement and its critics. Discuss this story at: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1643204 Links: 0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6404429.stm +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dell Censors IdeaStorm Linux Dissent | | from the why-bother? dept. | | posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, @13:12 (Censorship) | | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1622236 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ thefickler writes "It seems pointless to seek ideas and feedback if you're going to ignore and delete the opinions you don't like. That's [0]exactly what Dell is doing with its IdeaStorm website, which the company set up to solicit such ideas and feedback. Dell deleted a post linking to an article that criticizes its handling of the 'pre-installed Linux' issue." Discuss this story at: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1622236 Links: 0. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/03/01/dell-censors-ideastorm-linux-dissent/ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Music Execs Say Apple's DRM Hurting Industry | | from the reference-the-pot-and-the-kettle's-similar-color-here de| | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @13:56 (Music) | | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/183202 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ EMB Numbers writes "C-Net says last year saw a 131 percent jump in digital sales, but overall the industry still saw about a 4 percent decline in revenue. Some executives at this week's Digital Music Forum East conference lashed out at Jobs, [0]blaming Apple and its CEO for their troubles. The impression at the conference was that Jobs' call three weeks ago for DRM-free music was anything but sincere. As the article puts it, 'Apple has maintained a stranglehold on the digital music industry by locking up iTunes music with DRM ... and "it's causing everybody else who is participating in the marketplace — the other service providers, the labels, the users — a lot of pain. If they could simply open it up, everybody would love them."" Discuss this story at: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/183202 Links: 0. http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6162729.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again | | from the always-in-the-doghouse dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @14:33 (Microsoft) | | http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1810254 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ukhackster writes "The EC is threatening Microsoft with yet more fines. This time, it's over the interoperability protocols that Microsoft has been ordered to open up to its rivals. The EC has examined 1,500 pages of information about the protocols, and [0]concluded that they 'lack significant innovation'. This is pretty damning for both Microsoft and the patent system, as it has been awarded 36 patents covering this technology and has another 37 pending. Could this encourage someone like the EFF to start pushing to get these patents overturned? The EU has a [1]FAQ about this issue, containing additional details on the subject. Discuss this story at: http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1810254 Links: 0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39286127,00.htm 1. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/90&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee' | | from the e-xactly-what-we-e-want dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @15:10 (United States) | | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/1925205 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]jcatcw writes "A bill in Congress [1]would add a recycling charge to the cost of laptop PCs, computer monitors, televisions and some other electronic devices, according to a story at Computerworld. The effort to control what's called e-waste could lead to a national 'e-fee' that would be paid just like a sales tax. Nationwide the cost could amount to $300 million per year. Already, California, Washington, Maryland and Maine have approved electronics recycling laws, and another 21 states plus Puerto Rico, are considering them." Discuss this story at: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/1925205 Links: 0. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/carpenter 1. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012018&intsrc=hm_list +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sanyo Blamed in Lenovo Battery Recall | | from the started-explodey-and-then-got-less-so dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @15:53 (Power) | | http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/200204 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ukhackster writes "Those overheating laptop batteries are back. [0]Lenovo is recalling 205,000 'extended' batteries which shipped with its ThinkPad machines, or were bought as replacements. Slashdot readers will doubtless remember the flak which Sony attracted last year, after it was blamed for [1]exploding Dell notebooks and several massive recalls. This time, the batteries were made by Sanyo. Their engineers determined that the failure was repeatable by dropping machines using the batteries from a certain height and at a certain angle. As soon as the repeatable nature of the flaw was determined, a recall was issued." Discuss this story at: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/200204 Links: 0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39286129,00.htm 1. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/2338249&tid=232 +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sun Joins the Free Software Foundation | | from the putting-themselves-out-there dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @16:29 (Sun Microsystems) | | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/205234 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]RLiegh writes "Ars Technica reports that [1]Sun has joined the FSF Corporate Patron program. The article explains that the FSF corporate program allows companies to provide financial assistance to the FSF in return for license consulting services. The article goes on to observe that this move is doubtlessly motivated by [2]Sun's interest in GPL3's direction. Now that Sun has [3]opened up Java and become an FSF corporate sponsor...could the move to [4]dual license OpenSolaris under the GPL3 be far behind?" Discuss this story at: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/205234 Links: 0. http://slashdot.org/~Rliegh 1. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070228-8938.html 2. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61972964,00.htm 3. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/13/0724252&tid=108 4. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2084284,00.asp +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Berners-Lee Speaks Out Against DRM, Advocates Net Neutrality | | from the papa-don't-speak-i'm-in-trouble dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @17:07 (The Internet) | | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/2047230 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]narramissic writes "Speaking before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee [1]advocated for net neutrality, saying that the Web deserves 'special treatment' as a communications medium to protect its nondiscriminatory approach to content. Berners-Lee's more controversial statements came on the topic of DRM, in which he suggested that instead of DRM, copyright holders should provide information on how to legally use online material, allowing users the opportunity 'to do the right thing.' This led to an odd exchange with Representative Mary Bono who compared Berner-Lee's suggestion to 'having a speed limit but not enforcing the speed limit.'" Discuss this story at: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/2047230 Links: 0. http://www.itworld.com/ 1. http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/070301bernerslee/index.html +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sony Blackballs Blog Over PS3 Rumor | | from the shot-across-the-port-bow dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @17:37 (The Media) | | http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/2230214 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Earlier today Kotaku ran an article looking at the [0]possible future of PlayStation 3's online component. They detail a form of Sony Mii, with achievements accruing in an actual room as you succeed in playing games. During their correspondence with Sony as preparation for the story, the company asked them very specifically not to run the story. They then threatened to pull PR support for the site if they ran the story. When the story went up anyway, [1]Sony followed through with its threats: "So, it is for this reason, that we will be canceling all further interviews for Kotaku staff at GDC and will be dis-inviting you to our media event next Tuesday. Until we can find a way to work better together, information provided to your site will only be that found in the public forum. Again, I take absolutely no joy in sending you this note, but given the situation you have put me into, I have no choice. - Dave Karraker, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, Sony Computer Entertainment America." Update: 03/02 02:27 GMT by [2]Z : I am very, very happy to be able to add that [3]Sony and Kotaku made up after what sounds like a lengthy phone call. Good work, to both SCEA and Kotaku. Discuss this story at: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/2230214 Links: 0. http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/rumor-sony-to-unveil-playstation-home-240746.php 1. http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/sony-blackballs-kotaku-240860.php 2. http://slashdot.org/~Zonk/ 3. http://kotaku.com/gaming/sony/sony-and-kotaku-makeup-240922.php +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | VR Game Ties Depression To Brain Area | | from the get-out-of-my-head dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @17:47 (Games) | | http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/2159253 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ An anonymous reader writes "Science Daily is reporting that scientists are using [0]a VR videogame that challenges spatial memory as a new tool to map out depression in the brain. 'Spatial memory' is how you orient yourself in space and remember how to get to places in the outside world. Researchers have found that depressed people performed poorly on the video game compared, suggesting that their hippocampi (where spatial memory is based) were not working properly." Discuss this story at: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/2159253 Links: 0. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070301100807.htm +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Information Technology Pros Debate Windows Vista | | from the six-of-one-half-dozen-of-the-other dept. | | posted by Zonk on Thursday March 01, @18:31 (Microsoft) | | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/01/2251240 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ An anonymous reader writes "As a follow-on to John Welch's [0]widely read review arguing that Mac OS X is superior to Vista, Information Week is running the first in a weeklong series of roundtables where a programmer, networking consultant, and 3 IT managers have a serious [1]technical debate on the pros and cons of Vista. What's been your experience with Vista? More importantly, do you think it will ever gain traction among corporate users, or is its glitzy Aero interface destined to make it mainly a consumer OS?" Discuss this story at: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/03/01/2251240 Links: 0. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196800670 1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197008349 Copyright 1997-2006 OSTG. All rights reserved.
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