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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* FCC Gives Thumbs-Up To First LTE Phone
* New PS3 Firmware Causing HDD Upgrade Problems?
* US Ability To Identify Source of Nuclear Weapons Decays
* The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet
* UK Government Rejects Calls To Upgrade From IE6
* Microsoft To Issue Emergency Fix For Windows<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.LNK Flaw
* Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dwarf Support For Renewables
* Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files?
* TI Calculator DRM Defeated
* Average Cellphone Data Usage Is 145.8 MB Per Month
* Silent, Easily Made Android Rootkit Released At DefCon
* Mars Rover Spirit May Never Wake From Deep Sleep
* Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo
* Broadway Musicians Replaced With Synthesizers
* Antarctic Experiment Finds Puzzling Distribution of Cosmic Rays
* Microsoft Tech Can Deblur Images Automatically
* 'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!' v2.0
* China Pushes Real Name System For Online Games
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| FCC Gives Thumbs-Up To First LTE Phone |
| from the wait-how-many-g-is-this-one dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 30, @20:25 (Cellphones) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/07/30/2338204/FCC-Gives-Thumbs-Up-To-First-LTE-Phone |
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eagledck tips news that the FCC has "finally [0]approved the first 4G
Long Term Evolution (LTE) phone for sale in the US." The Samsung device
will use MetroPCS as a carrier, but tech specs, software details and a
launch timetable are still uncertain. Meanwhile, Verizon is ramping up
testing of their own LTE infrastructure, [1]hoping to launch in 25 to 30
markets by the end of the year. An anonymous reader notes that LTE
rollouts could be [2]hampered by a confused and conflicted patent
situation. "It is impossible to know where all the patents are but we
have identified more than 60 companies holding essential patents. It is a
very large landscape and fragmented. If there was one major patent pool
and a handful of individual companies to deal with, that would be
possible. But signing license deals with 40 plus [entities] is not. A
unified patent pool is best," said a representative for one of three
patent pool organizations trying to accomplish that.
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/30/2338204
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/07/fcc-gives-thumbs-up-to-first-lte-phone-more-in-offing.ars
1. http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/verizons-lte-network-launching-november-15-with-two-data-cards/
2. http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4205075/Patent-pool-uncertainty-looms-over-LTE-roll-out
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| New PS3 Firmware Causing HDD Upgrade Problems? |
| from the infirm-ware dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 30, @21:28 (Data Storage) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/30/2345205/New-PS3-Firmware-Causing-HDD-Upgrade-Prob|
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Channard writes "While there have been occasional reports of previous PS3
firmware upgrades causing system crashes and so forth, Sony's new
firmware upgrade for the system, 3.41, is apparently [0]stopping PS3
owners from upgrading their hard disks. This problem has been
[1]encountered by many users on Sony's forums and occurs when you try to
put a new hard disk into a PS3 that already has the firmware upgrade
installed. The general course of action for upgrading a PS3's drive is
that you download the latest PS3 firmware onto a memory stick and, after
swapping the hard drive in the PS3, plug the stick in, allowing the PS3
to properly prepare the disk for use. But as of upgrade 3.41, the PS3
fails to recognize the firmware on the stick, complaining that it can't
proceed until you insert the correct firmware. Repeating the process and
re-downloading the firmware does not fix the problem, as I can confirm,
having encountered the problem myself. Users can put the old hard disk
back in, provided they've not reformatted it for some other purpose, so
all is not lost. Sony have apparently [2]told gaming website CVG that
'The information available to our Consumer Services Department does not
suggest that this is a problem PlayStation owners are likely to
experience when upgrading the HDD with 3.41 update.' This seems to fly in
the face of the currently available information ��� although whether or not
this statement was issued by Kevin Butler is unclear. Either way, PS3
owners encountering this problem will likely have to wait a few days for
a fix and use their old HDDs for now."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/30/2345205
Links:
0. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=257908
1. http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-Updates/Upgrading-Harddrive-need-3-41/td-p/45984903
2. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=257926
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| US Ability To Identify Source of Nuclear Weapons Decays |
| from the it-was-the-one-armed-terrist dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday July 30, @22:19 (Security) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/006239/US-Ability-To-Identify-Source-of-Nuclear-We|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times covers a report released by the
National Research Council, which says the [1]ability of the US to
identify the source of a nuclear weapon used in a terrorist attack is
fragile and eroding. The goals of the highly specialized detective work,
known as nuclear attribution, is to clarify options for retaliation and
to deter terrorists by letting them know that nuclear devices have
fingerprints that atomic specialists can find and trace. 'Although US
nuclear forensics capabilities are substantial and can be improved, right
now they are fragile, under-resourced and, in some respects,
deteriorating,' the report warns. 'Without strong leadership, careful
planning and additional funds, these capabilities will decline.' The
report calls on the federal government to [2]take steps to strengthen its
forensic capabilities and argues for the necessity of better planning,
more robust budgets, clearer lines of authority and more realistic
exercises."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/006239
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30nuke.html
2. http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12966&page=1
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| The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet |
| from the hope-nothing-breaks-during-hockey-season dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @00:17 (Canada) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/0230211/The-Canadian-Who-Holds-the-Key-To-the-Inte|
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drbutts writes "The Toronto Star has an interesting story on how they are
securing DNS: 'It's housed in two high-security facilities separated by
the North American landmass. The one authenticated map of the Internet.
Were it to be lost ��� either through a catastrophic physical or cyber
attack ��� it could be [0]recreated by seven individuals spread around the
globe. One of them is Ottawa's Norm Ritchie. Ritchie was recently chosen
to [1]hold one of seven smartcards that can rebuild the root key that
underpins this system' called DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security
Extensions). In essence, these seven can [2]rebuild the architecture that
allows users to know for certain where they are and where they are going
when navigating the Web."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/0230211
Links:
0. http://www.livescience.com/technology/key-holders-cyber-attack-100729.html
1. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/841315--the-canadian-who-holds-the-key-to-the-internet
2. http://www.cdns.net/key-signing.html
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| UK Government Rejects Calls To Upgrade From IE6 |
| from the it-was-good-enough-for-churchill dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @02:15 (Government) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/0451207/UK-Government-Rejects-Calls-To-Upgrade-From|
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pcardno writes "The UK government has responded to [0]a petition
encouraging government departments to move away from IE6 that had over
6,000 signatories. Their response seems to be that [1]a fully patched IE6
is perfectly safe as long as firewalls and malware scanning tools are in
place, and that mandating an upgrade away from IE6 will be too expensive.
The second part is fair enough in this age of austerity (I'd rather have
my taxes spent on schools and hospitals than software upgrade testing at
the moment), but the whole reaction will be a disappointment to the
petitioners." Update: 07/31 11:43 GMT by [2]S : Dan Frydman, the man who
launched the petition, has [3]posted a response to the government's
decision.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/0451207
Links:
0. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ie6upgrade/
1. http://www.hmg.gov.uk/epetition-responses/petition-view.aspx?epref=ie6upgrade
2. mailto:soulskillatslashdotdotorg
3. http://danfrydman.com/the-ie6-petition-uk-government-and-developers/
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| Microsoft To Issue Emergency Fix For Windows<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.LNK Flaw |
| from the tee-plus-two-weeks dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @05:14 (Microsoft) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/0456228/Microsoft-To-Issue-Emergency-Fix-For-Windo|
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Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft will [0]issue an out-of-band patch on
Monday for a critical vulnerability in all of the current versions of
Windows. The company didn't identify which flaw it will be patching, but
the description of the vulnerability is a close match to the LNK flaw
that attackers have been exploiting for several weeks now, most notably
with the Stuxnet malware. The [1]advance notification from Microsoft on
Friday said that the company is patching a critical vulnerability that is
being actively exploited in the wild and affects all supported Windows
platforms. The LNK flaw in the Windows shell was first identified
[2]earlier this month when researchers discovered the Stuxnet worm
spreading from infected USB drives to PCs. Stuxnet has turned out to be a
rather interesting piece of malware as it not only uses the LNK zero day
vulnerability to spread, but it had components that were signed using a
legitimate digital certificate belonging to Realtek, a Taiwanese hardware
manufacturer."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/0456228
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/microsoft-issue-emergency-patch-critical-windows-flaw-073110
1. https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1955228/Malware-Targets-Shortcut-Flaw-In-Windows-SCADA
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| Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dwarf Support For Renewables |
| from the hedging-against-a-massive-sunlight-spill-in-the-gulf dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @08:18 (Earth) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/058254/Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies-Dwarf-Support-For-Ren|
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TravisTR sends word of research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance which
found that direct subsidies for renewable energy from governments
worldwide totaled $43-46 billion in 2009, an amount [0]vastly outstripped
by the $557 billion in fossil fuel subsidies during 2008. "The BNEF
preliminary analysis suggests the US is the top country, as measured in
dollars deployed, in [1]providing direct subsidies for clean energy with
an estimated $18.2bn spent in total in 2009. Approximately 40% of this
went toward supporting the US biofuels sector with the rest going towards
renewables. The federal stimulus program played a key role; its Treasury
Department grant program alone provided $3.8bn in support for clean
energy projects. China, the world leader in new wind installations in
2009 with 14GW, provided approximately $2bn in direct subsidies,
according to the preliminary analysis. This figure is deceptive, however,
as much crucial support for clean energy in the country comes in form of
low-interest loans from state-owned banks. State-run power generators and
grid companies have also been strongly encouraged by the government to
tap their balance sheets in support of renewables."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/058254
Links:
0. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/25545/
1. http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100729006062&newsLang=en
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| Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files? |
| from the not-just-santa dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @09:20 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/137217/Who-Is-Downloading-the-Torrented-Facebook-Fi|
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eldavojohn writes "Gizmodo's got an [0]interesting scoop on a list of IPs
acquired from Peer Block revealing who is downloading the [1]Facebook
user data torrented this week: Apple, the Church of Scientology, Disney,
Intel, IBM and several major government contractors just to name a few.
The article notes that this doesn't mean it's sanctioned by these
companies or even known to be happening, but the IP addresses of requests
coming to one of the users' machines match to lists of IP blocks for each
company."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/137217
Links:
0. http://gizmodo.com/5599970/major-corporations-are-downloading-those-100-million-facebook-profiles-off-bittorrent
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/28/1350222/100-Million-Facebook-Pages-Leaked-On-Torrent-Site
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| TI Calculator DRM Defeated |
| from the graphing-for-justice dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @10:23 (Hardware Hacking) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/1314222/TI-Calculator-DRM-Defeated |
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josath writes "Texas Instruments' flagship calculator, the Nspire, was
hacked to allow user-written programs [0]earlier this year. Earlier this
month, TI released an update to the OS that runs on the calculator,
providing no new features, but only [1]blocking the previous hack. Now,
just a few weeks later, [2]Nleash has been released, [3]which defeats
this protection. The battle rages on as users fight for the right to run
their own software on their own hardware."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/1314222
Links:
0. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/02/28/1718221/TI-Nspire-Hack-Enables-User-Programming
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/18/0152245/TI-vs-Calculator-Hobbyists-Again
2. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/430/43033.html
3. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/146/146554.html
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| Average Cellphone Data Usage Is 145.8 MB Per Month |
| from the mostly-to-imdb-and-wikipedia-during-arguments dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @11:26 (Cellphones) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/1447246/Average-Cellphone-Data-Usage-Is-1458-MB-|
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destinyland writes "For the first time, the majority of cell phones are
accessing data services ��� 53 percent, compared to only 42 percent last
year, according to a new study by Validas. And each user [0]downloads an
average of 145.8 MB per month (the average was just 96.8 MB per month in
2009). The heaviest users are Verizon smartphone owners, averaging 428 MB
per month (338 MB on average for iPhone users). In fact, Verizon users
were twice as likely as iPhone users to [1]exceed both 500 MB and 2 GB
each month."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/1447246
Links:
0. http://mobile.blorge.com/2010/07/28/data-use-now-the-norm-on-cellphones/
1. http://blog.myvalidas.com/index.php/2010/07/verizon-wireless-smartphones-consume-more-data-than-iphones/
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| Silent, Easily Made Android Rootkit Released At DefCon |
| from the it-slices-it-dices dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @12:26 (Security) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/167255/Silent-Easily-Made-Android-Rootkit-Released|
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An anonymous reader writes with news that security experts from Spider
Labs released [0]a kernel level rootkit for Android devices at DefCon on
Friday. "As a proof of concept, it is able to send an attacker a reverse
TCP over 3G/WIFI shell upon receiving an incoming call from a 'trigger
number.' This ultimately results in [1]full root access on the Android
device." The rootkit was developed over a period of two weeks, and has
been handed out to DefCon attendees on DVD.
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/167255
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66T52O20100730
1. https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-18/dc-18-speakers.html#Percoco1
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| Mars Rover Spirit May Never Wake From Deep Sleep |
| from the borrow-my-alarm-clock,-that'll-do-it dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @13:29 (Mars) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/1643214/Mars-Rover-Spirit-May-Never-Wake-From-D|
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[0]astroengine writes "After repeated calls from NASA to wake up Mars
Exploration Rover Spirit from its low-energy hibernation mode, [1]mission
control is beginning to realize the ill-fated robot may never wake up
again. After getting stuck in a sand trap in Gusev Crater and then
switching into hibernation in March, rover operators were hopeful that
the beached Spirit might yet be saved. Alas, this is looking more and
more unlikely. In a statement, NASA said: 'Based on models of Mars'
weather and its effect on available power, mission managers believe that
if Spirit responds, it most likely will be in the next few months.
However, there is [2]a very distinct possibility Spirit may never respond.'"
[3]Related xkcd strip, in case the headline wasn't anthropomorphic enough
for you.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/1643214
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-rover-spirit-may-never-wake-from-deep-sleep.html
2. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-252
3. http://xkcd.com/695/
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| Budapest Panorama, at 70GP, Now the World's Largest Digital Photo |
| from the cool-one-up-man-ship dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @14:36 (Input Devices) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/1828226/Budapest-Panorama-at-70GP-Now-the-Worlds-L|
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hasanabbas1987 writes "It's just been a few months since a 45-gigapixel
panorama of Dubai claimed the title of world's largest digital
photograph, but it's now already been well and truly ousted ��� the new
king in town is this [0]70-gigapixel, 360-degree panorama of Budapest. As
with other multi-gigapixel images, this one was no easy feat, and
involved two 25-megapixel Sony A900 cameras fitted with 400mm Minolta
lenses and 1.4X teleconverters, a robotic camera mount from 360world that
got the shooting done over the course of two days, and two solid days of
post-processing that resulted in a single 200GB file ��� not to mention a
15-meter-long printed copy of the photograph for good measure. Of course,
what's most impressive is [1]the photo itself [Note: requires
Silverlight]."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/1828226
Links:
0. http://trippletech.com/news/70-gigapixel-panorama-of-budapest-becomes-worlds-largest-digital-photograph/
1. http://70gigapixel.cloudapp.net/
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| Broadway Musicians Replaced With Synthesizers |
| from the making-love-to-a-corpse dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @15:40 (Music) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/1916232/Broadway-Musicians-Replaced-With-Synthesiz|
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[0]wooferhound writes "Sophisticated synthesizers and
computer-manipulated recordings are increasingly taking over orchestras.
Sounding [1]almost like real players, while costing much less, they're
especially popular with provincial or touring companies. But until
mid-July ��� when 'West Side Story's' producers announced that a
synthesizer was replacing three live violinists and two cellists, or half
the orchestra's string section ��� staff violinist Paul Woodiel thought
that at least the classics would be immune to the trend. There are
computer programs able to read and play back music scores ��� a boon to
composers who can now hear their work as they write ��� and software
allowing conductors to control the tempo of the machine, in the same way
that they direct live players."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/1916232
Links:
0. mailto:tim@NOsPAm.wooferhound.com
1. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Broadway_sings_blues_over_synthesizer_invasion_999.html
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| Antarctic Experiment Finds Puzzling Distribution of Cosmic Rays |
| from the this-way-to-the-aliens dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @16:44 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/209254/Antarctic-Experiment-Finds-Puzzling-Dist|
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pitchpipe writes "A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth
from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice
of Antarctica. ... It turns out these particles are [0]not arriving
uniformly from all directions. The new study detected an overabundance of
cosmic rays coming from one part of the sky, and a lack of cosmic rays
coming from another." The map of this uneven distribution comes from the
IceCube neutrino observatory [1]last mentioned several days ago.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/209254
Links:
0. http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/cosmic-ray-puzzling-pattern-icecube-100729.html
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/06/24/178236/IceCube-Telescope-Takes-Shape-Below-Antarctic-Ice?from=rss
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| Microsoft Tech Can Deblur Images Automatically |
| from the pleasantly-awesome dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @17:50 (Input Devices) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/2040226/Microsoft-Tech-Can-Deblur-Images-Autom|
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An anonymous reader writes "At the annual SIGGRAPH show, Microsoft
Research showed new technology that [0]can remove the blur from images on
your camera or phone using on-board sensors ��� the same sensors currently
added to the iPhone 4. No more blurry low light photos!"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/2040226
Links:
0. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/imudeblurring/
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| 'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!' v2.0 |
| from the when-skype-isn't-enough dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @18:53 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/220234/Ive-Fallen-and-I-Cant-Get-Up-v20 |
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theodp writes "Remember those old [0]Lifecall commercials? Well, you've
come a long way, Grandma! The NY Times reports on a raft of new
technology that's making it possible for adult children to [1]remotely
monitor to a stunningly precise degree the daily movements and habits of
their aging parents. The purpose is to provide enough supervision to
allow elderly people to stay in their homes rather than move to an
assisted-living facility or nursing home. Systems like [2]GrandCare,
[3]BeClose, [4]QuietCare, and [5]MedMinder allow families to keep tabs on
Mom and Dad's whereabouts, and make sure they take their meds. Perhaps
Zynga can make a game out of all this ��� GeriatricVille?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/220234
Links:
0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wEezef9wOU
1. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/garden/29parents.html&OQ=_rQ3D4&OP=12b844afQ2FTiQ25-TQ20fQ26Q23Q24ffQ60STS)B)T)Q27TShTQ7DkQ24Q20Q25Q3DTShzkQ24Q25Q3DQ60Q239NQ60Jx
2. http://www.grandcare.com/
3. http://beclose.com/
4. http://www.quietcaresystems.com/index_alt.htm
5. https://www.medminder.com/
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| China Pushes Real Name System For Online Games |
| from the blizzard-was-avant-garde dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @19:50 (Privacy) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/31/2230240/China-Pushes-Real-Name-System-For-Online-|
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oxide7 writes "Starting from August 1, Chinese Internet users [0]will
have to register using their real names for playing online games, China
Daily reported on Saturday. The regulation, issued by the Ministry of
Culture on June 22, is said to be part of a nationwide campaign to
improve management of the virtual gaming industry and protect minors from
unwholesome content. It applies to all multiplayer role-playing and
social networking games."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/07/31/2230240
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/39950/20100731/china-pushes-real-name-system-for-online-games.htm
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