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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's
* Tesla Sues BBC's <em>Top Gear</em> For Libel
* Paul Allen Rips Bill Gates In Autobiography
* Gamification — How Much of It Is Really New?
* Man Creates "Creepy" Stalking App
* Nintendo Downplays Reports of 3DS Flaws
* 50% of Tweets Consumed Come From<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.05% of Users
* Boston College Says Using WiFi Is a Sign of Infringement
* Microsoft Files EU Competition Complaint Against Google
* Samsung Keylogger Stories a False Alarm
* Former Truck Driver Reconstructs A-bomb
* Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics
* Massive SQL Injection Attack Compromises 380K URLs
* Google Is Introducing the +1 Button
* Over 10B Social Network Accounts Created Already
* Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up
* Android 3.0 Is Trickling In, But Are the Apps?
* FSF Suggests That Google Free Gmail Javascript
* AP Adopts Firefox's 'Do Not Track'; Others On the Way
* After Japan's Quake, Taiwan Helps Fill iPad 2 Supply-Chain Gaps
* It's World Backup Day
* Robert Bunsen, Open Source Pioneer?
* San Francisco Opening Computer & Video Game Museum
* Case Closed On Jerusalem UFO Video
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| Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's
| from the behind-the-iron-filter dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 30, @20:22 (Earth)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/2225231/Why-Russian-Space-Images-Look-Different-From-NASAs?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Russians have published two amazing
photos of Earth using their new Elektro-L satellite, in 30,000km high
orbit around the equator. The quality is stunning, and they look quite
different from NASA's Earth images. But [0]why are they different? And
are they better than NASA's?"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/2225231/Why-Russian-Space-Images-Look-Different-From-NASAs?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://gizmodo.com/#!5787176/this-is-the-moon-and-the-earth-like-you-have-never-seen-them-before
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| Tesla Sues BBC's <em>Top Gear</em> For Libel
| from the release-the-stig dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 30, @22:16 (Television)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/2232253/Tesla-Sues-BBCs-Top-Gear-For-Libel?from=newsletter
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thecarchik writes "About two years ago BBC's Top Gear aired a test drive
of the then relatively new Tesla Roadster. In the particular episode,
[0]Tesla Roadsters are depicted as suffering several critical
'breakdowns' during track driving. Host Jeremy Clarkson concludes the
episode by saying that in the real world the Roadster 'doesn't seem to
work.' Tesla claims that the breakdowns were staged, making most of Top
Gear's remarks about the Roadster untrue. Tesla also states that it can
prove Top Gear's tests were falsified due to the recordings of its cars'
onboard data-loggers. What's Tesla asking for in the lawsuit? Tesla
simply [1]wants Top Gear to stop rebroadcasting the particular episode
and to correct the record."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/2232253/Tesla-Sues-BBCs-Top-Gear-For-Libel?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1057580_tesla-sues-top-gear-for-libel-against-all-electric-roadster
1. http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1057579_breaking-tesla-sues-bbcs-top-gear-for-libel-and-malicious-falsehood
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| Paul Allen Rips Bill Gates In Autobiography
| from the your-mother-dresses-you-funny dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 31, @00:48 (Microsoft)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0127227/Paul-Allen-Rips-Bill-Gates-In-Autobiography?from=newsletter
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[0]itwbennett writes "Bill Gates was guilty of 'mercenary opportunism'
when he schemed with Steve Ballmer to [1]dilute Microsoft co-founder Paul
Allen's equity in the company while Allen was recovering from Hodgkin's
disease, according to Allen. In his upcoming autobiography, 'Idea Man,'
which is excerpted in Vanity Fair, Allen paints a portrait of Gates as
brilliant, focused, driven ... and ruthless. According to Allen, Gates in
the early days twice sought larger equity in the company on the grounds
that he 'did more.' Allen says [2]he acquiesced each time, both because
he understood his partner's reasoning and to avoid major conflict."
Discuss this story at:
https://slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0127227/Paul-Allen-Rips-Bill-Gates-In-Autobiography?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/tech-society/142004/paul-allen-rips-gates-autobiography
2. http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/05/paul-allen-201105?currentPage=1
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| Gamification — How Much of It Is Really New?
| from the achievement-unlocked-reading-this-post dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 31, @01:58 (Businesses)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0443201/Gamification-mdash-How-Much-of-It-Is-Really-New?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "It's nigh impossible to avoid all the chatter
and buzz around the concept of gamification ��� using game mechanics to
create engagement outside the world of videogames. Silicon.com has an
interview with author Aaron Dignan, whose book Game Frame delves into the
topic to try and pull out a few rules of engagement for businesses
seeking to [0]tap into the power of gaming to better motivate their staff.
Dignan is fairly convincing, yet I can't help feeling there's a lot of
hype and [1]not necessarily a great deal of substance to all this
gamification chatter. Perhaps the term itself is the problem ��� maybe
'playfulness' would be a better name for the concept. What do Slashdot
readers make of the gamification movement and its evangelists?"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0443201/Gamification-mdash-How-Much-of-It-Is-Really-New?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.silicon.com/management/hr/2011/03/29/bored-staff-gamification-could-change-all-that-39747216/
1. http://www.slate.com/id/2289302/pagenum/all/#p2
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| Man Creates "Creepy" Stalking App
| from the super-secret-admirer dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 31, @03:09 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0145218/Man-Creates-Creepy-Stalking-App?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Creepy, a package described as a 'geolocation
information aggregator,' is turning heads in privacy circles, but should
people be worried? Yiannis Kakavas explains why he developed his scary
stalking application. Creepy is a software package for Linux or Windows ���
with a Mac OS X port in the works ��� that aims to [0]gather public
information on a targeted individual via social networking services in
order to pinpoint their location. It's remarkably efficient at its job,
even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when
you see it in use for the first time."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/0145218/Man-Creates-Creepy-Stalking-App?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/3/30/creepy-app-warns-end-privacy/
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| Nintendo Downplays Reports of 3DS Flaws
| from the must-be-holding-it-wrong dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 31, @04:15 (Nintendo)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/050251/Nintendo-Downplays-Reports-of-3DS-Flaws?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "Shorty after the US launch of Nintendo's last
portable console, 3DS owners have begun reporting issues with the device.
In one case, dubbed the 'black screen of death,' users reported instances
where their 3DS screens grew black shortly before their consoles became
unresponsive. Other owners documented errors involving a screen
instructing them to restart their systems. Nintendo has [0]taken notice
of the issues, and offered 3DS users a fix for the error. 'If anyone is
experiencing any problems with their Nintendo 3DS console, we recommend
that in the first instance they download and install the latest system
update, now available online,' the company said in a statement." The
3DS's launch was reportedly [1]more successful than the DSi's. iFixit did
a nice [2]teardown of the device a while back, and Nukezilla's Peter Silk
[3]put the screen under a microscope.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/050251/Nintendo-Downplays-Reports-of-3DS-Flaws?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/128541/20110330/nintendo-3ds-black-screen-of-death.htm
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/128242/20110329/nintendo-3ds-sales-recrds.htm
2. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo-3DS-Teardown/5029/1
3. http://nukezilla.com/2011/03/29/the-3ds-under-a-microscope/
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| 50% of Tweets Consumed Come From<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.05% of Users
| from the hogging-the-conversation dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 31, @05:31 (Businesses)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/036255/50-of-Tweets-Consumed-Come-From-05-of-Users?from=newsletter
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ajensen201102 writes "A mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of
the spotlight on Twitter, which now ropes in a billion tweets every week.
That means [0]only 0.05% of the social network's user base attracts
attention, according to a new Yahoo Research study. From the article:
'Like findings in previous studies, the researchers for this one conclude
Twitter resembles an information-sharing hub rather than a social
network, with the top generators garnering huge follower tallies but not
following their content consumers in return.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/036255/50-of-Tweets-Consumed-Come-From-05-of-Users?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://socialtrustagents.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/50-of-tweets-consumed-come-from-only-0-05-of-twitter-users-study-social-trust-agents/
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| Boston College Says Using WiFi Is a Sign of Infringement
| from the get-your-cords-out dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 31, @08:05 (Piracy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/030224/Boston-College-Says-Using-WiFi-Is-a-Sign-of-Infringement?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Boston College has a funny idea of what
constitutes copyright infringement. It has a list of what might be called
[0]'you might be a copyright infringer if...' with the sort of things you
might expect, such as using file sharing programs or sending mp3s to
friends. But some have noticed something odd. Included on the list [1]is
using a wireless router in your dorm. Yes, just using a wireless router.
Not using it for anything. But just using such a router is considered a
sign of infringement. Nice to see our top colleges and universities
teaching students completely made up things."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/030224/Boston-College-Says-Using-WiFi-Is-a-Sign-of-Infringement?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/security/copyright/illegalexamples.html
1. http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110330/03340313694/boston-college-tells-students-that-using-wireless-router-is-sign-copyright-infringement.shtml
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| Microsoft Files EU Competition Complaint Against Google
| from the turn-about-is-fair dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @08:50 (EU)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1232226/Microsoft-Files-EU-Competition-Complaint-Against-Google?from=newsletter
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bLanark writes "In an amazing about-turn, the bully has turned into the
bullied. Microsoft, having been on the receiving end of many
anti-competition lawsuits, has [0]filed a complaint with the European
Commission, saying that Google is using its market dominance to prevent
Microsoft from gaining market share."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1232226/Microsoft-Files-EU-Competition-Complaint-Against-Google?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/31/us-microsoft-google-idUSTRE72U1IN20110331
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| Samsung Keylogger Stories a False Alarm
| from the everyone-sit-down-and-chill-out dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @09:31 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/132234/Samsung-Keylogger-Stories-a-False-Alarm?from=newsletter
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Trailrunner7 writes "The [0]panic that arose yesterday about Samsung
allegedly shipping laptops that contained a pre-installed keylogger
[1]turns out to have been a complete mistake after further investigation
by security researchers and the company itself. In fact, the controversy
was the result of a false positive from one commercial antimalware suite
and nothing else. Several outlets reported on Wednesday that Samsung
laptops had been found to contain a keylogger known as StarLogger right
out of the box from the factory. However, upon closer inspection by
security companies, the folder on the laptops that supposedly contained
the malware was actually a directory that is part of Windows'
multi-language support."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/132234/Samsung-Keylogger-Stories-a-False-Alarm?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/2148244/Samsung-Plants-Keyloggers-On-Laptops
1. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/samsung-keylogger-case-turns-out-be-false-positive-033111
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| Former Truck Driver Reconstructs A-bomb
| from the we-got-a-great-big-nuclear-convoy dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 31, @10:10 (The Military)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1255205/Former-Truck-Driver-Reconstructs-A-bomb?from=newsletter
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[0]mdsolar writes "Coster-Mullen [1]taught himself how to build an A-bomb.
'The secret of the atomic bomb,' he says, 'is how easy they are to make.'
His findings are available in a book he continuously updates and
publishes himself called Atom Bombs: The Top Secret Inside Story of
Little Boy and Fat Man, which has received rave reviews from the National
Resource Defense Council: 'Nothing else in the Manhattan Project
literature comes close to his exacting breakdown of the bomb's parts.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1255205/Former-Truck-Driver-Reconstructs-A-bomb?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/
1. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/30/vbs.atomic.trucker/
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| Pioneer Anomaly Solved By 1970s Computer Graphics
| from the whats-your-vector-victor dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @10:56 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1328258/Pioneer-Anomaly-Solved-By-1970s-Computer-Graphics?from=newsletter
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[0]Frans Faase updated us on a [1]Pioneer Mystery we've been following
for many years: something is tugging Pioneer 10 & 11. A few years ago a
[2]theory surfaced but now "A new computer model of the way heat is
emitted by various parts of the Pioneer spacecraft, and reflected off
others, finally solves [3]one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.
Previous calculations have only estimated the effect of reflections. A
computer modeling technique called Phong shading was used to work out
[4]exactly how the the emitted heat is reflected (PDF) and in which
direction it ends up traveling. Taking into account the reflections on
the antenna seem to make the anomaly disappear."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1328258/Pioneer-Anomaly-Solved-By-1970s-Computer-Graphics?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.iwriteiam.nl/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/04/09/13/119207/Mysterious-Force-Affects-Pioneer-10-amp-11-Probes
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/08/04/13/1725212/The-Pioneer-Anomaly-amp-Other-Breaking-Physics-News
3. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26589/
4. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1103/1103.5222v1.pdf
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| Massive SQL Injection Attack Compromises 380K URLs
| from the that's-a-lot-of-compromise dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @11:31 (Security)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1522220/Massive-SQL-Injection-Attack-Compromises-380K-URLs?from=newsletter
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Orome1 writes "A massive SQL injection attack campaign has been spotted
by Websense researchers, and the [0]number of unique URLs affected by it
has risen from 28,000 when first detected yesterday, to 380,000 when the
researchers last checked. The injected script redirects users that have
landed on the various infected pages to the domain in the script, which
then redirects them further to a website simulating an anti-malware check
and peddling a rogue AV solution."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1522220/Massive-SQL-Injection-Attack-Compromises-380K-URLs?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10833
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| Google Is Introducing the +1 Button
| from the where-have-i-heard-that-before dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @12:12 (Google)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1553258/Google-Is-Introducing-the-1-Button?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "It seems Google refuses to give up and is
trying to push once again its way into the social space by introducing a
[0]new feature called +1, which basically has the same functionality as
the Facebook 'Like' button (share recommended content with other
people)."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1553258/Google-Is-Introducing-the-1-Button?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://pureinfotech.com/2011/03/30/google-is-introducing-the-like-button-sorry-i-meant-the-1-button/
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| Over 10B Social Network Accounts Created Already
| from the each-one-unique-and-valuable dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 31, @12:52 (Facebook)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1614206/Over-10B-Social-Network-Accounts-Created-Already?from=newsletter
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siliconbits writes "Analyst firm In-stat has calculated that well over
[0]10 billion social networking and online world accounts have been
created by the end of 2010 with nearly half of them (4.5 billion) still
active. The growth of free social networking websites like Facebook or
Twitter can be credited for the exponential rise in the number of
so-called SNOW accounts. Where before, virtual worlds were the realm of
paid-for subscription-based gaming services like World of Warcraft, the
pervasiveness and ease of access of the newcomers means that more people
are creating accounts online than ever before."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1614206/Over-10B-Social-Network-Accounts-Created-Already?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/03/31/over-10bn-social-networking-online-world-accounts-created-date/
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| Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up
| from the played-by-ben-afleck-I-hope dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @13:38 (Censorship)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1716236/Congressman-Wants-YouTube-Video-Covered-Up?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Wisconsin Republicans claim that [1]no one else
can republish a video of United States Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI)
complaining about how he is 'struggling' to get by on his $174,000 salary
without their permission, even though they originally released the video
on YouTube for the whole world to see. Now the GOP is trying to take
legal action [2]to stop anyone else from republishing the video. The tape
caused a stir for Duffy, a first-term conservative best known for his
past as a reality TV show star on MTV's The Real World after Democrats
flagged the comments about his taxpayer-funded salary, which is nearly
three times the median income in Wisconsin, and criticisms began to flow
Duffy's way. [3]Here's a one-minute clip, excerpted from roughly 45
minutes of video of the public Duffy townhall, that the Polk County GOP
doesn't want anyone to see."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1716236/Congressman-Wants-YouTube-Video-Covered-Up?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/gop-trying-desperately-to-cover-up-video-they-previously-published-on-internet
2. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2011/03/polk-county-wi-gop-dmca-claim.php?page=1
3. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/gopers-demand-sean-duffy-salary-tape-be-pulled-from-the-internet.php?ref=fpblg
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| Android 3.0 Is Trickling In, But Are the Apps?
| from the but-honeycomb's-big dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @14:22 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/182237/Android-30-Is-Trickling-In-But-Are-the-Apps?from=newsletter
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jhernik writes "As tablets based on the new Honeycomb version of Android
appear, critics have questioned Google's moves to enforce a standard
Android platform, and said there may be [0]as few as 20 'real' apps for
the devices. Motorola's Xoom tablet is due to appear in the UK next week,
along with the Eee Transformer, but their ability to compete with the
recently-launched Apple iPad 2 may be hurt by the shortage of
tablet-optimised Android apps. Meanwhile, reports that Google wants to
standardise Android hardware are causing alarm."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/182237/Android-30-Is-Trickling-In-But-Are-the-Apps?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/critics-slam-lack-of-android-honeycomb-apps-25392
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| FSF Suggests That Google Free Gmail Javascript
| from the don't-yet-see-what-you-did-there dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @15:08 (GNU is Not Unix)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1859218/FSF-Suggests-That-Google-Free-Gmail-Javascript?from=newsletter
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[0]Phoe6 writes "Apparently, FSF is calling it a 'JavaScript Trap' and
wants 'useful websites' such as Gmail and others such as Twitter,
Facebook to [1]release their JavaScript code under Free Software License
so that users can trust their service."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1859218/FSF-Suggests-That-Google-Free-Gmail-Javascript?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.uthcode.com/
1. http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gmail-jstrap/
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| AP Adopts Firefox's 'Do Not Track'; Others On the Way
| from the stop-staring-at-my-body dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @15:53 (Advertising)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1926200/AP-Adopts-Firefoxs-Do-Not-Track-Others-On-the-Way?from=newsletter
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theweatherelectric writes "As noted by the Mozilla Blog, the AP News
Registry is the [0]first large scale service to support the Do Not Track
(DNT) feature of Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer 9. They write, 'The
Associated Press (AP) is the first company to deploy DNT on a large
scale, and it only took a few hours for one engineer to implement. The AP
News Registry tracks 1 billion impressions of news content, with 175
million unique visitors per month, and has membership with more than 800
sites. When consumers send a DNT preference via the browser while viewing
a story at one of its publisher's sites, the AP News Registry no longer
sets any cookies. The previous solution was for users to opt-out via a
link to a central opt-out page referenced in each participating news
site's privacy policy. They still count the total number of impressions
for each news story, but aggregate consumer data for those with DNT in a
non-identifiable way.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/1926200/AP-Adopts-Firefoxs-Do-Not-Track-Others-On-the-Way?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/03/30/advertisers-and-publishers-adopt-and-implement-do-not-track/
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| After Japan's Quake, Taiwan Helps Fill iPad 2 Supply-Chain Gaps
| from the evil-violent-capitalist-oppressor-invaders-from-cupertino dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @16:37 (Businesses)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2015200/After-Japans-Quake-Taiwan-Helps-Fill-iPad-2-Supply-Chain-Gaps?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "Like many device manufacturers, Apple cannot seem
to escape supply concerns in the wake of the ongoing crisis in Japan. The
company is [0]hoping that AU Optronics will fill the void left by
companies like Hitachi and Toshiba, both of which have been affected by
the series of disasters that have rocked Japan. Damage to many factories
from the earthquake and an ongoing nuclear disaster has disrupted supply
chains and caused large slowdowns in production of vital electronic
components."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2015200/After-Japans-Quake-Taiwan-Helps-Fill-iPad-2-Supply-Chain-Gaps?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/129236/20110331/apple-ipad-2-supplies-taiwan-japan.htm
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| It's World Backup Day
| from the before-things-get-wonky dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @17:21 (Data Storage)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2027254/Its-World-Backup-Day?from=newsletter
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1sockchuck writes "Today is [0]World Backup Day, an occasion to back up
your personal data and financial information and check your restores. For
those needing motivation ��� a group that apparently includes [1]15 percent
of data centers ��� the Slashdot archives bear witness to date disasters at
providers [2]small (Ma.gnolia) and [3]large (Microsoft). The World Backup
Day initiative grew out of a [4]thread at Reddit, and invites online
backup services to observe the occasion by offering discounts."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2027254/Its-World-Backup-Day?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.worldbackupday.net/
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/03/31/its-world-backup-day/
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/02/20/1543208/Magnolia-User-Data-Is-Gone-For-Good
3. http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/12/1418202/The-Sidekick-Failure-and-Cloud-Culpability
4. http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/better-have-backup-plan-world-backup.html
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| Robert Bunsen, Open Source Pioneer?
| from the you-mean-a-google-doodle-isn't-enough? dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @18:09 (Patents)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2138232/Robert-Bunsen-Open-Source-Pioneer?from=newsletter
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cygtoad writes "Today marks [0]Robert Bunsen's 200th birthday. I found
this interesting factoid on the man: 'Bunsen and Desaga [1]did not apply
for patent protection on their burner and it was quite soon that others
began to produce their own versions. Some even went so far as to claim
the invention as their own, including one person who was granted a patent
on the device. Both Bunsen and Desaga were involved in writing letters to
the proper authorities to refute these claims.' Does anyone have an older
example of such an open information pioneer? In my book he deserves some
honor." Benjamin Franklin famously chose not to patent the design of
[2]the stove that bears his name, too; you can [3]read all about it.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2138232/Robert-Bunsen-Open-Source-Pioneer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bunsen
1. http://www.chemteam.info/Electrons/Bunsen-Burner.html
2. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/AE_Franklin_stove.html
3. http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/chapt10/
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| San Francisco Opening Computer & Video Game Museum
| from the even-more-reason-to-visit dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @18:56 (Education)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2252247/San-Francisco-Opening-Computer-amp-Video-Game-Museum?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A team of [0]game scholars, game journalists,
and plain old geeks have gotten together to put together San Francisco's
[1]first and most comprehensive non-profit museum dedicated to the
design, creation, history, and play of computer and video games. [2]The
museum is currently [3]raising funds and shopping around for a San
Francisco space, but they've already managed to get some obscure relics ���
including the only copy in existence of 1984's never-released Atari
Cabbage Patch Kids game. As a scholarly resource, the museum is also
dedicated to making its entire collection playable by visitors."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2252247/San-Francisco-Opening-Computer-amp-Video-Game-Museum?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-768
1. http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/03/group-raising-cash-gamers-heaven-video-game-museum
2. http://themade.org/
3. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themade/the-museum-of-art-and-digital-entertainment
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| Case Closed On Jerusalem UFO Video
| from the no-border-incursion-after-all dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday March 31, @19:40 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2248236/Case-Closed-On-Jerusalem-UFO-Video?from=newsletter
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[0]astroengine writes "Skepticism was high after videos surfaced earlier
this year depicting a UFO over Jerusalem. However, ufologists defended
the sighting, dismissing claims that it was a hoax. But a few days ago,
the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), one of the oldest, largest, and most
respected UFO investigation organizations in the world, announced their
findings about the Jerusalem UFO. Yes, even [1]MUFON has concluded it was
a hoax."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/31/2248236/Case-Closed-On-Jerusalem-UFO-Video?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/jerusalem-ufo-video-case-closed-110331.html
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