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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Engineering School Grads - Tradesmen or Thinkers?
* FBI Arrests Neteller Execs
* Listening Robot Senses Snipers
* Nobel Prize Winners Live Longer
* Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated
* Pluto Probe Snaps Jupiter Pictures
* RFID Tattoo for Tracking Cattle and Humans
* Surgical Microbot Developed
* Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10 Says Carmack
* Seamonkey 1.1 Released
* U.S. To Certify Labs For Testing E-Voting Machines
* Solar Power Eliminates Utility Bills in U.S. Home
* Behind the Scenes at MIT's Network
* Slow Light = Fast Computing
* Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista, The Rematch
* Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank
* Startup Tries Watermarking Instead of DRM
* MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims
* XM+MP3 Going to Trial
* Investigating Online Office Suites
* The Birth of Quantum Biology
* Germany's RIAA Sues Rapidshare - YouTube Next?
* Is it Time for Open Office?
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| Engineering School Grads - Tradesmen or Thinkers? |
| from the do-we-want-our-graduates-in-or-out-of-the-box dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Thursday January 18, @19:20 (Education) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/18/2313232 |
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[0]El Cubano asks: "ITworld is carrying a story (sorry, no printable
version) saying that John Seely Brown (former chief scientist at Xerox
and director of PARC, currently teaching at the University of Southern
California) is [1]encouraging engineering schools to change the way they
educate. The article, quotes Mr. Brown saying the following: 'Training
someone for a career makes no sense. At best, you can train someone for a
career trajectory...'. What do you think? Should engineering schools be
producing tradesmen (like an apprenticeship program) or should they be
producing 'thinkers' (people who can cope with a wide variety of problem
inside and outside their area of expertise)?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/18/2313232
Links:
0. http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
1. http://www.itworld.com/Career/3710/061201schoolshift/pfindex.html
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| FBI Arrests Neteller Execs |
| from the jig-is-up dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 18, @20:19 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0035220 |
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Alcibaides writes "In a follow-up to [0]the 2006 law attacking Internet
gambling, the FBI [1]arrested two former Neteller executives in
'connection with the creation and operation of an Internet payment
services company that facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of
illegal gambling proceeds.' Apparently, the execs were 'ambushed' as they
passed through the U.S. on connecting flights. Consequently, [2]Neteller
has dropped all gambling-related activity to U.S. customers, a move not
expected for several months."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/0035220
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/02/1817259&tid=103
1. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/article/8111
2. http://content.neteller.com/content/en/member_businessupdate.htm
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| Listening Robot Senses Snipers |
| from the careful-what-you-say dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 18, @21:46 (Robotics) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0042258 |
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Dr. Eggman writes "Popular Science has a brief piece on the RedOwl, a
[0]brainy-looking flightless robot that can 'read a nametag from across a
football field and identify the make and model of a rifle fired a mile
away simply by analyzing the sound of the distant blast.' For a paltry
$150,000, the machine utilizes robotic hearing technology originally
developed by Boston University's Photonics Center to improve hearing aids
to sense a shot fired and pinpoint its source, identify it as a hostile
or friendly weapon, and illuminate the target with a laser visible only
with night vision. The RedOwl, built on an iRobot packbot platform and
controlled via a modified Xbox videogame controller, can figure out the
location of a target 3,000 feet away, allowing troops to call in a
precision air strike."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/0042258
Links:
0. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/b0c7eda4e7110110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
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| Nobel Prize Winners Live Longer |
| from the torturing-the-data dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 18, @23:11 (News) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0053251 |
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anthemaniac writes "A new study finds those who won Nobel Prizes between
1901 and 1950 [0]lived about 2 years longer than nominees who didn't win.
The researchers conclude that the instantly conferred social status leads
to health benefits. From the story: 'The research rules out the
possibility that intervening prize-related money itself adds the years
through improved prosperity.' If you're thinking of aiming for the prize,
pick the right field. Nobel laureates in physics lived nearly a year
longer than winners in chemistry."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/0053251
Links:
0. http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070118_nobel_longevity.html
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| Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated |
| from the common-sense-prevails dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday January 19, @01:20 (The Internet) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0553211 |
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[0]Lawrence Person writes "The attempt to require political bloggers to
register as lobbyists [1]previously reported by Slashdot has [2]been
stripped out of the lobbying reform bill. The vote was 55 to 43 to defeat
the provision. All 48 Republicans, as well as 7 Democrats, voted against
requiring bloggers to register; all 43 votes in favor of keeping the
registration provision were by Democrats."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/0553211
Links:
0. http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/17/2030229&tid=153
2. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00017
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| Pluto Probe Snaps Jupiter Pictures |
| from the eye-in-the-sky dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday January 19, @06:34 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/0825230 |
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[0]sighted writes "The New Horizons probe, on its way to Pluto and
beyond, is now speeding toward Jupiter. Today the team released some of
the [1]early data and pictures, which are the first close-range shots of
the giant p***t since the robotic Cassini spacecraft passed that way in
2001."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/0825230
Links:
0. http://www.ridingwithrobots.org/
1. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/011807.htm
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| RFID Tattoo for Tracking Cattle and Humans |
| from the one-mammal-is-as-bad-as-the-rest-go-reptoids dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @08:46 (Privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1333224 |
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ack154 writes "The Register reports that a St Louis based company, Somark
Innovations, has [0]successfully tested RFID tattoos to be used for
tracking cattle and other animals. Details are limited for the actual
tattoo, but it's said to contain no metals and can be read up to about
four feet away. Engadget has some [1]more details on the matter. And yes,
the article does mention RFID tattoos are possible for people,
specifically the military. From the article: 'The system developed by
Somark uses an array of needles to quickly inject a pattern of dots into
each animal, with the pattern changing for each injection. This pattern
can then be read from over a meter away using a proprietary reader
operating at high frequency.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1333224
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/16/rfid_tattoo/
1. http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/rfid-tattoos-for-tracking-cows-and-people/
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| Surgical Microbot Developed |
| from the fantastic-voyage dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @09:24 (Robotics) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1341247 |
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An anonymous reader writes to mention a Wired article about [0]the first
surgical nanobot developed for practical use. No wider that two human
hairs, the machine is intended to swim through arteries and the digestive
tract, and can perform surgical procedures in spaces no bigger than 250
microns. The article also addresses safety concerns; the bot will swim
upstream from blood flow, so if something goes wrong it can be retrieved
on its way back. Likewise, for the most delicate procedures it can be
fitted with a tether, to ensure it doesn't get lost. From the article:
"The tiny robot, small enough to pass through the heart and other organs,
will be inserted using a syringe. Guided by remote control, it will swim
to a site within the body to perform a series of tasks, then return to
the point of entry where it can be extracted, again by syringe. For
example, the microrobot might deliver a payload of expandable glue to the
site of a damaged cranial artery -- a procedure typically fraught with
risk because posterior human brain arteries lay behind a complicated set
of bends at the base of the skull beyond the reach of all but the most
flexible catheters."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1341247
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,72448-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1
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| Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10 Says Carmack |
| from the stick-with-what-works dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @09:36 (PC Games (Games)) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1426249 |
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Freshly Exhumed writes "In an interview with Marcus Yam at Daily Tech
legendary PC/Console game creator [0]John Carmack holds forth on DirectX
10: 'Personally, I wouldn't jump at something like DX10 right now. I
would let things settle out a little bit and wait until there's a really
strong need for it.' and then zings Microsoft's marketers over DX10's
mandatory use of the Vista OS: 'Carmack then said that he's quite
satisfied with Windows XP, going as far to say that Microsoft is
artificially forcing gamers to move to Windows Vista for DX10.' There are
a few good tidbits on Xbox 360 vs. PS3 development, and a fairly clear
disinterest in Wii as a platform for his company's products is shown."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1426249
Links:
0. http://www.dailytech.com/John+Carmack+Speaks+on+DX10+Vista+Xbox+360+PS3+Wii/article5665.htm
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| Seamonkey 1.1 Released |
| from the release-the-seamonkies-of-doom dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @09:56 (Mozilla) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1423245 |
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[0]stuuf writes "Version 1.1 of the [1]Seamonkey Internet Application
Suite is now available, with quite a few improvements over the 1.0
series. Some of the new features include spell checking in form text
areas, a new tagging system to classify email, a better indicator for
secure web sites and preview images for browser tabs. This release also
includes many of the updates that have gone into the Firefox 2 and
Thunderbird 2 branches. Check out the [2]release notes and [3]download
page for more."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1423245
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/%5Bsac7352%5D%5Bat%5D%5Brit.edu%5D
1. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
2. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/seamonkey1.1/
3. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/
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| U.S. To Certify Labs For Testing E-Voting Machines |
| from the who-certifies-the-certifiers dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @10:37 (United States) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1425214 |
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[0]InternetVoting writes "In a clear counter to the recent criticisms of
secrecy involving Ciber labs the [1]National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) has issued [2]recommendations (pdf) to the [3]Election
Assistance Commission (EAC). NIST recommends the accreditation of two
labs, iBeta Quality Assurance and SysTest Labs. The recommendation,
emphasizing the need for transparency, includes on-site assessment
reports, lab responses, and on-site reviews for each lab. These
[4]reports shed much needed light into the process of voting machine
certification. Learn more from the [5]Q&As About NIST Evaluation of
Laboratories that Test Voting Systems."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1425214
Links:
0. mailto:electiontechnology@gmail.com
1. http://vote.nist.gov/
2. http://vote.nist.gov/NVLAP/NIST-letter-to-EAC.pdf
3. http://www.eac.gov/
4. http://vote.nist.gov/LabRec.htm
5. http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/voting_qa.html
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| Solar Power Eliminates Utility Bills in U.S. Home |
| from the i-have-a-raid-tonight-can-i-borrow-a-cup-of-sunlight dep|
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @11:29 (Power) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/150250 |
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[0]skyhawker writes "Yahoo! News is running an article about a New Jersey
home that uses [1]solar power to provide 100% of its energy needs,
including fuel for the owner's hydrogen fuel cell-powered automobile.
From the article: 'Strizki runs the 3,000-square-foot house with
electricity generated by a 1,000-square-foot roof full of photovoltaic
cells on a nearby building, an electrolyzer that uses the solar power to
generate hydrogen from water, and a number of hydrogen tanks that store
the gas until it is needed by the fuel cell. In the summer, the solar
panels generate 60 percent more electricity than the super-insulated
house needs. The excess is stored in the form of hydrogen which is used
in the winter -- when the solar panels can't meet all the domestic demand
-- to make electricity in the fuel cell.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/150250
Links:
0. mailto:rjkimble@alum.mit.edu
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070118/lf_nm/solar_home_dc
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| Behind the Scenes at MIT's Network |
| from the mighty-interesting-technology dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @12:04 (Networking) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1630235 |
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[0]BobB writes "MIT's head of computer networks and security [1]gives an
inside look at how the techie school is fending off hackers, cranking up
its network to handle voice over IP and become a fiber network operator
to link to other research institutions. From the article: 'Q - How do you
actually enforce security standards among MIT's departments and network
users? A - Enforce is not a word you can use at MIT. We try to entice
people to do the right thing. We've made a lot of progress. We've removed
the financial incentive to run your own network, which used to be cheaper
than having us do it. We've been a cost-recovery network since forever
now though. At many universities the network is free and they just fund
it out of operating costs.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1630235
Links:
0. mailto:bbrown@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/011907-mit-your-take.html?page=1
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| Slow Light = Fast Computing |
| from the yay-light-beams dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @12:45 (Sci-Fi) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1646212 |
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yohaas writes "The Washington Post is reporting that scientists have been
able to [0]slow the speed of light while still maintaining its ability to
transmit information. The researchers have even developed a way to 'tune'
the process, modulating how fast or slow the light goes within controlled
circumstances. From the article: 'Scientists said yesterday that they had
achieved a long-sought goal of slowing waves of light to a relatively
leisurely pace and using those harnessed pulses to store an image.
Physicists said the new approach to taming light could hasten the arrival
of a futuristic era in which computers and other devices will process
information on optical beams instead of with electricity, which for all
its spark is still cumbersome compared with light.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1646212
Links:
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801683.html
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| Mac OS X Versus Windows Vista, The Rematch |
| from the let's-get-it-on dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @13:29 (OS X) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1814217 |
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An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek follows up its widely read
review where [0]Mac OS X beat out Windows Vista in a head-to-head
comparison, with a [1]reader debate on which is really the superior
operating system. From the article: 'Mac users love venting about
Windows... Any company that calls their techs "geniuses" thrive in forums
like this. They think they are "cool" and "hip," they don't care about
the fact that they have to reset the permissions and turn on Appletalk
every five minutes. Windows Vista all the way. If Windows sucks soooo
much, how come more people are familiar with it than Mac OS X? Last time
I checked, Windows wasn't just a business operating system. Tons upon
tons of people use it and like it.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1814217
Links:
0. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196800670
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196901778
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| Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank |
| from the put-your-bits-up dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @14:09 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1824221 |
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ukhackster writes "A Swedish bank has fallen victim to what experts
believe is [0]the biggest online robbery ever. A Russian gang apparently
used keylogging software to steal around one million dollars. It appears
that most of the victims weren't running security protection. The bank is
refunding everyone who lost money (even if they hadn't taken precautions)
?€? good news for the victims, but not really an incentive to take more
care in future. From the article: 'Nordea believes that 250 customers
have been affected by the fraud, after falling victim to phishing emails
containing the Trojan. According to McAfee, Swedish police believe
Russian organised criminals are behind the attacks. Currently, 121 people
are suspected of being involved. The attack started by a tailormade
Trojan sent in the name of the bank to some of its clients, according to
McAfee. The sender encouraged clients to download a "spam fighting"
application.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1824221
Links:
0. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39285547,00.htm
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| Startup Tries Watermarking Instead of DRM |
| from the commendable-actions-mean-profits dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @14:43 (Movies) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1918221 |
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Loosehead Prop writes "A U.K. startup called Streamburst has a novel
idea: [0]selling downloadable video with watermarks instead of DRM. The
system works by adding a 5-second intro to each download that shows the
name of the person who bought the movie along with something like a
watermark: 'it's not technically a watermark in the usual sense of that
term, but the encoding process does strip out a unique series of bits
from the file. The missing information is a minuscule portion of the
overall file that does not affect video quality, according to Bjarnason,
but does allow the company to discover who purchased a particular file.'
The goal is to 'make people accountable for their actions without
artificially restricting those actions.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1918221
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070119-8657.html
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| MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims |
| from the nothing-funny-goes-here dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @15:25 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/1926236 |
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MySpace is facing more lawsuits, as the victims of sexual predators
[0]have filed suit against the social site and parent corporation News
Corp. In total, four families from across the U.S. have joined together
after their underage daughters were abused by men they met via MySpace.
MySpace has responded to past allegations by putting in place educational
efforts and partnerships with law enforcement. The company is also
developing technologies to allow parents to have some measure of access
to their child's account. From the article: "'In our view, MySpace waited
entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures
that effectively increase the safety of their underage users,' said Jason
A. Itkin, an Arnold & Itkin lawyer. The families are seeking monetary
damages 'in the millions of dollars,' Itkin said."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/1926236
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_lawsuit_6
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| XM+MP3 Going to Trial |
| from the everyone-loves-a-court-date dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @16:12 (Music) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/214229 |
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[0]fistfullast33l writes "A federal judge has ruled that [1]Music
Companies can take XM Radio to trial over the XM+MP3 device that allows
users to record songs off the Satellite Radio Company's network for
playback later. The lawsuit, which was [2]filed last year, asserts that
XM is violating the Music publishers' sole distribution rights. From the
article: 'XM has argued it is protected from infringement lawsuits by the
Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, which permits individuals to record
music off the radio for private use. The judge said she did not believe
the company was protected in this instance by the act.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/214229
Links:
0. http://www.digitalplight.com/
1. http://www.1010wins.com/pages/186850.php?contentType=4&contentId=292273
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/17/0250238&tid=188
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| Investigating Online Office Suites |
| from the because-working-is-that-much-better-away-from-the-office|
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @16:52 (Software) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/216208 |
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jcatcw writes "Computerworld [0]reviewed four online office suites ?€?
Ajax13, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, ThinkFree Online and Zoho Office
Suite. None has all the applications and features of Microsoft Office,
but if you're looking for the core office applications in an
access-anywhere format, at least two were surprisingly sophisticated. The
article weighs the ability to save files to a centralized server quite
heavily in its ranking. The winner is ThinkFree Office because it
provides the most sophisticated features and has the best Microsoft
Office compatibility. Zoho's suite is the second choice."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/216208
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007884
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| The Birth of Quantum Biology |
| from the i-am-an-exo-necro-extra-quantum-biologist dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @17:33 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/2143238 |
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Just when you finally have grasped the
concept of quantum mechanics, it's time to wake up and to see the arrival
of a nascent field named quantum biology. This is the scientific study of
biological processes in terms of quantum mechanics and it uses today's
high-performance computers to precisely model these processes. And this
is what researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are doing,
using [1]powerful computer models to reveal biological mechanisms. Right
now, they're working on a "nanoswitch" that might be used for a variety
of applications, such as targeted drug delivery to sensors."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/19/2143238
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/
1. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1893
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| Germany's RIAA Sues Rapidshare - YouTube Next? |
| from the they-are-coming-for-you dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday January 19, @18:39 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/2237230 |
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Hermel writes "The GEMA (Germany's RIAA) [0]obtained a temporary
injunction against 'one-click-hoster' Rapidshare.com. If their lawsuit is
successful, the GEMA intends to use it as a beachhead against their next
targets, including Youtube and MySpace. From the article: 'According to
GEMA, the service ... has at times boasted of making some 15 million
files available to its users. The operator had however failed to obtain
from GEMA a license for making copyright protected files available ...
Through its injunctions the District Court in Cologne had now made it
clear to the company that the fact that it was the users and not the
operator of the services that uploaded the content onto the sites did
not, from a legal point of view, lessen the operator's liability for
copyright infringements that occurred within the context of the services,
the spokesman added.'"
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| Is it Time for Open Office? |
| from the opportunity-for-adoption dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Friday January 19, @18:45 (Software) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/19/017247 |
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lazyron asks: "I've been using Open Office a bit more lately, and got to
thinking: this is much more like my current version of Microsoft Office
than Office 2007 will be. Could it be time to try Open Office in the
workplace, especially since there is still some time left before Office
2007 will be forced on us by the demands of the product cycle? Are there
any IT admins out there thinking about trying Open Office, either with a
few users or all of them?"
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