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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Bruce Schneier Talks Brain Heuristics and Security
* Vista Family Discount Keys Found Not Compatible
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced
* Mac Developer Mulls Zero-day Security Response
* Florida to Scrap Touch Screen Voting?
* Dreamworks Dumps Wallace and Gromit
* Can You Be Sued for Quitting?
* Cloning the Smell of the Sea
* Wireless Portable Cell Phone Drive Unveiled
* Zune Business Dev Executive Moves On
* Blackboard's "Pledge" Not to Sue Open Source Software
* Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study
* iPhone Lawsuit Put On Hold For The Moment
* Adverts Mysteriously Appended to YouTube Clips
* Dell's Intel Bias Caused By Under the Table Cash?
* IEEE Seeks For Ethernet To 'Go Green'
* Lost P***t - Extreme Condition Review
* Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads
* Lycos Deletes Emails and Says 'Too Bad!'
* Ocean P***ts on the Brink of Detection
* Open XML Translator for Microsoft Word Available
* Matt Groening Talks About Futurama's Comeback
* How Do You Advocate Linux in 5 Minutes?
* Wi-Fi Phones Reviewed
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| Bruce Schneier Talks Brain Heuristics and Security |
| from the just-because-you're-paranoid dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 01, @19:03 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/2343212 |
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ancientribe writes "Bruce Schneier is at it again: the security icon
shares his latest research and insight on the [0]interplay between
psychology and security in this article in Dark Reading. The focus of
Schneier's latest research is on brain heuristics and perceptions of
security, which may be the basis for the best-selling author's next book.
His goal for the topic, which he'll be presenting at the RSA Conference
next week, is to focus on how people think, and feel, about security, and
how neuroscience can help explain how our perception of risk doesn't
always match reality."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/01/2343212
Links:
0. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116153&WT.svl=news1_1
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| Vista Family Discount Keys Found Not Compatible |
| from the fits-a-different-lock dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 01, @19:54 (Windows) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/239242 |
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acousticiris writes "Many (if not all) users who took advantage of
Microsoft's Vista Family Discount have been issued [0]invalid
installation keys and cannot install Windows Vista Home Premium.
Microsoft says, 'There is no expected time period for a fix at this
time.' According to the article, the keys are valid for something, just
not Windows Vista. Perhaps it's just too simple to issue these folks new
keys and send them on their way."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/01/239242
Links:
0. http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=37734
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| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date Announced |
| from the allegedly-the-last dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 01, @21:28 (Sci-Fi) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/0014244 |
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Croakyvoice writes "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling,
the seventh and final book in the best-selling series, has been
[0]scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007, Scholastic
announced today." A deluxe edition for collectors and enthusiasts is also
planned with a simultaneous release.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/0014244
Links:
0. http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51586
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| Mac Developer Mulls Zero-day Security Response |
| from the in-the-nick-of-time dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 01, @22:49 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/0021235 |
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1.6 Beta writes "Landon Fuller, the Mac programmer/Darwin developer
behind the 'month of Apple fixes' project, plans to expand the initiative
to [0]roll out zero-day patches for issues that put Mac OS X users at
risk of code execution attacks. The former engineer in Apple's BSD
Technology Group has already shipped a fix for a nasty flaw in Java's GIF
image decoder and hints an an auto-updating mechanism for the third-party
patches. The article quotes him as saying, 'Perhaps [it could be] the Mac
OS equivalent to ZERT,' referring to the Zero-day Emergency Response
Team."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/0021235
Links:
0. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=12
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| Florida to Scrap Touch Screen Voting? |
| from the dangling-chads dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 02, @00:42 (United States|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/0514230 |
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[0]AlHunt writes "Florida Governor Charlie Crist is calling on the
Florida Legislature to spend $30M to [1]replace the troublesome touch
screen voting machines with an optical scan system that allows a voter to
mark an oval next to a candidate's name before slipping a ballot into an
electronic reader."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/0514230
Links:
0. http://www.alhunt.com/
1. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/31/State/Crist_wants_touch_scr.shtml
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| Dreamworks Dumps Wallace and Gromit |
| from the just-need-some-space dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 02, @03:11 (Movies) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/0524223 |
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Tiger4 writes "Aardman Animation and Dreamworks are [0]splitting their
relationship. Apparently Dreamworks feels they lost money on 'Wallace and
Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit' and 'Flushed Away.' So off to their
separate ways they go. Aardman is going back to stop motion and clay,
Dreamworks will be staying with their CGI ways." In addition, Aardman
Animation announced that a new Wallace and Gromit film is in the works.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/0524223
Links:
0. http://us.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-02-01/
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| Can You Be Sued for Quitting? |
| from the you-can-be-sued-for-anything dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Friday February 02, @05:45 (The Courts) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/2248226 |
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An anonymous reader asks: "I work at a [0]large hosting company in Texas,
and recently decided to go work for a smaller competitor. I had a great
relationship with my employer and wanted to leave on good terms, and I
hadn't signed any [1]non-compete or [2]employment agreements . I felt my
old company had just gotten too large and I didn't like working there
anymore, so I gave them two weeks notice in writing. They were really
upset when I insisted on leaving and one week into my last two weeks the
V.P. of Sales told me the company was suing me for leaving, and they were
also suing my new employer for hiring me. I was shocked, and they then
escorted me out of the building. Has anybody ever heard of this
happening? Do they have any legal basis for suing me?" It shouldn't have
to be said that seeking professional legal representation, in such a
situation, is the first thing one should do.
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/01/2248226
Links:
0. http://www.thep***t.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_contract
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| Cloning the Smell of the Sea |
| from the more-than-just-dead-fish dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 02, @06:24 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/0530212 |
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An anonymous reader wrote in with an article that opens: "Scientists from
the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly what makes the
seaside smell like the seaside ?€? and bottled it. The age-old mystery was
unlocked thanks to [0]some novel bacteria plucked from the North Norfolk
coast." The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in addition to
smelling like the coast, also acts as a homing scent for birds looking to
feast on plankton.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/0530212
Links:
0. http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/cloning-the-smell-of-the-seaside-12506.html
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| Wireless Portable Cell Phone Drive Unveiled |
| from the handy-little-guy dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @08:56 (Communications) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1343215 |
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An anonymous reader writes "According to Ars Technica [0]Seagate has
unveiled a new portable drive that fits in the palm of your hand and has
a 20GB capacity, but most importantly features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
connectivity. It's called DAVE, which stands for Digital Audio Video
Experience and it lets you stream music, videos and other data to your
mobile. It can also interact with a variety of other devices, such as
PDAs, laptops, PCs and cameras, making it perfect for transferring data
from your phone to another device or vice versa." Update: 02/02 14:06 GMT
by [1]Z : Indeed, you may have enjoyed our [2]recent discussion on this
technology. Feel free to draw from it for another round of
portable-cell-drive-related conversation.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1343215
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070201-8753.html
1. http://slashdot.org/~Zonk/
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/31/0124237&tid=215
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| Zune Business Dev Executive Moves On |
| from the fleeing-a-sinking-ship-perhaps dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @09:41 (Microsoft) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1350241 |
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An anonymous reader slipped us a link to the Seattle PI article
discussing [0]Bryan Lee's departure from Microsoft. The former business
development VP for the Zune has parted ways with the company for personal
reasons now that 'Zune was launched and on track'. This means that J.
Allard will be stepping up into fill the void. Allard was instrumental in
bringing the first Xbox console to market, and was the VP in charge of
technical matters for the Zune. An analyst with Gartner is quoted as
saying this move means not all is well in the land of Zune, but a rumour
on the CrunchGear site indicates that Microsoft is planning on stepping
things up later this year with a [1]Zune cellphone. A smartphone designed
to compete with Apple in that market it would seem, despite whatever
problems may be going on, the company is still rather fond of the strange
little brown device.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1350241
Links:
0. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Zune_Exec.html
1. http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/01/source-microsoft-zune-phone-in-the-works/
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| Blackboard's "Pledge" Not to Sue Open Source Software |
| from the nice-monster-good-monster-stay-there-monster dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @10:22 (Education) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/141241 |
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Another anonymous reader writes with a link to the Inside Higher
Education site. Those folks are reporting on [0]Blackboard's 'pledge' not
to sue open source projects used by universities and colleges. The
[1]Blackboard patent on educational groupware filed last year has come
under a lot of fire, with many organizations simply [2]seeking an
open-source alternative. This newest peace offering to higher education
groups has the Sakai open source consortium more than a little bit
nervous. If Blackboard meant to set people at ease, all it has managed to
do was confirm to onlookers that it 'wants to keep its legal options
open.' Blackboard insists that this new pledge affords universities a
number of legal privileges, and is designed to make educators 'sleep easy
at night.' Somehow, very few people seem reassured. Update: 02/02 17:34
GMT by [3]Z : Bad first link fixed.
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/141241
Links:
0. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/02/blackboard
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/02/1217219&tid=155
2. http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/18/1429257&tid=185
3. http://slashdot.org/~Zonk/
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| Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study |
| from the you're-wrong-and-i-think-mr.-lincoln-knows-why dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @10:52 (The Almighty Buck) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1511229 |
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[0]w1z4rd writes "According to an article in the Guardian, [1]scientists
and economists have been offered large bribes by a lobbying group funded
by ExxonMobil. The offers were extended by the American Enterprise
Institute group, which apparently has numerous ties to the Bush
administration. Couched in terms of an offer to write 'dissenting papers'
against the findings of the [2]Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
several scientists contacted for the article refused the offers on
conflict of interest grounds."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1511229
Links:
0. http://www.pickledbushman.com/
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2004399,00.html
2. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/132241&tid=153
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| iPhone Lawsuit Put On Hold For The Moment |
| from the show's-over-folks-go-on-home dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @11:41 (The Courts) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1519255 |
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[0]SoulReaverDan writes "The recent lawsuit between Cisco and Apple on
the iPhone trademark has taken an interesting turn. Cisco and Apple have
[1]agreed to a temporary truce, to allow Apple time to respond to the
lawsuit (and, one assumes, avoid more legal fees). The article goes on to
mention Apple's claim that several companies are using the iPhone name,
which dovetails nicely with a great blog entry over on ZDNet. Alan Graham
lays out a search of various websites, showing that not only is Cisco not
the only one using the iPhone name, [2]they're trying to use it just a
little too hard. The image of the CIT300 (note this is NOT the CIT400
that Cisco is suing Apple for at all) on Amazon has the iPhone logo, but
it lacks the logo on the Linksys website or on CDW's website."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1519255
Links:
0. mailto:soulreaverdan@aim.com
1. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5955
2. http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=314
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| Adverts Mysteriously Appended to YouTube Clips |
| from the should-have-thought-this-through dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @12:17 (The Internet) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1550244 |
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hey0you0guy writes "For the past few months copyrighted [0]clips of shows
have been edited to include advertisements for Gawker Media. These clips
have been uploaded to the video sharing site YouTube by a user going by
the handle Belowtheradar. These clips are then being linked to by Gawker
itself: 'Gawker.com, for example, on Thursday featured a YouTube clip
from ABC's talk show The View. At the beginning of the video, there is an
ad for Gawker. On Wednesday, Valleywag posted a link to a video of
television satirist Stephen Colbert talking about Wikipedia. At the
beginning of that video there is an ad for Valleywag, a blog dedicated to
Silicon Valley gossip.' CNet contacted the copyright holders for the
videos (which range from NBC to Apple), and mostly received responses of
'we're looking into it.' At least two groups did confirm they did not
give permission for this kind of advertisement."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1550244
Links:
0. http://news.com.com/Gawker+Media+mystery+ads+appear+on+YouTube/2100-1025_3-6155627.html?tag=nefd.lede
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| Dell's Intel Bias Caused By Under the Table Cash? |
| from the that-certainly-would-explain-it dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @12:58 (Intel) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1710230 |
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swschrad writes "There's a story up on Reuters today saying Dell faces a
class-action lawsuit for finagling the books to [0]hide under-table money
from Intel. The hidden cash, up to a quarter-billion dollars a quarter,
is alleged to have been paid to keep competing CPUs out of Dell PCs.
Dell, their accountants at PriceWaterhouse, company founder Michael Dell,
and former CEO Kevin Rollins are all avoiding comment on the pending
litigation."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1710230
Links:
0. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2007-02-02T151230Z_01_N02323986_RTRIDST_0_DELL-LAWSUIT-UPDATE-2.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
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| IEEE Seeks For Ethernet To 'Go Green' |
| from the stop-packet-waste-now dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @13:47 (Networking) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1749241 |
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[0]alphadogg submitted a piece at the NetworkWorld site about the IEEE's
efforts to introduce [1]energy efficiency to Ethernet use. The group's
Energy Efficient Ethernet group is looking into methods by which
standards can be tweaked to encourage power savings. Current plans
include ways to make computers 'choosier' about what level of bandwidth
they're using. Idle systems would only run at 10Mbps, while email might
draw 100Mbs, and scale up to 1000Mbps for large downloads and streaming
video. The group is planning to discuss changes to the Ethernet link and
higher layers. No restrictions are planned for device manufacturers,
although the article suggests some companies might try to use energy
efficiency as a competitive advantage. The EEE group estimates some $450
million a year could be saved via the use of energy efficient Ethernet
technology.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1749241
Links:
0. mailto:oligochaete@hotmail.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020207-ieee-energy-efficient.html
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| Lost P***t - Extreme Condition Review |
| from the it's-cold-outside-there's-no-kind-of-atmosphere dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @14:24 (XBox (Games)) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1830258 |
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Though it would be hard to judge by past reviews, I really do like simple
games. The straightforward nature of Burnout Revenge is, in my mind, one
of the best ways you can present a game. It's with a decided note of
frustration, then, that I have to report my distaste for Capcom's latest
offering - Lost P***t: Extreme Condition. Demos for this title have been
downloaded endlessly since last year's E3, and in the format of a
one-level demo there's a lot to like. How can you go wrong with the
formula of a devastated Earth, giant bugs, and mechs? By fronting the
game with an unlikable protagonist and following up with AI that
alternates between mindless and cheap, Capcom fails to deliver on the
promise of any of those concepts. Read on for my impressions of another
simple game that I really wanted to like ... and don't.
This story continues at:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1830258
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1830258
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| Bill Gates Brags About Vista, Reacts to Apple's Latest Ads |
| from the oh-bill dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @15:14 (Microsoft) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1940232 |
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[0]fr8_liner writes "In an unusually candid interview with Newsweek Bill
Gates lays it all on the line, bragging about the benefits of Vista,
ragging on Apple for their 'I'm a Mac' ads, and claiming primacy in a
number of features shared by Vista and OSX. Specifically, it is Mr.
Gates' opinion that the [1]Apple adverts are misleading if not untruthful.
He makes the claim that 'security guys break the Mac every single day.
Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be
taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows
machine.' The interview also touches on the future of Microsoft and
Operating systems, and some of the company's plans for internet-based
computing."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1940232
Links:
0. http://alienradiostatic-at-yahoo.com/
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16934083/site/newsweek/
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| Lycos Deletes Emails and Says 'Too Bad!' |
| from the now-that's-customer-service dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @15:50 (Communications) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/1959206 |
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[0]Billosaur writes "The Consumerist brings us a tale of woe which is
apparently generating outrage in some quarters, along with death threats.
Lycos email customer Whitney did not access her account for 30 days. This
resulted in [1]Lycos deleting over two years worth of email. It isn't so
much Lycos' policy that's the problem (though that requires some
scrutiny), but the response of the 'manager of all of Customer Service,'
Mike Jandreau. Apparently he's not too service oriented, as his
[2]exchange with Whitney shows. And since this story was posted to The
Consumerist, apparently Mr. Jandreau has become the [3]focus of some
unwanted attention. Of course, his final response to her might have
something to with it: 'I'm sorry, no one here has any intentions of
helping you with anything. I am the manager of all of Customer Service.
There is no one higher than me that you will speak with. You violated our
policy, which is, despite what you say, completely clear. No one is
holding anything hostage. Your e-mails have been completely deleted, and
no amount of money can now restore them.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/1959206
Links:
0. mailto:wgrother@optonline.net
1. http://consumerist.com/consumer/complaints/lycos-deletes-all-of-customers-email-tells-em-to-suck-it-233394.php
2. http://idaho-hum.com/2007/02/01/lycos-held-my-emails-for-ransom-for-1995/
3. http://consumerist.com/consumer/lycos/lycos-customer-service-managers-picture-held-hostage-until-he-restores-customers-email-and-apologizes-233508.php
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| Ocean P***ts on the Brink of Detection |
| from the look-for-mon-cal-first dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @16:28 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/215233 |
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ZonkerWilliam writes "It seems, at least theoretically, that [0]there may
be 'ocean p***ts' out there in the galaxy. If there are, we are closer
than ever to detecting them. The formation of such p***ts is fairly
likely, reports the PhysOrg article, despite the lack of an obvious
example in our own solar system. We may have a former ocean p***toid in
the neighborhood, orbiting the p***t Jupiter: the moon Europa. These
water worlds are the result of system formation castoffs, gas giant
wannabes that never grew large enough. If any of these intriguing object
exist nearby, the recently launched CoRoT satellite will be the device we
use to see it. The article explains some of the science behind 'ocean
worlds', as well as the new technology we'll use to find them."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/215233
Links:
0. http://www.physorg.com/news89627725.html
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| Open XML Translator for Microsoft Word Available |
| from the translate-the-night-away dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @17:06 (Microsoft) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/2124222 |
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narramissic writes "The first phase of a Microsoft-funded project to
create software that can [0]convert Microsoft Word documents between Open
XML and Open Document Format (ODF) has been completed. As a result,
[1]the Open XML Translator is now available for download in version 1.0
from [2]SourceForge.net. A ComputerWorld article details the history of
the project, discussing the work of companies like CleverAge and
AztecSoft, as well as community efforts to bring this project to
realization."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/2124222
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010122&intsrc=hm_list
1. http://open.itworld.com/4934/070202openxml/page_1.html
2. http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-converter
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| Matt Groening Talks About Futurama's Comeback |
| from the you-seem-malnourished-are-you-suffering-from-internal-pa|
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @17:46 (Television) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/2130257 |
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[0]Joel Keller writes "When I was at the Television Critics Association
press tour earlier last month, [1]I briefly talked to Matt Groening about
Futurama's comeback. I posted the interview to TV Squad a couple of days
ago. The man behind the Simpsons and Futurama talks about the latter's
comeback, the fun of doing sci-fi in a comedy format, and a few words
about the first episode to air on Comedy Central."
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/2130257
Links:
0. http://www.joelkeller.com/
1. http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/31/matt-groening-talks-about-futuramas-comeback/
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| How Do You Advocate Linux in 5 Minutes? |
| from the preaching-on-a-corner dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Friday February 02, @18:11 (Linux) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/01/2314218 |
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xtracto writes "I just returned from buying certain Linux magazine. While
looking at the 'Computing' stand in the library, and right after I
grabbed a copy of the Linux magazine, a guy asked me if I used Linux.
After that, the man told me he had tried to use Linux, but he had found
it difficult. I told him the first things that came to my mind: that it
depended on the distribution (he tried Kubuntu). I recommended him to
look for a Linux User Group near his hometown (he told me he didn't live
near a city). What would you tell these kinds of people? Not so long ago,
and to my surprise, a relative who is completely computer illiterate
started talking about Linux, but the general thought is that 'it is
harder than Windows'. How do you advocate Linux to people who are more
comfortable using Windows?"
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http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/01/2314218
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| Wi-Fi Phones Reviewed |
| from the far-better-than-regular-fi dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday February 02, @18:29 (Handhelds) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/02/2110205 |
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[0]prostoalex writes "With municipal Wi-Fi taking off and startups
[1]distributing free wireless routers for those willing to share their
Internet connections, Wi-Fi phones or hybrid phones with both cellular
and Wi-Fi access, are attracting interest. Dr. Dobb's Journal [2]runs a
review of [3]6 wireless phone devices available on the market today. The
cheapest ones start around $80, but lock you into T-Mobile branded
hotspots. The more expensive ones, [4]Sony Mylo in particular, offer
support for 3rd party clients, such as Skype, GTalk and Yahoo!
Messenger."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/02/2110205
Links:
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog
1. http://www.fon.com/gigaom/
2. http://www.ddj.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=TNP0MGQIOYUUQQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=197002806&dept_url=/dept/mobile/
3. http://www.informationweek.com/1123/wifi_chart.jhtml
4. http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/mylo/prod/index.html
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