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Slashdot Daily Newsletter

In this issue:
* Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support
* Texas Bill For Open Documents
* Microsoft's Vista AV Fails Certification
* RIAA Says CDs Should Cost More
* Why Does Skype Read the BIOS?
* Purdue Makes Trash To Electricity Generator
* A New Twist On Skywriting
* Public Iris Scanning Device In the Works
* Measure Anything with a Camera and Software
* Google Docs to support Powerpoint
* Upside Down Phone Patent
* Amazon & Tivo Take on Netflix
* Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem
* A Wikipedia WIthout Graffiti
* Jail for Selling Email Lists to Spammers
* Schneier Mulls Psychology of Security
* Canadian Government Rejects Net Neutrality Rules
* Panasonic ToughBook Testing Facility Tour
* Video on Demand From the Public Library
* ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House
* New York To Ban iPods While Crossing Street?
* One Laptop Per Child Security Spec Released
* Google Apps to Become Paid Service

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| Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support |
| from the chicken-or-the-ogg dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 06, @19:51 (Music) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/1931244 |
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An anonymous reader writes "While [0]Ogg Vorbis format has not gained
much adoption in music sales and portable players, it is not an
unsupported format in the industry. Toy manufacturers (e.g. speaking
dolls), voice warning systems, and reactive audio devices exploit Ogg
Vorbis for its good quality at small bit-rates. As a sign of this, VLSI
Solution Oy has just announced [1]VS1000, the first 16 bits DSP device
for playing Ogg Vorbis on low-power and high-volume products. Earlier Ogg
Vorbis chips use 32 bits for decoding, which consumes more energy than a
16-bit device does. See the Xiph wiki page for a [2]list of Ogg Vorbis
chips."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/06/1931244

Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis
1. http://www.vlsi.fi/vs1000/vs1000.shtml
2. http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware


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| Texas Bill For Open Documents |
| from the et-tu-texas? dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 06, @21:15 (Software) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/232236 |
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[0]Ditesh Kumar tips us to a blog entry by Sam Hiser noting a bill filed
in Texas that would [1]require state agencies to conduct their work in an
open document format. After [2]Microsoft's grueling battle against ODF in
Massachusetts, bluest of blue states, it must be galling to face te same
fight in the reddest of the red. Hiser notes that the bill includes a
rigorous and sound definition of an open document format, which ODF would
meet but Microsoft's current [3]OOXML submission would not.

Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/06/232236

Links:
0. http://ditesh.gathani.org/blog
1. http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/02/news_a_texas_bi.html
2. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/04/1822222&tid=109
3. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/18/1422243&tid=164


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| Microsoft's Vista AV Fails Certification |
| from the black-eye dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 06, @22:43 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/0219212 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's much-hyped anti-virus solution,
[0]Live OneCare and three other Vista AV products failed to achieve the
Virus Bulletin's VB100 certification. The other products are McAfee's
VirusScan Enterprise, G DATA's AntiVirusKit 2007, and Norman's
VirusControl. All failed to pass a series of tests that are required to
display the VB100 badge. 'With the number of delays that we've seen in
Vista's release, there's no excuse for security vendors not to have got
their products right by now,' said John Hawes, technical consultant at
Virus Bulletin."

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/0219212

Links:
0. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/02/06/microsofts-vista-anti-virus-solution-slammed/


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| RIAA Says CDs Should Cost More |
| from the when-bandersnatchii-fly dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 07, @00:07 (Music) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/011217 |
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[0]EatingSteak writes "The folks over at Techdirt just put up a great
story today, with t[1]he RIAA claiming the cost of a CD has gone down
significantly relative to the consumer price index. The RIAA 'Key Facts'
page claims that based on the 1983 price of CDs, [2]the 1996 price should
have been $33.86. So naturally, you should feel like you're getting a
bargain. Sounds an awful lot like the [3]cable companies saying cable
prices are really going down even though they're going up."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/011217

Links:
0. http://eatingsteak.blogspot.com/
1. http://techdirt.com/articles/20070205/011102.shtml
2. http://www.riaa.com/news/marketingdata/cost.asp
3. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070108/155301.shtml


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| Why Does Skype Read the BIOS? |
| from the phone-home dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 07, @03:02 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/0146245 |
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pfp writes "Myria at pagetable.com, among others, noticed that [0]Skype
reads the machine's BIOS code on startup. This probably would've gone
unnoticed if the operation didn't fail on 64-bit windows. From the post:
'It's dumping your system BIOS, which usually includes your motherboard's
serial number, and pipes it to the Skype application. I have no idea what
they're using it for, or whether they send anything to their servers, but
I bet whatever they're doing is no good given their track record... If
they hadn't been ignorant of Win64's lack of NTVDM, nobody would've
noticed this happening.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/0146245

Links:
0. http://www.pagetable.com/?p=27


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| Purdue Makes Trash To Electricity Generator |
| from the mister-fusion dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 07, @03:04 (Power) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/0227211 |
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[0]musicon writes "A group of scientists at Purdue University have
created a portable refinery that [1]efficiently converts food, paper, and
plastic trash into electricity. The machine, designed for the U.S.
military, would allow soldiers in the field to convert waste into power.
It could also have widespread civilian applications in the future.
Researchers tested the first tactical biorefinery prototype in November
and found that it produced approximately 90 percent more energy than it
consumed."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/0227211

Links:
0. http://hoa-management.com/
1. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070201LadischBio.html


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A New Twist On Skywriting |
| from the air-apparent dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 07, @05:56 (It's funny. |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/0237225 |
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[0]Nugget writes "The advent of Internet-based flight tracking technology
enables an entirely new kind of skywriting. Gulfstream Aerospace sent up
one of their $50M business jets today on an 8.5-hour test flight spanning
11 states for the sole purpose of [1]leaving their mark on the Net in the
form of a flight track that spells out 'GV' (the nickname of the
Gulfstream V aircraft being flown) when viewed online."

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/0237225

Links:
0. http://macnugget.org/
1. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GLF17/history/20070206/1538Z/KATW/KATW


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| Public Iris Scanning Device In the Works |
| from the road-you're-on-john-anderton dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 07, @08:04 (Privacy) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/037225 |
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Nonfinity writes "A [0]public iris scanning device has been proposed in a
[1]patent application from Sarnoff Labs in New Jersey. The device is able
to scan the iris of the eye without the knowledge or consent of the
person being scanned. The device uses multiple cameras, captures multiple
images, and then selects the best image to process."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/037225

Links:
0. http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070206_technovelgy.html
1. http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060274919%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060274919&RS=DN/20060274919


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| Measure Anything with a Camera and Software |
| from the clever-ideas dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @08:40 (Software) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1323202 |
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[0]Kevin C. Tofel writes "Using a simple concept, iPhotoMEASURE software
can [1]measure any objects you can take a picture of. Include a printout
of a 7.5- or 15-inch square in the photo and the software can measure any
distance or object in the pic to within 99.5% accuracy. Although geared
towards contractors, there's any number of consumer usage scenarios as
well. Enough to justify a $99 price tag? Jury's still out on that."

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1323202

Links:
0. http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun
1. http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/02/how_to_measure_.html


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Google Docs to support Powerpoint |
| from the more-executive-time-wasters dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @09:13 (Google) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1323239 |
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[0]KindredHyperion writes "Garett Rogers at ZDNet has an article on the
prospect of a Powerpoint-esque addition to Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
>From the article: "If you dig around the language files in Google Docs,
you will find what appears to be traces of [1]a new service preparing for
launch soon. Meet Google Presently ?€? an online presentation creator that
will likely read and write the most common formats like Microsoft
PowerPoint and Open Office Impress.""

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1323239

Links:
0. http://www.bandstand.org.uk/~adamgray
1. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=465


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Upside Down Phone Patent |
| from the upsidedowntalkin dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @09:59 (Handhelds) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1431232 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

An anonymous reader noted that "A patent has been filed for the
[0]"Upside Down Phone", which features the keypad on top and the screen
on the bottom. The idea behind the upside down phone is, apparently, to
allow faster texting by have a more comfortable position for the thumb to
work from. A quick check of this seems to confirm the theory, making this
one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" moments."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1431232

Links:
0. http://www.iol.co.za/html/newideas/page2.php?loadpage=newidea.php&id=3198


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Amazon & Tivo Take on Netflix |
| from the getting-closer dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @10:35 (Television) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1517257 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

RadioTV writes "Amazon is in Beta testing with select Tivo users to allow
[0] Unbox videos to be downloaded to Series 2 and 3 set-top boxes. The
[1]FAQ for the service is available." The price point for movies is
fairly reasonable. No HD and won't work with DirecTV's obsoleted HD tivo,
but this is a step in the right direction.

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1517257

Links:
0. http://www.amazon.com/unbox
1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/video/tivo/


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Dell Laptops Have Shocking New Problem |
| from the jolt-of-reality dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @11:22 (Portables) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1523249 |
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[0]dapsychous writes "A friend of one of my coworkers has noticed [1]a
problem in Dell notebook computers (also covered in this [2]engadget
article about a problem that has been popping up lately in Dell 17"
notebook computers). It seems that these computers are putting out
between 19 and 139 (65 according to article, 139 according to him) volts
of AC power as measured from any chassis screw vs. earth ground. This has
led to several problems including fried ram, blown video circuits, and a
stout zap on his left hand. According to him, Dell has tried to keep him
quiet about the problem and has even gone so far as to have him banned
from a few websites, and threatened him with legal action if he tells
people about the problem."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1523249

Links:
0. mailto:dapsychous@phreaker.net
1. http://www.notebookforums.com/thread188600.html
2. http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/06/dells-17-inchers-packing-a-jolt/


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A Wikipedia WIthout Graffiti |
| from the dog-without-a-bone dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 07, @12:00 (The Internet|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1442229 |
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Frequent Slashdot Contributor [0]Bennett Haselton writes "I'm a Wikipedia
junkie. There's nothing more fun than switching back and forth between
reading about the [1]history of human evolution, and following the latest
speculation about the identity of the mysterious [2]R.A.B. in the Harry
Potter books, and Wikipedia is the best site to find it all in one place.
But as a fan, it's always been frustrating for me knowing that Wikipedia
could never improve beyond a certain point -- as it becomes more popular,
it becomes more tempting to vandalize, and in turn becomes less reliable,
a point that many have [3]made already. That's why I'm excited that sites
like [4]Citizendium are approaching the same problem with a different
model, one that could enable them to become what Wikipedia almost was,
but which its intrinsic nature kept it from being: a central, reliable
source of freely redistributable information about almost anything. The
main difference is that Citizendium articles, after initially being built
up through the same collaborative process that Wikipedia uses, will go
into an editor-approved stage, at which point an editor (publicly
identifiable on the article's history page) signs off on the accuracy of
the article, and further edits also have to be approved by an editor."

This story continues at:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1442229

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1442229

Links:
0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.A.B.
3. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902
4. http://www.citizendium.org/


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| Jail for Selling Email Lists to Spammers |
| from the losing-the-key dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @12:42 (Spam) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1541254 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

[0]amigoro writes "UK will start [1]jailing the people who trade in email
addresses, or any other personal data. The current Data Protection Act
only fines people who do that, but the money one can make from trading in
personal information was far higher than the measly GBP 5000 one had to
pay if caught. The new regulations will result in a two year prison
sentence for violating the Act."

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1541254

Links:
0. http://angwara.com/
1. http://pressesc.com/01170860417_uk_to_jail_privacy_violators


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Schneier Mulls Psychology of Security |
| from the idle-musings dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @13:24 (Securit|
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1656215 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

[0]bednarz writes "Cryptography expert Bruce Schneier says security
decisions often are [1]much less rational than one would prefer. He spoke
at the RSA conference about the battle that goes on in the brain when
responding to security issues. Schneier explains 'The primitive portion
of the brain, called the amygdala, feels fear and incites a
fear-or-flight response, he pointed out. "It's very fast, faster than
consciousness. But it can be overridden by higher parts of the brain."
The neocortex, which in a mammalian brain is associated with
consciousness, is slower but "adaptive and flexible,"'"

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1656215

Links:
0. mailto:abednarz@nww.MENCKENcomminusauthor
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/020707-rsa-schneier.html


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| Canadian Government Rejects Net Neutrality Rules |
| from the never-ending-struggles dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @14:05 (The Int|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1810240 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian Press reports that the Canadian
government appears ready to [0]reject net neutrality legislation, instead
heeding the arguments of large telecommunications companies . Michael
Geist has posted [1]transcripts of the documents which can be summarized
as the government thinks that blocking or prioritizing content is
acceptable, it knows that this runs counter to recommended policy, and it
doesn't care because it plans to the leave the issue to the dominant
telecommunications providers."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1810240

Links:
0. http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/070206/b0206149A.html
1. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1664/125/


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| Panasonic ToughBook Testing Facility Tour |
| from the bruised-but-not-beaten dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @14:48 (Portabl|
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1820216 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

An anonymous reader writes "ToughBooks are considered by some to be the
most resilient of all notebooks. So how does Panasonic ensure that their
line of indestructible portables are just that? In a recent [0]tour of
the Kobe plant in Japan it was discovered that 1000's of ToughBooks are
destroyed each year in pursuit of the most rugged systems. Soaking,
electric shock, heating and electromagnetic radiation are among the many
methods of torture used."

Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1820216

Links:
0. http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/02/06/Zen-And-The-Art-Of-ToughBooks/p1


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Video on Demand From the Public Library |
| from the doing-it-for-free dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @15:32 (Televis|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1942243 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

[0]ye oulde library lover writes "In light of the recent story about
Wal-Mart and movies on demand, readers should know there is a free
service available from some public libraries that lets you download
movies and tv shows. The service is just beginning, so selection is
pretty mediocre, but the sponsors, [1]Recorded Books and [2]PermissionTV,
make some big promises. If your library ponies up the dough for the top
service, you will be able to download movies on the same day as their dvd
release. All you need is a library card. You can see one of the early
adopters ?€? [3]Half Hollow Hills Community Library in [4]the library's
blog. Look for MyLibraryDV."

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1942243

Links:
0. mailto:dblduchess@aol.com
1. http://recordedbooks.com/
2. http://permissiontv.com/
3. http://hhhl.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
4. http://hhhl.wordpress.com/


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| ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House |
| from the someone-is-always-watching-in-your-hotel dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @16:15 (Privacy|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/1930228 |
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[0]cnet-declan writes "CNET News.com reports that Republicans in the U.S.
House of Representatives announced yesterday legislation to force [1]ISPs
to keep track of what their users are doing. It's part of the Republicans
'law and order agenda,' with other components devoted to the death
penalty, gangs, and terrorists. Attorney General Gonzales would be
permitted to force Internet providers to [2]keep logs of Web browsing,
instant message exchanges, and e-mail conversations indefinitely. The
[3]draft bill is available online, and it also includes mandatory Web
labeling for sexually explicit pages. The idea enjoys bipartisan support:
a Colorado Democrat has been the [4]most ardent supporter in the entire
Congress."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/1930228

Links:
0. http://www.news.com/
1. http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6156948.html
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/1749232&tid=198
3. http://politechbot.com/docs/smith.data.retention.labeling.draft.020607.pdf
4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/29/0348215&tid=103


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| New York To Ban iPods While Crossing Street? |
| from the he-wants-us-to-think-for-ourselves dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @16:58 (Handhel|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/2115233 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

An anonymous reader writes to mention Reuters is reporting that New York
State Senator Carl Kruger is looking to institute a $100 fine for
[0]using electronic gadgets while crossing the street. Citing three
pedestrian deaths in his Brooklyn district as the main driving reason he
believe Government has an obligation to protect its citizens.
"Tech-consuming New Yorkers trudge to work on sidewalks and subways like
an army of drones, appearing to talk to themselves on wireless devices or
swaying to seemingly silent tunes. 'I'm not trying to intrude on that,'
Kruger said. 'But what's happening is when they're tuning into their iPod
or Blackberry or cell phone or video game, they're walking into speeding
buses and moving automobiles. It's becoming a nationwide problem.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/2115233

Links:
0. http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-02-07T163322Z_01_N07401762_RTRIDST_0_NEWYORK-IPOD-PICTURE.XML


+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| One Laptop Per Child Security Spec Released |
| from the no-school-like-the-old-school dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 07, @17:41 (Securit|
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/2137233 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

juwiley writes "The One Laptop Per Child project has released information
about its [0]advanced security platform called [1]Bitfrost. Could
children with a $100 laptop end up with a better security infrastructure
than executives using $5000 laptops powered by Vista? 'What's deeply
troubling ?€? almost unbelievable ?€? about [Unix style permissions] is that
they've remained virtually the only real control mechanism that a user
has over her personal documents today...In 1971, this might have been
acceptable...We have set out to create a system that is both drastically
more secure and provides drastically more usable security than any
mainstream system currently on the market.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/2137233

Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72669-0.html?tw=wn_index_1
1. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bitfrost


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| Google Apps to Become Paid Service |
| from the google-is-coming dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 07, @18:43 (Google) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/2316201 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

FredDC writes "Business Week reports [0]Google Apps is becoming a paid
service soon for companies who wish to use it for their domain. Disney
and Pixar are reportedly thinking about switching to Google Apps innstead
of using Microsoft Office. Could this be the end of a monopoly? Or the
start of a new one?"

Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/07/2316201

Links:
0. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_07/b4021070.htm



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