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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* The World's First National Internet Election
* SETI Finally Finds Something
* Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks
* Scientists Make Quantum Encryption Breakthrough
* Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC
* MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate
* Apple, Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit
* Fran Allen Wins Turing Award
* Google Apps Premier Edition Launches
* Building the Interp***tary Internet
* Puretracks Music Store Drops DRM
* MS Dirty Tricks Archive Trickles Back Online
* Inside the Windows Vista Kernel, Part 2
* RIAA Appeals Award of Attorneys' Fees
* Ask CCP About EVE Online
* New Software Stops Mars Rover Confusion
* A Unique Perspective on a 'Game-Related' Tragedy
* Ohio University Leads U.S. Colleges in File Sharing
* Software Missing From Vista's "Official Apps"
* Raymond Knocks Fedora, Switches to Ubuntu
* Human Nature Trumps Homeland Security
* Fish-like Sensors for Underwater Robots
* Microsoft to Pay $1.52 Billion in Patent Suit Damages
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| The World's First National Internet Election |
| from the vote-through-the-tubes dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 21, @20:04 (The Interne|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/2319213 |
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InternetVoting writes "Expanding on the limited [0]2005 Internet voting
pilot successes, the small European nation of Estonia will become the
first country to allow [1]voting in a national parliamentary election via
the Internet. Fresh off the news of France's successful primary election
using Internet voting and the announcement of 12 new UK [2]election
pilots, is Europe leaving the U.S. behind?"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/21/2319213
Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/18/226222&tid=95
1. http://news.com.com/Estonia+to+hold+first+national+Internet+election/2100-1028_3-6161005.html
2. http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2174694/evoting-trials-local-elections
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| SETI Finally Finds Something |
| from the laptop-phone-home dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 21, @21:21 (It's funny.|
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/2326240 |
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[0]QuatumCrypto writes "SETI@home is a distributed processing client from
UC Berkeley that installs on the volunteers' home computers and harnesses
their processing power in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
So far nothing noteworthy has comeout of this massive project... that is
until today! One of the volunteers was able to [1]track down his wife's
stolen laptop using the IP address that SETI@home client reports back to
the server. After getting back the laptop his wife said, 'I always knew
that a geek would make a great husband.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/21/2326240
Links:
0. http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/
1. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_ALIENS_LAPTOP?SITE=FLDAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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| Skype Asks FCC to Open Cellular Networks |
| from the level-the-field dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 21, @22:56 (Wireless Ne|
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/0210230 |
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Milwaukee's_Best writes "Skype has just asked the FCC to force wireless
phone companies to [0]open their networks to all comers. Skype
essentially wants to turn the wireless phone companies into just another
network of the kind currently operated on the ground. This would require
carriers to allow any phone to be used on their networks, and for any
application. Users would simply purchase a voice or data plan (though
these could easily converge into a data plan if VoIP calling is used) and
then use the device of their choice to access the network of their
choice. Think of it as network neutrality for cell networks. Given the
competition that exists within the industry, is this needed?"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/0210230
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070221-8895.html
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| Scientists Make Quantum Encryption Breakthrough |
| from the completely-secure-for-at-least-a-few-days dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 22, @01:04 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/0217248 |
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[0]Madas writes "Scientists working in Cambridge have managed to make
[1]quantum encryption completely secure (registration required) by
putting decoy pulses in the key transmission stream. According to the
story this paves the way for safe, encrypted high-speed data links. Could
this allow completely private transmission of data away from snooping
eyes and ears? Or will it mean film studios can stop movies from being
copied when traveling on the internet?"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/0217248
Links:
0. http://www.absolutegadget.com/
1. http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/105452/scientists-make-quantum-encryption-breakthrough.html
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| Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC |
| from the lesser-of-two-evils dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 22, @03:09 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/0223239 |
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netbsd_fan writes "A former California judge [0]has been sentenced to 27
months in prison for possession of illegal pornography, based entirely on
evidence gathered by an [1]anonymous vigilante script kiddie in Canada.
At any given time he was monitoring over 3,000 innocent people. The
anonymous hacker says, "I would stay up late at night to see what I could
drag out of their computers, which turned out to be more than I expected.
I could read all of their e-mails without them knowing. As far as they
were concerned, they didn't know their e-mails had even been opened. I
could see who they were chatting with and read what they were saying as
they typed."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/0223239
Links:
0. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1585206.php
1. http://www.crime-research.org/news/2002/08/Mess1901.htm
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| MS vs AT&T Case Stirs Software Patent Debate |
| from the can-you-or-can't-you dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 22, @07:52 (Patents) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/024249 |
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Stormwave0 writes "A Microsoft appeal against a decision for AT&T and
their speech recognition patent has [0]reached the Supreme Court. AT&T
has argued that they did not license software using the patent for sales
overseas. Microsoft, in the original case, argued "that it wasn't really
liable for infringing on AT&T's licensing rights because it only supplied
the golden disk to the replicator one time, and that disk did not really
contain software in a usable form anyway." With that argument rejected,
the case has moved in an unexpected direction. The court is now debating
whether or not software is actually patentable."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/024249
Links:
0. http://www.betanews.com/article/Supreme_Court_Debates_Patentability_of_Software/1172097039
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| Apple, Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit |
| from the you-phone-we-all-phone dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @08:30 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/134238 |
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A number of readers let us know that Cisco and Apple have [0]settled the
lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone.
The agreement allows Apple and Cisco both to use the iPhone brand on
their own products. Also, the companies said they would explore
opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and
business communications. Apple still faces a suit over the name in Canada
and one over its touch-screen technology in the UK.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/134238
Links:
0. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2097506,00.asp
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| Fran Allen Wins Turing Award |
| from the one-small-step-for-a-woman dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @09:12 (Announcements)|
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1320251 |
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[0]shoemortgage writes "The Association for Computing Machinery has
[1]named Frances E. Allen the recipient of the 2006 A.M. Turing Award for
contributions that fundamentally improved the performance of computer
programs in solving problems, and accelerated the use of high performance
computing. Allen,74, is the first woman to receive the Turing Award in
the 41 years of its history. She retired from IBM in 2002."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1320251
Links:
0. http://georgethomas.blogspot.com/
1. http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/2_2007/turing2006.cfm
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| Google Apps Premier Edition Launches |
| from the en-garde-Office dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @09:54 (Google) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1430256 |
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[0]prostoalex writes "[1]Google Apps is adding a premium offering: a
custom 10-GB Gmail box, Google Calendar, GTalk instant messenger,
Writely, Google Pages, Google Custom home page iGoogle and Google
SpreadSheets for $50 a year per employee. The NYTimes provides [2]some
details on competitive pricing: 'By comparison, businesses pay on average
about $225 a person annually for Office and Exchange,... in addition to
the costs of in-house management, customer support and hardware,
according to the market research firm Gartner.' Boston.com quotes an
analyst for Nucleus Research on [3]Google's ease-of-use: '"What we see in
the Google Apps is a real focus on making them easy to use and
intuitive," she said. "And that's something that Microsoft has been
unable to do in all of its years with Office."' But the same analyst is
bearish on Google Apps' shortcomings relative to the mature Microsoft
desktop products: 'Right now Google's going to give companies a better
ability to negotiate with Microsoft.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1430256
Links:
0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/blog
1. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-02-22-google-apps_x.htm?csp=15
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/technology/22google.html?ex=1172811600&en=701a8dabf285a957&ei=5058&partner=IWON
3. http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/02/22/google_to_launch_business_software/?page=1
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| Building the Interp***tary Internet |
| from the ping-and-wait dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @10:33 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/153252 |
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[0]sighted writes "Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, now a Google VP, is
leading a NASA effort to create a [1]permanent network link to Mars
within the next two years. As Cerf outlined in a recent talk, the
'InterP***t' protocol is designed to handle the delay caused by
interp***tary distances. A signal traveling between the Earth and Mars
can take up to 20 minutes."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/153252
Links:
0. http://www.ridingwithrobots.org/
1. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9802/1066/
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| Puretracks Music Store Drops DRM |
| from the apple-could-do-this dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @11:15 (Music) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1532234 |
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[0]khendron writes "The Canadian online music store Puretracks (a store I
have generally avoided because of their Microsoft-specific solutions) has
announced that it will [1]immediately start selling part of its catalog
as DRM-free MP3 files. The site's unprotected catalog, which includes
artists such as The Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan, will initially
feature only 50,000 of its 1.3 million tracks, but their number will grow
weekly. The Globe and Mail says the move will likely profit Puretracks
because its DRM-free-music will be [2]playable on iPods. It quotes one
industry watcher saying 'We're seeing the death of DRM.'" Essentially
Puretracks is relaxing the major-label mandated DRM rules that it had
initially applied to all labels, even the indies that wanted no part of
DRM.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1532234
Links:
0. http://khendron.com/
1. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c4fe4fe1-bd7c-489b-bfdf-54991a0587be
2. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070221.wcopyright0222/BNStory/Technology
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| MS Dirty Tricks Archive Trickles Back Online |
| from the light-of-day dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @11:55 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1616211 |
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networkBoy writes with word that The Register is following up its story
about the [0]Microsoft dirty tricks archive going offline. It appears
that [1]several individuals have the pieces to the puzzle and are looking
for hosting resources. From the latter article: "The 3,000 document
archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web
abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to
trickle back into view. A week ago the site was placed under password
protection, Microsoft withdrew its own account of events, and so-called
internet 'archive' archive.org apparently also pulled its mirror."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1616211
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/20/microsoft_missing_archive/
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/microsoft_archive_not_lost/
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| Inside the Windows Vista Kernel, Part 2 |
| from the memory-hungry dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @12:37 (Windows) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1631231 |
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BuR4N writes "Mark Russinovich takes a look at the [0]Windows Kernel and
the changes made in Vista. In this second part he describes the workings
of the features SuperFetch, ReadyBoost, ReadyBoot, and ReadyDrive and how
they improve system performance."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1631231
Links:
0. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/03/VistaKernel/
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| RIAA Appeals Award of Attorneys' Fees |
| from the first-up-against-the-wall dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday February 22, @13:14 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1638233 |
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Fishing Expedition writes in with a story in Ars reporting that the
[0]RIAA has decided to appeal a judge's decision to [1]award attorneys'
fees to defendant Debbie Foster in Capitol Records v. Foster. If the
award stands, the RIAA could find itself in trouble in numerous other
cases, and they know it. Their real fear, more than the attorneys' fees,
is the judge's finding that the RIAA's arguments for contributory and
vicarious infringement claims in cases like this one are not viable.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1638233
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8902.html
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/07/2325204&tid=123
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| Ask CCP About EVE Online |
| from the in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-pod dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @13:51 (Role Playing (Gam|
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1815258 |
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The week after next, the annual Game Developer's Conference is happening
in San Francisco. I'll be there providing coverage on the keynotes, and
some of the talks that I think will appeal to the Slashdot sensibility.
I've also been digging to see if there's any folks willing to speak with
the Slashdot community 'in person'. The fine folks at CCP, makers of the
Massively Multiplayer game [0]EVE Online, have kindly agreed to take some
time out of their busy conference schedule to answer your questions. So,
what do you want to know about the present and future of this fascinating
MMOG? One question per comment, please. I'll present your questions to
CCP, and pass their answer back once I'm home from the event. Update:
02/22 19:51 GMT by [1]Z : I asked Sharon Howell, the PR rep for CCP, who
I might be speaking with at GDC. Unfortunately, they're still nailing
down schedules. We'll be talking with one of the following: Hilmar Veigar
Petursson, Chief Executive Officer, Magnus Bergsson, Chief Marketing
Officer, Nathan Richardsson, Senior Producer, Halld?r Fannar Gu?j?nsson,
Chief Technology Officer. One of these members of the top brass will be
available to answer your questions.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1815258
Links:
0. http://www.eve-online.com/
1. http://slashdot.org/~Zonk/
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| New Software Stops Mars Rover Confusion |
| from the robots-getting-smarter dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @14:26 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1818256 |
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[0]MattSparkes writes "The Mars rover Spirit used to get [1]quite
confused when it came upon a rock. Because it could only plan routes of a
metre or two it couldn't understand how to navigate around large objects,
and frequently used to rock back and forth for hours trying to figure it
out. NASA have written new software called D* for the rover Opportunity,
which should allow it to autonomously plan routes up to 50 metres long.
The new software [2]still won't be able to avoid sand-traps, though."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1818256
Links:
0. http://www.mattsparkes.org/
1. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11230?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=mars-rover
2. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn9253?DCMP=Matt_Sparkes&nsref=sand-traps
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| A Unique Perspective on a 'Game-Related' Tragedy |
| from the for-low-values-of-related dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @14:55 (The Media) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1924205 |
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Megnatron writes "Penny Arcade has [0]a letter from the stepmother of one
of the kids who was recently [1]charged with killing a homeless man. Her
article is an extremely sobering tale of the problems dealing with
troubled teen. She explains how, in this situation, the parents did
everything they possibly could. And, in a refreshing twist, she absolves
the games industry of any blame for the tragedy these kids perpetrated.
>From her missive: 'Video games DID NOT make this kid who he was, and it's
unfortunate that the correlation is there. The thing that really gets me
with this whole thing is that the kid knows full well that by equating
what he's done to a video game, that he will generate controversy and
media coverage. It makes me sick that the media is jumping all over this,
because that is exactly the result that he wants. The only good thing (if
there is such a thing) that has come out of this whole ordeal is that the
kid is behind bars. That is exactly where he needs to be.'" Her letter is
a passionate, troubling story, but well worth reading.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1924205
Links:
0. http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/02/21/#news_22069
1. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/19/homeless.attacks/index.html
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| Ohio University Leads U.S. Colleges in File Sharing |
| from the go-buckeyes dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @14:57 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1823203 |
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An anonymous reader writes "The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Ohio
University [0]leads the nation in illegal music download notifications,
having received 1,287 RIAA complaints since September, with [1]between
ten and 15 notices arriving daily. The University is attempting to
deflect criticism with a [2]PR piece, saying open networks required for
academic freedom make it difficult to stop illegal file sharing. They
also point out that the University's architecture makes it much easier to
determine who is actually sharing the files. This makes a complaint more
likely, as the RIAA knows who to target. "
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1823203
Links:
0. http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=248209
1. http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/articles/1970/12/31/news/15331.html
2. http://www.ohio.edu/outlook/06-07/February/375n-067.cfm
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| Software Missing From Vista's "Official Apps" |
| from the big-holes dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @15:27 (Windows) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1930225 |
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[0]PetManimal writes "Microsoft has just released a [1]list of 800
applications it says are 'officially supported' on Windows Vista. What's
special about this list, however, are [2]the programs that are not
included: 'Popular Windows software that is conspicuously missing from
Microsoft's list includes Adobe Systems Inc.'s entire line of graphics
and multimedia software, Symantec Corp.'s security products, as well as
the Mozilla Foundation's open-source Firefox Web browser, Skype Ltd.'s
free voice-over-IP software and the OpenOffice.org alternative to
Microsoft Office.' Another area in which Vista has found to be lacking is
gaming, as [3]discussed earlier on Slashdot."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/1930225
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/blog/19
1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933305
2. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011635&intsrc=hm_list
3. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/12/2212248&tid=152
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| Raymond Knocks Fedora, Switches to Ubuntu |
| from the one-unhappy-penguin dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @16:29 (Red Hat Software)|
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/207231 |
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[0]narramissic writes "After 13 years as a loyal Red Hat user, Eric
Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, is [1]switching to the
Ubuntu distribution. In a message distributed to Linux mailing lists and
news organizations, Raymond cited technical issues with Red Hat, such as
the way repositories are maintained, the submission process and
'stagnant' development of Red Hat's packaging technology, as well as
governance problems, the failure to gain desktop market share and the
failure to include proprietary media formats. 'Over the last five years,
I've watched Red Hat/Fedora throw away what was at one time a
near-unassailable lead in technical prowess, market share and community
prestige,' Raymond wrote. 'The blunders have been legion on both
technical and political levels.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/207231
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://open.itworld.com/4917/070222fedora/page_1.html
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| Human Nature Trumps Homeland Security |
| from the please-stop-with-the-ass-covering dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @17:21 (United States) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/214246 |
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[0]netbuzz writes "Security expert Bruce Schneier suggests this morning
that 'there might not be a solution' to our post-9/11 penchant for making
domestic anti-terrorism decisions based on the basic human desire to
cover one's backside. He might be right. But shouldn't we at least try to
figure out a better way? For example, [1]wouldn't 'Commonsense Homeland
Security' be a winning political banner, not a risky one? "
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/214246
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=buzzblog
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/11746
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| Fish-like Sensors for Underwater Robots |
| from the fishies-are-fun dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Thursday February 22, @18:05 (Robotics) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/2237218 |
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Today, both submarine and surface ships use
sonar for navigation. But sonar and other vision systems face various
limitations. So why not imitating fish? For millions of years, fish have
relied on 'a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their
bodies, called the lateral line' to avoid predators or to find preys. So
engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have
decided to build [1]an artificial lateral line for submarines and
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The first tests have been
successful, and we can now envision a day where AUVs could detect and
track moving underwater targets or avoid collisions with moving or
stationary objects."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/22/2237218
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/
1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/uoia-bis022107.php
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| Microsoft to Pay $1.52 Billion in Patent Suit Damages |
| from the coughing-up-the-dough dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 22, @18:55 (Microsoft) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/2318223 |
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An anonymous reader writes "A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft
Corp. [0]infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay
$1.52 billion in damages, Microsoft said Thursday. The news comes after
reports that U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed doubts about whether
Microsoft Corp. [1]should be liable for infringing AT&T Inc. patents in
Windows software sold overseas."
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0. http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2097780,00.asp
1. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2097387,00.asp
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