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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech"
* Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp
* Radiation Not As Hazardous As Once Believed
* RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download
* Rare Soviet Retro-Future Space Art
* France Leading Charge Against OOXML
* Maglev On the Drawing Boards
* Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data Online
* Jack Thompson Facing Disbarment Trial
* Anonymity of Netflix Prize Dataset Broken
* The Biggest Roadblocks To Information Technology Development
* The User Experiences Of The Future
* Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK
* A Discussion of SCO's Fate With Groklaw's Pamela Jones
* Gene Study Supports Single Bering Strait Migration
* Hands-On With The Kindle
* Verizon Wireless To Open Network
* Firefox Susceptible To QuickTime Security Flaw
* Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists
* Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records
* Stay Lifted, Novell Vs. SCO Can Go Forward
* Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger
* Colleges Outsourcing Email To MS Live, Google
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| Vista Makes CNET UK's List of "Worst Consumer Tech" |
| from the in-bad-company dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday November 26, @19:16 (Windows) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/26/2358239 |
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Several anonymous readers pointed us at CNET UK's Crave blog for a list
of what is or was, in their opinion, the worst consumer tech in history.
[0]Vista comes in at number 10, in company with [1]Apple's puck mouse
(number 6) and [2]Sony's CD rootkit (number 9). According to Crave:
"[Vista's] incompatibility with hardware, its obsessive requirement of
human interaction to clear security dialogue box warnings and its abusive
use of hated DRM, not to mention its general pointlessness as an upgrade,
are just some examples of why this expensive operating system earns the
final place in our terrible tech list." That's gotta hurt a little,
coinciding as it does with Apple's [3]Don't Give Up On Vista attack ad.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/26/2358239
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49293700-10,00.htm
1. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49293700-6,00.htm
2. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49293700-9,00.htm
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAUlK8_2VE
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| Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp |
| from the doesn't-take-a-genius dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday November 26, @20:41 (OS X) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0040206 |
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g-san writes "Some Mac users are [0]having problems with the latest
10.4.11 update, yours truly included. The problem seems to be caused by
the presence of a Boot Camp partition and renders the Mac unable to
reboot after the update fails. Note the Geniuses at the Apple stores are
recommending a full disk wipe; but data can be recovered via Firewire."
MacNN has a note up that if you fall victim to this "known issue" and
need to reformat the disk, you [1]can't reinstall Boot Camp because it is
no longer available to OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0040206
Links:
0. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1259224&tstart=0
1. http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/26/tiger.update.data.loss/
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| Radiation Not As Hazardous As Once Believed |
| from the since-my-fallout-with-you dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday November 26, @22:06 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0157229 |
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HeavensBlade23 sends in an article from the German site Spiegel Online
about mounting evidence that [0]nuclear radiation may not be as deadly as
has been widely believed. The article cites studies by German, US, and
Japanese researchers concluding, for example, that fewer than 800 deaths
are attributable to the after-effects of radiation in over 86,500
survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. Other surprisingly low death rates
are reported in studies of Chernobyl and of a secret Siberian town called
Mayak, devoted to producing plutonium, that was abandoned after a nuclear
accident in 1957.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0157229
Links:
0. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,519043,00.html
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| RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download |
| from the treble-damages-are-for-wimps dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @00:34 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0215220 |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Court has ordered UMG Recordings,
Warner Bros. Records, Interscope Records, Motown, and SONY BMG to
[1]disclose their expenses-per-download to the defendant's lawyers, in
[2]UMG v. Lindor, a case pending in Brooklyn. The Court held that the
expense figures are relevant to the issue of whether the RIAA's attempt
to recover damages of $750 or more per 99-cent song file, is an
[3]unconstitutional violation of due process."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0215220
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/11/riaa-ordered-to-turn-over-expense.html
2. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/01/index-of-litigation-documents.html#UMG_v_Lindor
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/10/1319224&tid=141
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| Rare Soviet Retro-Future Space Art |
| from the rocketships-away dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @03:01 (Sci-Fi) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0323254 |
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[0]abramsv writes "A collection of the most inspiring and [1]hard-to-find
retro-futuristic graphics from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & Eastern
Bloc 'popular tech & science' magazines, German, Italian, British
fantastic illustrations and promotional literature ?€? all from the Golden
Age of Retro-Future (1930s to 1970s)."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0323254
Links:
0. mailto:abramsv@gmail.com
1. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/retro-future-to-stars.html
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| France Leading Charge Against OOXML |
| from the ceci-n'est-pas-ouvert dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @05:29 (Microsoft) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0235225 |
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Bergkamp10 writes "As Microsoft's Office Open XML document format waits
in ISO limbo, South Africa, Korea, and the Netherlands are now actively
pursuing the alternative Open Document Format instead, said the ODF
Alliance. The Alliance now claims 500 members, and by their count 13
nations have announced laws or rules that favor the use ODF over
Microsoft's Office formats. Those nations include Russia, Malaysia,
Japan, France, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, and Norway. The
[0]French have been the most aggressive in their rejection of Microsoft's
standard; nearly half a million French government employees are being
switched to OpenOffice. There has been no similar move in the US, though
in a speech at Google last week Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama called for data to be stored in 'universally accessible formats.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0235225
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1351236114
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| Maglev On the Drawing Boards |
| from the float-like-a-butterfly dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @07:57 (Transportation)|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/0416241 |
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[0]longacre sends along a Popular Mechanics article on the growing
interest in [1]magnetic levitation trains in the US. It's unclear how
many will actually get built here, at $100 million per track mile. (In
recent years we've discussed maglev projects in [2]China and [3]Germany.)
The article has a map of many proposed transportation projects in the US,
some of them maglev, and a video of a General Atomics maglev prototype in
action. On a related note, an anonymous reader recommends this article on
a proposed [4]maglev wind-power turbine, said to offer the promise of
replacing 1,000 conventional wind turbines.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/0416241
Links:
0. http://www.nycaviation.com/
1. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4232548.html
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/15/1320255&tid=126
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/25/2222235&tid=159
4. http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/26/super-powered-magnetic-wind-turbine-maglev/
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| Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data Online |
| from the could-have-used-this-two-weeks-ago dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @08:45 (Google) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1313259 |
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[0]achillean wrote this morning with a link to the Wall Street Journal,
announcing plans we've all seen coming for a while: an [1]online data
storage service from Google. Though the article doesn't come out and call
the project 'gDrive' or anything like that, it does indicate the service
could be available within the next few months. "Google's push underlines
a shift in how businesses and consumers approach computing. They are
increasingly using the Web to access applications and files stored in
massive computer data centers operated by tech companies such as
Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google. Such arrangements, made
possible by high-speed Internet connections between homes, offices and
data centers, aim to ease users' technology headaches and, in some cases,
cut their costs."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1313259
Links:
0. http://portal.itauth.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119612660573504716.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
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| Jack Thompson Facing Disbarment Trial |
| from the facing-the-music dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @08:47 (Games) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1340249 |
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pwizard2 writes "Gamepolitics reports that controversial Miami attorney
[0]Jack Thompson faces the start of an ethics trial this morning, a
process which could ultimately see him disbarred. The review board has
set aside the entire week to hear details on the case. 'Over the weekend,
Thompson turned to the Florida Supreme Court in an apparent effort to
block this morning's trial from moving forward. In one court filing
Thompson asserted that he was willing to accept a 90-day suspension of
his license to practice law. The embattled attorney claimed that such an
offer had been on the table, but that the Florida Bar was now seeking his
permanent disbarment.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1340249
Links:
0. http://gamepolitics.com/2007/11/26/jack-thompson-faces-trial-before-the-florida-bar-today/
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| Anonymity of Netflix Prize Dataset Broken |
| from the there-are-degrees-of-anonymity dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @09:23 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1334244 |
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[0]KentuckyFC writes "The [1]anonymity of the Netflix Prize dataset has
been broken by a pair of computer scientists from the University of
Texas, according to a report from the physics arXivblog. It turns out
that an individual's set of ratings and the dates on which they were made
are pretty unique, particularly if the ratings involve films outside the
most popular 100 movies. So it's straightforward to find a match by
comparing the anonymized data against publicly available ratings on the
Internet Movie Database (IMDb) ([2]abstract on the physics arxiv). The
researchers used this method to find how individuals on the IMDb
privately rated films on Netflix, in the process possibly working out
their political affiliation, sexual preferences and a number of other
personal details"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1334244
Links:
0. http://www.arxivblog.com/
1. http://arxivblog.com/?p=142
2. http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105
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| The Biggest Roadblocks To Information Technology Development |
| from the bumps-in-the-road dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @10:05 (Technology) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1346246 |
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[0]ZDOne writes "ZDNet UK has put together a list of some of [1]the
biggest obstacles preventing information technology from achieving its
true potential, in terms of development and progress. Microsoft's
stranglehold on the desktop makes the list, as does the chip-makers'
obsession with speed. 'There is more to computing than processor speed --
a point which can be easily proven by comparing a two-year-old PC running
Linux with a new PC buckling under the weight of Vista. Shrinking the
manufacturing process to enable greater speed has proven essential, but
it's running out of magic ... What about smarter ways of tagging data?
The semantic web initiative runs along these sorts of lines, so where is
the hardware-based equivalent?'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1346246
Links:
0. mailto:andrew_donoghue@hotmail.com
1. http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39291080,00.htm
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| The User Experiences Of The Future |
| from the just-give-me-a-cyber-implanted-hud-with-ai-assistance de|
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @10:42 (GUI) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1524224 |
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Patrick Griffin writes "The way that we interact with technology is
almost as important as what that technology does. Productivity has been
improved greatly over the years as we've adapted ourselves and our tools
to technological tasks. Just the same, the UI experience of most hardware
and software often leaves novice users out in the cold. The site
'Smashing Magazine' has put together a presentation of 'some of the
outstanding [0]recent developments in the field of user experience design.
Most techniques seem very futuristic, and are extremely impressive. Keep
in mind: they might become ubiquitous over the next years.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1524224
Links:
0. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/26/monday-inspiration-user-experience-of-the-future/
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| Java 6 Available on OSX Thanks to Port of OpenJDK |
| from the can't-believe-we're-denied-coffee dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @11:22 (OS X) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1547212 |
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LarsWestergren writes "Many Mac users have been upset that Apple has not
made Java 6 available on the platform. Landon Fuller posts that there is
a [0]developer preview release available of Java JDK6 on Mac OSX, Tiger
and Leopard. It is based on the BSD port of Sun's Java 6 and is made
available under the Java Research License. Charles Nutter posts about
[1]impressive JRuby performance gains using Java 6 on his Mac."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1547212
Links:
0. http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/
1. http://headius.blogspot.com/2007/11/java-6-port-for-os-x-tiger-and-leopard.html
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| A Discussion of SCO's Fate With Groklaw's Pamela Jones |
| from the going-down-the-tubes dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @12:08 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1552214 |
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An anonymous reader writes "The SCO Group's current fate can be neatly
summarized by the title of Pamela Jones' very first article on the case,
back in May 2003 ?€? '[0]SCO Falls Downstairs, Hitting its Head on Every
Step.' In the intervening years PJ and Groklaw can be credited with
unearthing and exposing many of the flaws in SCO's case, most notably,
obtaining and publishing the 1994 settlement in the USL vs BSDi case. An
article at the ITPro site interviews PJ about SCO, [1]the impact of
Groklaw and future of free software and the law."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1552214
Links:
0. http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=6
1. http://www.itpro.co.uk/features/141573/qa-pamela-jones-of-groklaw.html
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| Gene Study Supports Single Bering Strait Migration |
| from the nice-to-know-what-the-relatives-have-been-up-to dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @12:41 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1555237 |
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[0]Invisible Pink Unicorn writes "One of the most comprehensive analyses
of genetic variation ever undertaken supports the theory that the
ancestors of modern native peoples throughout the Americas [1]came from a
single source in East Asia across a northwest land bridge some 12,000
years ago. One particular discovery is of a 'unique genetic variant
widespread in natives across both continents ?€? suggesting that the first
humans in the Americas came in a single migration or multiple waves from
a single source, not in waves of migrations from different sources.' The
[2]full article is available online from PLoS."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1555237
Links:
0. http://filer.case.edu/bct4/
1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/uomh-gss112607.php
2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0030185
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| Hands-On With The Kindle |
| from the cheaper-e-ink-plz-k-thnx dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 27, @13:23 (Toys) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1711228 |
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Amazon's Kindle e-book may have [0]sold out in record time, but there's
still a lot of discussion about the device's merits. Neil Gaiman [1]likes
it well enough, but it's sent Robert Scoble into [2]a fit of apoplectic
rage. For a real, meaty, hands-on look at the way the device operates in
everyday life, Gamers With Jobs writer Julian Murdoch has a [3]slice of
life with the Kindle. He takes us through his Thanksgiving holiday
weekend with the device, noting the quirks (good and bad) that cropped up
with Amazon's new toy. "Short of reading in the tub, the Kindle is easier
to read in more places, positions, and situations than a physical book
... But it's far from perfect. It is expensive. The cover, which I find
completely necessary, is in desperate need of more secure attachment
(Velcro works great). The book selection is less-than-perfect, although I
imagine this will improve with every passing day. And Amazon needs
marketing help. The Kindle's launch reeked of 'get it out fast.' The
big-picture marketing efforts (like video demonstrations and [4]blurbs
from authors) were great, but simple things like communicating how
freakin' easy it is to get non-Amazon content on to the device, for free,
remain horribly misunderstood."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1711228
Links:
0. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/21/1931203&tid=192
1. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/11/me-in-manila.html
2. http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118-scobleizer-sponsored-by-seagate/77475-dear-jeff-bez#uri=channels/6118/77475
3. http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/36063
4. http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Device/dp/B000FI73MA
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| Verizon Wireless To Open Network |
| from the bring-your-own dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @14:10 (Cellphones) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1818251 |
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A number of readers are letting us know about Verizon's plans, announced
today, to [0]open their nationwide wireless network to devices that they
don't sell. A NYTimes blog posting puts [1]VZW's announcement in industry
context. From the press release: "In early 2008, the company will publish
the technical standards the development community will need to design
products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network. Any device that
meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network.
Devices will be tested and approved in a $20 million state-of-the-art
testing lab which received an additional investment this year to gear up
for the anticipated new demand. Any application the customer chooses will
be allowed on these devices."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1818251
Links:
0. http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/11/pr2007-11-27.html
1. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/verizon-wireless-says-bring-your-own-device/
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| Firefox Susceptible To QuickTime Security Flaw |
| from the exploit-available-in-the-wild dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @14:56 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1851212 |
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Apple's QuickTime media player software contains
a [1]previously undocumented security weakness in the way QuickTime
handles the RTSP media-streaming protocol. The vulnerability is present
in QuickTime versions 4.0 through 7.3 (the latest version) on both
Windows and Mac systems. Symantec has tested the publicly available
exploit code and found that it failed to work properly against Internet
Explorer 6/7 or Safari 3 Beta but the exploit works against Firefox if
users have chosen QuickTime as the default player for multimedia formats.
Firefox users are more susceptible to this attack because [2]Firefox
farms off the request directly to the QuickTime Player as a separate
process outside of its control, while IE loads the QuickTime Player as an
internal plugin and when the overflow occurs, standard buffer-overflow
protection is triggered, shutting down the affected processes before any
damage can occur."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1851212
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/exploit_released_for_unpatched_3.html
2. http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/11/0day_exploit_for_apple_quickti.html
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| Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists |
| from the no-footprints dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @15:40 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/1951252 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Scientists can't figure out why these rocks ?€?
weighing up to several hundred pounds each ?€? [0]slide across a dry lake
bed. The leading theory proposes that wind moves the rocks after a rain
when the lake bed consists of soft and very slippery mud.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/1951252
Links:
0. http://geology.com/articles/racetrack-playa-sliding-rocks.shtml
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| Judge Backs Amazon, Raps Feds Over Book Records |
| from the can't-hide-your-prying-eyes dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @16:24 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/2046214 |
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[0]netbuzz alerts us to a ruling in federal court that has just been made
public. US Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker [1]told the Feds to lay off
Amazon in denying prosecutors' requests for records of who bought what
books at the online retailer. The judge wrote, "The [subpoena's] chilling
effect on expressive e-commerce would frost keyboards across America."
Prosecutors had demanded 24,000 transaction records from Amazon, all in
service of convicting a city official on charges of fraud and tax
evasion. In the end they found customer information on the official's PC,
where they should have looked in the first place.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/2046214
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=buzzblog
1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gz0slCB4SYJCVk2J3xbYHM6R55oAD8T66FAG0
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| Stay Lifted, Novell Vs. SCO Can Go Forward |
| from the please-turn-to-chapter-seven dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @17:11 (Caldera) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/2130227 |
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A number of readers suggest we check out Groklaw, where PJ is reporting
that a bankruptcy judge has [0]granted Novell's request to lift the stay
so that its trial against SCO can proceed in Utah. The judge concluded
that Judge Kimball is the best one to decide how much SCO owes Novell,
and that SCO cannot make any "reorganization" plans ?€? including any "fire
sale" of assets ?€? until it knows this figure.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/27/2130227
Links:
0. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071127151556531
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| Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger |
| from the balancing-rights dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @17:56 (Google) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/2235251 |
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An anonymous reader alerts us to a story out of Israel in which Google
(its Israeli subsidiary) [0]gave up the IP address of a Blogger user
without being compelled to do so by a court. A preliminary ruling was
issued in which a court indicated that the slander the blogger was
accused of probably rose to the level of a criminal violation. Google
Israel then made a deal with the plaintiffs, local city councilmen whom
the blogger had been attacking for a year. Google disclosed the IP
address only to the court, which posted a message (Google says the
anonymous blogger got it) inviting him/her to contest the ruling
anonymously. When no response was received within 3 days, Google turned
over the IP address to the plaintiffs' lawyers.
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Links:
0. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=1000279585&fid=1725
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| Colleges Outsourcing Email To MS Live, Google |
| from the who-uses-email-anyway dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, @18:42 (Education) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/27/2320230 |
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[0]Andy Guess tips us to his article at Inside Higher Ed offering a
detailed look at the snowballing trend of [1]colleges outsourcing their
email infrastructure, mostly to Google and Microsoft Live. Even
outsourcing just email would presage big changes in the work that IT
departments do on campus; but more such changes are on the horizon as
schools grapple with entering freshmens' already entrenched online
habits.
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Links:
0. http://www.insidehighered.com/
1. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/27/email
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