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In this issue:
* Fresh Air For Windows?
* Your Online Profile Actually Tells a Lot About You
* Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables
* iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFi/VoIP Switching
* Tech Giants Pooling Cash To Buy Patents
* Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling
* Brightnets are Owner Free File Systems
* Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells
* What NAS To Buy?
* RMS and Clipperz Promoting Freedom In the Cloud
* Review of Das Keyboard
* FBI's New Eye Scan Database Raising Eyebrows
* Google Apps Hacks
* LugRadio Decides To Call It Quits
* What Do You Want On Future Browsers?
* Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format Specs
* Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate
* Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature
* Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft
* Minnesota Pays Video Game Industry $65K In Fees
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| Fresh Air For Windows? |
| from the reinvention dept. |
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 29, @20:10 (Windows) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/29/2342215 |
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jmcbain writes "The NY Times has an opinion piece on [0]how the next
Windows could be designed (even through Microsoft has already laid plans
for Windows 7). The author suggests 'A monolithic operating system like
Windows perpetuates an obsolete design. We don't need to load up our
machines with bloated layers we won't use.' He also brings up the example
of Apple breaking ties with its legacy OS when OS X was built. Can
Windows move forward with a completely new, fast, and secure OS and still
keep legacy application support?"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/29/2342215
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/technology/29digi.html?ref=technology
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| Your Online Profile Actually Tells a Lot About You |
| from the explains-my-dating-life dept. |
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 29, @21:43 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/0043232 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Despite all the media reports that your
Facebook profile is giving the wrong impression, a psychological study
shows people really [0]can understand your personality from your online
profile. Turns out you're not giving the wrong impression with your
profile; you're giving the right impression to the wrong people. You can
actually learn more about someone's Agreeableness from their online
profile than from a first date."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/0043232
Links:
0. http://gumption.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/do-youjustgetme.html
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| Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables |
| from the and-then-I'd-be-all-like-pow-and-reconfigure-iptables de|
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @00:20 (Networking) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/0249249 |
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HiroDeckard writes "Multiple sites reported a while ago that [0]Comcast
was using Sandvine to do TCP packet resets to throttle BitTorrent
connections of their users. This practice may be a thing of the past as
it's been found a simple rule in the Linux firewall, iptables, [1]can
simply just block their reset packets, returning your BitTorrent back to
normal speeds and allowing you to once again connect to all your seeds
and peer. If blocking the TCP packet resets becomes a common practice, on
and off of Linux, it'll be interesting to see the next move in the
cat-and-mouse game between customers and service providers, and who
controls that bandwidth."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/0249249
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic-seeding-impossible/
1. http://tuxtraining.com/2008/06/21/beating-sandvine-on-linux-with-iptables/
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| iPhone App Enables GSM To WiFi/VoIP Switching |
| from the voices-in-the-ether dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @03:50 (Cellphones) |
| http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/049204 |
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[0]alias420 writes "You can save on long distance and air time with the
new 3G iPhone. iPhone Hacks has the scoop on an [1]upcoming iPhone 2.0
App named 'iCall', that will let you switch between VoIP and normal GSM
calls anywhere in North America. You can check out their recently
released [2]video proof of call switching in action . This software
requires no hacks and will be completely official. Here is a little quote
from the developer: 'We are part of the Apple iPhone developer program.
This is not an application for you naughty jail breakers ;-)'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/049204
Links:
0. mailto:alias969@hotmail.com
1. http://www.iphone-hacks.com/2008/06/29/icall-app-enables-gsm-to-wifi-voip-switching-on-the-iphone/
2. http://www.icall.com/iphone/
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| Tech Giants Pooling Cash To Buy Patents |
| from the oh-wsj-you-tease dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @07:28 (Patents) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/0451242 |
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[0]theodp writes with a link to a Reuters report, based on a WSJ story,
that "Verizon, Google, Cisco, and HP are among the companies that have
[1]joined a secretive group called the Allied Security Trust. Each of the
companies will reportedly put $5 million in escrow to allow AST to snap
up intellectual property on their behalf before it falls into the hands
of parties that could use it against them. Patents will be resold after
AST member companies have granted themselves a nonexclusive license to
the underlying technology. According to AST CEO Brian Hinman, a former VP
of IP and Licensing at IBM, the arrangement will keep member companies
out of antitrust trouble." ([2]The WSJ's story itself is more detailed,
but it's subscriber-only.)
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/0451242
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINBNG11177720080630
2. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121478271751614435.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
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| Encrypted Traffic No Longer Safe From Throttling |
| from the didn't-think-it-was dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @08:23 (Networking) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1155205 |
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[0]coderrr writes "New research could [1]allow ISPs to selectively block
or slow down your encrypted traffic even if they cannot snoop on your
transmitted data. Italian researchers have found a way to categorize the
type of traffic that is hidden inside an encrypted SSH session to around
90% accuracy. They are achieving this by analyzing packet sizes and
inter-packet intervals instead of looking at the content itself.
Challenges remain for ISPs to implement this technology, but it's clear
that encrypting your traffic inside an SSH session or VPN connection is
not a solution to protect net neutrality."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1155205
Links:
0. http://coderrr.wordpress.com/
1. http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/detecting-ssh-tunnels/
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| Brightnets are Owner Free File Systems |
| from the something-to-think-about dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @09:00 (Privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1214220 |
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elucido writes "OFF, or the Owner-Free Filesystem is a [0]distributed
filesystem in which everything is stored in reference to randomized data
blocks, as opposed to a 1:1 copy of the original data being inserted. The
creators of the Owner-Free Filesystem have coined a new term to define
the network: A brightnet. Nobody shares any copyrighted files, and
therefore nobody needs to hide away. OFF provides a platform through
which data can be stored (publicly or otherwise) in a discreet,
distributed manner. The system allows for personal privacy because data
(blocks) being transferred from peer to peer do not bear any relation to
the original data. Incidentally, no data passing through the network can
be considered copyrighted because the means by which it is represented is
truly random." Their [1]main wiki page discusses a bit of what this means
and how it might work as well. I've been saying that we need this for
many years now, if only because we all have 10 gigs free on our machines
and if we could RAID the internet we'd need fewer hard drives.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1214220
Links:
0. http://offsystem.sourceforge.net/
1. http://wiki.offdev.org/Main_Page
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| Apple Laptop Upgrades Costing 200% More Than Dells |
| from the pay-the-apple-tax dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @09:46 (Portables (Apple)) |
| http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1317249 |
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An anonymous reader writes "C|net is highlighting [0]the astonishing cost
of Apple laptop hardware upgrades, compared to Dell ?€? in some instances,
Apple is charging 200% more for upgraded components, such as memory and
hard disks. Either there's a serious difference in the quality of
components being used, or Apple is quite literally ripping off those who
aren't able to upgrade hardware themselves."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1317249
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297849-2,00.htm?from=rss
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| What NAS To Buy? |
| from the to-busy-to-build-your-own dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @10:31 (Data Storage) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1411229 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Currently, I'm running an old 4u Linux server
for my private backup and storage needs. I could add new drives, but it's
just way too bulky (and only IDE). For the sake of size and power
efficiency I think about replacing it with a NAS solution, but cannot
decide which one to get. The only requirements I have are capacity
(>1.5TB) and RAID5. Samba/FTP/USB is enough. Since manufacturers always
claim their system to be the best, I'd like to hear some suggestions from
you Slashdot readers."
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1411229
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| RMS and Clipperz Promoting Freedom In the Cloud |
| from the can-i-see-what-you-see dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @11:16 (Privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1416238 |
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[0]mbarulli writes "Clipperz and Richard Stallman recently launched a
joint [1]call for action to bring freedom and privacy to web
applications. 'The benefits of web apps are many, but quite often users
lose their freedom to study, modify and discuss the source code that
powers those web apps. Furthermore, we are forced to trust third parties
with our data (bookmarks, text documents, chat transcripts, financial
info ... and now health records!) that no longer resides on our hard
disks, but are stored somewhere in the cloud.' Clipperz and RMS urge web
developers to adopt the new AGPL license and build their applications
using a 'zero-knowledge architecture,' a framework for web services that
has been derived from Clipperz online password manager. A smooth path
toward web apps based on free software that know nothing about you and
your data."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1416238
Links:
0. mailto:marco@clipperz.com
1. http://www.clipperz.com/users/marco/blog/2008/05/30/freedom_and_privacy_cloud_call_action
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| Review of Das Keyboard |
| from the clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday June 30, @12:00 (Input Devices) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1423209 |
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My old keyboard was so crusted up with junk from years of abuse that I
found myself struggling to depress most of the keys on the left side. So
I decided that it was time to find a new keyboard. My plan was to steal
the keyboards of my co-workers and try them out when they aren't around.
But as this plan was underway, [0]Das Keyboard asked me to review their
newest keyboard. I used it for a few days to see if their website's claim
of 'the best keyboard on the p***t' is valid. Read on to learn more.
This story continues at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1423209
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1423209
Links:
0. http://www.daskeyboard.com/
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| FBI's New Eye Scan Database Raising Eyebrows |
| from the trust-us-we're-from-the-government dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @13:06 (Privacy) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/171246 |
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mattnyc99 writes "The FBI [0]has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's
not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to
balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be
the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new biometric
software system that could store millions of iris scans within 10 years
and has privacy advocates [1]crying foul. Quoting: 'The FBI's Next
Generation Identification (NGI) system, which could cost as much as $1
billion over its 10-year life cycle, will create an unprecedented
database of biometric markers, such as facial images and iris scans. For
criminal investigators, NGI could be as useful as DNA some day ?€? a
distinctive scar or a lopsided jaw line could mean the difference between
a cold case and closed one. And for privacy watchdogs, it's a dual threat
?€? seen as a step toward a police state, and a gold mine of personal data
waiting to be plundered by cybercriminals.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/171246
Links:
0. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4270770.html
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202777.html
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| Google Apps Hacks |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday June 30, @13:58 (Google) |
| http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1357230 |
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[0]stoolpigeon writes "It seems that it wasn't long ago that Google was
just a search company. The number of on-line products that fly under the
Google moniker, today, is impressive. Google has moved well beyond its
office-suite-like applications and excelled with everything from mapping
to blogging to 3-D drawing. Google Apps Hacks is a new book from
O'Reilly, published in conjunction with their Make magazine. This volume
presents the reader with 141 hacks in an attempt to get the most out of a
wide array of Google's on-line applications. The result is a quick ride
that is rather fun ?€? and while a bit shallow at times, it provides a
great overview of just how much is available out there." Read below for
the rest of JR's review.
This story continues at:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1357230
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1357230
Links:
0. http://geekbook.org/
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| LugRadio Decides To Call It Quits |
| from the an-excellent-run-by-smart-folks dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @14:46 (The Media) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1812205 |
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[0][vmlinuz] writes "After four years, 100+ shows and over 2 million
downloads, the guys behind [1]LugRadio, the irreverent Open Source
podcast from England have decided to call it a day, with the desire to
'go out on a high.' The last ever show will be recorded at [2]LugRadio
Live UK 2008 on the 19th and 20th July in Wolverhampton, England. There
are also blog entries from the two long-standing members of LugRadio,
[3]Jono Bacon and [4]Stuart 'Aq' Langridge." I hope the back catalog will
remain available ?€? LugRadio has since its start been one of the best
online audio offerings out there.
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1812205
Links:
0. http://www.jonobacon.org/
1. http://www.lugradio.org/
2. http://www.lugradio.org/live/
3. http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1208
4. http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/06/30/the-end-of-lugradio
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| What Do You Want On Future Browsers? |
| from the fewer-crashes dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @15:33 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1845201 |
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[0]Coach Wei writes "[1]An industry wishlist for future browsers has been
collected and developed by [2]OpenAjax Alliance. Using wiki as an open
collaboration tool, the feature list now lists 37 separate feature
requests, covering a wide range of technology areas, such as security,
Comet, multimedia, CSS, interactivity, and performance. The goal is to
inform the browser vendors about what the Ajax developer community feels
are most important for the next round of browsers (i.e., FF4, IE9,
Safari4, and Opera10) and to provide supplemental details relative to the
feature requests. Currently, the top three voted features are: [3]2D
Drawing/Vector Graphics, [4]The Two HTTP Connection Limit Issue, and
[5]HTML DOM Operation Performance In General . OpenAjax Alliance is
[6]calling for everyone to vote for his/her favorite features. The
alliance also strongly encourages people to comment on the wiki pages for
each of the existing features and to add any important new features that
are not yet on the list."
This story continues at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1845201
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1845201
Links:
0. http://www.coachwei.com/
1. http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/Feature_Requests_Summary_Page
2. http://www.openajax.org/
3. http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/2D_Drawing/Vector_Graphics
4. http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/The_Two_HTTP_Connection_Limit_Issue
5. http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/DOM_Performance
6. http://www.openajax.org/runtime/wiki/Phase_II_Voting
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| Microsoft Releases Pre-2007 Binary File Format Specs |
| from the in-exchange-they-can-read-the-odf-spec dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @16:25 (Microsoft) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1942211 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has [0]released the specifications
for the [1]binary file formats used by pre-2007 Microsoft Office
applications. They're accurate this time! Honest! While the documents are
enormous (Word alone requires 533 pages; Excel runs over 1000 plus
another 850 pages for the Office 2007 binary format), they hopefully will
be useful to developers trying to create or extract information from
Microsoft Office files (which despite their flaws, have been the de facto
standard in many fields for some time now)."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/1942211
Links:
0. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jun08/06-30InteropUpdatePR.mspx
1. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313105.aspx
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| Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate |
| from the moldable-like-tofu dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @17:16 (Government) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/2057217 |
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[0]CWmike writes "Turns out the ideal vice presidential candidate for
Sen. John McCain is the same person as the ideal vice presidential
candidate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a sophisticated online
survey based on technology developed at MIT. [1]Mr. Ideal? Colin Powell,
a former U.S. Army general and former secretary of state. Affinnova's
survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking
respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents
larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible
first-term priorities. Affinnova calls this algorithm 'evolutionary
optimization.' Steve Lamoureaux, the company's chief innovation officer,
said of the VP finding: 'We never imagined that the same candidate would
show up for both parties.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/2057217
Links:
0. http://computerworld.com/
1. http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9104798
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| Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature |
| from the you-can-finally-sleep-at-night dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday June 30, @18:01 (Businesses) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/2132248 |
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xChange writes "I too was disappointed at Netflix's [0]decision to remove
the Profiles feature, and let them know via email and telephone. I was
surprised to find the following email in my inbox today: 'You spoke, and
we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and
emails telling us how important Profiles are. We are sorry for any
inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us
we will delight, and not disappoint, you.' I thought that it sounded too
good to be true, and went to their blog to confirm, [1]finding this entry.
Netflix decided to listen to its customers, and keep a feature that many
of us find essential for our use of their service. I am surprised, and
very pleased."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/2132248
Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/19/0337233&tid=97
1. http://blog.netflix.com/2008/06/profiles-feature-not-going-away.html
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| Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft |
| from the turning-tide-or-momentary-reversal dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday June 30, @18:45 (Google) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/2240206 |
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recoiledsnake writes "We have heard about lots of talented developers
jumping ship from Microsoft to Google, but is the trend beginning to
turn? Dare Obasanjo (a Microsoft employee) writes about a few
high-profile people [0]picking Microsoft over Google ?€? either making the
jump directly, or choosing Microsoft after receiving offers at both.
Sergey Solyanik is back to Microsoft and he primarily gripes about the
[1] culture and lack of career development at Google. He writes,
'Everything is pretty much run by [engineering] ?€? PMs and testers are
conspicuously absent from the process. Google as an organization is not
geared ?€? culturally ?€? to delivering enterprise class reliability to its
user applications.' Danny Thorpe, who was the key architect of Google
Gears, is [2]back at Microsoft for his second stint working on developer
technologies related to Windows Live."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/2240206
Links:
0. http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/06/29/TheGOOGMSFTExodusWorkingAtGoogleVsWorkingAtMicrosoft.aspx
1. http://1-800-magic.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-to-microsoft.html
2. http://dannythorpe.com/about2/
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| Minnesota Pays Video Game Industry $65K In Fees |
| from the don't-let-the-door-hit-you dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday June 30, @19:27 (The Courts) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/236228 |
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[0]I Said More Ham writes "Minnesota's attorney general will [1]drop the
state's efforts to fine underage buyers of violent videogames after a
high court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. The Entertainment
Software Association, one of the plaintiffs in the case, announced Monday
that the state paid $65,000 in attorney's fees and expenses."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/06/30/236228
Links:
0. mailto:surely_you_cant_be_serious@hotmail.com
1. http://www.finance-commerce.com/article.cfm/2008/07/01/Attorney-Generals-office-wont-appeal-ruling-on-violent-game-sales-Minnesota-pays-video-game-industry
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