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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Microsoft Announces Windows Azure, Cloud-Based OS
* Samsung's New Carbon Nanotube Color E-Paper
* 10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA Is the Law That "Saved the Web"
* The Second Coming of Virtual Worlds
* Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw — and Reporting it
* Lame Duck Challenge Ends With Free Codeweavers Software For All
* Kazaa Founder Wants Us To Find "Legitimate" Files
* Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox
* $125 Million Settlement In Authors Guild v. Google
* US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search
* Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa
* London Is Still World's Wi-Fi Access Point Capital
* Hands-On With Windows 7's New Features
* Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent
* Microsoft Unveils Browser-Based Office Apps
* NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Moister Mars
* The Internet Is 'Built Wrong'
* Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants
* The Personal Genome Project Hits the Web
* Attack Code Found For Recent Windows Bug
* Researcher Warns of "Digital Dark Age"
* Multiple Asteroid Belts Found Orbiting Nearby Star
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| Microsoft Announces Windows Azure, Cloud-Based OS |
| from the do-you-feel-azure-after-use dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 27, @21:24 (Microsoft) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/27/220208 |
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[0]snydeq writes "Microsoft today introduced [1]Windows Azure, its
operating system for the cloud. The OS serves as the underlying
foundation of the [2]Azure Services Platform to help developers build
apps that span from the cloud to the datacenter, to PCs, the Web, and
phones. Cloud-based developer capabilities are combined with storage,
computational, and network infrastructure services, which are hosted on
servers within Microsoft's global data center network."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/27/220208
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/27/Microsoft-launches-Windows-Azure-for-the-cloud_1.html
2. http://www.microsoft.com/azure/webdev.mspx
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| Samsung's New Carbon Nanotube Color E-Paper |
| from the in-living-color dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 27, @23:33 (Displays) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/27/2347234 |
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[0]Iddo Genuth writes to tell us that Samsung and Unidym have shown the
world's first [1]carbon nanotube-based color e-paper. Interestingly, the
new film is electrically conductive while remaining almost completely
translucent and only 50 nanometers thick. "The company also mentions that
the EPD [electrophoretic displays] has important advantages over
conventional flat panel displays. EPDs have very low power consumption
and bright light readability, which means that even under bright lights
or sunlight, the user would be able to view the display clearly.
Furthermore, since the device uses the thin CNT films, applications can
include e-paper and displays with thin, flexible substrates. Power
consumption is lowered due to the EPD's ability to reflect light and
therefore able to preserve text or images on the display without
frequently refreshing."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/27/2347234
Links:
0. http://www.thefutureofthings.com/
1. http://thefutureofthings.com/news/5646/carbon-nano-tube-color-a4-e-paper.html
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| 10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA Is the Law That "Saved the Web" |
| from the not-perfect-the-understatement-of-the-year dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 28, @01:40 (The Intern|
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/27/2357205 |
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[0]mattOzan writes "On the tenth anniversary of the [1]Digital Millennium
Copyright Act [PDF], Wired Magazine posits that the [2]DMCA should be
praised for catalyzing the interactive '2.0' Web that we enjoy today.
While acknowledging the troublesome 'anti-circumvention' provision of the
act, they claim that any harm caused by that is far outweighed by the
act's "notice-and-takedown" provision and the safe harbor that this
provides to intermediary ISPs. Fritz Attaway, policy adviser for the MPAA
weighed in saying 'It's not perfect. But it's better than nothing.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/27/2357205
Links:
0. mailto:vispuslo@mattCOWozan.netminusherbivore
1. http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf
2. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/ten-years-later.html
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| The Second Coming of Virtual Worlds |
| from the when-someone-asks-if-you're-a-god-you-say-yes dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 28, @03:28 (Communicat|
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/0345237 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Things have been a bit quiet on the virtual
world front recently, but according to an article in Silicon.com,
[0]things are about to change. Apparently it's only now that virtual
worlds are really going to become a force to be reckoned with. 'Now
experts predict the virtual world phenomenon is entering a second phase
in which businesses will become shrewder about their involvement in such
environments and look more carefully at the tangible benefits they can
realize. Emerging technology specialist at IBM, Robert Smart, is
confident virtual worlds will become more important to businesses in the
coming years.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/0345237
Links:
0. http://www.silicon.com/silicon/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39285821,00.htm
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| Student Charged With Three Felonies For Finding Security Flaw &mdas|
| from the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 28, @05:35 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/0436243 |
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Well, yet another teenage hacker who "did the right thing" by reporting a
security flaw is being [0]punished for his actions. Although it
definitely sounds like the whole story may not be in the clear yet, a
15-year-old New York high school student has been charged with three
felonies claiming that he accessed a file containing social security
numbers, driver's license numbers, and home addresses of past and present
employees ... and then sent an anonymous email to the principal alerting
him to the security flaw. "All that was needed to access the information
was a district password. School officials have admitted that thousands of
students, faculty and employees could have accessed the same file for up
to two weeks."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/0436243
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/28/student_charged/
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| Lame Duck Challenge Ends With Free Codeweavers Software For All |
| from the well-that-didn't-end-as-planned dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 28, @07:30 (Software) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/0354203 |
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gzipped_tar writes to tell us that The Codeweavers "[0]Great American
Lame Duck Presidential Challenge" has ended in [1]surprise and free
software all day Tuesday (October 28, 2008) at the Codeweavers site. A
while back Codeweavers gave President Bush a challenge to meet one of
several goals before he left office. One of these goals was to lower gas
prices in the Twin Cities below $2.79 a gallon, which has since
transpired. "How was I to know that President Bush would take my
challenge so seriously? And, give the man credit, I didn't think there
was *any* way he could pull it off. But engineering a total market
meltdown - wow - that was pure genius. I clearly underestimated the man.
I'm ashamed that I goaded him into this and take full responsibility for
the collapse of any savings you might have. Please accept our free
software as my way of apologizing for the global calamity we now find
ourselves embroiled in."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/0354203
Links:
0. http://lameduck.codeweavers.com/
1. http://www.codeweavers.com/
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| Kazaa Founder Wants Us To Find "Legitimate" Files |
| from the how-very-thoughtful-to-take-notice dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @08:33 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/129213 |
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Just because I'm an writes "The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Kevin
Bermeister and Michael Speck have been developing technology to return
search results on file sharing programs that [0]point to pay-for content
from the copyright holders. The article reports that there are trials
planned for Australian ISPs, with interest from elsewhere on the globe."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/129213
Links:
0. http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/kazaa-foes-join-up-to-fight-pirates-porn/2008/10/28/1224956013205.html
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| Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox |
| from the zipping-right-along dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @09:20 (Mozilla) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1249231 |
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[0]zootropole writes "If you are using Firefox 3 (or even Chrome) you
should [1]consider taking a look at Mozilla's Minefield. This browser
(alpha version yet, but stable) would give a new meaning to 'fast
browsing experience.' Some Firefox extensions aren't supported, but
riding the fastest javascript engine on the p***t definitely worth a
try. Minefield's install won't affect your Firefox, so there's no risk
trying it. It's fast. Really. And I'm loving it." Reviews popping up
around the web are overwhelmingly positive, calling the upcoming browser
[2]crazy fast, [3]blisteringly fast, etc.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1249231
Links:
0. http://www.zootropole.com.br/
1. http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/
2. http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/25/experimental-minefield-browser-from-mozilla-is-crazy-fast/
3. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/tech/cnettechnews/main4542817.shtml
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| $125 Million Settlement In Authors Guild v. Google |
| from the something-had-to-give dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @10:12 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/145249 |
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[0]James Gleick writes "Authors, publishers, and Google are [1]announcing
a huge settlement deal today in their lawsuits over the scanning of
millions of copyrighted books in library collections. Google has agreed
to a huge payout for books that were scanned without permission, but now
they'll be allowed to scan the books legitimately. Most important,
they'll be able to put millions of books online, including those still in
copyright ?€? not just for searching and not just in snippets. There is a
groundbreaking new licensing system meant to make the books as widely
available as possible while protecting the authors' copyrights and
enabling them to share in the revenue. Some will differ, but personally I
think this is a wonderful outcome, for readers and for authors alike."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/145249
Links:
0. http://around.com/
1. http://settlement.authorsguild.org/
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| US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search |
| from the fair-enough dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @11:02 (Data Storage) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1443218 |
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[0]bfwebster writes "Orin Kerr over at [1]The Volokh Conspiracy (a great
legal blog, BTW) reports on a US District Court ruling issued just last
week which finds that [2]doing hash calculations on a hard drive is a
form of search and thus subject to 4th Amendment limitations. In this
particular case, the US District Court suppressed evidence of child
pornography on a hard drive because proper warrants were not obtained
before imaging the hard drive and calculating MD5 hash values for the
individual files on the drive, some of which ended up matching known MD5
hash values for known child pornography image and video files. More
details at Kerr's posting." Update: 10/28 16:23 GMT by [3]T : Headline
updated to reflect that this is a Federal District Court located in
Pennsylvania, rather than a court of the Commonwealth itself.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1443218
Links:
0. http://bfwa.com/
1. http://volokh.com/
2. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_10_26-2008_11_01.shtml#1225159904
3. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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| Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa |
| from the roll-the-windows-down-if-it-gets-hot dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @11:49 (Microsoft) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1448207 |
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[0]ThousandStars writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft
has been [1]making a concerted effort to promote Windows in Africa,
pushing Windows over Linux in very poor countries that haven't been
locked into a single operating system. From the article: 'To that end, it
has established a presence in 13 countries, donated Windows for thousands
of school computers, and funded programs for entrepreneurs and the young.
It also has used aggressive business tactics, some aimed at its biggest
threat in the region: Linux ...'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1448207
Links:
0. http://blog.seliger.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122332198757908625.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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| London Is Still World's Wi-Fi Access Point Capital |
| from the home-of-the-apostrophe dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @12:26 (Businesses) |
| http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1526229 |
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[0]ISP Review UK writes "The latest annual Wireless Security Survey from
[1]RSA has revealed that [2]London is still the world's wireless network
(Wi-Fi) capital, with a total of 12,276 access points detected, exceeding
the number found in New York City by more than 3,000. However, the French
capital of Paris broke all the records with a 543% year-over-year
increase in the number of wireless access points, which compares with
London's 72% (down from 160% last year) and New York City's 45% (down
from 49%). The survey also examined how many of the wireless access
points detected were secured with some form of encryption (hotspots
excluded). In New York City, 97% of corporate access points had
encryption in place (76% last year). In Paris, 94% of corporate access
points were encrypted ?€? although in London, 20% of all business access
points continue to be completely unprotected."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1526229
Links:
0. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_Security
2. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkkVkpkFuEaRNFKwsG.html
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| Hands-On With Windows 7's New Features |
| from the less-sucking-is-good-in-this-context dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 28, @13:17 (Windows) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1647209 |
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[0]Barence writes "Microsoft has released the first pre-beta code of
Windows 7, and PC Pro has a series of in-depth, [1]hands-on examinations
of all the new features. The [2]revamped user interface has clearly
gleaned more than a little inspiration from the Mac OS X Dock, but it
goes further than the Apple concept with 'jumplists,' new gadgets and an
updated system tray. The much-vaunted [3]multi-touch controls were there
to play with, and it seemed to work well. [4]Networking has been given
the full treatment, with new features HomeGroup and Libraries. Windows 7
debuts a new feature called [5]Device Stage that has the potential to be
unbelievably handy ... or a complete disaster. Finally, several new
features could make PCs easier to [6]manage and secure for IT departments,
such as BitLocker To Go and Branch Cache." All in all, these features
together lead some people to the conclusion that Windows 7 will "[7]suck
less than Vista" ?€? that last link from reader ThinSkin, who also points
to a related sampling of [8]screenshots from the current iteration of
Windows 7.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1647209
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/233022/revealed-whats-in-windows-7.html
2. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/28/windows-7-the-user-interface/
3. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/28/windows-7-multitouch-controls/
4. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/28/windows-7-networking/
5. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/28/windows-7-device-management/
6. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/28/windows-7-tools-for-it-departments/
7. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2333393,00.asp
8. http://www.extremetech.com/slideshow_viewer/0,2849,l%253D233426%2526a%253D233425%2526po%253D1,00.asp?p=y
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| Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent |
| from the only-a-matter-of-time dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @14:01 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1722214 |
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A Cow writes "The [0]Tribler BitTorrent client, a project run by
researchers from several European universities and Harvard, is the first
to incorporate [1]decentralized search capabilities. With Tribler, users
can now find .torrent files that are hosted among other peers, instead of
on a centralized site such as The Pirate Bay or Mininova. The Tribler
developers have found a way to make their client work without having to
rely on BitTorrent sites. Although others have tried to come up with
similar solutions, such as [2]the Cubit plugin for Vuze, Tribler is the
first to understand that with decentralized BitTorrent search, there also
has to be a way to moderate these decentralized torrents in order to
avoid a flood of spam."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1722214
Links:
0. http://www.tribler.org/Download
1. http://torrentfreak.com/tribler-set-to-make-bittorrent-sites-obsolete-081028
2. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/23/1514255&tid=230
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| Microsoft Unveils Browser-Based Office Apps |
| from the what-took-you-so-long dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @14:46 (Microsoft) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1727218 |
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[0]snydeq writes "Microsoft followed up its [1]Windows Azure unveiling by
announcing that it will deliver [2]lightweight versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and OneNote through the browser, a la Google Apps.
Surprisingly, Office Web applications will run in Firefox and Safari, not
just Internet Explorer. Far less shocking: You won't get Office Web apps
free and clear as you do Google apps. The apps are meant to be an
extension to locally installed instances of the next version of Microsoft
Office, the same way Outlook Web Access provides access to mail without
the fat Outlook client."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1727218
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/27/220208&tid=109
2. http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/28/44NF-microsoft-office-web_1.html
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| NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Moister Mars |
| from the alliteration-makes-me-happy dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @15:30 (Mars) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/181245 |
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[0]Matt_dk writes "NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed [1]a
new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This
discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the p***t's surface a
billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important
role in shaping the p***t's surface and possibly hosting life."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/181245
Links:
0. http://spacefellowship.com/
1. http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7165
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| The Internet Is 'Built Wrong' |
| from the because-he-said-so dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @16:11 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/1852233 |
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An anonymous reader writes "API Lead at Twitter, Alex Payne, writes today
that [0]the Internet was 'built wrong,' and continues to be accepted as
an inferior system, due to a software engineering philosophy called
[1]Worse Is Better. 'We now know, for example, that IPv4 won't scale to
the projected size of the future Internet. We know too that
near-universal deployment of technologies with inadequate security and
trust models, like SMTP, can mean millions if not billions lost to
electronic crime, defensive measures, and reduced productivity,' says
Payne, who calls for a 'content-centric approach to networking.' Payne
doesn't mention, however, that his own system, Twitter, was built wrong
and is consistently down."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/1852233
Links:
0. http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=708&doc_id=166793&
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better
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| Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants |
| from the also-bake-them-cookies dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @16:50 (The Courts) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/203218 |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Boston judge who has consolidated all
of the RIAA's Massachusetts cases into a single case over which she has
been presiding for the past 5 years [1]delivered something of a rebuke to
the RIAA's lawyers, we have learned. At a conference this past June,
[2]the transcript of which (PDF) has just been released, Judge Nancy
Gertner said to them that they 'have an ethical obligation to fully
understand that they are fighting people without lawyers... to understand
that the formalities of this are basically bankrupting people, and it's
terribly critical that you stop it ...' She also acknowledged that 'there
is a huge imbalance in these cases. The record companies are represented
by large law firms with substantial resources,' while it is futile for
self-represented defendants to resist. The judge did not seem to
acknowledge any responsibility on her part, however, for having created
the 'imbalance,' and also stated that the law is 'overwhelmingly on the
side of the record companies,' even though she seems to recognize that
for the past 5 years she has been hearing only one side of the legal
story."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/203218
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/10/transcript-of-june-17th-conference-in.html
2. http://beckermanlegal.com/Lawyer_Copyright_Internet_Law/londonsire_does_080617TranscriptConference.pdf
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| The Personal Genome Project Hits the Web |
| from the dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @17:37 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/208218 |
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[0]Ian Lamont writes "The Personal Genome Project has released the data
sets and descriptions of traits, ethnic background and other information
of the [1]first ten volunteers, which include the project director and
nine other people with backgrounds in genetics, medicine, and
biotechnology. While the human genome was first sequenced at the
beginning of this decade, what's special about this project is these 10
participants are having their names, genome, and other personal data
gleaned from questionnaires [2]shared openly on the Web, where interested
researchers can freely access them. One of the ultimate aims of the
project is to create a public database of 100,000 volunteers that
researchers and other parties can use to determine what traits, diseases
or other characteristics are associated with specific genetic markers.
[3]When asked why volunteers are requested to attach their names to the
Web records, the project director said the data could be used by
researchers in other fields outside of genetics, including forensic
science and historical research. While this project opens the door for
some interesting and potentially life-saving research, there may also be
difficulties or problems for people whose records are posted on the Web.
Would you participate? Would you share your name, along with your genome,
disease history, and traits? Why or why not?"
Discuss this story at:
nla_internal_3765799.jpg 0. http://www.thestandard.com/people/i-lamont550036
1. http://www.personalgenomes.org/pgp10.html
2. http://www.personalgenomes.org/public/
3. http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/10/27/personal-genome-project-hits-web
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| Attack Code Found For Recent Windows Bug |
| from the oh-by-the-way dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 28, @18:23 (Windows) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/2145202 |
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[0]CWmike writes "Just a day after downplaying the vulnerability that
caused it to issue an [1]out-of-cycle patch last week, Microsoft warned
customers late yesterday that [2]exploit code had gone public and was
being used in additional attacks. 'We've identified the public
availability of exploit code that now shows code execution for the
vulnerability addressed by MS08-067,' said Mike Reavey, operations
manager of Microsoft's Security Response Center, in a [3]post to the MSRC
blog. 'This exploit code has been shown to result in remote code
execution on Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/2145202
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/news
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/23/1713220&tid=201
2. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118341
3. http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/10/27/microsoft-security-advisory-958963.aspx
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| Researcher Warns of "Digital Dark Age" |
| from the evaporating-digital-culture dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 28, @19:10 (Data Storage) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/2238257 |
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alphadogg writes "A assistant professor from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign is sounding a warning that companies, the government
and researchers need to [0]come up with a plan for preserving our
increasingly digitized data in light of shifting document management and
other software platforms (think WordPerfect and floppy disks). Jerome P.
McDonough, who teaches at the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, says there
exists about 369 exabytes worth of data, and that includes some pretty
hard to replace stuff, including tax files, email and photos. Open
standards could play a key role in any preservation effort, he says. 'If
we can't keep today's information alive for future generations, we will
lose a lot of our culture,' McDonough said. Even over the course of 10
years, you can have a rapid enough evolution in the ways people store
digital information and the programs they use to access it that file
formats can fall out of date.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/2238257
Links:
0. http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1027data.html
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| Multiple Asteroid Belts Found Orbiting Nearby Star |
| from the no-word-on-asteroid-suspenders dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 28, @19:59 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/28/2251226 |
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Kligat writes "Scientists have [0]found two asteroid belts around the
star Epsilon Eridani, the [1]ninth closest star to our solar system.
Epsilon Eridani also possesses an icy outer ring similar in composition
to our [2]Kuiper Belt, but with 100 times more material, and a Jovian
mass p***t near the edge of the innermost belt. Researchers believe that
two other p***ts must orbit the 850 million year old star near the other
two belts. [3]Terrestrial p***ts are possible, but not yet indicated."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/10/28/2251226
Links:
0. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/2008/pr200822.html
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars
2. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/p***ts/profile.cfm?Object=KBOs
3. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081027-mm-solar-system-twin.html
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