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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* IBM Bringing Powerline Broadband Back?
* Remote Access Policies
* US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use
* Scientists Discover Proteins Controlling Evolution
* Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy
* Vein Patterns Could Replace Fingerprints
* Nuke Site Converted Into Green Data Center
* The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices
* How Long Should an Open Source Project Support Users?
* AMD Launches First 45nm Shanghai CPUs
* RED's New Digital Stills and Motion Camera Pushing the Limits
* Mind Control Delusions and the Web
* Review: Gears of War 2
* Ubuntu Ports To ARM
* The Shady Business Practices of Classmates.com
* Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer
* Non-Profit Org Claims Rights In Library Catalog Data
* Hubble's Exop***t Pics Outshined by Keck's
* Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac
* Job and Internship Salary Comparisons?
* Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1
* The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker
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| IBM Bringing Powerline Broadband Back? |
| from the faster-tubes dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 12, @19:04 (The Interne|
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2316255 |
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[0]KindMind writes "IBM, in partnership with International Broadband
Electric Communications, appears to be bringing back [1]powerline
broadband back from the dead. This time, the idea is to build out in
rural areas not currently serviced by broadband, and isn't for competing
with other broadband solutions. From the article: 'Their strategy is to
sign up electric cooperatives that provide power to sparsely populated
areas across the eastern United States. Rather than compete toe-to-toe
with large, entrenched cable or DSL providers, IBEC is looking for
customers that have been largely left out of the shift to high-speed
Internet.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2316255
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~KindMind
1. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IBM-to-help-build-broadband-apf-13540586.html
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| Remote Access Policies |
| from the write-it-down-from-home dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 12, @20:17 (Networking)|
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2319241 |
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[0]Samalie writes "My company is considering implementing a formal remote
access policy (and agreement for staff to sign) for users who access our
network from home via VPN. Does anyone out there have any suggestions as
to what this policy/agreement should contain? Anyone have their own
corporate policy that I can borrow from? This is the first time I've come
across anyone wanting a formal policy for this & online searches haven't
been very helpful."
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2319241
Links:
0. mailto:jt.hippie@gmail.com
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| US Supreme Court Allows Sonar Use |
| from the dolphin-earplugs dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 12, @21:17 (The Courts)|
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2329215 |
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[0]gollum123 writes "The US Supreme Court has [1]removed restrictions on
the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises near California. The ruling
is a defeat for environmental groups who say the sonar can kill whales
and other mammals. In its 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said the Navy
needed to conduct realistic training exercises to respond to potential
threats. The court did not deal with the merits of the claims put forward
by the environmental groups. In reinstating the use of sonar, the top US
court rejected a lower federal judge's injunction that had required the
US Navy to take various precautions during submarine-hunting exercises.
The Bush administration argued that there is little evidence of harm to
marine life in more than 40 years of exercises off the California coast.
It said that the judges should have deferred to the judgment of the Navy
and Mr Bush. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said
overall public interest was 'strongly in favor of the Navy.' 'The most
serious possible injury would be harm to an unknown number of the marine
mammals,' Chief Justice Roberts wrote. 'In contrast, forcing the Navy to
deploy an inadequately trained anti-submarine force jeopardizes the
safety of the fleet.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2329215
Links:
0. mailto:kaal7ik@gmail.com
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7725189.stm
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| Scientists Discover Proteins Controlling Evolution |
| from the let-the-flamewar-begin dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 12, @22:10 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2323245 |
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[0]Khemisty writes "Evolutionary changes are supposed to take place
gradually and randomly, under pressure from natural selection. But a team
of Princeton scientists investigating a group of proteins that help cells
burn energy stumbled across evidence that this is [1]not how evolution
works. In fact, their discovery could revolutionize the way we understand
evolutionary processes. They have evidence that organisms actually have
the [2]ability to control their own evolution."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2323245
Links:
0. mailto:tmgrome@NosPam.gmail.com
1. http://io9.com/5083673/princeton-scientists-discover-proteins-that-control-evolution
2. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/60/95O56/index.xml?section=topstories
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| Plasma Plants Vaporize Trash While Creating Energy |
| from the Mr.-Fusion dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 13, @01:14 (Earth) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2326244 |
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[0]Jason Sahler writes "Recently St. Lucie County in Florida announced
that it has teamed up with Geoplasma to develop [1]the United States'
first plasma gasification plant. The plant will use super-hot 10,000
degree Fahrenheit plasma to effectively vaporize 1,500 tons of trash each
day, which in turn spins turbines to generate 60MW of electricity ?€?
enough to power 50,000 homes!"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2326244
Links:
0. mailto:jasonsahler@yahoo.com
1. http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/12/plasma-plants-vaporize-trash-to-generate-energy/
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| Vein Patterns Could Replace Fingerprints |
| from the no-two-alike dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 13, @04:21 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/12/2336259 |
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[0]Death Metal writes "Companies in Europe have begun to roll out an
advanced biometric system from Japan that [1]identifies people from the
unique patterns of veins inside their fingers. Finger vein
authentication, introduced widely by Japanese banks in the last two
years, is claimed to be the fastest and most secure biometric method.
Developed by Hitachi, it verifies a person's identity based on the
lattice work of minute blood vessels under the skin."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/12/2336259
Links:
0. http://www.anus.com/metal
1. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5129384.ece
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| Nuke Site Converted Into Green Data Center |
| from the glowing-data dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 13, @07:57 (The Internet|
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/047259 |
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[0]1sockchuck writes "If you had 100,000 servers, would you put them on
top of a former [1]nuclear fuel facility? One of the world's largest web
hosts, 1&1 Internet, is building a new data center on a site in Hanau,
Germany previously used by Siemens to produce mixed oxide rods made from
enriched uranium and plutonium. The site has been cleaned up, and 1&1 is
converting it into a 'green' data center powered by renewable energy and
using [2]free cooling to save on air conditioning costs."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/047259
Links:
0. http://www.gamehostingguide.com/
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/11/12/nuke-site-converted-into-data-center/
2. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/18/1938251&tid=232
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| The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices |
| from the doom-proof dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, @08:41 (Sci-Fi) |
| http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/135258 |
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Ostracus writes to tell us that Wired has an interesting summary of some
of the best [0]fictional doomsday devices. These devices have featured
heavily in movies, television, and fiction; their list includes favorites
from Dr. Strangelove to Futurama. What devices have they missed? "By the
time Futurama's sci-fi satire hit the scene, creator Matt Groening had
the doomsday-device shtick down. Case in point: the Spheroboom. This
highly explosive space/time-bending device isn't just the prized jewel of
the show's mad scientist, professor Farnsworth. It also destroys
anyone/anything not wearing a 'Doom-proof Platinum Vest.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/135258
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_doomsday
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| How Long Should an Open Source Project Support Users? |
| from the no-implied-support dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, @09:24 (Linux Bu|
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1312207 |
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[0]Ubuntu Kitten writes "Since October the community-generated database
of cards known to work with Ndiswrapper has been down. This is apparently
due to an on-going site redesign, but right now [1]the usual URL simply
directs to a stock Sourceforge page. Without the database, the software's
usability is severely diminished but this raises an interesting question:
Is an open source project obliged to provide support for its users? If
so, for how long should the support last? Web servers cost money,
especially for popular sites. While developers can sometimes find
sponsorship, is it possible to get sponsorship simply for infrastructure
and user services?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1312207
Links:
0. http://www.ubuntukungfu.com/
1. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
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| AMD Launches First 45nm Shanghai CPUs |
| from the steady-progress dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, @10:07 (AMD) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1320254 |
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[0]arcticstoat writes "The wait for AMD's next-gen CPUs is finally over.,
as the company has now officially launched its first [1]45nm 'Shanghai'
Opteron chips for servers and workstations. 'AMD's move to a 45nm process
relies on immersion lithography, where a refractive fluid fills the gap
between the lens and the wafer, which AMD says will result in 'dramatic
performance and performance-per-watt gains.' It's also enabled AMD to
increase the maximum clock speed of the Opterons from 2.3GHz with the
Barcelona core to 2.7GHz with the Shanghai core. Shanghai chips also
feature more cache than their predecessors, with 6MB of Level 3 cache
bumping the total up to 8MB, and the chips share the same cache
architecture as Barcelona CPUs, with a shared pool of Level 3 cache and
an individual allocation of Level 2 cache for each core.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1320254
Links:
0. http://www.russell-crow.com/
1. http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/605178/amd-launches-first-45nm-cpus.html
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| RED's New Digital Stills and Motion Camera Pushing the Limits |
| from the paint-it-red dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, @10:49 (Media) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/145233 |
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rallymatte writes to mention that camera maker RED has announced a [0]new
digital stills and motion camera system that includes one model that can
shoot up to 28K at 25 fps. The new system will come in three tiers:
Scarlet, Epic, and their top of line model which won't be out until
possibly 2010. Still image capture will range anywhere from 4.9
megapixels to an insane 261 megapixels. In addition to some impressive
'traditional' hardware, RED also announced a 3D camera.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/145233
Links:
0. http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/reds-digital-still-and-motion-camera-system-now-official/
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| Mind Control Delusions and the Web |
| from the advertisers-soon-to-monetize-the-voices-in-my-head dept.|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Thursday November 13, @11:34 (Social N|
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1433201 |
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[0]biohack writes "An article in the New York Times provides interesting
insight into online communities of people who believe that they are
[1]subjected to mind control. 'Type "mind control" or "gang stalking"
into Google, and Web sites appear that describe cases of persecution,
both psychological and physical, related with the same minute details ?€?
red and white cars following victims, vandalism of their homes,
snickering by those around them.' According to Dr. Vaughan Bell, a
British psychologist who has researched the effect of the Internet on
mental illness, '[the] extent of the community [...] poses a paradox to
the traditional way delusion is defined under the diagnostic guidelines
of the American Psychiatric Association, which says that if a belief is
held by a person's "culture or subculture," it is not a delusion. The
exception accounts for rituals of religious faith, for example.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1433201
Links:
0. http://biohacker.wordpress.com/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?pagewanted=all
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| Review: Gears of War 2 |
| from the who-wants-toast!? dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 13, @12:17 (Games) |
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1541204 |
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The original Gears of War was one of the most popular games of 2006,
helping to solidify the Xbox 360's place in the console market. Since
then, it's sold about 5 million copies. When word leaked out that a
sequel was in the works, many wondered if Epic Games could reach the bar
set by the first game. As it turns out, they could. Gears of War 2 will
feel very familiar to those who have played its predecessor. Games often
have a way of reinventing themselves as sequels come and go, but Epic
stuck to the basics of what had already worked so well, and simply set
about improving, polishing, and fleshing out the Gears world as much as
they could. Read on for the rest of the review.
This story continues at:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1541204
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1541204
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| Ubuntu Ports To ARM |
| from the arm-y-of-warmth dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @13:08 (Operating Syst|
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/186217 |
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nerdyH writes "Canonical will [0]port Ubuntu Desktop Linux to the ARMv7
architecture. The announcement sets the stage for Intel to lose the
traditional 'software advantage' that has enabled x86 to shrug off
attacks from other architectures for the last 30 years. How long can it
be before Microsoft responds with a Windows 7 port? I mean, x86 just
can't do 'idle power' like ARM ... Nokia's N810 tablets can standby for
several weeks, just like a cell phone, keeping you 'present' on IM,
behind IPv4 NAT the whole time. The first Atom MIDs are standing by for
6-7 hours."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/186217
Links:
0. http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9527593286.html
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| The Shady Business Practices of Classmates.com |
| from the let-her-stalk-you-for-a-change dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @13:58 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1844240 |
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eldavojohn writes ""Some of your classmates are trying to contact you!"
reads one e-mail. Attempts to remove yourself from the mailing list may
only result in more mailings from the site of ill repute. Well, Ars
Techica brings us news of a [0]suit against Classmates.com. You don't
need to look far [1]for anti-classmates.com sentiment spreading like wild
fire across the tubes." Good next target: ads that say "you've already
won" some expensive toy.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1844240
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081112-your-school-chums-not-asking-about-you-classmates-com-sued.htmll
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/153769/5_reasons_i_hope_classmatescom_gets_sued_into_oblivion.html
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| Woman Admits Sending $400K To Nigerian Scammer |
| from the headdesk dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 13, @14:44 (The Internet|
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1659214 |
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svnt writes "Janella Spears wiped out her husband's retirement account,
remortgaged their paid-for house, and took out a lien against the family
car in an attempt to cash in on the deal. A undercover officer involved
with the investigation called it the worst example of the scam he's ever
seen. Thoughtfully, Spears has [0]gone public with her story as a warning
to others not to fall victim."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1659214
Links:
0. http://www.katu.com/news/34292654.html
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| Non-Profit Org Claims Rights In Library Catalog Data |
| from the paging-dr-gracenote dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @14:48 (Books) |
| http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/1929213 |
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lamona writes "The main source of the bibliographic records that are
carried in library databases is a non-profit organization called [0]OCLC.
Over the weekend OCLC 'leaked' its new policy that claims contractual
rights in the subsequent uses of the data, uses such as downloading book
information into [1]Zotero or other bibliographic software. The policy
explicitly forbids any use that would compete with OCLC. This would
essentially rule out the creation of free and open databases of library
content, such as the [2]Open Library and [3]LibraryThing. [4]The library
blogosphere is up in arms . But can our right to say: [5]"Twain, Mark.
The adventures of Tom Sawyer" be saved?"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/1929213
Links:
0. http://www.oclc.org/
1. http://www.zotero.org/
2. http://openlibrary.org/
3. http://www.librarything.com/
4. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change
5. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL22336175M
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| Hubble's Exop***t Pics Outshined by Keck's |
| from the keckkeckkeck-is-the-new-bwahaha dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @15:33 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/2010241 |
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[0]dtolman writes "Scientists at the Keck and Gemini telescopes stole the
thunder of Hubble scientists announcing the [1]first picture of an
extrasolar world orbiting a star. Hubble scientists announced today that
they were able to discover an extrasolar world for the first time by
taking an actual image of the newly discovered exop***t orbiting
[2]Fomalhaut ?€? previous discoveries have always been made by detecting
changes in the parent star's movement, or by watching the p***t
momentarily eclipse the star ?€? not by detecting them in images. Hubble's
time to shine was overshadowed though by the Keck and Gemini
observatories announcing that they had taken [3]pictures of not just one
p***t, but an entire alien solar system. [4]The images show multiple
p***ts orbiting the star HR 8799 ?€? 3 have been imaged so far."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/2010241
Links:
0. mailto:dtolman@yahoo.com
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/huge-exop***t-news-items-pictures/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomalhaut
3. http://www.gemini.edu/node/11151
4. http://www.gemini.edu/images/stories/press_release/pr2008-8/fig2.jpg
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| Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac |
| from the do-is-a-flexible-verb dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @16:15 (Microsoft) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/210255 |
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[0]CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer reports Microsoft has clarified that its
upcoming Office Web service will be available to users running [1]Mac OS
X and Linux, as well as from Apple's iPhone. The key to this cross
platform-friendliness: Office Web will run in Firefox and Safari
browsers, in addition to IE. [2]Introduced last month, Office Web is a
lightweight version of its Office suite that runs as an online service. I
think it's time for [3]Google to embrace OpenOffice.org to take on
Microsoft head-on, as CW blogger Preston Gralla has argued for [4]and
described how to go about it."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/210255
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
1. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120143
2. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118258
3. http://blogs.computerworld.com/why_google_should_embrace_openoffice
4. http://blogs.computerworld.com/heres_how_to_combine_openoffice_and_google_docs
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| Job and Internship Salary Comparisons? |
| from the who-makes-what? dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @17:05 (Businesses) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/2158258 |
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spydabyte writes "I'm a current undergraduate at the Georgia Institute of
Technology and have been getting offers for internships next summer. I
was wondering if there is a source of information on intern markets or
how a market's competitive salaries are. How do you know if you're
getting a decent offer or you deserve more when you're entering a
(personally) new market? Is there a definite source? Do you have your
favorite? I know that many factors matter, as in location, previous
experience, etc., but I think there's more to find out besides asking for
my friends' current offers. If not internships, how about full time or
careers? Any ideas?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/2158258
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| Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1 |
| from the teaching-the-android-to-fetch-and-sit dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @17:52 (Debian) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/2240244 |
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chrb writes "Following hot on the heels of the [0]G1 root exploit, Jay
Freeman now has [1]Debian ARM running on the G1. The RC30 update has
fixed the root hole, but with [2]utilities and images already available
to replace the flash image with your own signed code, it looks like the
manufacturer-hacker arms race is on."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/2240244
Links:
0. http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/08/1720246&tid=128
1. http://www.saurik.com/id/10
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443041
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| The Trap Set By the FBI For Half Life 2 Hacker |
| from the well-deserved-shadenfreude dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday November 13, @18:37 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/13/2327217 |
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eldavojohn writes "You might remember the tiny news that [0]Half Life 2
source code was leaked in 2003 ... it is the 6th most visited Slashdot
story with over one kilocomment. Well, did anything happen to source of
the leak, the German hacker Axel 'Ago' Gembe? [1]Wired is reporting he
was offered a job interview so that Valve could get him into the U.S. and
bag him for charges. It's not the first time the FBI tried this trick:
'The same Seattle FBI office had successfully used an identical gambit in
2001, when they created a fake startup company called Invita, and lured
two known Russian hackers to the U.S. for a job interview, where they
were arrested.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/11/13/2327217
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/02/1547218&tid=156
1. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/valve-tricked-h.html
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