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In this issue:
* Leonard Nimoy Turns 80
* AMD Challenges NVIDIA To Graphics Throw-Down
* SABAM Wants Truckers To Pay For Listening To Radio
* Microsoft To FTC: Don't Tell Us How Long To Retain User Data
* Enlisting Game Hackers Instead of Fighting Them
* Using the Open Records Law To Intimidate Critics
* Artificial Clouds To Cool Qatar World Cup Stadiums
* Friends Don't Let Geek Friends Work In Finance
* Turning Your E-Reader Into a Cheap Tablet
* Microsoft Sniffs Out Unused Wireless Spectrum
* How Viewing a "Virtual You" Can Help You Save
* MySql.com Hacked With Sql Injection
* Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop?
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| Leonard Nimoy Turns 80
| from the if-shatner-gets-one-so-does-nimoy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday March 26, @20:25 (Sci-Fi)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/26/2223235/Leonard-Nimoy-Turns-80?from=newsletter
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[0]ZosX writes "Leonard Nimoy, whom we all fondly remember as Spock, has
turned 80 today. StarTrek.com has posted a [1]three-part [2]interview
[3]with Nimoy. He talks about shooting the original series ('it was
explained to me that they were concerned that the character looked
devilish'), moving to the silver screen ('The feeling was, after that
first movie, there was something to be done with Star Trek, that the
first movie hadn't done what was available to be done'), and passing the
torch to the new rebooted cast ('I think the alternate universe was
necessary.') Thanks for the memories, Mr. Nimoy! May you live long and
prosper!"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/26/2223235/Leonard-Nimoy-Turns-80?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://zosxaviusatgmaildotcom/
1. http://startrek.com/article/orbiting-80-nimoy-looks-back-and-ahead-part-1
2. http://startrek.com/article/orbiting-80-nimoy-looks-back-and-ahead-part-2
3. http://startrek.com/article/orbiting-80-nimoy-looks-back-and-ahead-part-3
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| AMD Challenges NVIDIA To Graphics Throw-Down
| from the fight-to-the-death dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday March 26, @23:22 (AMD)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/26/2316219/AMD-Challenges-NVIDIA-To-Graphics-Throw-Down?from=newsletter
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[0]MojoKid writes "Over the last couple of weeks, the two most powerful
graphics cards released for the PC to date made their respective debuts,
the dual-Cayman GPU powered AMD Radeon HD 6990 and the dual-GF110 GPU
powered NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590. With such powerful products in their
line-ups, both AMD and NVIDIA have claimed they offer 'the world's
fastest graphics card.' AMD says it's theirs. Dave Erskine, the Senior
Public Relations Manager for Graphics Desktop at [1]AMD, challenged
NVIDIA directly. 'So now I issue a challenge to our competitor: [2]prove
it, don't just say it. Show us the substantiation.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/26/2316219/AMD-Challenges-NVIDIA-To-Graphics-Throw-Down?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/AMD-Directly-Challenges-NVIDIA-In-New-Blog-Post/
2. http://blogs.amd.com/play/2011/03/25/2056/
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| SABAM Wants Truckers To Pay For Listening To Radio
| from the tell-us-of-your-plight dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 27, @02:19 (Music)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0115248/SABAM-Wants-Truckers-To-Pay-For-Listening-To-Radio?from=newsletter
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[0]guruevi writes "SABAM, the Belgian RIAA, wants truckers to start
[1]paying for the copyrights to listen to the radio in their cabin
(Google translation of [2]Dutch original). SABAM already has a system in
place to extract fees from businesses for having radios in the work area
for businesses with more than 9 employees, and they find that truckers'
cabins are areas of work and thus infringe on their copyrights. The local
politicians think this is going too far; they believe truckers need a
radio for safety reasons and view a truck cabin as 'an intimate place.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0115248/SABAM-Wants-Truckers-To-Pay-For-Listening-To-Radio?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://eviatsmokingcubedotbe/
1. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.standaard.be%2Fartikel%2Fdetail.aspx%3Fartikelid%3D1937V2RP
2. http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=1937V2RP
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| Microsoft To FTC: Don't Tell Us How Long To Retain User Data
| from the you-can-trust-us dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 27, @05:17 (Microsoft)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/022207/Microsoft-To-FTC-Dont-Tell-Us-How-Long-To-Retain-User-Data?from=newsletter
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[0]Roberto123 writes "In a public response to proposed federal
regulations to protect users' privacy online, Microsoft said it is
committed to 'privacy by design' but [1]thinks the Federal Trade
Commission should use a light regulatory touch. The company 'urges the
Commission to [2]avoid imposing prescriptive requirements with respect to
data retention periods or in further defining "specific business purpose"
or "need."'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/022207/Microsoft-To-FTC-Dont-Tell-Us-How-Long-To-Retain-User-Data?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/nwblogs_arch
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-ftc-don%E2%80%99t-tell-us-how-long-retain-u
2. http://www.infolawgroup.com/2011/03/articles/data-privacy-law-or-regulation/whats-next-for-the-ftcs-proposed-privacy-framework/
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| Enlisting Game Hackers Instead of Fighting Them
| from the take-a-hint-sony dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 27, @06:23 (PC Games (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0535207/Enlisting-Game-Hackers-Instead-of-Fighting-Them?from=newsletter
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CVG recently spoke with Christofer Sundberg, co-founder of Avalanche
Studios, the company behind Just Cause and its sequel. Sundberg expressed
his [0]disdain for both DRM and poor cross-platform ports, and talked
about how he sees the hacker community as more of an ally than publishers
do. Quoting: "'... 50 percent of the people that work for me come from a
hacker background - that's true.' When asked whether approaching leading
hackers and asking them to put their programming skills to good use was a
wise idea, Sundberg added: 'Oh yeah. I absolutely think that's a fair
approach, to think about how these people can fit on the right side of
the law. It's one way, at least. Perhaps the truest pirates are too much
down the road of anarchy to ever work with you in a proper way; these are
the guys who see us as evil! But in Sweden the [hacking] scene was
huge... As a studio, we've found that there's definitely a lot of talent
[in that community].'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0535207/Enlisting-Game-Hackers-Instead-of-Fighting-Them?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Using the Open Records Law To Intimidate Critics
| from the in-the-case-of-letter-v-spirit dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 27, @08:13 (Government)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0154213/Using-the-Open-Records-Law-To-Intimidate-Critics?from=newsletter
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Layzej writes "On March 15, Professor Bill Cronon [0]posted his first
blog. The subject was the role of the American Legislative Exchange
Council in influencing recent legislation in Wisconsin and across the
country. Less than two days later, his university received a
communication formally requesting under the state's Open Records Law
copies of [1]all emails he sent or received pertaining to matters raised
in the blog. Remarkably, [2]the request was sent to the university's
legal office by Stephan Thompson of the Republican Party of Wisconsin,
with no effort to obscure the political motivations behind it. In a
recent editorial, the New York Times notes that demanding copies of
e-mails and other documents is the latest technique used politically to
silence critics."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/0154213/Using-the-Open-Records-Law-To-Intimidate-Critics?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/15/alec/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28mon3.html?_r=1
2. http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/2011/03/24/open-records-attack-on-academic-freedom/
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| Artificial Clouds To Cool Qatar World Cup Stadiums
| from the synthetic-rain dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @09:44 (Power)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1217247/Artificial-Clouds-To-Cool-Qatar-World-Cup-Stadiums?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "In anticipation of extreme heat during the
2022 World Cup in Qatar, scientists and engineers at Qatar University
have developed a [0]solar-powered gas-filled cloud that will shade
spectators and athletes from the intense sun. The $500,000 artificial
clouds can be positioned over any of the stadiums in Qatar and can be
maneuvered with a remote control from the ground to keep the passing sun
off the field."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1217247/Artificial-Clouds-To-Cool-Qatar-World-Cup-Stadiums?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Friends Don't Let Geek Friends Work In Finance
| from the do-no-evil dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @11:14 (Businesses)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1412259/Friends-Dont-Let-Geek-Friends-Work-In-Finance?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "If Vivek Wadhwa remade Pinocchio, instead of The Coachman
luring naughty boys to Pleasure Island to engage in mischievous behavior
and be transformed into donkeys, you might find Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd
C. Blankfein luring bright engineering grads to Wall Street to engage in
mischievous behavior and be transformed into, well, asses. While the
practice of poaching engineering talent slowed after the economy tanked
in 2008, Wadhwa is dismayed to report that thanks to
hundred-billion-dollar taxpayer bailouts, investment banks have recovered
and gone back to their old, greedy ways, [0]snagging engineering grads
who might otherwise solve the world's problems, making them financial
offers they can't refuse, and morphing them into quants, investment
bankers and management consultants. 'Not only are the investment banks
siphoning off hundreds of billions of dollars from our economy with
financial gimmicks like CDOs,' writes Wadhwa, 'they are using our best
engineering graduates [25% of MIT grads in '06] to help them do it. This
is the talent that our country has invested so much resource in
producing.' He concludes: 'Let's save the world by keeping our engineers
out of finance. We need them to, instead, develop new types of medical
devices, renewable energy sources, and ways for sustaining the
environment and purifying water, and to start companies that help America
keep its innovative edge.' Amen, but how 'ya gonna keep 'em down on the
Engineering farm after they've seen Wall Street?"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1412259/Friends-Dont-Let-Geek-Friends-Work-In-Finance?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/26/friends-don%E2%80%99t-let-friends-get-into-finance/
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| Turning Your E-Reader Into a Cheap Tablet
| from the generic-computing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @12:55 (Hardware Hacking)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1531217/Turning-Your-E-Reader-Into-a-Cheap-Tablet?from=newsletter
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grahamsaa writes "NPR's Weekend Edition aired a story today on how
rooting the Nook Color can [0]turn it into a full fledged and relatively
inexpensive Android tablet. The story claims that the process takes about
half an hour, and only requires the purchase of a Nook and a microSD
card, and points listeners to a YouTube tutorial on how to root the
device. Could this signal a change in how mainstream users see devices
like this? Could rooting Android devices like the Nook ever become
mainstream?" We ran a story about this in December, and I haven't seen a
flood of hacked readers anywhere so [1]I doubt that tablet makers have
anything to worry about.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1531217/Turning-Your-E-Reader-Into-a-Cheap-Tablet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/27/134897271/cheaper-than-a-tablet-rooting-your-e-reader
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/01/0532257/Nook-Color-Rooted-mdash-Will-BampN-Embrace-the-Tablet
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| Microsoft Sniffs Out Unused Wireless Spectrum
| from the are-you-using-that? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @14:39 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1651255/Microsoft-Sniffs-Out-Unused-Wireless-Spectrum?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "Microsoft researchers have designed a scheme for
measuring whether licensed radio frequencies are actually being used so
unlicensed devices can use it, something that may become necessary as
demand for wireless applications grows. The architecture, called SpecNet,
would [0]sense and map where spectrum is being used and more particularly
where it's not — so-called white spaces, according to a paper being
presented next week at the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design
and Implementation in Cambridge, Mass."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1651255/Microsoft-Sniffs-Out-Unused-Wireless-Spectrum?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032511-usenix-microsoft-spectrum.html?hpg1=bn
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| How Viewing a "Virtual You" Can Help You Save
| from the look-what-you've-become dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @16:18 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1912210/How-Viewing-a-Virtual-You-Can-Help-You-Save?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The WSJ reports that computer scientists,
economists, neuroscientists and psychologists are teaming up to find
innovative ways of turning impulsive spenders into patient savers. One
way to shock Americans into saving more for their retirement is software
that lets users stare into a camera in a virtual-reality laboratory and
[1]see an image staring back of how they will look in the year 2057. By
enabling the young to see themselves as they will be when they are old,
virtual-reality technology can transform their urge to spend for today
into a willingness to save for tomorrow because to the extent that people
can more vividly imagine how badly they will feel in the future with
little to no retirement savings, they can be motivated to save more money
now. In one test experimental subjects who saw a persuasive visual analog
of a 70-year old version of themselves by morphing the shape and texture
of his avatar to simulate the aging process reported [2]they would save
twice as much as those who didn't (PDF). 'An employee's ID photo could be
age-morphed and placed on the benefits section of the company's website,'
says Dan Goldstein of London Business School. 'From there, we're just a
few clicks and a few minutes away from someone making a lasting decision
that can be worth thousands [of dollars].'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/1912210/How-Viewing-a-Virtual-You-Can-Help-You-Save?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703410604576216663758990104.html
2. http://vhil.stanford.edu/pubs/2008/ersner-aging-writeup.pdf
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| MySql.com Hacked With Sql Injection
| from the we-got-a-breach dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @17:36 (Oracle)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/2058246/MySqlcom-Hacked-With-Sql-Injection?from=newsletter
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iceco2 writes "MySql.com and associated sites [0]were hacked today. Among
other items some simple passwords were recovered and private emails were
revealed. Ironically the attack was performed using a blind sql injection
attack."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/2058246/MySqlcom-Hacked-With-Sql-Injection?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techie-buzz.com/tech-news/mysql-com-database-compromised-sql-injection.htmll
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| Ask Slashdot: How Do You Choose a Windows Laptop?
| from the throw-a-dart dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 27, @19:11 (Windows)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/223200/Ask-Slashdot-How-Do-You-Choose-a-Windows-Laptop?from=newsletter
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "I'm a Mac guy. When our 2004-era Windows XP
laptop, which was used primarily by my wife, died last summer, I got
myself a new MacBook Pro and she inherited my still serviceable 2008
MacBook. But after about six months, she hasn't gotten used to it, and
wants a Windows machine. I don't have an ideological problem with this —
it'd be her computer, and we've got a bit of money stashed away to pay
for it. But trying to pick one out is my job, and I find the the whole
process bewildering. Apple's product differentiation is great at
defeating [1]the paradox of choice — you have a few base models, the
difference between which is quite obvious, and you can customize each.
The Windows world seems totally different. Even once I've settled on a
vendor for a Windows laptop (something I haven't done yet), each seems to
have a bewildering array of product lines with similar specs. Often
models that you find in electronics or office supply stores that seem
promising in terms of form factor are exclusive to those stores and can't
be found online. Obviously people do navigate this process, but I'm just
feeling out of my depth. How would Slashdotters go about picking a solid,
basic laptop for Web surfing and document editing that won't be obsolete
in two years?"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/03/27/223200/Ask-Slashdot-How-Do-You-Choose-a-Windows-Laptop?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More_Is_Less
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