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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft
* 2nd Edition of <em>Learn Python the Hard Way</em> Released
* ESA Opens To Open Source Code Development
* The Lesson of Recent Hacktivism
* The Dark Side of Making <em>L.A. Noire</em>
* ISS Nearly Clobbered By Space Debris
* Oracle Shuts Older Servers Out of Solaris 11
* Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath
* Survey Shows Support For New Privacy Laws
* Facebook Locks Down Social Gift Giving Patent
* Google Takeout Lets You Easily Export From Circles
* 7 Hackers Who Got Legit Jobs From Their Misdeeds
* Using Facial Recognition To Find the Best Bar
* Silver Pen Allows For Hand-Written Circuits
* Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story
* Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows?
* Groupon Deal of the Day: 300,000 Customer Accounts
* Google Patents Censorship of "Annoying" Content
* Book Review: Software Build Systems
* World's Best Chess Engine Outlawed and Disqualified
* Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 5
* Google's New Design
* Monty Python Members Reunite For Chapman Film
* Specific Media To Buy MySpace
* World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition
* How Long Will Oracle Stick With Open Source?
* Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview 2
* Samsung Tries To Ban Import of iDevices To US
* Ubuntu 11.10 & 11.04 To Support Apple AirPrint
* NASA Funded Commercial Space Projects Heating Up
* Cool-Factor Predicted To Spur Energy Conservation
* Could Amazon Reviews Be Corrupt?
* Inkjet Printing Solar Cells
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| Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft
| from the better-safe-than-sued dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 28, @20:16 (Microsoft)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/2336255/Another-Android-Device-Maker-Signs-Patent-Agreement-With-Microsoft?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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doperative writes with this quote from El Reg: "Microsoft has nailed a
second Android device maker to a patent licensing agreement. The Redmond
software giant announced on Monday that General Dynamics Itronix has
signed a patent agreement that will provide 'broad coverage under
Microsoft's patent portfolio.' In other words, General Dynamics Itronix
has agreed to licensing certain, unnamed [0]Microsoft patents for use
with Android-powered portables."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/2336255/Another-Android-Device-Maker-Signs-Patent-Agreement-With-Microsoft?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/microsoft_patent_android/
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| 2nd Edition of <em>Learn Python the Hard Way</em> Released
| from the now-with-upside-down-writing dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 28, @22:22 (Python)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/2352239/2nd-Edition-of-Learn-Python-the-Hard-Way-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Are you or your kid intrigued by Python, but not quite
ready to purchase an in-depth [0]O'Reilly book? Zed A. Shaw's 2nd edition
of [1] Learn Python The Hard Way may be a friendlier option. Shaw's path
to Python programming is simple: 1. Go through each exercise, 2. Type in
each sample exactly, 3. Make it run. If $60 for the hardcover is too much
to ask, or $15.99 for paperback, you can spend a measly buck for the
PDF/ePub download. Still too steep? OK, there's even a [2]free online
HTML edition. After completing the 52 exercises, Shaw's concluding
[3]Advice From An Old Programmer says, 'Which programming language you
learn and use doesn't matter. Do not get sucked into the religion
surrounding programming languages as that will only blind you to their
true purpose of being your tool for doing interesting things.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/28/2352239/2nd-Edition-of-Learn-Python-the-Hard-Way-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://oreilly.com/python/
1. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
2. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
3. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/advice.html
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| ESA Opens To Open Source Code Development
| from the bet-the-bynars-win dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday June 28, @23:16 (Programming)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0313212/ESA-Opens-To-Open-Source-Code-Development?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The European Space Agency just [0]announced
its SOCIS (Summer Of Code In Space) pilot project. The project is modeled
after Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) initiative but is [1]targeted to
'space related' open source software. Quite good stipends are given to
student developing code during this summer."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0313212/ESA-Opens-To-Open-Source-Code-Development?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/newsroom/NewsArchive/New37_June2011_SOCIS.htm
1. http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/
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| The Lesson of Recent Hacktivism
| from the don't-piss-off-the-internet dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @00:18 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/023250/The-Lesson-of-Recent-Hacktivism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "LulzSec says they're retired, which may or may not
be true. But one thing the world has learned from their '[1]frightening
yet funny escapades is that '[2]the state of online security stinks,'
writes blogger Tom Henderson. LulzSec (and Anonymous) have 'demonstrated
that an awful lot of people are either asleep at the switch or believed
in arcane security methods like security through obscurity.'" A related
story at the Guardian suggests that [3]governmental attempts to control
the internet are spurring these activities.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/023250/The-Lesson-of-Recent-Hacktivism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/24/2017248/LulzSec-Document-Dump-Shows-Cops-Fear-of-iPhones
2. http://www.itworld.com/security/177993/lulzsec-retired-dont-believe-it
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/28/radical-hackers-lulzsec-governments
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| The Dark Side of Making <em>L.A. Noire</em>
| from the games-are-serious-business dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @02:21 (Games)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0413243/The-Dark-Side-of-Making-LA-Noire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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JameskPratt writes "Long-time readers have no illusions of how awful the
video game industry can treat its workers. Eleven ex-employee of Team
Bondi, who made LA Noire, have now cited [0]60- to 110-hour work weeks,
unusual compensation rules, and the 7-year development cycle as reasons
for frustration and discontent. They claim their boss, Brendan McNamara,
[1]crushed office morale with verbal abuse and unreasonable goals. As the
saying goes, the two things you don't want to see being made are law and
video games." The International Game Developers Association [2]will be
investigating the matter.
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0413243/The-Dark-Side-of-Making-LA-Noire?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.develop-online.net/news/38113/Team-Bondi-interrogated-The-list-of-accusations
1. http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/117/1178844p2.html
2. http://www.develop-online.net/news/38125/Industry-outrage-at-brutal-Team-Bondi-crunch
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| ISS Nearly Clobbered By Space Debris
| from the shades-of-kessler dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @03:36 (ISS)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0429240/ISS-Nearly-Clobbered-By-Space-Debris?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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erice writes "A chuck of space debris [0]came within 335 meters of the
space station, forcing the crews to head to their escape capsules and
prepare for emergency evacuation to Earth. '[NASA's] Associate
Administrator for Space Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier, said it was the
closest a debris object had ever come to the station. An analysis was now
underway to try to understand its origin, he added.'"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13949956
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| Oracle Shuts Older Servers Out of Solaris 11
| from the hope-you're-done-with-them-'cause-we-sure-are dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @05:16 (Operating Systems)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0421202/Oracle-Shuts-Older-Servers-Out-of-Solaris-11?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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PCM2 writes "The Register is reporting that Oracle has [0]decided not to
allow Solaris 11 to install on older Sparc hardware, including
UltraSparc-I, UltraSparc-II, UltraSparc-IIe, UltraSparc-III,
UltraSparc-III+, UltraSparc-IIIi, UltraSparc-IV, and UltraSparc-IV+
processors. The Solaris 11 Express development version released in
November did not have this restriction, which suggests that the OS would
likely run on these models. Unfortunately, the installer won't. All
generations of Sparc T series processors and Sparc Enterprise M machines
will be able to install and run Solaris 11, however."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/28/oracle_solaris_11_old_iron_mia/
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| Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath
| from the knee-deep-in-the-opinions dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @06:28 (The Courts)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0512230/Video-Game-Free-Speech-Ruling-Aftermath?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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On Monday [0]we discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that a
California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to
minors was in violation of the First Amendment's free speech protection.
By now, both sides of the debate have had a chance to respond to the
Court's ruling. Congressman Joe Baca and CA State Senator Leland Yee
pledged to [1]continue the fight for [2]stricter controls on the
distribution of violent games, while others cried, "[3]think of the
children." Game industry groups were unsurprisingly pleased with the
decision, but warned that [4]this won't be the end of it, and asked
lawmakers to [5]stop wasting time with such legislation in the future. An
article at the NY Times points out how the ruling [6]highlights the lack
of clear evidence supporting either side of the debate, and Time notes
[7]the Supreme Court's double standard, asking, "Why does the court treat
violent images and sexual images so differently?" Finally, an editorial
at Gamasutra reminds us that even though most game developers are
breathing a sigh of relief, many would like to see the industry shift
toward [8]something more creative and meaningful than violence.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/27/1547202/US-Supreme-Court-Video-Games-Qualify-For-First-Amendment
1. http://gamepolitics.com/2011/06/28/congressman-joe-baca-rails-against-scotus-decision
2. http://gamepolitics.com/2011/06/27/leland-yee-issues-statement-scotus-ruling
3. http://gamepolitics.com/2011/06/27/common-sense-media-scotus-decision-disappointing-039all-who-care-about-kids039
4. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35473/Analysis_Despite_Ruling_Threats_Remain_For_The_Games_Industry.php
5. http://gamepolitics.com/2011/06/27/esa-reaction-statement-brown-v-ema-ruling
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/opinion/28olson.html?_r=1
7. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2080289,00.html
8. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35481/Opinion_On_Making_Game_Violence_Work.php
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| Survey Shows Support For New Privacy Laws
| from the internet-is-a-series-of-transparent-tubes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 29, @08:10 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/0431213/Survey-Shows-Support-For-New-Privacy-Laws?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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GovTechGuy writes "Two-thirds of consumers want the government to
safeguard their privacy online and [0]81 percent want to add their names
to a Do Not Track list, according to a May poll released Tuesday by
Consumers Union. In addition, over 80 percent of respondents were
concerned that companies may be sharing their personal information with
third parties without their permission. The survey's release comes just
one day before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing where lawmakers will
hear testimony on three data privacy bills currently in front of the
Senate."
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| Facebook Locks Down Social Gift Giving Patent
| from the no-presents-for-you dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @08:45 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1243218/Facebook-Locks-Down-Social-Gift-Giving-Patent?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bizwriter writes "Facebook has been on a roll of late, nailing [0]a
number of patent grants that will help it retain dominance in social
networking by creating barriers for competitors. Yesterday came [1]patent
number 7,970,657, 'Giving gifts and displaying assets in a social network
environment'. Although it doesn't directly prevent other social networks
from enabling gift giving among users, a clever legal and technical
maneuver makes it far more difficult."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1243218/Facebook-Locks-Down-Social-Gift-Giving-Patent?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/facebook-locks-down-an-important-patent-on-social-gift-giving/11508
1. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=facebook.ASNM.&OS=AN/facebook&RS=AN/facebook
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| Google Takeout Lets You Easily Export From Circles
| from the step-in-the-right-directions dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @09:24 (Google)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1315243/Google-Takeout-Lets-You-Easily-Export-From-Circles?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "If you ever wanted proof that Google's
recently-launched Circles social network is angled as the antithesis of
Facebook, [0]check out Google Takeout. Produced by the Data Liberation
Front, Takeout lets you export all of your data from Circles, Picasa, and
Buzz in open formats that can then be imported into other, competing
services."
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| 7 Hackers Who Got Legit Jobs From Their Misdeeds
| from the i-didn't-do-it dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @10:05 (Facebook)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1356248/7-Hackers-Who-Got-Legit-Jobs-From-Their-Misdeeds?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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adeelarshad82 writes "Just like in Stephen Glass' fabricated feature
where a lonely teenage hacker gets hired by a major software company, the
21 year old PlayStation 3 hacker, [0]George "Geohot" Hotz, was offered a
job at Facebook. Ironically Hotz wasn't the first school-aged hacker to
be rewarded for his cyber-crime rather than a prison sentence. Turns out
[1]there are others who have managed (with one exception) to avoid jail
time, and instead found themselves gainfully employed by some of Silicon
Valley's most exclusive circles."
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Links:
0. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/27/0316244/Geohot-Joins-Facebook-As-Product-Developer
1. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/266255/7-hackers-who-got-legit-jobs-from-their-misdeeds
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| Using Facial Recognition To Find the Best Bar
| from the designated-tapper dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @10:14 (Iphone)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1228216/Using-Facial-Recognition-To-Find-the-Best-Bar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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nonprofiteer writes "Soon [0]bars will be using facial recognition
technology to tell you who's there and their gender breakdown. A start-up
called SceneTap is rolling out a new service next month for bars and the
patrons who love them: facial detection cameras that will keep track of
the number of people in a bar, including a running tally of ladies and
gents. Smartphone users will be able to download a free app to 'tap the
bar scene' before deciding where to go."
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| Silver Pen Allows For Hand-Written Circuits
| from the pen-is-mighter-than-the-soldering-gun dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @10:45 (Input Devices)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1441236/Silver-Pen-Allows-For-Hand-Written-Circuits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "People have been using pens to jot down their thoughts
for thousands of years but now engineers at the University of Illinois
have developed [0]a silver-inked rollerball pen that allows users to jot
down electrical circuits and interconnects on paper, wood and other
surfaces. Looking just like a regular ballpoint pen, the pen's ink
consists of a solution of real silver that dries to leave electrically
conductive silver pathways. These pathways maintain their conductivity
through multiple bends and folds of the paper, enabling users to
personally fabricate low-cost, flexible and disposable electronic
devices."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/silver-pen-for-handwriting-electrical-circuits/19059/
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| Yet Another "People Plug In Strange USB Sticks" Story
| from the gets-me-going dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @11:27 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1521242/Yet-Another-People-Plug-In-Strange-USB-Sticks-Story?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Bruce Schneier's blog has a bit about a subject that gets my blood
boiling too. He says "I'm really getting tired of stories like this:
Computer disks and USB sticks were dropped in parking lots of government
buildings and private contractors, and [1]60% of the people who picked
them up plugged the devices into office computers... People get USB
sticks all the time. The problem isn't that people are idiots... The
problem is that the OS trusts random USB sticks."
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Links:
0. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/06/yet_another_peo.html
1. http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/06/28/us-govt-plant-usb-sticks-in-security-study-60-of-subjects-take-the-bait/
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| Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows?
| from the need-more-hamsters dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 29, @12:16 (Power)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1612220/Can-Ubuntu-Linux-Consume-Less-Power-Than-Windows?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Now that [0]the big Linux kernel power
regression has been solved it looks like Ubuntu 11.04 can compete with
Microsoft Windows 7 in terms of overall power usage. New tests revealed
by Phoronix show [1]the power consumption of Ubuntu 11.04 vs. Windows 7
operating systems. On a range of different systems, the power consumption
of the Linux OS was comparable to that of Windows except for a few select
workloads and systems."
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Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/06/27/0459252/Nailing-the-Cause-of-Recent-Linux-Power-Issues
1. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows_ubuntu_pow&num=1
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| Groupon Deal of the Day: 300,000 Customer Accounts
| from the good-deal dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @13:11 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/172232/Groupon-Deal-of-the-Day-300000-Customer-Accounts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "The [1]customer database of Groupon's Indian
subsidiary was published, unsecured and unencrypted, on the company's
site for long enough to indexed by Google. Australian security consultant
Daniel Grzelak, [2]Tweeted the news and also notified Groupon, which 'was
amazing at providing a swift and full response,' Grzelak said on Twitter.
'[2]They deserve credit for their reaction.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/security/178625/groupon-deal-day-300000-customer-accountsfree
2. https://twitter.com/#!/dagrz
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| Google Patents Censorship of "Annoying" Content
| from the goggles-they-do-nothing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @13:55 (Google)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1716257/Google-Patents-Censorship-of-Annoying-Content?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Google has been granted a patent for a rating
engine that reserves the right to [0]approve or reject content that is
published on the Internet. The patent especially refers to advertising
and those rather invasive and disturbing blinking ads that exploit the
entire range of color pairs that are found displeasing to the human eye:
'The embodiments described herein enable Flash and animated image
documents (e.g., advertisements). Some of these types of ads are
annoying.' However Google notes that ads are just an 'illustrative
example' and the idea could be applied to 'content pages (e.g., web
pages), search results, emails, applications, IM messages, audio content
or files, video content or files, other files, other data or applications
that may reside on one or several (e.g., a network) of computer systems,
or other definable concepts or content.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.conceivablytech.com/8165/business/google-patents-deep-secret-of-the-internet
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| Book Review: Software Build Systems
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @14:32 (Books)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1312251/Book-Review-Software-Build-Systems?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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MassDosage writes "Software Build Systems by Peter Smith is a well
written, albeit rather lengthy book that covers the intricacies of
systems used to build software. It tries to do this in a
technology-neutral manner where possible but covers existing tools like
Ant, Make and Scons as a means of illustrating the various concepts
covered instead of just focusing on theory. The real world examples
illustrate building Java, C/C++, C# and Python software and cover scaling
up from small builds with tens of source files up to massive builds with
tens of thousands. All of the technologies used are introduced in some
depth which newcomers should find useful but experienced build developers
may want to skim over." Read below for the rest of MassDosage's review.
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| World's Best Chess Engine Outlawed and Disqualified
| from the cheaters-never-win-more-than-4-times dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @15:10 (AI)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1824253/Worlds-Best-Chess-Engine-Outlawed-and-Disqualified?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]Rybka, the winner of the last four World
Computer Chess Championships, has been [1]found guilty by a panel of 34
chess engine programmers of plagiarizing two open-source chess engines:
[2]Crafty and [3]Fruit. The governing body of the WCCC, the International
Computer Games Association, is even demanding that Rybka's author ��� the
international chess master and MIT graduate Vasik Rajlich ��� returns the
trophies and prize money that he fraudulently won. Rybka will no longer
be allowed to compete in the World Championships, and the ICGA is asking
other tournaments around the world to do the same."
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Links:
0. http://www.rybkachess.com/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/88610-rybka-the-worlds-best-chess-engine-outlawed-and-disqualified
2. http://www.craftychess.com/
3. http://www.fruitchess.com/
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| Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 5
| from the fly-little-bird dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @15:30 (Mozilla)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1830235/Mozilla-Releases-Thunderbird-5?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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supersloshy writes "[0]Mozilla has released the latest version of
Thunderbird, their popular email client, now in sync with their new
rapid-release versioning system. Among the new features are the new
add-ons manager from Firefox 4, revised account creation, faster response
times, the ability to load plugins in RSS feeds and over 390 platform
fixes. For more information, [1]read the release notes"
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0. http://www.spreadthunderbird.com/content/mozilla-launches-new-version-thunderbird-0
1. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/5.0/releasenotes/
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| Google's New Design
| from the google's-new-clothes dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @15:54 (Google)
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1838257/Googles-New-Design?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "You may have already noticed some of the changes in
Google as part of their [0]multi-month design slam. These design changes
include information architecture focus, seamless device integration, and
simplifying a number of elements. According to the official Google blog,
[1]the changes over the next few months will affect Google Search, Maps
and Gmail. The black navigation bar in place right now is also part of
the [2]Google +Project."
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Links:
0. http://searchengineland.com/google-begins-multi-month-user-experience-update-83592
1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/evolving-google-design-and-experience.html
2. http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2082818/Googles-Black-Navigation-Bar-a-Preview-of-Google-Project
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| Monty Python Members Reunite For Chapman Film
| from the pining-for-the-fjords dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @16:16 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1845223/Monty-Python-Members-Reunite-For-Chapman-Film?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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gregg writes "Monty Python members have [0]reunited to voice a 3D
animated film based on the memoirs of the late Graham Chapman. A Liar's
Autobiography will feature recordings that Chapman made of his book
before his death in 1989. From the article: '[Terry] Jones joked he had
"no idea" until recently that Chapman was dead and "thought he was just
being lazy". "However, I am now delighted to find myself working with him
again on this exciting project," he added.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13939238
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| Specific Media To Buy MySpace
| from the deal-of-the-century dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @16:37 (Advertising)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1940205/Specific-Media-To-Buy-MySpace?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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tripleevenfall writes "Ad-targeting firm Specific Media has agreed to
[0]buy News Corp.'s struggling social-media site Myspace. The deal for
$35 million is well below the $100 million News Corp. was seeking for the
troubled social-media site. The deal involves considerably more equity
for News Corp. than cash and they will retain a small stake in the site,
according to a person familiar with the matter."
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Links:
0. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43581327/ns/business-us_business/
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| World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition
| from the take-it-for-a-spin dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @16:56 (Role Playing (Games))
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1949256/World-of-Warcraft-Goes-Free-With-Starter-Edition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Stoobalou writes "Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its
enormously popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft will be
[0]free to play for characters up to level 20. WoW has always offered
free trials of one of the world's biggest multi-player online games but
previous offers have always been limited to a set number of days. The new
policy means that first-time visitors to Azeroth will be able to build an
unlimited number of characters and classes up to level 20 at their
leisure, although there will be some limitations."
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/6/29/world-warcraft-goes-free-starter-edition/
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| How Long Will Oracle Stick With Open Source?
| from the stand-by-your-program dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @17:17 (Open Source)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/209259/How-Long-Will-Oracle-Stick-With-Open-Source?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "The fact that Oracle has handed over the keys to two
major open source projects in recent weeks has some [1]questioning the
fate of other prominent open source projects Oracle took on in the wake
of its 2010 acquisition of Sun. But while [2]OpenOffice.org and [3]Hudson
provided little commercial opportunity for Oracle, it appears that Oracle
has plans to keep rein on NetBeans, MySQL, and GlassFish contrary to
expectations, analysts contend."
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Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/after-openoffice-and-hudson-will-oracle-stick-open-source-594
2. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/03/2156231/The-Future-of-OpenOfficeorg
3. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/030237/Oracle-Plans-To-Hand-Hudson-To-Eclipse
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| Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview 2
| from the take-a-look-at-this dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @17:28 (Microsoft)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2014219/Microsoft-Releases-IE10-Platform-Preview-2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]BogenDorpher writes "Microsoft today has announced the availability of
[1]the second platform preview for its upcoming browser, Internet
Explorer 10. The first platform preview was released in April. This new
platform preview contains the same HTML5 engine seen in the recent public
Windows 8 demos."
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Links:
0. http://www.winbeta.org/
1. http://www.winbeta.org/?q=news/microsoft-releases-ie10-platform-preview-2
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| Samsung Tries To Ban Import of iDevices To US
| from the good-luck-with-that dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @17:58 (Iphone)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2054223/Samsung-Tries-To-Ban-Import-of-iDevices-To-US?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "The battle between Apple and Samsung has just heated
up again, Samsung has filed a complaint to the International Trade
Commission to [1]ban import of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod products to the
US. From the article: 'Samsung, the world���s second-largest maker of
mobile phones whose Galaxy devices compete with the iPhone and iPad,
claims Apple is infringing five patents, according to a filing with the
U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington yesterday. The ITC,
which can block imports of products found to violate U.S. patents, must
decide if it will investigate Samsung���s claims.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin
1. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-29/samsung-files-itc-patent-complaint-against-apple.html
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| Ubuntu 11.10 & 11.04 To Support Apple AirPrint
| from the making-it-work dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @18:15 (Ubuntu)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2058255/Ubuntu-1110-amp-1104-To-Support-Apple-AirPrint?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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kai_hiwatari writes "According to an email in the Ubuntu-Devel mailing
list, AirPrint support is now available for Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot"
and Ubutnu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" as well ��� although it is in the testing
phase for now. Developer Till Kamppeter sent an email to the mailing list
inviting testers to test out his patch that [0]enables AirPrint in Ubuntu."
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Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/2011/06/29/ubuntu-apple-airprint/
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| NASA Funded Commercial Space Projects Heating Up
| from the let's-do-some-exploring dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @18:41 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/217238/NASA-Funded-Commercial-Space-Projects-Heating-Up?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "[1]NASA's role as commercial space entrepreneur is
going well and the four companies it is funding to build future
spacecraft that could take astronauts to and from the International Space
Station and other destinations are moving forward. That was the chief
observation in a status report the space agency issued this week entitled
'NASA's return on investment report.' You may recall that in April NASA
split $270 million between Boeing ($92 million), Space Exploration
Technologies (Space X--$75 million), Sierra Nevada ($80 million) and Blue
Origin ($22 million) to continue development of commercial rockets and
spacecraft capable of safely flying astronauts into orbit and to the
International Space Station." Gubers33 pointed out another article about
NASA's [2]upcoming plans for Jupiter, Mars, and the Moon.
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-commercial-space-projects-heating
2. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2080388,00.html#ixzz1QhIoj2D9
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| Cool-Factor Predicted To Spur Energy Conservation
| from the turning-the-lights-off-is-awesome! dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @19:01 (Earth)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2114229/Cool-Factor-Predicted-To-Spur-Energy-Conservation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Panelists at a recent technology expo argued
about how to motivate people to conserve energy, dragging out all the
usual suspects, from financial incentives to emotion appeals to 'save the
planet." However, one panelist trumped the status quo by noting that
[0]adding the 'cool factor' could make energy conservation fun via apps
on smartphones and tablets. By making energy conservation as fun as a
video game, the fickle on-again, off-again of human nature might just be
overcome."
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Links:
0. http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4217325/Energy-efficiency-may-require--cool-factor-#
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| Could Amazon Reviews Be Corrupt?
| from the say-it-aint-so dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @19:24 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/2119224/Could-Amazon-Reviews-Be-Corrupt?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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adeelarshad82 writes "In the first academic study of its kind, Trevor
Pinch, Cornell University professor of sociology and of science and
technology studies, independently surveyed 166 of Amazon's top 1,000
reviewers, examining everything from demographics to motives. What he
discovered was 85 percent of those surveyed had been approached with free
merchandise from authors, agents or publishers. Amazon is encouraging
reviewers to receive free products through Amazon Vine, an
invitation-only program in which the top 1,000 reviewers are offered a
catalog of free products to review. John Dvorak puts up an argument which
hints [0]that some of these Amazon reviews may be corrupt."
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Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387749,00.asp
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| Inkjet Printing Solar Cells
| from the power-to-the-printer dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 29, @19:46 (Power)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/228233/Inkjet-Printing-Solar-Cells?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cylonlover writes "Traditional solar cell production techniques are
usually time consuming and require expensive vacuum systems or toxic
chemicals. Depositing chemical compounds such as CIGS on a substrate
using vapor phase deposition also wastes most of the expensive material
in the process. For the first time, engineers at Oregon State University
(OSU) have now developed a process to [0]create 'CIGS' solar cells with
inkjet printing technology that allows for precise patterning to reduce
raw material waste by 90 percent and significantly lower the cost of
producing solar cells with promising, yet expensive compounds."
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/inkjet-printing-cigs-solar-cells/19057/
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