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In this issue:
* How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries
* Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots
* Galaxy Tab 10.1 Vs. iPad 2 Review
* Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice
* Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections
* PayPal Hands Over 1,000 IP Addresses To the FBI
* Volunteer Towns Sought For Nuclear Waste
* Hackers Could Open Convicts' Cells In Prisons
* SFPD Arrests Suspect In Airbnb Rental Trashing
* Ubuntu One Hits the Million Users Mark
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| How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries
| from the are-they-holding-the-economy-ransom dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @23:06 (Businesses)
| with 600 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/003239/How-and-Why-Wall-Street-Programmers-Earn-Top-Salaries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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msmoriarty writes "Given the level of interest in the recent
[0]highest-paid programmers discussion, our reporter decided to do a
follow-up looking into the [1]languages and skills needed to work on
high-frequency trading systems. There's actually a pretty wide range of
languages/tools used, but Linux is the 'default' OS and, not
surprisingly, the 'ability to work under pressure when the traders are
screaming at you' is a must-have skill."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/003239/How-and-Why-Wall-Street-Programmers-Earn-Top-Salaries?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0158240/Taking-a-Look-At-High-End-Programmer-Salaries
1. http://adtmag.com/articles/2011/07/29/why-hft-programmers-earn-top-salaries.aspx
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| Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots
| from the we-will-teach-them-sorrow-and-pain dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @02:21 (China)
| with 319 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/2355258/Foxconn-To-Employ-1-Million-Robots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hackingbear writes "Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will [0]replace
some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising
labor expenses and improve efficiency. Foxconn, the world's largest maker
of computer components, which assembles products for Apple, Sony and
Nokia, employing 1 million (human) laborers in mainland China, is in the
spotlight after a string of [1]suicides of workers at its massive Chinese
plants. As labor regulations tighten up in China, human laborers
demanding wage rises become replaceable."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/2355258/Foxconn-To-Employ-1-Million-Robots?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/30/c_131018764.htm
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/05/21/205203/Ninth-Suicide-At-iPhone-Factory
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| Galaxy Tab 10.1 Vs. iPad 2 Review
| from the head-to-head dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @16:49 (Android)
| with 299 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1922218/Galaxy-Tab-101-Vs-iPad-2-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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DeviceGuru writes "DeviceGuru's 10-inch tablet smackdown pits
[0]Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 against Apple's iPad 2. At price parity the
iPad 2 is probably a better bet for the average user since it's a more
stable, near-perfect device with a rich assortment of apps for nearly
every possible function you'd like to perform on a tablet, reasons the
post. However, with the Samsung tablet's cost of goods rumored to be
around $215 versus $260 for the iPad 2 for comparable models, Samsung
could drop its 10-inch tablet's price to $425 and pose a serious
challenge to Apple's device. But will they...?"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1922218/Galaxy-Tab-101-Vs-iPad-2-Review?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://deviceguru.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-ipad2-smackdown/
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| Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice
| from the using-a-stupid-blocker dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @13:27 (The Internet)
| with 278 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/161200/Study-Compares-IQ-With-Browser-Choice?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]rennerik writes "A recent study of 100,000 people taking IQ tests
[1]compared the scores with which browser the person uses on a regular
basis. On average, Internet Explorer users fared the worst, with IE6
users at the bottom of the pile and IE8 users performing slightly better.
Firefox, Chrome and Safari fell in the middle with little difference
between them. IE with Chrome Frame and Camino landed on top, along with
Opera, whose users scored the highest"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/161200/Study-Compares-IQ-With-Browser-Choice?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://plus.google.com/112325604235706719269
1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/236944/internet_explorer_users_are_kinda_stupid_study_suggests.html
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| Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections
| from the update-please dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @11:45 (Security)
| with 193 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1356217/Windows-XP-PCs-Breed-Rootkit-Infections?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Machines running the decade-old Windows XP [1]make up a
huge reservoir of infected PCs that can spread malware to other systems,
a Czech antivirus company said. Windows XP computers are infected with
rootkits out of proportion to the operating system's market share,
according to data released Thursday by Avast Software, which surveyed
more than 600,000 Windows PCs. While XP now accounts for about 58% of all
Windows systems in use, 74% of the rootkit infections found by Avast were
on XP machines. Avast attributed the infection disparity between XP and
Windows 7 to a pair of factors: The widespread use of pirated copies of
the former and the latter's better security. Vlcek assumed that many of
the people running XP SP2, which [2]Microsoft stopped supporting with
security patches a year ago, have declined to update to the
still-supported SP3 because they are running counterfeits."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1356217/Windows-XP-PCs-Breed-Rootkit-Infections?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218722/Windows_XP_PCs_breed_rootkit_infections
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178378/Most_firms_face_security_red_alert_as_XP_SP2_s_retirement_looms
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| PayPal Hands Over 1,000 IP Addresses To the FBI
| from the naughty-list dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @09:58 (Security)
| with 190 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/122235/PayPal-Hands-Over-1000-IP-Addresses-To-the-FBI?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "PayPal was attacked by Anonymous last year when they
had blocked the Wikileaks accounts transactions. Now PayPal has finally
come up with enough evidence to strike back at Anonymous with the help of
the FBI. PayPal has come up with [1]a list of over 1,000 IP Addresses
left behind when they were attacked by Anonymous."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/122235/PayPal-Hands-Over-1000-IP-Addresses-To-the-FBI?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin
1. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/07/30/paypal-hands-over-1000-ip-addresses-to-the-fbi-look-out-anonymous/
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| Volunteer Towns Sought For Nuclear Waste
| from the not-all-at-once dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @18:28 (Earth)
| with 171 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/211251/Volunteer-Towns-Sought-For-Nuclear-Waste?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Brian Wingfield writes in Bloomberg that the Blue
Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future has sent a draft report to
Energy Secretary Steven Chu recommending that [1]US communities should be
encouraged to vie for becoming a federal nuclear-waste site as a way to
end a decades-long dilemma over disposing of spent radioactive fuel and
says this 'consent-based' approach will help cut costs and end delays
caused when the federal government picks a site over the objections of
local residents, 'This means [2]encouraging communities to volunteer
(PDF) to be considered to host a new nuclear-waste management facility,'
says the commission. Chu named the panelists after [3]Obama canceled
plans to build a permanent repository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain after
the Yucca site was opposed by politicians from the state. 'The United
States has traveled nearly 25 years down the current path only to come to
a point where continuing to rely on the same approach seems destined to
bring further controversy, litigation, and protracted delay,' says the
report. The Blue Ribbon Commission [4]cited as a 'success' the US Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, which has accepted and
disposed of some defense-related nuclear waste for more than a decade
demonstrating that that 'nuclear wastes can be transported safely over
long distances and placed securely in a deep, mined repository.' With the
right incentives, 'there will be a great deal of support' for a waste
site near the New Mexico facility, says former Senator Pete Domenici."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/211251/Volunteer-Towns-Sought-For-Nuclear-Waste?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-29/volunteer-towns-sought-to-accept-u-s-nuclear-waste-by-obama-panel.html
2. http://www.brc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/brc_draft_report_29jul2011_0.pdf
3. http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2009/02/26/reid-celebrates-obamas-yucca-mountain-decision
4. http://www.wipp.energy.gov/
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| Hackers Could Open Convicts' Cells In Prisons
| from the need-firewalls-to-go-with-those-real-walls dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @08:14 (Security)
| with 166 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0435207/Hackers-Could-Open-Convicts-Cells-In-Prisons?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Some of the same vulnerabilities that the Stuxnet
superworm used to sabotage centrifuges at a nuclear plant in Iran exist
in the country's top high-security prisons where programmable logic
controllers (PLCs) control locks on cells and other facility doors.
Researchers have already [1]written three exploits for PLC
vulnerabilities they found. 'Most people don't know how a prison or jail
is designed; that's why no one has ever paid attention to it,' says John
Strauchs, who plans to discuss the issue and demonstrate an exploit
against the systems at the DefCon hacker conference next week. 'How many
people know they're built with the same kind of PLC used in centrifuges?'
A hacker would need to get his malware onto the control computer either
by getting a corrupt insider to [2]install it via an infected USB stick
or send it via a phishing attack aimed at a prison staffer, since some
control systems are also connected to the internet, Strauchs claims.
'Bear in mind, a prison security electronic system has many parts beyond
door control such as intercoms, lighting control, video surveillance,
water and shower control, and so forth,' adds Strauchs. '[3]Once we take
control of the PLC we can do anything (PDF). Not just open and close
doors. We can absolutely destroy the system. We could blow out all the
electronics.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0435207/Hackers-Could-Open-Convicts-Cells-In-Prisons?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/prison-plc-vulnerabilities/
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/29/1521242/Yet-Another-People-Plug-In-Strange-USB-Sticks-Story
3. http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/07/PLC-White-Paper_Newman_Rad_Strauchs_July22_2011.pdf
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| SFPD Arrests Suspect In Airbnb Rental Trashing
| from the when-internets-attack dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @05:12 (The Internet)
| with 157 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0013236/SFPD-Arrests-Suspect-In-Airbnb-Rental-Trashing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Just days after it was reported that apartment sharing
startup [0]Airbnb had [1]raised $112MM at a $1B+ valuation from investors
that included Marc Andreessen and Jeff Bezos, Airbnb user EJ's [2]blog
entry on the ransacking of her apartment by Airbnb renters went viral,
creating a PR nightmare that's [3]turning into a war of words. CNET
reports San Francisco police have [4]confirmed that a 19-year-old woman
has been arrested in the case, booked on possession of stolen property,
methamphetamine, fraud charges, and an outstanding warrant."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0013236/SFPD-Arrests-Suspect-In-Airbnb-Rental-Trashing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.airbnb.com/
1. http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/airbnb-bags-112-million-in-series-b-from-andreessen-and-others/
2. http://ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/violated-travelers-lost-faith-difficult.html
3. http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-ransackgate-paul-graham-2011-7
4. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20085741-245/sf-police-arrest-suspect-in-trashing-of-airbnb-rental/
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| Ubuntu One Hits the Million Users Mark
| from the open-lining dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @15:04 (Cloud)
| with 91 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1754254/Ubuntu-One-Hits-the-Million-Users-Mark?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]dkd903 writes "Roberta Nilerud of Canonical has announced that their
cloud storage service ��� Ubuntu One ��� has [1]hit the one million users
mark. Ubuntu One is a cloud storage service from Canonical that is very
tightly integrated into Ubuntu. Although Ubuntu One is installed by
default in Ubuntu, it is also available on Windows and Android."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1754254/Ubuntu-One-Hits-the-Million-Users-Mark?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://digitizor.com/
1. http://digitizor.com/2011/07/31/ubuntu-one-one-million-users/
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