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In this issue:
* Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy
* Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy
* NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns
* Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music
* Apple Unveils Software To Reinvent the Textbook
* US Supreme Court Upholds Removal of Works From Public Domain
* Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards
* US Losing R&D Dominance To Asia?
* Fake IPad 2s Made of Clay Sold At Canadian Stores
* Printing a Home: The Case For Contour Crafting
* Town Turns Off the Lights To See the Stars
* LightSquared Says GPS Tests Were Rigged
* Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection
* Sir Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out On SOPA
* Google Fiber Work Hung Up In Kansas City
* A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star
* US Finally Backs International Space "Code of Conduct"
* Symantec Admits Its Networks Were Hacked in 2006
* Intel Offers Protection Plan For Overclockers
* Spider Silk Cape Goes On Display
* Site Aims To Be the "Google" of the Underweb
* Pentagon To Crowdsource Weapons Software Testing
* BBC Show <em>Stargazing Live</em> Leads To Exoplanet Discovery
* Do Data Center Audits Mean Anything?
* Genes About a Quarter of the Secret To Staying Smart
* Supercomputer Cools Off Using Groundwater
* Silver Solution Ink Makes Faster Flexible Circuits
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| Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy
| from the who-needs-SOPA dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @16:23 (Music)
| with 731 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/210201/megauploadcom-shut-down-founder-charged-with-piracy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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zacharye writes "Federal prosecutors in Virginia have [0]shut down
notorious file-sharing site Megaupload.com and charged the service's
founder with violating piracy laws. The Associated Press broke the story
on Thursday, reporting that the indictment accuses Megaupload.com's owner
with costing copyright holders including record labels and movie studios
more than $500 million in lost revenue."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/210201/megauploadcom-shut-down-founder-charged-with-piracy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy
| from the generation-share dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @12:14 (Privacy)
| with 478 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1634203/teens-share-passwords-as-a-form-of-intimacy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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nonprofiteer writes "The New York Times claims that the hot new trend
among teenagers in love is to [0]share passwords to their email and
Facebook accounts, as the ultimate form of trust. According to Pew,
[1]33% of teens surveyed say they do this. One expert says the pressure
to share passwords is akin to the pressure to have sex. Forbes says
[2]don't do it! 'There is something pure and romantic about the idea of
sharing everything, and having no secrets from one another. But it's
romantic the same way that Romeo and Juliet is romantic, in a tragic,
horrible, everyone-is-miserable-and-dies-at-the-end kind of way.' Sam
Biddle at Gizmodo writes about [3]which passwords are okay to share (like
Netflix), but says to stay away from handing over email or Facebook
passwords. 'We all need whatever scraps of privacy we have left, and your
email is just that.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1634203/teens-share-passwords-as-a-form-of-intimacy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/teenagers-sharing-passwords-as-show-of-affection.html?pagewanted=all
1. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media/Part-3/Sharing-passwords.aspx
2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/01/18/why-sharing-passwords-with-your-girlfriendboyfriend-is-a-spectacularly-bad-idea/
3. http://gizmodo.com/5870226/when-to-give-your-girlfriend-your-password
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| NYPD Developing Portable Body Scanner For Detecting Guns
| from the law-and-order-special-irradiative-unit dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @12:56 (Crime)
| with 467 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/171225/nypd-developing-portable-body-scanner-for-detecting-guns?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "You have to feel sorry for the police officers who are
required to frisk people for guns or knives ��� after all, if someone who
doesn't want to be arrested is carrying a lethal weapon, the last thing
most of us would want to do is get close enough to that person to touch
them. That's why the New York Police Department teamed up with the United
States Department of Defense three years ago, and began developing a
[0]portable scanner that can remotely [1]detect the presence of a gun on
a person's body. The NYPD announced the project this week."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/171225/nypd-developing-portable-body-scanner-for-detecting-guns?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/nypd-portable-gun-scanner/21147/
1. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/police-working-on-technology-to-detect-concealed-guns/
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| Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music
| from the pay-back dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @17:45 (Crime)
| with 417 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/2238202/anonymous-takes-down-doj-riaa-mpa-and-universal-music?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]EW87 writes "Shortly after a federal
raid today [1]brought down the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers
aligned with the online collective Anonymous have [2] shut down sites for
the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group and the RIAA. 'It was in
retaliation for Megaupload, as was the concurrent attack on Justice.org,'
Anonymous operative Barrett Brown tells RT on Thursday afternoon."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/2238202/anonymous-takes-down-doj-riaa-mpa-and-universal-music?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:wilson.ethan@gmail.com
1. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/210201/megauploadcom-shut-down-founder-charged-with-piracy
2. http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/
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| Apple Unveils Software To Reinvent the Textbook
| from the appifying-the-printed-word dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @11:34 (Books)
| with 366 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1625207/apple-unveils-software-to-reinvent-the-textbook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]redletterdave writes "At the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Apple
announced on Thursday it would [1]update its iBooks platform to include
textbook capabilities and also added a new platform called iBooks Author,
which lets anyone easily create and publish their own e-books. Apple's
senior VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, introduced iBooks 2, which has a
new textbook experience for the iPad. The books themselves display larger
images, and searching content is made significantly easier: all users
need to do is tap on a word and they are taken straight to an appropriate
glossary or index section in the back of the book. Navigating pages and
searching is also easy and fluid, and at the end of each chapter is a
full review with questions and pictures. If you want the answers to the
questions, all you need to do is tap the question to get instant
feedback. Apple also launched the iBooks Author app, which lets anyone
easily create any kind of textbook and publish it to the iBookstore, and
the new iTunes U platform, which helps teachers and students communicate
better, and even send each other materials and notes created with iBooks
Author. All of the apps are free, and available for any and all students,
from K-12 to major universities."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1625207/apple-unveils-software-to-reinvent-the-textbook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/284470/20120119/apple-kills-textbook-ibooks-2-author.htm
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| US Supreme Court Upholds Removal of Works From Public Domain
| from the taking-it-back dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @19:00 (The Courts)
| with 365 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2247223/us-supreme-court-upholds-removal-of-works-from-public-domain?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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langelgjm writes "While much of the web is focused on the SOPA and PIPA
blackout, supporters of the public domain today quietly lost a
[0]protracted struggle that began back in 2001. The Supreme Court, in a
6-2 decision, rejected the argument that Congress did not have the power
to [1]convey copyright upon works that were already in the public domain.
The suit was originally filed to challenge provisions that the U.S.
adopted when signing the [2]TRIPs agreement. Justices Breyer and Alito
dissented, arguing that conveyed copyright on already existing works
defied the logic of copyright law. Justice Kagan recused herself. The
[3]text of the opinions is available here (PDF)."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2247223/us-supreme-court-upholds-removal-of-works-from-public-domain?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/08/0238228/Supreme-Court-Takes-Up-Scholars-Rights?
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/
2. http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel2_e.htm
3. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-545.pdf
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| Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards
| from the looking-at-the-headline-like-a-curious-puppy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @09:30 (Programming)
| with 332 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1334253/visual-studio-gets-achievements-badges-leaderboards?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bonch writes "Microsoft has introduced a [0]gamification plugin for
Visual Studio that lets users win achievements and badges as they compete
on leaderboards by writing code. The [1]full list of achievements
includes gems like 'Go To Hell' for using goto, and 'Potty Mouth' for
using five different curses in one file. This is another example of
[2]Gamification, one of the latest trends to hit social media."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1334253/visual-studio-gets-achievements-badges-leaderboards?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geekwire.com/2012/coding-fun-microsofts-visual-studio-badges-leaderboard
1. http://channel9.msdn.com/achievements/visualstudio
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification
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| US Losing R&D Dominance To Asia?
| from the we're-some-number-other-than-one! dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @17:02 (Education)
| with 319 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1955241/us-losing-rd-dominance-to-asia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]bednarz writes "U.S. companies are [1]locating more of their R&D
operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing
investments in their own science and technology economies, the National
Science Board said in [2]a report released this week. The number of
overseas researchers employed by U.S. multinationals nearly doubled from
138,000 in 2004 to 267,000 in 2009, for example. On the education front,
the U.S. accounts for just 4% of undergraduate engineering degrees
awarded globally, compared to China (34%), Japan (5%), and India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan,
Thailand (17% collectively). 'The low U.S. share of global engineering
degrees in recent years is striking; well above half of all such degrees
are awarded in Asia,' NSB said in its report."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1955241/us-losing-rd-dominance-to-asia?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://abednarznwwcom/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/011912-science-tech-jobs-255072.html
2. http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/
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| Fake IPad 2s Made of Clay Sold At Canadian Stores
| from the old-school-tablets dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @21:55 (Canada)
| with 254 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/015227/fake-ipad-2s-made-of-clay-sold-at-canadian-stores?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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SpuriousLogic writes in with a link to a story about some Canadian
consumers who thought they were getting an iPad 2 but instead got the
makings of the world's oldest tablets. "As many as [0]10 fake iPad 2s,
all made of slabs of modeling clay, were recently sold at electronic
stores in Vancouver, British Columbia. Best Buy and Future Shop have
launched investigations into how the scam was pulled off. The tablet
computers, like most Apple products, are known for their sleek and simple
designs. But there's no mistaking the iPad for one of the world's oldest
'tablet devices.' Still, most electronic products cannot be returned to
stores. For the the stores and customers to be fooled by the clay
replacements, the thieves must have successfully weighed out the clay
portions and resealed the original Apple packaging. Future Shop spokesman
Elliott Chun told CTV that individuals bought the iPads with cash,
replaced them with the model clay, then returned the packages to the
stores. The returned fakes were restocked on the shelve and sold to new,
unwitting customers."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/015227/fake-ipad-2s-made-of-clay-sold-at-canadian-stores?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/fake-ipad-2s-made-clay-sold-canadian-stores-220733489.html
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| Printing a Home: The Case For Contour Crafting
| from the those-who-live-in-printed-houses dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @20:00 (Technology)
| with 239 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2332234/printing-a-home-the-case-for-contour-crafting?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ambermichelle wrote in with a link to a story about the possibility that
the home of the future might be printed instead of built. "It can take
anywhere from six weeks to six months to build a 2,800-square-foot,
two-story house in the U.S., mostly because human beings do all the work.
Within the next five years, chances are that 3D printing (also known by
the less catchy but more inclusive term additive manufacturing) will have
become so advanced that we will be able to upload design specifications
to a massive robot, press print, and watch as it [0]spits out a concrete
house in less than a day. Plenty of humans will be there, but just to
ogle. Minimizing the time and cost that goes into creating shelters will
enable aid workers to address the needs of people in desperate
situations. This, at least, is what Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor of
engineering and director of the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication
Technologies, or CRAFT, at the University of Southern California, hopes
will come of his inventions."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2332234/printing-a-home-the-case-for-contour-crafting?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.txchnologist.com/2012/printing-a-home-the-case-for-contour-crafting
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| Town Turns Off the Lights To See the Stars
| from the we're-going-dark dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @08:05 (Space)
| with 212 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0412235/town-turns-off-the-lights-to-see-the-stars?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "[1]Stargazing skies all over the world are
disappearing, as the sky above New York City is [2]Class 9 on the Bortle
ranking and American suburban skies are typically Class 5, 6, or 7. But
some places are making an effort to preserve their skywatching heritage
as [3]Exmoor National Park was granted International Dark-Sky Reserve
status in November and people in the Exmoor town of Dulverton were
challenged to switch off their lights as part of the BBC's Stargazing
Live, demonstrating that you don't need special equipment to see the
stars more clearly, if you have a decent pair of binoculars. 'The whole
idea is to show that even a small town, which is still quite dark, can
give off quite a lot of light,' says astronomer Mark Thompson. The event
in Dulverton gained a lot of support from local residents and businesses.
'It needed a bit of organization to get everyone to say yes,' says town
mayor Chris Nelder. 'We [4]want people to just enjoy the night sky, to
treasure the fact we have them and to look after them,' adds Claire
O'Connor from Exmoor National Park Authority."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0412235/town-turns-off-the-lights-to-see-the-stars?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/07/09/08/1635219/making-war-on-light-pollution
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_Dark-Sky_Scale
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15651033
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16607293
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| LightSquared Says GPS Tests Were Rigged
| from the apparently-you-can-stop-the-signal dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @10:14 (Wireless Networking)
| with 173 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1440219/lightsquared-says-gps-tests-were-rigged?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Would-be cellular carrier LightSquared claims that
[1]the company's LTE network was set up to fail in GPS interference
tests. 'Makers of GPS (Global Positioning System) equipment put old and
incomplete GPS receivers in the test so the [2]results would show
interference, under the cover of non-disclosure agreements that prevented
the public and third parties from analyzing the process,' LightSquared
executives said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1440219/lightsquared-says-gps-tests-were-rigged?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/242549/lightsquared-claims-gps-industry-rigged-tests
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/11/030241/lightsquared-disrupts-75-of-gps-connections-in-government-test
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| Kodak Files For Bankruptcy Protection
| from the hanging-on-for-another-moment dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @08:48 (Businesses)
| with 171 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1314232/kodak-files-for-bankruptcy-protection?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Snirt writes "Following up on a story [1]previously discussed here, it
now appears Eastman Kodak, the company that invented the hand-held
camera, [2]has filed for bankruptcy protection. The move, according to
[3]Kodak's news release, gives the company time to [4]reorganize itself
without facing its creditors, and Kodak said it would mean business as
normal for customers. The company has recently moved away from cameras,
focusing on making printers to stem falling profits."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1314232/kodak-files-for-bankruptcy-protection?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:rotich.n@gmail.com
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0455219/kodak-failing-but-camera-phones-not-to-blame
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16625725
3. http://investor.kodak.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=115911&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1650196&highlight=
4. http://www.kodaktransforms.com/
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| Sir Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out On SOPA
| from the everyone's-a-critic dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @14:18 (Censorship)
| with 163 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/180230/sir-tim-berners-lee-speaks-out-on-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]natecochrane writes "Father of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee called for
Americans to protest SOPA and PIPA, laws he says [1]violate human rights
and unfit for a democratic country. Sir Tim's condemnation came on the
day an editorial in Australia's leading broadsheet newspapers pointed out
that although the laws ostensibly applied to US interests they could [2]
overreach to impact those in other countries."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/180230/sir-tim-berners-lee-speaks-out-on-sopa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://pixntxt.com/
1. http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/father-of-the-web-backs-sopa-protests-20120119-1q7rm.html
2. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/long-arm-of-us-piracy-law-will-reach-further-than-you-think-20120118-1q6h0.html
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| Google Fiber Work Hung Up In Kansas City
| from the best-laid-plans dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @01:38 (Google)
| with 147 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/022233/google-fiber-work-hung-up-in-kansas-city?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "When Google announced last spring that Kansas City,
Kan., had [0]landed the tech company's much-pursued super-speed Internet
project, the company gushed about the local utility poles. Now it turns
out that differences over where and how to hang wires on those poles, and
what fees or installation costs may be required, have created [1]a
troublesome bump in plans to launch the project."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/022233/google-fiber-work-hung-up-in-kansas-city?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03/30/1729242/google-fiber-comes-to-kansas-city
1. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/17/3376648/dispute-over-how-wires-are-hung.html
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| A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star
| from the cosmic-recycling-project dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @13:36 (Space)
| with 143 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1717216/a-planet-literally-boils-under-the-heat-of-its-star?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]The Bad Astronomer writes "Astronomers have found what appears to be
[1]a planet so hot it's literally vaporizing, boiling away from the heat
of its star. KIC 12557548b was found using the transit method,
periodically blocking some light from its star as it orbits around. But
the amount of light blocked changes every transit. Given it's less than a
million miles from the surface of the star, [2]astronomers interpret this
(PDF) as the planet itself turning to vapor, and the expanding cloud of
rock-laden gas is what's blocking the starlight. The planet is most
likely somewhat bigger than Mercury, but losing 100,000 tons of matter
every second it'll only be around another few hundred million years."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://moc.liamgtaremonortsadabeht/
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/01/19/a-planet-boils-away-under-its-blow-torch-star/
2. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1201/1201.2662v1.pdf
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| US Finally Backs International Space "Code of Conduct"
| from the space-rules dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @05:54 (Government)
| with 116 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0338244/us-finally-backs-international-space-code-of-conduct?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "Perhaps it was the concern that the nearly 14 ton
Russian Mars probe would land smack-dab on the White House or maybe they
just came to their senses, but the U.S. State Department today said it
would indeed work with the European Union and other countries to develop
[1]a formal space code of conduct. Of particular concern is the growing
amount of space trash and how the world can go about eliminating or
controlling the problem. There is also the desire to keep space free of
military weaponry."
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-finally-backs-international-space-code-conduct
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| Symantec Admits Its Networks Were Hacked in 2006
| from the timely-disclosure dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 19, @10:51 (Security)
| with 103 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1541252/symantec-admits-its-networks-were-hacked-in-2006?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "After having first claimed that the source code leaked by
Indian hacking group Dharmaraja [0]was not stolen through a breach of its
networks, but possibly by compromising the networks of a third-party
entity, Symantec backpedalled and announced that the code [1]seems to
have exfiltrated during a 2006 breach of its systems. Symantec spokesman
Cris Paden has [2]confirmed that unknown hackers have managed to get
their hands on the source code to the following Symantec solutions:
Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, Norton Internet Security, Norton
Utilities, Norton GoBack and pcAnywhere."
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Links:
0. https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/06/0243220/symantec-looks-into-claims-of-stolen-source-code
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/17/us-symantec-hackers-idUSTRE80G1DX20120117
2. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=12241
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| Intel Offers Protection Plan For Overclockers
| from the use-mostly-as-directed dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @23:17 (Intel)
| with 94 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/018247/intel-offers-protection-plan-for-overclockers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "Intel today unveiled a pilot program that provides
warranty protection to overclockers in the event they get a little bit
overzealous with pushing the pedal to the metal. For a fee, [1]Intel will
provide a one-time replacement of certain processors that are damaged by
overclocking and/or over-volting. It's completely optional and in
addition to the original three-year standard warranty that already
applies to Intel's retail boxed processors. Intel isn't yet ready to
flat-out endorse overclocking but the Santa Clara chip maker is perfectly
content to provide a 'limited remedy if issues arise as a result of an
enthusiast's decision to enable overclocking,' for a modest fee, of
course. The deal applies only to certain Extreme Edition and K-series
(unlocked) processors currently, in Intel's Core i7 and Core i5
families."
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Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Intels-Performance-Tuning-Protection-Plan-is-Peace-of-Mind-for-Overclockers/
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| Spider Silk Cape Goes On Display
| from the 1-million-thread-count dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @04:00 (Idle)
| with 88 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0310240/spider-silk-cape-goes-on-display?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fangmcgee writes "Before anyone asks, no, it's not bulletproof. But that
doesn't mean that the glistening yellow cape���[0]the world's largest
garment made entirely from spider silk���isn't a massive feat of
engineering to be marveled. Now on public display for the first time at
the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the textile gets its unearthly
gleam from the undyed filaments of the golden orb spider, a species of
arachnid commonly found in Madagascar."
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https://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0310240/spider-silk-cape-goes-on-display?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.ecouterre.com/worlds-largest-cape-made-from-golden-spider-silk-goes-on-display/
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| Site Aims To Be the "Google" of the Underweb
| from the best-of-the-bad dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @21:35 (Crime)
| with 77 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2349223/site-aims-to-be-the-google-of-the-underweb?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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tsu doh nimh writes "A new service in the cyber underground [0]aims to be
the Google search of underground Web sites, connecting buyers to a vast
sea of shops that offer an array of dodgy goods and services, from stolen
credit card numbers to identity information and anonymity tools. From the
story: 'A glut of data breaches and stolen card numbers has spawned
dozens of stores that sell the information. The trouble is that each shop
requires users to create accounts and sign in before they can search for
cards. Enter MegaSearch, which lets potential buyers discover which fraud
shops hold the cards they're looking for without having to first create
accounts at each store.'"
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Links:
0. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/01/megasearch-aims-to-index-fraud-site-wares/
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| Pentagon To Crowdsource Weapons Software Testing
| from the top-score-top-gun dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @15:00 (The Military)
| with 72 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1859207/pentagon-to-crowdsource-weapons-software-testing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Pentagon plans to fork over $32 million
to develop 'fun to play' computer [0]games that can refine the way
weapons systems are tested to ensure they are free from software errors
and security bugs, according to a Defense Department solicitation. The
goal is to create puzzles that are "intuitively understandable by
ordinary people" and could be solved on laptops, smartphones, tablets and
consoles. The games' solutions will be collected into a database and used
to improve methods for analyzing software, according to the draft request
for proposals put out by the military's venture capital and research arm,
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency."
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Links:
0. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120119_4524.php?oref=topstory
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| BBC Show <em>Stargazing Live</em> Leads To Exoplanet Discovery
| from the comfort-of-your-own-home dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @23:32 (Space)
| with 64 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0157206/bbc-show-stargazing-live-leads-to-exoplanet-discovery?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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arnodf writes "Tonight BBC's show stargazing live ended after three days
of live astronomy with comedian Dara �� Briain and professor Brian Cox.
Throughout the show they were trying to make the viewers help in finding
an exoplanet via [0]Zooniverse. Thanks to the program they managed to get
1,084,760 classifications in 48 hours and [1]two volunteers discovered an
exoplanet which now bears their name. From the planethunters website:
'Thanks to your help and BBC Stargazing, we managed 1,084,760
classifications in 48 hours. There's still more to do, and more
discoveries to be made, so keep clicking!'"
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Links:
0. https://login.zooniverse.org/login?service=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planethunters.org%2F&gateway=true
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16612181
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| Do Data Center Audits Mean Anything?
| from the who-certifies-the-certifiers? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @18:26 (Hardware)
| with 61 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/224224/do-data-center-audits-mean-anything?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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1sockchuck writes "Data center service providers often tout
certifications such as SAS 70, SSAE 16 and SOC 2 as evidence that they
meet lofty operational standards. But some of [0]these certifications are
based on self-defined standards, and the entire situation is confusing
and frustrating to customers, according to one critic, who says data
center shoppers are poorly served by the jumble of acronyms and
standards. Do these certifications matter when users are seeking data
center space? Should they?"
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| Genes About a Quarter of the Secret To Staying Smart
| from the luck-of-the-draw dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @15:42 (Science)
| with 60 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1947203/genes-about-a-quarter-of-the-secret-to-staying-smart?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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ananyo writes "A Scottish intelligence study that began 80 years ago has
borne new fruit. Researchers have tracked down the study's surviving
participants ��� who joined the study when they were 11 years old ��� to
[0]estimate the role that our genes have in maintaining intelligence
through to old age. After conducting fresh intelligence tests on the
surviving participants, the researchers tested the DNA samples they had
collected for the presence of more than half a million common genetic
variants, each affecting only a single letter in the DNA sequence of the
genome. The team then calculated whether these variants were associated
with cognitive stability ��� how well intelligence had been maintained over
time. The sample size of 2,000 people was too small to grant the
statistical power needed to track down individual genetic signatures
associated with cognitive stability. But it was enough to estimate how
much genetics contributes to cognitive ageing. The team found that these
variants accounted for [1]nearly one-quarter of the differences in
cognitive stability."
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Links:
0. http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/0118/genes-may-guide-intelligence-throughout-life.aspx
1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10781
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| Supercomputer Cools Off Using Groundwater
| from the refreshing-drink dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 19, @03:41 (Supercomputing)
| with 58 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/0255243/supercomputer-cools-off-using-groundwater?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gManZboy writes "The Department of Energy is no stranger to
supercomputers, and its Pacific Northwest National Lab has proven that it
can continue to be an innovator in the field by using what the lab calls
a [1]unique groundwater-fed cooling system in the lab's newest
supercomputer, Olympus. The novel cooling system translates normal
groundwater into big savings for the new 162 teraflop supercomputer,
which is being used in energy, chemical, and fluid dynamics research. The
setup translates into 70% less energy use than traditionally cooled
systems."
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Links:
0. http://www.informationweek.com/
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-architecture/232500061
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| Silver Solution Ink Makes Faster Flexible Circuits
| from the quick-silver dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, @19:31 (Science)
| with 35 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/18/2252220/silver-solution-ink-makes-faster-flexible-circuits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "Silver-based compounds dissolved in ammonia could
make [1]finer and more flexible circuits, according to researchers at the
University of Illinois. Existing inkjet based circuit printing systems
use particles which are less predictable. The silver-based ink remains
dissolved until the ammonia evaporates, and can be delivered through
100nm nozzles. In all senses, it's a better solution."
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Links:
0. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/silver-ink-solution-for-cheaper-faster-flexible-circuits-54967
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