What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert?; Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial

Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley?   |  Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day     Share Your Opinions with Geeknet Exercise influence on content enhancements, product development and identifying critical technology trends by joining the Geeknet Thought Leadership Panel. Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200.  Learn More! Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert?  Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley?  Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung  Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day  Windows 8 Is 'a Work of Art.' But It's No Linux  Kindle Fire Is Sold Out Forever  Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business?  Calorie Restriction May Not Extend Lifespan  Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks?  Apple Rejects Drone Strike App  Linus Torvalds Says Linux 4.0 Could Be Out In Three Years  Google Talks About the Dangers of User Content  US DOJ Drops Charges Against Two Seized Websites  GNOMEbuntu Set To Arrive In October  Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Apple: SkyDrive, Not Surface    SlashDataCenter Update For many IT pros, the data center is a daily and pressing concern. SlashDataCenter features top experts and technologists who offer news, analysis, and commentary examining how data centers are evolving both on-premises and in the cloud. Sign up now for the SlashDataCenter newsletter to get the latest.  Learn More!    Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert?  From the everyone-always-says-sense-of-humour department andy5555 writes "I am hardcore Unix (and recently storage) fan responsible for our server department. Most of the servers run (you guessed it) different types of Unix. For quite a long time, Windows servers played very little role, but sometimes...   Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley?  From the why-not-favorable-conditions-everywhere? department An anonymous reader writes "Hoping to bring together ambition, creativity and energy in one place, the UK government hopes to grow East London so that we can benefit from the same sort of success that has been seen in California; jobs, tax...   Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung  From the would-like-a-slice-of-samsung-pie department New submitter jbernardo writes "There seems to be an interesting side-effect of the flawed jury verdict of last Friday — Samsung sales have surged. Even with the approach of the launch of Apple's new iPhone, the Galaxy SIII is sold out in...   Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day  From the well-I-mean-oracle-duh department dutchwhizzman writes "Polish security researcher Adam Gowdiak submitted bug reports months ago for the current Java 7 zero-day exploit that's wreaking havoc all over the Internet. It seems that Oracle can't — or won't? — take such...   Windows 8 Is 'a Work of Art.' But It's No Linux  From the design-team-denied-your-request department colinneagle writes "Earlier this week I installed the final version of Windows 8. And it is awesome. That's not a joke. Windows 8 is absolutely, unequivocally stellar. And yet, at the end of the day, I am right back to using Linux. Why is that?...   Kindle Fire Is Sold Out Forever  From the knew-that-bezos-was-a-seller-outer department An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from geek.com: "Amazon has released a rather bizarre bit of news today. The Kindle Fire has completely sold out. You can no longer buy one, and the wording of the press release suggests there won't be...   Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business?  From the give-it-a-name department dcblogs writes "Most of what is called innovation today is mere distraction, according to a paper by economist Robert Gordon, written for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Real innovations involve things like the combustion engine or air...   Calorie Restriction May Not Extend Lifespan  From the not-even-time-for-one-more-cigarette department sciencehabit writes "Slash your food intake and you can live dramatically longer — at least if you're a mouse or a nematode. But a major study designed to determine whether this regimen, known as caloric restriction, works in primates...   Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks?  From the needs-a-good-whippin' department First time accepted submitter tomscott writes "So I've been using using Linux for over ten years now and I'm sure like most Linux users I've got SSH running on my box and port 22 open on my cable modem so that I can access my system no matter...   Apple Rejects Drone Strike App  From the you'll-have-a-different-think-comin' department eldavojohn writes "Developer Josh Begley, a student at Clay Shirky's NYU Media Lab, created an application called Drones+ that allows users to track U.S. drone strikes on a map of Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Far from innovative, the app in...   Linus Torvalds Says Linux 4.0 Could Be Out In Three Years  From the next-step-only-got-to-3.3 department darthcamaro writes "The wait between Linux 2.x and 3.x was a long one, but the wait to Linux 4? Well, that will only be a matter of three years, according to Linus Torvalds. '"It's just mentally much easier for people to remember the small...   Google Talks About the Dangers of User Content  From the watch-what-you-say department An anonymous reader writes "Here's an interesting article on the Google security blog about the dangers faced by modern web applications when hosting any user supplied data. The surprising conclusion is that it's apparently almost impossible to...   US DOJ Drops Charges Against Two Seized Websites  From the forget-about-it department angry tapir writes "The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its case against two Spanish websites that stream sports events nearly 17 months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized the sites and shut them down for alleged...   GNOMEbuntu Set To Arrive In October  From the would-prefer-mate department First time accepted submitter Rzarector writes "Good News Everyone! Thanks to the Ubuntu Gnome Community and Jeremy Bicha, it seems that the popular distribution will ship a flavor with a relatively pure GNOME experience in the next release cycle,...   Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Apple: SkyDrive, Not Surface  From the as-long-as-it-works-on-my-windows-phone department New submitter curtwoodward writes "Microsoft won't become a hardware company — unless you count mice and keyboards, former Microsoftie Charlie Kindel argues — because that would mean competing with Apple on its terms. But Kindel says...

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Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Kids; Assange Arrest Plan Accidentally Revealed

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Kids Unvaccinated Students Put Other Students at Risk U.S. Sets 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard Doctors Back Circumcision Assange Arrest Plan Accidentally Revealed Hot Comment: R.I.P. Innovation From the Vault: Has the Rate of Technical Progress Slowed? Watch It: Extra Life for Old Video Games and Consoles Poll Booth: What's your usual coffee-making method? Bill Nye: Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Kids In a video missive, Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") says that while everybody is entitled to their own opinion, people who teach children creationism are holding society back because "We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future." Sound Off>> Unvaccinated Students Put Other Students at Risk Parents who are nervous about the safety of vaccinations for their children may be causing the comeback of their grandparents' childhood diseases, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Sound Off>> U.S. Sets 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard The Obama Administration has finalized new fuel efficiency standards that will require new cars and light-duty trucks to have an average efficiency of 54.5 miles per gallon--nearly double the average fuel economy of new cars and trucks--by 2025. Sound Off>> Doctors Back Circumcision Evaluation of current evidence indicates that the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks and that medical insurance should pay for the procedure, according to a recent report by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Sound Off>> Assange Arrest Plan Accidentally Revealed A confidential document photographed by Britain's Press Association news agency lays out Scotland Yard's strategy for dealing with Julian Assange if he tries to leave Ecuador's embassy in London: "Assange to be arrested under all circumstances." Sound Off>> R.I.P. Innovation "When it costs a small developer millions of dollars to patent search and licence obvious designs, we have killed innovation." --by craznar Read More>> Has the Rate of Technical Progress Slowed? Three years ago, an article in the IEEE Spectrum argued that the rate of technological progress has slowed in the last 50 years. While there have been advances in areas such as computers, communications and medicine, the author points out that these advances have largely been incremental rather than revolutionary. Read More>> Extra Life for Old Video Games and Consoles The University of Michigan's Computer and Video Game Archive is a game junkie's dream come true. The usable archive, which houses games and systems ranging from the Odyssey to the Xbox 360, lets visitors get their game on while walking down memory lane.  Watch the Video>> What's your usual coffee-making method? Conventional drip coffee maker Espresso machine French Press, Aeropress, or similar Cold-brewed Sock-filtered You've omitted my favorite method! I take whatever's on offer Coffee is not for me. Cast Your Vote>>  Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

How Apple Killed the Linux Desktop; Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions

Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict   |  Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million     Share Your Opinions with Geeknet Exercise influence on content enhancements, product development and identifying critical technology trends by joining the Geeknet Thought Leadership Panel. Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200.  Learn More! How Apple Killed the Linux Desktop  Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict  Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions  Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million  Russia Wants a Hypersonic Bomber  Ask Slashdot: Is the Rise of Skeuomorphic User Interfaces a Problem?  Scientists Find Gene That Predicts Happiness In Women  In Wake of Samsung Verdict, HTC Does Not Intend To Settle  Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather  Are You Gaming For the Right Reasons?  Don't Build a Database of Ruin  Another LulzSec Member Arrested  The History of the Floppy Disk  Is an International Nuclear Fuelbank a Good Idea?  Samsung Unveils Windows Phone 8 Device and Android-Based Camera    SlashDataCenter Update For many IT pros, the datacenter is a daily and pressing concern. SlashDataCenter features top experts and technologists who offer news, analysis, and commentary examining how data centers are evolving both on-premises and in the cloud. Sign up now for the SlashDataCenter newsletter to get the latest.  Learn More!    How Apple Killed the Linux Desktop  From the linux-mobile-seeking-vengeance department An anonymous reader writes "Klint Finley discusses Miguel de Icaza's thoughts on how OS X killed Linux on the desktop: 'de Icaza says the desktop wars were already lost to OS X by the time the latest shakeups started happening. And he thinks the...   Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict  From the surprise-surprise department One of the interesting tidbits that came out of last week's billion-dollar verdict in Apple v. Samsung was that the jury's foreman, a patent holder himself, was instrumental in leading the other members through the various complicated infringement...   Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions  From the overthrow-government-instead department cold fjord writes "Is this the end of the world . . . of Warcraft? Maybe for Iranian gamers who are undergoing a forced morale check due to tightening sanctions cutting access to their game of choice. From the article: 'Iranian players of "World...   Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million  From the jig-is-up department New submitter beltsbear writes "Despite the many people calling it out as a Ponzi scheme from the beginning, Pirateat40 was able to collect millions of dollars worth of Bitcoins from thousands of Bitcoin users. At almost every stage Pirateat40...   Russia Wants a Hypersonic Bomber  From the to-be-fair-so-do-i department derekmead writes "Hot on the heels of the U.S. Air Force's most recent failed test of an unmanned hypersonic vehicle, Russia now says it wants to jump into the hypersonic game with a long-range bomber. Will Russia's newest Bear fly at 4,500 miles...   Ask Slashdot: Is the Rise of Skeuomorphic User Interfaces a Problem?  From the add-to-dictionary department An anonymous reader writes "The evolution of user interface design in software is a long one, and has historically tracked the capabilities of computers of the time. Early computers used batch processing which, is mostly unheard of today, and...   Scientists Find Gene That Predicts Happiness In Women  From the now-we-can-engineer-infinite-happiness department An anonymous reader writes "For reasons that scientists have not conclusively determined, women are happier than men. And now, researchers think that they may have pinpointed one of the reasons for that. They have found a gene in women that...   In Wake of Samsung Verdict, HTC Does Not Intend To Settle  From the today-is-a-good-day-to-die department Taco Cowboy writes "The recent lost by Samsung in a court battle against Apple apparently does not put a dent to other parties determination to fight Apple, inside and outside of the court system HTC's Chairperson, Ms. Cher Wang, has publicly...   Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather  From the stormy-weather department SmartAboutThings writes "In a recent survey performed by Wakefield Research, it has been discovered that the majority of the surveyed Americans are quite confused about the notion of Cloud, when it relates to Cloud Storage/Computing. The most...   Are You Gaming For the Right Reasons?  From the gotta-make-that-int-bigger department An editorial at IGN discusses healthy (and unhealthy) ways to play video games. The author says that while gaming is a perfectly legitimate hobby, it needs to be approached with moderation and an understanding of what you get out of playing....   Don't Build a Database of Ruin  From the or-we'll-say-don't-again department Hugh Pickens writes "Paul Ohm writes in Harvard Business Review that businesses today are building perfect digital dossiers of their customers, massive data stores containing thousands of facts about every member of our society. He says these...   Another LulzSec Member Arrested  From the no-one-went-to-prison-in-wargames department hypnosec writes "Raynaldo Rivera, aged 20, suspected member of LulzSec, has been arrested for his alleged role in the breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment last year. The first suspect, Cody Kretsinger, has already pleaded guilty and was indicted...   The History of the Floppy Disk  From the once-upon-a-time department Esther Schindler writes "Ready for a nostalgic trip into the wayback? We had floppy disks long before we had CDs, DVDs, or USB thumb-drives. Here's the evolution of the portable media that changed everything about personal computing. 'The 8-inch...   Is an International Nuclear Fuelbank a Good Idea?  From the power-for-the-people department An anonymous reader writes "A roundtable at the Bulletin of the Atomic Sciences explores the notion of nuclear fuel banks which would offer nations a guaranteed supply of low-enriched uranium if they renounce the right to enrich on their own. From...   Samsung Unveils Windows Phone 8 Device and Android-Based Camera  From the still-waiting-on-that-android-based-toaster department MrSeb writes "Today Samsung joined Nikon in announcing an Android-powered camera. The Samsung Galaxy Camera weighs 305g, features a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, 21x super zoom lens, a quad-core 1.4GHz SoC (probably Exynos 4), 8GB of internal storage,...

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