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In this issue:
* Acer CEO Declares a Tablets Bubble
* RealNetworks Sues Dutch Webmaster Over Hyperlink To Freeware
* IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks
* Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops
* The EFF Reflects On ICE Seizing a Tor Exit Node
* Theoretical Shoe Inserts Could Power Your Gadgets
* The Press Reacts To Steve Jobs' Departure — in 1985
* Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop
* China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything
* Was This the Phishing E-mail That Took Down RSA?
* CERN Studies Connection Between Cosmic Rays and Climate Change
* PS3 <em>Counter-Strike</em> To Support Keyboard and Mouse
* Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones
* 'Instant Cosmic Classic' Supernova Discovered
* Protecting a Laptop From Sophisticated Attacks
* Ugandan Seeks To Build Backyard Space Shuttle
* Coordinated, Global ATM Heist Nets $13 Million
* GameStop Offers $50 Certificate For Coupon Fiasco
* Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers
* VMware vSphere 5 Released
* New Oil Slick In Gulf Waters Linked To BP Well
* Book Review: Ghost In the Wires
* Scientists Map Spiraling Light For Faster Net
* Using GPS To Detect Secret Nuclear Tests
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| Acer CEO Declares a Tablets Bubble
| from the that-seems-hard-to-believe dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 25, @20:04 (Portables)
| with 635 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/2331232/Acer-CEO-Declares-a-Tablets-Bubble?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]retroworks writes "According to a story in Digitimes, Acer chairman JT
Wang is predicting the end of 'tablet fever.' 'Commenting on tablet PC's
impact on the notebook industry, [Acer chairman JT Wang] pointed out that
[1]tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are
also being attracted by notebooks again with Intel's Ultrabooks and
Microsoft's Windows 8 the major attractions.' Back to the old model
then... PC and laptop sales, driven by Windows upgrades?"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/2331232/Acer-CEO-Declares-a-Tablets-Bubble?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://retroworks.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110824PD218.html
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| RealNetworks Sues Dutch Webmaster Over Hyperlink To Freeware
| from the verhuur-zoekend-gedrag dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday August 26, @02:07 (Software)
| with 288 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0030246/RealNetworks-Sues-Dutch-Webmaster-Over-Hyperlink-To-Freeware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "In the ever lasting contest for the most
idiotic lawsuit, RealNetworks has sued a Dutch man for [0]posting a link
to a competing freeware program that allegedly infringes on RealNetworks'
intellectual property. The company also secretly obtained a court order
that resulted in confiscation of all computers belonging to the man and
his family. The 26-year-old has already incurred over ���66,000 in legal
fees and if he loses the case, he's facing ���210,000 in fines. Where are
the Anonymous when you need them?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0030246/RealNetworks-Sues-Dutch-Webmaster-Over-Hyperlink-To-Freeware?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks
| from the go-big-or-go-home dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @10:16 (Data Storage)
| with 272 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1349214/IBM-Building-120PB-Cluster-Out-of-200000-Hard-Disks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "Smashing all known records by some margin, IBM Research
Almaden, California, has developed hardware and software technologies
that will allow it to [1]strap together 200,000 hard drives to create a
single storage cluster of 120 petabytes ��� 120 million gigabytes. The data
repository, which currently has no name, is being developed for an
unnamed customer, but with a capacity of 120PB, it's most likely use will
be a storage device for a governmental (or Facebook) supercomputer. With
IBM's GPFS (General Parallel File System), over 30,000 files can be
created per second ��� and with massive parallelism, and no doubt [2]thanks
to the 200,000 individual drives in the array, single files can be read
or written at several terabytes per second."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1349214/IBM-Building-120PB-Cluster-Out-of-200000-Hard-Disks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/94082-ibm-builds-120-petabyte-cluster-made-out-of-200000-hard-drives
2. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38440/?p1=A3
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| Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops
| from the which-might-in-some-cases-be-a-good-outcome dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday August 26, @06:00 (Facebook)
| with 231 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0958209/Social-Media-a-Threat-To-Undercover-Cops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "Facebook has proven to be one of the biggest
dangers in keeping undercover police officers safe, due to applications
such as facial recognition and photo tagging, according to an adjunct
professor at ANU and Charles Sturt University. Mick Keelty, a former
Australian Federal Police commissioner, told the audience at Security
2011 in Sydney that because of the convergence of a number of
technologies [1]undercover policing may be 'impossible' in the future."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0958209/Social-Media-a-Threat-To-Undercover-Cops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/398599/social_media_could_render_covert_policing_impossible_/
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| The EFF Reflects On ICE Seizing a Tor Exit Node
| from the when-dumb-things-happen dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday August 26, @08:10 (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
| with 225 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0017203/The-EFF-Reflects-On-ICE-Seizing-a-Tor-Exit-Node?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Marcia Hofmann, senior staff attorney at the
EFF, gives [0]more information on the first known seizure of equipment in
the U.S. due to a warrant executed against a private individual running a
Tor exit node. 'This spring, agents from Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) executed a search warrant at the home of Nolan King and
seized six computer hard drives in connection with a criminal
investigation. The warrant was issued on the basis of an Internet
Protocol (IP) address that traced back to an account connected to Mr.
King's home, where he was operating a Tor exit relay.' The EFF was able
to get Mr King's equipment returned, and Marcia points out that 'While we
think it's important to let the public know about this unfortunate event,
it doesn't change our belief that running a Tor exit relay is legal.' She
also links to the [1]EFF's Tor Legal FAQ. This brings up an interesting
dichotomy in my mind, concerning protecting yourself from the Big digital
Brother: Running an open Wi-Fi hotspot, or Tor exit node, would make you
both more likely to be investigated, and less likely to be convicted, of
any cyber crimes."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0017203/The-EFF-Reflects-On-ICE-Seizing-a-Tor-Exit-Node?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/why-ip-addresses-alone-dont-identify-criminals
1. https://www.eff.org/torchallenge/legal-faq
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| Theoretical Shoe Inserts Could Power Your Gadgets
| from the sole-source-of-energy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @10:59 (Handhelds)
| with 201 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1441231/Theoretical-Shoe-Inserts-Could-Power-Your-Gadgets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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In his first accepted submission, Anon8---) writes "As published on
nature.com, a process called [0]electrowetting, 'in which a conductive
liquid droplet, placed on an electrode, is physically deformed by an
applied electric charge,' could be used to [1]provide 10 watts of juice
to smartphones and other gadgets as you walk. 'The technique depends on
the use of a dielectric material ��� which is usually an insulator but that
can be polarized in an electric field ��� to coat the electrode. When the
dielectric is charged the droplet can wet the surface more easily, and
deforms. In his system, Krupenkin runs this process backwards, using the
changing physical form of liquid drops between dielectric-coated plates
to [2]generate charge and therefore electrical power.' So far, Krupenkin
and Ashley Taylor have been able to produce a few milliwatts of power
along tiny channels a few millimeters wide. They have patented the idea
and are now concentrating on scaling up the device and designing a shoe
to contain it."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1441231/Theoretical-Shoe-Inserts-Could-Power-Your-Gadgets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Electrowetting
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110823/full/news.2011.493.html
2. http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n8/full/ncomms1454.html
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| The Press Reacts To Steve Jobs' Departure — in 1985
| from the didn't-know-what-they-were-missing dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 25, @23:04 (Businesses)
| with 177 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0021222/The-Press-Reacts-To-Steve-Jobs-Departure-mdash-in-1985?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]harrymcc writes "After reading a ton of stories about Steve Jobs'
decision to step down as Apple's CEO, I turned the clock back and read a
bunch about [1]the first time he did so ��� unwillingly ��� in 1985. Some
observers thought his departure would have little impact on Apple; others
seemed to believe it was a great idea. And the Washington Post's T.R.
Reid figured out that an Apple that chose to eject Jobs would be a
profoundly lesser place."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/0021222/The-Press-Reacts-To-Steve-Jobs-Departure-mdash-in-1985?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:harry@technologizer.com
1. http://technologizer.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-steps-down-the-first-time-the-1985-press-coverage/
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| Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop
| from the wait-how-much dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @16:03 (PC Games (Games))
| with 173 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1920241/Razer-Announces-Dedicated-Gaming-Laptop?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "After recently running a full-page ad in the
WSJ saying, '[0]PC gaming is not dead,' Razer has now [1]announced a new
laptop, the Blade, for the express purpose of playing video games. Its
most distinctive feature is what they call the 'Switchblade' UI, which is
an area next to the keyboard that has a multi-touch LCD screen and 10
dynamic keys. The screen can receive and display information from games,
and the keys can show unique icons particular to the game you're playing.
The requisite hardware for a gaming laptop makes it weigh almost seven
pounds, but it's less than an inch thick. Another distinctive feature is
the price ��� at $2,800, they price a lot of gamers right out of the
market. As the article says, 'It's a gamble, but an exciting one.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1920241/Razer-Announces-Dedicated-Gaming-Laptop?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112519-Weird-Razer-Ad-Promises-PC-Gaming-Is-Not-Dead
1. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/razer-to-release-stylish-2800-gaming-laptop-complete-with-dynamic-buttons.ars
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| China Removes Cyberwar Video, Denies Everything
| from the it-was-the-one-armed-man dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @11:38 (China)
| with 170 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/151215/China-Removes-Cyberwar-Video-Denies-Everything?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jjp9999 writes "Anyone looking for the video clip showing the Chinese
regime [1]launching cyberattacks using script kiddie tactics was greeted
with a message stating 'Error Page ��� This page does not exist anymore,'
on the state-run TV website. The propaganda video, still available on
YouTube, included a clip showing an unseen user launching a cyberattack
against an Alabama-based website of the Falun Gong meditation practice.
China's Defense Minister told the Washington Post via e-mail that [2]the
video was 'pure action of the producer,' adding that the 'Chinese
military has never implemented any form of cyber attacks.' The statement
is the common line given by the regime after they're tacked with
launching a global cyberattack ��� including after GhostNet, Operation
Aurora, Operation Night Dragon, and Operation Shady Rat were revealed."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/151215/China-Removes-Cyberwar-Video-Denies-Everything?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techzwn.com/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/23/1717218/Chinese-Propaganda-Accidentally-Reveals-Cyberwar
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/chinese-vanish-cyberwar-video-that-caused-stir/2011/08/25/gIQAAK8edJ_blog.html
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| Was This the Phishing E-mail That Took Down RSA?
| from the hello-sir-madam dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @09:35 (Security)
| with 161 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1247257/Was-This-the-Phishing-E-mail-That-Took-Down-RSA?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg tips this IDG News report: "'I forward this file to you for
review. Please open and view it.' As a ploy to get a hapless EMC
recruiter to open up a booby-trapped Excel spreadsheet, [0]it may not be
the most sophisticated piece of work. But [1]researchers at F-Secure
believe that it was enough to break into one of the most respected
computer security companies on the planet, and a first step in a complex
attack that ultimately threatened the security of major U.S. defense
contractors including Lockheed Martin, L-3, and Northrop Grumman. The
e-mail was sent on March 3 and uploaded to VirusTotal a free service used
to scan suspicious messages, on March 19, two days after [2]RSA went
public with the news that it had been hacked in one of the worst security
breaches ever."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1247257/Was-This-the-Phishing-E-mail-That-Took-Down-RSA?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/082611-was-this-the-e-mail-that-250136.html
1. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002226.html
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/03/17/2321226/RSAs-Servers-Hacked
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| CERN Studies Connection Between Cosmic Rays and Climate Change
| from the outer-space-attacks dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @16:22 (Science)
| with 155 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2019200/CERN-Studies-Connection-Between-Cosmic-Rays-and-Climate-Change?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Layzej writes with this quote from Nature: "For a century, scientists
have known that charged particles from space constantly bombard Earth.
Known as cosmic rays, the particles are mostly protons blasted out of
supernovae. As the protons crash through the planet's atmosphere, they
can ionize volatile compounds, causing them to condense into airborne
droplets, or aerosols. It is hypothesized that [0]clouds might then build
up around the droplets ��� possibly affecting the Earth's climate. To find
out, [Jasper] Kirkby and his team are bringing the atmosphere down to
Earth in an experiment called Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD).
... Early results seem to indicate that cosmic rays do cause a change ([1]abstract).
The high-energy protons seemed to enhance the production of
nanometer-sized particles from the gaseous atmosphere by more than a
factor of ten. But, Kirkby adds, those particles are far too small to
serve as seeds for clouds."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110824/full/news.2011.504.html
1. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7361/full/nature10343.html
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| PS3 <em>Counter-Strike</em> To Support Keyboard and Mouse
| from the what-took-you-so-long dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @12:20 (First Person Shooters (Games))
| with 154 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/156243/PS3-Counter-Strike-To-Support-Keyboard-and-Mouse?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]RogueyWon writes "Eurogamer reports some encouraging news for
console-bound fans of online shooters. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive,
the new stand-alone version of the wildly successful Half-Life mod
recently announced by Valve, will [1]support mouse and keyboard controls
on the PlayStation 3. This isn't entirely unprecedented; 2007's [2]
Unreal Tournament 3 had a similar feature, but the idea has never gained
momentum. If the idea of allowing PC-style controls on a console does
catch on, could this help remove some of the stigma associated with
first-person shooters on consoles?" Players of the Xbox 360 version will
still be required to use controllers, and they won't be able to
participate in cross-platform play. Valve boss Gabe Newell has [3]had a
hard time convincing Microsoft to open up Xbox Live enough to integrate
services like Steamworks.
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/156243/PS3-Counter-Strike-To-Support-Keyboard-and-Mouse?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/~Rogueywon
1. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-26-ps3-cs-go-supports-keyboard-and-mouse
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_tournament_3#PlayStation_3_version
3. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-25-valve-wants-steamworks-in-cs-go-xbla
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| Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones
| from the how-now-brown-cow dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @13:01 (Cellphones)
| with 154 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/159225/Mobile-Carriers-Impose-Handicaps-On-Smartphones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Nrbelex writes "A team at the University of Michigan and Microsoft
Research has uncovered, for the first time, [1]the frequently suboptimal
network practices of more than 100 cellular carriers. By recruiting
almost 400 volunteers to run an app on their phones that probes a
carrier's networks, the team discovered, for example, that one of the
four major U.S. carriers is [2]slowing its network performance by up to
50 percent (PDF). They also found carrier policies that drained users'
phone batteries at an accelerated rate, and security vulnerabilities that
could leave devices open to complete takeover by hackers."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/159225/Mobile-Carriers-Impose-Handicaps-On-Smartphones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://nrbelex.com/
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38435/page1/
2. http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~qiangxu/paper/sigcomm11_wang.pdf
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| 'Instant Cosmic Classic' Supernova Discovered
| from the transfixed-by-distant-lights dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @08:52 (Space)
| with 138 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1236202/Instant-Cosmic-Classic-Supernova-Discovered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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chill sends this quote from a news release by the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory: "A [0]supernova discovered yesterday is closer to
Earth ��� approximately 21 million light-years away���than any other of its
kind in a generation. Astronomers believe they [1]caught the supernova
within hours of its explosion, a rare feat made possible with a
specialized survey telescope and state-of-the-art computational tools.
'We caught this supernova very soon after explosion. PTF 11kly is getting
brighter by the minute. It���s already 20 times brighter than it was
yesterday,' said Peter Nugent, the senior scientist at Berkeley Lab who
first spotted the supernova. ... the supernova is still getting brighter,
and might even be visible with good binoculars in ten days��� time,
appearing brighter than any other supernova of its type in the last 30
years."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1236202/Instant-Cosmic-Classic-Supernova-Discovered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/08/25/supernova/
1. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/25/astroalert-type-ia-supernova-in-m101/
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| Protecting a Laptop From Sophisticated Attacks
| from the living-inside-a-faraday-cage-doesn't-count dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @17:04 (Security)
| with 136 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2033226/Protecting-a-Laptop-From-Sophisticated-Attacks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]mike_cardwell sends in a detailed writeup of how he went about
[1]protecting a Ubuntu laptop from attacks of varying levels of
sophistication, covering disk encryption, defense against cold boot
attacks, and even simple smash-and-grabs. (He also acknowledges that no
defense is perfect, and the [2]xkcd password extraction tool would still
work.) Quoting: "An attacker with access to the online machine could
simply hard reboot the machine from a USB stick or CD containing msramdmp
to grab a copy of the RAM. You could password protect the BIOS and
disable booting from anything other than the hard drive, but that still
doesn't protect you. An attacker could cool the RAM, remove it from the
running machine, place it in a second machine and boot from that instead.
The first defense I used against this attack is procedure based. I shut
down the machine when it's not in use. My old Macbook was hardly ever
shut down, and lived in suspend to RAM mode when not in use. The second
defense I used is far more interesting. I use something called TRESOR.
TRESOR is an implementation of AES as a cipher kernel module which stores
the keys in the CPU debug registers, and which handles all of the crypto
operations directly on the CPU, in a way which prevents the key from ever
entering RAM. The laptop I purchased works perfectly with TRESOR as it
contains a Core i5 processor which has the AES-NI instruction set."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2033226/Protecting-a-Laptop-From-Sophisticated-Attacks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://grepular.com/
1. https://grepular.com/Protecting_a_Laptop_from_Simple_and_Sophisticated_Attacks
2. http://xkcd.com/538/
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| Ugandan Seeks To Build Backyard Space Shuttle
| from the we-are-the-dreamers-of-dreams dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday August 26, @15:40 (Space)
| with 112 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1646259/Ugandan-Seeks-To-Build-Backyard-Space-Shuttle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Who says that only big, militaristic states
are capable of manned space flight? The BBC reports on an attempt by
Chris Nsamba to [0]build what he hopes would be the first crewed
spacecraft designed and built in Africa. Not that Nsamba, the Ugandan
founder of the self-styled African Space Research Program, doesn't have
any good role models. NASA's first African American flight director,
Kwatsi Alibaruho, traces his roots to Uganda." Hopefully the press will
help Nsamba's cause. I sincerely hope he makes it into space one day.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9573163.stm
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| Coordinated, Global ATM Heist Nets $13 Million
| from the get-rich-really-really-quick-schemes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @14:58 (Security)
| with 111 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1839228/Coordinated-Global-ATM-Heist-Nets-13-Million?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "An international cybercrime gang stole $13
million from a Florida-based financial institution earlier this year, by
executing a highly-coordinated heist in which thieves [0]used ATMs around
the globe to cash out stolen prepaid debit cards. 'Prepaid cards usually
limit the amounts that cardholders can withdraw from a cash machine
within a 24 hour period. Apparently, the crooks were able to drastically
increase or eliminate the withdrawal limits for 22 prepaid cards that
they had obtained. The fraudsters then cloned the prepaid cards, and
distributed them to co-conspirators in several major cities across
Europe, Russia and Ukraine.' The attack is eerily similar to [1]the 2008
attack on RBS WorldPay that stole $9.4M. The men who pleaded guilty to
the RBS attack were arrested and charged in Russia, but were later given
only probation."
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Links:
0. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/coordinated-atm-heist-nets-thieves-13m/
1. http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/02/07/1657259/Flash-Mob-Steals-9-Million-From-ATMs
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| GameStop Offers $50 Certificate For Coupon Fiasco
| from the token-effort-for-stealing-tokens dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday August 26, @19:39 (Businesses)
| with 90 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2333238/GameStop-Offers-50-Certificate-For-Coupon-Fiasco?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter milbournosphere writes "It appears that
GameStop has a guilty conscience. They are [0]offering a $50 gift
certificate to any person who bought the new Deus Ex at GameStop. You may
recall that GameStop has [1]admitted to removing the OnLive codes good
for one free game from new, unopened copies of the game. From GameStop's
email: 'For your inconvenience, we would like to offer you a free $50
GameStop gift card and a Buy 2 Get 1 Free pre-owned purchase. We want to
earn back your trust and confidence in the GameStop experience. Please
bring in this email and your store receipt or order confirmation from
GameStop.com and present it to a Game Advisor.'"
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Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/gamestop-apologies-to-deus-ex-buyers-offers-50-gift-cards.ars
1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2114216/GameStop-Opening-Deus-Ex-Boxes-Removing-Free-Game-Coupon
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| Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers
| from the you-can't-be-friends-says-the-government dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday August 26, @18:50 (Facebook)
| with 82 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2245257/Injunction-Blocks-Dont-Be-Friends-Law-For-Missouri-Teachers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Mr.Intel writes "A Missouri Circuit Court granted an injunction today,
[1]blocking the state law (PDF) that [2]would ban all electronic
communication between teachers and students, including their own children
that was set to take effect on Sunday."
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Links:
0. mailto:mrintel173.yahoo@com
1. http://www.msta.org/files/resources/publications/injunction.pdf
2. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1458218/Missouri-Law-Says-Students-Teachers-Cant-Be-Facebook-Friends
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| VMware vSphere 5 Released
| from the increment-versioncount dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @12:38 (Virtualization)
| with 79 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1618251/VMware-vSphere-5-Released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Hitting the front page for the first time, earlytime writes "VMware
[0]released vSphere 5 yesterday. After much publicity about its [1]new
licensing scheme, techies worldwide get to take the new release for a
spin and see if all of the new features are worth the fuss. From the
article: 'VMware vSphere 5 supports virtual machines (VMs) that are up to
four times more powerful than previous versions ��� VMs can now be
configured with up to 1 terabyte of memory and 32 virtual CPUs ... VMware
vSphere 5 also introduces three key new flagship features ��� Auto-Deploy,
Profile-Driven Storage and Storage DRS ��� that extend the platform's
unique datacenter resource management capabilities, delivering
intelligent policy management to support an automated "set it and forget
it" approach to managing datacenter resources, including server
deployment and storage management. Customers can define policies and
establish the operating parameters, and VMware vSphere 5 does the rest.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vmware-announces-general-availability-of-vmware-vspherer-5-2011-08-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/06/1320211/After-Complaints-VMware-Revises-VSphere-5-Licensing
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| New Oil Slick In Gulf Waters Linked To BP Well
| from the gift-that-keeps-on-giving dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @18:31 (Earth)
| with 71 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2152226/New-Oil-Slick-In-Gulf-Waters-Linked-To-BP-Well?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A new oil sheen [0]appeared in the Gulf of
Mexico last week, and now scientists have confirmed that the oil bubbling
up to the surface [1]matches the type released by BP's Deepwater Horizon
oil well last summer. Ed Overton, a chemist at Louisiana State
University, examined samples of the oil and said, 'After examining the
data, I think it's a dead ringer for the MC252 oil, as good a match as
I've seen. My guess is that it is probably coming from the broken riser
pipe or sunken platform.'"
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Links:
0. http://inhabitat.com/potential-oil-spill-in-gulf-of-mexico-has-all-eyes-on-bp/
1. http://blog.al.com/live/2011/08/scientists_oil_fouling_gulf_co.html
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| Book Review: Ghost In the Wires
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday August 26, @14:19 (Security)
| with 57 comments
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1558245/Book-Review-Ghost-In-the-Wires?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]brothke writes "During the 1990's when Kevin Mitnick was on the run, a
cadre of people were employed to find him and track him down. Anyone who
could have an angle on Mitnick was sought after by the media to provide a
sound bite on the world's most dangerous computer hacker. Just one
example is [1]John Markoff, who became a star journalist for his work at
The New York Times, and a follow-up book and series of articles based on
Mitnick. In Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the Worlds Most Wanted
Hacker, the first personal account of what really happened; Mitnick says
most of the stories around him were the result of the myth of Kevin
Mitnick, and nothing more. In the book, he attempts to dispel these myths
and set the record straight." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.
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Links:
0. mailto:brothke@hotmail.com
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff
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| Scientists Map Spiraling Light For Faster Net
| from the data-in-the-fiber-goes-round-and-round dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @17:50 (Networking)
| with 47 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/2146211/Scientists-Map-Spiraling-Light-For-Faster-Net?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Mark.JUK writes "Scientists working at New York's [1]Institute of
Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers have discovered a [2]new way of mapping
the multiple higher channels / more complex light in an optical fibre,
which could allow telecommunications operators the ability to harness
'untapped data channels' and thus improve broadband speeds and internet
capacity across the world. Critically, the new model allows scientists to
follow polarization and other changes as light travels, which also gives
you an insight into the material that it travels through. Until recently
it wasn't possible to map such light, but all that has changed thanks to
the globe-shaped Higher Order Poincare Sphere model."
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Links:
0. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/
1. http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/ci/iusl/
2. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/08/26/scientists-claim-new-map-spiralling-light-will-boost-fibre-optic-broadband-speeds.html
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| Using GPS To Detect Secret Nuclear Tests
| from the find-me-a-gas-station-and-some-uranium dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday August 26, @13:40 (Science)
| with 45 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/26/1543243/Using-GPS-To-Detect-Secret-Nuclear-Tests?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Harperdog writes "This article details [0]how GPS can help detect secret
nuclear tests, giving the US more reason to ratify the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty. Here's a quote about the 2009 [1]North Korea test: 'At the
time, however, the May 25 bomb also sent a different signature, this one
into the atmosphere. It did not release radioactive gas or dust, as would
be the case for a bomb detonated on the Earth's surface. Rather, it
released a shockwave ��� a bubble of disturbed air that spread out from the
test site across the planet and high into the ionosphere. ... We quickly
gathered data from 11 GPS receivers ��� six belonging to the South Korean
GPS network and five belonging to the International GNSS Service and
scattered around Eastern Asia. The data indicated a sudden spike in
atmospheric electron density just after the underground test.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/new-way-to-detect-secret-nuclear-tests-gps
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/25/1233234/North-Korea-Conducts-Nuclear-Test
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