Slashdot Newsletter 2012-03-19

Ask Slashdot: Finding an IT Job Without a Computer-Oriented Undergraduate Degree?   |  New iPad Jailbroken Already     Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony?  Ask Slashdot: Finding an IT Job Without a Computer-Oriented Undergraduate Degree?  Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly Optimized Sites  New iPad Jailbroken Already  Mammoth "Metal Moles" Tunnel Deep Beneath London  Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax  Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate  Scientists Build Graphene From Scratch, Atom By Atom  Kim Dotcom's Assets Seizure Order Ruled "Null and Void"  'IMAX Movie of Body' Allows Stanford Geneticist To Stop Diabetes In Its Tracks  Indian Government To Tax Angel Funding  Chinese Writers Sue Apple Over IP Violations  TED Education — Video Lessons For Students  Using Apps To 'Soft Control' People's Movements     Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony?  From the Department of only-if-it's-not-jailbroken theodp writes "English comedian Russell Brand could be facing a felony conviction for snatching an iPhone from a would-be paparazzi and tossing it through a window. Singer/parolee Chris Brown also found himself in iPhone hot water after being...   Ask Slashdot: Finding an IT Job Without a Computer-Oriented Undergraduate Degree?  From the Department of not-worth-the-paper-it-was-printed-on An anonymous reader writes "Contrary to what many individuals think, not everybody on Slashdot went to college for a computer-related degree. Graduating in May of this year, my undergraduate degree will be in psychology. Like many undergraduate...   Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly Optimized Sites  From the Department of no-keywords-for-you tekgoblin writes "This is an interesting move by Google but not completely off the rocker for them. Last year they blocked search results from the co.cc domain because they believed they polluted the search results. Google plans to penalize overly...   New iPad Jailbroken Already  From the Department of what-took-so-long? An anonymous reader writes "Just hours after the new Apple iPad was released, it was jailbroken in three (how appropriate!) separate ways. This means that hackers have already found and exploited security holes to run custom code on the new iPad...   Mammoth "Metal Moles" Tunnel Deep Beneath London  From the Department of it's-burrow-time Hugh Pickens writes "BBC reports that the first of eight highly specialized Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM), each weighing nearly 1,000 tonnes, is being positioned at Royal Oak in west London where it will begin its slow journey east, carving out a...   Connecticut Considers Digital Download Tax  From the Department of taxing-the-tubes SonicSpike writes in with a story about the latest state contemplating raising revenues by taxing the net. "Downloading music, movies, e-books and Apps could soon cost Connecticut residents more as lawmakers consider a tax on digital downloads....   Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate  From the Department of say-what-now New submitter bozman8 writes "Announced recently on social networking platform Twitter, Julian Assange has found a way to run for the Upper House of the Australian Senate, despite being detained under house arrest in Britain. Along with Julian's...   Scientists Build Graphene From Scratch, Atom By Atom  From the Department of i-bet-that-goes-quick MrSeb writes "You've heard of 'designer babies,' the idea that you can customize a baby by altering its DNA, but now a team of researchers from Stanford University and the Department of Energy have meddled around with the very fabric of reality...   Kim Dotcom's Assets Seizure Order Ruled "Null and Void"  From the Department of whoops-our-bad thomst writes "Cnet's Greg Sandoval reports that New Zealand police filed for the wrong kind of restraining order--the kind that didn't allow for DotCom to have a court hearing prior to the seizure--and that was a mistake, according to a report in...   'IMAX Movie of Body' Allows Stanford Geneticist To Stop Diabetes In Its Tracks  From the Department of i-see-a-career-in-oatmeal-sales sciencehabit writes "Michael Snyder has taken 'know thyself' to the next level. Over a 14-month period, the molecular geneticist analyzed his blood 20 different times to pluck out a wide variety of biochemical data depicting the status of his...   Indian Government To Tax Angel Funding  From the Department of nothing-is-free kousik writes "The Indian Government proposes to tax Angel Investment as income and is asking start-ups to pay a 30% tax on the funding. From the article: 'Ravi Kiran, co-founder of middle-India advisory Friends of Ambition (FoA) and member of...   Chinese Writers Sue Apple Over IP Violations  From the Department of gentlemen-start-your-litigation hackingbear writes "A group of 22 Chinese authors have filed a claim against Apple, alleging its App Store sells unlicensed copies of their books.The Writers Rights Alliance, founded by Han Han a young popular Chinese author and the worlds' most...   TED Education — Video Lessons For Students  From the Department of education-by-fascinatoin New submitter EuNao writes "TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), the organization based on 'ideas worth sharing,' launched a new initiative this past week. It is called TED-Ed, and it aims to engage students with unforgettable lessons. There...   Using Apps To 'Soft Control' People's Movements  From the Department of achievement-unlocked pinguin-geek writes "Computer science researchers at Northwestern University have developed a way to exert limited control on how people move, pushing them out of their regular travel patterns. The key: tapping into some of their cell phone...

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