8 Characters That Will Crash Nearly Any App on a Mac; Iran unveils 'Stealth' Fighter Jet

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. 8 Characters That Will Crash Nearly Any App on a Mac Iran unveils 'Stealth' Fighter Jet AT&T Forces Data Plan for Unlocked Smartphones Apple's Silent Shutdown of Java 7 Ticks Off Mac Users Obama's Rules for Assassinating American Citizens Leaked Hot Comment: "Bail them out, save the economy, but jail the executives..." From the Vault: What Was Your First Computer? Watch It: Open Source Initiative President Talks Poll Booth: At my current place of employ, snacks are ... 8 Characters That Will Crash Nearly Any App on a Mac If you type "File:///" into almost any app on your Mac, it will crash, according to a bug report posted on Open Radar. The odd bug only appears to be present in OS X Mountain Lion--the latest release of Apple's operating system. It was also discovered that the bug amusingly even crashes the Mac error reporter. Sound Off>> Iran unveils 'Stealth' Fighter Jet Iranian state media released videos and pictures of a new homemade combat aircraft, which officials say can evade radar. President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said the single-seat Qaher F313 had "almost all the positive features" of the world's most sophisticated jets. Footage showed the jet in flight, but not its take-off or landing. Sound Off>> AT&T Forces Data Plan for Unlocked Smartphones After Joel Runyon's old dumbphone died a few months ago, he picked up a used iPhone. He just needed it for basic phone capabilities, and used it as such, turning data off. However, AT&T eventually figured out he was making calls from a smartphone, and they decided he needed a data plan, even if he wasn't going to use it. Sound Off>> Apple's Silent Shutdown of Java 7 Ticks Off Mac Users For the second time in a month, Apple has stealthily disabled Java on Macs. The first time was on Jan. 10--the same day a Java vulnerability was being exploited in the wild. Apple hasn't issued any official statements advising users of the change or its reasons, much to the frustation of Mac users. Sound Off>> Obama's Rules for Assassinating American Citizens Leaked A Justice Department memo that lays out the legal case for the Obama administration ordering drone strikes on American citizens as part of counterterrorism operations was recently leaked. Notably, the memo doesn't stipulate that the targeted Americans have to be engaged in an active plot against the United States. Sound Off>>    Re: I have a better idea... "Bail them out, save the economy, but jail the executives responsible. If your firm destabilizes the economy you go directly to jail." --by Hatta Read More>> What Was Your First Computer? Seven years ago, News.com asked a few industry pros about the first box that got them going and asked readers to chime in, too. This was prompted by another article commemorating the 60th anniversary of ENIAC. Read More>> Open Source Initiative President Talks In its 15-year history, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has been able to establish the term open source as a desirable brand for businesses and get inside the heads of developers that it is something that they want associated with their software, says OSI President Simon Phipps. But he added that having achieved all of those goals, OSI got a bit quiet. But that is about to change. Phipps explains.  Watch the Video>> At my current place of employ, snacks are ... Generally on the house Generally on the employees (who pool resources) Generally on the employees (who are all on their own) No snacks allowed Why do you assume I'm employed? 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.