Linus Torvalds to Head Windows 9 Project; Build a Secret Compartment, Go to Jail

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Linus Torvalds to Head Windows 9 Project Build a Secret Compartment, Go to Jail Game of Thrones Piracy Is a 'Compliment' Steve Jobs' First Boss: Few Would Hire Steve, Even Today  Fighting TSA Harassment of Disabled Travelers Hot Comment: "Don't worry, the major religions of today won't last forever..." From the Vault: Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed Watch It: Kill Data Dead Poll Booth: If I could change what's "typical" about typical laptops ... Linus Torvalds to Head Windows 9 Project Creator of Linux and champion on free and open source software Linus Torvalds has agreed to join Microsoft as the project head of the upcoming Windows 9 project, according to a report on It's FOSS. Torvalds will be working on a new kernel design for Microsoft that will make Windows virtually impossible to be infected by viruses and malware. Sound Off>> Build a Secret Compartment, Go to Jail Alfred Anaya was a custom stereo installer who branched out to making secret compartments for valuables. But when a client used his creation to smuggle drugs, the DEA sent him to prison as a co-conspirator. The situation highlights a new sort of liability on people who create state-of-the-art technology. Sound Off>> Game of Thrones Piracy Is a 'Compliment' HBO programming president Michael Lombardo says that rampant illegal downloading of Game of Thrones isn't hurting the show. In fact, he goes so far as to say it's "a compliment" and worries about the image quality of pirated copies. Sound Off>> Steve Jobs' First Boss: Few Would Hire Steve, Even Today Nolan Bushnell, who ran Atari in the early 1970s, says he always saw something special in Steve Jobs, and that Atari's refusal to be corralled by the status quo was one of the reasons Jobs went to work there in 1974. But added that Jobs would have trouble getting hired today "Because he was an outlier. To most potential employers, he'd just seem like a jerk in bad clothing."  Sound Off>> Fighting TSA Harassment of Disabled Travelers A man with a neurological disorder is currently pushing the TSA to release a full list of its policies and procedures after a series of incidents in which he was harassed while trying to fly. His condition requires medical liquids and causes episodic muteness, and the TSA makes his encounters very difficult. So far, the TSA has refused to comply with the ADA grievance process. Sound Off>>  Re: Easy... "Don't worry, the major religions of today won't last forever. No one kills in the name of Zeus any more. Give it time." --by AmiMoJo Read More>>   Linux's Achilles Heel Apparently Revealed Nine years ago, Fred Langa pointed to something that he called Linux's "Achilles' heel": "New Linux distros still fail a task that Windows 95 -- yes, 95! -- easily handles, namely working with mainstream sound cards." Read More>> Kill Data Dead SlashTV: Garner Products' main goal is to destroy data to make sure that it is not recoverable in any means either today or into the future. Timothy Lord ran into the company at a recent security conference and was treated to a demo of its high production degausser as well as its SSD destroyer. Watch the Video>> If I could change what's "typical" about typical laptops ... I'd start with vastly increased storage I'd start with a daylight-readable screen I'd start with a denser display resolution I'd start with a better keyboard I'd start with a better pointing device I'd start with better networking options I'd start with better battery life You've left out the thing I'd improve first. 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.