Groklaw Shuts Down Over NSA Spying; The Last Days of Unix

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Groklaw Shuts Down Over NSA Spying The Last Days of Unix The Obesity Era: What's the Real Cause? Google Outage Causes 40% Plunge in Internet Traffic UK Government Destroys Guardian's Snowden Drives Hot Comment: "I think Google made the iphone youtube app themselves, which they won't..." From the Vault: Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid Watch It: Cryonics Offers a Chance at Immortality Poll Booth: My SSID Is... Groklaw Shuts Down Over NSA Spying Groklaw, a Website that has spent the past decade covering legal issues important to the open-source community, has decided to shut down because its founder says she simply can't continue in an environment of constant online surveillance. Sound Off>> The Last Days of Unix Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, is going the way of the dodo, according to IDC's Jean Bozman. She attributes Unix's slow, inexorable decline on several factors, including platform migration issues and competition from Linux and Microsoft. Sound Off>> The Obesity Era: What's the Real Cause? The belief that obesity is simply the result of a lack of willpower and an inability to discipline eating habits is no longer defensible. So, what is causing the rise in obesity, which is a transnational and, apparently, trans-species problem? Everything. Sound Off>> Google Outage Causes 40% Plunge in Internet Traffic Google services suffered a complete black-out last week and, according to web analytics experts, that caused worldwide Internet traffic to plunge around 40%. The reason for the outage is not yet known, but the huge impact reflects Google's massive grip on the Web. Sound Off>> UK Government Destroys Guardian's Snowden Drives The UK government has been pressuring the Guardian over its publication of the Snowden leaks for a while, and it ultimately ended with Government Communications Headquarters (GHCQ) officials overseeing the destruction of hard drives in the newspaper's basement. Sound Off>>   Re: Only relevant line "I think Google made the iphone youtube app themselves, which they wont do for Microsoft because they are too busy and there aren't enough users (which is in part due to lack of main stream apps). But the rest sounds plausible. Microsoft might deserve it, but it seems cruel to me for Google to punish those poor 11 windows phone users." --by Dr Max Read More>>   Attractive Women Make Men Temporarily Stupid Four years ago, The Telegraph reported on a study that found that men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive. Read More>>  Cryonics Offers a Chance at Immortality SlashTV: Do you want to be frozen after you die, in hopes of being revived a century or two (or maybe ten) in the future? It can cost less than an electric car. That's what the Cryonics Institute (CI) offers. David Ettinger, the son of CI founder Robert Ettinger and CI's lawyer, discusses the process. Watch the Video>>  My SSID Is... The default My name Named after some media reference (game, movie, music) Named after a famous person Something humorous Hidden Other CowboyNeal 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.

 

Apple Will Crash and Burn, Ellison Says; 20 People Shot at LG Giveaway Stunt Gone Wrong

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Apple Will Crash and Burn, Ellison Says Apache Web Server Use Hits New Low 20 People Shot at LG Giveaway Stunt Gone Wrong Ad Group Accuses Mozilla of 'Hijacking the Internet' Computers Cause Delay to Out-of-Pocket Health Care Cost Cap Hot Comment: "He makes America look like a foolish and ineffectual power mad..." From the Vault: Why Corporates Hate Perl Watch It: Tips to Stargaze Like a Pro Poll Booth: When it comes to (download) bandwidth needs, I require... Apple Will Crash and Burn, Ellison Says Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who was a onetime Apple board member, said in a recent televised interview that he thinks that Apple will collapse without Steve Jobs at the helm. Sound Off>> Apache Web Server Use Hits New Low Apache has always dominated the web server landscape, but in August, its share slipped below 50 percent for the first time in years. However, the new winner isn't nginx. Sound Off>> 20 People Shot at LG Giveaway Stunt Gone Wrong In an ill-conceived marketing event, LG released 100 helium-filled balloons, each carrying a voucher for a 950,000 won ($852.54) smartphone. People showed up armed with BB guns, knives on sticks, and other tools to burst the balloons. Predictably, chaos ensued. Sound Off>> Ad Group Accuses Mozilla of 'Hijacking the Internet' In its latest attempt to stop Mozilla from going ahead with its proposed default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox, the Interactive Advertising Bureau took out a full page ad urging users to stop "Mozilla from hijacking the Internet." Sound Off>> Computers Cause Delay to Out-of-Pocket Health Care Cost Cap A significant consumer protection in President Obama's health care initiative that limits out-of-pocket costs for consumers has been delayed. The reason: Companies say their computer systems can't keep track of individuals' out-of-pocket expenses.  Sound Off>> Re:Hmm "He makes America look like a foolish and ineffectual power mad state. Part of the Great Game is marketing, after all." --by Stargoat Read More>>   Why Corporates Hate Perl Five years ago, a piece posted on O'Reilly's ONLamp discussed the reasons that some companies were turning away from Perl. According to the writer, management at a company he spoke to had started to refer to Perl-based systems as "legacy" and generally disparage it. He added that that attitude had seeped through to non-technical business users as well. Read More>> Tips to Stargaze Like a Pro SlashTV: Not content with what he could buy when he first wanted a telescope, amateur astronomer Bruce Berger set out to make his own. It turned out so well, he made several more and taught others to do the same. Timothy Lord caught up with Berger in Maine between evenings watching this year's Perseid showers to get some insight about what would-be skywatchers should consider when looking at scopes. Watch the Video>> When it comes to (download) bandwidth needs, I require... Less than 1Mbps 1Mbps to 5Mbps 5Mbps to 10Mbps 10Mbps to 25Mbps 25Mbps to 50Mbps 50Mbps to 100Mbps Over 100Mbps Anything over 300 baud is a luxury 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.

 

TOR Urges Users to Ditch Windows, Disable JavaScript; U.S. IT Worker Sues Outsourcing Firm

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend TOR Urges Users to Ditch Windows, Disable JavaScript Xerox Machines Randomly Change Numbers U.S. IT Worker Sues Outsourcing Firm for Discrimination Wi-Fi Pineapple Hacking Device Sells Out at Def Con DEA Program 'More Troubling' Than NSA Hot Comment: "There are no innocent people. There are so many laws..." From the Vault: 8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline in Cars Watch It: Secret Labs Teaches Next-Gen Game Devs Poll Booth: Home wireless security level? TOR Urges Users to Ditch Windows, Disable JavaScript After the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of TOR's privacy-centered network, the TOR Project is advising people to stop using Windows. The zero-day vulnerability allowed attackers infect Tor Browsers with malicious JavaScript that de-anonymized users. Sound Off>> Xerox Machines Randomly Change Numbers According to a report from computer scientist D. Kriesel, some Xerox WorkCentre copiers and scanners alter numbers that appear in scanned documents. Having analyzed the output of two devices, Kriesel found that "patches of the pixel data are randomly replaced in a very subtle and dangerous way". Sound Off>> U.S. IT Worker Sues Outsourcing Firm for Discrimination Brenda Koehler, an IT worker with 17 years of experience, has filed a lawsuit against Indian outsourcing firm Infosys, alleging that the company ignored her qualifications and eventually hired a Bangladeshi worker to staff a position she was qualified for. She is seeking class action status for her suit. Sound Off>> Wi-Fi Pineapple Hacking Device Sells Out at Def Con Of the gear sold at Def Con this year, one stood out: The Wi-Fi Pineapple--an all in one Wi-Fi hacking device that costs only $80 (a lot cheaper than a PwnPlug) that runs on Linux. The Pineapple's creator said that 1.2 devices were sold per minute were sold on the first day of Def Con and then sold out. Sound Off>> DEA Program 'More Troubling' Than NSA Reuters reports that a secret U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit collects data from wiretaps, informants, and other sources to launch criminal investigations of Americans. Considered most troubling is a systematic campaign to hide this program from the courts, denying defendants their right to know how evidence against them was obtained. Sound Off>>   Re: what's the benefit of privacy from the government "There are no innocent people. There are so many laws today that you've probably committed six crimes before breakfast. If laws were actually enforced, not only would everyone be in jail, but they'd rapidly discover that the laws are so inconsistent that they can't even tell whether or not some things are crimes." --by 0123456 Read More>>   8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars Two years ago, it was reported that Thorium, an abundant and radioactive rare earth mineral, could be used in conjunction with a laser and mini turbines to easily produce enough electricity to power a vehicle. Read More>> Secret Labs Teaches Next-Gen Game Devs  SlashTV: Indie game developer Secret Lab is responsible for some of the world's most popular mobile apps and runs a mobile app training studio. Tim Lord recently caught up with co-founders Paris Buttfield-Addison and Jon Manning at OSCON to discuss advice for aspiring game devs, what goes into making a powerful game and whether creativity is a learned skill. Watch the Video>>  Home wireless security level? Open network: Internet should be free for all! WEP encryption: Waiting to be compromised WPA/WPA2 encryption: Should be secure WPA/WPA2 w/ hidden SSID: A bit more secure Ditto, but w/ MAC whitelist: A tough tighter Ditto, but DHCP disabled: Wireless fortress Wired connection or powerline Ethernet only Whatever my neighbors are using 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.

 

XKCD's Time Ends; Google's Net Neutrality Hypocrisy?

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend XKCD's Time Ends  Google's Great Net Neutrality Hypocrisy? 4,000+ Players Duke It Out in Epic Online Space Battle 'Slingatron' Aims to Hurl Stuff into Orbit Internet Rideshare Drivers Busted by SFO Officials Hot Comment: "Because they will kill AND torture Snowden..." From the Vault: Apple Sued for Turning Workers Into Slaves Watch It: Working to Open Source Laws Poll Booth: Time until Facebook is replaced? XKCD's Time Ends  After more than 3,000 images, xkcd's long-running, auto-updating comic "Time" has come to its conclusion. Randall Munroe's series spawned multiple methods of viewing and thousands of forum posts. Sound Off>> Google's Net Neutrality Hypocrisy? Google has made countless statements supporting network neutrality, the idea that all packets of information on the Internet should be treated equally. But now that the company is an ISP, it's changing its tune, telling the FCC that citizens don't have the right to run servers on their home broadband connections. Sound Off>> 4,000+ Players Duke It Out in Epic Online Space Battle For five hours, more than 4,000 EVE Online players participated in a massive online battle between two alliances, which forced parent company CCP Games to slow game time down to a sluggish 10 percent of real time to prevent servers from imploding. Sound Off>> 'Slingatron' Aims to Hurl Stuff into Orbit Rockets are incredibly expensive with the cheapest launch costs hovering around $2,000 per pound. But there is a cheaper and cleaner approach--hurling payloads into orbit with a "mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator" called the Slingatron. Sound Off>> Internet Rideshare Drivers Busted by SFO Officials San Francisco International Airport officials have been making citizen's arrests of drivers from mobile-app enabled rideshare companies that pick up and drop off passengers. An airport spokesman said that the companies, which are not regulated, are trespassing. Sound Off>>   Because they will kill AND torture Snowden "Get it? They said OR, so that's not a lie." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>   Apple Sued for Turning Workers Into Slaves Five years ago, Apple employees filed lawsuit in California alleging that Apple denied technical staffers required overtime pay and meal compensation, which is in violation of state law. The employees also claimed many of them were subjected to working conditions resembling indentured servitude. Read More>> Working to Open Source Laws SlashTV: The field of law has a data problem, which could benefit by adopting some the best practices and tools of programmers, says Jim Hazard, an attorney who leans geek. Hazard, who has been working to bring the benefits of open source to both lawyers and their clients, explains. Watch the Video>> Time until Facebook is replaced? Within the next year Two or three years Three or four years Five or six years Seven or eight years Over nine years Too long, apparently Who uses Facebook? 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.

 

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New Zealand About to Legalize Spying on Citizens?; Plague of Measles Erupts 15 Years After Autism Panic

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend New Zealand About to Legalize Spying on Citizens? Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Debuts With Major New Features Plague of Measles Erupts 15 Years After Autism Panic Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Hollywood Blockbuster Flops Radical Plan For Saving Microsoft's Surface RT Hot Comment: "And this is why the 'militarization of the police' is a problem. You're not a..." From the Vault: Recent Grad Sues College Because She Can't Find a Job Watch It: Privacy, the NSA and You Poll Booth: My NSA-induced paranoia level... New Zealand About to Legalize Spying on Citizens? After having admitted that it illegally spied on its citizens or residents 88 times since 2003, the New Zealand government is now proposing to expand its spying powers. And it looks like the bill, which has (not surprisingly) met with opposition by a number of groups, has enough votes to pass Parliament. Sound Off>> Apache OpenOffice 4.0 Debuts With Major New Features The many new enhancements in Apache OpenOffice 4.0, include some big improvements to graphics handling and anti-aliasing that makes for smoother bitmaps. The release also comes with a new sidebar that is based on IBM Symphony's implementation. Sound Off>> Plague of Measles Erupts 15 Years After Autism Panic Several news outlets reporting on the recent measles outbreak in Wales cite public health experts who lay the blame for the dramatic increase in cases squarely at the feet of Andrew Wakefield's suggestion that the MMR vaccine might cause autism and the subsequent media coverage in 1998. Sound Off>> Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Hollywood Blockbuster Flops Hollywood is more reliant than ever on analytics to predict how movies will do, so how did six mega-budget films--"R.I.P.D.," "After Earth," "White House Down," "Pacific Rim," and "The Lone Ranger"--that featured big stars, bigger explosions, and top-notch special effects fail so spectacularly in recent weeks? Sound Off>> Radical Plan For Saving Microsoft's Surface RT Microsoft announced last week that it would take a $900 million write-off on its Surface RT tablets. Now the company has a scary decision to make: double down on its promotional efforts, hoping that sales will eventually pick up, or scrub the whole project. But there is another way to restart its (metaphorical) heart. Sound Off>>   Re: Wake up "And this is why the 'militarization of the police' is a problem. You're not a soldier, this isn't war, and you aren't an occupying force dealing with insurgents. If you think you are, and you treat all non-police as potential threats, you need to turn in your badge and gun and get psychological help." --by CptNerd Read More>>   Recent Grad Sues College Because She Can't Find a Job Four years ago, a "C" (not the programming language) student sued her alma mater for the full cost of her tuition and then some because she has been unable to find a job in the three months since her graduation. Read More>>  Privacy, the NSA and You SlashTV: It's been about a month a half since Edward Snowden's initial disclosures through the pages of the Guardian and the Washington Post and it has had a pretty significant impact. Journalist and long-time privacy advocate Declan Mccullagh discusses what's happening on the privacy front in the wake those revelations.  Watch the Video>> My NSA-induced paranoia level: They could not care less about me They might be watching what sites I visit They have a detailed file about me Same as above, and they are out to get me They're about to break down my door Living off the grid with CowboyNeal 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.

 

Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways; HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways Linux 3.11's Odd Homage to Microsoft HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: A Programmer's Perspective Hot Comment: "The difference is that if Zimmerman was black, he would..." From the Vault: Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ Watch It: Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing Poll Booth: If I search online for my full name... Kernel Dev to Torvalds: Stop Your Foul-Mouthed Ways An Intel developer is taking a stand against the verbal abuse on the Linux Kernel Development Mailing List and has asked that everyone on the list, including Linus Torvalds, keep it "professional". Not surprisingly, Linus had some choice words in response. Sound Off>> Linux 3.11's Odd Homage to Microsoft Linus Torvalds has changed the code name for Linux 3.11 to "Linux For Workgroups" and modified the logo to Tux holding a flag with a symbol that is reminiscent of the logo of Windows for Workgroups 3.11, which was released in 1993. Sound Off>> HBO Asks Google to Take Down 'Infringing' VLC Media Player Something new in the war against pirated content: HBO has sent a DMCA takedown to Google, listing links to content that does not appear to be HBO-owned content, including a copy of the popular media player VLC. Honest mistake or troubling trend? Sound Off>> Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize A Swedish professor of sociology has nominated NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. In his letter to the Nobel committee, Professor Stefan Svallfors commended Snowden for his "heroic effort at great personal cost." Sound Off>> Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: A Programmer's Perspective Developer and editor Jeff Cogswell compares Eclipse and Visual Studio, picking through some common complaints about both platforms and comparing their respective features. "First, let's talk about usability," he writes, "and let's be frank: Neither Eclipse nor Visual Studio is a model for sound usability." Sound Off>>    Re: I'm amazed... "The difference is that if Zimmerman was black, he would have been arrested on the spot and he would already be serving his life sentence." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>   Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ Three years ago, Google engineer Rob Pike ripped the use of Java and C++ during his keynote at OSCON, saying that these "industrial programming languages" are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments. Read More>> Clearing the Fog Around Cloud Computing SlashTV: Is the "cloud" more of a marketing term than a technical one? Long-time IT analyst Dan Kusnetzky addresses that question and others, including what the cloud actually is and what it isn't. Watch the Video>> If I search online for my full name... I get no results Some results from people with the same name Some results about me A little bit of both My whole life is out there I get a visit from the FBI 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.