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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: tiny computer and projector?

Submitted by rover42
rover42 writes: I travel a lot, usually on a tight budget and often on airlines with tight luggage weight restrictions and high fees for going over, so travelling light is very important to me. So is connecting to the net when travelling, which creates a conflict. I do not trust machines in Internet cafes and my laptop adds significant weight & bulk to my luggage. I could buy a small netbook or a Macbook Air, but is there another choice?

There are quite a few tiny computers available, Rasberry Pi and the like. Alone, they don't solve my problem because you need a screen and that is at least as heavy as a laptop. However, there are also quite a few tiny projectors (e.g. see http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/noah-robischon/editors-desk/10-tiny-mighty-pico-projectors-photo-gallery). Would a tiny computer plus a tiny projector do the trick? Which ones? All I need for software is some open source Unix (any *BSD or LInux distro should be fine, or even Minix), a browser and an editor. I don't need large storage or a fast CPU.

Has anyone done something like this? Does anyone have a recommendation for either the computer or the projector?
The Internet

Submission + - ICANN screws up (again) (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by
angry tapir
angry tapir writes: "ICANN's program to expand the number of domains on the internet has suffered another embarrassing setback. The organisation has been forced to temporarily taken down details of domain suffix applications after it inadvertently published the addresses of applicants. In April, ICANN was forced to suspend the application process after it was found that its system could reveal details about top-level domain applicants. The organisation is already facing criticism for its proposal to deal with TLD applications in batches of 500 instead of all at once."
Space

Submission + - New Signs Voyager is Nearing Interstellar Space (nasa.gov) 1

Submitted by
sighted
sighted writes: "Yesterday, someone tweeting for the Voyager 2 spacecraft posted: 'Interesting. Compare my data 4 high-energy nucleons w V1's That increase is attracting attention!' Today, NASA says that scientists looking at this rapid rise draw closer to an inevitable but historic conclusion — that humanity's first emissary to interstellar space is on the edge of our solar system. Project scientist Ed Stone said, 'The latest data indicate that we are clearly in a new region where things are changing more quickly. It is very exciting. We are approaching the solar system's frontier.'"
Censorship

Submission + - Scottish Council Stops Child Photographing School Dinner (blogspot.co.uk)

Submitted by
History's Coming To
History's Coming To writes: "A Scottish primary school child under the pseudonym "Veg" has been blogging about school meals, including a photograph and comments on the nutritional value, taste and presentation. Veg has developing a worldwide following, with children from all over the world sending in pictures of their meals. The school and Veg's father have been fully supportive throughout. But Veg has been taken out of class by the head teacher and told to stop taking photos because Argyll & Bute Council (who control the school) don't like the publicity it is generating."
Medicine

Submission + - Breakthrough Antibody Cocktail Successfully Cures Monkeys of Deadly Ebola Virus (medicaldaily.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: An antidote for one of the world's most deadly virus infections may soon be available, according to researchers who cured monkeys infected with the Ebola virus.

Infected monkeys had been given a chemical cocktail of three antibodies that had been administered to eight monkeys that were separated into two groups. Researchers said that all four of the monkeys that had been given the treatment 24 hours after infection survived, while only two of the four monkeys treated after 48 hours survived.

Submission + - Kindle Fire & Amazon Appstore to Be Released Internationally (mobile-ent.biz)

Submitted by
YokimaSun
YokimaSun writes: "Mobile Entertainment have today posted that Amazon are set to release their Android Tablet the Kindle Fire and also their own Amazon Appstore Internationally. Sales in Q4 of last year were an impressive 4Million but fell to 700,000 in the first quarter of this year, with 31,000 apps on the platform it may not rival the what iPad owners have access to but nonetheless impressive. The Appstore should release this summer in readiness for the Kindle Fire to be launched."
Science

Submission + - Did Neandertals Paint Early Cave Art? (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Dating experts working in Spain, using a technique relatively new to archaeology, have pushed dates for the earliest cave art back some 4000 years to at least 41,000 years ago, raising the possibility that the artists were Neandertals rather than modern humans. And a few researchers say that the study argues for the slow development of artistic skill over tens of thousands of year--not a swift aquisition of talent, as some had argued.

Submission + - "Muthuball": How to Build an NBA Championship Team (gq.com) 1

Submitted by
Quillem
Quillem writes: "Muthu Alagappan, a 5'9" biomechanical engineering undergraduate at Stanford made a presentation at this year's MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference which might well do to basketball what Moneyball did to baseball. His contribution revolves around a topographical analysis of NBA games which contends that there are really 13 positions in basketball — not just five. Besides a rather patronising — but informative — read in "Gentlemen's Quarterly", there are earlier stories over at Wired and NYT blogs. Muthu's talk and slides are also available."

Submission + - Amazon.com won't offer domain registration to public (domainnamewire.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Amazon.com has applied for 76 top level domains, ranging from .kids to .free to .mobile. But it won't let anyone register second level domains underneath them, like verizon.mobile or mystuff.free
Privacy

Submission + - Online Activities to be Recorded by UK ISPs (official-documents.gov.uk)

Submitted by
SmartAboutThings
SmartAboutThings writes: "The United Kingdom online monitoring law just got published showcasing some disturbing facts. The paper is 123 pages long and is actually a draft of the Communications Data Bill. You might not be so happy to find out that from now, every single thing you do online will be recorded and stored by the good old Internet Service providers (ISP). What do we mean by online activity? Well, everything. From exchanging emails, browsing history, instant messaging to the most important use of social networks."

Submission + - IT jobs in cargo/cruise ships?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Hello, I am a Junior Software Engineer, with about 3 years of experience with Java, C and a few scripting languages, and with Linux System Administration...
I'd like to spend one or more years working in a cargo or cruise ship, but I have no idea where to start to look for...
There are some specialized websites out there, but they are for Officer/Hotel/Cooking positions...
Is there a demand for IT professionals working aboard ships?

Thank you

Submission + - DIY Flexible Fractal Window HDTV Antenna (htpc-diy.com) 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I was intrigued by the new flexible DTV antennas coming out. My old flat, rigid antenna worked well when placed in a window but it was hard to keep it there and it blocked light. I had success with other DIY antennas so I attempted to build my own flexible, transparent DTV antenna out of paper, plastic and aluminum foil using a fractal antenna pattern. It works very well in the UHF range.
Games

Submission + - Rockstar Creates 'Cheaters Pool' for Game Hackers (itworld.com) 1

Submitted by
itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "Rockstar Games announced yesterday in a newswire post that the company has created a 'cheater's pool' (sort of like the populating of Australia with criminals) where players who have hacked the game to give themselves advantages will only be able to play against other cheaters. Although, Ars Technica points out that players may actually prefer the 'special' world."
Programming

Submission + - Ruby, Clojure, Ceylon: Same Goal, Different Results (infoworld.com)

Submitted by
snydeq
snydeq writes: "Charles Nutter, Rich Hickey, and Gavin King each discovered that 'simplicity' doesn't mean the same thing as they developed Ruby, Clojure, and Ceylon, respectively. 'Languages that are created with similar goals in mind may yield highly disparate final results, depending on how their communities understand those goals,' writes Andrew Oliver. 'At first, it surprised me that each language's creator directly or indirectly identified simplicity as his goal, as well as how differently the three creators and their languages' communities define what simplicity is. For Ruby, it is about a language that feels natural and gets out of your way to do what you want. For Clojure, it is about keeping the language itself simple. For Ceylon, it is a compromise between enabling the language to help, in King's words, "communicating algorithms to humans" and providing proper tooling support: the same general goal, three very different results.'"
Software

Submission + - Skype 4.0 for Linux now available (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been made available today, bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features. Skype 4.0, codenamed “Four Rooms for Improvement,” is long overdue, and Marco Cimmino makes a point of thanking Linux users for their patience on the Skype blog.

The main improvements Skype is delivering include much improved audio call quality, better video support, and improved chat synchronization. For video specifically, Skype has spent time implementing support for a much wider range of webcams, so if your camera didn’t work before today you might be surprised to find it does in Skype 4.0.

Visually, Skype has received a new Conversations View, which brings all chats into a single, unified window (you can revert to the old view if you prefer). There’s also a new Call View, presence and emoticons have been redesigned, and you can now store and view numbers within each Skype profile.
Politics

Submission + - National 'Do Not Kill Registry' Launched in Response to Drone Kill List (donotkill.net)

Submitted by crtitheories
crtitheories writes: In response to the national kill list revealed by the New York Times last week, an online "Do Not Kill" Registry has been launched where users can sign up to avoid being mistakenly added. From the Do Not Kill website: 'Through an active collaboration between the Do not Kill Registry, the brave pilots and operators of the U.S. drone program, and the American public, we believe that we can find the political and moral solutions needed to both protect the security of the United States while also satisfying the concerns of the broader global community'. Sign up today!
IT

Submission + - Study Shows Teenage Gamers Don't Want IT Careers (cepro.com) 1

Submitted by
CIStud
CIStud writes: "If you think playing endless hours of "Dungeons & Dragons" will create a desire to get into the information technology (IT), think again. A new study by CompTIA of teens and young adults shows that only 17% want to pursue a technology career despite the fact that 97% say they "love" technology."
Idle

Submission + - Bot-written plays compiled from YouTube troll comments hit Kindle store (bgr.com)

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes: Among the countless phenomena brought about by the Internet, comment trolls are undoubtedly among the most anomalous. These curious creatures make their way across the Web leaving a trail of unintelligible “flame bait” in their wake, often making it impossible for others to engage in intelligent conversation. We know them well. While most would be hard-pressed to find a use for these trolls, a pair of artist-coders have managed to turn the ridiculous hate-filled ramblings of thousands of YouTube comment trolls into a series of plays that are now available as eBooks...

Submission + - Vein Grown From Her Own Stem Cells Saves 10-Year-Old Swedish Girl

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A ten year old girl became the first person in the world to get a major blood vessel replaced by one grown using her own stem cells.
The 10-year-old from Sweden had a blockage of a vein from her liver. The doctors decided to give her a new vein instead of a liver transplant or giving her a vein from her own body, Associated Press reported.

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