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+-   Azureus: Vuze 4.3.0.4 Released !-> on Friday November 20, @09:59PM SF:nolar

Submitted by SF:nolar on Friday November 20, @09:59PM
SF:nolar writes "Vuze is a powerful, full-featured, cross-platform bittorrent client, community hub, with content discovery and playback. What\'s New in Vuze 4.3.0.4: BUGFIX: UI | Prevent main window from popping up when adding a torrent and \"Add Torrent Silently\" set [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UI | Ensure that the correct progress reports are passed to listeners [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | Fixed bug whereby the destruction of the torrent-open window was cancelling torrent download dialogs [Parg] BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed bug where scrollers on some mice would cause table to blank [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: UIvz | Handle magnet links within internal browser [TuxPaper] BUGFIX: Plug | Improved the fallback lookup service by passing the all params [Parg] BUGFIX: Plug | Verify that downloaded torrents are valid before passing to caller [Parg]"
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+-   SPAM: Rent or lease properties-> on Friday November 20, @09:54PM rentalicon

Submitted by rentalicon on Friday November 20, @09:54PM
rentalicon writes "Need to rent a house or an office space fast? RentalIcon will find you one in seconds!
When you absolutely, positively need to rent a house or an office right now."
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+-   SPAM: NEW Youth Work Forum Video Channel on Friday November 20, @09:54PM youthworkforum

Submitted by youthworkforum on Friday November 20, @09:54PM

+-   Augmented Reality goes nude-> on Friday November 20, @09:32PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, @09:32PM
idle
An anonymous reader writes "Dear Slashdot team,

I created an iPhone hoax as a viral marketing strategy to promote my blog and I'd love to recommend this project to you:

http://www.nude-it.com/

The most recent news article: http://www.cultofmac.com/interview-creator-of-augmented-reality-app-nude-it-clip-bares-all

Thank You for your time.

--
Michael Krivicka
www.whoisthebaldguy.com"
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+-   Adandu - Personal Blog - Rebellious Angel-> on Friday November 20, @08:59PM kudaaa

Submitted by kudaaa on Friday November 20, @08:59PM
kudaaa writes "Rebellious Angel's personal Blog"
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+-   Crichton not done with us yet on Friday November 20, @08:21PM Bill_s16

Submitted by Bill_s16 on Friday November 20, @08:21PM
Bill_s16 writes "I hadn't heard until today about Pirate Latitudes a period novel found on the late Michael Crichton's computer. I'll be adding it to my To Read shelf momentarily. Amazon has the hardback preorder for $9. The work was so complete that they also found a style guide for the editors, to ensure they got spellings correct. With Crichton, the publisher says, they'd have no idea what he was writing until he turned it in. Crichton's huge success then would be one confirmation of Hemingway's dictum, "You lose it if you talk about it.""
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+-   PGP leaked customer data for weeks-> on Friday November 20, @08:10PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, @08:10PM
security
An anonymous reader writes "A blogger says PGP's online store exposed customer data for weeks. Thi s is from a security company?"
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+-   Filtering human sensor input on Friday November 20, @08:08PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, @08:08PM
An anonymous reader writes "Every second my sensors receive unsolicited spam. Terrible smells attack my nose, heat and cold torment my skin, the sight of ugly neighbours and decaying concrete invade my eyes on my way to work, and my ears are constantly bothered by complaints and nagging-and-a-whining. I've started to study the subject, and found some research in augmented reality. I wonder though, is there a technical solution in existance today, that can route all my desired audio sources to my headphones, while the closed headphones filter away at least some noise and nagging? Sound sources could be: cellphone, computer, and a microphone (if I need to hear something in the environment, but most of the times muted). Please slashdot, does anyone know of such technology?"
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+-   Nintendo DSi LL Released in Japan-> on Friday November 20, @07:31PM Busshy

Submitted by Busshy on Friday November 20, @07:31PM
nintendo
Busshy writes "Nintendo`s new larger screen version of the Nintendo DS has been released over in japan (21st november), the console is shipping in 3 colours, Dark Brown, Natural White and Wine Red.
The NDSi LL has two 4.2 inch screens with an enlarged viewing angle.Camera, DSi menu, music player and the DSi Ware functions remain the same, the console already comes with two brain training games and a dictionary."
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+-   WHO Says Swine Flu May Have Peaked in US on Friday November 20, @06:54PM Hugh Pickens

Submitted by Hugh Pickens on Friday November 20, @06:54PM
medicine
Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) says that there were “early signs of a peak” in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including the United States while the American College Health Association, which surveys more than 250 colleges with more than three million students, said new cases of flu had dropped 27 percent in the week ending November 13 from the week before, the first drop since school resumed in the fall. Nonetheless, Dr. Anne Schuchat, the director of vaccination and respiratory disease at the CDC, chose her words carefully. "We are in better shape today than we were a couple of weeks ago," Schuchat says. “I wish I knew if we had hit the peak. Even if a peak has occurred, half the people who are going to get sick haven’t gotten sick yet." Privately, federal health officials say they fear that, if they concede the flu has peaked, Americans will become complacent and lose interest in getting vaccinated, increasing the chances of another wave. However Dr. Lone Simonsen, a former CDC epidemiologist, says she expects a third wave in December or January, possibly beginning in the South again. Based on death rates in New York City and in Scandinavia, Simonsen argues that both 1918 and 1957 had mild spring waves followed by two stronger waves, one in fall and one in midwinter adding that in the pandemic of 1889, the bulk of the deaths occurred in the third wave. “If people think it’s going away, they can think again,” Dr. Simonsen says."
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+-   Gaming With Your Children: It’s Not All Guts-> on Friday November 20, @06:54PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, @06:54PM
wii
An anonymous reader writes "EOGamer's ThreeDog offers some useful insight for folks looking to game with their children, ages 4 and up. He's reviewed 7 games just in time for Black Friday, which include why children like the games, why parents like the games and possible, if any, objectionable content."
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+-   win7 runs better than XP.....just barely-> on Friday November 20, @05:48PM gadget junkie

Submitted by gadget junkie on Friday November 20, @05:48PM
windows
gadget junkie writes "An interesting Article by Extremetech does a quick and dirty comparison between Windows 7, Vista, and good ole Windows XP. none of the tests are real life tests, and the hardware was dated, but "[...]For the most part, these tests don't show Windows 7 soundly trouncing XP. But for an operating system that's far richer in features and more advanced in interface, Windows 7 is quite close to the older OS and tops it in several tests. Most impressive among Windows 7's wins were its JavaScript and shutdown time results."
One phrase was rather defensive, tough:"For gamers, the results are pretty much a wash between XP and Windows 7. In any case, power gamers are far more likely to be buying for a new high-end machines and not upgrading an old XP system."
Now, I am not a big geek, but I DO play games .My quad core intel runs on XP, and you'll have to pry it from my cold dead fingers; and many other people I know choose hardware sellers on one big service they offer: they do the downgrade from Vista or Win 7 to XP.
I do not have the time and resources to buy a win7 machine for inhouse testing, expecially the user experience: what's the score for slashdotters on this one?"
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+-   Brazilian breaks secrecy of electronic e-voting-> on Friday November 20, @05:19PM ateu

Submitted by ateu on Friday November 20, @05:19PM
security
ateu writes "Brazilian breaks secrecy of electronic voting machine in Brazil, using the Van Eck phreaking process."
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+-   State of Ruby VM's: Ruby Renaissance-> on Friday November 20, @05:17PM igrigorik

Submitted by igrigorik on Friday November 20, @05:17PM
programming
igrigorik writes "In a short span of just a couple of years, the Ruby VM space has evolved to more than just a handful of choices: MRI, JRuby, IronRuby, MacRuby, Rubinius, MagLev, REE and BlueRuby. Four of these VM's will hit 1.0 status in the upcoming year and will open up entirely new possibilities for the language — Mac apps via MacRuby, Ruby in the browser via Silverlight, object persistence via Smalltalk VM, and so forth. A detailed look at the past year, the progress of each project, and where the community is heading. It's an exciting time to be a Rubyist."
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+-   Proton beams sent around the LHC-> on Friday November 20, @04:01PM feldhaus

Submitted by feldhaus on Friday November 20, @04:01PM
feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."
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+-   Pittsburgh Will Tax Students-> on Friday November 20, @03:46PM societyofrobots

Submitted by societyofrobots on Friday November 20, @03:46PM
societyofrobots writes ""Local government officials are in the process of approving an operating budget for fiscal year 2010. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has proposed taxing college and professional students for the privilege of receiving an education in the city. The proposed tax will charge students in the city at a rate of 1% of their yearly tuition — which, at Carnegie Mellon, would mean roughly a $400 tax on most students. As the tax proposal hit local media outlets this week, the mayor repeatedly emphasized the burden that college students have placed on city services, and the need for students to pay their 'fair share.'""
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+-   Air Cars: hot idea or hot air? (hint: the latter)-> on Friday November 20, @03:33PM cheeks5965

Submitted by cheeks5965 on Friday November 20, @03:33PM
cheeks5965 writes "We've argued before over compressed air vehicles a.k.a. air cars. Air cars are an enchanting idea, providing mobility with zero fuel consumption or environmental impacts. NYTimes Green Inc. blog reports that the reality is less rosy. New research from UC Berkeley and ICF International puts a period at the end of the discussion, showing that:

* Compressed air is a very poor fuel, storing less than 1% of the energy in gasoline.
* Air cars won't get you far, with a range of just 29 miles in typical city driving.
* Despite appearing green the vehicles are worse for the environment, with twice the carbon footprint as gasoline vehicles, from producing the electricity used to compress the air.

Given these barriers, manufacturer claims should definitely be taken with a grain of salt."
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Comments: 1 +-   Bing Censoring all Chinese Language Querys-> on Friday November 20, @03:32PM boggis

Submitted by boggis on Friday November 20, @03:32PM
boggis writes "Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times journalist is calling for a boycott of Microsoft Bing (so don't click that link). They have censored search requests at the request of the Chinese Government (like certain others). The difference is that Bing have censored all searches done anywhere in simplified Chinese characters (The characters used in mainland China). This means that a Chinese speaker searching for Tiananmen anywhere in the world now gets the impression that it is just a lovely place to visit. "
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+-   Eve creators CCP Under Siege by users on patch cha-> on Friday November 20, @03:31PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20, @03:31PM
games
An anonymous reader writes "Hi there,

There is an interesting story brewing over on the CCP forums in relation to an announced change that many players are not happy about.

A developer called CCP Nozh posted a dev blog (http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=717) in relation to changes coming up in the next major release — Dominion — due for release on 1st December.

The blog post itself and the content may not be the most interesting story — but to give you a quick overview, it's in relation to changes in Capital ships. Just over a week ago, players tried out features on the test server and after feedback, many people were happy with the changes. Then today, with just over two weeks until release, CCP have posted completely different changes and many players are not happy.

The forum thread is over 40 pages now — however CCP are deleting posts that they do not agree with — some from some high profile alliance leaders. They have yet to provide a full reply, just one so far posting more charts and a total mis-understanding of the changes proposed.

Some of the discussion is getting heated as well. Anyway, might be nothing but worth checking out."
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+-   Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS-> on Friday November 20, @03:25PM CWmike

Submitted by CWmike on Friday November 20, @03:25PM
google
CWmike writes "Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS, saying "From what was shared, it appears to be in the early stages of development," a Microsoft spokeswoman said. "From our perspective, however, our customers are already voicing their approval of the way Windows 7 just works — across the Web and on the desktop, and on all sizes and types of PCs — purchasing twice as many units of Windows 7 as we've sold of any other operating system over a comparable time." But neither were potential rivals who make Linux and instant-on operating systems. Chrome OS claimed 7 seconds boot times, and and ability to run Web apps within another 3 seconds failed to impress Woody Hobbs, president and CEO of Phoenix Technologies, a long-time BIOS software maker that has re-invented itself with a Linux-based instant-on OS called HyperSpace. "Instant-on is about being able to access your Internet applications in one second. Seven seconds is too long," Hobbs said. "There is no such thing as 'cold boot' for today's mobile PCs such as netbooks and smartbooks. You should be able to use your netbook like you use your smartphone — a press of a button and you are 'on'." Mark Lee, CEO of DeviceVM Inc., said Google's favoritism towards its own browser and Web apps could rub some users the wrong way, especially those outside of the U.S. "In China, users prefer Baidu, not Google," Lee said. DeviceVM's Splashtop platform boots into Firefox within seconds and uses Yahoo or Baidu as default search engines instead of Google. Meanwhile, the BitTorrent of Chrome OS that will run a virtual machine has landed."
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