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Submission + - World's most powerful telescope begins search for (extremetech.com) 1

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MrSeb
MrSeb writes: "The largest astronomical installation in the world is now operational. ALMA, or the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, is a vast radio telescope made out of 66 12- and 7-meter dish antennae situated 5,000m above sea level, in Chile. Its purpose is to seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go where no telescope has gone before. But no, seriously: its job is to peer into the past and investigate ancient stars and nebulae, peer at exoplanets that might support human (or alien) life, and hopefully learn more about interstellar creation and destruction. For now only 20 out of 66 antennae are in place, but when it is complete — late next year — it will have a resolving power far greater than Hubble, according to the European Space Observatory (ESO) that operates ALMA."
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Submission + - Facebook Adds Malicious Link Protection (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: As any IT security department knows, social networks pose a significant a threat to users across the board as they blindly click links which often lead to spam or other malicious sites that could result in malware infection.

In a move to further protect users of the world’s largest social networking site, Facebook is adding a new feature to help protect users from links to these malicious sites.

Starting today, when a Facebook user clicks on a link it will be checked against a database from Websense database to in an attempt to determine if the link is malicious. If the link is determined to be risky, the user will be given the choice to continue at their own risk, return to the previous screen, or get more information on why it was flagged as suspicious.

Comment Evit Cartel Opportunity (Score 2) 179

by mikepost (#37588490) Attached to: Verizon Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
I think that all of the net neutrality challengers should get together and head over to http://www.privateislandsonline.com/oceania.htm, where they could buy a volcanic island. Perfect for the super villain that has everything except an evil lair!

Once set up, /. readers could petition the local government to allow multi-tiered internet provision and drop all evil enterprises to the bottom of the list, throttling them back to dial up speeds! Mwha, mwha, mwha!!!
Software

Submission + - Amazon closest to buying Palm from HP (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by mikepost
mikepost writes: Who will save what’s left of Palm from HP’s bumbling? It could be Amazon, as the online retailing giant is in serious negotiations to snap up Palm from HP, VentureBeat has learned.

A well-placed source tells us that HP is currently looking to rid itself of Palm as soon as possible, and that Amazon is the closest to finalizing the deal, among a handful of contenders.
Power

Submission + - US Navy drone helicopter flies on biofuel (suasnews.com)

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garymortimer
garymortimer writes: "A U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout conducts the first unmanned biofuel flight at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Md. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Directorate piloted the helicopter fueled with a combination of JP-5 aviation fuel and plant-based camelina. The biofuel blend reduces carbon dioxide output by 75 percent when compared to conventional aviation fuel. The MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle provides critical situational awareness, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and targeting data to the forward deployed warfighter."
Facebook

Submission + - Facebook Now Protects Users From Malicious Links (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes: Facebook and Websense announced a technology integration partnership that helps to protect Facebook users from links that lead to malware and malicious sites. Starting today, Websense technology will add to Facebook’s existing protections to stop users from clicking on links without knowing the trustworthiness of the destination. When a Facebook user clicks on a link it will be checked against the Websense database. If Websense determines the link is malicious, the user will see a page that offers the choice to continue at their own risk, return to the previous screen, or get more information on why it was flagged as suspicious.
Science

Submission + - 3 share Nobel Prize in Medine for immune system wo (nobelprize.org)

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: This year's Nobel Laureates have revolutionized our understanding of the immune system by discovering key principles for its activation.

Scientists have long been searching for the gatekeepers of the immune response by which man and other animals defend themselves against attack by bacteria and other microorganisms. Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann discovered receptor proteins that can recognize such microorganisms and activate innate immunity, the first step in the body's immune response. Ralph Steinman discovered the dendritic cells of the immune system and their unique capacity to activate and regulate adaptive immunity, the later stage of the immune response during which microorganisms are cleared from the body.

Comment Thank [deity of choice] for the dropped keyboard! (Score 1) 206

by mikepost (#37588254) Attached to: Amazon Disables 3G Web Browsing For New 3G Kindle Touch
Having had a few ereaders I liked the Kindle best, but the keyboard has always been a massive waste of space and an annoyance when holding it. I can see how using a cursor based keyboard will be annoying on the rare occasions that I search for a book or enter a Wifi key, but half the time I have the same thing on the current kindle when entering symbols. Considering that the primary use to which I put the device is reading, I'm delighted. Smaller, lighter, cheaper and less buttons to inadvertently press when I'm nodding off to sleep and fumble my ereader across the bedroom. Perfect! I'd make the same argument against the touch screen. The vast majority of the time spent with this device is while reading, during which the touch screen is just an opportunity to put finger prints all over the screen.
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Submission + - Fcaebook files for a patent to track it's users on (uspto.gov)

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: United States Patent Application# 20110231240

Communicating Information in a Social Network System about Activities from Another Domain:

In one embodiment, a method is described for tracking information about the activities of users of a social networking system while on another domain. The method includes maintaining a profile for each of one or more users of the social networking system, each profile identifying a connection to one or more other users of the social networking system and including information about the user. The method additionally includes receiving one or more communications from a third-party website having a different domain than the social network system, each message communicating an action taken by a user of the social networking system on the third-party website. The method additionally includes logging the actions taken on the third-party website in the social networking system, each logged action including information about the action. The method further includes correlating the logged actions with one or more advertisements presented to the one or more users on the third-party website as well as correlating the logged actions with a user of the social networking system.

USPTO: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20110231240.PGNR.&OS=dn/20110231240&RS=DN/20110231240
The Internet

Submission + - Verizon challenges FCC's net neutrality rules (thehill.com)

Submitted by GovTechGuy
GovTechGuy writes: Verizon filed an appea on Friday asking a federal court to strike down the FCC's net neutrality rules, which are scheduled to take effect on November 20. A federal judge tossed the FCC's previous attempt at enforcing net neutrality against Comcast last May and more legal challenges are expected in the coming days.

Comment A waste of space... literally (Score 1) 474

by mikepost (#37413608) Attached to: Windows 8 Roundup
Having loaded Windows 8 and played with it I hate Metro as much on a PC as I did on a phone. Why, when everyone else is going for better integrated apps and therefore use of screen space, would anyone purposely make everything they do waste space constantly. I buy larger and more monitors constantly chasing the dream of as much viewable space as possible, now Windows 8 will eat up 20% of that immediately with crap running off the edge of the screen and try to force me into single, full screen apps. Madness.

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