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Submission + - Why Certainty About Global Warming May Not Matter

Submitted by

Gastrobot

on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:19AM

Gastrobot writes: "There's an interesting argument for action against global climate change without getting into the issue of whether or not we really are destroying our environment. It has elements of Pascal's Gambit to it. Dealing with worst case scenarios the poster of the video ignores that economic ruin comes as a result of adjusting our lifestyles whether or not human beings are causing global warming, but other than that it's pretty good without consideration of his premises, which are designed to bypass the controversy of the subject."

Submission + - Dell vs. Consumers

Submitted by Muki61 on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:10AM

Muki61 writes: The Consumerist recently posted 22 Confessions Of A Former Dell Sales Manager. Nothing earth shattering there, just tips about how to get the best deals on Dell PCs. Dell's lawyers, smelling the opportunity for more hourly charges, asked that the article be removed from the web. For now, The Consumerist is fighting back.

Submission + - Bluetooth vs IR for Remote Controls

Submitted by StToast on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:06AM

StToast writes: Why haven't manufacturers adopted Bluetooth for home electronics remote controls? Aside from the backward compatibility/universal remote issues, how does Bluetooth measure up to IR for things like battery life and range? Obviously, Bluetooth performs better in regards to line of sight issues (my cat loves to lay in front of the DVD player, blocking the IR eye).

Submission + - Blackberry break and switch tactic

Submitted by dynomitejj on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:04AM

dynomitejj writes: My organization uses 4 Blackberry devices. We forward the users mail to those devices. After working fine for a year, all of the sudden, we're getting postfix error messages from Blackberry's server. When talking to Blackberry tech support, they suggested that we use the Blackberry Enterprise Server. If we had 50 devices, this might make sense, but we only have 4 devices and we're forwarding about 40 emails per day to each of those devices. Now, after a week of not being able to forward mail, I'm getting no response at all from Blackberry Tech Support. Have any other Slashdot readers had similar experiences with Blackberry ? Basically I feel like I'm being snubbed because I don't want to buy Blackberry Enterprise Server. There are several reasons for this. Cost is not the main factor. I don't want to be locked into Blackberry Software. I like using Postfix and just forwarding the email to the users Blackberry address. I can relay mail through my ISP to get around this issue, but that's not a good long term solution either.

Submission + - Will I Be Able To Print From The iPhone? (fixyourthinking.com)

Submitted by

Rus

on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:02AM

Rus writes: "Since taking a job with AT&T (specifically focusing on iPhone support) the most repeated question I have received other than, "Can I get on a reserve list?" is; "Can I print from the iPhone?" I say there is a good possibility that the iPhone will be able to print via Bluetooth. If Apple advertises this as "this isn't the watered down version of the internet" — I say the internet is printable. If they advertise "a phone like no other" — I say the average smartphone is VERY difficult to learn how to print from — if you can print from it at all. This is one thing I loved about the Newton. If you bought an Apple Stylewriter inkjet printer — boom — you were printing with little to no effort. I'm interested in what informed Slashdot readers have to say about this."

Sony Looks to 'Refine' PS3 Price 182

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:59AM from the that's-corpspeak-for-price-cut dept.

Via GameDaily a Financial Times interview with with Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's CEO, gives fans the first hope that price cuts may be coming soon. Lauding the Wii's performance in last month's NPD numbers, Stringer says that Sony is looking to 'refine' the PS3's pricepoint. "'Nintendo Wii has been a successful enterprise, and a very good business model, compared with ours . . . because it's cheaper,' Mr Stringer said in a video interview. 'That [price cuts] is what we are studying at the moment. That's what we are trying to refine.' Sir Howard said he expected 'energy [in PS3 sales] by Christmas, and then you will begin to see break-out games'. Sony is launching a virtual-world game called Home this year, and up to 30 other games."

Submission + - What Father's Day Means To Game Developers (gamasutra.com)

Submitted by on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:45AM

An anonymous reader writes: Does being a father change the way you think about making video games? Brenda Brathwaite gathers opinions from Sid Meier, Blizzard's Rob Pardo, developers from Rockstar, Bethesda, Firaxis, Monolith, NCsoft and more, in Gamasutra's Father's Day special report.

Submission + - Slackware Linux 12.0 RC1

Submitted by theologu on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:37AM

theologu writes: Patrick Volkerding has announced the first release candidate of Slackware Linux 12.0: "It's that time again, and here we have Slackware 12.0 release candidate 1! If we're lucky, we got it all right the first time. Big thanks to the crew." This message has been posted on the distribution's current changelog, together with a large number of package updates. The upcoming Slackware Linux 12.0 is a major new version; this is the first time a Slackware release will default to a 2.6 kernel (version 2.6.21.5), now compiled with GCC 4 (version 4.1.2). Many other packages also come in their latest versions: the modular X.Org 7.2 with Xgl and Compiz support, KDE 3.5.7, Xfce 4.4.1 and, at long last, Apache 2.2 with PHP 5. As usual, there is no ISO image available for download, but interested beta testers should keep an eye on this FTP server which periodically publishes unofficial ISO images built from the current tree; alternatively, you can build your own DVD image by following these instructions. Happy testing!

Submission + - Secure File Upload in PHP Web Applications (net-security.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:24AM

An anonymous reader writes: Various web applications allow users to upload files. Providing file upload function without opening security holes proved to be quite a challenge in PHP web applications. This article points out various security holes occurring in file upload implementations and suggest a way to implement a secure file upload.

Submission + - Lemming Area Network (jakersblog.com)

Submitted by

jakertberry

on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:21AM

jakertberry writes: "For grins, my project group developed a new secure packet transfer protocol for a client, and called it a LAN (Lemming Area Network). There's both an overview and a whitepaper available."

Submission + - Google Calendar Broken - No response from Google (google.com)

Submitted by Porphyro on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:57AM

Porphyro writes: Many users of "Google Apps for Your Domain" have been experiencing problems with the Google-developed calendar gadget not displaying any information. This has been going on for over two months. The initial solution — upgrading to a new version of the gadget — worked for users of the recently-rebranded iGoogle, but not for users of GAfYD. While Google initially attempted to assist users with this problem via a thread on Google Groups, there has been no response from Google for over a week. It is important to note that the bug is also affecting paying users.

Submission + - Adium code forked over Leopard Dispute (livejournal.com)

Submitted by admiralfrijole on Thursday June 14, 2007 @07:35PM

admiralfrijole writes: Earlier this week, several people opened tickets against Adium crashes occurring in the latest Leopard Beta, which started a veritable firestorm of controversy that included discussions of GPL violations, disabling features, and quite a spat across no less than 3 different IRC channels.

Today, one of the people who filed a ticket and was told that it would not be fixed until Leopard ships announced on his blog that he, and several other unnamed individuals, have forked Adium to create A.org.

Submission + - Pidgin 2.0 Released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04, 2007 @05:53AM

An anonymous reader writes: After nearly two years of development, Pidgin 2.0 has finally been released! Originally called Gaim, Pidgin is a powerful and robust open source instant messaging client that supports many protocols. Pidgin 2.0 features a completely redesigned interface with attractive new icons and and a new status management system that was designed for optimal usability. Pidgin 2.0 also adds support for universal buddy icon management and smooth-scroll functionality for conversation windows. A comprehensive review at Ars Technica explores the new features in Pidgin 2.0 and demonstrates how to use the new D-Bus bindings with Python to make Pidgin's status system send updates to Twitter.

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