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Submission + - Windows Vista's Built-in Rootkit

Submitted by iSeal
iSeal writes: A new vulnerability in Windows Vista has been found, whereby malicious software are able to use the permissions structure in Vista to create what amounts to being a rootkit. By creating dummy account with certain permissions, the malware is able to make itself invisible to the detection of anti-virus/spyware products.
Media

Submission + - Billionaire's Guide to Stop "theft" of Onl

Submitted by
NewsCloud
NewsCloud writes: "After acquiring the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, billionaire Sam Zell told the Stanford Business Daily:

"If all of the newspapers in America did not allow Google to steal their content for nothing, what would Google do?" he asked. "We have a situation today where effectively the content is being paid for by the newspapers and stolen by Google, etcetera. That can last for a short time, but it can't last forever. I think Google and the boys understand that."
Google isn't stealing this material. The newspapers have left the content wide open — and simply haven't asked Google not to use it. I feel bad for anyone who spends $8 billion dollars on a newspaper enterprise with barely having any technical knowledge of how the Internets work so I've written a billionaire's guide guide to stopping "theft" of your online newspaper content just for Mr. Zell... but it might as well be called "How to relegate your online newspaper to obscurity and minimize your subscriber base" or "My Secrets of Search Engine De-optimization". Indulge your inner-luddite in eight easy steps..."
Communications

Submission + - Better communication with non-technical people?

Submitted by tinpan
tinpan writes: I've got a communication problem. When non-technical managers ask me to explain technical choices, they often make choices I recommend against and they later regret. I can tell that they do not understand their choice because of how they are explaining things to each other, but they usually refuse further explanation.

So it's time for some education. I want to get better at communicating technical subjects to non-technical people. More accurately, I want to get better at helping non-technical people make better technical decisions and I'm willing to accept it may include some understanding of "selling your idea."

What books, online courses and/or seminars do you recommend and why?
Privacy

Submission + - How far should screening go?

Submitted by SlashSquatch
SlashSquatch writes: My sister is getting screened for a programming position with a financial firm. I was alarmed to hear she'll be getting fingerprinted at the sheriff's office as part of the screening process. Instantly I conjure up scenes of frame-ups and corporate scandals. I want to know, should this raise a flag? Would you submit to fingerprinting, blood tests and who knows what else (genetic code screening etc), for a programming position?
Education

Submission + - Bullied Kid to Recieve $1m Payout.

Submitted by had3l
had3l writes: BBC News reports: "An Australian teenager has won record damages after a court found that his school "grossly failed" in its duty to protect him from a school bully: Benjamin Cox, now 18, was regularly teased and beaten from the age of five by an older pupil, leaving him with psychiatric problems, a court heard."
Privacy

Submission + - A list of "rat" universities?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: With more and more stories of Universities "ratting out" their students to the like of the RIAA, is there any place where a list of univerisities privacy policies are posted? A report card of how universities are doing with protecting their student's rights?
Media

Submission + - Why Do We Let the Media Determine our Candidates?

Submitted by
Paladin144
Paladin144 writes: "I've written an article about the mainstream media's tendency to determine the course of our presidential elections by giving favorable coverage to certain "approved" candidates while denying coverage or recognition to other candidates. A perfect example is the recent censorship of Ron Paul and Mike Gravel's respective campaigns in the media while they are exploding in popularity across the web. Will the power the internet provides everyday users revolutionize our electoral system or will corporate interest find a way to limit the damage to their control grid?"
Graphics

Submission + - ATI to go opensource ?

Submitted by BESTouff
BESTouff writes: As seen on Chris Blizzard's blog: The ATI marketing guy on stage (Henri Richard) at the Red Hat Summit just committed to fixing the ATI problems with open source. To paraphrase "most people are worried about what they will lose...IP, etc...we're worried about what we can win." They know it's a problem and they are committed to fixing it.
Power

Submission + - Wisconsin Orders Gas Station to Raise Gas Prices

Submitted by
hahafaha
hahafaha writes: "Raj Bhandari, a gas station owner in Wisconsin, offered a 2 cents/gallon discount for gas to seniors, and 3 cents/gallon to those that supported youth sports. However, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture is threatening to penalize him for each discounted gallon, with the fine at a judge's discretion. According to the Department, he is violating Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price."
Robotics

Submission + - Interview with the Inventor of Dragonfly Robot

Submitted by
Egadfly
Egadfly writes: "Sean Frawley has gone where many of us dream of going. He started inventing a robotic flying dragonfly in highschool, and today (at 22 years old!) he has refined his brainchild and taken it to market — and now works at the corporate headquarters of WowWee robots in Hong Kong, dreaming up his next creation. How did he do it? In this interview he describes the painstaking process of making his invention marketable — shaving plastic off the gears, finding his manufacturer, finding the right carbon fiber to make his toy both indestructable and light enough to fly. After reading this I thought: If he can do it, why not me, and you?"
Censorship

Submission + - Uri Geller Using DMCA to Block YouTube Clip

Submitted by
There is No Spoon
There is No Spoon writes: "The EFF has filed a lawsuit against Uri Geller over his DMCA Takedown Notice targeting a YouTube clip critical of his claims of psychic powers. The video, which is twelve minutes long, apparently contains no more than a three second clip of Uri, which is the only part he could possibly claim copyright on. Thus, the EFF believes that this was a clear case of fair use and they are asking for damages, an injunction against Uri, and attorney's fees. Note that this is not the first time Uri has sued his critics, as one critic has pointed out, "[Uri] calls himself a psychic and has sued several people for millions of dollars for saying otherwise. His psychic powers were not sufficient to reveal to him, however, that he would lose all the lawsuits against his critics.""
Data Storage

Submission + - OWC 1 Terabyte External Drive (Quad Interface)

Submitted by
isiah
isiah writes: "The drive can handle FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA, and OWC is claiming speeds up to 80MB per second on FireWire and 150MB/s on eSATA, thanks to the Oxford 924 chipset. OWC was nice enough to include FireWire, USB and eSATA cables in the box, along with various backup softwares for Mac and Windows. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/externa l/elite-al-pro-quad"
Education

Submission + - Books for introducing comp sci?

Submitted by thewiseman
thewiseman writes: I'm about to graduate from college with a degree in economics and join the working world full-time, but I'm already thinking about picking up something new. I've been incredibly impressed by and interested in the work being done by an information management specialist at my current firm. Does any slashdotter have some good books they'd recommend for introducing a newb to computer science (specifically topics underlying relational databases)?
Microsoft

Submission + - FAA Balks At Vista Hardware Requirements

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: New details have come to light about the FAA's moratorium on upgrades to Window Vista and Office 2007. InformationWeek reports on a leaked internal memo from top Federal Aviation Administration officials, which worries that Vista requires "twice the memory ...than that currently specified in the FAA Desktop standard configuration." The memo, dated January 26, 2007, (a few days before the Vista launch) was hand signed by FAA CIO Dave Bowen and VP for acquisition James Washington. The memo also warns tech staffers at the FAA to be on guard against heavy sales pitches from Microsoft during the initial rollout period for Windows Vista. "We anticipate that this introduction will be accompanied by significant advertising hype and salesperson activity," the document states. (The original story on the FAA moratorium is here.)

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