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71366 submission

Submission + - iPhone not running OS X

Submitted by

rochlin

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:47PM

rochlin writes: "The iPhone looks to be running on a Samsung provided ARM core processor. That means it's not running on an Intel (or PPC) core. That means it's not running OS X in any meaningful sense (Apple can brand toilet paper as running OS X if they like). Darwin, the BSD based operating system that underlies what Apple has previously called OS X does not run on ARM processors. The Darwin/Apple Public Source licensing agreement says the source would have to be made available if it is modified and sold (paraphrased. read it yourself). A Cingular rep has said the iPhone version of the OS source will not be made available. It will be closed, like the iPod OS and not Darwin. So if it ain't Darwin, it ain't OS X (in any meaningful way).An InfoWorld article on an FBR Research report breaks down iPhone component providers and lists Samsung as the chip maker for the main application/video cpu. So, that leaves the question... What OS is this phone really running? (not Linux or the source would need to be open)"

71364 submission

Submission + - Inconvenient Truth Too Inconvenient For Schools

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:42PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Federal Way School Board in Washington State recently restricted the showing of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's documentary about global warming and its potential effects on Earth. An email was sent to the school board that said "The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD" prompting one of the board members to propose a moratorium on the showing of the film. The film is being made available to educators via participate.net, which also provides films such as Fast Food Nation, Murderball (not what it sounds like), and Stand Up. Up to 50,000 copies of An Inconvenient Truth are made available to teachers.

71360 submission

Submission + - My Wife's SSN was Hacked. What can I do?

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:27PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "My Wife received a letter yesterday from UCLA confirming that she was on the short list of 28,000 people who had their personal information compromised by the UCLA database hack reported last month: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla12dec1 2,0,7111141.story?coll=la-home-headlines UCLA has suggested that she put out a fraud alert on her credit as precautionary measure. I'm skeptical of doing this since the data has already been compromised for over a year and the fraud alert only lasts for 90 days. In addition to this, fraud alerts do not mandate that creditors actually research any credit applications. It's merely advisory. It seems that filing a fraud alert on her credit will only inconvenience her and do little to actually deter anyone who wishes to abuse her social security number in the distant future or prevent any fraud that has already taken place. So far we have no evidence that her SSN has been abused in any way or that there has been fraudulent use of her credit or identity. I am of the understanding that changing her SSN is next to impossible. Are there any other steps that I can take to help protect her personal information?"

71352 journal

Journal Journal: Warner Solves Blu-ray, HD DVD War With Total HD

Journal by dare567k on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:10PM

LAS VEGAS -- On Tuesday at CES, Warner Home Video made a splash with its announcement of the company's Total High-Def disc, a disc that will put an HD DVD-formatted movie on one side and a Blu-ray version on the other. In true Hollywood fashion, this announcement was an orchestrated and visual event, right down to the coordinated flashes of red and blue--Warner's way of representing the competing factions. HD DVD was red (an outgrowth of the deep-burgundy border that surrounds HD DVD cases), wh

71350 submission

Submission + - Blogger in fair use fight with ABC

Submitted by joeflies on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:09PM

joeflies writes: The dispute arises out of whether the blogger can use clips of show recordings in grassroots activism against the station, and where to draw the line on digital free speech for both parties. The story has been picked up by the San Francisco Chronicle

71348 submission

Submission + - Robert Anton Wilson has passed away

Submitted by

romkey

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @06:08PM

romkey writes: "Robert Anton Wilson died at 4:50AM Pacific time on 01/11/07. Wilson was the co-author of Illuminatus!, the author of The Schrodinger's Cat trilogy, the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, the Cosmic Trigger Series, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, and many other books. An appeal for help to support him in his last days appeared on Slashdot back in October and over $80,000 was raised. His passing was reported on his blog, RAW Data."

71338 journal

Journal Journal: Is Google Falsely Flagging Harmless Sites?

Journal by dare567k on Thursday January 11, 2007 @05:54PM

Some Web site operators are complaining that Google is flagging their sites as containing malicious software when they believe their sites are harmless. At issue is an interstitial page that Google presents when a user clicks on a search result link to a site that Google believes contains malware. The page cautions users with the words "Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!" Google does not block access to the site, but a user must manually type in the Web site address to con

71334 submission

Submission + - Mozilla: Apple's Safari could come to Windows

Submitted by mrbigsocks on Thursday January 11, 2007 @05:48PM

mrbigsocks writes: Will Apple release a version of its Safari browser for Windows? The Mozilla Foundation seems to believe such a move is a distinct possibility. Buried in the wiki information the Mozilla Foundation posted this week about its future plans for Firefox is a statement under the "Observations & Assumptions" section that reads: "Apple may have Safari on Windows with likely ties to iTunes & .Mac"

71326 submission

Submission + - Dead birds leave officials scratching heads

Submitted by xlordtyrantx on Thursday January 11, 2007 @05:25PM

xlordtyrantx writes: From the article: "Two towns, in two separate continents, have reported the mysterious dropping of thousands of dead birds out of the sky." This is a very odd event that has this Austin local worried. What does Slashdot think? http://www.dailyindia.com/show/102198.php/Dead-bir ds-fall-from-the-skies-in-Australia-and-America

71304 submission

Submission + - Senator to FCC: no broadcast flag for you!

Submitted by Flag waver on Thursday January 11, 2007 @04:50PM

Flag waver writes: Senator John Sununu (R-NH) will introduce legislation that will prevent the FCC from creating technology mandates for the consumer electronics industry. As a result, the FCC would be hamstrung in its efforts to revive the broadcast flag. '"The FCC seems to be under the belief that it should occasionally impose technology mandates," Sununu said in a statement. "These misguided requirements distort the marketplace by forcing industry to adopt agency-blessed solutions rather than allow innovative and competitive approaches to develop."' Sen. Sununu previously tried without success to remove the broadcast flag provisions from the massive telecommunications bill that died before reaching the Senate floor during the last Congress.

71122 submission

Submission + - Is it dangerous to share my 802.11b/g?

Submitted by

oiarbovnb

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @11:58AM

oiarbovnb writes: "I recently moved into a new house and it took me a while to get my internet connected. For the first couple of weeks, I connected to an unsecured network one of my neighbors provided (they changed the name of the network, so I think they knew what they were doing, but left it open anyway). Now that I have my own internet (cable-modem), what are the problems with sharing this? I already know that they can read any non-encrypted information, but they cannot view information that is sent via https. I also know that I should install a software firewall and have anti-virus going and all that jazz. I named my network "Free!!! Be Nice!" in the hopes that if my neighbors do use my network, they don't try to hose my system. Karma-security I guess you could call it..."

71108 submission

Submission + - Fox News Censorship

Submitted by

crhylove

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @11:34AM

crhylove writes: "I was watching Fox news between 7 and 7:30 this morning, and they were talking about the proposed new 20,000 troops being sent to Iraq. They asked a reporter what he thought, and it seemed like he was trying to say that 20,000 extra troops would not help at all. There was a brief bit of fuzz, he was suddenly gone, and the main talking head said "we're having some satellite trouble.." then a different Fox reporter came on talking about what a great idea 20,000 new troops would be. Did any body else see that this morning? I'm in California, and the channel I was watching was Fox channel 6 (San Diego). Anybody got it Tivo-ed? Was this some non-Fox person pirating them for 5 seconds? Was this one of their own reporters not following the company line and getting shut off? What the hell was that?"

69282 submission

Submission + - Dracula's Castle for sale in Romania: price $77m

Submitted by galaad2 on Monday January 08, 2007 @04:00PM

galaad2 writes: Want to own the real castle that was the source of all the vampire stories? Want to have your very own vampire castle? Here's your chance!

The Transylvanian castle of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, is on sale for £40 million [timesonline.co.uk] (around 77 million dollars).

Bran Castle [telegraph.co.uk], near the historic city of Brasov, in central Romania, is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations because of its association with 15th-century Prince Vlad Tepes III, also known as the Impaler for his favoured method of executing opponents.

The local town council has preemption rights, they have 30 days to review the offer, and then the property will be put on the market.

Extra info: wikipedia article about Bran Castle

69242 submission

Submission + - PBS asking viewers to choose new Science show

Submitted by chinmay7 on Monday January 08, 2007 @03:01PM

chinmay7 writes: PBS has posted three different pilots for a new science show, that they want viewers to weigh in on and help choose one as a regular science show. All three pilots are viewable as vodcasts.
Wired Science aired on January 3rd. The pilot certainly is polished as expected from Wired Magazine, and deals with interesting topics: "Meet rocket-belt inventors, stem cell explorers and meteorite hunters."
Science Investigators (Air date: January 10) seems to be the most 'science' show: "The investigators examine 30,000-year-old Neanderthal DNA, vanishing frogs, mind-boggling baseball pitches and more."
22nd Century (Air date: January 17) is pretty gimmicky and loud (for my tastes, at least) but delivers interesting content — "In the coming decades will all our brains be wired together like networked computers?"

So watch and vote. Choose our new public TV science show.

69094 submission

Submission + - MacTablet Announced

Submitted by goombah99 on Monday January 08, 2007 @11:34AM

goombah99 writes: While it seems certain Apple will not be announcing a full sized tablet notebook today, a third party vendor has promised to reveal just that tommorrow. Based on a modified macbook embedded in an aluminum case, the device will accept pen-based input on the screen. It also boasts a built-in GPS suggesting it's target market might less for meeting notetakers and more for people like plant engineers or field scientists. Though I could see that geolocating by classroom might also be handing for finding the notes from a given lecture.

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