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Submission + - Internet TV (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 18, 2011 @02:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: This is a move in my opinion that when combined with the purchase of Motorola Mobility, will strengthen android as an operating system. It will place Google in a strong position control media access.

Submission + - Linux FUD: The Greatest Hits (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Thursday August 18, 2011 @01:58PM

jfruhlinger writes: "Linux is a cancer! SCO is unstoppable! The GPL consumes everything it touches! These and other bits of FUD have been thrown at Linux over the years, and it's a tribute to the ecosystem's survival that we can laugh about them now. Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin outlined history's greatest instances of Linux FUD in his LinuxCon keynote. (He also provided a list of "This is the year of the Linux desktop" quotes going back to 2005.)"

Submission + - Teen gamer stabs great-grandmother with sword (gamepron.com)

Submitted by UgLyPuNk on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @10:25PM

UgLyPuNk writes: A 15-year old boy has been arrested in the United States after apparently stabbing both his grandmother and his great-grandmother with a sword – just because they had both told him to stop playing a video game.

Submission + - Canada to Adopt On-Line Voting? (www.cbc.ca) 1

Submitted by

belmolis

on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @09:30PM

belmolis writes: "Here in Canada we have an old-fashioned paper ballot voting system that by all accounts works very well. We get results quickly and without fraud. Nonetheless, Elections Canada wants to test on-line voting. Is it worth trying to fix a system that isn't broken?"

Submission + - HTC: Everything Apple Makes Infringes

Submitted by oxide7 on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @09:25PM

oxide7 writes: HTC's suit this week pulls out all the stops and says literally everything Apple makes or imports ("personal computers, mobile communications devices, wireless printers, streaming wireless capable television, wireless network equipment, portable digital music and video players, related communications software, applications, and digital media and related services") infringes on three of its patents.

Submission + - CA Approves Data Security Rule for Smart Meters (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7 on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @08:24PM

Trailrunner7 writes: The state of California has approved new rules to protect the data stored on so-called "smart meters," in an effort to protect customer consumption data as household utilities are wired and connected to an IP-enabled "smart grid."

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which regulates utilities in California, approved the rules, which protect the privacy and security of customer use data generated by smart meters. Electric and gas companies are prohibited from sharing or disclosing customer consumption data to a third data, or for providing incentives to customers to get them to share that data

Submission + - Blizzard: Yes To Console Diablo III, No To SC MMO (gamergaia.com)

Submitted by Calidreth on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @07:52PM

Calidreth writes: Today at Gamescom, Blizzard staffers made two big comments on their biggest titles. On one hand Lead Designer of Diablo III, Josh Moswueira, announced that the dungeon crawling RPG is almost definitely coming to consoles. On the other hand StarCraft co-founder Frank Pearce shot down the concept of a StarCraft MMO, despite signs that this was due to happen.

Submission + - Court Makes It Easier To Dump Software Patents (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @05:25PM

An anonymous reader writes: While software patents are still legal, it appears that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), sometimes known as the nation's "patent court" has just made a decision that will make it much easier to reject software patents for being mere "mental processes" rather than an actual invention. This could allow the Patent Office and the courts to reject many software patents.

Submission + - First full reactor restart at Fukushima (vancouversun.com)

Submitted by

gciochina

on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @06:33AM

gciochina writes: "Hokkaido Electric Power Co. restarted commercial operations at the Tomari nuclear power plant’s reactor No. 3 after receiving the official go-ahead from the central government."

Submission + - Inventor of the first industrial robot dies at 99 (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Crash McBang on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @09:10PM

Crash McBang writes: George Devol, inventor of the Unimate robot, passes away at 99yrs of age last Thursday. There is no truth to the rumor that he died biting a shiny metal ass.

Submission + - Paulo Coelho: Who stole my story? (activepolitic.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @08:59PM

An anonymous reader writes: Famous Brazilian Writer; Paulo Coelho tells us about the impact of piracy from a content creators point of view.
who deleted the song? The answer is simple: greed and ignorance. Greed that does not understand that this world has changed. Ignorance that thinks that, if the music is available for free, people are not going to buy the CD. some will say : you are rich enough to afford having your texts here for free. It is true that I am rich (as were Frank Sinatra, and his heirs), but this is not the point. The point is that we want to first and foremost SHARE something. If you go to most of the pages, what will you see? Fantastic pictures, great blogs, amazing photos. For free. My texts are for free here. And you can reproduce them anywhere provided that you name the author. The industry will say: artists cannot survive without being paid. But the industry is thinking on the opposite direction of our reality today.

Submission + - Fired Techie Created Virtual Chaos at Pharma Co. (itworld.com)

Submitted by

itwbennett

on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @08:35PM

itwbennett writes: "Using a secret vSphere console, Jason Cornish, formerly an IT staffer at the U.S. subsidiary of drug-maker Shionogi, wiped out most of the company's computer infrastructure earlier this year. Cornish, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to computer intrusion charges in connection with the attack."

Submission + - Helium-Filled Balloon to Carry Passengers to Space (inbloon.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @06:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: Commercial space ports are popping up around the world, however the trips are extraordinarily expensive and the vessels require lots of energy for liftoff. Barcelona-based Zero2Infinity has proposed an alternative way to escape the earth's atmosphere — via helium balloon. The Bloon Balloon is a specially crafted pod that is lifted into near space without any propellants, noise or emissions. So far the company has successfully tested scaled prototypes to altitudes up to 33km, and they expect to perform their first human test flight sometime in 2012.

Submission + - Nanoscale Encryption to Fight Counterfeit Drugs (popularmechanics.com)

Submitted by FourOneFour on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @05:52PM

FourOneFour writes: New idea to catch counterfeit drugs: Encode each pill with information like date and place of manufacture, or even the supervisor on duty at the time, at a level visible only via scanning electron microscope.

Submission + - Amazon Web Services Launches "AWS GovCloud" (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @05:29PM

wiredmikey writes: Amazon Web Services today announced “AWS GovCloud”, a new AWS Region designed to allow U.S. government agencies and contractors to move IT applications and systems into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements.

Previously, government agencies with data subject to Compliance regulations such as the International Trade and Arms Regulation (ITAR), which governs how organizations manage and store defense-related data, were unable to process and store data in the cloud that the federal government mandated be accessible only by U.S. persons.

AWS said that it will screen customers prior to providing access to the AWS GovCloud, helping to ensure customers are “U.S. Persons”, not subject to export restrictions.

The new Region offers the same high level of security as other AWS Regions and supports existing AWS security controls and certifications such as FISMA, SAS-70, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS Level 1. AWS also provides an environment that enables agencies to comply with HIPAA regulations.

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