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Submission + - Israeli ISPs caught interfering P2P traffic (ynetnews.com)

Submitted by Fuzzzy on Sunday December 13, 2009 @07:03PM

Fuzzzy writes: For a long time, many people have suspected that Israeli ISPs are blocking or delaying P2P traffic. However, no hard evidence was provided, and the ISPs denied any interference. Today Ynetnews published a comprehensive research which for the first time proves those suspicions. Using Glasnost and switzerland, evidences for deliberate delays and DPI were found. From TFA:
Since 2007 Ynet has received complaints according to which Israeli ISPs block P2P traffic. Those were brought to the media and were dismissed by the ISPs.
Our findings were that there is direct and deliberate interference in P2P traffic by at least two out of the three major ISPs and that this interference exists by both P2P caching and P2P blocking.

Submission + - New Reaction Found to Form C-N Bonds Directly (sciencenews.org)

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Sunday December 13, 2009 @06:09PM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "Paul Chirik of Cornell University and his colleagues have found a new reaction that forms a carbon-nitrogen bond directly from diatomic nitrogen. Usually, the Haber–Bosch process is used to create ammonia and then that is used to synthesize whatever other chemical is desired. This new reaction uses a complex of hafnium and N2 in solution, to which they add carbon monoxide. While it is less efficient than Haber-Bosch if you just want ammonia, it's also more direct, because you don't have to form a nitrogen-hydrogen bond just to replace the hydrogen with carbon later. The full paper can be found in the December 13th issue of Nature Chemistry."

Submission + - French Military Donated Code to Thunderbird (pcmag.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 13, 2009 @06:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: A new email client unveiled by Mozilla last week contains code from an unusual source, the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft's rival Outlook. The French government is beginning to move to other open source software, including Linux instead of Windows and OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office. Thunderbird 3 used some of the code from TrustedBird, generalized version of Thunderbird with security extensions built by the french military.

Submission + - Office 2003 Bug Locks Owners Out (techflash.com)

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Sunday December 13, 2009 @05:47PM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "A Microsoft Office 2003 bug is locking people out of their own files, specifically those protected with Microsoft's Rights Management Service. Microsoft has a TechNet bulletin on the issue with a fix. It looks like they screwed up and let a certificate expire. There's no information on when the replacement certificate will expire, though, or what will happen then."

Submission + - How to encrypt all internet traffic?

Submitted by bondiblueos9 on Sunday December 13, 2009 @05:37PM

bondiblueos9 writes: Is there a way to anonymize and/or encrypt all of my internet traffic? I am really only concerned about it being so out to at least my cable modem, preferably through it.

I live in an apartment with several people and we all use one cable internet connection through one wireless router (using WPA2) to access the internet. They all depend on me to keep it running. We were having some connectivity/bandwidth issues, and in the process of tracking down the problem I realized that I could use available tools to capture all of their wireless traffic, and in the worst case, I could tap the line from the router to the cable modem to capture all traffic. If I can do it, then that means someone else could, and with the right equipment someone could even tap the cable box outside and grab all my traffic.

I don't mean to be paranoid, but how can I avoid this? I know Tor does this for some applications, but only ones that can be set up to use a proxy, not for all traffic. I had the idea to set up a box between all of my computers and our router, and somehow configure it to redirect all of my traffic through tor, but I do know if this is possible or what tools I need to set up the forwarding. How can I set this up, or what other suggestions/solutions does anyone have?

Submission + - 'Nexus One' Is First Google's Android Phone (wiseandroid.com)

Submitted by xchg on Sunday December 13, 2009 @03:55PM

xchg writes: It's still not called the "Google Phone", but the Nexus One — to be made by HTC — is as close as I think we're going to get. The WSJ cites sources familiar with Google's plans and says that Google has designed this handset and plans to sell it directly to consumers, unlocked.

Comment Re:like trying to offer proof to a Birther (Score 1) 1093

by MaJeStu on Sunday December 13, 2009 @11:01AM (#30422604) Attached to: The Limits To Skepticism

because their objections are based on ideology, not science.

From where I sit, it's the people putting arbitrary "corrections" into the programs to make them come out the way they want and refusing to accept any articles that don't toe the party line into their "peer reviewed journals" who look like religious zealots, and the soi-disant "deniers" are the ones who are trying to do things in a proper scientific manner..

Except that the corrections aren't arbitrary, and you don't know what you're talking about.

Do you even know what flux correction or parametrization is?

Submission + - Facebook Founder's Pictures Go Public (yahoo.com) 2

Submitted by

jamie

on Sunday December 13, 2009 @10:22AM

jamie writes: "In a not-uncommon development for the social-networking leader, Facebook's recently released privacy controls are leaving the company a bit red-faced. As a result of a new policy that by default makes users' profiles, photos and friends lists available on the web, almost 300 personal photos of founder Mark Zuckerberg became publicly available, a development that had gossip sites like Gawker yukking it up.

related story"

Submission + - Secret Copyright Treaty Timeline Shows Global DMCA (dipity.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 13, 2009 @10:06AM

An anonymous reader writes: Michael Geist, a leading critic of the ACTA secret copyright treaty, has produced a new interactive timeline that traces its development. The timeline includes links to leaked documents, videos, and public interest group letters that should increasing concern with a deal that could lead to a global three-strikes and you're out policy.

Submission + - Microsoft Encroaching on Spanish Schools... Again (linux-magazine.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 13, 2009 @06:49AM

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft had lost the single Windows booting option in school computers in Spain some time ago. But now they are getting back: The Spanish Government announced in a surprising move that an agreement with Microsoft has been signed to give out laptops to primary schoolchildren next year.

Submission + - P2P Bandwidth Throttling in Israel (2jk.org)

Submitted by stenWolf on Sunday December 13, 2009 @06:40AM

stenWolf writes: Turns out that despite denials, major ISPs in Israel are throttling P2P bandwidth unlawfully.

Comment Re:If women are so smart . . . (Score 1) 928

by MaJeStu on Sunday December 06, 2009 @09:14PM (#30347978) Attached to: How Men and Women Badly Estimate Their Own Intelligence

Despite the fact that spousal abusers are just as likely to be women and that the abused are just as likely to be men

Citation needed.

I fully suspect you are pulling this out of your ass, especially since there are tons of studies directly contradicting you. In fact, you are off by a massive margin; 85% of the victims of relationship violence are women.

Here are some starter links: http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statistics.html

How to Deal With an Aging Brain? 684

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 22, 2008 @08:29PM from the swap-in-hans-delbrueck's dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I'm sure this is something all older Slashdotters are aware of: as I get older my once-sharp brain is, well, getting worse. In particular, I'm not able to remember things as well as I once did. As a geek my capacity in this area was always what defined me as a geek. Nowadays things seem to go in OK, but then leak out. A few weeks later I've mostly forgotten. So, I ask Slashdot: how do you cope with your mind getting older? What's your trick? Fish-oil? Brain Training on the DS? Exercise? Or just trying harder to remember things?"

How To Supplement Election Coverage? 241

Posted by kdawson on Saturday November 01, 2008 @07:40PM from the news-junkie-overload dept.

An anonymous reader asks "What information sources and social networking sites will you be using to supplement the election coverage on TV next Tuesday? I am ready with a big HDTV with Comcast, a Mac mini, and and an Xbox 360. I also have two laptops (one good for websites and one for streaming video), an old-school Blackberry, a 'regular' cell phone, a Nokia N810, a Squeezebox, and finally Sirius Satellite Radio. Which websites should I watch for live county results? I already know about the Twitter Vote Report for tracking and reporting voting issues and I already watch 'CNN Reporters' on Friendfeed for the national flair. What other Twitter accounts should I follow? Which urgent ones should I send to my phones? Which YouTube accounts or keywords I should subscribe to in Miro? What are the most popular sites for posting 'on-scene' videos — iReport, Flickr, something else? I know most local Fox affiliates are great about streaming, but is there a page that lists all of the streams, in case I need to quickly focus on one city or area? Basically, how would you configure all those gadgets?" This reader might find some guidance in what to focus on from a video produced by reader (and data modeler) Bruce Nash that lays out a predicted timeline for when the media will call each state, depending on when the polls close and how tight each race is expected to be.

Blizzcon Begins, Diablo 3 Wizard Class Unveiled 142

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 10, 2008 @04:56PM from the zap dept.

Blizzcon is officially underway today, starting with a presentation showcasing the Worldwide Invitational tournament held earlier this year. A company spokesman went on to talk about the tournaments being held for World of Warcraft 3v3 Arena, Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 2, followed by word that Starcraft 2 was not yet ready for beta, but that Blizzcon attendees would be included in the first round of testers when the beta program starts. The big news of the presentation, though, was the unveiling of the Wizard class — the third such class to be announced, along with the previously mentioned Barbarian and Witch Doctor. Read on for some more details.

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