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Submission + - The Voice of the Daleks has died (list.co.uk)

Submitted by madcarrots
madcarrots writes: Roy Skelton, the original "exterminate" voice of the famous Daleks (the arch enemy of the Time Lords) has died at the age of 79. Dr. Who fans all over the world are saddened by this loss.
Power

Submission + - QSolar Unveils Rainbow-Hued Solar Panels (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Ugly solar panels may be a thing of the past — QSolar just unveiled their new line of Kristal solar panels, which are available in a full spectrum of colors and can serve as structural walls and windows once they've been set in a frame. The development opens up a wide range of building applications for energy-generating architecture.

Submission + - UN Declares Internet Access Is A Human Right (ohchr.org)

Submitted by Rinnon
Rinnon writes: The UN has recently released a report declaring that disconnecting a user from the Internet, barring technical errors or cyber attacks, is a human rights violation.

"While blocking and filtering measures deny users access to specific content on the Internet, states have also taken measures to cut off access to the Internet entirely. The Special Rapporteur considers cutting off users from Internet access, regardless of the justification provided, including on the grounds of violating intellectual property rights law, to be disproportionate and thus a violation of article 19, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."

Now hopefully this will put an end to all these ridiculous 3 strikes policies that keep popping up, but when has the MAFIAA ever let a silly little thing like human rights stand in their way? Full report found here: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf

Submission + - How to Develop Mobile Applications (drdobbs.com)

Submitted by
srwellman
srwellman writes: "This article offers a solid overview of the differences in developing applications for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets as compared with the desktop. Differences in UI, touchscreens, and the nature of mobile OSes as compared to desktop environments post a unique set of IT challenges."
Security

Submission + - Anonymous: Why does USAF want fake IDs? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "The international collective known as Anonymous is trying to figure out just what the U.S. Air Force wants with software that can create and manage phony identities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks. Called Operation Metal Gear, the effort is aimed at shining light on software that that sets up phony Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts and that helps operatives manage them so they seem like they were set up by real people, with the apparent object of gathering data about the actual real people they friend."
Android

Submission + - Device-Level Encryption Arrives for Android (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: As attacks on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets have surged in recent months, security researchers and customers have continued to look for ways to lock down their devices and protect the data they store on them. Whisper Systems has jumped into the fray with WhisperCore, a new device-level encryption application for Android.

WhiseprCore is designed to enable users to encrypt the sensitive information that they store on their Android phones. The application, which is only available for the Nexus S phone right now, is in beta at the moment, but the company has plans to release versions for other Android devices in the near future.

Submission + - U.S. military commissions sock puppet program (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by chrb
chrb writes: The Guardian and The Telegraph are reporting that U.S. based Ntrepid Corporation has been awarded a $2.76 million contract to develop software aimed at manipulating social media. The project aims to enable military personnel to control multiple "sock puppets" located at a range of geographically diverse IP addresses, with the aim of spreading pro-U.S. propaganda. The project will not target English speaking web sites (yet) but will be limited to foreign languages, including Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto. The project will be funded as part of the $200 million Operation Earnest Voice (OEV) program run by U.S. Central Command.

Submission + - The sounds of the Japan Earthquake (sciencedaily.com)

Submitted by
madcarrots
madcarrots writes: "" The Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), a unit of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), directed by Professor Michel Andre, has recorded the sound of the earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, March 11. The recording, now available online, was provided by a network of underwater observatories belonging to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and located on either side of the earthquake epicenter, close to the Japanese island of Hatsushima.""
Android

Submission + - Android Spanks Iphone 4 in web browsing (bloomberg.com)

Submitted by bongey
bongey writes: In a series of measuring real world web load speeds on the Android base Nexus S phone spanked the iPhone 4. The android phone and Iphone 4 median load times were 2.144s and 3.254s respectively. The sample size was 45,000 page loads, across 1000 web sites. It also follows rumors that Apple is intentionally slowing down web apps to make there native apps more favorable. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/app-store-html5-slowdown/
The Military

Submission + - U.S. Military Deploys Gunfire Detection System (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by
gabbo529
gabbo529 writes: "A new warfighting technology will soon be making its way to Afghanistan. U.S. Army forces will be getting gunshot detection systems, which can tell where a shot was fired from. The system has four small acoustic sensors and a small display screen attached to the soldier's body armor that shows the distance and direction of incoming bullets. The sensors are each about the size of a deck of cards and can detect the supersonic sound waves generated by enemy gunfire. It alerts the soldier of the shot's direction in less than one second."

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