Comment Does this include online content? (Score 1) 383
I wonder if Hulu, YouTube, and other content providers will be included under this; if not, will they follow suit?
Comment Anonymous? (Score 1) 315
So, Anonymous wouldn't be as active if their masks were removed?
Submission + - Bacteria as storage (computerworld.com)
mjoseff writes: Chinese students are exploring storing data in bacteria. If biostorage and bioencryption (http://news.discovery.com/tech/bacteria-work-as-hard-drives-110110.html) are being explored what's next?
Submission + - Details of the JPMorgan Chase Oracle database outa (dbms2.com)
mjoseff writes: Some more details about the recent JPMC outage were revealed by someone on the inside.
Submission + - Six Arrested For Compromising 10,000 Bank Accounts (net-security.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Six people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing credit cards, personal information and banking details as part of a suspected online banking fraud. Inquiries indicate that more than 10,000 online bank accounts and 10,000 credit cards have been compromised. Attempted bank account take-over fraud amounting to approximately £1.14 million has been identified with £358,000 stolen successfully. The total amount stolen using compromised credit cards has yet to be established, but by using the industry agreed standard formula is estimated to be worth more than £3 million.
Submission + - Supreme Court to Hear Videogames Case (cnet.com)
mjoseff writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether minors have the right to buy violent video games in a case that tests whether computer software is guaranteed the same free speech protections as books, newspapers, and magazines. "
Submission + - Chimps Mourn Their Dead (newscientist.com)
krou writes: Two reports demonstrate that Chimps mourn their dead, with one group proposing "that chimpanzees' response to death has been underestimated." In the first, two mother chimps carried their dead babies (who had died from flu) for weeks before abandoning them. In another report, researchers described the death of a chimp named Pansy, an elderly captive female chimp. Before she died, 'other chimpanzees began to nest near Pansy, instead of sleeping on their normal platforms. They were quiet and attentive, grooming and caressing her often.' Once she had died, her daughter, Rosie, then proceeded to stay with the body during the night, described by one of the researchers as a 'night-time vigil'. Later, the chimps all avoided the place where Pansy had died, and for 'weeks afterwards, the survivors were lethargic and quiet, and ate little — a sign of grief and mourning.'
Submission + - Cloud Computing in China (ulitzer.com)
illybilly writes: This is an interview with a Chinese technology analyst that is now available in English. It was originally published in Chinese in 2009, and includes the analyst's surprising enthusiasm for Cloud Computing. A little ahead of its time.
Submission + - McAfee Lied, While Consumers Get A Refund (eweekeurope.co.uk)
geek4 writes: Businesses wait for a response over McAfee's false positive, while consumers are offered a cash reimbursement
Submission + - West Yorkshire man outshines NASA (ktla.com)
mjoseff writes: "Putting NASA and its billion dollar budgets to shame, a British space enthusiast took amazing photos and video from space with just a few hundred dollars, a home camera and a balloon." The pictures can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30721501@N05/collections/72157621244472915/
Comment Not just the domain. (Score 1) 1049
Yes, maybe not just the domain, but the individual who had "sxxygrrl69@hotmail.com" probably didn't get the job.
Submission + - Google has no suggestions for "Islam is. . . " (wired.com)
mjoseff writes: As reported by Slashdot back in April, ""The British government's Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT), a 200-strong Home Office unit created 18 months ago, has said in meetings it wants to 'flood the internet' with 'positive' interpretations of Islam and plans to train government-approved groups in search engine optimization techniques, which it is hoped will boost their profile online and battle radicalization." http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/04/13/0243229/UK-To-Train-Pro-West-Islamic-Groups-To-Game-Google. "If you type, “Buddhism is” or “Christianity is,” Google will quickly show you suggestions for what it thinks you might be trying to type. In the former query’s case, the Google guesses “not a religion,” “wrong,” “not what you think.” Christianity gets tougher treatment with the suggestions “bullshit” and “not a religion.”. But the query “Islam is”? Not a thing comes to mind for Google to suggest. (Search results are still there, of course.)"
Submission + - USA Has More Open WiFi Wireless Hotspots than EU (ispreview.co.uk)
Mark.JUK writes: Some 40% of wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access Hotspots in the USA are unlocked and do not require a security password, which compares with 25% in Europe; according to WeFi based statistics. Across the world, approximately 30% of recorded Wi-Fi access points are unlocked, while some 70% are locked. Nice to see everybody taking security so seriously then. It should be perfectly possible to "share" Wi-Fi while using WPA or WPA2 security measures at the same time.
Submission + - Microsoft Evading Tax on Sales to State Government (microsofttaxdodge.com)
reifman writes: When Washington cities and state agencies purchase Microsoft software, they do so through a master agreement between Washington State's Department of Information Services and Microsoft Licensing GP of Nevada. This is the same Nevada subsidiary that Microsoft has used since 1997 to evade more than $1.24 billion in state wholesale taxes, interest and penalties (covered earlier on Slashdot). So, when officials such as Seattle's IT Director, Bill Schrier, take pride in completing city-wide conversions over to the 'local software company', they need to know that there is no trickle down occurring from taxation. This week, state treasurer Jim McIntire warned Washington faces insolvency in September 2010 if the Legislature doesn't make drastic spending cuts or tax hikes. With legislators contemplating a junk food tax, Microsoft's 'let them eat cake' philosophy may soon face its comeuppance. Those who wish to debate the legality of Microsoft's accounting practices should read this first.
Submission + - Slashdot's Twitter Feed Breaks
mjoseff writes: http://twitter.com/slashdot hasn't been updated since 10/22/09.
