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+ - Ethernet Turns 40 Years Old->

Submitted by alancronin
alancronin writes "Four decades ago the Ethernet protocol made its debut as a way to connect machines in close proximity, today it is the networking layer two protocol of choice for local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and everything in between. For many people Ethernet is merely the RJ45 jack on the back of a laptop, but its relative ubiquity and simplicity belie what Ethernet has done for the networking industry and in turn for consumers and enterprises. Ethernet has in the space of 40 years gone from a technology that many in the industry viewed as something not fit for high bandwidth, dependable communications to the default data link protocol."
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+ - Inside the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes "The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit has been spearheading botnet takedowns and other anti-cybercrime operations for many years, and it has had remarkable success. But the cybercrime problem isn’t going away anytime soon, so the DCU is in the process of building a new cybercrime center here, and soon will roll out a new threat intelligence service to help ISPs and CERT teams get better data about ongoing attacks. Dennis Fisher sat down with TJ Campana, director of security at the DCU, to discuss the unit’s work and what threats could be next on the target list.

"We’re trying very hard to find the person who owns the servers we want to seize. When we go into a data center, that person isn’t there to defend himself, so we are working very hard to notify them that we took the servers. We want to find the person. We have to satisfy the judge that we did everything we could. We see a huge advantage in handing off a very nice package to law enforcement," Campana said."

+ - Next Samsung Android Tablet To Have Intel Inside?->

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes "The story of Intel over the past half-decade or so has been its persistent inability to get its chips into the mobile devices that represent almost all of the computing market's growth. But that may be about the change. Some rumors and emerging benchmarks seem to indicate that Samsung's upcoming iteration of its 10-inch Galaxy Tab will be powered by an Atom chip, not the ARM chips that have driven almost the entire Android market to date. With Samsung representing almost all of the Android market's profits, this is a huge get for Intel."
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+ - Australia Makes Asian Language Learning a Priority->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian government came a step closer to formalising its plans to make Asian language study compulsory for schools this week. It has released a draft curriculum for public consultation which reveals plans to include Indonesian, Korean and french language in the curriculum.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard publicly stated in September 2012 that in response to the “staggering growth” in the region, the government would be instigating 25 key measures to strengthen and exploit links with Asia. The plan includes the requirement that one third of civil servants and company directors have a “deep knowledge,” thousands of scholarships for Asian students, and the opportunity for every schoolchild to learn one of four “priority” languages- Chinese, Hindi, Japanese or Indonesian"
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+ - How chilly weather weakens our defenses against colds->

Submitted by ananyo
ananyo writes "It's been a contentious proposition but scientists now have evidence that not wrapping up warm does indeed make it more likely you'll catch a cold. A team from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, found that cold temperatures dampen natural defenses against a rhinovirus, the leading cause of seasonal colds, in mice and in human airway cells.
Colds are more common in winter, and researchers have known for decades that many rhinoviruses prefer colder temperatures: they replicate better in the upper respiratory tract than they do in in the warmer environment of the lungs. But efforts to link the viruses’ apparent temperature preference and seasonal fluctuations in incidence have produced mixed results.
The researchers discovered that at cooler temperatures mice infected with the rhinovirus produced fewer antiviral immune signals. They also found that human airway cells grown in cold conditions were less likely to undergo programmed cell death — a defense mechanism aimed at limiting the spread of infections."
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+ - EU to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants->

Submitted by NSN A392-99-964-5927
NSN A392-99-964-5927 writes "A new law proposed by the European Commission would make it illegal to “grow, reproduce or trade” any vegetable seeds that have not been “tested, approved and accepted” by a new EU bureaucracy named the “EU Plant Variety Agency.”

It’s called the Plant Reproductive Material Law, and it attempts to put the government in charge of virtually all plants and seeds. Home gardeners who grow their own plants from non-regulated seeds would be considered criminals under this law.

As you might suspect, this move is the “final solution” of Monsanto, DuPont and other seed-domination corporations who have long admitted their goal is the complete domination of all seeds and crops grown on the planet."
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+ - Samsung Calls Out Developers with $800,000 Galaxy S4 App Challenge->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Samsung has launched its "Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013," inviting developers who work with the company's peer-to-peer software to develop competitive apps for the S4 phone. The contest includes $800,000 in prize money. Samsung's challenge will determine the best Galaxy S4 apps that make use of the Samsung Chord SDK."
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+ - Amazon, Google and Apple won't need to pay tax, despite goverment threats->

Submitted by girlmad
girlmad writes "Despite moves by government to get Google, Amazon and Apple to admit they make sales in the UK and US, and therefore should pay tax on these earnings, this article argues these are empty threats and that any taxes paid will get returned to the tech giants in government grants and subsidies. Tough luck to the small firms out there."
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+ - NetBSD 6.1 has shipped!->

Submitted by Madwand
Madwand writes "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements.

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent for use in both production and research environments, and the source code is freely available under a business-friendly license. NetBSD is developed and supported by a large and vibrant international community. Many applications are readily available through pkgsrc, the NetBSD Packages Collection."
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