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Netgear Launches Open Source-Friendly Wireless Router 182

Posted by timothy from the market-linksys-chose-to-mostly-ignore dept.
An anonymous reader submits news of Netgear's release of the "open source Wireless-G Router (model WGR614L), enabling Linux developers and enthusiasts to create firmware for specialized applications, and supported by a dedicated open source community. The router supports the most popular open source firmware; Tomato and DD-WRT are available on WGR614L, making it easier for users to develop a wide variety of applications. The router is targeted at people who want custom firmware on their router without worrying about issues, and enjoy the benefits of having an open source wireless router."
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - How To Install an Internal 3G Card in the Asus Eee (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: If you thought the Asus Eee PC was cool, wait until you see it gaining 3G communications powers: 'Hardware hacking genius and electromagician JKK has published a video tutorial showing how to add an internal 3G HSDPA card to the Asus Eee PC, allowing you to connect at high speeds to the Internet from anywhere in the world with 3G cellphone coverage. We talked with JKK and according to him "the hack is doable by any amateur with a solder iron.' And the amazing thing is that you can do this for $291, according to the article. After solving its OS license problems, it looks like this amazing little machine just got even better.
Security

Submission + - Whispers of new security intelligence theories (blogspot.com)

Submitted by
Mr Robot
Mr Robot writes: "Brand Killer Robots discuss the field of "security intelligence" and in particular a new area of security research entitled "Smart Integrity" which considers the application of counter-systems-resiliency strategies as a defensive warfare mechanism. Many of us in the security business are concentrated on digging up the next exploit or security vulnerability or publishing the next exciting revelation to consider, where the real art lies in taking your knowhow and employing it in creative ways to build systems of what we call "smart integrity"."
Government

Submission + - What if the economic unit of account was the watt? 2

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "I am no economist but if certain individuals are to be believed fiat currency is a bag of lies. With energy seeming to be the driving force behind our economy, something we'll always need in some form or another, would it make sense to move to a monetary system in which each dollar represents a fixed amount of energy? Would such monetary policy push us toward reliable and renewable energy sources... would everyone buy solar panels in some futuristic version of a gold rush? I'm just curious to see what Slashdot readers, especially those with an economic background, have to say."
Space

Submission + - Universe running out of time (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by RenHoek
RenHoek writes: With heat death, the big crunch and quite a few other nasty ways in which the universe could see its demise, we can now add "running out of time" to the list. A team of scientists came up with a new theory that would solve the problem of the elusive dark energy that seems to be accelerating the expansion of the universe. They figure that the universe is not speeding up but we are, in relation to the outer regions of space, slowing down. Tests with the upcoming Large Hadron Collider will give more insight if we're going to end up frozen in time.
Space

Submission + - Black holes convert dark matter into cosmic rays (arxivblog.com)

Submitted by
KentuckyFC
KentuckyFC writes: "Active galactic nuclei are thought to be supermassive black holes. They are among the brightest objects in the universe and have recently been outed as the source of ultra high-energy cosmic rays. Today, a couple of Russian physcists are saying that all this can be explained if AGN are converting dark matter into protons and acceleratng them to huge energies in the process. What we see on Earth is these protons smashing into our atmosphere as cosmic rays (abstract on the physics arxiv)."
Government

Submission + - Norway mandates government use of ODF and PDF

Submitted by siDDis
siDDis writes: Earlier this year Slashdot mentioned that Norway moves towards mandatory use of ODF and PDF. Now it's confirmed that the Norwegian government has mandated the use of open document formats from January 1st, 2009.

There are three formats that have been mandated for all documentation between authorities, users and partners. HTML for all public information on the Web, PDF for all documents where layout needs to be preserved and ODF for all documents that the recipient is supposed to be able to edit. Documents may also be published in other formats, but they must always be available in either ODF or PDF.
Businesses

Submission + - Szulik steps down as CEO and President of Red Hat (reuters.com)

Submitted by
gdek
gdek writes: "Matthew Szulik has stepped aside as President and CEO of Red Hat, Inc., in order to spend more time with his family as they cope with a severe illness. He will remain with the company as Chairman of the Board. He presided over the ascent of the largest Free Software company on Earth. Among Red Hat associates, he will be sorely missed for his honesty, his integrity, and his commitment to building a global business without sacrificing the ideals that made Red Hat possible as a company. Godspeed, Matthew."
Announcements

Submission + - "Fermilab is in deep, deep, deep trouble." (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Hot on the heels of Congress's slashing of science funding increases, Science is reporting that "The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois, will be forced to stop work on all accelerator-based projects, a move that threatens the viability of the 40-year-old Department of Energy (DOE) lab." So much for particle physics — and hundreds of jobs.
Space

Submission + - Study finds 'dark stars' (dailyutahchronicle.com)

Submitted by
LtCmdrJoel
LtCmdrJoel writes: "According to a recent U study, invisible dark stars could have formed 13 billion years ago from the presence of dark matter. Dark matter is still unseen and unidentified, but scientists believe that it makes up most of the universe. The findings, which will be published next month in the journal Physical Review Letters, could "change our understanding of the formation of stars in the universe," said Paolo Gondolo, a professor in the department of physics."
Security

Submission + - SquirrelMail Repository Poisoned (beskerming.com)

Submitted by
SkiifGeek
SkiifGeek writes: "Late last week the SquirrelMail team posted information on their site about a compromise to the main download repository for SquirrelMail that resulted in a critical flaw being introduced into two versions of the webmail application (1.4.11 and 1.4.12).

After gaining access to the repository through a release maintainer's compromised account (it is believed), the attackers made a slight modification to the release packages, modifying how a PHP global variable was handled. As a result, it introduced a remote file inclusion bug — leading to an arbitrary code execution risk on systems running the vulnerable versions of SquirrelMail.

The poisoning was identified after it was reported to the SquirrelMail team that there was a difference in MD5 signatures for version 1.4.12.

Version 1.4.13 is now available."
Space

Submission + - The Next Solar Cycle May Have Begun (space.com)

Submitted by
Josh Fink
Josh Fink writes: "As many of us know, the sun usually works on an 11 year cycle for extreme solar storms and flares. The last time that this cycle peaked was in 2001 and 2002. However, on December 11th, scientists began to observe a "modest knot of magnetism," and are saying this might be the signal for increased activity from our local star. From the article: 'This patch of magnetism could be a sign of the next solar cycle," said solar physicist David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center. 'Solar minimum is upon us.'....Though forecasts vary wildly, some scientists predict Solar Cycle 24 will be intense. If so, 'it could have significant impacts on telecommunications, air traffic, power grids and GPS systems,' according to the NASA statement."
Microsoft

Submission + - Gates foundation deathly side-effects (latimes.com) 3

Submitted by HuguesT
HuguesT writes: An long and detailed article from the L.A. Times points out severe, unintended side effects of the health policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. This foundation has given away almost 2 billions US$ to the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria worldwide. Thanks in no small measure to this effort, the death toll from AIDS in most of Africa are finally levelling off. However, the money from the foundation is earmarked to the fight against these three diseases, to the detriment of global health. Sick people can also be hungry and not able to ingest healing drugs. Doctors in these countries prefer to be well paid working against AIDS than poorly working against all the other health problems, which creates a brain drain. Numerous children also suffer from diarrhea or asphyxia due to lack of basic care. The paradox is that countries where the foundation has invested most have seen their mortality rate increase, whereas it has improved in countries where the foundation was least involved.
Privacy

Submission + - Dodd beats telecom spying immunity

Submitted by cleetus
cleetus writes: Earlier this evening Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the FISA bill which had retroactive immunity for spying telecoms from consideration on the US Senate floor. This bill, discussed on /. earlier today, would have shielded telecoms who turned data over to the government from lawsuits over 4th Amendment rights violations. The threat of a full scale filibuster from Senator Chris Dodd (which was partially underway already) was enough to force Reid to pull the bill. While the fight over immunity is over for now, but the bill will be brought up again at some point next month so vigilance it still required.

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