cultiv8 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Pentagon to treat cyberspace as operational domain (reuters.com)

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on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:33PM

cultiv8 writes: "Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn unveiled a new U.S. strategy on Thursday for protecting military computer networks, moving away from a passive defense toward treating cyberspace as an "operational domain" in which trained forces defend against attacks."

Submission + - Secret agents raid Apple store webcam 'artist' (bbc.co.uk)

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on Friday July 08, 2011 @04:18PM

cultiv8 writes: "The US Secret Service has raided the home of an artist who collected images from webcams in a New York Apple store.

Kyle McDonald is said to have installed software that photographed people looking at laptops then uploaded the pictures to a website.

Mr McDonald said he had obtained permission from a security guard to take photos inside the store.

Apple declined to comment. However, the Secret Service confirmed that its electronic crime division was involved."

Submission + - TSA "Mischaracterized" Safety Of Body Scanners (infowars.com)

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on Monday June 27, 2011 @02:43PM

cultiv8 writes: "Newly released internal government documents, obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act, reveal that the TSA, and specifically the head of the Department of Homeland Security, “publicly mischaracterized” the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in stating that NIST had positively confirmed the safety of full body scanners in tests.

In the private email response, NIST stated that the Institute had not, in fact, tested full body scanners at all for safety, and that the Institute does not even undertake product testing.

Another document obtained by EPIC even shows that, far from affirming their safety, NIST warned that airport screeners should avoid standing next to full body scanners in order to keep exposure to harmful radiation “as low as reasonably achievable.”

However, another document obtained by EPIC shows that a growing number of TSA workers diagnosed with cancers are voicing concern that the full body scanners and x-ray machines are indeed to blame for their illnesses."

Submission + - How the Internet Works for web design class? 3

Submitted by cultiv8 on Monday June 13, 2011 @10:39PM

cultiv8 writes: I am teaching an Intro to Web Design class this next fall at a local college that specializes in arts and design. This is the most "technical" class required for their major (other than the Adobe suite of software) and I'm looking for papers and resources that describe "how the internet works". Subjects I want to cover (during the course of 3 hours) include LAMP, TCP/IP & related protocols, DNS, principles of OSS, and why you should love your system admin. I'm searching for resources, preferably under a Creative Commons license, to distribute and share with students. Any recommendations?

Submission + - Edge of Solar System Filled with Bubbles (space.com)

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on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @02:53PM

cultiv8 writes: "The edge of our solar system is filled with a turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles, according to new NASA research.

Scientists made the discovery by using a new computer model, which is based on data from NASA's twin Voyager probes. The unmanned Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, which launched in 1977, are plying the outer reaches of our solar system, a region known as the heliosheath.

The new discovery suggests that researchers will need to revise their views about the solar system's edge, NASA officials said. A more detailed picture of this region is key to our understanding of how fast-moving particles known as cosmic rays are spawned, and how they reach near-Earth space."

Submission + - Checkpoint of the future coming soon to airports (yahoo.com)

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on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @12:00PM

cultiv8 writes: "Eye scanners and futuristic security tunnels may be standard in airports soon as the airline industry seeks to maintain safety while reducing the hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying.

The International Air Transport Association unveiled a mock-up Tuesday in Singapore of what it dubbed the "Checkpoint of the Future," where passengers separated by security risk would walk through one of three high-tech, 20-foot-long (6.1-meters-long) tunnels that can quickly scan shoes and carry-on luggage and check for liquids and explosives.

In the IATA prototype, passengers would be categorized based on the results of a government risk assessment that is put into a chip in a passenger's passport or other identification. An eye scan would then match the passenger to the passport."

Submission + - Up to 20 million Americans 'overcharged' by AT& (dailymail.co.uk)

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on Saturday May 21, 2011 @04:21PM

cultiv8 writes: "AT&T are 'systematically overcharging' up to 20 million Americans who use their iPhone or iPad to access data on the go, an investigation has uncovered. The lawsuit alleges the phone giant routinely over charges customers between 7 and 14 per cent, and in some cases up to 300 per cent."

Submission + - FCC asks Apple, Google to location-tracking forum (reuters.com)

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on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @12:26AM

cultiv8 writes: "In its first look at the growing controversy about location tracking by smartphones, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has invited Apple (AAPL.O), Google (GOOG.O) and consumer advocates to a forum in late June.

The FCC will study the risks and benefits of location-based services at a "public education forum" on June 28 that will include wireless carriers, other technology companies and consumer advocacy groups, the FCC said on Tuesday."

Submission + - Secret Service faces 7th grader over Facebook post (q13fox.com) 2

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on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @12:14AM

cultiv8 writes: "After Osama bin Laden was killed, 13-year-old Vito LaPinta posted an update to his Facebook status that got the Feds attention. "I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," says LaPinta. A week later, while Vito was in his fourth period class, he was called in to the principal's office. "A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service," LaPinta said. "He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the President.""

Submission + - Disney Trademarks "Seal Team 6 (mediabistro.com)

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on Saturday May 14, 2011 @09:13AM

cultiv8 writes: "In a perfect example of a big media company looking to capitalize on current events, The Walt Disney Company has trademarked “Seal Team 6,” which also happens to be the name of the elite special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden."

Submission + - San Francisco may be 1st city to cut Yellow Pages (ap.org)

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on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @02:51PM

cultiv8 writes: "While the end of the printed Yellow Pages has been discussed on Slashdot before, it's now coming to the US:

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors cast a 10-1 first vote on Tuesday to ban unrequested home and business delivery of the hefty telephone directories. There will be a second reading and final vote next week.
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Submission + - Meta-analytic study finds men can make it longer (france24.com)

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on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @10:17AM

cultiv8 writes: "Some non-surgical methods for increasing the length of the male sex organ do in fact work, while others are likely to result only in soreness and disappointment, a review of medical literature has shown. Surgical procedures, however, can be dangerous and have an "unacceptably high rate of complications," according to the study, published this week in the Journal of the British Association of Urological Surgeons.

So that one grape in the bunch that never got to be a grape.... actually has a chance to be a grape."

Submission + - '3' 'OMG,' and 'LOL' added to the dictionary (today.com) 1

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on Friday March 25, 2011 @03:07PM

cultiv8 writes: "It's difficult to avoid letting things such as 3, OMG, and LOL slip into our text messages and emails, but at least we can now excuse that by pointing out that those are in fact terms acknowledged by the authorities of the English language. In the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary, there are a whole new batch of silly words and definitions including several initialisms — abbreviations consisting of the initial letters of expressions — made popular through their frequent use in text messages, tweets, or emails."

Submission + - New FBI system IDs people by voice, iris, more (wvgazette.com)

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on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @09:34AM

cultiv8 writes: "Under the system, state and local police officers also will eventually use hand-held devices to scan suspects' fingerprints and send the images electronically to the FBI center. "It's a quick scan to let police officers know if they should let the person go, or take him into custody," Morris said. In later stages, NGI system also will be expanded to include the analysis of palm prints, handwriting, faces, human irises and voices."

Submission + - Reactors in Fukushima have 23 sisters in US (msn.com)

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on Sunday March 13, 2011 @09:17PM

cultiv8 writes: "The General Electric-designed nuclear reactors involved in the Japanese emergency are very similar to 23 reactors in use in the United States, according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission records.

The NRC database of nuclear power plants shows that 23 of the 104 nuclear plants in the U.S. are GE boiling-water reactors with GE's Mark I systems for containing radioactivity, the same containment system used by the reactors in trouble at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The U.S. reactors are in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Vermont."

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