Slashdot is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×
Software

Submission + - Aggregator of Free and Open Source Software (youpipe.net)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: How many of us have wasted hours and hours searching for videos of Free Software on YouTube or other video sites, and sometimes we need refine the search results because of the useless that we find out there?

But someone thought, and put into practice what we all needed: Youpipe — a portal aggregator of Free and Open Source Software! or just FOSS.

Watch and upload your favorite videos.
Facebook

Submission + - 24 Year Old Asks Facebook For His Data, Gets 1,200 (threatpost.com) 1

Submitted by
chicksdaddy
chicksdaddy writes: "Be careful of what you ask for. That's a lesson that Max Schrems of Vienna, Austria, learned the hard way when he sent a formal request to Facebook for a copy of every piece of personal information that the world’s largest social network had collected on him, as required under European law.
After a wait, the 24 year-old law student got what he was seeking: a CD with all his data stored on it — 1,222 files in all. The collection of PDF format documents was roughly the length Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace but told a more mundane story: a record of Schrems' years-long relationship with the world's largest social network, including reams of data he had deleted. Now Schrems is pushing Facebook to disclose even more of what it knows. Stay tuned!"
Science

Submission + - Inorganic artificial life? (newscientist.com)

Submitted by ManicMechanic
ManicMechanic writes: A researcher at University of Glasgow claims he has created living cells made of metal instead of carbon, and he thinks he can make them evolve during his next seven month experiment.
Open Source

Submission + - Group Funding for Open Source Projects (gun.io)

Submitted by PowerMacG4
PowerMacG4 writes: There's a new way to get your bugs fixed. Gun.io, a new site for "no-hassle, winner-take-all freelance gigs, by hackers, for hackers", just released free group funding support for open source projects. "We're like Kickstarter, in that we believe that people can do great things when they put their money together, but our implementation is different. [...] Gigs posted here aren't by people who want to be pre-paid for their work, but by people who want to see work done."
Your Rights Online

Submission + - Patents To Be Traded Like Stocks (marketwatch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc. and related entities (IPXI) announced today the completion of a $10 million funding round by a group of U.S. and European investors including CBOE Holdings, Inc., parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange and creator of listed options, and Royal Philips Electronics (Philips), the world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting.
Censorship

Submission + - Facebook censors local PR disaster (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Mhrmnhrm
Mhrmnhrm writes: A group of school students in the NE Ohio Mayfield City School District have been raising money and taking an annual trip to the local Target retail store to help children in crisis situations. Until this year. Then when the news starts flying across Facebook, it becomes "Story Non Grata," and all posts/comments/responses to it summarily deleted.
Privacy

Submission + - FBI: FOIA Denial NOT Proof it used Carrier IQ (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: The FBI is downplaying speculation that its denial of a request for records regarding its possible use of Carrier IQ's software is proof-positive the agency is using the software’s data collection capabilities.

In response to an inquiry from SecurityWeek, FBI spokesperson Bill Carter responded that the FBI has a long-standing policy not to discuss sources, methods or techniques utilized in its investigations.

“The story I saw speculates about the possibility that the FBI is utilizing this data logging program and cites a FOIA request denying their request for information,” he wrote in an email. “Under the FOIA, the FBI is required by law to divulge information from its files. However, there are exemptions under the law for release of information about investigative techniques, and any request for information about techniques utilized in our investigations would be denied as a standard response. The denial for information requested under FOIA should not be construed that we do or do not utilize this data logging program.”
Android

Submission + - Remotely Access your Android phone from desktop (googez.com)

Submitted by AyeshaAhmed
AyeshaAhmed writes: Have you ever been busy at work and missed calls and messages on your Android phone? If so you have your problems solved. In this post I have reviewed 3 apps that will enable you to remotely access your Android phone right from your desktop browser!
AI

Submission + - Researchers Use AI to Predict Slashdot Comment Rat (drexel.edu) 2

Submitted by
robot captain
robot captain writes: "Researchers at Drexel University have published a paper that uses machine learning to predict the rating of individual comments on Slashdot. Rather than replace user-based comment ratings entirely, they argue that their approach can be used to augment crowdsourced discussion filtering systems in order to accomodate for their weaknesses. The researchers are currently partnering up with a team of ethnographers and conducting a larger study that they hope will improve the ability to predict ratings by relying more on linguistic analysis. They offer a means to opt out of any data collection related to this research (https://psal.cs.drexel.edu/optout/)."
Linux

Submission + - Supreme Court of Mauritius: GPL Have No Copyright (gnumonks.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Somebody, under oath is stating at the Supreme Court of Mauritius, that GPL-Licensed software (which the Linux kernel definitely is), has no copyright restrictions. From the published document — Licenses of open-source software like "Linux" and "Asterisk" have no copyright restrictions which in effect puts no restrictions on their use or distribution. As a consequence, any work which is derived from the open source software as conceptualized, created, installed and managed, by the Applicant becomes the ownership of the Applicant.
Linux

Submission + - Jury Finds Linspire CEO & CFO Liable for Fraud (michaelrobertson.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A Jury has found former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony liable for fraud, conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty. Jury came to similar conclusion against former CFO Chad Olson. The Jury verdict forms are http://goo.gl/w9yND and http://goo.gl/NH4gx and Judge's ruling is at http://goo.gl/tP1Eh.
Security

Submission + - With FBI raid, law enforcement circles LulzSec (arnnet.com.au)

Submitted by splitenz
splitenz writes: Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group.On Monday, the US Federal Bureau of investigation executed a search warrant at a Hamilton, Ohio, residence — a raid that local media has linked to the ongoing investigation of LulzSec. The raid comes two days after LulzSec ended a 50-day hacking rampage by posting internal documents belonging to AT&T and data stolen from gaming forums and a NATO website. Full details.

Submission + - Could Amazon Reviews Be Corrupt?

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: In the first academic study of its kind, Trevor Pinch, Cornell University professor of sociology and of science and technology studies, independently surveyed 166 of Amazon's top 1,000 reviewers, examining everything from demographics to motives. What he discovered was 85 percent of those surveyed had been approached with free merchandise from authors, agents or publishers. Amazon is encouraging reviewers to receive free products through Amazon Vine, an invitation-only program in which the top 1,000 reviewers are offered a catalog of free products to review. John Dvorak puts up an argument which hints that some of these Amazon reviews may be corrupt.

Slashdot Top Deals

If all else fails, lower your standards.

Close