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Submission + - 10 Virtualization Companies You Never Heard Of

VerbalKint writes: I used to be primarily a database admin(mostly MySQL and Postgres) but I just took a new job where I have to do a lot of sysadmin work. We have a large number of virtual servers (VMware and Xen) and a lot of virtualized storage (NetApp). Datamation just published an article talking about the 10 Emerging Virtualization Companies Shaking up Datacenters in 2010 I haven't heard of any of them: ScaleMP, Syncsort and Zenoss (At least it's open source) look interesting but I haven't used any of them. Has anyone? What virtualization tools do you use for security and management of virtualized infrastructure (VMware and especially Xen) and virtualized storage? Are there any open source tools out there that I can use — especially that don't require me to run a Windows client (I prefer a Linux desktop)?

Submission + - New IEEE standard announced: IEEE 1149.7 (bit.ly)

Bannshee writes: IEEE has finished their new test & measurement debug standard, IEEE 1149.7, and is releasing it to the public today. New standard ups JTAG functionality, adds support for custom pin configuration, allows two-pin configuration (good for mobile / consumer electronics). Maintains all the money invested in the original IEEE 1149.1 standard by maintaining backwards-compatibility.

Submission + - Airport full body scanners not so secure (smh.com.au)

OzPeter writes: The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting a story out of Manchester, UK of how an Indian actor claims he was asked to autograph printouts of his full body scans for two female security officers. If true, then this makes a mockery of the official claims that scans will be deleted immediately after they are performed. How long before copies of printouts of celebrities' scans start appearing on websites devoted to security porn?
AMD

Submission + - AMD Details 32nm Fusion Processor, Codenamed Llano (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: AMD revealed more information on its first Fusion-class product at ISSCC this week. The new chip will combine both a CPU and GPU on a single package, but it doesn't use either branding. AMD is calling the new chip an "APU" or Application Processor Unit, as part of its bid to shift product focus from the core components in a system to the tasks and workloads a system is capable of handling. Llano is a 32nm derivative of the company's current architecture. Given the new details AMD has released, Llano will target a wide range of operating environments. Its 2.5-25W operating envelope still represents a substantial step forward for AMD; the company's lowest-power 45nm mobile processors have a TDP of 25W (dual-core) or 15W (single-core). According to Senior AMD Fellow Samuel Naffziger, Llano will be a quad-core processor with 1MB of L2 cache per core, a 3GHz-or-higher operating speed, support for DDR3 memory, and an on-die DX11-class graphics processor.
Censorship

Submission + - Hackers attack AU websites to protest censorship

An anonymous reader writes: A band of cyber-attackers have taken down the Australian Parliament House website and hacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website in coordinated protests against government plans to filter the Internet. The group responsible, called Anonymous, is known for coordinated Internet attacks against Scientology and other groups in the past. It recently turned its attention against the AU government after it said in December that it would block access to sites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse.

Submission + - Twitter Uses BitTorrent For Server Deployment (torrentfreak.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Twitter is calling in the help of BitTorrent to deploy files across its many servers in a more efficient way. The project dubbed ‘Murder’ is based on the Open Source BitTornado BitTorrent client. Aside from assisting Twitter it is available to other developers at no cost.
Security

Submission + - SPAM: New Russian botnet tries to kill rivals

alphadogg writes: An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers. Security researchers say that the relatively unknown Spy Eye toolkit added this functionality just a few days ago in a bid to displace its larger rival, known as Zeus. The feature, called "Kill Zeus," apparently removes the Zeus software from the victim's PC, giving Spy Eye exclusive access to usernames and passwords.

Zeus and Spy Eye are both Trojan-making toolkits, designed to give criminals an easy way to set up their own "botnet" networks of password-stealing programs. These programs emerged as a major problem in 2009, with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation estimating last October that they have caused $100 million in losses.

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Science

Submission + - Are You Bipolar? Try Temper Dysregulation! (nytimes.com)

Anonymusing writes: Tired: bipolar disorder. Wired: temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria. That's one of the messages you might draw from the changes being proposed in the latest edition of the highly influential book, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As an editor of the previous edition noted, "Anything you put in that book, any little change you make, has huge implications not only for psychiatry but for pharmaceutical marketing, research, for the legal system, for who's considered to be normal or not, for who’s considered disabled." Other proposed changes include trading the term "mental retardation" for "intellectual disability" and exploring new ways of diagnosing Slashdot addiction.
Businesses

Submission + - Strategy To Grow UK Space Industry (bbc.co.uk)

krou writes: A new report prepared by UK industry, government and academia claims that the UK space sector has the potential to become a much bigger player in the world, with the potential of generating over £40 billion a year, and employing thousands of skilled workers. The report, entitled 'Space Innovation Growth Strategy', has pinpointed a number of potential markets, including internet services by satellite and space tourism, and 'wants to see R&D spending within industry increase by £5bn, and for the government to double its annual civil space budget to £550m over the next 10 years'. In total, they make 16 recommendations, including the formation of an 'executive national space agency to coordinate activity across government' that could create a 'national space policy'. In terms of funding, they claim that the previously successful Private Finance Initiative should be used, whereby The City would 'put up the money to initiate a programme, and the government then effectively underwrite the risk by agreeing to become the prime customer.' Should its recommendations be followed, the report forecasts that the UK could capture 10% of the estimated £400bn global market by 2030.
Apple

Has Apple Created the Perfect Board Game Platform? 531

andylim writes "recombu.com is running an interesting piece about how Apple has created a 'Jumanji (board game) platform.' The 9.7-inch multi-touch screen is perfect for playing board games at home, and you could use Wi-Fi or 3G to play against other people when you're on your own. What would be really interesting is if you could pair the iPad with iPhones, 'Imagine a Scrabble iPad game that used iPhones as letter holders. You could hold up your iPhone so that no one else could see your letters and when you were ready to make a word on the Scrabble iPad board, you could slide them on to the board by flicking the word tiles off your iPhone.' Now that would be cool."
Image

Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project 687

garg0yle writes "Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of 'a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics,' after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family 'get counseling.' Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?"
Sci-Fi

What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next? 922

Not long ago Wired ran their own list of which SciFi (not SyFy!) shows were in need of another go 'round in this era of the reboot. Well, it looks like many fans had their own opinions resulting in another list of reboots including everything from Firefly (please?) to The Outer Limits. Which SciFi stories could use the breath of life, and which ones might actually succeed it getting it?
Censorship

Submission + - YouTube Censorship Reform (thepetitionsite.com)

segagman writes: YouTube's System for removing videos is being abused and many users with opposing views have resorted to false flaging, votebotting (running software that auto votes one star on videos) and filing false DMCA notices on users in an effort to silence them.

    Many people who have been unfairly censored have tried many things (email, mirroring videos, phoning...) to try and get google to reform their broken system but to no avail.

    This is a call to action, YouTube is the largest video sharing site in the world and the users demand reform!

    Please sign the petition to help get the message across to google that freedom of speech is vital to every society.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopYouTubeCensorship

http://www.censortube.eu/

http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=1743 Stared higher than any other issue on Googles code page with currently 2689 stars.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=243505071752

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