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The Queen Joins Facebook 155

Posted by samzenpus from the royal-farmville dept.
H3xx writes "The Queen is set to have an official presence on Facebook when a British Monarchy page launches on the internet-based social networking site. Buckingham Palace says it is not a personal profile page, but users can 'like' the service and receive updates on their news feed. The Queen has reportedly embraced the web and sends e-mails. A British Monarchy Twitter feed is also available. The Facebook page is due to go live from Monday morning. The page will also feature the Court Circular, recording the previous day's official engagements."
Bug

Submission + - Youtube HTML Injection Vulnerability Exploited (google.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Youtube is currently open to an html attack based on using two [style] elements in a row — Youtube currently escapes one such element correctly but two works. It seems to be used currently for font-size adjustment, marquee text etc. but it breaks the comment system so new comments can't be made and the comment breaking the system can't be deleted, and cuts off the page at the breaking comment. An example video, previously featured on Slashdot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc&feature=related
Apple

Submission + - Why Apple fans hate tech reporters (tomshardware.com)

Submitted by Crazzaper
Crazzaper writes: I've always considered myself to be a neutral news reader, and seek out impartial news reports, reviews, and articles. But like this article states: "If I see the world as all black and you see the world as all white and some person comes along and says it's partially black and partially white, we both are going to be unhappy. You think there are more facts and better facts on your side than on the other side. The very act of giving them equal weight seems like bias. Like inappropriate evenhandedness." A large population of savvy "PC" users bash Apple, but what about the other side? Surprisingly, it can be just as rabid. A very deep look at journalism and how we each perceive what's "bias."

Submission + - US Admits Most Piracy Estimates Are Bogus

Submitted by plover
plover writes: According to this article on Ars Technica, the GAO admitted that the estimates of the impact of piracy have no basis in fact.

After examining all the data and consulting with numerous experts inside and outside of government, the Government Accountability Office concluded that it is "difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impacts."

Submission + - Ranking of least wasteful cities across America (leastwastefulcities.com)

Submitted by Taco Cowboy
Taco Cowboy writes: Once again the annual list of least wasteful cities across America has come out. San Francisco tops the list follows by Seattle Washington.

Fast Company has the full ranking — http://www.fastcompany.com/1618762/nalgene-ranks-the-most-and-least-wasteful-cities-in-america — but to see the results of individual cities, you need to click on the cities at this site — http://www.leastwastefulcities.com/
Movies

Submission + - U.S. Betting On Box Office, Studios Not Happy (ap.org)

Submitted by Shifty Jim
Shifty Jim writes: The AP is reporting the approval of a new futures market around box-office receipts: "U.S. regulators on Friday approved the creation of a futures market for trading in forecast box-office receipts, but major Hollywood studios immediately trumpeted a bill that would ban it. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the creation of the Trend Exchange, a forum that would allow movie industry participants and speculators to trade on predicted movie revenues."

Submission + - Virtualising workstations for common hardware

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: We have approximately 20 workstations which all have different hardware specs. Every workstation has two monitors and generally runs either ubuntu or windows. I had started using clonezilla to copy the installs so we could deploy new workstations quickly and easily, when we have hardware failures and the likes, but an struggling with Windows requiring new drivers to be installed for all new hardware.

Is it possible to have a very basic virtual machine beneath to provide hardware consistency whilst still allowing multi-monitor support? Obviously we could be booting into Ubuntu and then load a Windows Virtual Machine after that, but I'd prefer not to have the added load of a full GUI underneath windows — we want maximum performance possible. And I don't think the multi monitor support would work.

Does anyone have any experience with this?
Google

Submission + - Gmail Gets Drag-and-Drop Attachments

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: Clicking all those buttons on your e-mail is such a drag. Luckily, Gmail has come up with a way to attach files in one step. Users in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6 can now drag and drop their files into Gmail directly from a folder on their computer.
The Courts

SCO v. Novell Goes To the Jury 67

Posted by timothy from the perhaps-it's-the-oj-jury dept.
Excelcia writes "Closing arguments in the six and a bit year old slander of title case between SCO and Novell occurred today and the case is finally in the hands of the jury. It's been an interesting case, with SCO alternately claiming that the copyrights to UNIX did get transferred to them, and that the copyrights should have been transferred to them. 'Judge Ted Stewart said, after the jury left to begin to deliberate, that in all his years on the bench, he's never seen such fine lawyering as in this case.' We're not going to find out the results until at least Tuesday, however, as one juror is taking a long weekend. Great lawyering notwithstanding, we can all hope next week that the Energizer bunny of all spurious lawsuits will finally go away."
Education

Submission + - The Wi-Fi on the Bus

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: For students who endure hundreds of hours on a school bus each year in a desert exurb of Tucson, the Wi-Fi on the bus goes round-and-round, all through the town. Last fall, school officials mounted a $200 mobile Internet router from Autonet Mobile to bus No. 92's sheet-metal frame, enabling students to surf the Web. What began as a hi-tech experiment has had an unexpected result — Wi-Fi has transformed the formerly boisterous bus rides into a rolling study hall, and behavioral problems have virtually disappeared. 'Boys aren't hitting each other, girls are busy, and there's not so much jumping around,' said J. J. Johnson, the Internet Bus driver.
Science

Submission + - Cats, Dancers and Quantum Physics (quantumtamers.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The new documentary on quantum physics that won Best of Show at the US Accolades and The Audacity Prize in Europe, now has clips online. The Quantum Tamers features eighteen scientists, a quirky cat and entangled dancers to explain a weird and wired future. Subject matter includes quantum information, quantum teleportation, secret quantum codes and the potential power of quantum computers. Paris Science Film Festival Grand Jury member Jozée Sarrazin commented, “The Quantum Tamers reinvents the scientific documentary.” http://www.quantumtamers.com/
Oracle

Submission + - Oracle Charging For Solaris Patches, Info (opensolaris.org) 1

Submitted by
bhtooefr
bhtooefr writes: "It looks like Oracle's already making changes for the worse at Sun. Dennis Clarke posted on OpenSolaris's discussion list, claiming that Oracle is planning on requiring a support contract for any patches for Solaris, including security patches. Oracle has silently posted a document that appears to state that change in policy regarding patches. (Previously, non-security patches could be manually downloaded for free without a support contract, and security patches could be automatically updated for free.) In addition, Clarke claims that access to SunSolve, which contains documentation on Solaris patches and Sun hardware, will soon be restricted to those with an active support contract."
Idle

Submission + - Computer Engineer Barbie Unveiled (barbiemedia.com) 2

Submitted by ideonexus
ideonexus writes: At the New York Toy fair, Mattel has announced Computer Engineer Barbie, the doll's 126th career chosen by popular vote. The official announcement (PDF) shows her accessorizing with nerdy glasses, a Bluetooth earpiece, pink laptop, and tee covered in binary digits. The girls-only vote choose "News Anchor Barbie," which became Barbie's 125th career, but Mattel decided to add the Computer Engineer version after a viral outpouring of support from female IT professionals.
Idle

Submission + - Get off my lawn! Old man mines farm (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by davidwr
davidwr writes: 73 year old man says "Get off my lawn" and means it. Alexander Skopintsev, a farmer in far eastern Russia, was convicted of planting mines to "ward off trespassers" and protect his potatoes. Kids, the next time the old man down the street says "get off my lawn" I suggest you listen!

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