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Submission + - Seeking a great Linux text editor

Submitted by

PetManimal

on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @11:08AM

PetManimal writes: "Sharon Machlis is seeking a Linux text editor that can replace the functionality she's used to on Windows using NoteTab Pro. The specific features she needs are:

Good text manipulation — things like changing text case, joining lines, stripping html

Programmable macros

One-click html tagging for things like bolding, centering and adding links

Straight ASCII text only (leaving out the OpenOffice word processor)

Editing functions such as spell check

She's tried out Kate, Bluefish and ActiveState's Komodo Edit, but she says they don't make the grade. Do Slashdot readers have any other suggestions?"

Submission + - Second life terrorist attacks?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26, 2007 @03:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo online news reports about a virtual terrorist group called the Second Life Liberation Army which has ignited a few bombs near online shopping districts in a protest against the way Second Life is currently going. It seems that many players from the first hour do not like the way things are heading in the virtual world now that bigger companies also show an interest in the virtual world.

Submission + - Exclusive presentation of Aldebaran Robotics robot

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Bastien Parent

on Monday February 26, 2007 @02:21PM

Bastien Parent writes: "Hello, We have presented our Linux based robot for the very first time on the French TV channel Direct 8, yesterday. Please take a look to the TV show podcast : http://www.zdnet.fr/partenaires/8-fi/0,50008420,39 367380,00.htm Comments will be very appreciated ! For your information, we are working on an English subtitled version. All the Best, Bastien"

Submission + - Tomb of Mary,Joseph & Jesus found?

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Aryabhata

on Monday February 26, 2007 @01:48PM

Aryabhata writes: "MSNBC reports, that this week the Discovery Channel, together with HarperSanFrancisco, will announce the release of "The Jesus Family Tomb," a television documentary and a book that aim to show that the tomb located in a nondescript suburb called East Talpiot, is, well, the family plot of Jesus Christ. Spearheaded by a well-known TV director named Simcha Jacobovici, and produced by "Titanic" director James Cameron, "The Jesus Family Tomb", is a slick and suspenseful narrative about the 1980 discovery of a first-century Jewish burial cave and the 10 bone boxes, or ossuaries, found therein. With the help of statisticians, archeologists, historians, DNA experts, robot-camera technicians, epigraphers and a CSI expert from New York's Long Island, Jacobovici puts together a case in which he argues that the bones of Jesus, Mary and Mary Magdalene, along with some of their lesser-known relatives, were once entombed in this cave."

Submission + - Domestic spying program to get judicial oversight

Submitted by Alchemist253 on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @04:38PM

Alchemist253 writes: The U.S. Justice Department has consented to court oversight (albeit via a secret court) of the controversial domestic wiretapping program (the "Terrorist Surveillance Program") previously discussed at length on Slashdot. From the article, "[oversight] authority has been given to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and [it] already has approved one request for monitoring the communications of a person believed to be linked to al Qaeda or an associated terror group."

Submission + - Bush Administration ends warrantless survelliance

Submitted by

Raul654

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @04:20PM

Raul654 writes: "Reuters is reporting that today, the Bush administration decided not to reauthorize its highly controversial NSA warrantless surveillance. US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said: "Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court""

Submission + - Fish on Fowl - Cod enzyme kills H5N1 virus

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Jon Golden

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @04:00PM

Jon Golden writes: "From http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_n ews/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=257558 01/17/2007 | 11:56 Cod enzyme kills H5N1 virus An Icelandic cod enzyme might be the cure for bird flu, a recent experiment, which the Icelandic company Ensímtaekni hf. took part in, indicates. In five minutes, the isolated fish enzyme killed 99 percent of H5N1 viruses. The killer enzyme, called penzim, was extracted from the intestines of cod by Ensímtaekni and is currently being developed for beauty products and various types of medicine. The experiment on the H5N1 virus was conducted in London. Fréttabladid reports. CEO of Ensímtaekni and biochemist Jón Bragi Bjarnason said he is very excited about the results of the bird flu experiment. "People have feared that the bird flu virus will change into a human flu virus and now we have a likely cure in case that happens," Bjarnason told Fréttabladid. Bjarnason also believes that penzim might prove a cure for common flu and cold, eczema in children and arthritis."

Submission + - Easy graphing with FooPlot

Submitted by

dheera

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @03:44PM

dheera writes: "FooPlot is a new online grapher that uses only JavaScript and the latest vector graphics support in browsers to display 2-D and 3-D graphs. It also has a point-and-click interface for finding intersections and roots of functions, permits easy scrolling, and allows plots to be easily accessed from the URL itself (for example, http://fooplot.com/cos(x)). With a lot of mathematics packages either expensive or difficult to use, this website offers an attractive alternative for educators and students needing a quick plot of any function."

Submission + - IM & P2P Malware Packs Bigger Punch

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @03:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: From Earthtimes.org: FaceTime Communications announced its analysis of malware affecting today's enterprise networks through instant messaging, P2P file sharing, and chat applications. In an analysis of threats tracked or identified by FaceTime Security Labs, 1,224 unique threats on greynet applications were reported in the past year, with attacks over peer-to-peer networks increasing by 140 percent over 2005 and multi-channel attacks increasing from 18 percent in 2005 to 29 percent of all attacks in 2006. "The numbers alone don't tell the story," said Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Security Labs. "It is more important to understand that, although major network disruptions don't seem to result from malware attacks propagated via IM, the sophistication, complexity and stealthy behavior of these threats make them far more dangerous. "Despite myriad security technologies employed by enterprise IT managers to block malicious attacks, the user is often the biggest vulnerability, especially on the real-time, socially-networked Web" said Frank Cabri, vice president of marketing for FaceTime Communications. "In 2007, the biggest security risk for organizations is likely to be their own users, as employees install consumer-oriented greynet applications onto their workplace computer faster than the IT team can keep up with the corresponding controls."

Journal Journal: Slashdot is a lobbyist

Journal by mdsolar on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @03:14PM

I've come across this site http://www.grassrootsfreedom.com/ which hopes to stop the lobbying reform, which is part of the first 100 hours package the democrats are passing, from applying to normal political organizing. Basically, you'd have to report to the government if you asked people to contact their representatives. So, on issues like net neutrality, or GPL'd software or intelectual property slashdot might be considered a lobbyist. The Nat

Submission + - Google to Parner in Large Synoptic Telescope

Submitted by

Max Fomitchev

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:41PM

Max Fomitchev writes: "Google has struck a partnership with scientific community to build 8.4 meter synoptic survey telescope in Chile. Apparently Google will offer its search and storage prowess for processing of 30 terabytes of data that the telescope would acquire daily in exchange for public (searchable?) access to the acquired space image data."

Submission + - iPhone competitor ?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:40PM

An anonymous reader writes: OpenMoko seems like a much better alternative for the real geek... InformationWeek.
From TFA: "OpenMoko, a Taiwanese startup that develops mobile hardware and software, next month plans to start selling what it claims to be the first Linux smartphone based completely on open standards."
...and it looks damn good too.

Submission + - Evidence that MS violated 2002 judgement surfaces

Submitted by whoever57 on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:33PM

whoever57 writes: In the Comes Vs. Microsoft case, the plaintiffs believe they have found evidence that Microsoft has failed to fully disclose APIs to competitors. If true, this would mean that Microsoft has violated the 2002 judgement. Once again, Groklaw has the scoop. This information has become avaialble since the plaintiffs have obtained an order allowing them to disclose Microsoft's alleged mis-behavior to the DOJ ("appropriate enforcement and compliance authorities").

Submission + - Streaming Version of BitTorrent Announced

Submitted by on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:14PM

An anonymous reader writes: BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen announced in an interview that his company has developed a streaming version of BitTorrent. The streaming version of BitTorrent would make it possible to use peer-to-peer technology to stream high quality videos at low cost. More details about the project will be released around the middle of this year.

Submission + - RIAA and SWAT jointly raid DJ's studio

Submitted by NetDanzr on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @02:10PM

NetDanzr writes: Last night, SWAT, Atlanta police and the RIAA jointly raided the studio of DJ Drama, a radio personality and mixtape artist. Tyree Simons, also known as DJ Drama, was selling his mixtapes over the Internet, which caught the attention of the RIAA and the Atlanta police. Even though an RIAA representative claimed massive copyright infringement, footage from the raid shows that only DJ Drama's mixtape CDs were found and confiscated. Altogether, over 50,000 CDs, studio equipment and a car were impounded, and two people were arrested.

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