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Submission + - Slashdot Gets Acquired as Part of $20 Million Deal (geek.net) 1

Submitted by wiredmikey
wiredmikey writes: Dice Holdings (Owner of Job sites including Dice.com) reported this morning that it has acquired Geeknet's online media business, including Slashdot and SourceForge.

"We are very pleased to find a new home for our media business, providing a platform for the sites and our media teams to thrive," said Ken Langone, Chairman of Geeknet. "With this transaction completed, we will now focus our full attention on growing ThinkGeek."

Dice Holdings acquired the business for $20 million in cash. In 2011, the online media properties generated $20 million in Revenues.
Google

Submission + - Google Bans Online Anonymity While Patenting It

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: 'It's important to use your common name,' Google explains in its Google+ ground rules, 'so that the people you want to connect with can find you.' Using a 'secondary online identity,' the search giant adds, is a big Google+ no-no. 'There are lots of places where you can be anonymous online,' Betanews' Joe Wilcox notes. 'Google+ isn't one of them.' Got it. But if online anonymity is so evil, then what's the deal with Google's newly-awarded patent for Social Computing Personas for Protecting Identity in Online Social Interactions? 'When users reveal their identities on the internet,' Google explained to the USPTO in its patent application, 'it leaves them more vulnerable to stalking, identity theft and harassment.' So what's Google's solution? Providing anonymity to social networking users via an 'alter ego' and/or 'anonymous identity.' So does Google now believe that there's a genuine 'risk of disclosing a user's real identity'? Or is this just a case of Google's left hand not knowing what its right hand is patenting?
Android

Submission + - Monitor mode on android (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: We are a group of three researches, and in the last few weeks, we have been working on WiFi monitor mode for android devices, based on broadcom BCM4329 and BCM4330 chipsets.
Currently we have a successful PoC for Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S 2.

We've released all the info in our new blog:
http://bcmon.blogspot.com/

Have fun! :-)

Submission + - TSA Bodyscanner Fail Video - Now with Surveillance Camera Footage! (wordpress.com)

Submitted by McGruber
McGruber writes: Jonathan Corbett, the subject of the earlier Slashdot Story "The Ineffectiveness of TSA Body Scanners" (http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/03/07/0329255/the-ineffectiveness-of-tsa-body-scanners), has an update for us.

His video showing him wandering through a nude body scanner with undetected objects is now complete with the feeds from TSA's security cameras at the checkpoint.

Good work Jonathan and thank you TSA for your timely response to his Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request!
Science

Submission + - There Is a Link between Genius and Insanity (medicaldaily.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Genius and insanity may actually go together, according to scientists who found that mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are often found in highly creative and intelligent people.

The link is being investigated by a group of scientists who had all suffered some form of mental disorder.
The Media

Submission + - Fox News Ties 'Flame' Malware to Angry Birds (foxnews.com)

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: The title of this hard-hitting piece of journalism reads 'Powerful ‘Flame’ cyberweapon tied to popular Angry Birds game' and opens with 'The most sophisticated and powerful cyberweapon uncovered to date was written in the LUA computer language, cyber security experts tell Fox News — the same one used to make the incredibly popular Angry Birds game.' The rest of the details that are actually pertinent to the story follow that important message. The graphic for this story? Perhaps a map of Iran or the LUA logo or maybe the stereotyped evil hacker in a ski mask? Nope, all Angry Birds. Describing LUA as "Gamer Code," Fox for some reason (popularity?) selects Angry Birds from an insanely long list in their article implying guilt-by-shared-development-language. I'm not sure if explaining machine language to them would alleviate the perceived problem or cause them to burn their desktops in the streets and launch a new crusade to protect the children.
Windows

Submission + - Windows 8. More EULA. Less Rights. (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by sl4shd0rk
sl4shd0rk writes: Microsoft has adopted a brand new licensing scheme for Windows 8 which effectively removes your right to file a class-action lawsuit against them should you feel the need. "many of our new user agreements will require that, if we can’t informally resolve the dispute, the customer bring the claim in small claims court or arbitration, but not as part of a class action lawsuit." Class-action lawsuits are intended to help individuals stand up to corporate law-breaking but this new EULA model simply nullifies that course of action for the consumer.
Google

Submission + - Cost of Pre-Screening all youTube content: US$37 Billion (techdirt.com)

Submitted by
Fluffeh
Fluffeh writes: "The folks that push "Anti-Piracy" and "Copying is Stealing" seem to often request that Google pre-screens content going up on YouTube and of course expect Google to cover the costs. No-one ever really asks the question how much it would cost, but some nicely laid out math by a curious mind points to a pretty hefty figure indeed. Starting with who to employ, their salary expectations and how many people it would take to cover the 72 hours of content uploaded every minute, the numbers start to get pretty large, pretty quickly. US$37 billion a year. Now compare that to Google's revenue for last year."

Comment Tamrac Expedition 8x (Score 1) 282

by 1gkn1ght (#37095680) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Laptop + DSLR Backpacks

I'm a big fan of my Tamrac Expedition 8x. Feels good on, holds my camera, flash, 150-500mm, 6 lenses, with room to spare. Holds a tripod on the outside, and has the M.A.S. and S.A.S. system too so you can add external attachments. I also have a little pack for my camera and lenses from them that fit the M.A.S. system too.

Downsides I have found with it, the camera equipment is against your back, not the laptop like in most packs, no room (without loosing room for camera equipment) for laptop accessories, and I have found it does not fit in all overhead compartments with the laptop in it.

It does however fit my 17" laptop and Xoom in the same pocket without issues.
Android

Submission + - Galaxy Tab 10.1 judged "no match for iPad" (foxnews.com)

Submitted by tripleevenfall
tripleevenfall writes: Clayton Morris reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and finds it lacking, especially at the $400 price point, saying "I can't in good conscience tell you to go out and spend $400 on this half-baked experience when the fully baked iPad experience can be had for just a few dollars more."
Space

Submission + - SpaceX sues Valador for Defamation (tumblr.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Looks like aerospace consulting firm Valador tried to bite of more than it can chew. After already having bagged lucrative 'safety review' contracts with SpaceX' competitors, it tried to sell its services to SpaceX as well. However, according to SpaceX' claims in a recent court filing, Valador tried to juice up their sales pitch by first spreading rumors at key NASA offices that SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is 'unsafe', and then generously offering its services to SpaceX to aid them with adressing any undeserved bias against them among NASA officials. In true California fashion (being the most litigious state of the nation), SpaceX is having none of that and is taking Valador to court for defamation, seeking damages identical to the value of the consulting contract Valador tried to sell to them.
Security

Submission + - After 7 years, MyDoom worm is still spreading (sophos.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at Sophos have revealed that the MyDoom worm, which spread via email and launched denial-of-service attacks against websites belonging to SCO and Microsoft, is still spreading on the internet after more than 7 years in existence.

The firm suggests tongue-in-cheek, that it would be nice if computer users updated their anti-virus software /at least/ once every 5 years to combat the malware threat.
IBM

Submission + - IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: As IBM gives itself a self-congratulatory pat on the back as it celebrates its 100th anniversary, Robert X. Cringely wants to set the record straight: 'IBM didn't invent the personal computer', writes Cringely, 'but they don't know that.' Claiming to have done so, he adds, soils the legacy of Ed Roberts and pisses off all real geeks in the process. Throwing Big Blue a bone, Cringely is willing to give IBM credit for 'having helped automate the Third Reich'.

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