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Comment Great! (Score 1) 785

by AThoughtLeader on Thursday October 16, 2008 @01:45AM (#25395207) Attached to: Every Email In UK To Be Monitored

Finally, the UK government has lent its support to the open access movement by throwing open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It now encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. I hope other governments follow suit.

Every Email In UK To Be Monitored 785

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 16, 2008 @12:08AM from the what-are-you-writing dept.

ericcantona writes "The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent, websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says this is a 'necessity.'"

Submission + - Google Negotiating with Justice Department

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mikesd81

on Tuesday October 14, 2008 @11:58PM

mikesd81 writes: "Cnet reports that to avoid being sued by the U.S. Justice Department, Google is negotiating with them. The Justice Department and a multistate task force are still reviewing the proposal to decide whether to oppose the partnership. Under the non-exclusive partnership Google would supply Yahoo with some search ads, a move that could increase Yahoo search revenue but that also gives Google even more power in the market. Yahoo expects the 10-year deal to raise revenue by $800 million in its first year and to provide an extra $250 million to $450 million in incremental operating cash flow. Google's share of the U.S. search market reached 71 percent in August, compared with Yahoo's 18.26, according to Hitwise's most recent numbers."

Submission + - 6 Languages You Wish the Boss Let You Use 1

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Esther Schindler

on Monday October 13, 2008 @06:40PM

Esther Schindler writes: "Several weeks ago, Lynn Greiner's article on the state of the scripting universe was slashdotted. Several people raised their eyebrows at the (to them) obvious omissions, since the article only covered PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and JavaScript. As I wrote at the time, Lynn chose those languages because hers was a follow-up to an article from three years back.

However, it was a fair point. While CIO has covered several in depth, those five dynamic languages are not the only ones developers use. In 6 Scripting Languages Your Developers Wish You'd Let Them Use, CIO looks at several (including Groovy, Scala, Lua, F#, Clojure and Boo) which deserve more attention for business software development, even if your shop is dedicated to Java or .NET. Each language gets a formal definition and then a quote or two from a developer who explains why it inspires passion."

Adobe Flash Ads Launching Clipboard Hijack Attacks 353

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @09:54PM from the poisoning-the-ad-pool dept.

bullyBEEF writes "Malicious hackers are using booby-trapped Flash banner ads to hijack clipboards for use in rogue security software attacks. In the Web attacks, which affect Mac, Windows, and Linux users running Firefox, IE, and Safari, bad guys are seizing control of the machine's clipboard (probably using the Flash command setClipboard) and inserting a hard-to-delete URL that points to a fake anti-virus program. A number of legitimate sites have been seen to host ads carrying the attack — including Newsweek, Digg, and MSNBC.com. Researcher Aviv Raff offers a harmless demo of how it's done."

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