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Submission + - Secunia drops public listing of vulnerabilities

Submitted by CheckeredShirt
CheckeredShirt writes: Vulnerability aggregator Secunia just announced on a forum post that they will no longer provide public access to advisories newer than 9 months.

According to Secunia they, "frequently encounter organizations engaged in wrongful use of Secunia Advisories," and that VIM customers, "have full access to all advisories." While Secunia is under no obligation to provide their aggregated vulnerabilities they've been doing it for over 10 years. The information they provide is primarily from public sources. Is this another attempt to make more money from public information?
Businesses

In AU, Dodgy Dell Deal Faces Consumer Backlash 173

Posted by kdawson from the you-advertised-it-now-honor-it dept.
Ben Seberry writes "It appears Dell has been caught red-faced by yet another pricing mistake on their Australian website. Many customers thought they had spotted a fantastic deal when they came across a 55%-off offer. Dell later denied that this was a valid special and telephoned customers to offer them a choice of the standard price, or a cancelled order. Dell's senior manager of corporate communication came out and apologized for the mistake, promising processes would be reviewed to prevent it from happening again. In the days after the original 'incorrectly priced' offer was fixed, Dell made a different error leading to an even cheaper price being advertised. This time, on many user forums and blogs, users are debating Australian contract law as it applies to this matter — it is not as clear-cut as many originally believed."

Comment Re:William Sleator (Score 1) 1419

by CheckeredShirt (#24116359) Attached to: Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens?
I absolutely agree with this recommendation. Interstellar Pig was a book that was read to my 4th grade class. I picked up House of Stairs on my own after that. They are both excellent for the pre-teen group.

I also highly recommend Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet (and the rest of that series). The target for this book is young but it discusses something so adult as folding space. To this day I remember the analogy for folding space in the book.

I think that Foundation and Ender's Game are probably too much for a young adult even though they are fantastic books.
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Submission + - Scientists claim 'major leap' in engine design

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Purdue researchers say they have made a major advance in the design of the internal combustion engine, one that could seriously boost fuel efficiency and cut emmissions. A key portion involves building intake and exhaust valves that are no longer driven by mechanisms connected to the pistons, a departure from the way car engines have worked since they were commercialized more than a century ago.
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Sprint Nextel vs. 41 schools and non-profits

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netbuzz
netbuzz writes: "A case of corporate bullying, or good network citizenship? ... Sprint Nextel has let loose its lawyers on the FCC and 41 non-profits, most of them school systems, in an effort to get the FCC to stop granting these organizations special dispensation when they fail to renew their wireless spectrum licenses granted as part of the Educational Broadband Service. The school systems argue that they don't have the staff to keep on top of the paperwork and shouldn't be punished — some generate revenue by leasing unused portions of the spectrum to carriers such as Sprint Nextel — for such bureaucratic lapses. That may sound a lot like "the dog ate my homework" to some, and Sprint Nextel makes a fairly compelling case that a greater good would be served if the FCC would stop enabling such tardiness.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1491 4"
Wireless Networking

Submission + - The future of wireless broadband?

Submitted by
Adroit Ape
Adroit Ape writes: "The FCC is scheduled to begin auctioning the radio spectrum salvaged from analog television by February 28, 2008. Public interest groups are calling for auction rules that give new entrants a fair shot at the spectrum, which includes 60Mhz in the 700Mhz band. Are we likely to see groundbreaking innovation in wireless broadband? Who do you foresee to be the major players in the auction and subsequent technologies?"

Feed Scientists Develop New Tool To 'Freeze' Crime Scene Memories (sciencedaily.com)

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Scientists have developed a powerful new tool that 'freezes' the memory of crime scenes in the minds of witnesses. The tool - a self-administered interview applied by witnesses at crime scenes - combats natural memory decay by using the latest research in cognitive psychology techniques. It 'freezes' images and details of crime scenes and perpetrators in the minds of witnesses, particularly small and seemingly insignificant details that provide major leads for detectives that turn out to be crucial in solving cases.

Feed Lawmakers Starting To Question Online Gambling Laws (techdirt.com)

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Is the tide turning in the war over online gambling? A few recent developments suggest that efforts at stamping out the activity (which was always an impossible goal) may be losing steam. Last year, the state of Washington passed a rather draconian bill that made it a felony to gamble online; in fact, the it even went after people who merely discussed online gambling on their websites. It looks like lawmakers realized that they went overboard, and have now reversed that law, essentially making it legal again to gamble online for recreational purposes. That, in itself, doesn't make it much easier for people to gamble however, since there's still the federal law which has made getting money into an online casino a real pain. The good news there is that a bill has been introduced in congress to repeal the ban. According to the bill's sponsor, Representative Barney Frank, there's significant support for the new law, though it obviously has a difficult road ahead, since it will need approval from the Senate (where rules make it very easy to stall legislation) and a signature from the President. Still, it's very rare for the government to repeal bad laws, so just the fact that movement is happening in this direction is a good sign.

Feed Hitachi sues LG over plasma patent infringement, tries to halt US sales (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Just when Hitachi had us all believing that it was planning on reaching new heights in the plasma market thanks to a ginormous PDP set and a thirsty overseas crowd, now we're seeing the fallback plan. Of course, we can't really suggest that Hitachi's latest lawsuit on LG's (surprise, surprise) plasma displays have anything to do with the firm's dreary numbers, but it has nevertheless filed a lawsuit in the ill famed "district court in Texas" (read: patent troll heaven) saying that "the South Korean company infringed its plasma display-related patents." The suit seeks the obligatory "monetary compensation for damages," but more interesting is the tidbit that requests a "permanent injunction prohibiting LG's plasma display panel product sales in the United States." According to a Hitachi spokesperson, the two outfits had "been in talks regarding the appropriate licenses for these seven patents," but apparently, neither side is backing down anytime soon.

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Submission + - Copyright vs Exclusive License

Submitted by
cdanzig
cdanzig writes: "My company recently hired a development house to do some contract work for us. They did great work, but they are claiming that they now own the copyright on the code and are issuing us a permanent and exclusive license. My bosses are concerned that this will hamper our ability to make changes to the code or prevent us form being able to claim the software as a company asset. What is expected protocol between a client and a development house? What is the long-term difference between owning a copyright and owning an exclusive license? If we paid for the development of the code is it fair for us to demand ownership?

-cdanzig"
Nintendo

Journal Journal: Support Shigeru Miyamoto on Time magazine's poll!

Journal by minus_273

Time is ranking the 100 most influential people in the world. Shigeru Miyamoto creator of mario and zelda is currently number 3, behind people we geeks could care less about. Support Miyamoto! by voting 100. Do you really want the king of Thailand, Bono or some Korean singer called Rain to get more votes? At the bottom you can see the Slashdot effect in full effect in real time
Politics

NY Governor to Target Violent Video Games 306

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the answer-to-all-the-worlds-evil-obviously dept.
NoMoreGuns writes to tell us that Governor Eliot Spitzer is planning to target violent movies and video games in a new bill. "Spitzer said he wants to restrict access to these videos and games by children, similar to motion picture regulations which prohibit youths under 17 from being admitted to R-rated movies without a parent or adult guardian. Under Spitzer's proposal, retailers who sell violent or degrading videos or video games to children contrary to the rating would be sanctioned."

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