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Submission + - Microsoft battles Vista perception issue (apcmag.com)

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LambAndMint
LambAndMint writes: "In what can only be described as an act of utter desperation to overcome Vista's mostly negative public perception issues, Microsoft has put together an online "Fact or Fiction" quiz about Windows Vista. Every person who submits themselves to Microsoft indoctrination gets a free shirt and the chance to win a $15,000 prize. Some of the supposed "fact" will make you feel dirty and ready to get a job as a computer salesman for a mass-market retailer as you go through the quiz."

Comment Original AusCERT (Score 5, Informative) 323

by didiken (#19849151) Attached to: Dangerous Java Flaw Threatens 'Virtually Everything'
It looks like AusCERT has published on their page about this:

Quoted from
AL-2007.0071 -- [Win][Linux][Solaris] -- Sun Java Runtime Environment vulnerability allows remote compromise

      1. Impact

      A buffer overflow vulnerability in the image parsing code in the Java
      Runtime Environment may allow an untrusted applet or application to
      elevate its privileges. For example, an applet may grant itself
      permissions to read and write local files or execute local
      applications that are accessible to the user running the untrusted
      applet.

      A second vulnerability may allow an untrusted applet or application to
      cause the Java Virtual Machine to hang.

      Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Chris Evans of the Google Security
      Team, for bringing these issues to our attention.

      These issues are also referenced in the following documents:

      CVE-2007-2788 at
      http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE- 2007-2788

      CVE-2007-2789 at
      http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE- 2007-2789
Robotics

Submission + - Fish-like sensors for underwater robots

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Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Today, both submarine and surface ships use sonar for navigation. But sonar and other vision systems face various limitations. So why not imitating fish? For millions of years, fish have relied on 'a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line' to avoid predators or to find preys. So engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have decided to build an artificial lateral line for submarines and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The first tests have been successful, and we can now envision a day where AUVs could detect and track moving underwater targets or avoid collisions with moving or stationary objects. Read more for additional details and a picture showing a future model of autonomous underwater robot using a artificial lateral line."

Feed Dupont Seeds Ethanol Growth (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote SUVs most popular. In Autopia.


The Courts

MS Dirty Tricks Archive Trickles Back Online 83

Posted by kdawson from the light-of-day dept.
networkBoy writes with word that The Register is following up its story about the Microsoft dirty tricks archive going offline. It appears that several individuals have the pieces to the puzzle and are looking for hosting resources. From the latter article: "The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to trickle back into view. A week ago the site was placed under password protection, Microsoft withdrew its own account of events, and so-called internet 'archive' archive.org apparently also pulled its mirror."
Google

Google Apps Premier Edition Launches 261

Posted by kdawson from the en-garde-Office dept.
prostoalex writes "Google Apps is adding a premium offering: a custom 10-GB Gmail box, Google Calendar, GTalk instant messenger, Writely, Google Pages, Google Custom home page iGoogle and Google SpreadSheets for $50 a year per employee. The NYTimes provides some details on competitive pricing: 'By comparison, businesses pay on average about $225 a person annually for Office and Exchange,... in addition to the costs of in-house management, customer support and hardware, according to the market research firm Gartner.' Boston.com quotes an analyst for Nucleus Research on Google's ease-of-use: '"What we see in the Google Apps is a real focus on making them easy to use and intuitive," she said. "And that's something that Microsoft has been unable to do in all of its years with Office."' But the same analyst is bearish on Google Apps' shortcomings relative to the mature Microsoft desktop products: 'Right now Google's going to give companies a better ability to negotiate with Microsoft.'"
Music

Submission + - Puretracks music store drops DRM

Submitted by
khendron
khendron writes: "The Canadian online music store Puretracks (a store I have generally avoided because of their Microsoft specific solutions) has announced that it will immediately start selling part of its catalog as DRM-free mp3 files. The site's unprotected catalog, which includes artists such as The Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan, will initially feature only 50,000 of its 1.3 million tracks, but will grow weekly.

More also from the Globe and Mail. If this endeavour is successful, maybe we will see the larger music labels jumping on board."
Science

Colossal Squid Landed Intact In Antarctica 85

Posted by kdawson from the bigger-than-giant dept.
zakkie writes "New Zealand fisherman have caught a massive 450-kg colossal squid in Antarctic waters. This is by far the biggest yet found, measuring over 10 meters in length and weighing 450 kg. It has been taken back to New Zealand for study." The NZ government's announcement page features a downloadable backgrounder on the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) and a 1.1-MB popup portrait of the animal in the fishing boat's hold.
Announcements

Fran Allen Wins Turing Award 79

Posted by kdawson from the one-small-step-for-a-woman dept.
shoemortgage writes "The Association for Computing Machinery has named Frances E. Allen the recipient of the 2006 A.M. Turing Award for contributions that fundamentally improved the performance of computer programs in solving problems, and accelerated the use of high performance computing. Allen,74, is the first woman to receive the Turing Award in the 41 years of its history. She retired from IBM in 2002."
United States

Submission + - Are we stuck with CYA homeland security?

Submitted by
netbuzz
netbuzz writes: "Security expert Bruce Schneier suggests this morning that "there might not be a solution" to our post-9/11 penchant for making domestic anti-terrorism decisions based on the basic human desire to cover one's backside. He might be right. But shouldn't we at least try to figure out a better way? For example, wouldn't "Commonsense Homeland Security" be a winning political banner, not a risky one? Aren't we sick and tired of taking our shoes off at the airport?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1174 6"
The Courts

Apple, Cisco Settle iPhone Trademark Lawsuit 111

Posted by kdawson from the you-phone-we-all-phone dept.
A number of readers let us know that Cisco and Apple have settled the lawsuit over the use of the iPhone name for Apple's new multimedia phone. The agreement allows Apple and Cisco both to use the iPhone brand on their own products. Also, the companies said they would explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, consumer and business communications. Apple still faces a suit over the name in Canada and one over its touch-screen technology in the UK.

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