http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2010-03-12T07:50:17+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/g3S2XVRjCU8/Best-Pre-Paid-Data-Plan-For-a-Visit-To-Germany code prole writes "With two upcoming trips to Germany, and no readily available Internet (WiFi or otherwise) in the location where we'll be staying, I'm looking for a no-contract USB stick and pre-paid data plan. Vodafone has a huge selection of USB sticks but has proven to be unresponsive to questions about data plans. And the US-based T-Mobile Help Center was clueless about getting the device in Europe and using it there. Hopefully the Slashdot community has some suggestions. Any duds to avoid?"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F12%2F0256211%2FBest-Pre-Paid-Data-Plan-For-a-Visit-To-Germany" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Best+Pre-Paid+Data+Plan+For+a+Visit+To+Germany%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9uaGui" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/0256211/Best-Pre-Paid-Data-Plan-For-a-Visit-To-Germany?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1580138&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AVXa7LjyV5319i2uqCcCcw38M9k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AVXa7LjyV5319i2uqCcCcw38M9k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AVXa7LjyV5319i2uqCcCcw38M9k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/AVXa7LjyV5319i2uqCcCcw38M9k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/g3S2XVRjCU8" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-12T07:01:00+00:00 wireless funken-arund askslashdot 24 24,24,19,16,6,2,0 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/0256211/Best-Pre-Paid-Data-Plan-For-a-Visit-To-Germany?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wIKIwhkwgh0/Zeus-Botnet-Down-But-Not-Out harryjohnston writes "The Register points out that the takedown of a significant number of Zeus command-and-control servers, which we discussed earlier, was a short-lived victory, as about one-third of the affected servers were back on the net in less than 48 hours." Adds itwbennet: "Just hours after network connectivity to Troyak was severed the ISP peered with a new upstream Internet service provider named Ya. The next step will be to 'de-peer' Troyak from its new service provider, either an ISP named Nassist or its upstream provider, Hurricane Electric, said a researcher familiar with the matter. 'We have taken some of their territory, they are trying to out flank us,' the researcher said via IM. 'We are going to win this one &mdash; we have 'em boxed in.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F12%2F0210248%2FZeus-Botnet-Down-But-Not-Out" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Zeus+Botnet+Down+But+Not+Out%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fa9R8dc" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/0210248/Zeus-Botnet-Down-But-Not-Out?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1580108&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUGZg3kt-iK6pRbPWpbH7bzDYLw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUGZg3kt-iK6pRbPWpbH7bzDYLw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUGZg3kt-iK6pRbPWpbH7bzDYLw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QUGZg3kt-iK6pRbPWpbH7bzDYLw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/wIKIwhkwgh0" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-12T05:20:00+00:00 botnet like-the-energizer-bunny-in-more-ways-than-one it 34 34,30,17,10,7,4,2 http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/0210248/Zeus-Botnet-Down-But-Not-Out?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/SJVWVegWRmk/MetaLab-Accuses-Mozilla-of-Ripping-Off-UI-Elements-In-Mockups CWmike writes "Canadian interface design firm MetaLab has accused Mozilla of stealing user interface elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making. MetaLab leveled the charges on Tuesday when the 11-person firm's founder, Andrew Wilkinson, blogged about the similarities between his company's designs and those posted by Mozilla for FlightDeck, a Jetpack editor. 'What they did was pretty ridiculous,' Wilkinson said on Thursday. 'There's a difference between inspiration versus ripping something off,' he said. 'The measurements of the graphic elements [Mozilla took from us] were the exact same, the very same pixels. When someone takes your images from the server hosting them, that's crossing the line.' Mozilla apologized to MetaLab on Wednesday, saying in a blog post, 'While the design direction being implemented does not utilize these design elements, we inadvertently included the early mockups in our blog post and video announcing the next phase of development for the Jetpack SDK ... We sincerely apologize to MetaLab for incorporating design elements from their web site in our early mockups and for posting them publicly without proper attribution.'" Alexander Limi of the Firefox User Experience Team points out that MetaLab has accepted the apology, too &mdash; worth bearing in mind.<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F12%2F000226%2FMetaLab-Accuses-Mozilla-of-Ripping-Off-UI-Elements-In-Mockups" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=MetaLab+Accuses+Mozilla+of+Ripping+Off+UI+Elements+In+Mockups%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fb6WC5Q" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/000226/MetaLab-Accuses-Mozilla-of-Ripping-Off-UI-Elements-In-Mockups?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1580024&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nHaWjqVrVQiMaT78wNeFkC_L7Bg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nHaWjqVrVQiMaT78wNeFkC_L7Bg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nHaWjqVrVQiMaT78wNeFkC_L7Bg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nHaWjqVrVQiMaT78wNeFkC_L7Bg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/SJVWVegWRmk" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-12T02:08:00+00:00 canada classic-miscommunication news 101 101,99,79,64,29,16,3 http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/12/000226/MetaLab-Accuses-Mozilla-of-Ripping-Off-UI-Elements-In-Mockups?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4jDLmUsmrAg/William-Shatner-Takes-On-Social-Networking nut writes "Everybody's favourite actor, author and starship captain is bringing some new ideas to the world of social networking. Myouterspace.com is, in the Captain's own words, '...a Sci Fi Social Network for those with a passion for the arts.' Facebook and Myspace should be worried. Sign up now. Go on, you know you want to."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F2319249%2FWilliam-Shatner-Takes-On-Social-Networking" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=William+Shatner+Takes+On+Social+Networking%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaaZK7m" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2319249/William-Shatner-Takes-On-Social-Networking?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579996&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q7hi2zirgKjeQyxC7dRbG4mXX04/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q7hi2zirgKjeQyxC7dRbG4mXX04/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q7hi2zirgKjeQyxC7dRbG4mXX04/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q7hi2zirgKjeQyxC7dRbG4mXX04/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/4jDLmUsmrAg" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T23:22:00+00:00 social man-of-many-talents technology 202 202,200,148,121,42,28,18 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2319249/William-Shatner-Takes-On-Social-Networking?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Hh9L89bOSiU/Researchers-Beam-230Mbsec-Wireless-Internet-WIth-LEDs MikeChino writes "A group of scientists from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have devised a way to encode a visible-frequency wireless signal in light emitted by plain old desklamps and other light fixtures. The team was able to achieve a record-setting data download rate of 230 megabits per second, and they expect to be able to double that speed in the near future. While the regular radio-frequency Wi-Fi most of us use currently is perfectly fine, it does have its flaws &mdash; it has a limited bandwidth that confines it to a certain spectrum and if you've ever had someone leech off of your connection, you know that it also leaks through walls. LED wireless signals would theoretically have none of these downsides."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F228247%2FResearchers-Beam-230Mbsec-Wireless-Internet-WIth-LEDs" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Researchers+Beam+230Mb%2Fsec+Wireless+Internet+WIth+LEDs%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcLjeHQ" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/228247/Researchers-Beam-230Mbsec-Wireless-Internet-WIth-LEDs?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579924&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CFReAJ7vp-s9Cw3IwlUpu47UVZE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CFReAJ7vp-s9Cw3IwlUpu47UVZE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CFReAJ7vp-s9Cw3IwlUpu47UVZE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CFReAJ7vp-s9Cw3IwlUpu47UVZE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Hh9L89bOSiU" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T22:38:00+00:00 networking binded-by-the-light mobile 161 161,160,130,98,24,12,8 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/228247/Researchers-Beam-230Mbsec-Wireless-Internet-WIth-LEDs?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/APfbKLQDyus/SolarPHP-10-Released HvitRavn writes "SolarPHP 1.0 stable was released by Paul M. Jones today. SolarPHP is an application framework and library, and is a serious contender alongside Zend Framework, Symphony, and similar frameworks. SolarPHP has in the recent years been the cause of heated debate in the PHP community due to provocative benchmark results posted on Paul M. Jones' blog."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F2147212%2FSolarPHP-10-Released" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=SolarPHP+1.0+Released%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9m4pKS" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2147212/SolarPHP-10-Released?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579908&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NUXurEgipT9JD0sECDgS3bxk4vI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NUXurEgipT9JD0sECDgS3bxk4vI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NUXurEgipT9JD0sECDgS3bxk4vI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NUXurEgipT9JD0sECDgS3bxk4vI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/APfbKLQDyus" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T22:18:00+00:00 php something-new-under-the-sun developers 89 89,82,59,49,13,6,2 http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2147212/SolarPHP-10-Released?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dTZa8EzTB5E/Best-Smartphone-Plan-Covering-US-and-Canada j00bhaka writes "I am a US citizen attending university in Nova Scotia, Canada. I currently have the Verizon America and Canada plan (also known as the North American plan). My bill is currently around $80-$100 per month. I chose this for a couple reasons. One, I have had my number for about 7 years. Two, I do not permanently live in Canada. I live in Canada for 8 months out of the year at school, then travel home for the summer months. Either way, I would be dealing with international roaming without having both countries in my plan. Currently, I obviously don't have a smartphone. Through Verizon, I could purchase one, and add their international unlimited data plan on top of my (already) hefty phone bill. I have looked into Telus and Rogers here in Canada and cannot find anything better. As a student, my budget is obviously limited. Is there any way to reasonably have (and utilize) a smartphone while I am living in both countries? If so, what do you suggest I do?"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F213223%2FBest-Smartphone-Plan-Covering-US-and-Canada" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Best+Smartphone+Plan+Covering+US+and+Canada%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FafBFf2" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/213223/Best-Smartphone-Plan-Covering-US-and-Canada?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579870&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w_o77NYtCFipZijQrLLiXdsmFr0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w_o77NYtCFipZijQrLLiXdsmFr0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w_o77NYtCFipZijQrLLiXdsmFr0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/w_o77NYtCFipZijQrLLiXdsmFr0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/dTZa8EzTB5E" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T21:54:00+00:00 communications move-to-regular-scotia askslashdot 170 170,169,127,88,22,8,6 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/213223/Best-Smartphone-Plan-Covering-US-and-Canada?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tPeb9dd97Cw/Pennsylvania-CISO-Fired-Over-Talk-At-RSA-Conference An anonymous reader writes "Pennsylvania's chief information security officer Robert Maley has been fired for publicly talking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system. He apparently did not get the required approval for talking about the incident from appropriate authorities."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F2017223%2FPennsylvania-CISO-Fired-Over-Talk-At-RSA-Conference" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Pennsylvania+CISO+Fired+Over+Talk+At+RSA+Conference%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcyIr3d" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2017223/Pennsylvania-CISO-Fired-Over-Talk-At-RSA-Conference?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579824&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LcRABVp6GYYSKOb6sxh_QwnCC8w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LcRABVp6GYYSKOb6sxh_QwnCC8w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LcRABVp6GYYSKOb6sxh_QwnCC8w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LcRABVp6GYYSKOb6sxh_QwnCC8w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tPeb9dd97Cw" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T21:07:00+00:00 censorship perfecting-the-art-of-the-ham-fist yro 132 132,132,113,88,36,27,17 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2017223/Pennsylvania-CISO-Fired-Over-Talk-At-RSA-Conference?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/eq2D7nhEYM0/Half-Male-Half-Female-Fowl-Explain-Birds-Sex-Determination Kanan excerpts from a BBC report out of Scotland: "A study of sexually scrambled chickens suggests that sex in birds is determined in a radically different way from that in mammals. Researchers studied three chickens that appeared to be literally half-male and half-female, and found that nearly every cell in their bodies &mdash; from wattle to toe &mdash; has an inherent sex identity. This cell-by-cell sex orientation contrasts sharply with the situation in mammals, in which organism-wide sex identity is established through hormones." Kanan also supplies this link to some pictures of the mixed-cell birds.<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F2041221%2FHalf-Male-Half-Female-Fowl-Explain-Birds-Sex-Determination" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Half-Male%2C+Half-Female+Fowl+Explain+Birds'+Sex+Determination%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FatjDG8" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2041221/Half-Male-Half-Female-Fowl-Explain-Birds-Sex-Determination?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579850&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rv7G080rOISc29NK3Ki6XOkvXCo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rv7G080rOISc29NK3Ki6XOkvXCo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rv7G080rOISc29NK3Ki6XOkvXCo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rv7G080rOISc29NK3Ki6XOkvXCo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/eq2D7nhEYM0" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T20:48:00+00:00 science fish-nor-fowl-except-fowl science 100 100,97,77,58,19,8,7 http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/2041221/Half-Male-Half-Female-Fowl-Explain-Birds-Sex-Determination?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ohYjmTXYTbo/T-Mobiles-First-HSPA-Modem-Goes-On-Sale-Sunday adeelarshad82 writes "T-Mobile announced that the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ device for the US, will be available beginning on Sunday, March 14. The device was originally announced at MWC in February. HSPA+ is interesting because it could enable 4G LTE-like speeds using existing 3G infrastructure and according to a hands-on, it smokes Wi-Max. Right now, it's still just for Philadelphia, although we should see several major cities light up with HSPA+ on both coasts well before the end of 2010."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F193209%2FT-Mobiles-First-HSPA-Modem-Goes-On-Sale-Sunday" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=T-Mobile's+First+HSPA%2B+Modem+Goes+On+Sale+Sunday%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FbXWq8v" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/193209/T-Mobiles-First-HSPA-Modem-Goes-On-Sale-Sunday?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579722&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/blhSznD2ED3SzePQgPYk8TnRiaU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/blhSznD2ED3SzePQgPYk8TnRiaU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/blhSznD2ED3SzePQgPYk8TnRiaU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/blhSznD2ED3SzePQgPYk8TnRiaU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ohYjmTXYTbo" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T20:24:00+00:00 wireless danke-sehr mobile 69 69,68,45,30,8,4,1 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/193209/T-Mobiles-First-HSPA-Modem-Goes-On-Sale-Sunday?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NmjM9Hj8n7w/EMI-Cannot-Unbundle-Pink-Floyd-Songs smooth wombat writes "Before the advent of iTunes and MP3s, EMI and Pink Floyd entered into a contract which stated that EMI could not unbundle individual songs from their original album settings. This was insisted upon by the members of Pink Floyd, who wanted to retain artistic control of their works, which they considered 'seamless' pieces of music. However, with the advent of digital downloads, EMI has been selling individual songs through its online store. Pink Floyd sued, claiming EMI was violating the contract, whereas EMI said the contract only applied to physical albums, not Internet sales. Judge Andrew Morritt backed the band, saying the contract protected 'the artistic integrity of the albums.' Judge Morritt also ruled EMI is 'not entitled to exploit recordings by online distribution or by any other means other than the complete original album without Pink Floyd's consent.'"<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F1846211%2FEMI-Cannot-Unbundle-Pink-Floyd-Songs" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=EMI+Cannot+Unbundle+Pink+Floyd+Songs%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaE13EA" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1846211/EMI-Cannot-Unbundle-Pink-Floyd-Songs?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579706&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6kyr5EDc6vtHRwJwVOOO2rIFtI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6kyr5EDc6vtHRwJwVOOO2rIFtI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6kyr5EDc6vtHRwJwVOOO2rIFtI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/J6kyr5EDc6vtHRwJwVOOO2rIFtI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/NmjM9Hj8n7w" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T19:40:00+00:00 music but-this-is-on-the-internet yro 529 529,525,448,361,64,39,31 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1846211/EMI-Cannot-Unbundle-Pink-Floyd-Songs?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Gz10T06KKiA/Bill-To-Ban-All-Salt-In-Restaurant-Cooking lord_rotorooter writes "Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, introduced a bill that would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them. The measure (if passed) would ban the use of all forms of salt in the preparation and cooking of food for all restaurants or bakeries. While the use of too much salt can contribute to health problems, the complete banning of salt would have negative impacts on food chemistry. Not only does salt enhance flavor, it controls bacteria, slows yeast activity and strengthens dough by tightening gluten. Salt also inhibits the growth of microbes that spoil cheese."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitics.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F1917218%2FBill-To-Ban-All-Salt-In-Restaurant-Cooking" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Bill+To+Ban+All+Salt+In+Restaurant+Cooking%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9GW4v8" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1917218/Bill-To-Ban-All-Salt-In-Restaurant-Cooking?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579742&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PudHW-KK6d7XeDv2ZNcYH_YXCRw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PudHW-KK6d7XeDv2ZNcYH_YXCRw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PudHW-KK6d7XeDv2ZNcYH_YXCRw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PudHW-KK6d7XeDv2ZNcYH_YXCRw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Gz10T06KKiA" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2010-03-11T19:22:00+00:00 government too-stupid-to-live-as-long-as-possible politics 673 673,665,532,400,96,63,45 http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1917218/Bill-To-Ban-All-Salt-In-Restaurant-Cooking?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YhdKQg2LREk/The-10-Most-Absurd-Scientific-Papers Lanxon writes "It's true: 'Effects of cocaine on honeybee dance behavior,' 'Fellatio by fruit bats prolongs copulation time,' and 'Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?' are all genuine scientific research papers, and all were genuinely published in journals or similar publications. Wired's presentation of a collection of the most bizarrely-named research papers contains seven other gems, including one about naval fluff and another published in The Journal of Sex Research."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F1429231%2FThe-10-Most-Absurd-Scientific-Papers" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+10+Most+Absurd+Scientific+Papers%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9Ge4Az" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1429231/The-10-Most-Absurd-Scientific-Papers?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579398&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Fz4-gaiGvKasnzL3uQXI0CX74AI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Fz4-gaiGvKasnzL3uQXI0CX74AI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Fz4-gaiGvKasnzL3uQXI0CX74AI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Fz4-gaiGvKasnzL3uQXI0CX74AI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/YhdKQg2LREk" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2010-03-11T19:14:00+00:00 idle burning-potential-of-fire science 118 118,113,96,71,25,8,7 http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1429231/The-10-Most-Absurd-Scientific-Papers?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Ta7lmDXYoEY/Multitasking-In-For-iPhone-40 The latest word on the iPhone is that the 4.0 OS will finally have honest-to-goodness multitasking. This could hopefully lead to things like a real chat client, and dangerous battery consumption. I still hope it's true.<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F1749244%2FMultitasking-In-For-iPhone-40" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Multitasking+In+For+iPhone+4.0%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fdm3g26" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1749244/Multitasking-In-For-iPhone-40?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579654&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cEdq6DhYDnxMd-8BxbXEBLV8wVo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cEdq6DhYDnxMd-8BxbXEBLV8wVo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cEdq6DhYDnxMd-8BxbXEBLV8wVo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cEdq6DhYDnxMd-8BxbXEBLV8wVo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Ta7lmDXYoEY" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2010-03-11T18:57:00+00:00 iphone could-it-be apple 284 284,278,220,167,33,16,9 http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/1749244/Multitasking-In-For-iPhone-40?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5f9cZniOrd0/IE-6-amp-7-Unpatched-Exploit-Goes-Wild Kolargol00 writes "Heise online reports the availability of an exploit (Google translation) for the yet-unpatched MSA-981374 affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It has already been spotted in the wild by McAfee and integrated into the Metasploit Framework."<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F03%2F11%2F170225%2FIE-6-amp-7-Unpatched-Exploit-Goes-Wild" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=IE+6+%26amp%3B+7+Unpatched+Exploit+Goes+Wild%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FaweCsh" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/170225/IE-6-amp-7-Unpatched-Exploit-Goes-Wild?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=1579604&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wJbefJcU7mIG3Cu_I9RQ12JcJoU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wJbefJcU7mIG3Cu_I9RQ12JcJoU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wJbefJcU7mIG3Cu_I9RQ12JcJoU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wJbefJcU7mIG3Cu_I9RQ12JcJoU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/5f9cZniOrd0" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2010-03-11T18:19:00+00:00 msie brace-for-impact technology 132 132,131,104,84,23,14,10 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/03/11/170225/IE-6-amp-7-Unpatched-Exploit-Goes-Wild?from=rss Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl