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Comments: 79 +-   IPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering on Monday September 14, @10:10AM

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 14, @10:10AM
from the but-i-how-will-i-torrent-from-a-corn-field dept.
wireless
jole writes "The newest iPhone 3.1 update intentionally removed tethering functionality from all phones operating in networks that are not Apple partners. This is not limited to hacked or jailbroken phones, but also includes expensive "officially supported" factory unlocked phones. To make the problem worse Apple has made it impossible to downgrade back to working 3.0 version for iPhone 3GS phones."
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Comments: 38 +-   Captured Comet Becomes Moon of Jupiter on Monday September 14, @09:33AM

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 14, @09:33AM
from the don't-leave-me-moon-buddy dept.
space
An anonymous reader writes 'Jupiter's gravity captured a comet in the mid-20th century, holding it in orbit as a temporary moon for 12 years. The comet, named 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu, is the fifth body known to have been pulled by Jupiter from its orbit around the Sun. The discovery adds to our understanding of how Jupiter interferes with objects from the 'Hilda group', which are asteroids and comets with orbits related to Jupiter's orbit.'
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Comments: 47 +-   Dinosaur Auction In Las Vegas on Monday September 14, @08:52AM

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 14, @08:52AM
from the seven-thousand-years-old dept.
money
Xerfas writes "If you ever dreamed of owning your own dinosaur, here's your chance. Possibly the most impressive natural history auction ever is set to take place Oct. 3 at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas. Here you can find everything from the T.rex, Duck-billed dinosaur and a Mammoth skeleton."
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Comments: 152 +-   After 8 Years of Work, Be-Alike Haiku Releases Official Alpha on Monday September 14, @08:08AM

Posted by timothy on Monday September 14, @08:08AM
from the time-for-some-wikipedia-edit-action dept.
be
NiteMair writes "The Haiku project has finally released an official R1 alpha, after 8 years of development. This marks a significant milestone for the project, and it also debuts the first official/publicly available LiveCD ISO image that can be easily booted and used to install Haiku on x86 hardware. Haiku is a desktop operating system inspired by BeOS after Be, Inc. closed its doors in 2001. The project has remained true to the BeOS philosophy while integrating modern hardware support and features along the way." Eugenia adds this link to an article describing the history of the OS, along a review of the alpha version."
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Comments: 95 +-   Darwin's Voyage Done Over, Live on Monday September 14, @05:12AM

Posted by timothy on Monday September 14, @05:12AM
from the it-was-live-the-first-time-too dept.
science
thrill12 writes "Almost 178 years ago, Charles Darwin set sail in the HMS Beagle, to do the now famous explorations that formed the basis for Darwin's On The Origin Of Species. Now, a group of British and Dutch scientists, journalists and artists set sail again to redo the voyage of the Beagle. This time, they are taking modern equipment with them and they have live connections through Twitter, Youtube, Facebook and Flickr. As they re-explore, and (re)discover, we can join that 8-month-long trip, live over the internet."
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Comments: 138 +-   Japan's Cell Phones May Get DRM, At Music Industry Behest on Monday September 14, @01:59AM

Posted by timothy on Monday September 14, @01:59AM
from the pleae-don't-say-anonymous-coward dept.
cellphones
An anonymous reader writes "The Japanese Music Industry is currently in talks with Japanese cell phone providers to introduce a new anti-piracy system in all cell phones in Japan. This new system would make DRM software mandatory in all cell phones; this would connect to a DRM server on the Internet whenever the cell phone user would try to play a song. The song would only play if the response of the server would be positive. Otherwise no song would be played. The system raises several questions and concerns that the Financial Times article did not address. These include ripped legally bought music and music that has been released under a CC license or similar. Who would pay for the costs of the DRM checks, and what would happen if no connection could be established?"
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Comments: 36 +-   New Standard For EU-Compliant Electronic Signatures on Monday September 14, @01:08AM

Posted by timothy on Monday September 14, @01:08AM
from the ja-das-war-ich dept.
security
An anonymous reader writes "ETSI has published a multi-part standard that will facilitate secure paperless business transactions throughout Europe, in conformance with European legislation. The standard defines a series of profiles for PAdES — Advanced Electronic Signatures for PDF documents — that meet the requirements of the European Directive on a Community framework for electronic signatures (Directive 1999/93/EC)."
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Comments: 175 +-   Variety, Social Aspects More Important To Game Success Than Graphics, Plot on Sunday September 13, @10:55PM

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 13, @10:55PM
from the world-of-tweetcraft dept.
graphics
proslack writes "In a study presented at the Human-Computer Interaction conference in Cambridge, England, British researchers Beale and Bond found that plot and graphics are not critical to the success of video games; price and the inclusion of social aspects (e.g. multiplayer or chat) were found to be more important." An unfinished version of the paper (PDF) is available from the researchers' web site. They said, "One of the most unexpected findings was that gameplay was not featured as one of the most important categories to fulfill," though they acknowledge that variety and cohesion were measured separately from gameplay, which past studies have not done.
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Comments: 323 +-   New York Times Site Pop-Up Says Your Computer Is Infected on Sunday September 13, @07:59PM

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 13, @07:59PM
from the if-you're-reading-this-you-have-a-virus dept.
security
Zott writes "Apparently, 'some readers' of the New York Times site are getting a bit more with their news: an apparently syndicated adware popup with a faux virus scan of the user's computer indicating they are infected, and a link to go download a fix now. It's entertaining when a Mac user gets it, but clearly downloading an .exe file isn't a good way to keep your computer clean ..." Update: 09/14 03:20 GMT by T : Troy encountered this malware, "and did basic forensics. Summary: iframe ad then series of HTML/JS redirects, ending at a fake virus scanner page with a "Scan" link (made to look like a dialog box button) that downloaded malware." Nice explanation!
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Comments: 213 +-   Is City-Wide Wi-Fi a Dead Idea? on Sunday September 13, @06:50PM

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 13, @06:50PM
from the sledgehammer-ready dept.
government
An anonymous reader writes "Remember all those projects to cover cities with Wi-Fi? The BBC wants to know what happened to them. When it comes to underground wireless data access, there are obvious issues regarding implementing a wireless infrastructure in underground stations and tunnels, but above ground the BBC suggests that it may be other advancements, such as Wimax, that have made Wi-Fi a less attractive solution. PCMag, on the other hand, suggests that public Wi-Fi isn't dead at all and will make a comeback due to the increasing popularity of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones. So, will city-wide Wi-Fi make a real comeback, or have other technologies, such as Wimax or 4G, killed the concept for good?"
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