http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2015, DHI Group Inc. All Rights Reserved. Slashdot is a DHI service 2015-08-10T01:38:09+00:00 Dice help@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ http://search.slashdot.org/story/15/08/10/0126243/cortana-can-now-replace-google-now-on-android-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed The Verge reports that Microsoft's Cortana can now be used (at least for beta testers) as a drop-in replacement for the Google Now assistant on Android devices; that means users can select launching Cortana as their default on-board assistant, and launch it by holding down the device's home key. However, notes the article, "The update version still doesn't include "Hey Cortana" support, largely because of hardware limitations that prevent Cortana from always listening for the command. "<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Cortana+Can+Now+Replace+Google+Now+On+Android+Devices%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1UxUpw6"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F10%2F0126243%2Fcortana-can-now-replace-google-now-on-android-devices%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://search.slashdot.org/story/15/08/10/0126243/cortana-can-now-replace-google-now-on-android-devices?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://search.slashdot.org/story/15/08/10/0126243/cortana-can-now-replace-google-now-on-android-devices?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7817701&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-10T01:00:00+00:00 android heterodox-approach search 0,0,0,0,0,0,0 http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2319254/mit-researchers-develop-real-steel-robot-with-human-like-reflexes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed MojoKid writes: MIT researchers have developed HERMES, an advanced robot that is capable of manipulating objects and environments in nearly the same way as humans do. But this isn't just a project design of a robot only mimicking the actions of its human controller; it can also learn and make precise movements that weren't possible with prior robots. The HERMES robot is controlled by a human operator who wears a remote controller exoskeleton. Movements carried out by the human operator are directly transferred to the humanoid robot with human-like reflexes and haptic feedback in return to the human. This means that HERMES can successfully perform actions such as picking up objects, delicately pouring coffee into a cup and even punching through walls should the need arise. HERMES was developed to help out in emergency situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for human responders.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=MIT+Researchers+Develop+'Real+Steel'+Robot+With+Human-Like+Reflexes%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1DAPNBi"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F2319254%2Fmit-researchers-develop-real-steel-robot-with-human-like-reflexes%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2319254/mit-researchers-develop-real-steel-robot-with-human-like-reflexes?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2319254/mit-researchers-develop-real-steel-robot-with-human-like-reflexes?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7817527&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T23:29:00+00:00 robot Sounds-totally-safe hardware 16 16,16,11,11,1,0,0 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2115208/cuba-uses-big-data-to-help-tourism-but-their-networks-lack-capacity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed dkatana writes: The Cuban government is very active in reshaping the country's industry, not only focusing on leisure and cultural tourism. The biggest challenge, however, is the quality of Internet connections. Cuba's global ranking for Internet speed is 196 out of 200, averaging 1.6 Mbps, just ahead of Guinea, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, and Niger. Another thing that Cuba lacks: free movement of currency, as reader lpress points out: Cuba has two paper currencies &mdash; the Peso and the Convertible Peso or CUC. CUCs are worth about $1 and Pesos, which are used for government salaries, are worth about $.04. But, what about Bitcoin? The first Cuban Bitcoin transaction is history. Will Bitcoin be used by Cubans and Americans to sell goods and services without the knowledge of their governments? Cuban offshore developers might be the first to use Bitcoin.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Cuba+Uses+Big+Data+To+Help+Tourism%2C+But+Their+Networks+Lack+Capacity%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1HA4CPu"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F2115208%2Fcuba-uses-big-data-to-help-tourism-but-their-networks-lack-capacity%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2115208/cuba-uses-big-data-to-help-tourism-but-their-networks-lack-capacity?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2115208/cuba-uses-big-data-to-help-tourism-but-their-networks-lack-capacity?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7817367&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T22:31:00+00:00 internet not-much-room-on-there technology 22 22,19,10,10,4,1,0 http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2110209/pixels-dmca-takedown-even-worse-than-we-thought?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed ForgedArtificer writes: So we all know about the Pixels takedown on Vimeo, and that it was pretty bad in a lot of ways. But did you know that they took down the short film that inspired the movie? Turns out, the 2010 Pixels, which was taken off Vimeo due to copyright notice, was responsible for inspiring the entire Adam Sandler flick. Unlike Sandler's film, it's critically-acclaimed and has won awards. Talk about kicking someone when they're already down. First Patrick Jean gets to watch them violate his work and now they're claiming that his work violates theirs.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=%22Pixels%22+DMCA+Takedown+Even+Worse+Than+We+Thought%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1MWxw4k"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F2110209%2Fpixels-dmca-takedown-even-worse-than-we-thought%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2110209/pixels-dmca-takedown-even-worse-than-we-thought?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/2110209/pixels-dmca-takedown-even-worse-than-we-thought?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7817355&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T21:32:00+00:00 movies let-god-sort-'em-out entertainment 102 102,97,63,53,17,7,4 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1825242/windows-10-from-a-linux-users-perspective?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Phoronox features today a review of Windows 10 that's a little different from most you might read, because it's specifically from the point of view of an admin who uses both Windows and Linux daily, rather than concentrating only on the UI of Windows qua Windows. Reviewer Eric Griffith finds some annoyances (giant start menu even when edited to contain fewer items, complicated process if you want a truly clean install), but also some good things, like improved responsiveness (" feels much more responsive than even my Gnome and KDE installations under Fedora") and an appropriately straightforward implementation of virtual workspaces. Overall? Windows 10 is largely an evolutionary upgrade over Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, rather than a revolutionary one. Honestly I think the only reason it will be declared as 'so good' is because Windows 8/8.1 were so bad. Sure, Microsoft has made some good changes under the surface-- the animations feel crisper, its relatively light on resources, battery life is good. There is nothing -wrong- with Windows 10 aside from the Privacy Policy. If you're on Windows Vista, or Windows 8/8.1, then sure, upgrade. The system is refreshing to use, it's perfectly fine and definitely an upgrade. If you're on Windows 7 though? I'm not so sure. ... Overall, there's really nothing to see here. It's not terrible, it's not even 'bad, it's just... okay. A quiet little upgrade.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Windows+10%2C+From+a+Linux+User's+Perspective%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1gV9SIy"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F1825242%2Fwindows-10-from-a-linux-users-perspective%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1825242/windows-10-from-a-linux-users-perspective?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1825242/windows-10-from-a-linux-users-perspective?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7817071&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T20:34:00+00:00 windows nice-to-wave-to-the-new-guy technology 119 119,116,63,53,17,9,5 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1753222/ask-slashdot-how-to-safely-use-older-android-phones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader writes: Like many people reading this site, I have several older phones around as well as my newest, fanciest one; I have a minimal service plan on one of these (my next-to-most-recent), and no service plan (only WI-Fi, as available) on the others. Most of them have some reason or other that I like them, so even without service I've kept them around to act as micro-tablets. Some have a better in-built camera than my current phone, despite being older; some are nice on occasion for being small and pocketable; I like to use one as a GPS in the car without dedicating my phone to that purpose; I can let my young relatives use an older one as a camera, etc. Besides, some people have only one phone at all, and can't reasonably afford a new one -- and that probably means a phone that's not cutting edge. So: in light of the several recent Android vulnerabilities that have come to light, and no reason to think they're the last of these, what's a smart way to use older Android phones? Is CyanoGen Mod any less vulnerable? Should I be worried that old personally identifying information from online transactions is still hanging around somewhere in the phone's recesses? I don't want to toss still-useful hardware, but I know I won't be getting any OS upgrades to 3-year-old phones. How do you use older phones that are not going to get OTA updates to address every security issue?<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+How+To+Safely+Use+Older+Android+Phones%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1KZu9Ju"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F1753222%2Fask-slashdot-how-to-safely-use-older-android-phones%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://ask.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1753222/ask-slashdot-how-to-safely-use-older-android-phones?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1753222/ask-slashdot-how-to-safely-use-older-android-phones?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816983&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T19:38:00+00:00 cellphones nest-of-vipers-jump-right-in askslashdot 75 75,72,49,36,15,3,3 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/182214/windows-10-rsat-windows-server-2016-technical-preview-3-coming-this-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed We've heard a lot lately about the release and reception of Windows 10; however, the Windows family includes more than just the most-seen desktop OS. Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft's Gabe Aul has revealed that the company plans to release a new technical preview of Windows Server 2016 later this month. Responding to questions on Twitter, the company's Corporate Vice President and face of the Windows Insider program also said that Windows 10 RSAT [Remote Server Administration Tools] will be launched in August. Unlike the preview builds of Windows 10, previews of the latest edition of Windows Server have been slower to creep out of Redmond. Sysadmins will be keen to get their hands on the latest builds to see just what direction Microsoft is taking with its server software after the decision to delay the launch. We don't know anything about what the third technical preview of Windows Server 2016 might include, but it is likely to be little more than a collection of bug fixes and tweaks. It's a little late in the game to expect any major changes to be made.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Windows+10+RSAT%2C+Windows+Server+2016+Technical+Preview+3+Coming+This+Month%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1NjUjEe"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F182214%2Fwindows-10-rsat-windows-server-2016-technical-preview-3-coming-this-month%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/182214/windows-10-rsat-windows-server-2016-technical-preview-3-coming-this-month?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/182214/windows-10-rsat-windows-server-2016-technical-preview-3-coming-this-month?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816995&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T18:41:00+00:00 windows gold-plated-executive-edition technology 18 18,18,12,11,2,1,0 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1741235/finnish-police-if-you-see-uber-car-call-911?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed emakinen writes: The police in Helsinki, Finland has announced in a tweet that if you see someone driving Uber car, you should call 911 (or actually, 112 in Finland). In an article in the local newspaper they have explained that there is an ongoing investigation to find out whether or not Uber is legal in Finland and they want to interrogate Uber drivers. Normally you should have a permit to drive a taxi in Finland.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Finnish+Police%3A+If+You+See+Uber+Car%2C+Call+911%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1IvRDCi"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F1741235%2Ffinnish-police-if-you-see-uber-car-call-911%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1741235/finnish-police-if-you-see-uber-car-call-911?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1741235/finnish-police-if-you-see-uber-car-call-911?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816965&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T17:46:00+00:00 crime consenting-adults-vs-the-state yro 199 199,197,118,95,35,12,6 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1646234/tech-firm-ubiquiti-suffers-46m-cyberheist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader writes: Brian Krebs reports that Ubiquiti Networks, known for their wireless networking hardware, has lost $46.7 million to a scam in which thieves were able to impersonate employees and initiate fraudulent wire transfers. Ubiquiti was able to recover only $8.1 million of the amounts transferred, and an additional $6.8 million is subject to legal injunction. Krebs explains, "Known variously as 'CEO fraud,' and the 'business email compromise,' the swindle that hit Ubiquiti is a sophisticated and increasingly common one targeting businesses working with foreign suppliers and/or businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments. ... CEO fraud usually begins with the thieves either phishing an executive and gaining access to that individual&rsquo;s inbox, or emailing employees from a look-alike domain name that is one or two letters off from the target company&rsquo;s true domain name." The theft was disclosed in Ubiquiti's quarterly financial report.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Tech+Firm+Ubiquiti+Suffers+%2446M+Cyberheist%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1N1cq3P"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F1646234%2Ftech-firm-ubiquiti-suffers-46m-cyberheist%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1646234/tech-firm-ubiquiti-suffers-46m-cyberheist?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1646234/tech-firm-ubiquiti-suffers-46m-cyberheist?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816837&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> Soulskill 2015-08-09T16:48:00+00:00 crime why-you-should-always-read-your-TPS-reports yro 46 46,43,30,21,8,5,2 http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/145234/a-fermilab-first-detecting-oscillating-neutrinos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An announcement at last week's American Physical Society's Division of Particles and Fields conference revealed that Fermilab's NOvA experiment has for the first time observed oscillating neutrinos, which have long been predicted but -- as a case even more special than observing neutrinos in general, not an easy task -- never before detected. The research team fired trillions of of muon neutrinos from an accelerator at the Fermilab, outside Chicago. The neutrinos travel 500 miles through Earth's crust to a detector at Ash River, Minnesota. There, scientists were able to filter through millions of cosmic ray strikes and hone in on neutrino interactions. The arriving neutrinos featured some electron neutrinos, suggesting they had oscillated along their path through Earth. "Basically, it shows that we know what we're doing," said Patricia Vahle, associate professor of physics at the College of William &amp; Mary.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=A+Fermilab+First%3A+Detecting+Oscillating+Neutrinos+%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1KZ4oZE"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F145234%2Fa-fermilab-first-detecting-oscillating-neutrinos%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/145234/a-fermilab-first-detecting-oscillating-neutrinos?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/145234/a-fermilab-first-detecting-oscillating-neutrinos?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816493&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T15:18:00+00:00 science this-time-they-got-caught science 35 35,34,17,8,3,2,0 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/139219/tesla-suffering-cash-flow-issues-every-model-s-means-a-4000-loss?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader writes: The latest reports from Tesla show a trend of missing positive cash flow targets. Despite previous guidance to the contrary, Tesla is losing more than $4000 per car in operating margin and no sign of near term improvement as they are now reducing their production targets at a time when they are also experiencing pricing pressure. A scan of articles published today on this news reveals a common opinion that Tesla will need to raise more capital soon. A small slice of the Reuters report linked: Tesla has signaled capital spending will drop next year because the company won't be spending on a major vehicle launch. In 2017, Tesla plans to launch its Model 3 line, which the company says will start at about $35,000 and push total sales toward the goal of 500,000 vehicles a year by 2020. Barclays analyst Brian Johnson disagreed with the company's estimates, and said he expects Tesla's capital spending will go up in 2016 and 2017 as the company ramps up its battery factory and Model 3 development. "Their small scale means the cash generation is not as great as they might have hoped for," he said.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Tesla+Suffering+Cash+Flow+Issues%3B+Every+Model+S+Means+a+%244%2C000+Loss%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1MVDkem"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F139219%2Ftesla-suffering-cash-flow-issues-every-model-s-means-a-4000-loss%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/139219/tesla-suffering-cash-flow-issues-every-model-s-means-a-4000-loss?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/139219/tesla-suffering-cash-flow-issues-every-model-s-means-a-4000-loss?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816379&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T14:19:00+00:00 transportation finance-may-be-boring-but-money-is-not technology 159 159,156,104,86,28,16,6 http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1247211/linux-servers-entropy-pool-too-shallow-compromising-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed The BBC reports that Black Hat presenters Bruce Potter and Sasha Woods described at this year's Black Hat Briefings a security flaw in Linux servers: too few events are feeding the entropy pool from which random numbers are drawn, which leaves the systems "more susceptible to well-known attacks." Unfortunately, [Potter] said, the entropy of the data streams on Linux servers was often very low because the machines were not generating enough raw information for them. Also, he said, server security software did little to check whether a data stream had high or low entropy. These pools often ran dry leaving encryption systems struggling to get good seeds for their random number generators, said Mr Potter. This might meant they were easier to guess and more susceptible to a brute force attack because seeds for new numbers were generated far less regularly than was recommended. Update: 08/10 01:05 GMT by T : Please note that Sasha Woods' name was mis-reported as Sasha Moore; that's now been changed in the text above.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Linux+Servers'+Entropy+Pool+Too+Shallow%2C+Compromising+Security%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1TgHWKT"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F1247211%2Flinux-servers-entropy-pool-too-shallow-compromising-security%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1247211/linux-servers-entropy-pool-too-shallow-compromising-security?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/1247211/linux-servers-entropy-pool-too-shallow-compromising-security?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7816323&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> timothy 2015-08-09T13:24:00+00:00 encryption you-can-borrow-our-spam-file it 78 78,76,50,34,16,11,4 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0415227/anti-piracy-firm-sends-out-wave-of-takedown-notices-for-using-the-word-pixels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader writes: Columbia Pictures recently released a movie called Pixels to widespread ambivalence. As part of the movie industry's standard intellectual property defense strategy, it hired anti-piracy firm Entura International to try to police infringing downloads. The firm went at the task with vigor, hitting Vimeo with DMCA takedown notices for anything with the word "Pixels" in it. As you might expect, this disrupted a number of independent filmmakers and organizations who did nothing wrong, and in most cases picked a name for their video long before the new movie came out. Even worse, it's incumbent upon the owners of the targeted videos to prove that their content does not infringe upon Columbia's. Even if they get it restored, simply being targeted counts against them in Vimeo's eyes. And of course, Entura is unwilling to help.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Anti-Piracy+Firm+Sends+Out+Wave+of+Takedown+Notices+For+Using+the+Word+'Pixels'%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1IvfodC"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F0415227%2Fanti-piracy-firm-sends-out-wave-of-takedown-notices-for-using-the-word-pixels%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0415227/anti-piracy-firm-sends-out-wave-of-takedown-notices-for-using-the-word-pixels?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0415227/anti-piracy-firm-sends-out-wave-of-takedown-notices-for-using-the-word-pixels?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7815335&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> Soulskill 2015-08-09T12:24:00+00:00 piracy pixels-pixels-pixels-pixels yro 198 198,196,125,98,42,23,14 http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0358205/the-internet-of-compromised-things?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed An anonymous reader writes: Jeff Atwood has a post about a security threat that's becoming more prevalent every day: spreading malware through a compromised router. "Router malware is the ultimate man-in-the-middle attack. For all meaningful traffic sent through a compromised router that isn't HTTPS encrypted, it is 100% game over." He links to a thorough technical analysis of how even HTTPS encrypted traffic can be subverted. Atwood provides a list of suggestions for keeping your router safe that probably won't be any surprise to people reading this site, and he further recommends only browsing on an unknown router if encryption is available. What I'm curious about are the long-term implications &mdash; is there a way forward to re-establish trust in our router infrastructure? What can the open source community do to speed this along?<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Internet+of+Compromised+Things%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1MdyNlU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F0358205%2Fthe-internet-of-compromised-things%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0358205/the-internet-of-compromised-things?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0358205/the-internet-of-compromised-things?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7815277&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> Soulskill 2015-08-09T09:25:00+00:00 security points-of-failure it 51 51,48,38,27,12,7,1 http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0215223/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-august-12-13?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed The Perseids have been active in our skies for a couple of weeks already, but the peak of the meteor shower is coming up in just a few days. Overnight at the end of August 12th and the beginning of August 13th, observers in clear and dark conditions can expect to see up to 100 meteors per hour. The meteor shower should be particularly good this year because it occurs just a day before the new moon, so the sky should be even darker than usual. Forbes has an article on how astronomers figured out where such meteor showers were coming from: In 1833, the regular Leonid meteor shower became spectacular, with 1000 meteors per hour creating a meteor storm. For the next 32 years, the Leonids were normal and quiet again, but in 1866, another storm appeared. John Couch Adams, the British astronomer who failed to find Neptune, correctly surmised where meteor showers came from, a picture that's been spectacularly confirmed for all known meteor showers, including this week's coming Perseids!<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Perseid+Meteor+Shower+Peaks+August+12-13%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1NiQU8s"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F15%2F08%2F09%2F0215223%2Fperseid-meteor-shower-peaks-august-12-13%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0215223/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-august-12-13?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/15/08/09/0215223/perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-august-12-13?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=7815149&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe> Soulskill 2015-08-09T06:20:00+00:00 space set-your-eyes-to-long-exposure science 17 17,11,1,1,0,0,0 Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl