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Latest Slashdot News:• SETI Is 50 Years Old; No Sign of ET EagleHasLanded writes "The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is 50 years old next month and still no sign of intelligent alien life. Paul Davies of the Beyond Center (also Chairman of the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup ) says it's time to re-think and expand the search for ET." • Filter Vendor Agrees Aussie Censorship Can't Work As Promised Acidspew writes "The Australian Government's plan to filter the Internet has caused furore and has been met with vehement objection. Many people have put their opinions forward regarding this matter but this time around M86 Security — the vendor that provided many ISPs equipment during the initial filter trials — has finally weighed in on the discussion. Six of the nine ISP participants in the URL-based Internet filter trial last year used M86's R3000 filtering kit. According to ARN: 'Internet filtering won't prevent people deliberately looking for inappropriate material from accessing blocked content according to security vendor M86 Security.' The company continues by saying its filter gear was designed to be implemented into schools and enterprise businesses not for an entire country. The article also touches on M86's views on censorship." • Microsoft Employees Love Their iPhones portscan writes "There is an entertaining and telling article in the Wall Street Journal about iPhone use by Microsoft employees. Apparently despite it being frowned upon by senior management iPhone use is rampant among the Redmond rank and file. The head of Microsoft's mobile division tried to explain it away as employees wanting 'to better understand the competition' although few believe this. Nowhere does the article mention attempts by the company to understand why the iPhone is more attractive to much of Microsoft's tech-savvy workforce than the company's own products." • Obama Backs MPAA RIAA and ACTA boarder8925 writes "In a move sure to surprise no one Obama has come out on the side of the MPAA/RIAA and has backed the ACTA: 'We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property' Obama said in his speech 'Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people [...] It is essential to our prosperity and it will only become more so in this century. But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can't just steal that idea and duplicate it with cheaper inputs and labor.'" • What Aspects of Open Source Projects Do You Avoid? paulproteus writes "I'm a Debian developer and a part-time contributor to a few smaller projects. I do a lot of free software-y and open source-y things. Sometimes though I don't do them. I figure some other Slashdotters might have similar hang-ups — we contribute to a project but there are parts that we really dread thinking about. So I wrote a post about having these hang-ups and I made a place on the web to share how others can help your project. What are the parts that in your projects you would be relieved if someone else looked at for you?" • How To Make Your Own iPhone RFID Reader andylim writes "It's been rumoured for some time now that Apple will include RFID technology in a future iPhone. An RFID-packing iPhone could interact with various objects including opening doors and it could even be used in shops to register items at the checkout. Beating Apple to the RFID punch last year a company called Wireless Dynamics announced an iPhone RFID accessory called the iCarte but if you'd rather make your own reader then a research assistant at University College London has managed to build his own RFID iPhone accessory." • Classmates.com Settles Lawsuit Over Phony Friends Hugh Pickens writes "Techflash reports that Classmates.com has agreed to pay up to $9.5 million to its users to settle a lawsuit that accused the social network of sending deceptive emails that made people believe their old friends from high school were reaching out to connect — only to discover after paying for a membership that their long-lost buddies were nowhere to be found. Lawyers for the plaintiffs asserted that Classmates had 'profited tremendously from their false or deceptive e-mail subject lines and related marketing tactics.' Under terms of the proposed settlement Classmates.com members who upgraded to premium memberships after receiving one of the 'guestbook' emails will be able to choose either a $3 cash payout or a $2 credit toward the future purchase or renewal of a Classmates.com membership. Classmates.com is also among companies that have come under scrutiny for their use of 'post-transaction marketing' tactics — in which customers are given additional offers as part of the online payment process sometimes in such a way that they aren't aware they're also signing up to pay more. A November 2009 US Senate Committee report said Classmates made more than $70 million through its relationship with post-transaction marketing firms. The Classmates Media unit posted $58.8 million in operating profit for 2009 up more than 24 percent from the previous year making Classmates 'the most profitable social network in the world' according to CEO Mark Goldston." • How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. "The cards Sony has placed on the table this week suggest one answer to that question. It sees PlayStation Move as being an upgrade path for Wii owners — an invitation to the tens of millions of consumers who have invested in Nintendo's platform to swim upstream to the more powerful HD-enabled system. Yet even Sony's most optimistic view of the market will be tempered by a dose of realism here. ... What's more likely — and what Sony are probably quietly hoping to achieve a significant proportion of the Move's success through — is that the technology will expand the appeal of the PS3 in the family setting." The Digital Foundry blog has an in-depth look at the PlayStation Move from Sony's event at the Game Developers Conference saying "... if there was one positive you could take away from the event it was that Move is clearly a far more precise implementation than the Wiimote. Some of the games felt clearly more 'tactile' than the Wii equivalents." • Venezuela's Chavez To Limit Internet Freedom terets1 writes "Reuters reports that Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez issued a call on Saturday for 'internet controls' to prevent rumors and inaccurate reporting from spreading. He specifically cited a case in which a website incorrectly reported that a senior minister had been assassinated and kept the story up for two days. Many of Venezuela's opposition movements use social networking sites to communicate. It is not apparent at this time exactly what kind of controls Chavez has in mind or whether those controls will be similar to the controls in Iran that have been used to silence opposition movements. Chavez said 'The Internet cannot be something open where anything is said and done. Every country has to apply its own rules and norms.'" • Google Makes Apps Script Available To All theodp writes "Formerly only available to Apps Users Google has made Apps Script available to everyone (sample script) including you Google Docs low-lifers. Apps Script lets you automate actions across spreadsheets sites calendars and other Google services. No spamming kids!" Philly Business:• People in the News The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Cos. Philadelphia has named Michael A. Rashid president and chief executive officer. Rashid had been executive vice president. >> read more or comment • On the Boards Neil A. Stein has been named to the board of the Homebuilders Association of Bucks and Montgomery Counties a trade association. He was also reappointed chairman of its Political Action Committee. Stein is a principal in the land use zoning and development group of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein P.C. Blue Bell. >> read more or comment • Property managers' duties shift in tight times In better times - that is to say when companies were clamoring for office space rather than looking to jettison it - property management didn't have to amount to much. >> read more or comment • Harry Gross: Looks like that $995 is gone Dear Harry: In early fall I received an advertising letter from a company offering me a guarantee to get a grant for home repairs. However I would have to send them $995 for the detailed information under a money-back guarantee that I would get the gran >> read more or comment • Insider Transactions Securities trades recently reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission by officers directors and principal shareholders of corporations based or having sizable employment in the Philadelphia area. Titles are as reported to the SEC. >> read more or comment • Business Calendar Treasury Auctions3-month and 6-month bills Mar. 15; 4-week bills Mar. 16; 1-year bills Apr. 6; 2-year notes Mar. 23; 5-year notes Mar. 24; 3-year notes Apr. 6; 7-year notes Mar. 25; 10-year TIPS Apr. 5; 5-year TIPS Apr. 26. >> read more or comment • Bankruptcies PennsylvaniaStone Specialties & Landscape Management Firm Inc. 1804 Stout Dr. Warminster; Chapter 11; no schedules available.John P. Klinck doing business as Bucks County School of Bartending doing business as Kelly Gardens Art and Denise Mitchell also know as Denise Klinck 2310 Rittenhouse Sq. Bensalem; Chapter 13; no schedules available. >> read more or comment • Christie to take a giant step TRENTON - Three months into his term Gov. Christie is ready to jump off the cliff. For weeks he has referred to the scene in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in which the bank-robber heroes running for their lives leap off a cliff to escape certain death. >> read more or comment • Burlco Bridge Commission has deep ties to county GOP As he assumed control of the obscure but powerful Burlington County Bridge Commission three years ago chairman John Comegno oversaw the launch of a public-relations campaign designed to burnish a badly tarnished image. >> read more or comment • Gas Drilling Going Deep So far in 2010 natural gas exploration companies have broken ground on three Marcellus Shale wells in Pennsylvania every day triple the pace of a year ago. >> read more or comment • Monica Yant Kinney: Sidestepping to move up I don't know about you but I need a break from workplace malaise grim jobs reports bankruptcies and buyouts. So today I offer a charming bit of counterprogramming. Consider it a reminder that even in economic Armageddon some people do get where they want - especially if they're willing to take a detour along the way. >> read more or comment • Comcast founder celebrates 90th birthday The Fralinger String Band played and the guy from cable TV's Cake Boss Buddy Valastro was there with a vanilla-and-fudge cake in the shape of the Comcast Center. >> read more or comment • Incoming Drexel president has ambitious plans Two months before former Drexel University president Constantine Papadakis died he met with John A. Fry president of Franklin and Marshall College to discuss starting a Drexel medical school campus near Lancaster General Hospital where Fry is on the board. >> read more or comment • PhillyDeals: Senator leads effort to get banks out of investment biz It's two years since Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.'s failure exposed the rot in the financial system crashed the economy and fed demands that our leaders stop this from ever happening again. >> read more or comment • Pa. insurance chief is shaping Obama's message Just because Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario went to a Christmas party at President Obama's house in Washington . . . >> read more or comment • Disquiet in Google's online library Google has been busy.The Internet giant has been copying and storing millions of the world's out-of-print and out-of-copyright books in a vast online archive. It could all be just a mouse click away from your computer screen if the effort known as the Google Books Library Project survives a legal challenge. >> read more or comment • Consumer 10.0: From one health insurer's perspective If you're a health insurer nowadays chances are you feel cast as Snidely Whiplash. Just ask the folks at Philadelphia's Independence Blue Cross. >> read more or comment • Really longtime residents A garage's condition divulges a lot about those who live in the house that goes with it. A garage with no dust on the floor; where pairs of garden shoes are perfectly lined up on a shelf; where each tool has a well-thought-out place - that kind of garage belongs to people whose sense of order and decorum is encoded in their DNA. >> read more or comment • Top Dollar >> read more or comment • Web Wealth: Spring is just about here. Is an economical vegetable garden in your immediate future? Gardening can save money and be good for your health. But beware of those $64 tomatoes. >> read more or comment Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce:• Leading Indicator Suggests a Gradual Economic Recovery in Greater Philadelphia The Greater Philadelphia economy is likely to begin a gradual recovery from the current US recession during the first or second quarters of this year according to Select Greater Philadelphia’s and IHS Global Insight’s Leading Indicator for the Greate... >> read more or comment • Chamber Supports Interstate 80 Tolling Statement by Rob Wonderling President & CEO Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce As the Keystone State Pennsylvania played a critical role in our nation’s war for independence because of our politics and our geography. For modern transportat... >> read more or comment • Candidates for Governor of Pennsylvania Share Their Plans for the Commonwealth The six candidates for Governor of Pennsylvania discussed their plans for the Commonwealth at a forum hosted on Thursday evening by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Through a discussion moderated by 6abc Action News Anchor Jim Gardner t... >> read more or comment • Chamber Responds to Mayor Nutter’s Budget Proposal Statement by Rob Wonderling President & CEO Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce recognizes that the City of Philadelphia much like our own households and businesses must take painful steps to ba... >> read more or comment • CEO Council for Growth Supports Expansion of International Flights and Services Stephen S. Aichele representing the CEO Council for Growth the governing Board of Select Greater Philadelphia and an affiliate of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce testified at City Council today on international airline service at Phila... >> read more or comment • NBC’s David Gregory Addresses Business Community at Chamber’s Economic Outlook Breakfast NBC’s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory was in town Tuesday to speak to a few hundred business people at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Economic Outlook Breakfast. Recently named one of the top five most used reporter... >> read more or comment • Mayor Nutter Outlines Strategy for Building a Future Together at GPCC Annual Mayoral Luncheon The Honorable Michael A. Nutter outlined his Administration’s strategy for job creation and attracting and retaining business investment at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Mayoral Luncheon yesterday in the Grand Ballroom of the ... >> read more or comment • Higher Education Enhances our Region’s Wealth Literally and Figuratively In an effort to find alternative ways to raise revenue some local municipalities and governments have proposed placing taxes on institutions of higher education. However business leaders and their counterparts in higher education recognize that mak... >> read more or comment • Chamber President & CEO Rob Wonderling Cites Need for a More Competitive PA Tax Climate as the Key to Business Growth and Job Creation Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Rob Wonderling participated in a press announcement today organized by the Pennsylvania Business Council to encourage the public and private sector to work together to address the challenge... >> read more or comment • Chamber Supports Dredging the Main Channel of Delaware River After last week’s decision by U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson to allow Delaware River dredging to start without state permits Rob Wonderling Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO and Chairman CEO Council for Growth rel... >> read more or comment • GPCC Contributes to Haitian Relief In response to the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and in support of the Greater Philadelphia Haitian community the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has made a donation to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross a... >> read more or comment • GPCC Contributes to Haitian Relief In response to the earthquakes that devastated Haiti and in support of the Greater Philadelphia Haitian community the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has made a donation to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross a... >> read more or comment Philadelphia Tech News:• TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Claim Some Late Gains In Mixed Session (Fox News) TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Claim Some Late Gains In Mixed Session read more >> • TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Slumber Through Weak Trading (Fox News) TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Slumber Through Weak Trading read more >> • Sunday's Time Schedule (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Times EDT TOP 25 BASKETBALL Men No. 2 Kentucky vs. Mississippi State in SEC championship at Bridgestone Arena Nashville Tenn. 1 p.m. No. 4 Duke vs. Georgia Tech in ACC championship at Greensboro Coliseum 1 p.m. No. 5 Ohio State vs. Minnesota in Big Ten championship at Conseco Fieldhouse 3:30 p.m. No. 17 Temple vs. Richmond in Atlantic 10 championship at Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City N.J ... read more >> • Tech show buzz: Location (USA Today) What's likely to be the hottest tech trend at this weekend's trendy South by Southwest Interactive in Austin? Location location location. read more >> • Springfield boys see lead disappear fall to Dobbins (Delaware County Daily Times) PHILADELPHIA — With Springfield firmly grasping a 10-point lead Marquell Tate’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer before halftime simply appeared to be nothing more than a consolation prize for Dobbins Tech. read more >> • Boyfriend: LaRose never hinted at Muslim leanings (Main Line Suburban Life) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The self-dubbed “Jihad Jane” who thought her blond all-American profile would help mask her plan to kill a Swedish cartoonist is a rare case of a U.S. woman inciting foreign terrorism and shows the latest evolution of the global threat authorities say. read more >> • Big East Conference (USA Today) Big East Conference-Around the Big East read more >> • America's Youngest CEOs (Forbes) What does it take to be 35 or under and run a publicly traded company? These young guns seem to know all the answers. read more >> • NCAA Men's Division II Basketball (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Regional First Round Friday March 12 West Region At Bellingham Wash. BYU-Hawaii 76 Seattle Pacific 72 CS San Bernardino 75 Humboldt State 66 Cal Poly Pomona 71 Dixie State 62 Western Washington 84 Central Washington 70 Saturday March 13 Central Region At Mankato. Minn. Augustana S.D. 87 New Mexico Highlands 73 Mesa State 73 Winona State 68 Minnesota State Mankato 84 Colorado Mines 80 ... read more >> • TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Take Tentative Steps Forward (Fox News) TECH STOCKS: Tech Stocks Take Tentative Steps Forward read more >> << Next Page >> |
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