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Latest Slashdot News:• MIT Unveils Robotic Manipulator Filled With Coffee Grounds An anonymous reader writes "MIT researchers have developed a highly articulated robotic manipulator based on soft materials that can harden to reposition the device. The technique is known as jamming and it relies on pouches filled with granular material like coffee grounds; when air is removed from the pouches they become rigid. The researchers combined jamming actuators with cables to build a manipulator resembling an elephant trunk. They say the device is low-cost capable of grasping a variety of objects and can remain in a hardened state for extended periods of time using little energy." • With Mountain Lion's iCloud Integration Apple Strengthens the Garden Wall snydeq writes "With WWDC around the corner iOS 6 rumors are taking center stage but the real action for developers may be around iCloud. Forthcoming OS X Mountain Lion will integrate iCloud into the formal file system making iCloud usage much easier and thus more common and thanks to iCloud Documents which lets apps open and save documents directly in iCloud developers will be able to better tap iOS-to-OSX document syncing in their apps a la iWork. But there is a downside to this opportunity: 'For developers it further enmeshes you in the Apple ecosystem almost in the way that America Online did in its heyday. Case in point: OS X apps can use the iCloud Documents APIs only if they are sold through the Mac App Store.'" • India Lurches Toward Internet Censorship First time accepted submitter ixarux writes "India is at a crucial crossroad at the moment. Internet censorship laws are getting stricter as it begins to ban file-sharing and video-sharing websites. It started with Indian courts allowing censorship of Google Facebook etc. It has now gone one step ahead and decided to ask ISPs to block file-sharing sites. It is the movie industry which is again at the forefront of this. Anonymous retaliated and targeted the websites of various Indian government websites in protest. What India lacks at this crucial juncture are debates in the public domain about this and citizens actually organizing protests as seen in the West." • Your Passwords Don't Suck — It's Your Policies First time accepted submitter eGuy writes "ZDNet sparked a debate about password policies when John Fontana wrote about my open source (LGPL) password policy project that rewards XKCD-like passwords. Steve Watts of SecurEnvoy replies that it is too little too late. What think ye? Is there hope for passwords?" • Flashback Click Fraud Campaign Was a Bust zarmanto writes "It seems the Flashback botnet has netted their creators nothing but frustration. Flashback was tagged early on by anti-virus vendors who promptly sink-holed many of the command & control addresses and essentially crippled the hacker's ability to control the vast majority of the Flashback botnet... but that's not the best part. The Flashback spawned click fraud campaign resulted in... nada! It seems that their pay-per-click affiliate may be on to their scheme as they refused to pay out. Score one for the good guys for once." • Microsoft Wins US Import Ban On Motorola's Android Devices jbrodkin writes "The U.S. International Trade Commission today ordered an import ban on Motorola Mobility Android products agreeing with Microsoft that the devices infringe a Microsoft patent on 'generating meeting requests' from a mobile device. The import ban stems from a December ruling that the Motorola Atrix Droid and Xoom (among 18 total devices) infringed the patent which Microsoft says is related to Exchange ActiveSync technology. Today the ITC said in a 'final determination of violation' (PDF) that 'the appropriate form of relief in this investigation is a limited exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry for consumption of mobile devices associated software and components thereof covered by ... United States Patent No. 6370566 and that are manufactured abroad by or on behalf of or imported by or on behalf of Motorola.' Motorola (which is being acquired by Google) was the last major Android device maker not to pay off Microsoft in a patent licensing deal. Microsoft has already responded to the decision saying it hopes Motorola will now reconsider." • Facebook Privacy Suit Seeks $15 Billion An anonymous reader writes "The folks at Facebook may be focusing on their IPO today but a complaint filed in federal court has given them something else to think about. The filing consolidates 21 separate but similar cases and alleges Facebook invaded users privacy by tracking their browsing behavior even after they had logged out of the site. The claim seeks $15 billion in damages. 'If the claimants are successful in their case against Facebook they could prevent Menlo Park from collecting the huge amount of data it collects about its users to serve ads back to them. Like the previous lawsuits Facebook is once again being accused of violating the Federal Wiretap Act which provides statutory damages per user of $100 per day per violation up to a maximum per user of $10000. The complaint also asserts claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the Stored Communications Act various California Statutes and California common law.'" • Supervolcano Drilling Plan Gets Go-Ahead sciencehabit writes "A project to drill deep into the heart of a 'supervolcano' in southern Italy has finally received the green light despite claims that the drilling would put the population of Naples at risk of small earthquakes or an explosion. Yesterday Italian news agency ANSA quoted project coordinator Giuseppe De Natale of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology as saying that the office of Naples mayor Luigi de Magistris has approved the drilling of a pilot hole 500 meters deep. The project’s organizers originally intended to bore a 4-kilometer-deep well in the area of the caldera late in 2009 but the plan was put on hold by then-mayor Rosa Russo Iervolino after scientists expressed concerns about the risks." • EA To Provide Free Distribution To Kickstarter Games New submitter The God of Code writes "EA has announced that they will be waiving all Origin distribution fees for crowd-funded games — like those from Kickstarter — for the first 90 days. 'The public support for crowd-funding creative game ideas coming from small developers today is nothing short of phenomenal' Origin VP David DeMartini commented. 'It's also incredibly healthy for the gaming industry. Gamers around the world deserve a chance to play every great new game and by waiving distribution fees on Origin we can help make that a reality for successfully crowd-funded developers.' The recently funded Wasteland 2 developer Brian Fargo applauds EA's move saying 'Having Origin waive their distribution fees for 90 days for fan funded games is a major economic bonus for small developers. We look forward to bringing Wasteland 2 to the Origin audience.'" • Wozniak's Original System Description of the Apple ][ CowboyRobot writes "Opening with the line 'To me a personal computer should be small reliable convenient to use and inexpensive' Steve Wozniak gave his system description of the Apple-II in the May 1977 issue of BYTE. It's instructive to read what was worth bragging about back then (PDF) such as integral graphics: 'A key part of the Apple-II design is an integral video display generator which directly accesses the system's programmable memory. Screen formatting and cursor controls are realized in my design in the form of about 200 bytes of read only memory.' And it shows what the limitations were in those days 'While writing Apple BASIC I ran into the problem of manipulating the 16 bit pointer data and its arithmetic in an 8 bit machine. My solution to this problem of handling 16 bit data notably pointers with an 8 bit microprocessor was to implement a nonexistent 16 bit processor in software interpreter fashion.'" Philly Business:• Edwin C. Donaghy Jr. 88 retired PNC executive Edwin C. Donaghy Jr. chose a usually cautious career dealing with trust investments. But in World War II he took far riskier assignments. >> read more or comment • $11M expansion at Paoli Hospital Paoli Hospital's maternity unit is undergoing an $11 million expansion that will add 14 private patient rooms bringing the total to 40 all private the hospital said. >> read more or comment • Facebook falls flat in public debut After all the hype Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. Its stock closed at $38.23 up 23 cents after pricing Thursday night at $38 per share. >> read more or comment • FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public It's Facebook's big day. >> read more or comment • Ex-Phillie's firm defaulted on $75M state loan - UPDATE Curt Schilling's 38 Studios computer-game firm owes Rhode Island a pile of cash >> read more or comment • Facebook IPO sizzled but then fizzled Shares of the much-hyped IPO ended the session not far from where they started. >> read more or comment • Atlas Resources buys more shale-gas leases in Texas The collapse of natural gas prices has created a buying opportunity for Atlas Energy L.P. the Philadelphia company controlled by Edward E. Cohen’s family that cashed out most of its Marcellus Shale assets for billions in 2010. >> read more or comment • Philly's white population rises KATE CLARK and her husband had their first child son August last June and plan to continue living in the city. “We’re here. We’re not going to the suburbs” she said. >> read more or comment • Curt Schilling: 'We will find a way ... to endure' Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling is thanking his well-wishers after his video game company defaulted on a $1.1 million payment to Rhode Island and was unable to meet payroll this week. >> read more or comment • Should unmarried couple buy house together? Q. We are an unmarried couple who are in the process of buying our first home. My credit is not so hot so my friend will be assuming the mortgage while I put up the 20 percent down payment and half of the closing costs. We intend to share equally all mortgage taxes insurance repairs etc. What is the best way for us to take title to the house? >> read more or comment • Your Place: Swimming-pool safety; more on rusting dishwasher racks Considering that it took an hour to regain feeling in many of my fingertips it might not have been the brightest thing I’ve done recently. Yet the swimming pool in my kinfolk’s back yard in northern Connecticut looked so inviting that I spent a half hour in it despite a water temperature of 65 degrees — just eight degrees warmer than the air. >> read more or comment • Home Economics: Defining ‘inadequate’ housing The 1940 census was released by the National Archives in April offering those interested the opportunity find out where Uncle Fritz and Aunt Bessie grew up. But experts have been privy for many years to information about housing in 1940 when ramped-up war production finally brought an end to the Great Depression. >> read more or comment Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce:• Chamber Supports Veteran Hiring Resolution The Chamber testified before Philadelphia City Council’s Committee on Global Opportunities and Creative/Innovative Economy which held a hearing to investigate the establishment of a tax credit and veterans’ assistance program that would provide a local tax credit for employers upon hiring veterans of the United States military. ]]> >> read more or comment • Take our Airport Survey to Help us Understand your Travel Needs This survey provides you with the opportunity to identify destinations where you would like to see non-stop flights from Philadelphia.]]> >> read more or comment • Hundreds Celebrate Chile’s Stellar Business Partnership with the United States >> read more or comment • 2012 Enterprise Awards Calendar >> read more or comment • Select Greater Philadelphia Named among the Nation’s Top 10 Economic Development Groups Select Greater Philadelphia was named by Site Selection Magazine as one of the nation’s top 10 economic development groups of 2011. The organization was honored at the Industrial Asset Management Council’s Spring 2012 Professional Forum at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin Texas on Monday April 23rd.“We are delighted to receive [...]]]> >> read more or comment • Councilman Bill Green Discusses Business Privilege Tax Legislation Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green Talks to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce about Business Privilege Tax Legislation.]]> >> read more or comment • CEO Council for Growth Update on the JOBS Act The CEO Council is pleased to report that the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (HR 3606) also known as the “JOBS Act” has been signed into law by President Obama. This important piece of legislation will make it easier for emerging growth companies to access public capital markets. We believe that the JOBS Act will [...]]]> >> read more or comment • Phillies Stars Headline Chamber’s 2012 On Deck Reception Chamber Members and Phillies fans asked Phillies stars Cliff Lee Ryan Howard Jim Thome and Jonathan Papelbon questions at the 2012 On Deck with the Phillies Reception. Watch video of the hilarious Q&A!]]> >> read more or comment • CEO Council for Growth Update on Surface Transportation Reauthorization Legislation The CEO Council for Growth continues to monitor the Federal Surface Transportation Reauthorization legislation. Late last week after passing through the House and Senate President Obama signed a 90-day extension of federal transportation funding preventing critical transportation programs from shutting down. The current legislation Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for [...]]]> >> read more or comment • PA Drug Card Offers Residents a Prescription for High Healthcare Costs >> read more or comment Philadelphia Tech News:• Tech Life: Sending your pooch on a DogVacay As any dog owner knows vacations — or the complications thereof — are one of the few serious drawbacks of animal companionship. Long car trips are tough on many pets and few owners are eager to take a dog aboard a plane or train. read more >> • Tech Stocks: With Facebook IPO sputtering tech stocks stumble Nasdaq falls into the red as Facebook debut weakens in the afternoon. Yahoo Salesforce.com keep strong gains. read more >> • The Best Cities for Tech Jobs Might Surprise You [VIDEO Are you a fan of lush green surroundings and rain more than half the year? Seattle topped Forbes' list of places where tech jobs are growing. And not just tech jobs but all of the STEM field -- science technology engineering and math. Forbes tapped the Praxis Strategy Group to create a system to rank areas of the U.S. where the technology sector has experienced growth to provide a possible ... read more >> • Today's local sports schedule Wednesday May 16 NBA PLAYOFFS Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers 7 p.m. (TNT) MLB Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10 p. read more >> • Tech Stocks: H-P gains on layoff reports; techs slip Hewlett-Packard is reportedly planning to cut as many as 30000 jobs. Tech sector sinks ahead of Facebook IPO. read more >> • Schools all over the world and top U.S. universities Know Destination Imagination enriches their students CHERRY HILL N.J. May 17 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of elementary secondary and high schools from all over the world are sending teams to vie for honors in Destination Imagination's Global Finals celebration of creativity May 23-26. DI officials today announced five major universities are playing an active role in Destination Imagination programs. read more >> • Philadelphia Soul Trade for T.J. Langley PHILADELPHIA (May 14 2012) - The Philadelphia Soul (7-2) and Jacksonville Sharks (3-5) struck a deal on Saturday night prior to meeting on the field. read more >> • Philadelphia Startup AboutOne Showcases Latest Release of Online Family Organizer at Entrepreneur Expo PHILADELPHIA April 26 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia-based AboutOne ( http://www.AboutOne.com ) was invited to demo the beta release of its new online organizer today at Philly Startup Leaders' (PSL) ... read more >> • The Best Cities For Tech Jobs The hottest companies may be in Silicon Valley but the strongest job growth is occurring elsewhere. read more >> • Philly Ranks a Low 41 on Forbes List of Best Cities for Tech Jobs - cbl By Bill Murphy The Washington D.C. region along with Baltimore Jacksonville Fla. and Raleigh N.... read more >> << Next Page >> |
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