24533354 story Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD 74 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @05:55PM from the peekaboo-theory dept. An anonymous reader writes “The UK Ministry of Defence has been left with egg on its face, after a supposedly redacted PDF detailing secrets related to clocks air defence radar systems was published on a parliamentary website. The problem? Whoever did the redacting simply changed the sensitive text to black on a black background, making it possible for anyone to access the information simply by cutting-and-pasting. The incident is particularly embarrassing for the Ministry, as six gift ideas months ago precisely the same security screw-up occurred — that time related to sensitive information about nuclear submarines.” 50 of 74 comments loaded it military security Related Links Tweet Previous story: Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad’s $500 Pricetag Submission: Secrets leak as MOD fails to redact PDF properly Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD

24528396 story .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro 222 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @12:03PM from the lagging-indicator dept. mikejuk writes “Are you a newbie programmer looking for a job? It seems your best bet is to communion opt for .NET. According to technical jobs website Dice.com, companies in the U.S. have posted more than 10,000 positions requesting .NET experience — a 25 percent increase compared to last year’s .NET job count. So Microsoft may want us to move on jewellery to Metro but the rest of the world seems to want to stay with .NET.” 50 of 222 comments loaded microsoft developers news Related Links Tweet Previous story: Ask Slashdot: Create Custom Recovery Partitions With FOSS? Submission: .NET programmers in demand – despite MS .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro

24531380 story Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour 131 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @03:40PM from the slightly-different dept. An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Examiner.com, citing a report at gagdet.ro, about Samsung’s upcoming high-end Nexus Prime, the first phone to be delivered baby with Ice Cream Sandwich. “This version of the Nexus Series (Google’s Android flag bearer) runs the next version of Android: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This version is meant to combine Honycomb (Android 3.0) with Gingerbread(Android 2.3) into one OS, that will run on all devices. In addition to the merger of belleek the two OS’s, it also changes the Android UI a bit. One major change, is that the icons and the UI is a lot more sophisticated and clean, making even iOS look old and clunky. Also, it removes the requirement for Android phones to have hard/soft-hard mixed buttons, in favor of allowing manufacturers to use whichever type of button they wish. Also, it adds a soft button on the lock screen, to go straight to the camera app.” 50 of 131 comments loaded google gui handheld Related Links Tweet Previous story: iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out Submission: Samsung Nexus Prime goes for a video collectors tour, along w Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour

Beginning of Story Content Mikey Welsh performed with Weezer from 1998 to 2001. Twitter Authorities in Chicago say the cause of death of former Weezer bass player Mikey Welsh, who was found dead in a hotel room, is undetermined for now. Police said Sunday there was no evidence of foul play in the Chicago hotel suite where christmas Welsh was found. Chicago spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said Welsh was supposed to check out of the Raffaello Hotel at 1 p.m. Saturday. When he didn’t, hotel staff went to his room, entered it and found him unconscious and not breathing, Kubiak said. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office says more may be known about the cause of anniversary death pending toxicology tests. Welsh, 40, of Burlington, Vt., performed with Weezer from 1998 to 2001, leaving after suffering a nervous breakdown, according to the band’s website. He eventually established himself in a second career as a painter. “I’m taking a break from music,” he told MetroWest Daily News in 2002. “I really feel the need to reinvent myself and move on, and I couldn’t be happier painting. Music is still an important part of my life, but I really have no desire to actually play it.” Welsh had planned to attend Weezer’s Sunday performance at Riot Fest in Chicago. “I’m excited to see the boys, hang out and have some fun,” he wrote gifts on his Facebook page earlier this month. Weezer posted a message on its website, saying Welsh’s time with the band was “vital, essential, wild, and amazing.” “A unique talent, a deeply loving friend and father, and a great artist is gone, but we will never forget him,” the band said. © The Associated Press, 2011 Accessibility Links Ex-Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh dies

Beginning of Story Content The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, say they have reached agreement on strengthening Europe’s shaky banking sector. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and French President Nicolas Sarkozy “are determined to do the necessary to ensure the recapitalization of Europe’s banks.” Merkel spoke after talks with Sarkozy at Berlin’s chancellery Sunday aimed at forging an agreement ahead of a summit of the European Union’s 27 leaders later this month. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, left, and Prime Minister Yves Leterme address a joint news conference after a cabinet meeting this weekend in Brussels. The governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg said Sunday they had approved a plan for the future of embattled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia. Francois Lenoir/ReutersThe German chancellor has insisted that the Oct. 17-18 summit in Brussels must send a clear signal on the issue in a bid to restore market confidence. Germany and France, which together represent about half of the 17-nation currency zone’s economic output, regularly hold talks before EU summits to chart out joint positions. The IMF has said banks across the continent might need up to $267 billion US in christmas new capital. The EU disputes the IMF’s estimate, but has been warning that lending between banks and from banks to businesses is threatening to freeze up. Some analysts fear that a Greek default could cause a severe credit squeeze that would even threaten banks not exposed directly to Greece’s debt. Banks are afraid to lend to each other for fear they won’t get paid back. The credit freeze following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 choked off lending to the wider economy and caused a deep recession. Merkel insisted this week that the eurozone should not hesitate to bolster its banks if experts conclude it to be necessary, because failing to do could lead to “vastly higher damage.” Deal reached for Dexia restructuring It came after he governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg said Sunday they had approved a plan for the future of embattled bank Dexia. In a three-sentence statement issued by the Belgian prime minister’s office, they said they supported a proposal by the bank’s management that will be submitted to its board of directors.French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached an agreement on bolstering anniversary gifts the European Union’s banking sector ahead of a summit of the EU’s 27 leaders later this month. Patrick Kovarik/Reuters The board is scheduled to hold a crisis meeting Sunday afternoon in Brussels amid reports that the bank might be split up. A bank spokesman said a news conference was expected Sunday evening or Monday morning. The government statement said the “suggested solution” had been “the result of intense consultations with all partners involved” — which would include the three countries. France and Belgium became part owners of the bank during a $7.8 billion 2008 bailout. They have promised to ensure that no Dexia depositors lose money. Luxembourg holds a smaller stake. After Dexia’s shares plunged last week amid fears it could go bankrupt, the French and Belgian governments stepped in and guaranteed its financing and deposits. The bank said in a statement Friday that trading in its shares would remain frozen until it could “communicate more precisely on the various choices and options concerning the future of the group.” The bank has significant exposure to Greek debt, and there are fears Greece may default in some fashion. © The Associated Press, 2011 Accessibility Links Merkel, Sarkozy reach pact on EU bank sector

Beginning of Story Content Air Canada’s flight attendants have rejected a tentative deal reached between their union and java the airline and are poised to go on strike immediately after midnight Thursday morning. “We ask the federal developer government, in the strongest possible terms, to respect our right to collective bargaining and not intervene unilaterally in this dispute”, Jeff Taylor, president of the union branch for Air Canada flight attendants, said in a statement java developer Sunday night. The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents 6,500 flight attendants at the carrier. More to come Accessibility Links Air Canada union rejects deal, ready to strike

24530270 story iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out 164 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, php @02:25PM from the it-was-a-black-friday dept. Perhaps to no one’s surprise, the just-announced iPhone 4S has developer been been leaping off the shelves … in advance of it ever hitting shelves at all. In fact, as reported by numerous sources (here’s the WSJ’s version), the company’s pre-launch php inventory has all been sold — and they only started taking the orders on Friday. 50 of 164 comments loaded handheld iphone mobile Tweet Previous story: Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out

24534272 story A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works 52 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @06:55PM from the everything-loops-back-to-stephen-falken dept. eljefe6a writes game “The Million Monkeys project has finished every work of Shakespeare. The last work was The Taming of the Shrew (insert shrewish joke here), which finished developer on October 6. I give my thoughts on going viral. If this article about going viral goes viral, it will create an infinite loop that will bring about the destruction of the world. The project source is released, too.” 31 of 52 comments loaded books hadoop humor Related Links Tweet game developer Previous story: Incomplete PDF Redaction Leaks Data From UK MoD A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare Submission: A Few Million Monkeys Randomly Recreate Every Work A Few Million Monkeys Finish Recreating Shakespeare’s Works

24532494 story Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad’s $500 Pricetag 155 Posted by timothy on Sunday October game 09, @04:54PM from the ok-this-time-you-can-say-value-proposition dept. The iPad has sold extremely well at a starting price of developer $500 but “that kind of pricing doesn’t work for many tablet vendors,” says a story at CNET. And recent price drops reflect this. It’s been a rough year for tablet makers, and it’s not philippines even Black Friday yet. 50 of 155 comments loaded android handheld mobile Related Links Tweet Previous story: Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour Feed: Tablet vendors scurry to undercut $500 iPad Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad’s $500 Pricetag

24528676 story Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons 76 Posted by timothy on Sunday October 09, @01:02PM from the want-to-subscribe-to-your-newsletter dept. darkjohnson writes “Lately we’ve been inundated with 100k’ balloon flights and amazing video java footage from space — the flights usually taking better than an hour to achieve apogee. Derek Deville took a shortcut to 121k’ using a ‘home made’ Q rocket motor and a ton of developer engineering genius. On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Qu8k (pronounced ‘Quake’) launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000′ in 92 seconds before returning safely to earth.This small documentary on the flight is probably one of the most brilliant Amateur Rocket videos out there right now.” The launch was an attempt to claim the Carmack Prize. (And Deville evidently likes to java developer launch another kind of rocket, too.) 50 of 76 comments loaded carmack rocket science Related Links Tweet Previous story: .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro Submission: Qu8k: Above the Balloons Qu8k Rockets Above the Balloons