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| AOL to Shut Down Netscape Support/Development |
| from the lizard-had-a-good-run dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @16:42 (Netscape) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209 |
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[0]Kelson writes "After years of trying to figure out what to do with it,
AOL is officially [1]discontinuing the Netscape browser. In the four and
a half years after they dismantled the development team and spun off the
[2]Mozilla Foundation as a lost cause, only to see [3]Firefox take off,
AOL has tried twice to reinvent Netscape. There was the chimera-like
Netscape 8, which used both Mozilla's and IE's rendering engines, and
just months ago they released Netscape 9, trying to ride the social
networking wave. AOL will release security fixes through February 1,
2008, after which the browser will officially be dead. For the
"nostalgic," they suggest using Firefox and installing a Netscape theme."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209
Links:
0. http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/
1. http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
3. http://mozilla.com/products/firefox/
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| TSA Limits Lithium Batteries on Airplanes |
| from the best-kind-of-theatre-is-the-funny-kind dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @15:26 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208 |
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yali writes "The U.S. Transportation and Security Administration has
issued new rules [0]limiting travel with lithium batteries. As of January
1, [1]no spare lithium batteries are allowed in checked luggage.
Batteries carried in the cabin are subject to limitations on per-battery
and total lithium content, and spare batteries must have the terminals
covered. If you're returning home from the holidays with new toys, be
sure to check out the new restrictions before you pack."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208
Links:
0. http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html
1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h74l-BiD30YO0rsScUm-HdpKRTuAD8TQK0CO0
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| Wal-Mart Closes Online Movie Download Service |
| from the hard-to-fight-the-flix dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @13:34 (Businesses) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230 |
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[0]eldavojohn writes "A year after [1]opening its movie download service,
[2]Wal-Mart has abandoned the endeavor. They claim this is a result of
HP's decision to stop supporting its video download store software. The
article also notes that, unlike iTunes, Wal-Mart offered variable pricing
which attracted a lot of studios. 'The world's largest retailer instead
turned its rental service over to Netflix Inc. Wal-Mart still operates a
music download service and continues to sell CDs and DVDs at retail
stores and over the Internet for shipping by mail.' Is this evidence of
the strength of unified pricing in media downloads or just another
company being squished by the giant Netflix & Apple?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/0836259&tid=97
2. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Wal-Mart-Movie-Downloads.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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| Domains May Disappear After Search |
| from the risky-business-out-here dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @11:36 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1458247 |
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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "Daily Domainer has a story [1]alleging
that there may be a leak that allows domain tasters to intercept, analyze
and register your domain ideas in minutes. 'Every time you do a whois
search with any service, you run a risk of losing your domain,' says one
industry insider. ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC
) has not been able to find hard evidence of Domain Name Front Running
but [2]they have issued an advisory (pdf) for people to come forward with
hard evidence it is happening. Here is how domain name research theft
crimes can occur and [3]some tips to avoiding being a victim."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1458247
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.dailydomainer.com/2007173-who-is-monitoring-your-domain-searches-update.html
2. http://img.domaintools.com/blog/domain-name-front-running.pdf
3. http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/03/stealing-domain-name-research/
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| Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon |
| from the step-in-the-right-direction dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 27, @19:58 (Music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239 |
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SirLurksAlot sends us to Ars Technica for an article about the Warner
Music Group's [0]decision to allow DRM-free music downloads through
Amazon. This reversal of [1]Warner's former position has been [2]underway
for some time, and it boosts the number of DRM-free songs available from
Amazon to 2.9 million. Quoting: "Warner's announcement says nothing about
offering its content through other services such as iTunes, and
represents the music industry's attempt to make life a bit more difficult
for Apple after all the years in which the company held the keys to
music's digital kingdom.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071227-3down-1-to-go-warner-music-group-drops-drm.html
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/09/1653255&tid=141
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/16/1733216&tid=141
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