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Microsoft's Surface Caught Windows OEMs By Surprise    |  Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound?     Ask Slashdot: Good Low Cost Free Software For Protecting Kids Online?  Microsoft's Surface Caught Windows OEMs By Surprise   Ubuntu Lays Plans For Getting Past UEFI SecureBoot  Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound?  'Nuclear Free' Maryland City Grants Waiver For HP  Bryson Crash Reveals Threat of Headless Government  Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies  Google Touts Worker Tracking As Own CEO Goes MIA  Free Speech For Computers?  XBMC Developers Criticize AMD's Linux Driver  Older Means Wiser To Computer Security  Interview With Mozilla's Ryan Merkley: Tracking the Trackers  China Pirates Austrian Village  The Death of an HTML5 Game Breeds an Open Source Project  Judge Suggests Apple, Motorola Should Play Nice      Ask Slashdot: Good Low Cost Free Software For Protecting Kids Online?  From the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-children department An anonymous reader writes "I have two kids, 7 and 8. I would love to allow them internet access on a regular basis. The problem is what's out there: I really don't want them to deal with porn ads and such, but making either a blacklist or a...   Microsoft's Surface Caught Windows OEMs By Surprise   From the oh-by-the-way department MojoKid writes "Microsoft's Surface isn't just an attempt to take on the iPad or an articulation of MS's independent design philosophy — it's a fundamental threat against the OEMs who've spent decades as Microsoft's partners and collectively...   Ubuntu Lays Plans For Getting Past UEFI SecureBoot  From the first-you-fake-an-injury department An anonymous reader writes "Canonical has laid out their plans for handling UEFI SecureBoot on Ubuntu Linux. Similar to Red Hat paying Microsoft to get past UEFI restrictions, Canonical does have a private UEFI key. Beyond that they will also be...   Will Dolby's New Atmos 62.2 Format Redefine Surround Sound?  From the wait-'til-they-remaster-top-gun department CIStud writes "Anyone who goes to see Pixar's new animated Brave film might come home with their ears ringing. Why? because Brave is the debut of Dolby Lab's new 62.2 surround sound format called Atmos, which adds new developments such as...   'Nuclear Free' Maryland City Grants Waiver For HP  From the pollyanna-buys-a-gun department dcblogs writes "The City of Takoma Park, Md. this week granted a waiver to its public library to allow it to use some new HP hardware, whose products are otherwise banned under its 'nuclear free zone' ordinance. That law, adopted in 1983 one month...   Bryson Crash Reveals Threat of Headless Government  From the not-that-they-use-their-heads-much-anyway department Hugh Pickens writes "According to Business Week, the traffic accident that left U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson unconscious and alone in his bashed-up Lexus on June 9 raises questions about why the 10th official in line to succeed the...   Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies  From the probably-not-from-hezbollah department judgecorp writes "Iran has reported that its nuclear facilities are under a sustained cyber attack which it blames on the U.S., UK and Israel. America and Israel created Stuxnet, and have been accused of starting the Flame worm." And once a...   Google Touts Worker Tracking As Own CEO Goes MIA  From the coming-soon-to-a-boss-near-you department theodp writes "On Thursday, Google announced a product that enables a business to see where all its workers are at all times. Called Maps Coordinate, it combines a paid-for business version of Google's standard maps product with an application...   Free Speech For Computers?  From the answers-to-questions-you-never-asked department snydeq writes "Law professor Tim Wu sheds light on a growing legal concern: the extent to which computers have a constitutional right to free speech. 'This may sound like a fanciful question, a matter of philosophy or science fiction. But it's...   XBMC Developers Criticize AMD's Linux Driver  From the pss-there's-a-conspiracy department An anonymous reader writes "It's not only the NVIDIA Linux driver that has been publicly slammed over lacking support; the AMD Catalyst driver is now facing scrutiny from developers of the XBMC media and entertainment software. The developers...   Older Means Wiser To Computer Security  From the get-off-my-lawn department An anonymous reader writes "Growing up in the digital age, 18 – 25s may appear to be a more tech-savvy generation, but that does not translate into safer computing and online practices. A new study reveals that they are the most at-risk...   Interview With Mozilla's Ryan Merkley: Tracking the Trackers  From the listen-but-don't-track department colinneagle writes "Among the eye-opening statements in his recent TED talk, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said, 'Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet. Our voices matter and our actions...   China Pirates Austrian Village  From the imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery department First time accepted submitter thecoolstacks writes "Knockoff Apple Stores are one thing...but a knockoff Austrian village? That's some hardcore piracy right there, but we guess leave it China to do what it does best. From the article: 'After a...   The Death of an HTML5 Game Breeds an Open Source Project  From the game-devs-take-heed department colinneagle writes "German social gaming company Wooga has thrown in the towel on its HTML5 project after seeing little return on the increasing amount of effort put into its Magic Land Island game. Some early success convinced Wooga to devote...   Judge Suggests Apple, Motorola Should Play Nice   From the keep-your-litigation-to-yourself department sl4shd0rk writes "Federal Judge Richard Posner seems to be a man who gets the screwed up patent system in the U.S. As Apple pressed for more injunctions against Motorola regarding alleged patent infringement, Judge Posner has stressed the two...

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