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Slashdot Daily Newsletter

In this issue:
    * Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5
    * The Apple II At 30
    * Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional
    * Inkjet Photo Print Longevity Lacking
    * Memory Checker Tools For C++?
    * NVIDIA's Andy Ritger On Linux Drivers
    * AT&T CEO Attacks Network Neutrality
    * MacBook Pro Gets Santa Rosa Chipset, LED Screen
    * Computex and Gigabyte's Slick UMPC, Linux SmartPhone
    * How Private Are Sites' Membership Lists?
    * First Peek at Netscape Navigator 9
    * Vista Trademark Holder Sues Microsoft
    * After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad
    * Pro Drupal Development
    * Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P
    * Navy Now Mandated to Consider FOSS as an Option
    * Photosynth Demo
    * Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial
    * Skin Cells Turned Embryonic
    * Online Shoppers are Willing to Pay More for Privacy

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| Red Hat Boosts SELinux With RHEL 5                                 |
|   from the reducing-false-alarms dept.                             |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 05, @21:01 (Security)          |
|   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/007218            |
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[0]E. Stride writes "Many IT managers find Security Enhanced Linux, or
SELinux, to be wildly complex. The mandatory access controls originally
developed by the NSA have developed a reputation for being too
complicated to deal with, and many IT shops simply turn the feature off.
However, Red Hat's Dan Walsh says it's the [1]only way to ensure 100%
protection in the data center."

Discuss this story at:
    http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/007218

Links:
    0. mailto:e.stride@hotmail.com
    1. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1259697,00.html


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| The Apple II At 30                                                 |
|   from the hacker's-dream-and-appliance dept.                      |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 05, @22:23 (Technology (Apple))|
|   http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0028246        |
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turnitover sends us to eWEEK for an appreciation of the Apple II on the
30th anniversary of its shipping. An [0]overview of the history of the
Apple II puts it in context. A nice tidbit: how important the floppy
drive was to sales. The article quotes Sellam Ismail, the proprietor of
VintageTech, which maintains archives of computers, documents, and
software: "You could think of the Apple II's importance on two levels ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½
the Woz level and the Steve Jobs level." The former refers to its allure
to hackers, and the latter to its appliance-like polish, a first for its
time, There is also an [1]interview with Woz, who says, "[A]t the start
there were no computers in the home ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ we had to make the word computer
compatible with homes."

Discuss this story at:
    http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/0028246

Links:
    0. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2141777,00.asp
    1. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2141901,00.asp


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| Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional                     |
|   from the schizophrenic-is-one-word-for-it dept.                  |
|   posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 05, @23:47 (Microsoft)         |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0046245          |
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Violent Offender writes with a touching story in The Register about
Microsoft's awarding of its Most Valuable Professional credential to a
British hobbyist, Jamie Cansdale, then turning around and [0]threatening
him with a lawsuit for the very software that won him the award. The
article links to the amazing correspondence from Microsoft on Cansdale's
site.

Discuss this story at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/0046245

Links:
    0. http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/05/microsoft_mvp_threats/


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| Inkjet Photo Print Longevity Lacking                               |
|   from the ghosts-of-digital-photos-past dept.                     |
|   posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 06, @02:42 (Printers)        |
|   http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0117216     |
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Yet another Anonymous Coward writes to tell us about a piece up at the
NYTimes on the (lack of) [0]longevity of photos printed on inkjet
printers. As the article's title says, somewhat alarmingly, "It isn't
that images fade, it's that they can vanish." The problem is actually
more nuanced than this; it's that no-one has a reliable and standardized
way of testing inkjet prints for longevity. From the article: "The life
of color inkjet prints has also been hindered by the origins of the
technology, which was mainly intended for printing things like pie
charts, said Nils Miller, a scientist at Hewlett-Packard. 'The initial
emphasis was, how do we get bright colors on plain paper," Dr. Miller
said. "Permanence was not really on the radar screen yet.'"

Discuss this story at:
    http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/0117216

Links:
    0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/05/technology/circuits/05print.html?ref=circuits


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| Memory Checker Tools For C++?                                      |
|   from the heaps-and-bounds dept.                                  |
|   posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 06, @05:40 (Programming)     |
|   http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0127242   |
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An anonymous reader writes "These newfangled memory-managed languages
like Java and C# leave an old C++ dev like me feeling like I am missing
the love. Are there any good C++ tools out there that do really good
memory validation and heap checking? I have used BoundsChecker but I was
looking for something a little faster. For my problem I happen to need
something that will work on Windows XP 64. It's a legacy app so I can't
just use Boosts' uber nifty [0]shared_ptr. Thanks for any ideas."

Discuss this story at:
    http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/0127242

Links:
    0. http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm


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| NVIDIA's Andy Ritger On Linux Drivers                              |
|   from the straight-dope dept.                                     |
|   posted by kdawson on Wednesday June 06, @08:14 (Graphics)        |
|   http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0146209        |
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tykev writes "The Director of Unix Software at NVIDIA [0]talks about
Linux drivers, planned features, development cycle, and the open source
Nouveau driver. (The interview is in English but all the comments are in
Czech.) Quoting: 'NVIDIA's stance is to neither help nor hinder Nouveau.
We are committed to supporting Linux through a) an open source 2d "nv" X
driver which NVIDIA engineers actively maintain and improve, and b) our
fully featured proprietary Linux driver which leverages common code with
the other platforms that NVIDIA supports.'"

Discuss this story at:
    http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/0146209

Links:
    0. http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/rozhovory/andy-ritger-nvidia?page=1


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| AT&T CEO Attacks Network Neutrality                                |
|   from the does-america-even-understand-why-this-matters dept.     |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 06, @08:59 (The Internet)   |
|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1220258              |
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Verteiron writes "The former CEO of AT&T, Ed Whitacre, had some
interesting remarks to make about Net Neutrality during his parting
speech. Choice quotes include his plans for getting anti-neutrality
legislation through: "Will Congress let us do it?" Whitacre asks his
colleagues. "You bet they will ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ cuz we don't call it cashin' in. We call
it 'deregulation.' " More information on [0]AT&T's attitude problem and a
video of the speech are available. There's no sign that his replacement
[1]is any better."

Discuss this story at:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1220258

Links:
    0. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/06/05/ed-whitacre-gone-but-not-forgotten/
    1. http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/2007/06/05/new-at-t-same-as-the-old-at-t


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| MacBook Pro Gets Santa Rosa Chipset, LED Screen                    |
|   from the well-isn't-that-special dept.                           |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 06, @09:46 (Portables (Apple|
|   http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1257243        |
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frdmfghtr writes "TechNewsWorld is reporting that Apple has updated the
MacBook Pro line with [0]the Santa Rosa chipset from Intel. In addition,
Apple is also introducing mercury-free displays with some models. 'When
Apple presented new editions of its MacBook line last month, the company
excluded the latest Intel Centrino chips, dubbed "Santa Rosa," which had
been released just days prior. The chips have found their way into
Apple's new high-end MacBook Pro notebooks, which the company revealed
Tuesday. Certain models use mercury-free displays, falling in line with
the company's recent ecological promises.'"

Discuss this story at:
    http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1257243

Links:
    0. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/VzOamOw8xGJkF6/Apple-Gives-MacBook-Pro-Performance-Eco-Tune-Up.xhtml#


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| Computex and Gigabyte's Slick UMPC, Linux SmartPhone               |
|   from the mail-me-three dept.                                     |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 06, @10:34 (Handhelds)      |
|   http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1327238     |
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MojoKid writes "Computex Taipei is brimming with new technologies as
usual this year and the first day of the show has proven to be [0]a Tech
Geek's nirvana of sorts. Highlights of the show for the handheld crowed
include [1]Gigabyte's slick UMPC, FIC's [2]Linux-based Smart Phone, and
Asus' sub-$300 [3]Eee notebook PC shown at an Intel keynote address."

Discuss this story at:
    http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1327238

Links:
    0. http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Computex_2007_Intel_Kingston_Foxconn_FIC_Thermaltake_and_Albatron/
    1. http://www.hothardware.com/image_popup.aspx?image=big_gi10.jpg&articleid=979&t=a
    2. http://www.hothardware.com/image_popup.aspx?image=big_fic2.jpg&articleid=979&t=a
    3. http://www.hothardware.com/image_popup.aspx?image=big_int6.jpg&articleid=979&t=a


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| How Private Are Sites' Membership Lists?                           |
|   from the private-enough-most-of-the-time dept.                   |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 06, @11:19 (Privacy)        |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1335218          |
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Slashdot contributor [0]Bennett Haselton has written an essay on a subtle
privacy issue affecting many websites (including Slashdot!) He says
"Suppose your girlfriend called up Match.com and said, "I think my
boyfriend might be cheating on me. His e-mail address is joeblow - at -
aol - dot - com. Can you tell me if he's a member?" And Match.com phone
support told her, "Why, yes, he is a member. You'd better have a talk
with him." After you had gotten over the guilt of getting caught -- I
mean, the guilt of cheating -- would you not feel like Match.com had
violated your privacy by telling a third party that you were a member?"
Keep reading to see what he's getting at and to decide if and when it's a
problem.

This story continues at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1335218

Discuss this story at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1335218

Links:
    0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org


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| First Peek at Netscape Navigator 9                                 |
|   from the check-out-them-peepers dept.                            |
|   posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 06, @12:07 (Netscape)       |
|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/149202               |
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[0]lisah writes "Netscape released a [1]beta version of Navigator 9
(Linux.com shares corporate overlordship with Slashdot) today that
includes several new components while giving some old ones the boot. This
release will no longer ship with mail or composer but does have URL
correction, a pre-populated RSS feed menu, and a neat clipboard in the
browser's sidebar that will hold links to websites you want to visit
again but not necessarily bookmark."

Discuss this story at:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/149202

Links:
    0. mailto:lisahoover@gmail.com
    1. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/05/1728243


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| Vista Trademark Holder Sues Microsoft                              |
|   from the free-publicity dept.                                    |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @13:01 (The Courts)|
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1454221          |
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[0]Liam Cromar writes "Philippe Gildas, a French television presenter is
[1]suing Microsoft for 'violation of intellectual property' ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ in
particular the use of the 'Vista' trademark. It appears that Gildas
registered the trademark two years prior to Microsoft's application,
planning to use the trademark for a new television channel, Tï¿½ï¿½lï¿½ï¿½ Vista,
which was to be launched later this year. Apparently, Gildas believes
that Microsoft's 'hogging of the limelight' presents an 'obstacle to the
launch'. Gildas has not, however, registered the Vista trademark in
categories of activity 9 and 42, which cover software. With this in mind,
his case might be hard to prove."

Discuss this story at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1454221

Links:
    0. http://www.spinnerwebs.co.uk/
    1. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9614


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| After Ubuntu, Windows Looks Increasingly Bad                       |
|   from the put-up-yer-dukes dept.                                  |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @13:46 (Windows)   |
|   http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1517241        |
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[0]mrcgran writes "Sys-Con has a look at some advantages of [1]using
Ubuntu over Windows. 'My recent switch to a single-boot Ubuntu setup on
my Thinkpad T60 simply floors me on a regular basis. Most recently it's
had to do with the experience of maintaining the software. Fresh from a
very long Windows 2000 experience and a four-month Windows XP experience
along with a long-time Linux sys admin role puts me in a great position
to assess Ubuntu. Three prior attempts over the years at using Linux as
my daily desktop OS had me primed for failure. Well, Ubuntu takes Linux
where I've long hoped it would go ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ easy to use, reliable, dependable,
great applications too but more on that later. It has some elegance to it
ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ bet you never heard that about a Linux desktop before.'"

Discuss this story at:
    http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1517241

Links:
    0. http://mgran.blogspot.com/
    1. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/382946.htm


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| Pro Drupal Development                                             |
|   from the read-all-about-it dept.                                 |
|   posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 06, @14:29 (Book Reviews)  |
|   http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1352210        |
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[0]Michael J. Ross writes "If a Web site needs to be developed as quickly
as possible, or it needs to support collaborative content, then usually
the best approach is to use a content management system (CMS). There are
many CMSs from which a Web developer could choose, including Drupal,
which is considered by many to be the most powerful, extensible, and
logically organized of them all. Installing Drupal and using it to create
a simple site, is fairly straightforward, in part due to its relatively
excellent documentation. For much of its existence, there has been far
less information available on how to extend a Drupal site with one's own
modules, themes, blocks, etc. That need is now met by a new book, Pro
Drupal Development." Read on for the rest of Michael's review.

This story continues at:
    http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1352210

Discuss this story at:
    http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1352210

Links:
    0. http://www.ross.ws/


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| Safemedia's CEO Tells Congress He Can Stop P2P                     |
|   from the also-he-invented-the-question-mark dept.                |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @15:12 (The Interne|
|   http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1652254     |
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palewook writes "Yesterday, [0]Safwat Fahmy appeared in front of the
[1]House Science and Technology Committee. During Fahmy's [2]testimony
[PDF], he claimed Safemedia's "P2P Disaggregator" technology uses
traffic-shaping systems and network-filtering systems that can [3]destroy
contaminated P2P networks. And their Clouseau product will make it
impossible to send or receive any illegal P2P transmission on any
installed network. However, Clouseau allows tunneling and SSH and never
opens packets to determine file legality."

Discuss this story at:
    http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1652254

Links:
    0. http://safemediacorp.blogspot.com/
    1. http://science.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1858
    2. http://www.mayocommunications.com/00-2007-SafeMediaCorp/SafwatFahmyTestimony6-5-07.pdf
    3. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8825/Anti-piracy+company+testifies+before+Congress+that+it+can+eliminate+P2P+at+Universities


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| Navy Now Mandated to Consider FOSS as an Option                    |
|   from the still-spending-$600-on-a-keyboard dept.                 |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @16:01 (United Stat|
|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1811240              |
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[0]lisah writes "In a memorandum handed down from Department of the Navy
CIO John Carey this week, the Navy is now [1]mandated to consider open
source solutions when making new software acquisitions. According John
Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute,
this is the first in a series of documents that will also address
'development and distribution issues regarding open source within Navy IT
environments.'"

Discuss this story at:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1811240

Links:
    0. mailto:lisahoover@gmail.com
    1. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204


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| Photosynth Demo                                                    |
|   from the wow-just-wow dept.                                      |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @16:45 (Software)  |
|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1848214              |
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A couple of days ago Microsoft labs released a demo of their new
[0]Photosynth software on the web. Photosynth allows the aggregation of
social picture networks (a la Flickr) into a completed image in addition
to allowing a level of depth to image browsing previously unavailable.
There is also a very impressive [1]video of the demo available.

Discuss this story at:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1848214

Links:
    0. http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html
    1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DqZ8jAmv0


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| Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial                               |
|   from the score-one-for-common-sense dept.                        |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @17:27 (The Courts)|
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1917255          |
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[0]LazloHollyfeld writes "A New London Superior court judge this morning
granted a defense request seeking a [1]new trial for Julie Amero, the
former Norwich middle school substitute teacher convicted of exposing her
middle school students to Internet porn. Acting on a motion by Amero's
attorney, William Dow III, Judge Hillary Strackbein placed the case back
on a trial list. Amero had faced 40 years on the conviction of four
counts of risk of injury to a minor. State prosecutor David Smith
confirmed that further forensic examination at the state crime lab of
Amero's classroom computer revealed "some erroneous information was
presented during the trial. Amero and her defense team claimed she was
the victim of pop-up ads ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ something that was out of her control. Judge
Strackbein said because of the possibility of inaccurate facts, Amero was
"entitles to a new trial in the interest of justice." After the brief
court appearance, a smiling Amero stood next to her attorney. "I feel
very comfortable with the decision," Amero said. Dow commended the state
for investigating the case further. A new court date has yet to be
scheduled. Amero has reentered a not guilty plea."

Discuss this story at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1917255

Links:
    0. mailto:dgeiser13@gmail.com
    1. http://norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070606/NEWS01/70606018


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| Skin Cells Turned Embryonic                                        |
|   from the awaiting-new-objections dept.                           |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 06, @18:12 (Biotech)   |
|   http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/1924232      |
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[0]anik315 writes "Nature is reporting a major [1]breakthrough in
embryonic stem cell research. A straightforward procedure using mouse
fibroblasts harvested from the skin can be used to produce pluripotent
stem cells that can potentially become any other cell in the body. Not
only can Yamanaka's method use the most basic cells, it can be
accomplished with simple lab techniques. Possible applications of this
breakthrough are to check molecular changes in cells as certain
conditions develop. Stem cells produced using this procedure, however,
can not be use to safely to make genetically matched cells for
transplant."

Discuss this story at:
    http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/1924232

Links:
    0. mailto:sameul.haqueNO@SPAMgmail.com
    1. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070604/full/447618a.html


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| Online Shoppers are Willing to Pay More for Privacy                |
|   from the don't-ask-don't-tell dept.                              |
|   posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 06, @19:15 (The Internet)  |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/2226219          |
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[0]Caroline Matische writes "People are [1]willing to pay more to buy
items from online retailers who make their privacy policies clear, a new
Carnegie Mellon University study showed. People were more likely to buy
from online merchants with good privacy policies and were also willing to
pay about 60 cents extra on a $15 purchase when buying from a site with a
privacy policy they liked."

Discuss this story at:
    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/06/06/2226219

Links:
    0. mailto:caroline@matische.com
    1. http://pressesc.com/01181159576_price_of_privacy



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