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Canadian scientists confirm new solar system
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 16:31Canadian scientists have found more evidence that a massive planet - eight times the size of Jupiter - is in fact part of another solar system.(author unknown)1199207767716927927514183179670798649934
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Flavoured smokes snuffed out in Canada
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 19:25A new law, set to come into effect in July, aims to snuff out the sale of flavoured smokes in Canada while reducing the temptation among kids to take their first puff.(author unknown)
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Bus killer's supervised walks won't be appealed
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 21:01The Crown attorney's office in Manitoba has decided not to appeal a decision that granted Greyhound bus killer Vince Li his first small taste of freedom.(author unknown)
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GPSBabel 1.4.0 Released
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 12:50Via email I learned about the release of the open source GPSBabel version 1.4.0. From the announcement: "The change that most of you will notice first is that we've completely replaced the graphical user interface. So far in the project, we've had a different GUI for each operating system, each written in a completely different language. Khai Mong contributed a new GUI written in Qt that lets us all rally our efforts behind one code base for all the operating systems. It takes the best features from our previous OS/X and Windows versions and makes them available everywhere. Notably it offers a reasonable set of filters, can map data, knows device names, remembers previous settings, has automatic update checking, and more. It also lays infrastructure for language translations. We have German, Spanish,Russian French, Hungarian, and Italian in progress and are trying to make it easy for non-programmers if you want to help translate GPSBabel. You can see screen shots of some of the existing translations." Amongst the long list of new features: KML writer now sets the extents of the time sliders automatically for Google Earth 5.0, can now generate gx:Track for Google Earth 5.2. See also previous GPSBabel stories below.
Read more of this story at Slashgeo.
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FBI investigates AT&T security breach
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 13:53Sunday, June 13, 2010
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a probe into a security breach that allowed hackers to retrieve 114,000 e-mail addresses of iPad users on the AT&T network.
The FBI announced the investigation Friday, which will determine exactly what allowed a group of hackers using the name "Goatse Security" to access the data. The security breach was first announced by the blog Gawker on Wednesday. The FBI has since asked Gawker Media LLC, the owners of the site, to retain all information relating to the incident. The company was also involved in another recent case with Apple Inc., which included the iPhone 4. Gawker said that it does not believe it is the main target of this FBI investigation.
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Already — iPhone 4 Reception Problem
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 12:30It's possible that simply holding the new iPhone in your hand could kill the reception. The problem seems to be attributable to the antenna band. Is this a firmware issue?
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Judge Rules Copyright Law Protects YouTube in Viacom Lawsuit
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:35The Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows Google's YouTube video-sharing service to operate legally, a federal judge rules in Viacom's $1 billion infringement suit.
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Judge Rules Copyright Law Protects YouTube in Viacom Lawsuit
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:35The Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows Google's YouTube video-sharing service to operate legally, a federal judge rules in Viacom's $1 billion infringement suit.
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Judge Rules Copyright Law Protects YouTube in Viacom Lawsuit
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:35The Digital Millennium Copyright Act allows Google's YouTube video-sharing service to operate legally, a federal judge rules in Viacom's $1 billion infringement suit.
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Hands On With the Motorola Droid X
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:24Motorola's latest Android touchscreen phone, the Droid X, is a solid device with a striking display.
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Hands On With the Motorola Droid X
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:24Motorola's latest Android touchscreen phone, the Droid X, is a solid device with a striking display.
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Hands On With the Motorola Droid X
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 21:24Motorola's latest Android touchscreen phone, the Droid X, is a solid device with a striking display.
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Gay couple left in cold by landlord
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 18:59Two gay men who say a landlord refused to allow them to move into his building in Yellowknife have taken him before a human rights panel.(author unknown)
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HTC's Aria Android Phone Can Be Had for a Song
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 18:00Smaller and cheaper than its competition, the Aria still makes a few concessions for a low price.
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HTC's Aria Android Phone Can Be Had for a Song
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 18:00Smaller and cheaper than its competition, the Aria still makes a few concessions for a low price.Terrence Russell
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Google Voice Free for All
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 17:00Google opens its innovative Voice application to all comers, letting anyone get a single number to catch calls from their landlines, cellphones and work phone numbers.
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First RIAA File Sharing Trial Morphs Into Groundhog Day
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 22:33The nation's first file sharing trial is morphing into a legal Groundhog Day of sorts. The judge presiding over the Jammie Thomas-Rasset case is ordering mediation with the Recording Industry Association of America -- for the third time -- and neither side is budging. A third trial is on its way.David Kravets072297396823187725471201473423608344141115928014484851434368
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Arctic security improvements recommended
Fri, 06/18/2010 - 00:35Canada should take a greater interest in stewardship of the Arctic and strengthen its ability to exercise control over the region, a Commons committee says.(author unknown)
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Mercury in N.W.T. lakes sparks health advisory
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 23:26Higher than normal mercury levels in four lakes has the Northwest Territories top health official warning people to be careful about how much fish they eat from them.(author unknown)
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GeoServer 2.0.2 release
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 16:00To meet the growing demand for a geospatial server that meets the open standards set by the Open Geospatial Consortium, the GeoServer community has worked hard to release the new GeoServer 2.0.2. This release includes almost 100 bugfixes and new features.
As previously mentioned, GeoServer now provides support for Oracle Georaster, custom database layouts for image data and polymorphism.
Have you ever wondered what geographical area an EPSG code covers? A new feature has been added to showcase the different projections visually, by showing a map of the projection’s area of validity in the same CRS. Here are three examples of this: EPSG:2964, EPSG:3032, EPSG:22184.
To add to this, we have also added a default style preview in the layer publishing configuration.
The rendering subsystem has been improved to include parameter substitution, meaning you can pass parameters down from a GetMap request into your SLD for dynamic styling purposes.
The ability to do geometry transformations, included in GeoServer 2.0.1 without much fanfare, now has been completely documented.
Building image pyramids just got easier: gone are the times where you had to manually build each level mosaic and configure the main property file by hand. The current pyramid extension can do this for you provided it is given a suitably configured directory set. See the pyramid tutorial for more details.
Finally, this release of GeoServer implements the GetStyles optional WMS method allowing a user to retrieve the definition of all styles attached to a specific WMS layer, see the following link for an example:
http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wms?request=GetStyles&layers=topp:states&service=wms&version=1.1.0
Thanks to everyone who have worked hard over the past few months adding features and fixing bugs, in order to make this release happen. As usual, we encourage you to download, try it out, and provide feedback on the users mailing list.
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