pdclarry writes "An Iranian-American teenager was told by an Apple store employee that they could not sell her an iPad because it would violate U.S. trade restrictions. She returned to the store with a camera crew from a local TV station and was again turned down. Apparently an Apple employee heard her speaking Farsi. As he was also of Iranian extraction he recognized the language and used this as a basis for refusal."

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Fatal incident in bar in Indian Ocean city comes a day after US embassy issued "imminent attack" warning.

Minst en människa dödades och flera skadades i en explosion på en nattklubb i hamnstaden Mombasa i Kenya på söndagskvällen.

Nu planeras Sveriges första Imam-utbildning.

Freshly Exhumed writes "Danny Sullivan over at Marketing Land has been tipped over the edge by various colleagues: 'After seeing yet another "hands-on" review of the Microsoft Surface tablet, I thought it would be interesting to shed more light on what exactly the journalists who assembled in Hollywood this week for the Surface launch event actually got to do with the tablets. In short, not a lot. Come along as I explain the hands-off reality of what I saw.' In response to Sullivan's criticisms, TechRadar contributor Mary To Many rebuts that merely touching something that does not operate nor even truly exist equates to an actual hands-on review. So, what do Slashdotters expect a "hands-on" review to reveal and/or include?"

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A framework for implementing Subversion hooks.

A suite of Perl modules that implement a number

On behalf of all developers I want to say something to all users.

We need you.

Without users, there can't be any software.

Because, as we know, software is a process.

And the process of software, at some point, is driven by users.

The job of a developer is to seed the process.

To say, here -- I think this is a good idea.

Then it's up to the users to agree or not.

But it goes way beyond that.

Developers, when we do our most appreciated work, are paving cow paths. Making things we know people want work better.

So the process is:

1. Users do something.

2. Users do other things.

3. They do more of some things than others.

4. Patterns emerge.

5. You see which way to go.

6. You make that way easy.

I think all good developers know this, at a visceral level. But the longer we do this, the clearer it is.

There wasn't always a Mother's Day or a Father's Day. At some point we woke up and realized, hey, we need these people. And we appreciate them. So let's give them a day.

So we need to feel, imho, the same way for people who use our software.

I'm feeling this very clearly now, as the uptake begins for my latest works. The users' presence is being felt. They're showing me things I need to look at that I wasn't looking at before. The feedback loop is kicking in.

Opposition activists say at least 40 people have died in different places, including Deir Az zor and Homs.

Indigenous people fear government's go-ahead to proposal will destroy four lakes and damage water supply.

England's Danny Willett wins the International Open in Cologne after victory in play-off against Marcus Fraser.

Stämde möte ute i skogen – mordhotade.

Oroligheterna i Bolivia fortsätter trots överenskommelsen tidigare i dag mellan regeringen och de strejkande poliserna.

Leftist South American leaders step up criticism of new government as Fernando Lugo brands it "illegitimate".

First time accepted submitter scottbee writes "A major New York intellectual property lawfirm has filed a $1m lawsuit against domain squatter/security researcher Wesley Kenzie (aka Securikai). Kenzie registered domain names to collect misaddressed email, and then holding companies to ransom claiming he had found security vulnerabilities and would consult for five figure engagements. Lockheed Martin handled it with a simple UDRP, but the Gioconda Law Group decided instead to file a lawsuit for 'cybersquatting, trademark infringement and unlawful interception of a law firm's private electronic communications in violation of federal laws,' along with a permanent injunction. Kenzie had also tried the same tactic against Rapid7's HDMoore, but was shamed out of the domain names earlier this year."

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