Tuesday, August 2, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-03

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Windows XP Market Share Finally Falls Below 50%
from the why-it-seems-only-yesterday dept.
posted by timothy on Monday August 01, @20:04 (Microsoft)
with 404 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/000244/Windows-XP-Market-Share-Finally-Falls-Below-50?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor
from the now-you're-playing-with-power dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @08:51 (Power)
with 391 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1242234/Swede-Arrested-For-Building-Nuclear-Reactor?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Missouri Law Says Students, Teachers Can't Be Facebook Friends
from the behind-the-times dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @11:57 (Cloud)
with 390 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1458218/Missouri-Law-Says-Students-Teachers-Cant-Be-Facebook-Friends?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Are Bad Economic Times Good for Free Software?
from the how-many-gnus-for-a-soda dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @14:08 (Linux)
with 310 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1736215/Are-Bad-Economic-Times-Good-for-Free-Software?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia
from the about-that-rent-we're-seeking dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday August 02, @01:09 (Australia)
with 289 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/2345249/Apple-Blocks-Sale-of-Galaxy-Tab-101-In-Australia?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Making Graphics In Games '100,000 Times' Better?
from the future-of-gaming-or-complete-bunk dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @03:26 (Graphics)
with 276 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0443250/Making-Graphics-In-Games-100000-Times-Better?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Mysterious Object Found In Seabed
from the so-that's-where-i-left-my-spaceship dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @15:28 (Idle)
with 272 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/197239/Mysterious-Object-Found-In-Seabed?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Use Your Car To Power Your House
from the because-you-can dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @10:25 (Power)
with 250 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/146201/Use-Your-Car-To-Power-Your-House?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How To Ruin Your Game's PC Port
from the all-the-myriad-ways dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @06:11 (PC Games (Games))
with 229 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0533248/How-To-Ruin-Your-Games-PC-Port?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Are We Seeing the End of Big Oil?
from the just-wait-for-the-worldwide-famine-of-the-'70s dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday August 02, @08:12 (Businesses)
with 218 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0355242/Are-We-Seeing-the-End-of-Big-Oil?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon App Store 'Rotten To the Core,' Says Dev
from the peer-pressure dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @18:33 (Android)
with 195 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/2229215/Amazon-App-Store-Rotten-To-the-Core-Says-Dev?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Is Google+ a Cathedral Or a Bazaar?
from the either-way-the-garden-is-walled dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @13:23 (Google)
with 177 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1659229/Is-Google-a-Cathedral-Or-a-Bazaar?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Escaping Infinite Loops
from the pc-losering dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @17:05 (Programming)
with 163 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/2031215/Escaping-Infinite-Loops?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

800Mbps Wireless Network Made With LED Light Bulbs
from the don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @09:40 (Network)
with 160 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1322201/800Mbps-Wireless-Network-Made-With-LED-Light-Bulbs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Patent Regime Is Absurd
from the self-inflicted-wound dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @16:25 (Patents)
with 145 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/207228/US-Patent-Regime-Is-Absurd?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Zediva Shut Down By Federal Judge, MPAA Parties!
from the did-not-see-that-coming dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @15:38 (Media)
with 141 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1852232/Zediva-Shut-Down-By-Federal-Judge-MPAA-Parties?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Measuring Broadband America Report Released
from the cablevision-users-weeping dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @14:53 (The Internet)
with 139 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1826203/Measuring-Broadband-America-Report-Released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ground-Based GPS Mimic Is Inch Perfect
from the keep-to-the-left-for-8-inches dept.
posted by timothy on Monday August 01, @21:58 (The Military)
with 137 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0014223/Ground-Based-GPS-Mimic-Is-Inch-Perfect?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What 'Consumerization of IT' Really Means For IT
from the proliferation-of-supportable-things dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @19:15 (Handhelds)
with 103 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/237229/What-Consumerization-of-IT-Really-Means-For-IT?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Email In Oracle-Google Case Will Remain Public
from the cannot-unring-that-bell dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday August 02, @06:53 (Google)
with 102 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0757254/Email-In-Oracle-Google-Case-Will-Remain-Public?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NSA Hiring At Black Hat
from the basement-or-cell dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @17:20 (Government)
with 91 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/2044250/NSA-Hiring-At-Black-Hat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Telex Would Work, But Is It Overkill?
from the kill-it-again dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @12:44 (Censorship)
with 83 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1557227/Telex-Would-Work-But-Is-It-Overkill?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Middleboxes vs. the Internet's End-to-End Principle
from the I-love-saying-middleboxes dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday August 02, @04:05 (Communications)
with 79 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/0130231/Middleboxes-vs-the-Internets-End-to-End-Principle?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Curbs Wi-Fi Location Database
from the neither-here-nor-there dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 02, @11:10 (Microsoft)
with 67 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/1421254/Microsoft-Curbs-Wi-Fi-Location-Database?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

DARPA Developing Video Parser
from the better-spying-through-technology dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 02, @17:50 (Software)
with 19 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/2115241/DARPA-Developing-Video-Parser?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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