Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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The Most Expensive One-Byte Mistake
from the catchy-but-totally-misleading-internet-headline dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @00:18 (Programming)
with 532 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/011244/The-Most-Expensive-One-Byte-Mistake?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook Exec: Online Anonymity Must Go Away
from the show-your-support-anonymously dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @08:10 (Facebook)
with 515 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0523211/Facebook-Exec-Online-Anonymity-Must-Go-Away?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Was<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.NET All a Mistake?
from the in-hindsight dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @17:01 (Microsoft)
with 458 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2027207/Was-NET-All-a-Mistake?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Limits On Growth of Energy Use and Economies
from the but-infinite-growth-sounds-fun dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @20:00 (Power)
with 455 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/02/2315207/Limits-On-Growth-of-Energy-Use-and-Economies?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement
from the taking-it-in-a-different-direction dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @15:50 (Entertainment)
with 448 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1858250/Spidermans-Politically-Correct-Replacement?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Removes MySQL From Lion Server
from the well-isn't-that-interesting dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @08:55 (Databases)
with 280 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1238249/Apple-Removes-MySQL-From-Lion-Server?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Mug-Shot Industry Digs Up Your Past, Charges You To Bury It
from the you-give-and-they-take dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @02:10 (Crime)
with 233 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0532239/Mug-Shot-Industry-Digs-Up-Your-Past-Charges-You-To-Bury-It?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

.NET Gadgeteer &mdash; Microsoft's Arduino Killer?
from the didn't-see-this-in-the-magic-eight-ball dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @20:59 (Hardware Hacking)
with 232 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0012203/NET-Gadgeteer-mdash-Microsofts-Arduino-Killer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google+ Registers 25 Million Visitors
from the still-a-long-ways-to-go dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @11:10 (Google)
with 206 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1333214/Google-Registers-25-Million-Visitors?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

eBay Deploys 100TB of SSDs, Cuts Rackspace By Half
from the go-big-or-go-home dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @03:22 (Data Storage)
with 189 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0219230/eBay-Deploys-100TB-of-SSDs-Cuts-Rackspace-By-Half?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

AptiQuant Browser/IQ Study Was Likely a Hoax
from the or-maybe-it-just-fooled-the-dumb-people dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @10:27 (News)
with 173 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1350224/AptiQuant-BrowserIQ-Study-Was-Likely-a-Hoax?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

First Observational Test of the "Multiverse"
from the que-the-evil-doppelgangers dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @18:10 (United Kingdom)
with 155 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2053213/First-Observational-Test-of-the-Multiverse?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ripping CDs Set To Be Legalized In UK
from the about-bloody-time dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @05:02 (United Kingdom)
with 148 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0239242/Ripping-CDs-Set-To-Be-Legalized-In-UK?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Epidemic of Digital Distraction
from the what-were-you-saying? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @14:01 (The Internet)
with 139 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1734243/The-Epidemic-of-Digital-Distraction?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Preview of id Software's <em>Rage</em>
from the sunshine-and-unicorns-gameplay dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @06:33 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 138 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/0654232/Preview-of-id-Softwares-Rage?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Wall Street Predicts Merge of OS X and iOS
from the two-in-one dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @18:38 (Apple)
with 123 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/217215/Wall-Street-Predicts-Merge-of-OS-X-and-iOS?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons
from the that's-no-moon dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @15:32 (Moon)
with 122 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1824202/Earth-May-Once-Have-Had-Two-Moons?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Get Cyber-Mercenaries Suggests Ex NSA, CIA Director
from the watch-out-for-the-black-ice dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @13:22 (Security)
with 117 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1717243/Get-Cyber-Mercenaries-Suggests-Ex-NSA-CIA-Director?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Governments, IOC and UN Hit By Massive Cyber Attack
from the because-mcafee-says-so dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @09:47 (China)
with 108 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/138231/Governments-IOC-and-UN-Hit-By-Massive-Cyber-Attack?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Living In an Unsecured World
from the trying-to-bail-the-ocean dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 02, @22:08 (Security)
with 106 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/008242/Living-In-an-Unsecured-World?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft To Pay $200k Prize For New Security Tech
from the making-a-little-pocket-money dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @14:48 (Microsoft)
with 104 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1822215/Microsoft-To-Pay-200k-Prize-For-New-Security-Tech?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Patches 30 Chrome Bugs, Adds Instant Pages
from the not-a-bad-month dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @11:51 (Chrome)
with 101 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1532247/Google-Patches-30-Chrome-Bugs-Adds-Instant-Pages?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

IBM To Unveil Secure Open Wireless At Black Hat
from the does-it-pass-the-sniff-test dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 03, @12:41 (IBM)
with 83 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1551250/IBM-To-Unveil-Secure-Open-Wireless-At-Black-Hat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Computer Scientist Calls For Web Search Shake-Up
from the what's-wrong-with-repackaging dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @19:25 (Google)
with 81 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/228241/Computer-Scientist-Calls-For-Web-Search-Shake-Up?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Federal IT Will Survive the Budget Deal
from the surviving-the-it-ceiling dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @17:50 (Cloud)
with 71 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2046233/Federal-IT-Will-Survive-the-Budget-Deal?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Wants Cybersecurity Protection Plan For Cars
from the gentlemen-start-your-anti-virus dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @16:15 (Security)
with 70 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1947225/US-Wants-Cybersecurity-Protection-Plan-For-Cars?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Giant African Rat Kills With Poisonous Mohawk
from the T-approved dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @19:00 (Idle)
with 62 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/221245/Giant-African-Rat-Kills-With-Poisonous-Mohawk?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Borderlands 2</em> Announced
from the so-nice-they-made-it-twice dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 03, @16:35 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 46 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/1948219/Borderlands-2-Announced?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Monitor Household Energy From Your Smartphone
from the power-in-your-pocket dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @17:23 (Power)
with 45 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2036213/Monitor-Household-Energy-From-Your-Smartphone?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Building Material Absorbs and Releases Heat
from the cool-house dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @19:54 (China)
with 45 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2217253/Building-Material-Absorbs-and-Releases-Heat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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