Thursday, August 4, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-05

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Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce
from the what-else-don't-you-like? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @22:00 (GNOME)
with 733 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0115232/Linus-Torvalds-Ditches-GNOME-3-For-Xfce?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Smart Power Grid Could Wreak Havoc On Itself
from the off-is-the-new-on dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @12:33 (Power)
with 291 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1551257/Smart-Power-Grid-Could-Wreak-Havoc-On-Itself?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Rare Earth Deposit Discovered In US
from the go-west-young-man dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @14:57 (China)
with 290 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1857220/Rare-Earth-Deposit-Discovered-In-US?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle's Java Policies Are Destroying the Community
from the shares-in-haskell-inc-up-ten-points dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @11:00 (Java)
with 285 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1427213/Oracles-Java-Policies-Are-Destroying-the-Community?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Germany Says Facebook's Facial Recognition Is Illegal
from the pictures-of-you dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @23:05 (Facebook)
with 270 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2352200/Germany-Says-Facebooks-Facial-Recognition-Is-Illegal?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Accuses Competitors of Abusing Patents Against Android
from the the-plot-thickens dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @08:48 (Android)
with 267 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/129244/Google-Accuses-Competitors-of-Abusing-Patents-Against-Android?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FAA Taking a Look At News Corp's Use of Drone
from the they-have-a-drone? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 03, @20:21 (Government)
with 238 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/03/2227248/FAA-Taking-a-Look-At-News-Corps-Use-of-Drone?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Briefing on New Mars Finding This Afternoon
from the mulder-found-exploring-face-of-mars dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @10:38 (NASA)
with 220 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1328249/NASA-Briefing-on-New-Mars-Finding-This-Afternoon?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Is Free Software Ready For E-publishing?
from the information-wants-to-be-free dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @09:31 (Open Source)
with 196 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/137258/Is-Free-Software-Ready-For-E-publishing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Saudi Arabia Constructing World's Tallest Building
from the perhaps-to-house-a-language-institute dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @14:25 (Technology)
with 195 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1823254/Saudi-Arabia-Constructing-Worlds-Tallest-Building?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

London Could Soon Get Free Wi-Fi Everywhere
from the have-a-bit-of-internet dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 04, @01:56 (The Internet)
with 183 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0120258/London-Could-Soon-Get-Free-Wi-Fi-Everywhere?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

OS X Lion Ships With Faulty NVidia Drivers
from the rough-edges-on-the-rollout dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @17:34 (Bug)
with 183 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2118220/OS-X-Lion-Ships-With-Faulty-NVidia-Drivers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Study Links Game Piracy To Critics' Review Scores
from the if-you-pan-it-they-will-come dept.
posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 04, @06:24 (Piracy)
with 174 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/026253/Study-Links-Game-Piracy-To-Critics-Review-Scores?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Announces Discovery of Salty Water On Mars<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... Maybe
from the why-don't-they-just-taste-it? dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @15:41 (Mars)
with 173 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1929249/NASA-Announces-Discovery-of-Salty-Water-On-Mars--Maybe?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Finding Fault With the Low, Low Price of Android
from the armchair-quarterbacks-and-the-forces-of-envy dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @18:49 (Android)
with 173 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2134255/Finding-Fault-With-the-Low-Low-Price-of-Android?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Sends Lego Figures to Jupiter
from the universal-toy dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 04, @13:24 (NASA)
with 148 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1420201/NASA-Sends-Lego-Figures-to-Jupiter?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researcher's Tool Catches Net Neutrality Cheaters
from the why-so-slow? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 04, @08:06 (The Internet)
with 126 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0321249/Researchers-Tool-Catches-Net-Neutrality-Cheaters?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online
from the i'm-afraid-i-can't-let-you-do-that dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @13:20 (AI)
with 121 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1646210/Stanford-Intro-To-AI-Course-Offered-Free-Online?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UK Health Service Fears Huge Legal Fight Over Unwanted Contracts
from the read-it-before-you-sign-it dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 04, @04:44 (Government)
with 112 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0131233/UK-Health-Service-Fears-Huge-Legal-Fight-Over-Unwanted-Contracts?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

DOS, Backdoor, and Easter Egg Found In Siemens S7
from the punch-the-monkey dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @11:47 (Security)
with 111 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1520239/DOS-Backdoor-and-Easter-Egg-Found-In-Siemens-S7?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Doom 3</em> Source Code To Be Released This Year
from the carmack-is-awesome-and-I-don't-even-play-games dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @18:00 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 98 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2129223/Doom-3-Source-Code-To-Be-Released-This-Year?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Story Behind Recent Patent Reform
from the ain't-pretty-ain't-sufficient dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @14:03 (Patents)
with 82 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1755209/The-Story-Behind-Recent-Patent-Reform?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Xamarin's First Mono Release - Proof of Life!
from the congratulations-to-miguel dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @16:03 (Open Source)
with 69 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/201219/Xamarins-First-Mono-Release---Proof-of-Life?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Harnessing Interference For Faster Wireless Data
from the injecting-signal-into-the-noise dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @17:16 (Networking)
with 68 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2012234/Harnessing-Interference-For-Faster-Wireless-Data?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Former Nokia Engineers Fueling Finnish Startups
from the funeral-pyre dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Thursday August 04, @10:15 (Businesses)
with 57 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1341255/Former-Nokia-Engineers-Fueling-Finnish-Startups?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Federal CIO Is Former Microsoft, FCC Exec
from the maybe-he's-just-civic-minded dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @16:28 (Government)
with 46 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1940245/New-Federal-CIO-Is-Former-Microsoft-FCC-Exec?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Low Violence <em>Red Orchestra 2</em> For Australia
from the i-like-low-violins-in-orchestras dept.
posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 04, @00:28 (Australia)
with 40 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0217208/Low-Violence-Red-Orchestra-2-For-Australia?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Villains &amp; Vigilantes Creators Sue Publisher
from the neater-than-garotting-them dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @19:34 (Role Playing (Games))
with 23 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2252243/Villains-amp-Vigilantes-Creators-Sue-Publisher?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Chip Can Identify Liquids, Encode Messages
from the handy-clandestine-uses dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @18:27 (Science)
with 22 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2227217/New-Chip-Can-Identify-Liquids-Encode-Messages?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Open Source Gesture Recognition For Kinect SDK
from the everybody-will-have-been-kung-fu-fighting dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 04, @17:00 (Input Devices)
with 19 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/2057212/Open-Source-Gesture-Recognition-For-Kinect-SDK?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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