Friday, August 12, 2011

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8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars
from the it's-cheap-on-the-auction-house-too dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @13:36 (Transportation)
with 798 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/172229/8-Grams-of-Thorium-Could-Replace-Gasoline-In-Cars?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Am I Too Old To Learn New Programming Languages?
from the sorry-i-will-get-off-your-lawn dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @10:55 (Programming)
with 666 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1433239/Ask-Slashdot-Am-I-Too-Old-To-Learn-New-Programming-Languages?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Energy Panel Cautiously Endorses Fracking
from the like-they're-the-fracking-experts dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @08:09 (Earth)
with 274 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/049248/US-Energy-Panel-Cautiously-Endorses-Fracking?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Does GPS Change Us?
from the reorientation-session dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @23:16 (Earth)
with 248 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/024224/How-Does-GPS-Change-Us?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Airline Pilots Allowed To Dodge Security Screening
from the dramatis-personae-for-the-security-theatre dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @18:23 (Transportation)
with 175 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2138223/Airline-Pilots-Allowed-To-Dodge-Security-Screening?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Google Needs Firefox
from the why-can't-i-quit-you dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @08:51 (Firefox)
with 174 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1152254/Why-Google-Needs-Firefox?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chrome 14 Beta Integrates Native Client
from the going-native dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @16:21 (Chrome)
with 154 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1943225/Chrome-14-Beta-Integrates-Native-Client?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Adds Games To Google+
from the tic-tac-toe-better-have-an-i'm-feeling-lucky-button dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @03:28 (Google)
with 149 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/0522228/Google-Adds-Games-To-Google?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple's Unlikely Security Mentor: Microsoft
from the now-use-head-for-something-other-than-target dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @14:18 (Microsoft)
with 148 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1754244/Apples-Unlikely-Security-Mentor-Microsoft?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Leaked AT&T Letter Damages Case For T-Mobile Merger
from the who-here-is-surprised dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @17:01 (AT&T)
with 146 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2052237/Leaked-ATampT-Letter-Damages-Case-For-T-Mobile-Merger?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

BART Disables Cell Service To Disrupt Protests
from the government-you-deserve dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @19:59 (Censorship)
with 143 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2315209/BART-Disables-Cell-Service-To-Disrupt-Protests?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Scientists Modify Organism With Artificial Amino Acid
from the warm-glow-of-the-worms dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday August 11, @20:14 (Biotech)
with 141 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/0011224/Scientists-Modify-Organism-With-Artificial-Amino-Acid?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Review of IBM's Original Personal Computer
from the won't-run-crysis dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @12:15 (IBM)
with 138 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/160222/Review-of-IBMs-Original-Personal-Computer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FTC Probes Android and Google Search
from the you'll-never-catch-him,-he's-the-gingerbread-man dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @12:56 (Android)
with 135 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1620216/FTC-Probes-Android-and-Google-Search?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Firefox 6 Ships Next Week, 8 Blocks Sneaky Add-Ons
from the seven-due-the-week-after dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @17:43 (Firefox)
with 122 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/217208/Firefox-6-Ships-Next-Week-8-Blocks-Sneaky-Add-Ons?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Make Graphene From Girl Scout Cookies
from the why-the-aliens-need-our-resources dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @08:36 (It's funny. Laugh.)
with 118 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/0359230/Researchers-Make-Graphene-From-Girl-Scout-Cookies?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Companies Knowingly Ship Insecure Devices
from the not-enough-tps-reports dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @11:34 (Businesses)
with 117 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1516249/Why-Companies-Knowingly-Ship-Insecure-Devices?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Carmack On 'Infinite Detail,' Integrated GPUs, and Future Gaming Tech
from the building-a-better-virtual-rocket-launcher dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @15:20 (Graphics)
with 113 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1855212/Carmack-On-Infinite-Detail-Integrated-GPUs-and-Future-Gaming-Tech?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

BitTorrent Trial Makes Australia's High Court
from the which-is-totally-success dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @02:12 (Piracy)
with 95 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/0335214/BitTorrent-Trial-Makes-Australias-High-Court?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Popularity Trumps Privacy For Many On Facebook
from the effort-is-a-barrier dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @14:58 (Facebook)
with 88 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1826229/Popularity-Trumps-Privacy-For-Many-On-Facebook?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

3D Hacking Environment Links Kinect, Blender, and Metasploit
from the need-to-work-in-2d-life-angle dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @05:10 (GUI)
with 86 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/0431217/3D-Hacking-Environment-Links-Kinect-Blender-and-Metasploit?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Jeff Bezos Wants To Put an Airbag In Your iPhone
from the my-droid-doesn't-even-have-a-seat-belt dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @15:40 (Cellphones)
with 85 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1937233/Jeff-Bezos-Wants-To-Put-an-Airbag-In-Your-iPhone?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Scotland Yard Confirms It's Using Facial Recognition Tech
from the you-guys-are-a-riot dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @10:13 (Privacy)
with 83 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1350258/Scotland-Yard-Confirms-Its-Using-Facial-Recognition-Tech?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What If Tim Berners-Lee Had Patented the Web?
from the welcome-to-compuserve-again dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @19:11 (Patents)
with 78 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2235208/What-If-Tim-Berners-Lee-Had-Patented-the-Web?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

LinkedIn Hurries To Address Privacy Stumble
from the somebody's-getting-fired dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @09:33 (Businesses)
with 56 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1255222/LinkedIn-Hurries-To-Address-Privacy-Stumble?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Valve Announces <em>Counter-Strike: Global Offensive</em>
from the now-with-hats dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @18:00 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 53 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2151230/Valve-Announces-Counter-Strike-Global-Offensive?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Open Source For Lawyers?
from the open-and-shut dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @16:43 (Open Source)
with 51 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2035258/Open-Source-For-Lawyers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Artificial Skin Made From Spider Silk
from the wall-crawler dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday August 12, @11:51 (Medicine)
with 42 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1520206/Artificial-Skin-Made-From-Spider-Silk?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fossil 'Suggests Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs'
from the fossil-ventriloquism dept.
posted by timothy on Friday August 12, @19:33 (Science)
with 38 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2327225/Fossil-Suggests-Plesiosaurs-Did-Not-Lay-Eggs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

'Electronic Skin' Grafts Gadgets To Body
from the mail-us-a-sase-to-receive-your-free-slashtoo dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, @13:19 (Science)
with 26 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/1632212/Electronic-Skin-Grafts-Gadgets-To-Body?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Early Look At <em>GoldenEye Reloaded</em>
from the spike-sent dept.
posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 11, @23:28 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 0 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/2124224/Early-Look-At-GoldenEye-Reloaded?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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