Tuesday, August 16, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-17

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Cop Seeks Wiretapping Charges For Woman Who Videotaped Beating
from the you've-got-to-be-kidding-me dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday August 15, @20:06 (Crime)
with 628 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/15/2313212/Cop-Seeks-Wiretapping-Charges-For-Woman-Who-Videotaped-Beating?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban
from the gt-2-run-cops-r-bug'n-me dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday August 15, @22:05 (The Courts)
with 455 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/15/2340251/Driver-Using-Two-Cell-Phones-Gets-Year-Long-Driving-Ban?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Paypal Founder Helping Build Artificial Island Nations
from the principality-of-sealand-declares-war dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @17:20 (Earth)
with 373 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2032236/Paypal-Founder-Helping-Build-Artificial-Island-Nations?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Post-Idea World
from the shiny-objects-trump-shiny-thoughts dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @08:12 (Editorial)
with 342 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/0142226/The-Post-Idea-World?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

China Praises UK Internet Censorship Plan
from the you-know-you're-on-the-wrong-side-when dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @02:14 (Censorship)
with 313 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/0019248/China-Praises-UK-Internet-Censorship-Plan?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

C++0x Finally Becomes a Standard
from the c++-ain't-what-it-used-to-be dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @13:35 (Programming)
with 310 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/178227/C0x-Finally-Becomes-a-Standard?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Exec Responds To the Google-Motorola Deal
from the closed-is-open dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @12:50 (Businesses)
with 251 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1645229/Microsoft-Exec-Responds-To-the-Google-Motorola-Deal?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hard Truths About HTML5
from the does-not-julienne-fries dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @05:26 (Programming)
with 241 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/0248232/Hard-Truths-About-HTML5?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Do Spoilers Ruin a Good Story? No, Say Researchers
from the maybe-researchers-are-just-jerks dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @00:10 (Books)
with 227 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/0237204/Do-Spoilers-Ruin-a-Good-Story-No-Say-Researchers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Yahoo, Facebook Test "Six Degrees of Separation"
from the small-world dept.
posted by samzenpus on Tuesday August 16, @10:24 (Facebook)
with 209 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1337246/Yahoo-Facebook-Test-Six-Degrees-of-Separation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement
from the making-the-world-worse dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 16, @12:00 (Advertising)
with 207 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1542203/Digital-Tech-and-the-Re-Birth-of-Product-Placement?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Can We Fix SSL Certification?
from the security-through-insecurity dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @15:03 (Security)
with 180 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1816223/Can-We-Fix-SSL-Certification?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik
from the get-the-best dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 16, @09:39 (Android)
with 171 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1341221/Samsung-Hires-Steve-Cyanogen-Kondik?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

BART Keeps Cell Service Despite Protests
from the be-glad-dissent-is-permitted dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @15:51 (Censorship)
with 156 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1931241/BART-Keeps-Cell-Service-Despite-Protests?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

IE 9 Beats Other Browsers at Blocking Malicious Content
from the slid-into-the-wrong-universe dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @16:33 (Internet Explorer)
with 153 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/200209/IE-9-Beats-Other-Browsers-at-Blocking-Malicious-Content?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

1 in 8 Take Fake Phone Calls to Avoid Talking to Others
from the quiet-please-I'm-pretending-to-have-a-conversation dept.
posted by samzenpus on Tuesday August 16, @13:15 (Handhelds)
with 142 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/141204/1-in-8-Take-Fake-Phone-Calls-to-Avoid-Talking-to-Others?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

3DS and Vita Face Tough Battle Against Smartphones
from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @03:29 (Cellphones)
with 128 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/0257248/3DS-and-Vita-Face-Tough-Battle-Against-Smartphones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Floating Nuclear Power Plant Seized By Court
from the smokers-sighted-nearby dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @15:21 (Power)
with 110 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1853241/Floating-Nuclear-Power-Plant-Seized-By-Court?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Righthaven Loses Again
from the nuke-them-from-orbit dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @14:19 (The Courts)
with 107 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1750228/Righthaven-Loses-Again?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Santa Cruz Tests Predictive Policing Program
from the tom-cruise-goes-missing dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @19:28 (Crime)
with 91 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2231211/Santa-Cruz-Tests-Predictive-Policing-Program?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

A Linux Kernel More Stable Than -stable
from the linux-gets-a-day-job dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @18:04 (Software)
with 83 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2135217/A-Linux-Kernel-More-Stable-Than--stable?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Aaron Barr Talks About DEFCON, Anonymous Attacks
from the between-the-barrs dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 16, @08:51 (Security)
with 72 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1242238/Aaron-Barr-Talks-About-DEFCON-Anonymous-Attacks?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

JooJoo Maker Is Back With a New Tablet
from the some-kind-of-immortal dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 16, @11:17 (Android)
with 69 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/1437259/JooJoo-Maker-Is-Back-With-a-New-Tablet?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Navy Bomb Squads Get a Solar Power Upgrade
from the let's-hope-nobody-plants-bombs-at-night dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @18:45 (The Military)
with 41 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2214244/Navy-Bomb-Squads-Get-a-Solar-Power-Upgrade?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

App Inventor Continues Life at MIT
from the it-was-all-for-the-best dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday August 16, @17:05 (Android)
with 14 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2048207/App-Inventor-Continues-Life-at-MIT?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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