Wednesday, August 17, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-18

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Proof Positive - Extended Validation SSL Increases Online Sales and Transactions
Understand how the proper IT security policies can actually drive more sales. It also discusses how Extended Validation (EV) works, why phishing is such a problem, and how to get better results using EV SSL.
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51427554/
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<em>World of Warcraft</em> Finally Loses Subscribers
from the infinite-growth-apparently-unsustainable dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @03:54 (Role Playing (Games))
with 337 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/0230212/World-of-Warcraft-Finally-Loses-Subscribers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fired Techie Created Virtual Chaos At Pharma Co.
from the no-printers-were-harmed dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @05:19 (Security)
with 329 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/021218/Fired-Techie-Created-Virtual-Chaos-At-Pharma-Co?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook Says That Google+ Has No Users
from the pew-pew-no-you-are-dumb dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @13:00 (Facebook)
with 284 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1627203/Facebook-Says-That-Google-Has-No-Users?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Anti-Piracy Lawyers Accuse Blind Man of Downloading Films
from the you-wouldn't-download-a-seeing-eye-dog dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @22:23 (Piracy)
with 280 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2346248/Anti-Piracy-Lawyers-Accuse-Blind-Man-of-Downloading-Films?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Analysis of Google's Motorola Acquisition
from the of-all-the-recent-acquisitions-it-was-definitely-one-of-them dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @20:10 (Android)
with 274 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2334230/Analysis-of-Googles-Motorola-Acquisition?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

GPGPU Bitcoin Mining Trojan
from the now-thats-not-so-bad dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @09:00 (Bitcoin)
with 235 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1250213/GPGPU-Bitcoin-Mining-Trojan?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

$80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes In Kenya
from the not-quite-as-tasty dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @02:32 (Android)
with 188 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/0144227/80-Android-Phone-Sells-Like-Hotcakes-In-Kenya?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Accused Teen Bomber Finds FBI Surveillance Team's Wireless Network
from the we-need-better-names dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @15:51 (Wireless Networking)
with 180 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1937232/Accused-Teen-Bomber-Finds-FBI-Surveillance-Teams-Wireless-Network?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Interview With GNOME 3 Designer Jon McCann
from the point-and-counterpoint dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @16:21 (GNOME)
with 169 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1943218/Interview-With-GNOME-3-Designer-Jon-McCann?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How To Steal ATM PINs With a Thermal Camera
from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @11:24 (Security)
with 148 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1416244/How-To-Steal-ATM-PINs-With-a-Thermal-Camera?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Crysis 2</em> Update a Perfect Case of Wasted Polygons
from the almost-as-many-as-starfox dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @23:20 (AMD)
with 141 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/0246223/Crysis-2-Update-a-Perfect-Case-of-Wasted-Polygons?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Notch Asks For Trial By Combat
from the how-all-trademark-claims-should-be-settled dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @16:46 (Quake)
with 136 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1838230/Notch-Asks-For-Trial-By-Combat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

SpaceX Given Approval For ISS Mission
from the try-not-to-run-into-it dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @00:19 (ISS)
with 135 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/003250/SpaceX-Given-Approval-For-ISS-Mission?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Shoots Down Comet Elenin Doomsday Predictions
from the phew-i-was-worried dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @12:12 (Earth)
with 135 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/162253/NASA-Shoots-Down-Comet-Elenin-Doomsday-Predictions?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Rage</em> and the Tech Behind id Tech 5
from the next-gen-rocket-launchers dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @15:05 (First Person Shooters (Games))
with 125 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1832251/Rage-and-the-Tech-Behind-id-Tech-5?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Paul Ceglia: Facebook Is Doing the Forgery, Not Me
from the bored-now dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @10:37 (Facebook)
with 120 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/147238/Paul-Ceglia-Facebook-Is-Doing-the-Forgery-Not-Me?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Australian 'Electronic Pigeon Hole' Could Replace Gov't Snail Mail
from the arrives-through-a-series-of-tubes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @01:18 (Australia)
with 110 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/0313246/Australian-Electronic-Pigeon-Hole-Could-Replace-Govt-Snail-Mail?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Malicious Spam Spikes To 'Epic' Level
from the whack-a-mole dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @13:52 (Spam)
with 108 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1712257/Malicious-Spam-Spikes-To-Epic-Level?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Collar-Bomber Tracked By Gmail Accesses
from the crimes-that-would-have-worked-better-in-the-80s dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 17, @08:15 (Crime)
with 105 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/0341201/Collar-Bomber-Tracked-By-Gmail-Accesses?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

USPTO Issues 8,000,000th Patent
from the congratulations-i-think dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 17, @09:53 (Patents)
with 104 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1334238/USPTO-Issues-8000000th-Patent?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hackers Get Their Own Scoreboard and Rankings
from the and-the-winner-is dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @11:51 (Security)
with 98 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1416233/Hackers-Get-Their-Own-Scoreboard-and-Rankings?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple
from the one-bad-apple dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @15:30 (Iphone)
with 95 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1853257/27000-South-Koreans-Sue-Apple?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MABEL Robot Runs Like a Human
from the I-wanna-run-like-you-hoo-hoo dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @17:12 (Robotics)
with 85 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2037203/MABEL-Robot-Runs-Like-a-Human?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Moon Younger Than Previously Thought
from the not-a-day-over-4-billion dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @19:20 (Moon)
with 80 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2247255/Moon-Younger-Than-Previously-Thought?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UCLA Engineers Create Energy-Generating LCD Screen
from the power-of-light dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @19:49 (Displays)
with 49 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2250249/UCLA-Engineers-Create-Energy-Generating-LCD-Screen?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Virtual Lab Rat Saves Human Lives
from the break-out-the-pretend-cheese dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @18:04 (Medicine)
with 40 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2053201/Virtual-Lab-Rat-Saves-Human-Lives?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Judge Dismisses Google's Complaint Over Android Code Viewing
from the it's-outta-here dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @18:57 (Android)
with 38 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2142203/Judge-Dismisses-Googles-Complaint-Over-Android-Code-Viewing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Computer Labs That Created the Digital World
from the in-the-beginning dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @18:24 (Digital)
with 34 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2137246/The-Computer-Labs-That-Created-the-Digital-World?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon Launches 'AWS GovCloud'
from the uptime-is-not-a-mandate dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 16, @21:06 (Cloud)
with 26 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/16/2339232/Amazon-Launches-AWS-GovCloud?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

LinuxCon 2011 Keynotes Streamed Free
from the from-the-comfort-of-your-own-home dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @14:41 (Linux)
with 22 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1755208/LinuxCon-2011-Keynotes-Streamed-Free?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Graphene In Space Offers Clues To Life On Earth
from the little-atoms-big-universe dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 17, @17:33 (Space)
with 13 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/2048207/Graphene-In-Space-Offers-Clues-To-Life-On-Earth?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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