Wednesday, August 24, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-25

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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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More Schools Go To 4-Day Week To Cut Costs
from the education-has-a-poor-compression-ratio dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @08:15 (Education)
with 573 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/030218/More-Schools-Go-To-4-Day-Week-To-Cut-Costs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Does Religion Influence Epidemics?
from the flying-spaghetti-malaria dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @00:14 (Medicine)
with 502 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/018213/Does-Religion-Influence-Epidemics?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO
from the au-revoir-mr.-jobs dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @18:53 (Apple)
with 492 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2251249/Steve-Jobs-Resigns-As-Apple-CEO?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Samsung Cites <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em> In Apple Patent Case
from the i'm-sorry-steve-i-can't-do-that dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 23, @20:09 (Patents)
with 419 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/23/2331220/Samsung-Cites-2001-A-Space-Odyssey-In-Apple-Patent-Case?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Estimated Transfer Time Is No More In Windows 8
from the good-riddance dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @15:07 (Microsoft)
with 334 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1830255/Estimated-Transfer-Time-Is-No-More-In-Windows-8?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sports Bars Changing Channels For Video Gamers
from the we-watch-channel-zero dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @12:00 (Real Time Strategy (Games))
with 309 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1511203/Sports-Bars-Changing-Channels-For-Video-Gamers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Smartphones: the New Home of Crapware
from the time-to-flush-your-system dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 23, @22:58 (Cellphones)
with 298 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/0110257/Smartphones-the-New-Home-of-Crapware?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation
from the mid-air-update dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @15:27 (Apple)
with 221 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1840209/United-Pilots-To-Use-iPads-For-Navigation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

GameStop Opening <em>Deus Ex</em> Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon
from the you-won't-need-that dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @17:41 (Games)
with 216 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2114216/GameStop-Opening-Deus-Ex-Boxes-Removing-Free-Game-Coupon?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Interview With 'Idiot' Behind Key Software Patent
from the hate-when-that-happens dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @08:59 (Patents)
with 209 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1239239/Interview-With-Idiot-Behind-Key-Software-Patent?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What HP's TouchPad Fire Sale Teaches iPad Rivals
from the flood-the-market dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @17:21 (Android)
with 204 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/204234/What-HPs-TouchPad-Fire-Sale-Teaches-iPad-Rivals?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Could Assortative Mating Explain Autism?
from the and-nerd-begot-nerd dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @16:11 (Medicine)
with 186 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1948238/Could-Assortative-Mating-Explain-Autism?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Verizon Makes It Easy To Go Over Your Data Cap
from the as-it-was-as-it-ever-shall-be dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @05:10 (Cellphones)
with 158 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/0254200/Verizon-Makes-It-Easy-To-Go-Over-Your-Data-Cap?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Feds
from the my-coumadin-tastes-funny dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @13:36 (Advertising)
with 155 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1722221/Google-Reaches-500-Million-Settlement-With-Feds?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Least Amount of Exercise Needed To Extend Life
from the it's-up-to-you-whether-or-not-you-want-to-just-do-the-bare-minimum dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @16:55 (Medicine)
with 154 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1956252/The-Least-Amount-of-Exercise-Needed-To-Extend-Life?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MakerBot Gets $10 Million Investment
from the thats-a-lotta-money dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @10:24 (Businesses)
with 149 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/145225/MakerBot-Gets-10-Million-Investment?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Russian Supply Vehicle To ISS Burns
from the shuttle-for-sale-slightly-used dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @14:19 (ISS)
with 143 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/182257/Russian-Supply-Vehicle-To-ISS-Burns?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Video Brings <em>Portal</em> To Life
from the feature-film-please dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @06:40 (Games)
with 130 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/0247239/New-Video-Brings-Portal-To-Life?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NYC Mayor Wants Traffic Camera On Every Corner
from the here's-looking-at-you-citizen dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @18:27 (Transportation)
with 127 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/226203/NYC-Mayor-Wants-Traffic-Camera-On-Every-Corner?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Tries To Save Hubble's Successor
from the try-hard dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 23, @22:17 (Government)
with 126 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/23/2348242/NASA-Tries-To-Save-Hubbles-Successor?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Discovers 7th Closest Star
from the practically-in-my-back-yard dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @12:48 (NASA)
with 126 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1520206/NASA-Discovers-7th-Closest-Star?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware
from the can't-fight-the-fever dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @11:18 (Security)
with 111 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1439204/Researchers-Report-Spike-In-Boot-Time-Malware?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

When Algorithms Control the World
from the break-out-the-tin-foil-hat dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @15:50 (Math)
with 105 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1850201/When-Algorithms-Control-the-World?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Humanoid Robot Wakes In Space, Tweets
from the kill-all-humans dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 24, @09:45 (NASA)
with 88 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1317244/Humanoid-Robot-Wakes-In-Space-Tweets?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Creating Laser Communication System For Mars
from the mars-needs-lasers dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @18:06 (NASA)
with 70 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2118202/NASA-Creating-Laser-Communication-System-For-Mars?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sony: Emotion-Reading Games Possible In Ten Years
from the level-up-by-experiencing-a-towering-rage dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @01:32 (Sony)
with 69 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/0318200/Sony-Emotion-Reading-Games-Possible-In-Ten-Years?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fukushima Robot Operator Tells His Story
from the man-and-machine-versus-radiation dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 24, @02:11 (Japan)
with 53 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/0228241/Fukushima-Robot-Operator-Tells-His-Story?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ticketmaster Lets You Sit With Facebook Friends
from the just-like-real-friends dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @16:35 (Businesses)
with 53 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/1940229/Ticketmaster-Lets-You-Sit-With-Facebook-Friends?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apache Warns Web Server Admins of DoS Attack Tool
from the protect-ya-neck dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 24, @19:37 (Security)
with 35 comments
http://apache.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2213201/Apache-Warns-Web-Server-Admins-of-DoS-Attack-Tool?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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