Friday, September 30, 2011

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Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Destroy Hard Drives?
from the burn-it-with-fire dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 29, @23:47 (Data Storage)
with 951 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/0059235/ask-slashdot-best-way-to-destroy-hard-drives?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Adobe Flash Lost Its Way
from the wrong-turn dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday September 30, @08:09 (Programming)
with 307 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/0315207/how-adobe-flash-lost-its-way?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Canadian Ice Shelves Halve In Six Years
from the not-cool dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @15:35 (Earth)
with 301 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/190210/canadian-ice-shelves-halve-in-six-years?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Firefox 8.0 Beta Available
from the another-day-another-version dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @11:15 (Firefox)
with 259 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1436223/firefox-80-beta-available?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
from the you-are-who-google-says-you-are dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @10:54 (Cloud)
with 258 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1422217/cloud-powered-facial-recognition-is-terrifying?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Security Products Flag Google Chrome As a Virus
from the if-it-quacks-like-a-horse dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @13:53 (Chrome)
with 233 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/176230/microsoft-security-products-flag-google-chrome-as-a-virus?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Top 1% of iOS Game Developers Make a Third of All Revenue
from the fighting-for-scraps dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @03:51 (Businesses)
with 224 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/0730251/top-1-of-ios-game-developers-make-a-third-of-all-revenue?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

SpaceX Reveals Plans For Full Launch System Re-usability
from the waste-not-want-not dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @08:50 (Space)
with 201 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1226232/spacex-reveals-plans-for-full-launch-system-re-usability?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

An Operating System For Cities
from the can't-wait-for-those-citywide-blue-screens dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @12:19 (Networking)
with 196 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1458245/an-operating-system-for-cities?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Pavegen To Tap Pedestrians For Power In the UK
from the electric-slide dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday September 30, @02:21 (Power)
with 193 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/016224/pavegen-to-tap-pedestrians-for-power-in-the-uk?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Google Drove Samsung Away
from the and-stay-out dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday September 30, @04:53 (Android)
with 185 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/036250/how-google-drove-samsung-away?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask <em>They Might Be Giants</em> About Almost 30 Years of Music
from the no-one-in-the-world-ever-gets-what-they-want-and-that-is-beautifu dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday September 30, @11:36 (Music)
with 170 comments
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/000225/ask-they-might-be-giants-about-almost-30-years-of-music?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The (Mostly) Sad Fates of 32 First-Generation iPad Rivals
from the competing-with-vaporware-is-easy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @17:26 (Handhelds)
with 167 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/2052238/the-mostly-sad-fates-of-32-first-generation-ipad-rivals?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MIT's 'Artificial Leaf' Makes Fuel From Sunlight
from the do-you-think-energy-just-falls-off-trees dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @13:01 (Power)
with 138 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1512249/mits-artificial-leaf-makes-fuel-from-sunlight?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Boston Dynamics Unveils AlphaDog Quadruped Robot
from the it-will-chase-you-in-your-nightmares dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @09:32 (Robotics)
with 131 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1241201/boston-dynamics-unveils-alphadog-quadruped-robot?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Trustworthy Proxy Services?
from the carrier-pigeons-are-reliable dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @18:10 (Networking)
with 92 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/2059234/ask-slashdot-trustworthy-proxy-services?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Inside Story of the Kelihos Takedown
from the with-a-little-help-from-my-friends dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 29, @21:30 (Botnet)
with 79 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/29/2244252/the-inside-story-of-the-kelihos-takedown?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Dutch Usenet Provider Ordered To Remove Infringing Content
from the trouble-in-the-usenets dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @16:43 (Piracy)
with 77 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1949213/dutch-usenet-provider-ordered-to-remove-infringing-content?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle: Proud, Self-Reliant, Increasingly Isolated
from the sitting-in-the-corner-for-a-timeout dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @15:58 (Cloud)
with 69 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1855204/oracle-proud-self-reliant-increasingly-isolated?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon In Talks With HP To Buy Palm
from the might-come-in-handy-some-day dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @14:36 (HP)
with 66 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1832241/amazon-in-talks-with-hp-to-buy-palm?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Free Press Sues FCC Over Discrepancy In Net Neutrality Rules
from the give-me-interwebs-or-give-me-death dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @10:12 (The Internet)
with 64 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1258241/free-press-sues-fcc-over-discrepancy-in-net-neutrality-rules?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>A Game of Thrones</em> RTS Game Released, RPG On the Way
from the rated-R-for-you-know-what dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @17:47 (Books)
with 58 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/2117253/a-game-of-thrones-rts-game-released-rpg-on-the-way?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nokia Consolidating Locations, Laying Off 3500 More Employees
from the elop-lops-off-the-arms dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday September 30, @18:52 (Businesses)
with 55 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/2213226/nokia-consolidating-locations-laying-off-3500-more-employees?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Foxconn's Brazil Plan Stalled
from the brazilian-workers-rejoice dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday September 30, @19:33 (China)
with 52 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/238229/foxconns-brazil-plan-stalled?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Security Flaw Bypasses AT&amp;T Samsung Galaxy S II Screen Lock
from the your-kid-knows-the-password-anyway dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @16:22 (Security)
with 31 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1953214/security-flaw-bypasses-att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-screen-lock?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Analyzing Data Retention By Wireless Carriers
from the privacy-on-a-timetable dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday September 30, @15:16 (Cellphones)
with 19 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/30/1850214/analyzing-data-retention-by-wireless-carriers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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