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Laptops In the Classroom Don't Increase Grades
from the work-easier-not-smarter dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @13:55 (Education)
with 308 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1547243/Laptops-In-the-Classroom-Dont-Increase-Grades?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Tapping Subway Trains For Energy
from the make-them-pedal dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 03, @22:55 (Power)
with 207 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/03/229215/Tapping-Subway-Trains-For-Energy?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What Is the Most Influential Programming Book?
from the best-of-class dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @19:45 (Books)
with 207 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/2044204/What-Is-the-Most-Influential-Programming-Book?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple's iCloud Runs On Microsoft Azure
from the we-put-a-cloud-in-your-cloud dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 04, @02:04 (Cloud)
with 203 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/0051209/Apples-iCloud-Runs-On-Microsoft-Azure?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Lenovo To Offer $200 Budget Tablet
from the discount-computing dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @11:27 (Handhelds)
with 141 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1439221/Lenovo-To-Offer-200-Budget-Tablet?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Register Hacked
from the down-time dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @16:20 (Security)
with 138 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/2012220/The-Register-Hacked?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Lucasfilm Unveils "Sandcrawler" Singapore Office
from the breaks-over-jawa dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @12:43 (Businesses)
with 127 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1511229/Lucasfilm-Unveils-Sandcrawler-Singapore-Office?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The UK Government's Struggle With Digital Rights
from the regulating-a-series-of-tubes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 04, @05:06 (United Kingdom)
with 103 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/0619219/The-UK-Governments-Struggle-With-Digital-Rights?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook Testing Translate Feature For Comments?
from the button-of-babel dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @10:11 (Cloud)
with 80 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1214251/Facebook-Testing-Translate-Feature-For-Comments?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

18-Year-Old Student Discovers Comet Break-Up
from the patience-and-a-sweet-telescope dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 04, @08:18 (Space)
with 61 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/068250/18-Year-Old-Student-Discovers-Comet-Break-Up?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NSA Makes Contribution To Apache Hadoop Project
from the need-a-hand? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @15:13 (Cloud)
with 53 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1730256/NSA-Makes-Contribution-To-Apache-Hadoop-Project?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Patents Glove For "Seeing With Your Hand"
from the touching-is-believing dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @09:03 (Google)
with 49 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1210220/Google-Patents-Glove-For-Seeing-With-Your-Hand?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cryogenic Truck Services Remote Telescopes
from the telescope-repair-option dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, @18:00 (Transportation)
with 21 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/04/1816253/Cryogenic-Truck-Services-Remote-Telescopes?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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