Saturday, October 8, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-10-09

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Should Book Authors Pursue a Patronage Model?
from the tip-jar-running-low dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @13:25 (Books)
with 281 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1724232/should-book-authors-pursue-a-patronage-model?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Windows 8 To Reduce Memory Footprint
from the those-sound-like-good-ideas dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @09:21 (Windows)
with 244 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1259218/windows-8-to-reduce-memory-footprint?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Florida School District Begins Fingerprinting Students
from the mandatory-attendance-including-your-fingers dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @14:27 (Privacy)
with 219 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1824223/florida-school-district-begins-fingerprinting-students?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle's Ambitious Plan For Client-Side Java
from the larry-pulls-a-shot dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @12:19 (Java)
with 189 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1616241/oracles-ambitious-plan-for-client-side-java?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

ISPs 'Exaggerate the Cost of Data'
from the learned-it-from-the-telcos dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @07:30 (The Internet)
with 144 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/054237/isps-exaggerate-the-cost-of-data?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Linux In JavaScript, With Persistent Storage
from the and-all-I-want-is-a-working-wireless-card dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @10:18 (Linux)
with 141 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1340253/linux-in-javascript-with-persistent-storage?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Tries To Patent 3rd Party In-App Purchasing
from the on-the-internet dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @15:32 (Android)
with 135 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1929233/apple-tries-to-patent-3rd-party-in-app-purchasing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MS Buying Yahoo? Bad Idea, Even At a Discount
from the bing-bing-bing-we-have-a-winner dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @01:50 (Businesses)
with 128 comments
http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/0314220/ms-buying-yahoo-bad-idea-even-at-a-discount?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle To Bring Dtrace To Linux
from the dplane-dplane-no-that's-fantasy-island dept.
posted by timothy on Friday October 07, @22:49 (Oracle)
with 112 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/0120215/oracle-to-bring-dtrace-to-linux?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Extension To Chrome Brings Remote Desktop Abilities
from the new-meaning-for-parental-support dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @18:47 (Chrome)
with 96 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/2246255/extension-to-chrome-brings-remote-desktop-abilities?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FBI Plans Nationwide Face-Recognition Trials In 2012
from the nationwide-in-select-states dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @08:25 (Privacy)
with 95 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/07/2342240/fbi-plans-nationwide-face-recognition-trials-in-2012?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Russian Telco MTS Bans Skype, Other VoIP Services
from the but-that-complicates-my-wedding-plans dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @04:40 (Communications)
with 89 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/0326235/russian-telco-mts-bans-skype-other-voip-services?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

German Government's Malware Analyzed
from the unter-dem-mikroskop dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @16:31 (Government)
with 83 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/2029221/german-governments-malware-analyzed?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Belgian Court Order May Be Too Specific To Actually Block Pirate Bay Domain
from the not-responsible-for-thinkographic-errors dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @19:53 (Censorship)
with 47 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/2327227/belgian-court-order-may-be-too-specific-to-actually-block-pirate-bay-domain?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Which License For School Products?
from the one-for-you-and-one-for-posterity dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @11:17 (Education)
with 44 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/1349203/ask-slashdot-which-license-for-school-products?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook's URL Scanner Vulnerable To Cloaking Attack
from the spy-vs-jerk dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday October 08, @17:45 (Facebook)
with 24 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/08/2145216/facebooks-url-scanner-vulnerable-to-cloaking-attack?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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