Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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Value of Bitcoin "Crashes"
from the smells-like-real-currency dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @09:36 (Bitcoin)
with 611 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/136259/value-of-bitcoin-crashes?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ballmer Slams Android As Cheap and Overcomplicated
from the my-kid-is-better-than-your-kid dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @17:16 (Android)
with 402 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/2028219/ballmer-slams-android-as-cheap-and-overcomplicated?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age
from the getting-long-in-the-tooth dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @15:26 (Censorship)
with 367 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1746248/actress-sues-imdb-for-revealing-her-age?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Galileo To Be Europe's Answer To US GPS
from the zombie-galileo-knows-how-to-get-to-grandma's-house dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @03:33 (EU)
with 363 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0427232/galileo-to-be-europes-answer-to-us-gps?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Android Ice Cream Sandwich SDK Released
from the symbian-did-it-ten-years-ago dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @08:55 (Android)
with 282 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1222218/android-ice-cream-sandwich-sdk-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Google's Autonomous Vehicles Work
from the up-on-the-sidewalk-thump-thump-thump dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @05:17 (Transportation)
with 263 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0420254/how-googles-autonomous-vehicles-work?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents
from the samsung-looks-away-guiltily dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @12:24 (Android)
with 204 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1610249/galaxy-nexus-designed-to-avoid-infringing-apple-patents?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Doctors Recommend Against TV For Kids Under 2
from the and-don't-let-them-drive dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 18, @22:14 (Medicine)
with 192 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/003245/doctors-recommend-against-tv-for-kids-under-2?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Starships In a Century?
from the away-to-the-stars dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @15:47 (Space)
with 184 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/198210/starships-in-a-century?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Will Apple Let Siri and Apps Connect?
from the zombie-newton-seeks-agency dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @13:44 (AI)
with 170 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1620246/will-apple-let-siri-and-apps-connect?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Seeing Through Walls
from the life-imitates-quake dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @02:16 (Hardware)
with 159 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0333215/seeing-through-walls?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Flowchart Guides Readers Through the 100 Best SF Books
from the choose-your-own-novel dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @16:51 (Books)
with 152 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/2022242/flowchart-guides-readers-through-the-100-best-sf-books?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk
from the hard-work-paying-off dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @08:13 (Biotech)
with 138 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0337204/new-vaccine-halves-malaria-risk?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo
from the if-only-they-had dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @10:17 (Microsoft)
with 138 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1348225/ballmer-were-lucky-microsoft-didnt-buy-yahoo?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fat Replaces Oil In F-16s
from the top-grease-gun dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @17:37 (The Military)
with 123 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/211204/fat-replaces-oil-in-f-16s?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Levitation
from the floating-around dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @15:05 (Transportation)
with 115 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1738252/researchers-demonstrate-quantum-levitation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

iPhone Keylogger Can Snoop On Desktop Typing
from the technology-is-awesome-and-creepy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 18, @21:12 (Cellphones)
with 100 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/2346222/iphone-keylogger-can-snoop-on-desktop-typing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Coding Games In 48 Hours
from the starring-nick-nolte-and-eddie-murphy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @06:30 (Programming)
with 92 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0439232/coding-games-in-48-hours?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Linking Is Not Defamation
from the keep-those-anchors-polite dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @11:42 (Canada)
with 87 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/150241/canadian-supreme-court-rules-linking-is-not-defamation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Which OS For an Embedded Display Unit?
from the a-little-help-please dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @18:52 (Android)
with 84 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/2119235/ask-slashdot-which-os-for-an-embedded-display-unit?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

EU Court Rules Against Stem Cell Patents For Research
from the i-hereby-patent-your-soul dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @00:13 (Patents)
with 79 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0158237/eu-court-rules-against-stem-cell-patents-for-research?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Intel Z68 Motherboard Round-Up
from the compare-and-contrast dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @14:24 (Intel)
with 67 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1725233/intel-z68-motherboard-round-up?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

PlayStation Vita Gets NA, EU Launch Date
from the new-and-...-well-it's-new dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 19, @01:20 (Portables (Games))
with 62 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/0415208/playstation-vita-gets-na-eu-launch-date?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Entry-Level NAS Storage Servers Compared
from the line-them-up dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @19:37 (Data Storage)
with 59 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/2253232/entry-level-nas-storage-servers-compared?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

German Surveillance Trojan Spies On Fifteen Apps
from the father-knows-best dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @13:05 (Government)
with 55 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1639248/german-surveillance-trojan-spies-on-fifteen-apps?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Lego NXT Bot Beats Rubik's Cube Record
from the robots-do-it-better dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @12:05 (Robotics)
with 49 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1538225/lego-nxt-bot-beats-rubiks-cube-record?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA To Test New Atomic Clock
from the no-time-like-the-precise-present dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @18:04 (NASA)
with 49 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/2125212/nasa-to-test-new-atomic-clock?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Winged Robots Hint At the Origins of Flight
from the not-to-mention-the-origins-of-skynet dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 18, @20:10 (Robotics)
with 47 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/18/2341213/winged-robots-hint-at-the-origins-of-flight?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NAND Gate Built From Bacteria
from the squishy-computing dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @16:29 (Biotech)
with 44 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/200210/nand-gate-built-from-bacteria?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

GLORIA To Give Amateur Astronomers Access To Robotic Telescopes
from the just-like-youtube dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday October 19, @11:00 (Space)
with 35 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1438219/gloria-to-give-amateur-astronomers-access-to-robotic-telescopes?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Youngest Exoplanet Discovered
from the it's-just-a-baby dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 19, @16:08 (Space)
with 13 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/19/1950214/youngest-exoplanet-discovered?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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