Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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The Real Job Threat
from the semi-intelligent-potatoes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @14:40 (AI)
with 757 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/180258/the-real-job-threat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys
from the pushed-by-big-pharma-and-not-a-cure-all dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @13:16 (Medicine)
with 470 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1647241/hpv-vaccine-recommended-for-boys?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

John McCarthy, Discoverer of Lisp, Has Passed Away
from the lisp-proven-not-to-be-key-of-eternal-life dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 25, @08:07 (AI)
with 320 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/2227204/john-mccarthy-discoverer-of-lisp-has-passed-away?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Jaguar Recalls 18,000 Cars Over Major Software Fault
from the get-your-tatas-in-working-order dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @10:17 (Businesses)
with 308 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1321246/jaguar-recalls-18000-cars-over-major-software-fault?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nationwide Test of the Emergency Broadcast System
from the my-tin-foil-hat-is-already-melting dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @09:31 (Communications)
with 238 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1248228/nationwide-test-of-the-emergency-broadcast-system?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why So Many Crashes of Bee-Carrying Trucks?
from the bees-are-good-people dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 25, @05:02 (Biotech)
with 237 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/0417250/why-so-many-crashes-of-bee-carrying-trucks?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

10 Years of Windows XP
from the time-to-defenestrate-it dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @18:14 (Microsoft)
with 236 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/2119217/10-years-of-windows-xp?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US's Most Powerful Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled
from the swords-to-nuclear-plowshares dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @13:58 (The Military)
with 231 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1726250/uss-most-powerful-nuclear-bomb-being-dismantled?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: DD-WRT Upgrade To 802.11n?
from the bending-over-backwards-for-flexibility dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @10:38 (Networking)
with 175 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1429235/ask-slashdot-dd-wrt-upgrade-to-80211n?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant Survived March
from the but-that-would-have-cost-money dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday October 24, @23:01 (Japan)
with 174 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/0113249/why-tokai-no-2-nuclear-power-plant-survived-march?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Mastercard, Visa To Help Target Ads
from the you-are-the-product-being-sold dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @16:47 (Advertising)
with 168 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/203213/mastercard-visa-to-help-target-ads?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Robot Walks Like a Human, Requires No Power
from the it-will-chase-you-in-your-nightmares dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @16:04 (Robotics)
with 157 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1923233/robot-walks-like-a-human-requires-no-power?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

DNA May Carry a Memory of Your Living Conditions From Childhood
from the your-past-is-part-of-you dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @17:29 (Biotech)
with 148 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/2113233/dna-may-carry-a-memory-of-your-living-conditions-from-childhood?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma
from the i-bet-it-just-had-one-button dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @19:45 (Businesses)
with 144 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/2246209/how-steve-jobs-solved-the-innovators-dilemma?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Is Verizon Breaking FCC Regulations With Locked Bootloaders?
from the but-they-might-uninstall-nsa.apk dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday October 24, @21:00 (Verizon)
with 137 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/0023232/is-verizon-breaking-fcc-regulations-with-locked-bootloaders?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Concerns Over Google Modifying SSL Behavior
from the hey-fellas-this-just-looks-bad dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @12:33 (Google)
with 115 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1547219/concerns-over-google-modifying-ssl-behavior?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Vint Cerf Answers Your Questions About IPv6 and More
from the tell-us-more-about-your-beard dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @11:45 (The Internet)
with 94 comments
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1532213/vint-cerf-answers-your-questions-about-ipv6-and-more?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Copiale Cipher Decoded
from the impossible-things-before-breakfast dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @11:01 (AI)
with 79 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1452245/copiale-cipher-decoded?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Netflix Expanding Streaming Service to The UK and Ireland
from the turns-out-the-uk-has-its-own-internet dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 25, @02:03 (The Internet)
with 78 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/011235/netflix-expanding-streaming-service-to-the-uk-and-ireland?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Strange Video of Dancing Cloud Explained By Electric Discharge
from the because-clouds-do-not-have-hormones dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @12:54 (Science)
with 78 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1612243/strange-video-of-dancing-cloud-explained-by-electric-discharge?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Epic Geomagnetic Storm Erupts
from the good-name-for-a-candy-bar dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @08:50 (Space)
with 77 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1222200/epic-geomagnetic-storm-erupts?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Virginia Rometty Selected As Next CEO of IBM
from the driving-big-blue dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @18:58 (IBM)
with 71 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/2242206/virginia-rometty-selected-as-next-ceo-of-ibm?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Mystery of an Ancient Super Nova Solved
from the it-was-his-sled dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @15:43 (Space)
with 69 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/190258/mystery-of-an-ancient-super-nova-solved?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Register Email Address Blunder
from the flog-thyself-in-penance dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 25, @04:13 (Security)
with 62 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/0411213/the-register-email-address-blunder?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Rosette Wins Loebner Prize 2011
from the wait-till-the-credit-card-scammers-start-using-it dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday October 25, @12:06 (AI)
with 48 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/165200/rosette-wins-loebner-prize-2011?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FTC To Monitor Google's Privacy Practices For 20 Years
from the settling-in-for-a-long-stakeout dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 25, @15:23 (Google)
with 44 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/25/1911207/ftc-to-monitor-googles-privacy-practices-for-20-years?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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