Thursday, October 27, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-10-28

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Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment
from the %&$%#-att-and-their-refusal-to-do-otr-updates dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @10:34 (Android)
with 676 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1432244/android-orphans-a-sad-history-of-platform-abandonment?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong
from the soft-science dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @02:58 (The Almighty Buck)
with 612 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0211216/why-economic-models-are-always-wrong?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate
from the missing-icon dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:23 (Transportation)
with 451 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1618203/steve-jobs-missing-license-plate?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising
from the going-for-volcano-of-the-year dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @08:59 (Earth)
with 415 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/130246/in-bolivia-a-supervolcano-is-rising?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Is Perl Better Than a Randomly Generated Programming Language?
from the before-swine dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @17:05 (Perl)
with 288 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/213231/is-perl-better-than-a-randomly-generated-programming-language?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Funds Aggressive Tech To Cut Solar Power Costs
from the aim-big dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @05:33 (Power)
with 260 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0347200/us-funds-aggressive-tech-to-cut-solar-power-costs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hackers Briefly Controlled US Government Satellites
from the this-is-the-part-they're-telling-us-about dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @13:42 (Security)
with 220 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1633233/hackers-briefly-controlled-us-government-satellites?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: How Are You Haunting Your House This Hallowe'en?
from the ok-ok-it's-slashdot-asks dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:54 (Hardware Hacking)
with 210 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1624237/ask-slashdot-how-are-you-haunting-your-house-this-halloween?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

DARPA: Reconstruct Shredded Docs, Win $50K USD
from the perfect-for-our-recycled-checkbooks dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @15:26 (Encryption)
with 172 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1923219/darpa-reconstruct-shredded-docs-win-50k-usd?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes First Passenger Flight
from the no-cheap-seats-I-bet dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @11:22 (Transportation)
with 169 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1520225/boeing-787-dreamliner-makes-first-passenger-flight?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Man Has Nokia Phone Embedded In False Limb
from the arm-phone dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 26, @21:57 (Wireless Networking)
with 163 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/26/2315218/man-has-nokia-phone-embedded-in-false-limb?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Rural Broadband to Replace POTS As Beneficiary of US Gov't Subsidies
from the hello-sir-wondering-which-bribe-you'd-prefer dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @16:12 (Communications)
with 157 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1949243/rural-broadband-to-replace-pots-as-beneficiary-of-us-govt-subsidies?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

China Hires 1 Million People To Fight Fake Products
from the authenticity-police dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @00:23 (China)
with 146 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/027223/china-hires-1-million-people-to-fight-fake-products?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Avira Anti-Virus Detects Itself
from the marvin-the-anti-virus-robot dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @14:41 (Bug)
with 123 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1556248/avira-anti-virus-detects-itself?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Redbox Raises Its Prices To $1.20 Per Day
from the those-who-don't-know-history dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @19:49 (Media)
with 106 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/233230/redbox-raises-its-prices-to-120-per-day?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Making a Learning Thermostat
from the hot-house-hack dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @19:20 (Power)
with 101 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2226248/making-a-learning-thermostat?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cutting Open a Heatsink Heatpipe To See Inside
from the well-lookie-here dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @15:48 (Upgrades)
with 99 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1935231/cutting-open-a-heatsink-heatpipe-to-see-inside?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How To Rob a Bank: One Social Engineer's Story
from the oh-don't-worry-this-won't-take-long dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @12:08 (Businesses)
with 96 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/167238/how-to-rob-a-bank-one-social-engineers-story?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Opera's Haakon Wium Lie On CSS, Web Standards, and More
from the have-you-read-our-libretto? dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @09:43 (Opera)
with 91 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/139240/operas-haakon-wium-lie-on-css-web-standards-and-more?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

HP Keeping Their PC Business
from the keeping-the-baby dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @18:35 (HP)
with 59 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2139234/hp-keeping-their-pc-business?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle-Google Trial Won't Start Until Next Year
from the wheels-of-justice-turn-slowly dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 27, @08:08 (Android)
with 58 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/0215226/oracle-google-trial-wont-start-until-next-year?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sony Buys Ericsson Out For $1.47 Billion
from the pocket-change dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @14:35 (Sony)
with 53 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/1833233/sony-buys-ericsson-out-for-147-billion?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Copyright Troll Righthaven Ordered To Pay $119,000
from the why-don't-they-make-it-out-to-me? dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday October 27, @17:49 (The Almighty Buck)
with 49 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/27/2133215/copyright-troll-righthaven-ordered-to-pay-119000?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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