Thursday, December 15, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-16

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Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones
from the illusion-of-perfect-safety dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @15:02 (Cellphones)
with 764 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1927208/why-the-ntsb-is-wrong-about-cellphones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft?
from the disguise-as-a-tape-deck dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @12:13 (Crime)
with 446 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1630240/ask-slashdot-protecting-tech-gear-from-smash-and-grab-theft?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Sentinel Drone Fooled Into Landing With GPS Spoofing
from the here-droney-droney-droney-droney dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @16:43 (The Military)
with 390 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2013249/us-sentinel-drone-fooled-into-landing-with-gps-spoofing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Upgrading Windows Users To Latest Version of MSIE
from the great-and-powerful-oz dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @13:40 (Internet Explorer)
with 377 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/189226/microsoft-upgrading-windows-users-to-latest-version-of-msie?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

A Quarter of the EU Has Never Used the Web
from the what's-all-this-then? dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @03:07 (The Internet)
with 361 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/0343242/a-quarter-of-the-eu-has-never-used-the-web?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Satellite Spots China's First Aircraft Carrier
from the making-more-real-estate dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @14:21 (China)
with 354 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1723255/satellite-spots-chinas-first-aircraft-carrier?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University
from the their-reputation-precedes-them dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @08:50 (Oracle)
with 331 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1344249/oracle-sued-for-extortion-lies-by-montclair-state-university?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android
from the addictive-chemicals-are-my-theory dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @17:02 (Android)
with 328 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2034241/why-developers-still-prefer-ios-to-android?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Should Social Media Affect Your Creditworthiness?
from the circle-of-credit-worthy-friends dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @08:07 (Businesses)
with 308 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/038233/should-social-media-affect-your-creditworthiness?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

At Universal's Request, YouTube Yanks News Podcast Over Music Snippet
from the and-stop-humming dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @10:11 (Music)
with 259 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1424250/at-universals-request-youtube-yanks-news-podcast-over-music-snippet?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Four Fallacies of IT Metrics
from the more-or-less-than-the-sum-of-the-numbers dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 14, @20:03 (IT)
with 214 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/14/225204/the-four-fallacies-of-it-metrics?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Meet the Strange Bedfellows Who Could Stop SOPA
from the oh-for-enough-mortar-and-enough-bricks dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @11:31 (Democrats)
with 192 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1517234/meet-the-strange-bedfellows-who-could-stop-sopa?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Feds Arrest GeneSimmons.Com Attacker
from the you-wanted-the-best-you-hacked-the-best dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 14, @19:14 (Crime)
with 177 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/14/2227227/feds-arrest-genesimmonscom-attacker?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How 3D Printing Could Help Keep the ISS In Orbit
from the extension-by-extrusion dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @12:58 (ISS)
with 173 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1649258/how-3d-printing-could-help-keep-the-iss-in-orbit?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Engineer Builds Ultimate LAN Party House
from the if-you-build-it-they-will-come dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @10:30 (Google)
with 160 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1442200/google-engineer-builds-ultimate-lan-party-house?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

JPMorgan Rolls Out (Another) FPGA Supercomputer
from the we-call-this-one-the-fleecer dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @18:51 (Supercomputing)
with 103 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2232219/jpmorgan-rolls-out-another-fpga-supercomputer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Astronomers Find Gas Cloud About To Fall Into Black Hole
from the a-light-snack dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 14, @22:17 (Space)
with 92 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/0051210/astronomers-find-gas-cloud-about-to-fall-into-black-hole?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Japanese Use Wild Monkeys To Track Radiation
from the nuclear-plant-of-the-apes dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @00:47 (Science)
with 84 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/030249/japanese-use-wild-monkeys-to-track-radiation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Qt 4.8.0 Released
from the how-qt-it-looks dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @09:12 (GUI)
with 80 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/141257/qt-480-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Taking a Look At Kindle Format 8
from the early-looks-are-best-looks dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @09:30 (Books)
with 70 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/1418229/taking-a-look-at-kindle-format-8?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hubble Captures the Violent Birth of a Star
from the in-space-no-one-gets-an-epidural dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @17:30 (Space)
with 55 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2031216/hubble-captures-the-violent-birth-of-a-star?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Running Tor On Your TV
from the blender-seems-the-obvious-choice dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @18:12 (Encryption)
with 53 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2122244/running-tor-on-your-tv?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

E-Crime Police Raid Melbourne Newspaper
from the e-police-they're-coming-to-arrest-me dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @05:21 (Australia)
with 52 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/0331222/e-crime-police-raid-melbourne-newspaper?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hotel ISP iBahn Denies Breach By Chinese Hackers
from the just-hired-new-typographers dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday December 15, @10:52 (China)
with 27 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/155226/hotel-isp-ibahn-denies-breach-by-chinese-hackers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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