Friday, December 16, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-17

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Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62
from the in-memoriam dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @09:10 (The Media)
with 821 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1356247/christopher-hitchens-dies-at-62?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Congress's Techno-Ignorance No Longer Funny
from the like-a-series-of-irritating-tubes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @14:49 (The Internet)
with 373 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1943257/congresss-techno-ignorance-no-longer-funny?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Deal Allegedly Lets UMG Wipe YouTube Videos It Doesn't Own
from the sounds-about-right dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @11:59 (Google)
with 350 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1610229/google-deal-allegedly-lets-umg-wipe-youtube-videos-it-doesnt-own?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads
from the or-as-some-people-call-it-lying dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @11:16 (Advertising)
with 349 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1545235/us-watchdog-bans-photoshop-use-in-cosmetics-ads?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Good Metrics For a Small IT Team?
from the measuring-up dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @20:25 (Businesses)
with 305 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2347205/ask-slashdot-good-metrics-for-a-small-it-team?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Czech Nationwide Census Shows Jump In Jedi Knights
from the the-force-is-strong-in-these-ones dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @23:02 (Star Wars Prequels)
with 303 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/0344218/czech-nationwide-census-shows-jump-in-jedi-knights?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Android Update Alliance Already Struggling
from the actions-speak-louder-than-words dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @14:07 (Android)
with 290 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/190210/android-update-alliance-already-struggling?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Most Dangerous Toys of 2011
from the general-tron's-secret-police-confession-kit dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @19:53 (Christmas Cheer)
with 286 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2340200/the-most-dangerous-toys-of-2011?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Russian Scientist Discovers Giant Arctic Methane Plumes
from the warm-it-up dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday December 16, @05:48 (Earth)
with 220 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/041220/russian-scientist-discovers-giant-arctic-methane-plumes?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Wallet Stores Card Data In Plain Text
from the read-it-and-weep dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday December 16, @01:36 (Android)
with 198 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/0349234/google-wallet-stores-card-data-in-plain-text?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers
from the everybody-needs-a-second-job-these-days dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @16:22 (Media)
with 186 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2057258/aging-consoles-find-new-life-as-video-streamers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fukushima Finally Reaches Cold Shutdown
from the super-powers-no-longer-for-sale dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @09:52 (Japan)
with 172 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1414211/fukushima-finally-reaches-cold-shutdown?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Coming Soon: Ubiquitous Long-Term Surveillance From Big Brother
from the tinfoil-sales-skyrocket dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @12:41 (Data Storage)
with 171 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1638211/coming-soon-ubiquitous-long-term-surveillance-from-big-brother?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sprint Orders All OEMs To Strip Carrier IQ From Their Phones
from the don't-want-the-bad-pr dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @15:41 (Privacy)
with 121 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2039237/sprint-orders-all-oems-to-strip-carrier-iq-from-their-phones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NIH Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs
from the no-more-monkey-business dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @08:48 (Medicine)
with 107 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1333224/nih-restricts-use-of-chimpanzees-in-labs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Future of Battle Tech
from the i-wouldn't-bet-the-farm-on-lightsabers dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @13:25 (The Military)
with 107 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1820202/the-future-of-battle-tech?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Technical Advice For a (Fictional) Space Mission?
from the cheese-miners-revolt-over-thermostat-control dept.
posted by timothy on Friday December 16, @18:50 (Mars)
with 107 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2343234/ask-slashdot-technical-advice-for-a-fictional-space-mission?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How HP and Open Source Can Save WebOS
from the save-the-day dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday December 16, @08:05 (HP)
with 75 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/047226/how-hp-and-open-source-can-save-webos?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Technical Details Behind the LAN-Party Optimized House
from the do-you-take-requests dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @17:48 (Network)
with 74 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2211244/technical-details-behind-the-lan-party-optimized-house?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nightingale Media Player Preview Released
from the free-video dept.
posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 15, @19:31 (Media)
with 72 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/234255/nightingale-media-player-preview-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Judge Dismisses Twitter Stalking Case
from the avert-thine-eyes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @10:35 (Twitter)
with 50 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/1432223/judge-dismisses-twitter-stalking-case?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Standard For Issuance of SSL/TLS Certificates
from the new-model-new-flaws dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @17:08 (Network)
with 44 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/227225/new-standard-for-issuance-of-ssltls-certificates?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Challenges of Setting Up a Security Conference
from the herding-cats dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday December 16, @04:14 (Businesses)
with 29 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/0355235/challenges-of-setting-up-a-security-conference?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FCC Pays $100K To Open Source Apps Challenge Winner
from the uncle-sam-wants-his-own-app-store dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday December 16, @18:29 (Government)
with 9 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/16/2242224/fcc-pays-100k-to-open-source-apps-challenge-winner?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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