Wednesday, December 21, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-22

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IBM BladeCenter vs. HP BladeSystem Energy Efficiency Comparison Study
This Edison Group paper validates through a third party that IBM BladeCenter leads the HP BladeSystem in energy efficiency when utilizing real-world blade server. Learn More!
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51483475/
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Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read?
from the fictional-works-of-nonfiction dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @22:08 (Books)
with 595 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0157218/ask-slashdot-what-do-you-like-to-read?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls
from the that-sounds-a-great-idea dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @19:26 (Iphone)
with 420 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/20/2343258/apple-patents-using-apps-during-calls?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Coders Develop Ways To Defeat SOPA Censorship
from the causing-the-law-to-break dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @08:14 (Censorship)
with 363 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0420228/coders-develop-ways-to-defeat-sopa-censorship?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Senators Recommend FTC Perform Antitrust Investigation Of Google
from the do-no-competing dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @09:37 (Google)
with 302 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1356246/senators-recommend-ftc-perform-antitrust-investigation-of-google?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kindle Fire and Nook Upgrades Kill Root Access
from the bug-fixes-are-nice dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @10:18 (Portables)
with 242 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1437236/kindle-fire-and-nook-upgrades-kill-root-access?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Asks Scientists To Censor Reports To Prevent Terrorism
from the all-terrorists-are-like-the-bad-guys-in-mission-impossible dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @05:20 (Medicine)
with 240 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0222244/us-asks-scientists-to-censor-reports-to-prevent-terrorism?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hobbit Film Trailer Posted Online
from the chip-the-glasses-crack-the-plates dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @14:45 (Lord of the Rings)
with 180 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1849233/hobbit-film-trailer-posted-online?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers
from the security-through-insecurity dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @08:56 (China)
with 163 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1321238/us-chamber-of-commerce-infiltrated-by-chinese-hackers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Remote Flaw In 64-Bit Windows 7
from the hole-in-the-wall dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:26 (Microsoft)
with 161 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1918240/new-remote-flaw-in-64-bit-windows-7?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Music Player Amarok 2.5 Released
from the onward-and-upward dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @23:06 (Music)
with 148 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0324230/music-player-amarok-25-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hard Drive Prices Slide As Thai Flood Aftermath Subsides
from the dollars-and-bytes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @02:17 (Data Storage)
with 135 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0443248/hard-drive-prices-slide-as-thai-flood-aftermath-subsides?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Gaining a Remote Shell On Android
from the poking-google-with-a-stick dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 20, @20:07 (Android)
with 123 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0058235/gaining-a-remote-shell-on-android?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3
from the new-road dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:17 (GNOME)
with 119 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2223251/linux-mint-developer-forks-gnome-3?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Australian Government Bans New <em>Syndicate</em> Game
from the yes-this-again dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @03:43 (Censorship)
with 109 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0426227/australian-government-bans-new-syndicate-game?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Kind of Metal Theorized To Be In the Earth's Lower Mantle
from the does-it-burn-as-well-as-dead-dinosaurs dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @06:38 (Science)
with 108 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0432222/new-kind-of-metal-theorized-to-be-in-the-earths-lower-mantle?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Liquid Metal Capsules Used To Make Self-Healing Electronics
from the terminator-edition dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @14:25 (Hardware)
with 107 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1823254/liquid-metal-capsules-used-to-make-self-healing-electronics?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Troops In Afghanistan Supplied By Robot Helicopter
from the johnny-copter dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:28 (The Military)
with 105 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2040214/troops-in-afghanistan-supplied-by-robot-helicopter?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Buys Israeli Flash Manufacturer
from the gotta-buy-em-all dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @11:00 (Businesses)
with 103 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1530241/apple-buys-israeli-flash-manufacturer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

ASF Lays Out Its Plan For OpenOffice.org
from the not-quite-dead-yet dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @11:43 (Open Source)
with 103 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1612224/asf-lays-out-its-plan-for-openofficeorg?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon Contemplated RIM Takeover
from the carrion-eaters-are-people-too dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @12:22 (Microsoft)
with 102 comments
http://slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1654227/microsoft-nokia-and-amazon-contemplated-rim-takeover?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Intel Demos Phone and Tablet In New Mobile Chip Push
from the we-can-make-it-smaller dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @13:05 (Intel)
with 85 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1742218/intel-demos-phone-and-tablet-in-new-mobile-chip-push?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source License For Guitar?
from the modular-guitar dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:47 (Music)
with 77 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1926246/ask-slashdot-best-open-source-license-for-guitar?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Domestic Surveillance Drones On the Rise
from the eye-in-the-sky dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:07 (Privacy)
with 72 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2037251/domestic-surveillance-drones-on-the-rise?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

In-Car Video Chat and 4G Streaming From OnStar
from the what-could-possibly-go-right dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 21, @00:13 (Transportation)
with 71 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/0215258/in-car-video-chat-and-4g-streaming-from-onstar?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Says Goodbye To CES
from the we're-outta-here dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @15:06 (Microsoft)
with 67 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/197252/microsoft-says-goodbye-to-ces?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Inductive Charging For EVs To Be Tested In Berlin
from the da-da-da-da-da-da dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:35 (Power)
with 66 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2118255/inductive-charging-for-evs-to-be-tested-in-berlin?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

China Now Top Patent Filer
from the people's-patents dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:38 (Patents)
with 66 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2229227/china-now-top-patent-filer?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Project To Mainline Android Kernel Changes Formed
from the keep-on-merging dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @12:40 (Android)
with 61 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1633235/project-to-mainline-android-kernel-changes-formed?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Exoplanets Spotted Orbiting Dead Star
from the zombie-planet dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @16:51 (Space)
with 53 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2042239/exoplanets-spotted-orbiting-dead-star?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Gaming [Designer, Professor, Gadfly] Ian Bogost
from the how-about-a-nice-tax-system-game dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday December 21, @13:44 (Social Networks)
with 44 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1745231/ask-gaming-designer-professor-gadfly-ian-bogost?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Book Review: Defense Against the Black Arts
from the protect-ya-neck dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:11 (Security)
with 40 comments
http://books.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/218226/book-review-defense-against-the-black-arts?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

QuakeForge 0.6.0 Released In Time For Christmas
from the winter-solstice-lan-party dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 21, @10:03 (Quake)
with 30 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/1336208/quakeforge-060-released-in-time-for-christmas?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researcher Claims Siemens Lied About Security Bugs
from the pants-on-fire dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @17:57 (Security)
with 20 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2134206/researcher-claims-siemens-lied-about-security-bugs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hack Your Holiday Decorations
from the rudolph-the-laser-nased-reindeer dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 21, @18:59 (Christmas Cheer)
with 14 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/21/2232222/hack-your-holiday-decorations?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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