Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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What's Keeping You On XP?
from the bosses-and-laziness dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @15:47 (Windows)
with 582 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1930242/whats-keeping-you-on-xp?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile During War Games
from the 2008-wants-their-diplomatic-tensions-back dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday January 03, @05:16 (The Military)
with 489 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0448225/iran-tests-naval-cruise-missile-during-war-games?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats?
from the those-are-your-only-choices dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @15:06 (Government)
with 466 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1926249/are-engineers-natural-libertarians-or-technocrats?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Which Web Platform Would You Use?
from the support-babies-pie-and-goodness dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @09:53 (PHP)
with 434 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/148209/ask-slashdot-which-web-platform-would-you-use?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Writing Hardened Web Applications?
from the i-hear-plain-text-password-databases-are-secure dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 02, @19:10 (Programming)
with 315 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/02/2338221/ask-slashdot-writing-hardened-web-applications?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chile Forbids Carriers From Selling Network-Locked Phones
from the as-regulations-go-not-a-bad-idea dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @11:34 (Cellphones)
with 257 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1553213/chile-forbids-carriers-from-selling-network-locked-phones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Feature Phones Make Java ME, Not Android, the #2 Mobile Internet OS
from the feature-creature dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @10:12 (Android)
with 253 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1434211/feature-phones-make-java-me-not-android-the-2-mobile-internet-os?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same?
from the dollars-and-sense dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @18:36 (Movies)
with 226 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2225208/why-do-all-movie-tickets-cost-the-same?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

German Hackers Propose Uncensorable Global Grid — With Satellites
from the das-klingt-aber-gut dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @13:00 (Communications)
with 223 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1723225/german-hackers-propose-uncensorable-global-grid-with-satellites?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Instead of a Wheel Chair, How About an Exoskeleton?
from the yes-please dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @12:19 (Medicine)
with 198 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1715226/instead-of-a-wheel-chair-how-about-an-exoskeleton?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook a Factor in a Third of UK Divorces
from the divorce-by-relationship-status-change dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday January 03, @00:04 (Facebook)
with 176 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0053259/facebook-a-factor-in-a-third-of-uk-divorces?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

When Getting Rid of College Lectures Makes Sense
from the cutting-back-on-nap-time dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @16:29 (Education)
with 149 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2040253/when-getting-rid-of-college-lectures-makes-sense?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Judge Doesn't Care About Supreme Court GPS Case
from the he-is-the-decider dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @17:10 (Privacy)
with 140 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2121251/judge-doesnt-care-about-supreme-court-gps-case?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

RIM's Playbook On Clearance
from the 64GB-sounds-nice-doesn't-it? dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @08:44 (Android)
with 125 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1323244/rims-playbook-on-clearance?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Semantic Line Interface
from the do-what-i-mean-not-what-i-click dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 02, @19:56 (GUI)
with 119 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/02/2358240/the-semantic-line-interface?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Politicians Should Never Make Laws About Technology
from the internet-is-a-series-of-tubes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @17:53 (Government)
with 119 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/229233/why-politicians-should-never-make-laws-about-technology?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Fujitsu To Develop Vigilante Computer Virus For Japan
from the which-will-lead-to-anti-anti-virus-viruses dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @14:25 (Japan)
with 114 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1857225/fujitsu-to-develop-vigilante-computer-virus-for-japan?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Gigabyte Board Sets Intel X79 Overclocking Record
from the central-heating-system-replacement dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 02, @22:01 (Intel)
with 106 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/017217/gigabyte-board-sets-intel-x79-overclocking-record?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

EU Proposal Would Encourage Web Users To Flag Suspicious Web Pages
from the dude-karma-is-so-prior-art dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @09:31 (EU)
with 89 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1345250/eu-proposal-would-encourage-web-users-to-flag-suspicious-web-pages?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Bob Anderson, the Man Behind Vader's Lightsaber, Dies at 89
from the sad-news-for-the-new-year dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @09:05 (Canada)
with 81 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1332216/bob-anderson-the-man-behind-vaders-lightsaber-dies-at-89?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Spanish Website Blocking Law Implemented
from the banning-things-is-fun dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday January 03, @03:08 (EU)
with 65 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0241248/spanish-website-blocking-law-implemented?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Remotely Pat Your Pet With Kinect and a Wiimote
from the petting-at-a-distance dept.
posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 03, @16:08 (Robotics)
with 42 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1722236/remotely-pat-your-pet-with-kinect-and-a-wiimote?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

China Trials Its First 3D TV Channel
from the smell-o-rama-next dept.
posted by timothy on Tuesday January 03, @10:54 (Businesses)
with 41 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1445230/china-trials-its-first-3d-tv-channel?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Rare Moon Mineral Found On Earth
from the made-in-wisconsin dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @18:15 (Earth)
with 40 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2215227/rare-moon-mineral-found-on-earth?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Testing the MongoDB Global Write Lock Improvements
from the heckling-haskell-hackers dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 02, @23:07 (Databases)
with 34 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0315251/testing-the-mongodb-global-write-lock-improvements?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Online Clearinghouse Offers To Defend Privacy
from the slaying-the-facebook-dragon dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @13:43 (Privacy)
with 29 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/1820215/online-clearinghouse-offers-to-defend-privacy?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chaos Communication Congress Releases Talks
from the all-hail-the-chaos dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday January 03, @08:03 (Security)
with 15 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0610227/chaos-communication-congress-releases-talks?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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