Wednesday, January 4, 2012

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2012-01-05

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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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US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted
from the socially-and-morally-irrelevent dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 04, @00:12 (Piracy)
with 457 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/0240206/us-survey-shows-piracy-common-and-accepted?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Paypal Orders Buyer of Violin To Destroy It For a Refund
from the we-had-to-destroy-the-village-in-order-to-save-it dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 04, @11:28 (Idle)
with 313 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1512247/paypal-orders-buyer-of-violin-to-destroy-it-for-a-refund?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

IE6 Almost Dead In the US
from the premature-graying-in-programmers-reduced dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @09:35 (Internet Explorer)
with 310 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1416242/ie6-almost-dead-in-the-us?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nokia: the Sun Can't Charge Your Phone
from the well-what-am-i-going-to-do-with-this-93M-mile-cord dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @20:02 (Cellphones)
with 278 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2316208/nokia-the-sun-cant-charge-your-phone?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Filesharing Now an Official Religion In Sweden
from the but-do-they-have-snacks-and-coffee? dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @13:43 (Piracy)
with 254 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1817255/filesharing-now-an-official-religion-in-sweden?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

FreeDOS 1.1 Released
from the we-don't-need-no-memory-protection dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @12:42 (Open Source)
with 213 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/177236/freedos-11-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Free/Open Deduplication Software?
from the the-dept-dept-the-from-dept-from-from dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @15:54 (Data Storage)
with 213 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1955248/ask-slashdot-freeopen-deduplication-software?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Holo Theme Is Now Mandatory For Android Devices
from the a-breath-of-fresh-tron dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @13:03 (Android)
with 180 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1741255/holo-theme-is-now-mandatory-for-android-devices?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Transformer Prime To Get ICS On January 12, Boot Unlocker Coming
from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @22:05 (Android)
with 159 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/2331244/transformer-prime-to-get-ics-on-january-12-boot-unlocker-coming?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Punishing Chrome Results For 60 Days
from the sounds-about-right dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @11:00 (Google)
with 159 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1552246/google-punishing-chrome-results-for-60-days?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Avoiding Facial Recognition of the Future
from the like-in-paul-theroux's-o-zone dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @16:36 (Privacy)
with 151 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/2017215/avoiding-facial-recognition-of-the-future?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Securing Android For the Enterprise
from the lcars-cream-sandwich dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 04, @02:12 (Android)
with 131 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/0331227/securing-android-for-the-enterprise?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Genetically Modifying Silk Worms For Super Silk
from the does-whatever-a-spider-can dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 04, @05:11 (Biotech)
with 115 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/0616228/genetically-modifying-silk-worms-for-super-silk?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Diebold Marries VMs with ATMs to Secure Banking Data
from the do-you-machine-take-this-data dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @17:19 (Security)
with 113 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/2110202/diebold-marries-vms-with-atms-to-secure-banking-data?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cleaning Up the Mess After a Major Hack Attack
from the cut-the-lines dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 04, @08:13 (Security)
with 88 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/0630203/cleaning-up-the-mess-after-a-major-hack-attack?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Tivo Gets $215 Million Patent Settlement From AT&T
from the can't-beat-em-sue-em-instead dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @10:18 (AT&T)
with 87 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1434256/tivo-gets-215-million-patent-settlement-from-att?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

One Million Web Pages Attacked By Lilupophilupop
from the lilliputian-record-label-marketing-gone-wrong dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @11:41 (Security)
with 87 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/167248/one-million-web-pages-attacked-by-lilupophilupop?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Feds Now Plans To Close 1,200 Data Centers
from the hand-the-keys-to-carl-malamud dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @18:42 (Government)
with 85 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/2251228/feds-now-plans-to-close-1200-data-centers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Acquires 222 More IBM Patents
from the litigation-makes-the-world-go-round dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @08:53 (Google)
with 68 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1327223/google-acquires-222-more-ibm-patents?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Filtering By License Should Be Possible in App Markets
from the virtual-rms-is-watching-you dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @10:41 (Software)
with 55 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/151200/filtering-by-license-should-be-possible-in-app-markets?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Medical Imaging With a Hacked LCD Projector
from the convergent-technology dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 03, @19:20 (Medicine)
with 53 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/239251/medical-imaging-with-a-hacked-lcd-projector?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Carl Malamud About Shedding Light On Government Data
from the righteous-fight dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @14:30 (Government)
with 51 comments
http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1922248/ask-carl-malamud-about-shedding-light-on-government-data?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Latest From Second Life Creator: Crowdsourcing Small Jobs
from the 3d-through-6th-life dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @18:00 (Businesses)
with 49 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/2153216/latest-from-second-life-creator-crowdsourcing-small-jobs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Yahoo Names PayPal Executive New CEO
from the closing-geocities-was-a-mistake dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday January 04, @12:21 (Yahoo!)
with 41 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1651207/yahoo-names-paypal-executive-new-ceo?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

First Four Exoplanets of 2012 Discovered
from the mayans-predicted-them-of-course dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @15:12 (Space)
with 31 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1825209/first-four-exoplanets-of-2012-discovered?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hadoop 1.0 Released
from the doowop-doobie-dee-do-hadoop-whaeeeee dept.
posted by timothy on Wednesday January 04, @16:53 (Software)
with 23 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/2143259/hadoop-10-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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