Monday, January 9, 2012

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2012-01-10

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How Stephen Hawking Has Defied the Odds For 50 Years
from the elaborate-put-on dept.
posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @08:02 (Medicine)
with 446 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0514241/how-stephen-hawking-has-defied-the-odds-for-50-years?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame
from the all-the-world's-a-sunny-day dept.
posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @00:06 (Social Networks)
with 298 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0455219/kodak-failing-but-camera-phones-not-to-blame?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose
from the not-so-precious dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:15 (Lord of the Rings)
with 284 comments
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2137240/jrr-tolkien-denied-nobel-due-to-low-quality-prose?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Which Candidates For Geek Issues?
from the cthulu-write-in dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @18:16 (Republicans)
with 276 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2235228/ask-slashdot-which-candidates-for-geek-issues?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Vizio Plans To Undercut The Market For All-In-One PCs
from the price-wars-are-fun-for-the-observers dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday January 08, @19:20 (Portables)
with 255 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0018223/vizio-plans-to-undercut-the-market-for-all-in-one-pcs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite?
from the dumb-mistakes-cost-the-most dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @14:12 (Communications)
with 250 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1910244/could-a-dirty-rag-take-out-a-2-billion-satellite?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45
from the shares-in-soylent-green-up dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @11:28 (Science)
with 248 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1532205/new-research-shows-cognitive-decline-begins-at-45?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age'
from the not-cool dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @15:34 (Earth)
with 232 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/201221/carbon-emissions-will-defer-ice-age?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

ViaSat Delivers 12 Mbps+ Via Satellite
from the ok-this-looks-sexy dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday January 08, @21:11 (The Internet)
with 231 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0111218/viasat-delivers-12-mbps-via-satellite?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

5th Edition of <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons</em> Announced
from the roll-for-fan-support-initiative dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @14:53 (Role Playing (Games))
with 220 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1921245/5th-edition-of-dungeons-dragons-announced?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Accused of Interfering With South Korean FTC Investigation
from the only-do-evil-occasionally dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @12:10 (Android)
with 177 comments
http://search.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1640205/google-accused-of-interfering-with-south-korean-ftc-investigation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Raspberry Pi Gertboard In Action
from the would-you-like-some-gpio-with-that dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @09:25 (Hardware Hacking)
with 171 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1413253/raspberry-pi-gertboard-in-action?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Challenges of Building a Mars Base
from the needs-a-jacuzzi dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @13:31 (NASA)
with 171 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1759254/the-challenges-of-building-a-mars-base?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure
from the everything-is-in-limited-supply dept.
posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @03:02 (Technology)
with 168 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/08/2154258/kenya-seeks-nuclear-power-infrastructure?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Video Games As Propaganda
from the koopa-troopas-are-terrorists dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:14 (United States)
with 168 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2023216/video-games-as-propaganda?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay
from the if-you-can't-beat-them-ban-them dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @10:06 (Censorship)
with 153 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1436203/finnish-isp-forced-to-block-the-pirate-bay?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created
from the it's-a-car-analogy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:53 (Cellphones)
with 152 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2133211/data-hogs-the-monsters-carriers-created?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook Responds to EPIC FTC Timeline Complaint
from the what-was-this-stranger-doing-ten-years-ago dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @08:44 (Cloud)
with 144 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1325216/facebook-responds-to-epic-ftc-timeline-complaint?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

WURFL Founders Fire Off DMCA Takedown Against Fork
from the we-didn't-mean-it dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @11:50 (Open Source)
with 140 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/169216/wurfl-founders-fire-off-dmca-takedown-against-fork?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ubuntu TV Finally Gets a Close-Up
from the it's-only-a-model dept.
posted by timothy on Monday January 09, @05:58 (Operating Systems)
with 133 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/0214224/ubuntu-tv-finally-gets-a-close-up?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Show How Cellular Complexity Can Evolve
from the cellular-reverse-engineering dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @12:51 (Biotech)
with 110 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1733242/researchers-show-how-cellular-complexity-can-evolve?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Samsung Could Soon Start To Twist Google's Arm
from the no-more-mister-nice-guy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:35 (Android)
with 106 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2151233/samsung-could-soon-start-to-twist-googles-arm?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What Does Sunset On an Alien World Look Like?
from the forgot-my-camera dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @15:12 (Space)
with 80 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/1935203/what-does-sunset-on-an-alien-world-look-like?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Inside the Great Firewall of China's Tor Blocking
from the onions-against-the-revolution dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @18:57 (China)
with 67 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2320201/inside-the-great-firewall-of-chinas-tor-blocking?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Develop Insect Powered Energy Source
from the cyber-insect-overlords dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday January 09, @10:47 (Biotech)
with 66 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/154244/researchers-develop-insect-powered-energy-source?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Salmon DNA Used In Data Storage Device
from the also-tastes-great-on-the-grill dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @16:37 (Biotech)
with 39 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2035245/salmon-dna-used-in-data-storage-device?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Vast Web of Dark Matter Mapped
from the here-there-be-dragons dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday January 09, @17:58 (Space)
with 36 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/09/2242240/vast-web-of-dark-matter-mapped?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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