Monday, July 18, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-07-19

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Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White'
from the i'll-get-right-on-that dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @16:20 (Earth)
with 539 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1951240/Bill-Clinton-Says-Paint-Your-Roofs-White?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facial Recognition Gone Wrong
from the doppleganger-trouble dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday July 18, @08:08 (Government)
with 341 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/0335204/Facial-Recognition-Gone-Wrong?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Security Consultants Warn About PROTECT-IP Act
from the danger-danger-danger dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 17, @23:33 (Security)
with 278 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/0153204/Security-Consultants-Warn-About-PROTECT-IP-Act?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking
from the higher-walls dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 17, @21:05 (IOS)
with 256 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/17/2311215/iOS-434-Prevents-Hacking-and-Jailbreaking?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Test Driving GNU Hurd, With Benchmarks Against Linux
from the have-you-hurd dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @15:01 (GNU is Not Unix)
with 224 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1854209/Test-Driving-GNU-Hurd-With-Benchmarks-Against-Linux?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

A Tale of Two Countries
from the that's-from-a-book dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @18:25 (Businesses)
with 218 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2140246/A-Tale-of-Two-Countries?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

ISP Refuses To Block the Pirate Bay
from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 18, @08:45 (Censorship)
with 197 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1216205/ISP-Refuses-To-Block-the-Pirate-Bay?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Do 'Ultracool' Brown Dwarfs Surround Us?
from the itsatrap dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 18, @10:04 (Space)
with 195 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/144238/Do-Ultracool-Brown-Dwarfs-Surround-Us?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Outgoing Federal CIO Warns of 'IT Cartel' In DC
from the interweb-industrial-complex dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @13:38 (Government)
with 177 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1725247/Outgoing-Federal-CIO-Warns-of-IT-Cartel-In-DC?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon Lets Students Rent Digital Textbooks
from the disrupting-the-textbook-cartels dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @12:58 (Education)
with 166 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1654246/Amazon-Lets-Students-Rent-Digital-Textbooks?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations
from the bumping-really-uglies dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @18:08 (Science)
with 166 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/211259/Neanderthal-Genes-Found-In-All-Non-African-Populations?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sydney Has 10,000 Unsecured Wi-Fi Points
from the throw-a-dart dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday July 18, @05:06 (Australia)
with 163 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/0320209/Sydney-Has-10000-Unsecured-Wi-Fi-Points?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

LulzSec Target the Sun After Phone Hacking Scandal
from the it-was-a-fadeaway-fake dept.
posted by timothy on Monday July 18, @19:12 (Security)
with 153 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/235237/LulzSec-Target-the-Sun-After-Phone-Hacking-Scandal?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Stanford Students Build "JediBot"
from the may-the-grades-be-with-you dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday July 18, @10:45 (AI)
with 151 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1339235/Stanford-Students-Build-JediBot?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Queen Elizabeth Sets a Code-Breaking Challenge
from the we-like-a-challenge dept.
posted by samzenpus on Monday July 18, @02:18 (Education)
with 129 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/0312202/Queen-Elizabeth-Sets-a-Code-Breaking-Challenge?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Debut Proxy-Less Anonymity Service
from the you-can't-see-me dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 18, @11:32 (Privacy)
with 112 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1522255/Researchers-Debut-Proxy-Less-Anonymity-Service?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Science of Password Selection
from the insert-horror-stories-here dept.
posted by timothy on Monday July 18, @19:50 (Security)
with 111 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2327208/The-Science-of-Password-Selection?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple IOS 4.3.4 Jailbroken Hours After Update
from the give-us-the-option dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 18, @09:25 (IOS)
with 109 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1255252/Apple-IOS-434-Jailbroken-Hours-After-Update?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Chain World</em> &mdash; Innovative Game Design Sparks Debate
from the more-new-ideas-please dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @17:43 (Games)
with 100 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2051249/Chain-World-mdash-Innovative-Game-Design-Sparks-Debate?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Attachmate Does the Right Thing For Mono
from the being-good-is-good dept.
posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 18, @12:15 (Open Source)
with 89 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1612201/Attachmate-Does-the-Right-Thing-For-Mono?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Offers $250,000 Reward For Botnet Info
from the dead-or-alive dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @14:19 (Botnet)
with 85 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1752258/Microsoft-Offers-250000-Reward-For-Botnet-Info?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

7 Days With a Google Chromebook
from the potent-portables dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @17:02 (Cloud)
with 68 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2020215/7-Days-With-a-Google-Chromebook?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Inside Las Vegas' Biggest Data Centre
from the you-must-walk-through-the-casino-first dept.
posted by timothy on Monday July 18, @18:50 (Data Storage)
with 53 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2249250/Inside-Las-Vegas-Biggest-Data-Centre?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How the New Spectrum Bill Would Harm the Tech Community
from the segregating-the-ether dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @15:40 (Wireless Networking)
with 50 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/191237/How-the-New-Spectrum-Bill-Would-Harm-the-Tech-Community?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Breakthrough Toward Quantum Computing
from the advancing-in-fundamental-increments dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @15:59 (Supercomputing)
with 46 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/1919210/Breakthrough-Toward-Quantum-Computing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Australian R18+ Rating For Games? Not Yet; NSW Refuses To Vote
from the that's-not-nice-mate dept.
posted by Soulskill on Monday July 18, @16:42 (Australia)
with 36 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/18/2028258/Australian-R18-Rating-For-Games-Not-Yet-NSW-Refuses-To-Vote?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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