Friday, July 29, 2011

[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-07-30

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The End of the Gas Guzzler
from the you-overestimate-us dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @12:15 (Transportation)
with 793 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1529258/The-End-of-the-Gas-Guzzler?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Followup: Anti-Global Warming Story Itself Flawed
from the science-plus-politics-equals-news dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @15:36 (Earth)
with 377 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1844224/Followup-Anti-Global-Warming-Story-Itself-Flawed?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009
from the source-of-conflict dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @11:33 (GNU is Not Unix)
with 271 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1445252/Emacs-Has-Been-Violating-the-GPL-Since-2009?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users
from the uncle-sam-wants-to-know-you-better dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @16:18 (Government)
with 216 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/194213/House-Panel-Approves-Bill-Forcing-ISPs-To-Log-Users?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Beyond HDTV
from the give-me-pixels-or-give-me-death dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @16:59 (Displays)
with 216 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/2023216/Beyond-HDTV?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day
from the thanks-for-the-uptime dept.
posted by samzenpus on Friday July 29, @10:12 (Idle)
with 215 comments
http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1131234/Happy-System-Administrator-Appreciation-Day?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How Google Killing Accounts Can Leave Androids Orphaned
from the changing-the-locks dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @08:54 (Android)
with 199 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1211223/How-Google-Killing-Accounts-Can-Leave-Androids-Orphaned?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Dilutes Open Source, Coins 'Open Surface'
from the scientology-favors-sanity-don't-you dept.
posted by timothy on Thursday July 28, @22:30 (Open Source)
with 185 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/0021203/Microsoft-Dilutes-Open-Source-Coins-Open-Surface?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Do We Need Pseudonymous Social Networking?
from the just-watch-out-for-those-crafty-wiggin-kids dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @14:55 (Social Networks)
with 184 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1752226/Ask-Slashdot-Do-We-Need-Pseudonymous-Social-Networking?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UK Taxpayers' Money Getting Wasted On IT Spending
from the dog-bites-man-over-and-over-and-over dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @06:43 (Government)
with 164 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/007237/UK-Taxpayers-Money-Getting-Wasted-On-IT-Spending?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nintendo Slashes Profit Forecast and 3DS Price
from the adding-depth-at-the-cost-of-depth dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @08:36 (Nintendo)
with 162 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/0443238/Nintendo-Slashes-Profit-Forecast-and-3DS-Price?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ubisoft Considers Always-Connected DRM "A Success"
from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @16:38 (DRM)
with 158 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1950213/Ubisoft-Considers-Always-Connected-DRM-A-Success?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Spotify Sued For Patent Infringement
from the just-a-hazing-ritual-nowadays dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @01:19 (Music)
with 149 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/0124213/Spotify-Sued-For-Patent-Infringement?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Java 7 Ships With Severe Bug
from the meeting-expectations dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @13:13 (Java)
with 149 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1639233/Java-7-Ships-With-Severe-Bug?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Analyzing Long-Term SSD Failure Rates
from the we'll-always-find-new-ways-to-break-new-technology dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @09:32 (Data Storage)
with 136 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1219211/Analyzing-Long-Term-SSD-Failure-Rates?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

TN BlueCross Encrypts All Data After 57 Disks Stolen
from the best-practices-are-best-practice dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @08:14 (Businesses)
with 131 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/0521247/TN-BlueCross-Encrypts-All-Data-After-57-Disks-Stolen?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Raspberry Pi $25 PC Goes Into Alpha Production
from the perhaps-not-vaporpi dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @11:53 (Education)
with 116 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1523225/Raspberry-Pi-25-PC-Goes-Into-Alpha-Production?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

GAO Report: DoD Incompetent At Cybersecurity
from the you-have-been-called-out dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @12:55 (Government)
with 95 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1633231/GAO-Report-DoD-Incompetent-At-Cybersecurity?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

AT&T To Start Data Throttling Heaviest Users
from the sounds-like-a-martial-arts-demonstration dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @18:55 (AT&T)
with 94 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/2247215/ATampT-To-Start-Data-Throttling-Heaviest-Users?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MIT Unveils Sun-Free Photovoltaics
from the channeling-dark-power dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @15:12 (Power)
with 89 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1755206/MIT-Unveils-Sun-Free-Photovoltaics?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Evaluating the Capabilities of Chip-Sized Spacecraft
from the remember-when-we-had-people-sized-spacecraft dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @13:37 (Space)
with 87 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1651244/Evaluating-the-Capabilities-of-Chip-Sized-Spacecraft?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Microsoft Exposes Locations of PCs and Phones
from the keeping-up-with-the-googses dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @14:15 (Microsoft)
with 82 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1658230/Microsoft-Exposes-Locations-of-PCs-and-Phones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Pakistan Tries To Ban Encryption
from the shh-don't-tell-the-other-countries dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @19:34 (Encryption)
with 82 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/2328225/Pakistan-Tries-To-Ban-Encryption?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hackers' Flying Drone Now Eavesdrops On GSM Phones
from the it-slices-it-dices-it-makes-juilenne-fries dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @10:53 (Robotics)
with 81 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1338253/Hackers-Flying-Drone-Now-Eavesdrops-On-GSM-Phones?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Australian ALDIs Sell Conficker-Infected Hard Drives
from the wish-american-aldis-sold-electronics-at-all dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @04:01 (Australia)
with 74 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/0444245/Australian-ALDIs-Sell-Conficker-Infected-Hard-Drives?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Buys IBM Patents
from the something-borrowed-something-blue dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @09:51 (Google)
with 65 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1257249/Google-Buys-IBM-Patents?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Circuit Flaws Blamed For China Train Crash
from the rest-in-peace dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @17:38 (Bug)
with 64 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/212238/Circuit-Flaws-Blamed-For-China-Train-Crash?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

MPEG LA Says 12 Parties Have Essential WebM Patents
from the dirty-dozen dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @18:17 (Google)
with 57 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/2129214/MPEG-LA-Says-12-Parties-Have-Essential-WebM-Patents?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

<em>Dice Age</em> &mdash; Indie Gaming Project vs. Hollywood
from the we-own-all-the-words dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @18:00 (It's funny. Laugh.)
with 24 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/2114234/Dice-Age-mdash-Indie-Gaming-Project-vs-Hollywood?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Chinese Firm Launches Cloud-Based Mobile OS
from the and-now-for-something-completely-different dept.
posted by Soulskill on Friday July 29, @18:36 (China)
with 17 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/217253/Chinese-Firm-Launches-Cloud-Based-Mobile-OS?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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