[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-01

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How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries
from the are-they-holding-the-economy-ransom dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @23:06 (Businesses)
with 588 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/003239/How-and-Why-Wall-Street-Programmers-Earn-Top-Salaries?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots
from the we-will-teach-them-sorrow-and-pain dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @02:21 (China)
with 313 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/2355258/Foxconn-To-Employ-1-Million-Robots?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Vs. iPad 2 Review
from the head-to-head dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @16:49 (Android)
with 271 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1922218/Galaxy-Tab-101-Vs-iPad-2-Review?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice
from the using-a-stupid-blocker dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @13:27 (The Internet)
with 269 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/161200/Study-Compares-IQ-With-Browser-Choice?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

PayPal Hands Over 1,000 IP Addresses To the FBI
from the naughty-list dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @09:58 (Security)
with 183 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/122235/PayPal-Hands-Over-1000-IP-Addresses-To-the-FBI?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections
from the update-please dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @11:45 (Security)
with 183 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1356217/Windows-XP-PCs-Breed-Rootkit-Infections?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hackers Could Open Convicts' Cells In Prisons
from the need-firewalls-to-go-with-those-real-walls dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @08:14 (Security)
with 160 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0435207/Hackers-Could-Open-Convicts-Cells-In-Prisons?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

SFPD Arrests Suspect In Airbnb Rental Trashing
from the when-internets-attack dept.
posted by Soulskill on Sunday July 31, @05:12 (The Internet)
with 154 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/0013236/SFPD-Arrests-Suspect-In-Airbnb-Rental-Trashing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Volunteer Towns Sought For Nuclear Waste
from the not-all-at-once dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @18:28 (Earth)
with 139 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/211251/Volunteer-Towns-Sought-For-Nuclear-Waste?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ubuntu One Hits the Million Users Mark
from the open-lining dept.
posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 31, @15:04 (Cloud)
with 79 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/31/1754254/Ubuntu-One-Hits-the-Million-Users-Mark?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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