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Comets Probably Seeded Earth's Nitrogen Atmosphere
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology
SlashdotKentuckyFC writes "One of the biggest puzzles of astrobiology is the origin of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. One favored theo read more »
Ant Mega-Colony Covers the World
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotDeag writes "A mega colony of one family of ants has spread all over the world. Previous mega colonies in California, Europe and J read more »
Record-breaking Solar Cells Tailored To Location
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotUrchin writes "The quality of sunlight varies depending on where you live, but off-the-shelf solar cells are all identical. A new read more »
US Sets Up Emergency Multi-Band Radio Project
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdotcoondoggie writes "Looking to help eliminate the dangerous and inefficient hodgepodge of communication and network technology used read more »
New AES Attack Documented
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdotavxo writes "Bruce Schneier covers a new cryptanalytic related-key attack on AES that is better than brute force with a complexity read more »
Images of Apollo Landing Sites Soon Available
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdoteric.brasseur writes "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has entered lunar orbit in perfect shape. From a height of 50 km, it will i read more »
What the US Can Learn From Europe's Pollution Credit System
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotAl writes "Technology Review discusses what a US carbon trading scheme could learn from the flawed European experience. Advocates read more »
Staying In Shape vs. a Busy IT Job Schedule?
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdottnok85 writes "I started a new job ~7 months ago at a very large company working a 12-hour night shift (7PM-7AM) in a fairly high read more »
Firefox 3.5 Benchmarked, Close To Original Chrome
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotCNETNate writes "The tests prove it: It's the third-fastest browser in the world, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3. In terms of read more »
Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "AeroVironment, Inc. was awarded a Phase II contract extension in April from the Defense Advanced Resea read more »
The Twitter Book
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdotstoolpigeon writes "Microblogging service Twitter has undeniably been a hit, with growth rates that were at times in excess of 140 read more »
Blizzard Confirms No LAN Support For Starcraft 2
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotKemeno writes "Blizzard has announced that they will be dropping LAN support for Starcraft II , citing piracy and quality concerns read more »
The Hysteria of the Cyber-Warriors
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotWillfro sends in a piece by Evgeny Morozov at the Boston Review about the hyperbole and the reality of "cyber war." Quoting: "At t read more »
GPS-Based System For Driving Tax Being Field Tested
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Apparently, since gas consumption is going down and fuel efficient cars are becoming more popular, the read more »
Jim Zemlin Pitches Linux App Stores For Telcos
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology Slashdotangry tapir writes "Mobile carriers may start giving away netbooks for free, and Linux-based application stores could help them pr read more »
Some Overheating 3GS iPhones Glow Pink
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotHugh Pickens writes "The Telegraph reports that dozens of users of the recently released iPhone 3GS have reported overheating issu read more »
On Realism and Virtual Murder
Date : 2009 07 01 Category : Technology SlashdotGamasutra has an interesting article about how the push toward realistic graphics and extremely lifelike characters in modern game read more »
Yahoo's "Chicken Coop" Data Center Design
Date : 2009 06 30 Category : Technology Slashdot1sockchuck writes "Yahoo has come up with a data center design called the Yahoo Computing Coop, which it says will make its new da read more »
New Click-Fraud Attack Is Stealthiest Yet
Date : 2009 06 30 Category : Technology SlashdotAn anonymous reader sends news from The Washington Post's Security Fix blog of a new Trojan horse program that takes click fraud t read more »
One Year Later, "Dead" XP Still Going Strong
Date : 2009 06 30 Category : Technology Slashdotsnydeq writes "Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows XP a year ago today, no longer selling new copies in most venues. Yet accordin read more »
Malcolm Gladwell Challenges the Idea of "Free"
Date : 2009 06 30 Category : Technology SlashdotAn anonymous reader brings us another bump on the bumpy road of Chris Anderson's new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, wh read more »