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Date : 2008 01 28 Technology 
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The Register delivers the good news that a US federal judge had slapped down the practice of pretexting and ordered a Wyoming comp read more »
SlashdotThe Register delivers the good news that a US federal judge had slapped down the practice of pretexting and ordered a Wyoming comp read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
HighWizard writes with word from Engadget that the iPhone SDK Key has been leaked early. "We're not exactly sure how this all went read more »
SlashdotHighWizard writes with word from Engadget that the iPhone SDK Key has been leaked early. "We're not exactly sure how this all went read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
Da Massive writes "Speaking at the linux.conf.au event in Melbourne, Australia, independent open source consultant Ricardo Gonzale read more »
SlashdotDa Massive writes "Speaking at the linux.conf.au event in Melbourne, Australia, independent open source consultant Ricardo Gonzale read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
DaMan writes "Here's something that isn't an urban legend — Snopes, the popular urban legends reference site, has been pushi read more »
SlashdotDaMan writes "Here's something that isn't an urban legend — Snopes, the popular urban legends reference site, has been pushi read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Raymond Niro of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro is fighting back against criticism fr read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Raymond Niro of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro is fighting back against criticism fr read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
aboivin writes "The Songwriters association of Canada has put forward a proposition for collective licensing of music for personal read more »
Slashdotaboivin writes "The Songwriters association of Canada has put forward a proposition for collective licensing of music for personal read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that Stanford has a new website that not only shows you how cool their new 3-d modeling syst read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes to tell us that Stanford has a new website that not only shows you how cool their new 3-d modeling syst read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
i4u writes "Engadget is reporting that Wicked Lasers has introduced The Torch. It is the world's brightest and most powerful flash read more »
Slashdoti4u writes "Engadget is reporting that Wicked Lasers has introduced The Torch. It is the world's brightest and most powerful flash read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "The world's most powerful functional rail gun capable of accelerating projectiles up to Mach 8 has bee read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "The world's most powerful functional rail gun capable of accelerating projectiles up to Mach 8 has bee read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
r3lody writes "There are many households that have high-speed Internet connections, yet most people are simply not doing enough to read more »
Slashdotr3lody writes "There are many households that have high-speed Internet connections, yet most people are simply not doing enough to read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
Schneier points out an interesting (and long, 117-pages) paper on the ethical implications of robots in war [PDF]. "This report ha read more »
SlashdotSchneier points out an interesting (and long, 117-pages) paper on the ethical implications of robots in war [PDF]. "This report ha read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
A new geological study is suggesting that what we know about the lower mantle of the Earth may have to be reevaluated. Since we ar read more »
SlashdotA new geological study is suggesting that what we know about the lower mantle of the Earth may have to be reevaluated. Since we ar read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
theoverlay writes "With all of the recent hype about solid-state drives in both consumer applications and enterprise environments read more »
Slashdottheoverlay writes "With all of the recent hype about solid-state drives in both consumer applications and enterprise environments read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
alphadogg writes "Next-generation 802.11n systems promise to considerably improve WLAN performance. But the processing required fo read more »
Slashdotalphadogg writes "Next-generation 802.11n systems promise to considerably improve WLAN performance. But the processing required fo read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
Ellis D. Tripp noted a village voice article about attempts in NYC to pass a law requiring permits for air monitoring devices incl read more »
SlashdotEllis D. Tripp noted a village voice article about attempts in NYC to pass a law requiring permits for air monitoring devices incl read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
Preedit writes "A free download that can cut Windows Vista's gargantuan footprint by half or more is developing a big following on read more »
SlashdotPreedit writes "A free download that can cut Windows Vista's gargantuan footprint by half or more is developing a big following on read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
MojoKid writes "AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics proces read more »
SlashdotMojoKid writes "AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics proces read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
egil writes "Trolltech announced this morning (CET) that they have accepted a bid from Nokia to buy the entire company. The bid wa read more »
Slashdotegil writes "Trolltech announced this morning (CET) that they have accepted a bid from Nokia to buy the entire company. The bid wa read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "'The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This cool timeline shows these fifty years of buildi read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "'The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today. This cool timeline shows these fifty years of buildi read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
Brian Krebs of the Washington Post's Security Fix blog has up an article on work-at-home money mule scams (backgrounder blog post read more »
SlashdotBrian Krebs of the Washington Post's Security Fix blog has up an article on work-at-home money mule scams (backgrounder blog post read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
scim writes "Intelligent speculation has led one knowledgeable observer to believe the satellite recently announced to have failed read more »
Slashdotscim writes "Intelligent speculation has led one knowledgeable observer to believe the satellite recently announced to have failed read more »
Date : 2008 01 28 Technology Slashdot
DesScorp sends a link to a TechCrunch interview in which GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers questions of interest to t read more »
SlashdotDesScorp sends a link to a TechCrunch interview in which GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers questions of interest to t read more »