2008 Jan 08
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology 
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The feed brings us a New Scientist review of the repairs and new instruments that astronauts will bring to the Hubble Space Telesc read more »
SlashdotThe feed brings us a New Scientist review of the repairs and new instruments that astronauts will bring to the Hubble Space Telesc read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
HalvarFlake writes "With all the hoopla about the remotely exploitable, kernel-level buffer overflow discussed in today's security read more »
SlashdotHalvarFlake writes "With all the hoopla about the remotely exploitable, kernel-level buffer overflow discussed in today's security read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
Stony Stevenson alerts us to a US Department of Homeland Security program in which subcontractors have been examining FOSS source read more »
SlashdotStony Stevenson alerts us to a US Department of Homeland Security program in which subcontractors have been examining FOSS source read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
djmoore writes "Over at Make Magazine, watch this video of a French amateur radio operator making and testing his own vacuum tubes read more »
Slashdotdjmoore writes "Over at Make Magazine, watch this video of a French amateur radio operator making and testing his own vacuum tubes read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that the commission will investigate complaints that Comcast ac read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that the commission will investigate complaints that Comcast ac read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
technirvana sends us to ReadWriteWeb for the scoop on the announcement this morning that representatives from Google and Facebook read more »
Slashdottechnirvana sends us to ReadWriteWeb for the scoop on the announcement this morning that representatives from Google and Facebook read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
Gregor Stipicic writes "Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale withi read more »
SlashdotGregor Stipicic writes "Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale withi read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet Aus reported on a new low-noise chip that could help in building the $1.6B Square Kilometer Arra read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "ZDNet Aus reported on a new low-noise chip that could help in building the $1.6B Square Kilometer Arra read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "In a developing story, registrar Network Solutions has been caught front-running domain names. Any dom read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "In a developing story, registrar Network Solutions has been caught front-running domain names. Any dom read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
Espectr0 writes "Comcast's CEO Brian Roberts gave The Associated Press a preview of his speech for the Consumer Electronics show, read more »
SlashdotEspectr0 writes "Comcast's CEO Brian Roberts gave The Associated Press a preview of his speech for the Consumer Electronics show, read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
bloosqr writes "Dan Heller, in a series of three articles, claims to have found a number of problems with the Creative Commons lic read more »
Slashdotbloosqr writes "Dan Heller, in a series of three articles, claims to have found a number of problems with the Creative Commons lic read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
ceide2000 writes "The government contends that it is perfectly free to inspect every laptop that enters the country, whether or no read more »
Slashdotceide2000 writes "The government contends that it is perfectly free to inspect every laptop that enters the country, whether or no read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
netbuzz writes "Merely hiring a blackhat practitioner of search-engine optimization may be indicative of a willingness to 'cut cor read more »
Slashdotnetbuzz writes "Merely hiring a blackhat practitioner of search-engine optimization may be indicative of a willingness to 'cut cor read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
Christiangrays writes "Linux creator Linus Torvalds has used an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation to stress that read more »
SlashdotChristiangrays writes "Linux creator Linus Torvalds has used an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation to stress that read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
JohnGrahamCumming writes "The shimmer project implements a cryptographically-based system for hiding important (e.g. SSH) open por read more »
SlashdotJohnGrahamCumming writes "The shimmer project implements a cryptographically-based system for hiding important (e.g. SSH) open por read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
ViperArrow writes "Alienware has showcased a curved display prototype supporting a resolution of 2880x900, aimed mainly toward gam read more »
SlashdotViperArrow writes "Alienware has showcased a curved display prototype supporting a resolution of 2880x900, aimed mainly toward gam read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
zeromemory writes "The Financial Times reports that " Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers' rec read more »
Slashdotzeromemory writes "The Financial Times reports that " Paramount is poised to drop its support of HD DVD after Warner Brothers' rec read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Tens of thousands of Web sites have been compromised by an automated SQL injection attack, and althoug read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Tens of thousands of Web sites have been compromised by an automated SQL injection attack, and althoug read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
edmicman writes "Leave it to Sony to mess up DRM-free music downloads. What is the point of DRM-free tracks if you still have to g read more »
Slashdotedmicman writes "Leave it to Sony to mess up DRM-free music downloads. What is the point of DRM-free tracks if you still have to g read more »
Date : 2008 01 08 Technology Slashdot
jfmiller call to our attention two professors emeritus of computer science at New York University who have penned an article title read more »
Slashdotjfmiller call to our attention two professors emeritus of computer science at New York University who have penned an article title read more »