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Date : 2008 02 01 Technology 
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling by a lower court tha read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling by a lower court tha read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
NewScientist is reporting that NASA has kicked their previous space partner, Rocketplane Kistler, to the curb and is in search of read more »
SlashdotNewScientist is reporting that NASA has kicked their previous space partner, Rocketplane Kistler, to the curb and is in search of read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The TSA has opened their own blog. According to Ars Technica, it's beginning to attr read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The TSA has opened their own blog. According to Ars Technica, it's beginning to attr read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Engadget has a couple of great videos depicting the new 'Noahpad' laptop offering from E-Lead. This laptop offers a new kind of to read more »
SlashdotEngadget has a couple of great videos depicting the new 'Noahpad' laptop offering from E-Lead. This laptop offers a new kind of to read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
invisibastard writes "Linux Tech Daily has an interview with KDE's Sebastian Kuegler. Sebastian talks about the KDE 4.0 release ev read more »
Slashdotinvisibastard writes "Linux Tech Daily has an interview with KDE's Sebastian Kuegler. Sebastian talks about the KDE 4.0 release ev read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
philetus writes "An article in New Scientist describes a robotic system composed of swarms of electromagnetic modules capable of a read more »
Slashdotphiletus writes "An article in New Scientist describes a robotic system composed of swarms of electromagnetic modules capable of a read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
A new company, Delver, is offering a new take on web searching that plans to make your social network a part of the equation. "Lia read more »
SlashdotA new company, Delver, is offering a new take on web searching that plans to make your social network a part of the equation. "Lia read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
CBR is reporting that open source use in the workplace is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate. Up 26% since last year, busin read more »
SlashdotCBR is reporting that open source use in the workplace is continuing to grow at an astonishing rate. Up 26% since last year, busin read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Search Engines 
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Having grown up in Israel, I've always been connected to the country's tech community. That's one of the reasons I started wr read more »
The Ask.com BlogHaving grown up in Israel, I've always been connected to the country's tech community. That's one of the reasons I started wr read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Many readers are reporting that another undersea fiber optic cable has been cut, apparently caused by another wayward anchor. It l read more »
SlashdotMany readers are reporting that another undersea fiber optic cable has been cut, apparently caused by another wayward anchor. It l read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
BoingBoing is relating a hair-raising tale from the UK anti-ID-register group 'NO2ID' that claims to have a leaked government docu read more »
SlashdotBoingBoing is relating a hair-raising tale from the UK anti-ID-register group 'NO2ID' that claims to have a leaked government docu read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Tom's Hardware has a nice roundup of some of the new shiny hardware for February '08. Everything from a screaming fast 2 GHz DDR3 read more »
SlashdotTom's Hardware has a nice roundup of some of the new shiny hardware for February '08. Everything from a screaming fast 2 GHz DDR3 read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Techdirt is reporting that as a response to all the hoopla about people being able to Google for information on potential employee read more »
SlashdotTechdirt is reporting that as a response to all the hoopla about people being able to Google for information on potential employee read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Stony Stevenson writes "Organizations using Python will be affected in a major way by changes in store for the language over the c read more »
SlashdotStony Stevenson writes "Organizations using Python will be affected in a major way by changes in store for the language over the c read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Maximum Prophet writes "An optics professor and a postgrad have developed a way to use ultra-short pulses of laser light to etch n read more »
SlashdotMaximum Prophet writes "An optics professor and a postgrad have developed a way to use ultra-short pulses of laser light to etch n read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
plainwhitetoast recommends an article in La Repubblica.it — in Italian, Google translation here. According to Italian lawyer read more »
Slashdotplainwhitetoast recommends an article in La Repubblica.it — in Italian, Google translation here. According to Italian lawyer read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Cityslacker recommends a Register piece speculating on how a lowly trader at the French bank SocGen was able to lose billions usin read more »
SlashdotCityslacker recommends a Register piece speculating on how a lowly trader at the French bank SocGen was able to lose billions usin read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
KentuckyFC writes "Is it really possible for a 350-pound tiger to leap a 12.5-foot barrier from 33 feet away? (Said another way: a read more »
SlashdotKentuckyFC writes "Is it really possible for a 350-pound tiger to leap a 12.5-foot barrier from 33 feet away? (Said another way: a read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
The news is everywhere this morning about Microsoft's $44.6B offer to buy Yahoo. The offer represents $31 a share, a 62% premium o read more »
SlashdotThe news is everywhere this morning about Microsoft's $44.6B offer to buy Yahoo. The offer represents $31 a share, a 62% premium o read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property brings us a Washington Post story which discusses how scientists are finding surprises among read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property brings us a Washington Post story which discusses how scientists are finding surprises among read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
Stony Stevenson alerts us to news that Google is hinting at the possibility of an Australian version of the Summer of Code program read more »
SlashdotStony Stevenson alerts us to news that Google is hinting at the possibility of an Australian version of the Summer of Code program read more »
Date : 2008 02 01 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has called upon its ci read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has called upon its ci read more »