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An anonymous reader writes "There have been complaints within the World Health Organization of some oddly familiar-sounding tactic read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "There have been complaints within the World Health Organization of some oddly familiar-sounding tactic read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Thomas Nybergh lets us know about the secret list maintained by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, containing an estima read more »
SlashdotThomas Nybergh lets us know about the secret list maintained by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, containing an estima read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Amateur satellite watcher Ted Molczan notes that a "Notice to Airmen" (NOTAM) has been issued announci read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Amateur satellite watcher Ted Molczan notes that a "Notice to Airmen" (NOTAM) has been issued announci read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Now that a small Texas company has a patent on scanning and archiving checks — read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Now that a small Texas company has a patent on scanning and archiving checks — read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
TechDirt has an interesting article about a UK-based company that is trying to work with ISPs to make use of user surfing data to read more »
SlashdotTechDirt has an interesting article about a UK-based company that is trying to work with ISPs to make use of user surfing data to read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
The Register is reporting that Mozilla's handling of a recent security exploit that affected both browsers has drawn an unhappy re read more »
SlashdotThe Register is reporting that Mozilla's handling of a recent security exploit that affected both browsers has drawn an unhappy re read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Heartless Gamer writes to tell us that Gen Con LLC announced late last week that they have filed for Chapter 11. This move will no read more »
SlashdotHeartless Gamer writes to tell us that Gen Con LLC announced late last week that they have filed for Chapter 11. This move will no read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Wired has a great pictorial tour of their recent visit to Stanford University's linear accelerator, the longest in the world. The read more »
SlashdotWired has a great pictorial tour of their recent visit to Stanford University's linear accelerator, the longest in the world. The read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
DrButts writes "An inventor in British Columbia wants to be the first to launch a pop bottle rocket into space. 'This could be imp read more »
SlashdotDrButts writes "An inventor in British Columbia wants to be the first to launch a pop bottle rocket into space. 'This could be imp read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
foobarx writes "Digital artists have created a humanoid robot which uses brainwave activity recorded during sleep to playback an i read more »
Slashdotfoobarx writes "Digital artists have created a humanoid robot which uses brainwave activity recorded during sleep to playback an i read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Engadgets is reporting that researchers at Penn State have built a new kind of solar cell that can harvest hydrogen directly from read more »
SlashdotEngadgets is reporting that researchers at Penn State have built a new kind of solar cell that can harvest hydrogen directly from read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
lazyguyuk writes "Tim Bray posts a lengthy blog on the birth of XML, formalized as 1.0 in Feb 1998. 'XML is ten years old today. I read more »
Slashdotlazyguyuk writes "Tim Bray posts a lengthy blog on the birth of XML, formalized as 1.0 in Feb 1998. 'XML is ten years old today. I read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader found an interesting little story about satellite spotters and how, not surprisingly, their painstakingly meth read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader found an interesting little story about satellite spotters and how, not surprisingly, their painstakingly meth read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the ruling that opened the floodgates f read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "It looks like the courts may finally be gearing up to overturn the ruling that opened the floodgates f read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Raphael Emportu writes "BBC news is reporting that rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common t read more »
SlashdotRaphael Emportu writes "BBC news is reporting that rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common t read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
kan0r writes "The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is una read more »
Slashdotkan0r writes "The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is una read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
Multiple users have written to tell us that Toshiba is planning to halt production of devices related to HD-DVD. According to Japa read more »
SlashdotMultiple users have written to tell us that Toshiba is planning to halt production of devices related to HD-DVD. According to Japa read more »
Date : 2008 02 18 Technology Slashdot
SoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China read more »
SlashdotSoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China read more »