2008 Feb 08
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology 
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New Scientist is reporting that, BP Piscium, an unusual star recently under scrutiny from astronomers may have swallowed a nearby read more »
SlashdotNew Scientist is reporting that, BP Piscium, an unusual star recently under scrutiny from astronomers may have swallowed a nearby read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "It's a common string you see at the start of an HTML document, a URI declaring the type of document, but that i read more »
Slashdoteldavojohn writes "It's a common string you see at the start of an HTML document, a URI declaring the type of document, but that i read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "Local search engine company, Zvents, has released an open source distributed data storage system based read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Local search engine company, Zvents, has released an open source distributed data storage system based read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
The Wall Street Journal and Information Week reported this morning that EU regulators have announced a third investigation into Mi read more »
SlashdotThe Wall Street Journal and Information Week reported this morning that EU regulators have announced a third investigation into Mi read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the College Opportunity and Affordability Act passed read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the College Opportunity and Affordability Act passed read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Intel is being sued over a patent infringement alleged to be in the Core 2 Duo microproc read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "It looks like Intel is being sued over a patent infringement alleged to be in the Core 2 Duo microproc read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
Lucas123 writes "Yahoo this week opened up a new monthly Web Hosting service for small and medium sized businesses that allows unl read more »
SlashdotLucas123 writes "Yahoo this week opened up a new monthly Web Hosting service for small and medium sized businesses that allows unl read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus Torvalds even speaking for Linux anymore? read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes to tell us CNET is currently running a story asking 'Is Linus Torvalds even speaking for Linux anymore? read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
Tom's Hardware has a detailed benchmark and analysis of Intel's new Skulltrail offering, taking a look at 8 vs 4 cores. The compar read more »
SlashdotTom's Hardware has a detailed benchmark and analysis of Intel's new Skulltrail offering, taking a look at 8 vs 4 cores. The compar read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
Techdirt points out that while there have been many lawsuits over someone's Google-rank, a Chinese professor is suing Google and Y read more »
SlashdotTechdirt points out that while there have been many lawsuits over someone's Google-rank, a Chinese professor is suing Google and Y read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
Bruce Perens writes "Saturday is the 10-Year Anniversary of Open Source, the initiative to promote Free Software to business. Obvi read more »
SlashdotBruce Perens writes "Saturday is the 10-Year Anniversary of Open Source, the initiative to promote Free Software to business. Obvi read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton adds his experience to the litany of woes with Microsoft Vista. Unlike most comment read more »
SlashdotFrequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton adds his experience to the litany of woes with Microsoft Vista. Unlike most comment read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "p2pnet.net reports that the RIAA has egg on its face. When the Electronic Frontier Foundation request read more »
SlashdotNewYorkCountryLawyer writes "p2pnet.net reports that the RIAA has egg on its face. When the Electronic Frontier Foundation request read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
BlueshiftVFX writes to let us know that the writers' strike may be over. CNBC and other media are quoting former Disney CEO Michae read more »
SlashdotBlueshiftVFX writes to let us know that the writers' strike may be over. CNBC and other media are quoting former Disney CEO Michae read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader tips a column up at freesoftwaremagazine.com in which the writer discovers that the latest UI enhancements tha read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader tips a column up at freesoftwaremagazine.com in which the writer discovers that the latest UI enhancements tha read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
javipas notes a Wired piece summarizing a two-part interview with Linus Torvalds that's up at linux-foundation.org (part 1, part 2 read more »
Slashdotjavipas notes a Wired piece summarizing a two-part interview with Linus Torvalds that's up at linux-foundation.org (part 1, part 2 read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
jerel brings us a story about a prototype authentication system which approaches security from an atypical angle. It focuses on hi read more »
Slashdotjerel brings us a story about a prototype authentication system which approaches security from an atypical angle. It focuses on hi read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
hhavensteincw writes "Less than a week after it launched a new blog aimed at gathering suggestions from air travelers to improve a read more »
Slashdothhavensteincw writes "Less than a week after it launched a new blog aimed at gathering suggestions from air travelers to improve a read more »
Date : 2008 02 08 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal of the State of California (PDF) in Krinsky v read more »
SlashdotI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal of the State of California (PDF) in Krinsky v read more »