2008 Feb 09
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology 
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Esther Schindler sends a note about two journalists for very different publications (herself one of them) urging IBM to open-sourc read more »
SlashdotEsther Schindler sends a note about two journalists for very different publications (herself one of them) urging IBM to open-sourc read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
vortex2.71 sends us to the Seattle Times for an account of two studies published in the prestigious journal Science pointing to th read more »
Slashdotvortex2.71 sends us to the Seattle Times for an account of two studies published in the prestigious journal Science pointing to th read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
Oh, Not Now writes "Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12, mere hours old, is vulnerable by default to a directory traversal trick, via the vie read more »
SlashdotOh, Not Now writes "Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12, mere hours old, is vulnerable by default to a directory traversal trick, via the vie read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
Lally Singh sends us to the inside-the-Beltway blog Wonkette for a quick take on a letter Ron Paul sent to his supporters. In this read more »
SlashdotLally Singh sends us to the inside-the-Beltway blog Wonkette for a quick take on a letter Ron Paul sent to his supporters. In this read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
Roland Piquepaille writes "A major challenge in public health is that people do not take their medications, a phenomenon known as read more »
SlashdotRoland Piquepaille writes "A major challenge in public health is that people do not take their medications, a phenomenon known as read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
Many outlets are echoing a subscribers-only report in the Wall Street Journal that Yahoo's board has decided to reject Microsoft's read more »
SlashdotMany outlets are echoing a subscribers-only report in the Wall Street Journal that Yahoo's board has decided to reject Microsoft's read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
bhmit1 writes "BusinessWeek is reporting about Science Debate 2008, an attempt to put the scientific issues front and center in th read more »
Slashdotbhmit1 writes "BusinessWeek is reporting about Science Debate 2008, an attempt to put the scientific issues front and center in th read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
mambosauce writes "Brian Krebs, via the security fix blog is reporting that the recent PDF vulnerabilities which were patched only read more »
Slashdotmambosauce writes "Brian Krebs, via the security fix blog is reporting that the recent PDF vulnerabilities which were patched only read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
milsoRgen noted a story about Namco Bandai is shuttering between 50 and 60 arcades in Japan and blaming the success of the Wii for read more »
SlashdotmilsoRgen noted a story about Namco Bandai is shuttering between 50 and 60 arcades in Japan and blaming the success of the Wii for read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
The Star reports on this inventor breaking all the laws of physics as far as free energy goes. It even provoked interest from "est read more »
SlashdotThe Star reports on this inventor breaking all the laws of physics as far as free energy goes. It even provoked interest from "est read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
kernspaltung writes "I manage a network of roughly a hundred Windows boxes, all of them with hard drives of at least 40GB — read more »
Slashdotkernspaltung writes "I manage a network of roughly a hundred Windows boxes, all of them with hard drives of at least 40GB — read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
conlaw writes to share that according to Discovery.com scientists have found a way to extract energy from rain. A new technique co read more »
Slashdotconlaw writes to share that according to Discovery.com scientists have found a way to extract energy from rain. A new technique co read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "After trying to charge $167,488 for their collection of county tax maps (in TIF format), West Virginia read more »
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "After trying to charge $167,488 for their collection of county tax maps (in TIF format), West Virginia read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
mooseman93 wrote to point out Forbes is suggesting that if you haven't purchased an iPhone yet, you may want to wait just a little read more »
Slashdotmooseman93 wrote to point out Forbes is suggesting that if you haven't purchased an iPhone yet, you may want to wait just a little read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
A new startup, Credentica, hopes to offer the ability for you to perform secure transactions using the smallest amount of personal read more »
SlashdotA new startup, Credentica, hopes to offer the ability for you to perform secure transactions using the smallest amount of personal read more »