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AMD Graphics Chips Could Last 10X To 100X Longer
Date : 2008 09 29
SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "According to a research report out of UCLA, released this morning, NVidia's high-lead bump packaging c read more »
Tsunami Invisibility Cloak
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotBuzzSkyline writes "New Scientist is reporting on a lab-scale experiment that may lead to a tsunami invisibility cloak, which coul read more »
The Stigma of a Tech Support Background
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Since the last semester of college I've been working as a first line tech support agent. At first it w read more »
Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotRiding with Robots writes "NASA reports that the Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. According to t read more »
Feds Unwrap $15M For Corporate Energy Reduction
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotAs hard as it is to imagine, coondoggie writes with news that the federal government just unveiled a new energy bill that will off read more »
Hubble Stops Sending Data, Mission On Hold
Date : 2008 09 29 Slashdotmknewman writes to tell us that NASA is no longer receiving data from the Hubble Space Telescope, which could possibly delay the s read more »
New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record
Date : 2008 09 29 Slashdotasoduk writes to tell us that a new world record has been set for the most efficient photovoltaic device. Topping the scale at 40. read more »
Nero Unveils LiquidTV, TiVo For Your Computer
Date : 2008 09 29 Slashdotbigwophh writes to mention HotHardware is reporting that Nero has decided to try a new step forward for home theater PCs by bringi read more »
PC Historian Finds Puzzling Game Diskette Image
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotThis past weekend, Trixter — a self-proclaimed IBM PC historian — picked up some old software for his archive. What he read more »
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotMerlin42 writes "I recently took a Test-Driven-Development (TDD) training course and the teacher recommended that I read "Working read more »
Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotBarence writes "A security expert was stunned to discover a VPN device he'd bought on Ebay automatically connected to a local coun read more »
IBM Wants Patent On Finding Areas Lacking Patents
Date : 2008 09 29 Slashdottheodp writes "It sounds like a goof — especially coming from a company that pledged to raise the bar on patent quality &mda read more »
New Nintendo DS to Include Camera, Music
Date : 2008 09 29 SlashdotBobB-nw writes "Watch out Apple, here comes Nintendo. Nintendo plans to launch a new version of its popular DS portable gaming dev read more »
Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users
Date : 2008 09 28 Slashdotrickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the a read more »
On Fourth Launch Attempt, SpaceX Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit
Date : 2008 09 28 Slashdotxp65 writes with the just-announced success of Elon Musk's SpaceX's long efforts to reach orbit with a privately-developed launchi read more »
"Pull" Barcode Scanning Could Be Android's Killer App
Date : 2008 09 28 SlashdotSeor Jojoba writes "The release of T-Mobile's G1 Smartphone is shifting focus away from push-based barcode scanning, where embedde read more »
Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate
Date : 2008 09 28 SlashdotWe participated in this project back in 2004. This year it's hosted by Walden University, and the format is a little less cumberso read more »
FOSS Multicast Document Sharing?
Date : 2008 09 28 SlashdotJawdy writes "I am currently leading a small game development project with artists and developers scattered all over the country. read more »
Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain
Date : 2008 09 28 Slashdotdcblogs writes "Thanks to Wall Street's implosion, the chairman of Stanford University's Computer Science Department says he is se read more »
New Approach To Malware Modifies Linux Kernel
Date : 2008 09 28 SlashdotHugh Pickens writes "Professor Avishai Wool has unveiled a program to watch for malware on servers with a modification to the Linu read more »
Game Distribution and the 'Idiocy' of DRM
Date : 2008 09 28 SlashdotIn light of the increased focus on the DRM controversy in recent days, Ars Technica did an interview with execs from CD Projekt's read more »