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Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
Apple, can you do for video what you did for music — perhaps saving us all from NBComcast?
By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Last month's rumors about Apple talking to networks and Hollywood about TV show subscriptions got me...
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
FCC Wants Proposals To Manage White Space Database
kdawson writes "A year after voting unanimously to open 'white space' frequencies for unlicensed use, the FCC has now issued...
11 hours ago bitbucket | Topics: Government, Technology, slashdot, tech
 
Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
FCC Wants Proposals To Manage White Space Database
kdawson writes "A year after voting unanimously to open 'white space' frequencies for unlicensed use, the FCC has now issued...
 
Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
EFF Wants To Know If the Feds Are Cyberstalking
rossendryv writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation and UC Berkeley's Samuelson Center filed suit in California's Northern...
 
Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
Service Oriented Architecture With Java
Martijn de Boer writes "The book has been written to provide the reader with a short introduction to the concepts of Service...
 
Jordy
Jordy posted a blog entry
Matthew Reinbold: Die Bucher (the books) – Doctorow’s Makers
When I read the first third of what would become Makers several years ago I was thrilled. Serialized by Salon.com around 2005,...
 
MatthewR
MatthewR posted a blog entry
Die Bucher (the books) – Doctorow’s Makers
What happens to journalism when papers are no longer around? What happens to a culture that empowers those already swimming in...
 
Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
Somali Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange"
reginaldo writes to clue us that pirates in Somalia have opened up a cooperative in Haradheere, where investors can pay money...
 
Husky
Husky posted a blog entry
SarBox Lawsuit Could Rewrite IT Compliance Rules
dasButcher notes that the Supreme Court will hear arguments next week brought by a Nevada accounting firm that asserts the...
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times
An anonymous reader sends along Chris Soghoian's blog entry revealing that Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies...
2 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, privacy, slashdot, tech
 
Marcel
Marcel posted tweets
And I've stopped auto-updates in case RT @slashdot: Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" http://bit.ly/60wR1F
I have downloaded the patch http://ow.ly/HBe6 RT @slashdot: Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" http://bit.ly/60wR1F
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Microsoft Investigates Windows 7 “Black Screen of Death”
duguk writes "Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the 'black screen of death,' which...
2 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, bug, slashdot, tech
 
<em>vincentvanwylick</em>
vincentvanwylick posted a tweet
New comment look on Slashdot is very sweet. Just scroll down the page & watch the top 1 cm to see what I mean. Them http://is.gd/58TOs
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Lifecycle Energy Costs of LED, CFL Bulbs Calculated
necro81 writes "The NY Times is reporting on a new report from Osram, a German lighting manufacturer, which has calculated the...
2 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, earth, slashdot, tech
 
bmn
bmn posted a tweet
ahhh slashdot... I remember why I stopped reading you.
 
Bill Romanos
Bill Romanos posted tweets
RT @slashdot In Motor Learning, New Brain Connections Form Rapidly http://bit.ly/8XQy1q
RT @slashdot iPhone 3.1 Spotted In Field Testing http://bit.ly/6JR3gH
 
debaser
debaser posted a tweet
Somewhat surprising- Twitter is 59% female while Facebook is 57%. Not surprising - Slashdot is 82% dudes. http://is.gd/57PIX
 
_warren
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Slashdot Technology Story | The Technology Behind Last.fm
In fact, the only way in which they could stream music without having it all in memory first is if they were using a microphone and a live band. Sure, it might make for an entertaining data center, but it's not very scalable.
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Calling Video Professor a Scam
palmerj3 writes in to give some wider attention to a piece on Techcrunch today in which Michael Arrington reacts to Video...
5 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, business, slashdot, tech
 
David E
David E posted a tweet
Newspapers Face the Prisoners Dilemma With Google #Slashdot http://tinyurl.com/yz48gdx
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Wikipedia Disputes Editor Exodus Claims
eldavojohn writes "The Wikimedia blog has a new post from Erik Moeller, deputy director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Erik...
5 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, internet, slashdot, tech
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
OpenSolaris Or FreeBSD?
Norsefire writes "I am in quite a predicament. I decided a while back to branch out and use a new operating system (currently...
5 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Os, Technology, slashdot, tech
 
digitaltempest
digitaltempest posted a tweet
RT @GuamGuy: Slashdot - Apple Forced To Clean Up Its Fine Print http://bit.ly/51JNmp
 
karmann
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Newspapers Face the Prisoner's Dilemma With Google
Nicholas Carr has an interesting analysis of Rupert Murdoch's threat to de-list News Corp's stories from Google and Microsoft's eager offer to make Bing Murdoch's exclusive search engine for its content. Carr writes that newspapers...
 
Kartik Mistry
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Study: Males vs. females in social networks
Have you ever wondered how many of Twitter’s users are women? Or men? What about Facebook, MySpace, Digg, LinkedIn, and other sites in the social media sphere?We have tracked down this information for a number of social network sites (19 of them). All...
 
savino
savino posted a tweet
CIA Manual Thought Lost In 1973 Available On Amazon (@slashdot) http://post.ly/DXs9
 
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CIA Manual Thought Lost In 1973 Available On Amazon (@slashdot) http://post.ly/DXs9
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Ben Helps
Ben Helps posted a tweet
New post: Today's Slashdot classic http://tinyurl.com/y8vaxy9
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Review Scores the “Least Important Factor” When Buying Games
A recent report from a games industry analyst suggests that among a number of factors leading to the purchase of a video game...
7 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Games, Technology, slashdot, tech
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Google Apologizes For “Michelle Obama” Results
theodp writes "CNN reports that for most of the past week, when someone did a Google image search for 'Michelle Obama,' one...
7 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, google, slashdot, tech
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
The Psychology of Achievement In Playing Games
A post on Pixel Poppers looks at the psychological underpinnings of the types of challenges offered by different game genres,...
7 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Games, Technology, slashdot, tech
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Ants That Can Count
thisIsOdd writes "NPR had a recent report about scientists at the University of Ulm who suggest that ants in desert...
7 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Technology, science, slashdot, tech
 
KDubb
KDubb posted a blog entry
Tokyo Students Design a New Robotic Muscle Suit
angry tapir writes "Students at Tokyo's University of Science have developed a new version of their muscle suit, a wearable...
7 days ago bitbucket | Topics: Hardware, Technology, slashdot, tech
 
Bill Romanos
Bill Romanos posted a tweet
RT @slashdot Intelsat Launches Hardware For Internet Routing From Space http://bit.ly/08s28R0
 
karmann
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Would You Use a Free Netbook From Google?
The response to Google's Chromium OS has been rather lukewarm. But suppose it's just part of something much bigger: a netbook computer from Google that would cost absolutely nothing. Because all the apps and data are stored in the cloud,...
 
<em>ullrich_c</em>
ullrich_c posted a tweet
RT @slashdot: Opera Closes China Loophole; Reinstates Censorship http://bit.ly/4T6Z37
 
David Fisher
David Fisher posted a tweet
@samhouston Ah, you missed my irony too :) On Slashdot there was the "BSD is Dying" thing years ago.
 
renes
renes posted tweets
@KING5Seattle RT @slashdot Bing Censoring All Simplified Chinese Language Queries http://bit.ly/6eJdxl
RT @slashdot Bing Censoring All Simplified Chinese Language Queries http://bit.ly/6eJdxl
 
Geoffrey Allan Plauche
Geoffrey Allan Plauche posted a tweet
A far better choice than Obama. ---> RT @slashdot: Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize? http://bit.ly/4e2IQn
 
@timallik
@timallik posted a tweet
RT @codeplexF Ask Sam Ramji About the CodePlex Foundation on @Slashdot at http://bit.ly/3Olj9T #opensource (client)
 
<em>mixed.soup</em>
mixed.soup posted a blog entry
Stupid Geek Tricks: Find the Secret Messages in Web Site Headers
Today’s stupid geek trick takes us to the unseen technical world beneath the surface of your favorite websites, and shows...
14 days ago Mixed Soup | Topics: Quick Tips, apache, browser, Daily
 
Kelly M
Kelly M posted a tweet
RT slashdot: Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning http://bit.ly/49gq2r
 
Kelly
Kelly posted a tweet
RT slashdot: Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Early Tuesday Morning http://bit.ly/49gq2r