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On February 17th, 2012 with 7 comments
D___Breath writes "The lawsuit SCO started years ago against IBM (but really against Linux) is back on again. SCO first filed this clue-challenged lawsuit in...
Topics: Linux → IBM, The Courts, Linux, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 52 comments
cylonlover writes "This year is a historic one for nuclear power, with the first reactors winning U.S. government approval for construction since 1978. Some...
Topics: Hardware → Power, Hardware, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 97 comments
DJRumpy points out an article (based on a possibly paywalled WSJ report) describing how Google and other ad networks wrote code that would bypass the privacy...
Topics: Apple → Safari, Advertising, Google, Privacy, The Internet, Apple, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 44 comments
ananyo writes "DNA origami, a technique for making structures from DNA, has been used to build devices that can seek out and potentially destroy cancer cells....
Topics: Hardware → Biotech, Medicine, Open Source, Robotics, Science, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 131 comments
Griller_GT writes with news that Nevada has become the first U.S. state to approve regulations for allowing self-driving cars on its roads. "Autonomous test...
Topics: Technology → Transportation, Google, Technology, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 418 comments
Hugh Pickens writes "Time Magazine reports that hidden deep inside in the White House's $3.8 trillion, 2,000-page budget that was sent to Congress this week is...
Topics: News → The Almighty Buck, News, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 22 comments
Zothecula writes "Inspired by origami and children's pop-up books, Harvard engineers have pioneered a means of mass-producing bee-sized flying microrobots. The...
Topics: Hardware → Robotics, Hardware, Technology, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 255 comments
An anonymous reader writes "The pair of documentarians behind An Honest Man — The Story of the Amazing James Randi will not only talk to the likes of...
Topics: Entertainment → Movies, Entertainment, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 125 comments
superglaze writes "Following its takedown earlier this week of the music blog RnBXclusive, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has claimed that "a...
Topics: IT → Security, United Kingdom, Your Rights Online, Index
On February 17th, 2012 with 62 comments
An anonymous reader writes "The idea is simple — load up a microchip with a whole pharmacy of drugs that are dispensed as needed automatically. The devil...
Topics: Hardware → Medicine, Hardware, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 131 comments
Phurge pointed out a story about a man with a fleet of remote control toys and a lot of patience. "Excavating a basement using professional machinery is...
Topics: Idle → Toys, Idle, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 120 comments
MrSeb writes "Two doctors at Penn State University have developed Caffeine Zone, a free iOS app that tells you the perfect time to take a coffee break to...
Topics: Science → Software, Science, Idle, Index, Mobile
On February 16th, 2012 with 212 comments
First time accepted submitter chadenright writes "A university study asserts that the problems caused by the gas extraction process known as hydraulic...
Topics: News → Businesses, Earth, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 454 comments
halfEvilTech writes "A North Carolina mom is irate after her four-year-old daughter returned home late last month with an uneaten lunch the mother had packed...
Topics: Idle → Education, Idle, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 180 comments
Cara_Latham writes "If you want to receive annoying robocalls from telemarketers you will have to opt in. Federal Communications Commission rules now require...
Topics: Your Rights Online → Government, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 167 comments
itwbennett writes "In a post on the company blog, JotForm.com cofounder Aytekin Tank alerts users that 'a US government agency has temporarily suspended' the...
Topics: IT → Security, Government, Your Rights Online, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 179 comments
First time accepted submitter Hotawa Hawk-eye writes "Tor Books has announced that the release date for the final volume in the Wheel of Time series of books,...
Topics: News → Books, Sci-Fi, Entertainment, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 171 comments
ananyo writes with this snippet from Nature (for which this earlier Nature article is also background): "'The courthouse in L'Aquila, Italy, yesterday hosted a...
Topics: Science → Earth, The Courts, News, Science, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 267 comments
Lucas123 writes "A new study by the University of California and Microsoft shows that NAND flash memory experiences significant performance degradation as die...
Topics: Hardware → Bug, Data Storage, Hardware, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 413 comments
An anonymous reader writes "I am a long time Slashdotter and currently find myself in the beginning of a divorce process. How have you dealt with dispersing of...
Topics: Ask Slashdot → Data Storage, Privacy, Ask Slashdot, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 110 comments
New submitter Garth Smith writes "Tim Schafer has a video update for his crowdsourced project, Double Fine Adventure. Because of the nearly $2 million in...
Topics: Games → Businesses, The Almighty Buck, Games, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 129 comments
New submitter simula67 writes "Oracle wins back some karma from the open source community by releasing MySQL cluster 7.2 with ambitious claims of 70x...
Topics: Developers → Databases, Open Source, Oracle, Upgrades, Developers, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 569 comments
pigrabbitbear writes "To prevent hoarding of materials and their potential for theft and illicit use, the Drug Enforcement Agency sets quotas for the chemical...
Topics: Science → Businesses, Government, Medicine, United States, Your Rights Online, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 113 comments
An anonymous reader writes "The government of Bulgaria, which had already signed ACTA, yesterday reversed itself, and announced that it would not seek...
Topics: Your Rights Online → Censorship, Your Rights Online, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 183 comments
First time accepted submitter brad-x writes "A new team of developers has recently picked up development of WindowMaker, and they've added many new features,...
Topics: Technology → GUI, Software, X, Linux, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 79 comments
Despite Apple's protestation that the iBooks Author EULA was misinterpreted, the idea of a book publishing system that could be used to grab copyright of the...
Topics: News → Books, Open Source, Software, News, Technology, Index, Mobile
On February 16th, 2012 with 323 comments
Ralph Spoilsport writes "A coalition of 17 publishing companies has shut down library.nu and ifile.it, charging them with pirating ebooks. This comes less...
Topics: Your Rights Online → Censorship, Books, Piracy, The Internet, Your Rights Online, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 354 comments
An anonymous reader writes "While doctors routinely prescribe antibiotics to treat sinus infections, researchers on Tuesday revealed that amoxicillin, the most...
Topics: Science → Medicine, Index
On February 16th, 2012 with 148 comments
asto21 writes with this excerpt from The Indian Express: "As per amendments made to operators' licences, beginning May 31, operators would have to provide the...
Topics: Your Rights Online → Privacy, Cellphones, Communications, Your Rights Online, Index, Mobile
On February 16th, 2012 with 600 comments
adeelarshad82 writes "Earlier today Apple announced their next OS, Mountain Lion. According to an early look, OS X 10.8 does more to integrate social...
Topics: Apple → GUI, OS X, Operating Systems, Upgrades, Apple, Index
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