2008 Jan 12
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "The One Laptop Per Child Project plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 , to distribute the low-cost laptop compu read more »
eldavojohn writes "The One Laptop Per Child Project plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 , to distribute the low-cost laptop compu read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
Web Goddess writes "The 2007 Darwin Award Winners have been announced. Precarious sex, squashed thieves, animals eradicated with e read more »
Web Goddess writes "The 2007 Darwin Award Winners have been announced. Precarious sex, squashed thieves, animals eradicated with e read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
nezmar writes "Noel Dellofano, who is part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has a post on Mac OS Forge announcing a late Chri read more »
nezmar writes "Noel Dellofano, who is part of the ZFS development team at Apple, has a post on Mac OS Forge announcing a late Chri read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology CNET News.com
Europe loves the VW Beetle, the Renault Twingo, and the Smart. The US has the Mini and will finally get the Smart, too. And now In read more »
Europe loves the VW Beetle, the Renault Twingo, and the Smart. The US has the Mini and will finally get the Smart, too. And now In read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Atlantic v. Howell, the Phoenix, Arizona, case in which a defendant who has no legal representatio read more »
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Atlantic v. Howell, the Phoenix, Arizona, case in which a defendant who has no legal representatio read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
holy_calamity writes "Proteins extracted from gelatin can dramatically improve the quality of ice cream by preventing the growth o read more »
holy_calamity writes "Proteins extracted from gelatin can dramatically improve the quality of ice cream by preventing the growth o read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed M read more »
Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed M read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
mlimber writes "The Freakonomics blog has a post in which they asked six knowledgeable people, Is space exploration is worth the p read more »
mlimber writes "The Freakonomics blog has a post in which they asked six knowledgeable people, Is space exploration is worth the p read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
palegray.net noted a wired story about an industry trend towards watermarking and away from DRM. It says "With all of the Big Four read more »
palegray.net noted a wired story about an industry trend towards watermarking and away from DRM. It says "With all of the Big Four read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
GSGKT writes "Today's Washington Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space junk orbiting the earth. Debris from t read more »
GSGKT writes "Today's Washington Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space junk orbiting the earth. Debris from t read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader noted yet another story about credibility and disclosure on-line. An OLPC news site highly critical of the pro read more »
An anonymous reader noted yet another story about credibility and disclosure on-line. An OLPC news site highly critical of the pro read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
theodp noted that someone from Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone to CES and used it to turn off a wall of monitors during demos. Funny y read more »
theodp noted that someone from Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone to CES and used it to turn off a wall of monitors during demos. Funny y read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others.), In a off hand observation xkcd has single handedly change read more »
MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others.), In a off hand observation xkcd has single handedly change read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others)... in an offhand observation xkcd has singlehandedly change read more »
MrCopilot writes "As I noted yesterday (and was joined by many others)... in an offhand observation xkcd has singlehandedly change read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
Ponca City, We Love You writes "The 'Cone of Silence,' once a staple of 1960's television shows, is now possible say scientists at read more »
Ponca City, We Love You writes "The 'Cone of Silence,' once a staple of 1960's television shows, is now possible say scientists at read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
TeraBill writes "It seems that the California Energy Commission is looking to give utilities in the state the power to control the read more »
TeraBill writes "It seems that the California Energy Commission is looking to give utilities in the state the power to control the read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
mrbadbar writes "Gentoo Linux founder Daniel Robbins says Gentoo's leadership is in crisis. 'the Gentoo Foundation's charter has b read more »
mrbadbar writes "Gentoo Linux founder Daniel Robbins says Gentoo's leadership is in crisis. 'the Gentoo Foundation's charter has b read more »
Date : 2008 01 12 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes to mention Nature is reporting that scientists have discovered a much more efficient way to use silicon read more »
An anonymous reader writes to mention Nature is reporting that scientists have discovered a much more efficient way to use silicon read more »