2008 Feb 09
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology Slashdot
Esther Schindler sends a note about two journalists for very different publications (herself one of them) urging IBM to open-sourc read more »
Esther 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Roland 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 »
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 »
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 »
bhmit1 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 »
mambosauce 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 Web
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Like the MythBusters? Then you'll probably like this small Flash-based movie viewer created by the folks at the Discovery Channel. read more »
Like the MythBusters? Then you'll probably like this small Flash-based movie viewer created by the folks at the Discovery Channel. read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology CNET News.com
The Net giant's board has decided to formally reject Redmond's offer, The Wall Street Journal says. Move could be an effort to get read more »
The Net giant's board has decided to formally reject Redmond's offer, The Wall Street Journal says. Move could be an effort to get read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology CNET News.com
Plus: Cisco profit climbs...Time Warner lowers earnings target...Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall...Sony profit up, for read more »
Plus: Cisco profit climbs...Time Warner lowers earnings target...Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall...Sony profit up, for read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology ZDNet News
Alcatel-Lucent posts better-than-expected revenue, but its outlook for 2008 is weak. Alcatel-Lucent wrote down $4.3 billion agai read more »
Alcatel-Lucent posts better-than-expected revenue, but its outlook for 2008 is weak. Alcatel-Lucent wrote down $4.3 billion agai 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
kernspaltung 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 CNET News.com
The Mobile World Congress, under way February 11-14 in Barcelona, Spain, puts the spotlight on mobile broadband gear, services, so read more »
The Mobile World Congress, under way February 11-14 in Barcelona, Spain, puts the spotlight on mobile broadband gear, services, so read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology ZDNet News
The Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona is the place to be to see what's coming soon to a cell phone near you. The newly nam read more »
The Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona is the place to be to see what's coming soon to a cell phone near you. The newly nam read more »
Date : 2008 02 09 Technology CNET News.com
Brace yourself for the next step in battery-charging tech. Researchers develop a device that generates electricity from the natura read more »
Brace yourself for the next step in battery-charging tech. Researchers develop a device that generates electricity from the natura 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 »
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 »
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 »
An 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 »
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 »
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 »
A new startup, Credentica, hopes to offer the ability for you to perform secure transactions using the smallest amount of personal read more »