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Python update makes break with past
Date : 2008 12 04 ZDNet NewsPython 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible. Python read more »
Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008
Date : 2008 12 04 Slashdotkrou writes "The Big Picture blog is running a Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar, where for the 25 days (it started o read more »
Google Was 3 Hours Away From DOJ Antitrust Charges
Date : 2008 12 04 Slashdotturnkeylinux writes "Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Departme read more »
30 Minutes of Frank Miller's The Spirit Reviewed
Date : 2008 12 04 SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Thirty minutes of footage from Frank Miller's forthcoming The Spirit were shown to journalists in Lond read more »
The weirdest computing disasters of 2008
Date : 2008 12 04 ZDNet NewsRoasted laptops, panthers savaging memory sticks and angry fishermen throwing computers overboard top the list of the year's weird read more »
Python 3.0 Released
Date : 2008 12 04 Slashdotlicorna writes "The 3.0 version of Python (also known as Python3k and Python3000) just got released few hours ago. It's the first read more »
Apple Hints At Future Liquid-Cooled Laptops
Date : 2008 12 04 SlashdotLumenary7204 writes "According to the Register, Apple recently received US Patent Application No. 20080291629 for a "liquid-cooled read more »
Prescription Handguns For the Elderly and Disabled
Date : 2008 12 04 SlashdotRepton writes "Thanks to the Second Amendment, even the elderly have the right to keep and bear arms. The problem is that many of read more »
A Look At Modern Game AI
Date : 2008 12 04 SlashdotIEEE Spectrum is running a feature about the progress of game AI, and how it's helping to drive AI development in general. They ex read more »
Who Protects the Internet?
Date : 2008 12 03 Slashdotstrikeleader writes "TechCrunch has an article from an interview with General Kevin Chilton, US STRATCOM commander and the head of read more »
UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework
Date : 2008 12 03 Slashdotchrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space read more »
Doctor Performs Amputation By Text Message
Date : 2008 12 03 SlashdotPeace Corps Online writes "Vascular surgeon David Nott performed a life-saving amputation on a boy in DR Congo following instructi read more »
Talk-Powered Cell Phones Won't Need Batteries
Date : 2008 12 03 Slashdotalphadogg writes "It's possible that in the future conversations on your cell phone could generate enough electrical power to run read more »
Technical Specs Released For Aussie Net Filtering
Date : 2008 12 03 Slashdotsmallkathryn writes "Technical specifications have just been released for the Australian net filtering trial. The trial, which aim read more »