http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2009-12-28T12:30:11+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/1yttKJWrImY/NY-Times-LA-Times-Want-Amazon-To-Collect-More-State-Taxes theodp writes "Recalling that CEO Jeff Bezos originally explored placing Amazon.com on an Indian Reservation near San Francisco to 'have access to talent without all the tax consequences,' the NY Times argues it's time toput an end to the e-tailer's 'entity isolation' tax-avoidance games. The LA Times chimes in, saying Amazon's claims that collecting sales tax constitute an undue burden are 'worth a horselaugh,' noting that Amazon boasts it has no problem keeping track of millions of unique products."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/119259/NY-Times-LA-Times-Want-Amazon-To-Collect-More-State-Taxes?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/28/119259"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/119259/NY-Times-LA-Times-Want-Amazon-To-Collect-More-State-Taxes?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y6poUmJnLgjKRW3a39DOlV1KoWg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y6poUmJnLgjKRW3a39DOlV1KoWg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y6poUmJnLgjKRW3a39DOlV1KoWg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y6poUmJnLgjKRW3a39DOlV1KoWg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-28T11:07:00+00:00 business this-golden-goose-soup-is-delicious yro 31 31,31,24,16,4,1,1 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/119259/NY-Times-LA-Times-Want-Amazon-To-Collect-More-State-Taxes?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/qnpDZZZtusw/Chinese-Pirates-Launch-Ubuntu-That-Looks-Like-XP An anonymous reader writes "Ylmf, famous for pirating Windows XP, have just released a version of Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP. Really, really similar. Apparently because Microsoft were cracking down on the actual Windows XP pirating &mdash; though I think they will still suffer for ripping off the GUI exactly." Of course, if that's the sort of look you like for your desktop, you need not risk any download cooties or language barriers; a reader in the Ubuntu Forums suggests this instructional video for giving Gnome the XP treatment.<p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0213213/Chinese-Pirates-Launch-Ubuntu-That-Looks-Like-XP?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/28/0213213"></a></p><p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0213213/Chinese-Pirates-Launch-Ubuntu-That-Looks-Like-XP?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UOOzVMG-vnmrvD4leq5LWBySORA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UOOzVMG-vnmrvD4leq5LWBySORA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UOOzVMG-vnmrvD4leq5LWBySORA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UOOzVMG-vnmrvD4leq5LWBySORA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-28T06:27:00+00:00 gui day-late-6.83-yuan-short linux 200 200,196,150,110,28,10,6 http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0213213/Chinese-Pirates-Launch-Ubuntu-That-Looks-Like-XP?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/AUP8e978s88/GNU-Emacs-Switches-From-CVS-To-Bazaar kfogel writes "GNU Emacs, one of the oldest continuously developed free software projects around, has switched from CVS to Bazaar. Emacs's first recorded version-control commits date from August, 1985. Eight years later, in 1993, it moved to CVS. Sixteen years later, it is switching to Bazaar, its first time in a decentralized version control system. If this pattern holds, GNU Emacs will be in Bazaar for at least thirty-two years ..."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0057231/GNU-Emacs-Switches-From-CVS-To-Bazaar?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/28/0057231"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0057231/GNU-Emacs-Switches-From-CVS-To-Bazaar?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/N6gxdVlmkymtCxFFF4Tv-UrMflc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/N6gxdVlmkymtCxFFF4Tv-UrMflc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/N6gxdVlmkymtCxFFF4Tv-UrMflc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/N6gxdVlmkymtCxFFF4Tv-UrMflc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-28T03:18:00+00:00 gnu surely-you-need-not-leave-emacs-to-use-bazaar news 110 110,108,85,69,33,22,14 http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/0057231/GNU-Emacs-Switches-From-CVS-To-Bazaar?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/rzB0Wr4tAdc/Consumerist-Says-ATampT-Site-Wont-Sell-iPhone-In-NYC-Citing-Network cowp writes "A Consumerist tipster couldn't get AT&amp;T's website to sell him an iPhone when he shopped using an NYC ZIP code, but could when he tried other cities' ZIPs. Consumerist asked an AT&amp;T CSR and seems to have gotten confirmation that this is carrier policy: 'Yes, this is correct the phone is not offered to you because New York is not ready for the iPhone. You don't have enough towers to handle the phone.' Considering Apple's gadget is currently the most popular handset in the U.S., its exclusive carrier's inability/unwillingness to support the device in the country's largest market is pretty huge news. If this proves true, I'd expect curtains for AT&amp;T's exclusivity deal when it comes up for renewal." If you're in NYC, can you confirm or deny this outlandish-sounding claim? Updated 20091227 1:03 GMT by timothy: Headline, now corrected, inaccurately named Apple rather than AT&amp;T. Mea culpa.<p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2323227/Consumerist-Says-ATampT-Site-Wont-Sell-iPhone-In-NYC-Citing-Network?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/2323227"></a></p><p><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2323227/Consumerist-Says-ATampT-Site-Wont-Sell-iPhone-In-NYC-Citing-Network?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TOW4DAa5lpXIIiZYOr8E2bU5f-4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TOW4DAa5lpXIIiZYOr8E2bU5f-4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TOW4DAa5lpXIIiZYOr8E2bU5f-4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/TOW4DAa5lpXIIiZYOr8E2bU5f-4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-28T00:07:00+00:00 cellphones sounds-a-bit-hinky mobile 296 296,281,231,173,48,22,16 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2323227/Consumerist-Says-ATampT-Site-Wont-Sell-iPhone-In-NYC-Citing-Network?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/XRxLrgxpdgE/Whats-Happened-In-Mobile-Over-the-Past-10-Years andylim writes "recombu.com has an article examining what's happened in mobile over the past ten years, including BlackBerry launching its first smart phone in 2002, Motorola launching the Razr in 2004 and Apple launching the iPhone in 2007. As a commenter points out, the first camera phone (Sharp J-SH04), which was released in 2000, featured a 110,000-pixel (0.11MP) CMOS image sensor, and a 256-colour (8 bit) display."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2222202/Whats-Happened-In-Mobile-Over-the-Past-10-Years?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/2222202"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2222202/Whats-Happened-In-Mobile-Over-the-Past-10-Years?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MxWPdbIlInGpYwtXhYF0XlOlr74/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MxWPdbIlInGpYwtXhYF0XlOlr74/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MxWPdbIlInGpYwtXhYF0XlOlr74/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MxWPdbIlInGpYwtXhYF0XlOlr74/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T22:39:00+00:00 cellphones oh-nothing-much hardware 120 120,116,94,79,26,17,11 http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/2222202/Whats-Happened-In-Mobile-Over-the-Past-10-Years?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/rAKn8UC8uEg/German-Wikipedia-Passes-One-Million-Article-Mark saibot834 writes "The German Wikipedia, the second largest language edition behind the English Wikipedia, just reached its 1,000,000 article milestone. Combined with 3.1M English articles and 240 other language editions, this adds up to a total of 14 million Wikipedia articles. Interestingly, there is a request for deletion on the millionth article. German Wikipedia has been criticized for its rules on notability, which are stricter than on the English Wikipedia. Quality though, is often considered to be higher on the German Wikipedia."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/212221/German-Wikipedia-Passes-One-Million-Article-Mark?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/212221"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/212221/German-Wikipedia-Passes-One-Million-Article-Mark?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A9nJftRxfaVi6xyxB7UF38jwpYM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A9nJftRxfaVi6xyxB7UF38jwpYM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A9nJftRxfaVi6xyxB7UF38jwpYM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/A9nJftRxfaVi6xyxB7UF38jwpYM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T21:17:00+00:00 media but-now-they-use-euros news 89 89,80,57,42,15,10,6 http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/212221/German-Wikipedia-Passes-One-Million-Article-Mark?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/31LhoPap9mw/How-To-Teach-a-12-Year-Old-To-Program thelordx writes "I've got a much younger brother who I'd like to teach how to program. When I was younger, you'd often start off with something like BASIC or Apple BASIC, maybe move on to Pascal, and eventually get to C and Java. Is something like Pascal still a dominant teaching language? I'd love to get low-level with him, and I firmly believe that C is the best language to eventually learn, but I'm not sure how to get him there. Can anyone recommend a language I can start to teach him that is simple enough to learn quickly, but powerful enough to do interesting things and lead him down a path towards C/C++?"<p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1857225/How-To-Teach-a-12-Year-Old-To-Program?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1857225"></a></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1857225/How-To-Teach-a-12-Year-Old-To-Program?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xHC45bfwSesSphFP2Rc1D3SwtV4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xHC45bfwSesSphFP2Rc1D3SwtV4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xHC45bfwSesSphFP2Rc1D3SwtV4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xHC45bfwSesSphFP2Rc1D3SwtV4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T19:48:00+00:00 education hypnotherapy-might-work askslashdot 618 618,616,462,296,39,25,11 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1857225/How-To-Teach-a-12-Year-Old-To-Program?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/7RYH9HLaqTU/Fifth-Anniversary-of-a-Cosmic-Onslaught The Bad Astronomer writes "Five years ago today (December 27, 2004), a vast wave of high-energy gamma and X-rays washed over the Earth, blinding satellites and partially ionizing the Earth's atmosphere. The culprit was a superflare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20, located 50,000 light years away. The energy released was mind-numbing: in one-fifth of a second, this supercharged magnetic neutron star blasted out as much energy as the Sun does in 250,000 years!"<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1639207/Fifth-Anniversary-of-a-Cosmic-Onslaught?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1639207"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1639207/Fifth-Anniversary-of-a-Cosmic-Onslaught?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1_AvUkrxr-EJgIixhYuZNUPDhY4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1_AvUkrxr-EJgIixhYuZNUPDhY4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1_AvUkrxr-EJgIixhYuZNUPDhY4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1_AvUkrxr-EJgIixhYuZNUPDhY4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2009-12-27T18:31:00+00:00 space blast-from-the-past science 136 136,134,96,73,15,11,9 http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1639207/Fifth-Anniversary-of-a-Cosmic-Onslaught?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/kFhXrFQYoKY/Security-In-the-Ether theodp writes "Technology Review's David Talbot says IT's next grand challenge will be to secure the cloud &mdash; and prove we can trust it. 'The focus of IT innovation has shifted from hardware to software applications,' says Harvard economist Dale Jorgenson. 'Many of these applications are going on at a blistering pace, and cloud computing is going to be a great facilitative technology for a lot of these people.' But there's one little catch. 'None of this can happen unless cloud services are kept secure,' notes Talbot. 'And they are not.' Fully ensuring the security of cloud computing, says Talbot, will inevitably fall to emerging encryption technologies."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1526256/Security-In-the-Ether?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1526256"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1526256/Security-In-the-Ether?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kRvfgtMZh1Eom-f6wUAsCa7OZmU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kRvfgtMZh1Eom-f6wUAsCa7OZmU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kRvfgtMZh1Eom-f6wUAsCa7OZmU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kRvfgtMZh1Eom-f6wUAsCa7OZmU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2009-12-27T17:15:00+00:00 security less-likely-than-ether-in-the-security technology 86 86,82,62,46,10,8,1 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1526256/Security-In-the-Ether?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/3xNvfog_eV0/Critics-Call-For-NASA-TV-To-Liven-Up An article in the LA Times calls NASA out for failing to make broadcasts on their dedicated television network as entertaining as they can be. The author, David Ferrell, complains that fascinating subject matter is often fraught with boring commentary and frequent, extended silences, making most people quickly lose interest. Quoting: "Witness one recent segment about the recovery of a Soyuz capsule upon its return to Earth. The dark, bullet-like object landed in the featureless steppes of Kazakhstan, about 50 miles outside the unheard-of town of Arkalyk. Coverage consisted of video shot from an all-terrain vehicle approaching it &mdash; mostly soundless footage of tall grass going by &mdash; with an occasional word by an unnamed commentator. 'You can see the antenna that deployed shortly after landing,' the commentator said in that deadpan tone shared by scientists and golf announcers. The camera chronicled the tedious extraction of three crew members weakened by spending six months in orbit; they were loaded one by one onto stretchers. 'Again, a rather methodical process,' the commentator noted, as if grasping for something &mdash; anything &mdash; to say. Later: 'The official landing time has been revised to 1:15 and 34 seconds a.m., Central Time. The official time was recorded at the Russian Mission Control Center . . . by the Russian flight-control team.' ... Where is Carl Sagan when you need him?"<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1340259/Critics-Call-For-NASA-TV-To-Liven-Up?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1340259"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1340259/Critics-Call-For-NASA-TV-To-Liven-Up?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v-M-HN2JydBfSSviYDa8pZ0Nt3U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v-M-HN2JydBfSSviYDa8pZ0Nt3U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v-M-HN2JydBfSSviYDa8pZ0Nt3U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/v-M-HN2JydBfSSviYDa8pZ0Nt3U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2009-12-27T15:52:00+00:00 nasa have-the-ISS-astronauts-vote-each-other-off-the-station science 272 272,271,230,173,46,26,19 http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1340259/Critics-Call-For-NASA-TV-To-Liven-Up?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/ww1r8dpKrgo/Amazon-Sells-More-Ebooks-On-Christmas-Than-Real-Books ctmurray writes "Amazon reports for the first time ever they sold more ebooks on one day than real books. My wife is an ebook-only author and reported her largest single day sales on Christmas day, and December has been her best month ever as well. All those Kindles bought for this season are being seen in ebook sales." The battle with publishers over pricing seems to be coming to the fore as well.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1316207/Amazon-Sells-More-Ebooks-On-Christmas-Than-Real-Books?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1316207"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1316207/Amazon-Sells-More-Ebooks-On-Christmas-Than-Real-Books?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HHOTKjWMgM4qj3M20IeUKR81Y9Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HHOTKjWMgM4qj3M20IeUKR81Y9Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HHOTKjWMgM4qj3M20IeUKR81Y9Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HHOTKjWMgM4qj3M20IeUKR81Y9Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Soulskill 2009-12-27T14:34:00+00:00 books takes-way-more-to-stuff-a-stocking-though news 104 104,103,88,74,27,14,7 http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1316207/Amazon-Sells-More-Ebooks-On-Christmas-Than-Real-Books?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/wLA_zSfInbg/What-DARPAs-Been-Up-To-At-Length The New York Times takes an inside look at DARPA, the secretive defense agency, mentioned frequently on Slashdot, that is "changing the way we use machines &mdash; and the way they use us" in the form of a review of Michael Belfiore's The Department of Mad Scientists. Besides tracing the history of the agency, Belfiore's book expounds on the well-known Grand Challenge and its link to ever-more-automated vehicle control in civilian and military contexts, as well as other DARPA pet projects, including robotic surgery, information analysis, and the integration of electronics with the human body.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1035231/What-DARPAs-Been-Up-To-At-Length?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/1035231"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1035231/What-DARPAs-Been-Up-To-At-Length?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8v5jCY52M0RtQcPIMf0QUxeqHPc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8v5jCY52M0RtQcPIMf0QUxeqHPc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8v5jCY52M0RtQcPIMf0QUxeqHPc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8v5jCY52M0RtQcPIMf0QUxeqHPc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T13:13:00+00:00 books one-long-list-of-credits technology 54 54,54,38,25,8,5,4 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/1035231/What-DARPAs-Been-Up-To-At-Length?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/UK84Pqr5bYI/Worlds-First-Production-Hybrid-Motorcycle-To-Hit-Market-In-India bluemanlines writes "The Indian company Eko Vehicles has announced the development of the world's first production hybrid motorcycle, called the ET-120. In a short time this motorcycle will run on the Indian streets, offering about 280 miles per gallon with a top speed of 40 miles per hour."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/096213/Worlds-First-Production-Hybrid-Motorcycle-To-Hit-Market-In-India?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/096213"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/096213/Worlds-First-Production-Hybrid-Motorcycle-To-Hit-Market-In-India?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hwq4K8iRbgXbTmDRW3IADYHm7x4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hwq4K8iRbgXbTmDRW3IADYHm7x4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hwq4K8iRbgXbTmDRW3IADYHm7x4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hwq4K8iRbgXbTmDRW3IADYHm7x4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T10:21:00+00:00 transportation so-finish-shopping-quickly technology 112 112,109,88,69,20,11,7 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/096213/Worlds-First-Production-Hybrid-Motorcycle-To-Hit-Market-In-India?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/NkZDhrHOBug/TSA-Wants-You-To-Keep-Your-Seat-and-Your-Hands-In-Sight An anonymous reader excerpts from an AP story as carried by Yahoo News about changes stemming from yesterday's foiled bombing attempt of a Northwest Airlines flight: "Some airlines were telling passengers on Saturday that new government security regulations prohibit them from leaving their seats beginning an hour before landing. The regulations are a response to a suspected terrorism incident on Christmas Day. Air Canada said in a statement that new rules imposed by the Transportation Security Administration limit on-board activities by passengers and crew in US airspace. ... Flight attendants on some domestic flights are informing passengers of similar rules. Passengers on a flight from New York to Tampa Saturday morning were also told they must remain in their seats and couldn't have items in their laps, including laptops and pillows." The TSA's list of prohibited items doesn't seem to have changed in the last day, though.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0635254/TSA-Wants-You-To-Keep-Your-Seat-and-Your-Hands-In-Sight?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/0635254"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0635254/TSA-Wants-You-To-Keep-Your-Seat-and-Your-Hands-In-Sight?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qpoj1uvAY0wBLtHlWtV8M50tls/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qpoj1uvAY0wBLtHlWtV8M50tls/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qpoj1uvAY0wBLtHlWtV8M50tls/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-Qpoj1uvAY0wBLtHlWtV8M50tls/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T07:30:00+00:00 transportation ex-post-facto technology 805 805,802,643,503,148,94,73 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0635254/TSA-Wants-You-To-Keep-Your-Seat-and-Your-Hands-In-Sight?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/O-Q5HAwR_zY/A-Brief-History-of-Modems Ant points out this two-page TechRadar article about the history of modems; the photographs of some behemoth old modems might give you new respect for just how much is packed into modern wireless devices.<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0420217/A-Brief-History-of-Modems?from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/12/27/0420217"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0420217/A-Brief-History-of-Modems?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gnZ8I4tdHeVcl9FZmkcOvIosGvU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gnZ8I4tdHeVcl9FZmkcOvIosGvU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gnZ8I4tdHeVcl9FZmkcOvIosGvU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/gnZ8I4tdHeVcl9FZmkcOvIosGvU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> timothy 2009-12-27T04:22:00+00:00 networking old-familar-cacaphony technology 230 230,229,196,150,54,38,28 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/12/27/0420217/A-Brief-History-of-Modems?from=rss Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl