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Seigniorage Hack Could Resolve Debt Limit Crisis
from the or-we-could-just-argue-more dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @11:45 (Government)
with 534 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1351209/Seigniorage-Hack-Could-Resolve-Debt-Limit-Crisis?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Dealing With the Business Software Alliance?
from the sharp-sticks-and-harsh-language dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @16:25 (Software)
with 274 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/199226/Ask-Slashdot-Dealing-With-the-Business-Software-Alliance?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Tens of Thousands Flee From BT and Virgin
from the they're-swimming-to-iceland dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday July 30, @05:10 (The Internet)
with 224 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/0315207/Tens-of-Thousands-Flee-From-BT-and-Virgin?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Unified NoSQL Query Language Launched
from the ontogeny-recapitulates-phylogeny dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday July 30, @08:30 (Databases)
with 150 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/058232/Unified-NoSQL-Query-Language-Launched?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ruling Upholds Gene Patent In Cancer Test
from the every-pair-of-genes-is-a-hand-me-down dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday July 30, @08:09 (Biotech)
with 142 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/035226/Ruling-Upholds-Gene-Patent-In-Cancer-Test?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Researchers Expose Tracking Service That Can't Be Dodged
from the advertising-arms-race dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @12:55 (Privacy)
with 123 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1458235/Researchers-Expose-Tracking-Service-That-Cant-Be-Dodged?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

No Set-Top TV Device Market Domination For Google
from the when-purchase-means-traction dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday July 30, @02:14 (Google)
with 121 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/0528205/No-Set-Top-TV-Device-Market-Domination-For-Google?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Movie Studios Want Automated BitTorrent Warnings
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @10:31 (Piracy)
with 119 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1242250/Movie-Studios-Want-Automated-BitTorrent-Warnings?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Public Email Needs a Police Force
from the quis-custodiet-ipsos-spamodes dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @14:08 (Communications)
with 103 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1558237/Why-Public-Email-Needs-a-Police-Force?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Anonymous Releases 400 MB of FBI Contractor Data
from the another-day-another-breach dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @09:19 (Security)
with 100 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1216237/Anonymous-Releases-400-MB-of-FBI-Contractor-Data?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

WD's Terabyte Scorpio Notebook Drive Tested
from the border-guards-will-not-be-amused dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @23:19 (Data Storage)
with 87 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/0148214/WDs-Terabyte-Scorpio-Notebook-Drive-Tested?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Facebook To Pay Hackers For Bugs
from the scrabble-counts-are-always-wrong dept.
posted by timothy on Friday July 29, @20:25 (Facebook)
with 53 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/0022217/Facebook-To-Pay-Hackers-For-Bugs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Aircraft Made From 3D Printing
from the fleet-on-the-cheap dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @15:17 (Transportation)
with 46 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1832201/Aircraft-Made-From-3D-Printing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nortel Patent Sale Gets DoJ Review
from the use-your-powers-for-good dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @19:59 (Google)
with 41 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/211218/Nortel-Patent-Sale-Gets-DoJ-Review?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What's Needed For Freedom In the Cloud?
from the gumption-and-a-sturdy-parachute dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @18:50 (Cloud)
with 39 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/2046206/Whats-Needed-For-Freedom-In-the-Cloud?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

29 Universities Seek High-Speed Networks
from the streaming-lectures-versus-movie-torrents dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 30, @17:38 (Education)
with 37 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/30/1921238/29-Universities-Seek-High-Speed-Networks?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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