[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-08-15

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The Death of Booting Up
from the singularity-prequel dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @08:28 (Google)
with 434 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0110200/The-Death-of-Booting-Up?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What's the Carbon Footprint of Bicycling?
from the multiply-by-the-trip-to-burning-man dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @09:31 (Earth)
with 393 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1326247/Whats-the-Carbon-Footprint-of-Bicycling?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Intel To Offer CPU Upgrades Via Software
from the on-the-other-side-withholding-them-by-silence dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @11:40 (Intel)
with 377 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1515221/Intel-To-Offer-CPU-Upgrades-Via-Software?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

CERN Physicist Says Dark Matter May Be an Illusion
from the lunch-dark-matter-doubly-so dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday August 13, @20:18 (Math)
with 330 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0011207/CERN-Physicist-Says-Dark-Matter-May-Be-an-Illusion?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Bing More Effective Than Google?
from the bing-your-own-name-to-compare dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @05:25 (Google)
with 323 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0419213/Bing-More-Effective-Than-Google?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Mozilla Firefox 6 Released Ahead of Schedule
from the great-to-see-browsers-war dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @12:43 (Firefox)
with 292 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1534259/Mozilla-Firefox-6-Released-Ahead-of-Schedule?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Which Company Is the Largest?
from the it-isn't-robin's-merry-men dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @13:50 (Businesses)
with 269 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1626240/Which-Company-Is-the-Largest?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

After Cell-Phone Switch-Off, Anonymous Promises BART Protest
from the foolproof-plan dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @02:20 (Communications)
with 228 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0334231/After-Cell-Phone-Switch-Off-Anonymous-Promises-BART-Protest?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Space Elevator Conference Prompts Lofty Questions
from the put-the-new-toys-on-the-credit-card dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday August 13, @23:22 (NASA)
with 173 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0114242/Space-Elevator-Conference-Prompts-Lofty-Questions?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hamstersoft Ebook App Rips Off GPL3 Code, Say Calibre Devs
from the permission-to-spindle-and-maim dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @14:53 (Piracy)
with 169 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1715244/Hamstersoft-Ebook-App-Rips-Off-GPL3-Code-Say-Calibre-Devs?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

UN Climate Report Fails To Capture Arctic Ice: MIT
from the models-in-collision dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @18:31 (Earth)
with 144 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/2231258/UN-Climate-Report-Fails-To-Capture-Arctic-Ice-MIT?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cutting Edge Tech Slated For Next Mars Rover
from the seems-like-a-good-place-to-start dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @15:55 (NASA)
with 87 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1846200/Cutting-Edge-Tech-Slated-For-Next-Mars-Rover?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Linux Kernel 3.1 RC 2 Released
from the thank-you-linus dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @19:44 (Linux)
with 70 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/2345247/Linux-Kernel-31-RC-2-Released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Search the World's Smartphone Photos
from the you-are-where dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @10:34 (Cellphones)
with 57 comments
http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/1347219/Search-the-Worlds-Smartphone-Photos?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Astronaut Photographs Perseid Meteor — From Space
from the best-place-for-it-really dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday August 14, @17:13 (ISS)
with 38 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/2113235/Astronaut-Photographs-Perseid-Meteor-mdash-From-Space?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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