[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-19

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The Painkiller That Saves Money But Costs Lives
from the while-poppies-burn-in-afghanistan dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @08:29 (Medicine)
with 304 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/053248/the-painkiller-that-saves-money-but-costs-lives?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Canonical To Remove Sun Java From Repositories, Users' Machines
from the you-mean-you-keep-it-networked? dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @09:33 (Java)
with 264 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1425230/canonical-to-remove-sun-java-from-repositories-users-machines?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

SOPA Creator In TV/Film/Music Industry's Pocket
from the but-I-repeat-myself dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @13:37 (Piracy)
with 245 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1836249/sopa-creator-in-tvfilmmusic-industrys-pocket?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

How To Thwart the High Priests In IT
from the your-red-stapler-is-not-safe dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @16:55 (Cellphones)
with 213 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/2154224/how-to-thwart-the-high-priests-in-it?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Munich's Move To Linux Exceeds Target
from the unterpromise-ueberdeliver dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @03:48 (Government)
with 212 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/0253213/munichs-move-to-linux-exceeds-target?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Comet Lovejoy Plunges Into the Sun and Survives
from the part-of-brian-aker's-career-path dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @01:00 (NASA)
with 184 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/0519215/comet-lovejoy-plunges-into-the-sun-and-survives?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kazakhstan Disables the Internet , Telecomix Restores
from the for-make-benefit-glorious-nation dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 17, @21:55 (Censorship)
with 150 comments
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/0230241/kazakhstan-disables-the-internet--telecomix-restores?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Philosopher Patrick Lin On the Ethics of Military Robotics
from the computer-generated-fog-of-war dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @10:25 (Robotics)
with 129 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1444208/philosopher-patrick-lin-on-the-ethics-of-military-robotics?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sony's Next-Generation Portable Is Out, In Japan
from the people-used-to-wait-in-line-for-concerts dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @06:53 (PlayStation (Games))
with 128 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/073200/sonys-next-generation-portable-is-out-in-japan?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Ask Slashdot: Entry-Level Robotics Kits For Young Teenagers?
from the old-teenagers-much-grumpier dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @12:30 (Education)
with 118 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1625201/ask-slashdot-entry-level-robotics-kits-for-young-teenagers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why Google Is Disabling Kids' Gmail Accounts
from the handicapping-them-was-considered-gauche dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @15:47 (Google)
with 111 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/2046221/why-google-is-disabling-kids-gmail-accounts?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Examining the Usability of Gnome, Unity and KDE
from the such-wimps-all-of-'em dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @14:44 (GNOME)
with 104 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1943208/examining-the-usability-of-gnome-unity-and-kde?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Hello World On PS Vita, Thanks to Buffer Overflow
from the in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @17:57 (Hardware Hacking)
with 58 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/2239215/hello-world-on-ps-vita-thanks-to-buffer-overflow?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Google Outlines AI-Based Number Reading For Street View Photos
from the may-not-combine-with-remote-detonation dept.
posted by timothy on Sunday December 18, @11:27 (AI)
with 56 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/18/1621244/google-outlines-ai-based-number-reading-for-street-view-photos?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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