[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-25

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Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider?
from the and-a-pony dept.
posted by timothy on Friday December 23, @19:40 (Data Storage)
with 339 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/2334215/ask-slashdot-best-inexpensive-vps-provider?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

ISO Updates C Standard
from the now-known-as-d-no-wait dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 24, @04:02 (Programming)
with 289 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0145238/iso-updates-c-standard?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Taliban Seizes and Burns PCs, Cell Phones To Stop Obscenity
from the all-nude-all-streisand-effect dept.
posted by timothy on Friday December 23, @22:18 (Censorship)
with 265 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/008227/taliban-seizes-and-burns-pcs-cell-phones-to-stop-obscenity?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why the Occupy Movement Skipped Silicon Valley
from the still-occupying-jobs-there dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @09:50 (Businesses)
with 252 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/1242224/why-the-occupy-movement-skipped-silicon-valley?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

What Do We Do When the Internet Mob Is Wrong?
from the blame-it-on-everyone-else-and-walk-away-whistling dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @12:32 (The Media)
with 252 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/1533222/what-do-we-do-when-the-internet-mob-is-wrong?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent
from the we're-all-in-the-same-chain-gang dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 24, @08:28 (Businesses)
with 198 comments
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0026202/east-coast-vs-west-coast-in-the-quest-for-young-programming-talent?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Sorry, IT: These 5 Technologies Belong To Users
from the rayguns-not-on-the-list dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @13:55 (IT)
with 196 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/1853205/sorry-it-these-5-technologies-belong-to-users?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding
from the you-are-an-unfit-mother dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 24, @06:50 (It's funny. Laugh.)
with 193 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0436243/face-scanning-vending-machine-denies-children-access-to-pudding?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters
from the shame-if-anything-was-t'-happen dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 24, @08:53 (United States)
with 157 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0035250/crowdsourced-list-of-sopa-supporters?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Bitcoin Strikes Back
from the digital-boom-and-bust dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @17:59 (Bitcoin)
with 137 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2023223/the-bitcoin-strikes-back?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Dell and Baidu Introduce a Smartphone With Forked Version of Android
from the primordial-soup-software dept.
posted by timothy on Saturday December 24, @01:14 (Android)
with 136 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/0057236/dell-and-baidu-introduce-a-smartphone-with-forked-version-of-android?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

US Federal Reserve Data On Loans During Crisis Released
from the sunshine-is-the-best-disinfectant dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @15:14 (Government)
with 95 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/199208/us-federal-reserve-data-on-loans-during-crisis-released?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Study Finds Online Cheating Is Infectious
from the can-we-blame-jenny-mccarthy-for-this dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @16:35 (Games)
with 63 comments
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2016213/study-finds-online-cheating-is-infectious?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Cyber Insurance Industry Expected To Boom
from the who-doesn't-love-new-forms-of-insurance dept.
posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @11:12 (Businesses)
with 56 comments
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/1254250/cyber-insurance-industry-expected-to-boom?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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