[Slashdot] Headlines for 2011-12-29

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IBM BladeCenter vs. HP BladeSystem Energy Efficiency Comparison Study
This Edison Group paper validates through a third party that IBM BladeCenter leads the HP BladeSystem in energy efficiency when utilizing real-world blade server. Learn More!
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51483475/
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Ask Slashdot: Handing Over Personal Work Without Compensation?
from the donating-to-the-not-so-needy dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 27, @20:16 (Programming)
with 777 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0058250/ask-slashdot-handing-over-personal-work-without-compensation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Prospects Darken For Solar Energy Companies
from the no-blood-for-photons dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 28, @08:10 (Businesses)
with 376 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0236205/prospects-darken-for-solar-energy-companies?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

IBM Granted Your-Paychecks-Are-What-You-Eat Patent
from the pizza-is-bad-for-your-paycheck dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @08:51 (IBM)
with 371 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1313224/ibm-granted-your-paychecks-are-what-you-eat-patent?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Melting Glaciers Cutting Peru Water Supply
from the just-buy-some-new-glaciers dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 28, @00:20 (Earth)
with 365 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0226220/melting-glaciers-cutting-peru-water-supply?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Why We Agonize Over Buying $1 Apps
from the little-things-add-up dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @16:22 (Software)
with 356 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1833206/why-we-agonize-over-buying-1-apps?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Recent Discovery Contains Oldest Depiction of the Tower of Babel
from the tower-built-by-java-developer dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @12:36 (Science)
with 254 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1634247/recent-discovery-contains-oldest-depiction-of-the-tower-of-babel?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Justifications For Creating an IT Department?
from the dual-purpose-departments dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @10:22 (Television)
with 196 comments
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1450246/justifications-for-creating-an-it-department?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Fined By Italy For Misleading Customers About Warranty Terms
from the legal-obligations-are-for-other-people dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @11:08 (Apple)
with 183 comments
http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/145201/apple-fined-by-italy-for-misleading-customers-about-warranty-terms?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Intel Medfield SoC Specs Leak
from the just-over-the-horizon dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 27, @22:05 (Cellphones)
with 154 comments
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0220238/intel-medfield-soc-specs-leak?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Samsung Reconsidering Android 4.0 On the Galaxy S
from the seeing-is-believing dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @11:50 (Android)
with 154 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1536257/samsung-reconsidering-android-40-on-the-galaxy-s?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla?
from the jacking-up-the-price dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @17:59 (Google)
with 133 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/2120254/did-microsoft-make-google-pay-triple-rate-to-mozilla?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Rackspace: SOPA "Is a Deeply Flawed Piece of Legislation"
from the jumping-on-the-pile dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @17:10 (Piracy)
with 125 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/2034253/rackspace-sopa-is-a-deeply-flawed-piece-of-legislation?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Data Exposed In Stratfor Compromise Analyzed
from the forecast-is-for-doom dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @13:19 (Privacy)
with 118 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1743201/data-exposed-in-stratfor-compromise-analyzed?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apocalypse Tourism: Where To Celebrate Doomsday?
from the it's-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @18:49 (Idle)
with 114 comments
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/2250257/apocalypse-tourism-where-to-celebrate-doomsday?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Progressive Era Hacker Griefed Marconi Demonstration
from the trolling-through-the-ages dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @15:36 (Security)
with 103 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/191202/progressive-era-hacker-griefed-marconi-demonstration?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

New York Times Hacked?
from the fox-in-the-henhouse dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @14:50 (Security)
with 94 comments
http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1929232/new-york-times-hacked?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Passive Optical Diode Created At Purdue University
from the trading-hamsters-for-photons dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 28, @02:19 (Networking)
with 87 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0249256/passive-optical-diode-created-at-purdue-university?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

PandaBoard ES Benchmarked
from the entering-calendar-entries-was-never-so-fast dept.
posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday December 28, @09:35 (Intel)
with 62 comments
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/1335214/pandaboard-es-benchmarked?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Auction of Copyright Troll Righthaven's Website Underway
from the waste-not-want-not dept.
posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 28, @05:12 (The Courts)
with 57 comments
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/0329223/auction-of-copyright-troll-righthavens-website-underway?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Summary of the M-Edge Vs. Amazon Lawsuit
from the getting-the-scoop dept.
posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 28, @14:03 (The Courts)
with 56 comments
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/28/182250/summary-of-the-m-edge-vs-amazon-lawsuit?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Experimenting With Robotic Movement
from the just-avoid-scuttling-and-slithering dept.
posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 27, @19:34 (Robotics)
with 23 comments
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/27/2347236/experimenting-with-robotic-movement?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

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