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HDD Price Update: How the Thai Floods Have Affected Prices, 3 Months Later
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 7:19 am
New submitter jjslash writes “The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a series of floods struck Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a quarter of the world’s hard. […]
Pasadena Police Encrypt, Deny Access To Police Radio
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 5:15 am
An anonymous reader writes “There is media (but not public?) outcry over the Pasadena, CA police switch from analog radio that can be picked up by scanners to encrypted digital radio that cannot. ‘On. […]
4G Phones Are Really Fast — At Draining Batteries
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 3:11 am
Hugh Pickens writes “With Verizon’s 4G network covering a good chunk of the country and AT&T gaining ground, more smartphone users have access to the fastest wireless service available. But because 4. […]
Ask Slashdot: Making JavaScript Tolerable For a Dyed-in-the-Wool C/C++/Java Guy?
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 1:10 am
DocDyson writes “I’m a dyed-in-the-wool C/C++/Java developer with over 20 years of experience. I’m making a good living and having fun doing back-end Java work right now, but I strongly believe in be. […]
Should Next-Gen Game Consoles Be Upgradeable?
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:30 am
MojoKid writes “Historically, console add-ons that boosted the performance of the primary unit haven’t done well. Any attempt to upgrade a system’s core performance risks bifurcating the user base an. […]
History Repeats Itself: KDP Select Is Amazon.com’s ‘Payback For Playback’
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:50 pm
New submitter brennanw writes “Anyone who was active on mp3.com during the late 90s/early 2000′s will find Amazon.com’s KDP Select awfully familiar: authors who make their works exclusive to Amazon c. […]
Higgs Signal Gains Strength
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:26 pm
ananyo writes “Today the two main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, submitted the results of their latest analyses. The new papers (here here a. […]
MIT Crowdsources and Gamifies Brain Analysis
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:07 pm
MrSeb writes “There are around 100 billion neurons in a human brain, forming up to 100 trillion synaptic interconnections. Neuroscientists believe that these synapses are the key to almost every one. […]
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 8
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 5:01 am
Google’s daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.
Greenpeace Hates Big Tech, But Wants To Kill Google Least
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 5:00 am
Greenpeace looks down on the tech giants of the world. But it looks down on Google the least. On Tuesday, the big-name environmental-rights outfit unveiled its annual ranking of the tech giants workin. […]
Yahoo Chair Roy Bostock, 3 Directors Step Down in ‘Soft eBay Takeover’
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:36 am
The latest board shakeup comes on the heels of founder Jerry Yang?s resignation from the board and ex-PayPal/eBay executive Scott Thompson?s hiring as CEO in January. On Twitter, Dealbook?s Evelyn Rus. […]
Flash, Bang, Ow! Less-Lethal Bullet ‘Attacks Three Senses’
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:00 pm
Less-lethal weapons-makers are busy coming up with their own brainy bullets…Like a munition that senses when it strikes soft flesh, and then deploys a devastating payload to “attack three of the fiv. […]
Breaking: Giant, Terrifying Warrior-Bots … On Sale Now!
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 10:00 pm
Oh, good. Just in time for this evening?s nightmares: A gigantic, incredibly powerful robot is finally available for purchase. While supplies last.
Fast-Spreading Animal Virus Leaps Europe, UK Borders
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 9:32 pm
A newly identified disease dubbed the Schmallenberg virus is moving rapidly through livestock in Europe, and it has authorities both worried and puzzled. Superbug blogger Maryn McKenna reports.
Why Telcos Would Be Testing an Apple iTV Prototype
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:47 pm
According to the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, telecom companies Rogers and Bell Canada have in their labs an early prototype of Apple’s rumored television set. Although the possibility of an. […]
The Amazon Store? Maybe Try an In-Store Shop First
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 8:46 pm
Apple has been successful with its retail stores for reasons that are almost entirely specific to Apple. There is no reason, besides ego, for any company to mimic Apple’s approach unless that approach. […]
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DARPA’s crowdsourced UAV competition heats up, takes off (video)
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 8:58 am
Late last year, DARPA launched UAVForge — a competition that invites contestants to create their very own unmanned aerial vehicles, and submit them for voter-based evaluation. The project is far fro. […]
Logitech M600 mouse puts you more in touch with browsing for $69
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 8:00 am
Is your current wireless mouse not up to snuff? If that’s the case, you may want to take a gander at the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 that lets you do your navigating via a touch surface instead of thos. […]
No discounted UMD transfers to Vita for US, angel loses its wings
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 7:11 am
Hey, America … no soup for you! Vita apparently means no discounted downloads of your beloved disc-based PSP games as Kotaku reports Sony won’t be offering its “UMD Passport” service in the US. Sin. […]
Android 4.0.4 ROM leaks for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 6:26 am
A little gem known as Android 4.0.4 wriggled its way onto the interweb last week, and while it was geared specifically for Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, a similar version has just cropped up for the CDMA / LT. […]
Barnes & Noble confirms Nook Simple Touch upgrade WiFi issues, fix coming
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 5:51 am
Been having WiFi troubles ever since you gave your Nook Simple Touch the old 1.1 upgrade? You are not alone. Barnes & Noble confirmed what e-reader forum frequenters have known since last year — the. […]
LG teases Optimus Vu Android smartphone with 5-inch screen, 4:3 aspect ratio (video)
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 4:37 am
If you’re into high strangeness in the mobile realm, you’d be wise to check out the video of the Optimus Vu that LG just posted — just follow the break. While our Korean translation skills aren’t qu. […]
StatCounter: Mobile web usage doubling every year, Nokia leads the way
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 3:51 am
We already knew that Nokia sits atop the world’s market when it comes to shipments and market share. As it turns out, though, the Finnish manufacturer leads the way in terms of mobile web browsing, t. […]
Engadget HD Podcast 285 – 02.07.2012
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 2:54 am
It’s been a busy week in HD, with surprising new streaming offerings on the way from the likes of Sky and Verizon / Redbox, while Apple and Google each also pushed more minor updates to their TV boxe. […]
