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Steve Jobs Issues Update On His ... | ||
| Published about 10 hours ago on Slashdot | ||
| i4u writes "Rumors about Steve Jobs' health have been flying high again after Apple announced that he will not be holding the keynote at the Macworld 2009. Today Steve Jobs issued a letter with a rather personal update on why he was losing weight in 2008. The reason for losing weight in 200 ...read on | ||
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Do the SSL Watchmen Watch Themse... | ||
| Published 2 days ago on Slashdot | ||
| StrongestLink writes "In an intriguing twist on the recent Comodo CA vulnerability discussed here last week, security researcher Mike Zusman today revealed that three days prior to StartCom's disclosure of a flaw in a Comodo reseller's registration process, he discovered and disclosed an au ...read on | ||
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Stallman On the State of Free So... | ||
| Published 1 day ago on Slashdot | ||
| TRNick writes "What's the state of free software, 25 years after GNU's birth? TechRadar has an interview with Richard Stallman to find out. Stallman thinks free software is making good progress: 'Nowadays hardware developers are also increasingly likely to publish the interface specs so tha ...read on | ||
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Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano ... | ||
| Published 5 days ago on Slashdot | ||
| An anonymous reader writes "Apparently, Yellowstone National Park has been having a very unusual number of earthquakes. Many of the most recent tremors have been deeper underground, an ominous sign. Combine that with a rapid rise in elevation over the past three years, and the possibility t ...read on | ||
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New Method To Revolutionize DNA ... | ||
| Published about 7 hours ago on Slashdot | ||
| Anonymous Coward writes "A new method of DNA sequencing published this week in science identifies incorporation of single bases by fluorescence. This has been shown to increase read lengths from 20 bases (454 sequencing) to >4000 bases, with a 99.3% accuracy. Single molecule reading can ...read on | ||
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Terry Pratchett Knighted | ||
| Published 5 days ago on Slashdot | ||
| ackthpt writes "Headlines have been popping up on Google News: 'Terry Pratchett declared himself "flabbergasted" to receive a knighthood as he led a group of writers, actors and performers honoured today.' The Discworld author and stalwart adversary of Alzheimers Disease has been a member o ...read on | ||
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Linux In 2009 — Recession Vs. GNU | ||
| Published 3 days ago on Slashdot | ||
| RealityThreek sends this excerpt from an article at IT Management:"Pundits and business executives alike are predicting gloomy economic times for 2009. But when the talk turns to free and open source software (FOSS), suddenly the mood brightens. Whether their concern is the business opportu ...read on | ||
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