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Learn more!   Analyzing the New MacBook Pro  Blocking Gun Laws With Patents  Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive?  Apple Yanks Toddler's Speech-Enabling App  Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones?  With Euro Zone Problems, Bitcoin Experiencing Boost In Legitimacy  Verizon Wireless Goes Ahead With 'Bucket' Data Plans  Windows RT Will Cost OEMs Over Twice As Much as Windows 7  Why Groundwater Use May Not Explain Half of Sea-Level Rise  US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data  Comcast Refusing To Comply With Piracy Subpoenas  A Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights  Drug Company Disguised Advertising As Science  Skype To Feature Giant Ads  OpenBSD Fork Bitrig Announced     Analyzing the New MacBook Pro  From the buy-a-few-spares department MrSeb writes "Late yesterday, Apple released a next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. It has a 2880×1800 220 PPI display. The normal 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs have also been updated, but the 17-inch MBP...   Blocking Gun Laws With Patents  From the patent-attorneys-are-mightier-than-the-sword department New submitter robkeeney writes "Legislators in several states are working on laws that would require certain gun manufacturers to implement 'microstamping' to help law enforcement solve gun crimes. 'Lasers engrave a unique microscopic numeric code...   Ask Slashdot: Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive?  From the what-the-market-will-bear department solune writes "You can get a tablet these days for a few hundred dollars, and laptops for a few hundred more. Gaming consoles, TVs, and smartphones are all available for under a thousand bucks. Yet, a decent hearing aid for my mom will go upwards...   Apple Yanks Toddler's Speech-Enabling App  From the like-taking-candy-apps-from-a-baby department theodp writes "TIME reports that four-year-old Maya Nieder's speech-enabling 'Speak for Yourself' app was yanked from the App Store by Apple due to an unresolved patent dispute at the behest of Prentke Romich Company (PRC) and Semantic Compaction...   Ask Slashdot: Best Headphones, Earbuds, Earphones?  From the boombox-and-duct-tape-no-longer-cut-it department alexbgreat writes "What do you think is the best set of head-mounted loudspeakers for the money, with a cost of less than $50? Here are some featuresthat would be stupendous to have (in descending order of importance): noise isolation (not...   With Euro Zone Problems, Bitcoin Experiencing Boost In Legitimacy  From the any-old-port-in-the-storm department derekmead writes "Despite being used for drugs and beef jerky, Bitcoin is finding legitimate purposes. Bitcoin's decentralized convenience means international efficiency, in areas where local restrictions on money transfers to foreign companies...   Verizon Wireless Goes Ahead With 'Bucket' Data Plans  From the just-what-nobody-wanted department CanHasDIY writes "Previously, it was reported that Verizon was considering eliminating their current data plan scheme, as well as the grandfathered unlimited plans, in favor of a new 'bucket' plan in which up to 10 devices would share a data...   Windows RT Will Cost OEMs Over Twice As Much as Windows 7  From the backroom-deals-with-intel department MrSeb writes with this excerpt from Extreme Tech: "Good news: Last month's unbelievable rumors that a Windows RT (Windows 8 ARM) licenses would cost OEMs $90-100 were off the mark — in actual fact, as confirmed by multiple vendors at...   Why Groundwater Use May Not Explain Half of Sea-Level Rise  From the science-is-complicated department New submitter Sir Realist writes "A recent Slashdot scoop pointed us at a scientific study that claimed 42% of global sea-level rises could be due to groundwater use. It was a good story. But as is often the way with science, there are folks who...   US Gov't Wants Megaupload Users To Pay For Their Data  From the megaupload-users-need-love-too department angry tapir writes "U.S. federal prosecutors are fine with Megaupload users recovering their data — as long as they pay for it. The government's position was explained in a court filing on Friday concerning one of the many interesting side...   Comcast Refusing To Comply With Piracy Subpoenas  From the actually-comcastic-for-once department New submitter nbacon writes with news that Comcast, apparently tired of the endless BitTorrent-related piracy lawsuits, has stopped complying with subpoena requests, much to the chagrin of rightsholders. From the article: "Initially Comcast...   A Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights  From the congress-shall-make-no-law department New submitter matt.a.f writes "Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has published a first-draft Internet Bill of Rights, and it's open for feedback. He wrote, 'While I do not have all the answers, the remarkable cooperation we witnessed in defense of an open...   Drug Company Disguised Advertising As Science  From the maximize-shareholder-value department ananyo writes "A former pharmaceutical company employee has blown the whistle on drug promotion disguised as science. Drug companies occasionally conduct post-marketing studies to collect data on the safety and efficacy of drugs in the real world,...   Skype To Feature Giant Ads  From the when-advertising-departments-attack department benfrog writes "Skype will be introducing a new 'feature' into calls for users don't have subscriptions or credit. Giant ads. They are actually calling them 'Conversation ads' because they hope the ads (as large as the picture of the person to...   OpenBSD Fork Bitrig Announced  From the netcraft-confirms-netbsd-developers-arming-for-war department With the goal of bringing more experimental development to the OpenBSD code base, a few developers have announced a fork named Bitrig. According to their FAQ, Bitrig aims to build a small system targeting only modern hardware and "be a very...

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