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Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future   |  Windows Phone 8 Officially Unveiled     Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids?  Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future  NVIDIA Responds To Linus Torvalds  Video: Elon Musk Shows off the SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule Windows Phone 8 Officially Unveiled  US, Israel Behind Flame Malware  Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes"  Shenzhou 9 Sparks Renewed Debate On Space Race With China  Time Warner Cable Patents Method For Disabling Fast-Forward Function On DVRs  Locked-Down Tablets Endanger FLOSS For End Users  Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria  Microsoft Wins Congressional Backing For Do-Not-Track Default In IE10  Rudimentary Liver Grown In a Dish  Ask Slashdot: a Good Geek Project For My Arthritic Grandfather?  Samsung Galaxy S III Launched, Hands-On Testing  Debate Simmers Over Science of Food Pairing     Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids?  From the getting-them-started-early department Jason Levine writes "My son is 8 years old. I'd love to get him interested in science-fiction, but most of the books I can think of seem to be targeted to older kids/adults. Thinking that the length of some novels might be off-putting to him, I...   Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future  From the remember-when-companies-just-did-one-or-two-things department snydeq writes "Microsoft's plan to build its own Windows 8 tablets puts longtime allies in peril — and it may be the right thing to do. 'In announcing the Surface tablets, due to be released this fall, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer cited...   NVIDIA Responds To Linus Torvalds  From the you-can-actually-get-a-degree-in-pr department jones_supa writes "NVIDIA's PR department has issued a statement following the harsh comments by Linus Torvalds last week where he referred to the graphics company as the single worst company he's ever dealt with, called them out on not supporting...   Elon Musk Shows off the SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule Slashdot TV Feature: SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, which recently became the first commercial space craft to complete a mission to the ISS, has made Elon Musk a proud papa. He talks about what the groundbreaking flight means and expresses his gratitude to the 150 SpaceX employees in McGregor, Texas. Windows Phone 8 Officially Unveiled  From the solid-color-rectangles department BogenDorpher writes with news that Microsoft has officially introduced Windows Phone 8. The new version of their mobile operating system will bring support for processors with up to 64 cores, as well as resolutions higher than 800x480 — up...   US, Israel Behind Flame Malware  From the apparently-they-did-start-the-fire department The Washington Post is reporting that the sophisticated 'Flame' malware was created by the United States and Israel in order to collect intelligence on Iranian computer networks. The intel was to be used in a cyber-sabotage campaign intended to...   Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes"  From the moral-panic-from-his-high-horseness department mk1004 writes with news from The Register that U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York has written to Apple and Google regarding their use of 'military-grade spy planes.' The Senator claims concerns ranging from voyeurism to terrorism. Suggested...   Shenzhou 9 Sparks Renewed Debate On Space Race With China  From the where's-jfk-when-you-need-him department MarkWhittington writes "With the flight of the Shenzhou 9, which includes the first docking between a Chinese spacecraft and a prototype space station module, a renewed debate has arisen over the implications of Chinese space feats. China is...   Time Warner Cable Patents Method For Disabling Fast-Forward Function On DVRs  From the no-skip-for-you department antdude writes in with a story about a patent that won't have DVR users skipping for joy. "Time Warner Cable has won a U.S. patent for a method for disabling fast-forward and other trick mode functions on digital video recorders. The patent,...   Locked-Down Tablets Endanger FLOSS For End Users  From the debian-friendliness-as-coal-mine-canary department itwbennett writes "If you buy into the idea that tablets (and ultrabooks, and smartphones) in the enterprise are nothing more than glorified thin clients, then Microsoft's Surface presentation seemed more flashback than future. And if you're a fan...   Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria  From the hello-sir-madam department angry tapir writes "'Nigerian scams' (also known as '419 scams' but more accurately called 'advance fee fraud') continue to clog up inboxes with tales of fantastic wealth for the recipient. The raises the question: Do people still fall for this...   Microsoft Wins Congressional Backing For Do-Not-Track Default In IE10  From the crazy-pills-have-not-yet-worn-off department An anonymous reader writes "Thought Do Not Track was strictly a geeks' issue? Think again. After Microsoft was slapped down for enabling DNT by default in Internet Explorer 10, the co-chairs of the US's Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus...   Rudimentary Liver Grown In a Dish  From the tastes-like-chicken department ananyo writes "Japanese scientists have coaxed stem cells into forming a 5-millimeter-long, three-dimensional tissue that the researchers labelled a liver bud — an early stage of liver development. The bud lacks bile ducts but has blood...   Ask Slashdot: a Good Geek Project For My Arthritic Grandfather?  From the spy-on-the-neighbors'-lawn department An anonymous reader writes "My grandfather is a retired electrician whom I've been trying to keep mentally busy. Together we've gotten an Arduino kit and have been working on some simple projects. He does the wiring and I've been writing the...   Samsung Galaxy S III Launched, Hands-On Testing  From the another-day-another-phone department MojoKid writes "One of the most highly anticipated Android phones of the year is the Samsung Galaxy S III, and its official launch is today. This smartphone comes with a number of new features we haven't seen on many Android phones, including...   Debate Simmers Over Science of Food Pairing  From the gnutella-and-bananas-for-science department carmendrahl writes "Why do foods taste good together? Scientists aren't anywhere near figuring it out, but that hasn't stopped one popular idea from spawning a company dedicated to discovering avant-garde new pairings. The idea, called...

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