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Sign up now for the SlashDataCenter newsletter to get the latest.  Learn More!    Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert?  From the everyone-always-says-sense-of-humour department andy5555 writes "I am hardcore Unix (and recently storage) fan responsible for our server department. Most of the servers run (you guessed it) different types of Unix. For quite a long time, Windows servers played very little role, but sometimes...   Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley?  From the why-not-favorable-conditions-everywhere? department An anonymous reader writes "Hoping to bring together ambition, creativity and energy in one place, the UK government hopes to grow East London so that we can benefit from the same sort of success that has been seen in California; jobs, tax...   Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung  From the would-like-a-slice-of-samsung-pie department New submitter jbernardo writes "There seems to be an interesting side-effect of the flawed jury verdict of last Friday — Samsung sales have surged. Even with the approach of the launch of Apple's new iPhone, the Galaxy SIII is sold out in...   Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day  From the well-I-mean-oracle-duh department dutchwhizzman writes "Polish security researcher Adam Gowdiak submitted bug reports months ago for the current Java 7 zero-day exploit that's wreaking havoc all over the Internet. It seems that Oracle can't — or won't? — take such...   Windows 8 Is 'a Work of Art.' But It's No Linux  From the design-team-denied-your-request department colinneagle writes "Earlier this week I installed the final version of Windows 8. And it is awesome. That's not a joke. Windows 8 is absolutely, unequivocally stellar. And yet, at the end of the day, I am right back to using Linux. Why is that?...   Kindle Fire Is Sold Out Forever  From the knew-that-bezos-was-a-seller-outer department An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from geek.com: "Amazon has released a rather bizarre bit of news today. The Kindle Fire has completely sold out. You can no longer buy one, and the wording of the press release suggests there won't be...   Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business?  From the give-it-a-name department dcblogs writes "Most of what is called innovation today is mere distraction, according to a paper by economist Robert Gordon, written for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Real innovations involve things like the combustion engine or air...   Calorie Restriction May Not Extend Lifespan  From the not-even-time-for-one-more-cigarette department sciencehabit writes "Slash your food intake and you can live dramatically longer — at least if you're a mouse or a nematode. But a major study designed to determine whether this regimen, known as caloric restriction, works in primates...   Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks?  From the needs-a-good-whippin' department First time accepted submitter tomscott writes "So I've been using using Linux for over ten years now and I'm sure like most Linux users I've got SSH running on my box and port 22 open on my cable modem so that I can access my system no matter...   Apple Rejects Drone Strike App  From the you'll-have-a-different-think-comin' department eldavojohn writes "Developer Josh Begley, a student at Clay Shirky's NYU Media Lab, created an application called Drones+ that allows users to track U.S. drone strikes on a map of Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Far from innovative, the app in...   Linus Torvalds Says Linux 4.0 Could Be Out In Three Years  From the next-step-only-got-to-3.3 department darthcamaro writes "The wait between Linux 2.x and 3.x was a long one, but the wait to Linux 4? Well, that will only be a matter of three years, according to Linus Torvalds. '"It's just mentally much easier for people to remember the small...   Google Talks About the Dangers of User Content  From the watch-what-you-say department An anonymous reader writes "Here's an interesting article on the Google security blog about the dangers faced by modern web applications when hosting any user supplied data. The surprising conclusion is that it's apparently almost impossible to...   US DOJ Drops Charges Against Two Seized Websites  From the forget-about-it department angry tapir writes "The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its case against two Spanish websites that stream sports events nearly 17 months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized the sites and shut them down for alleged...   GNOMEbuntu Set To Arrive In October  From the would-prefer-mate department First time accepted submitter Rzarector writes "Good News Everyone! Thanks to the Ubuntu Gnome Community and Jeremy Bicha, it seems that the popular distribution will ship a flavor with a relatively pure GNOME experience in the next release cycle,...   Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Apple: SkyDrive, Not Surface  From the as-long-as-it-works-on-my-windows-phone department New submitter curtwoodward writes "Microsoft won't become a hardware company — unless you count mice and keyboards, former Microsoftie Charlie Kindel argues — because that would mean competing with Apple on its terms. But Kindel says...

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