Why Aircraft Carriers Still Rule the Oceans; How Big Pharma Hooked America On Legal Heroin

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It's your one-stop shop for a recap of the week's top News for Nerds. Learn More! Why Aircraft Carriers Still Rule the Oceans  From the dolphins-are-slow-to-innovate department An anonymous reader writes "Despite being created during World War I, the modern carrier has evolved to be the pinnacle of modern warfare's best and most visible symbols of power. Nothing says 'show the flag' more than a carrier off an enemy's...   Dice Buys Geeknet's Media Business, Including Slashdot, In $20M Deal  From the always-the-last-to-know department wiredmikey writes with the press-release version of news that we'll probably be updating as more details trickle down to the editors: "Dice Holdings (Owner of job sites including Dice.com) reported this morning that it has acquired Geeknet's...   How Big Pharma Hooked America On Legal Heroin  From the wrapped-it-in-a-cheeseburger department pigrabbitbear writes "The active ingredient in OxyContin, oxycodone, isn't a new compound. It was originally synthesized in Germany in 1916. The patent on the medication had expired well before Purdue Pharma, a Stamford, Connecticut-based...   UK Government Owns 16.9 Million Unused IPv4 Addresses  From the who-needs-that-ipv6-thing department hypnosec writes "The Department of Work and Pensions in the UK has a /8 block of IPv4 addresses that is unused. An e-petition was created asking the DWP to sell off the block to ease the IPv4 address scarcity in the RIPE region. John...   Leak Hints Windows 8 Tablets May Be Dearer Than Makes Sense  From the boutique-prices department MrSeb writes "If, like me, you thought Microsoft would price Windows RT competitively, you were wrong: A leaked slide from Asus says that its Vivo Tab RT, due to be released alongside Windows RT at the end of October, will start at $600....   Judge Preserves Privacy of Climate Scientist's Emails  From the you-can't-see-my-exculpatory-email department ananyo writes "Climate scientist Michael Mann reported Monday that he and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have prevailed in a court case against the conservative American Tradition Institute (ATI), which had sought access to emails...   Fusion Power Breakthrough Near At Sandia Labs?  From the i'll-order-a-dozen department An anonymous reader writes "An achievement that would have extraordinary energy and defense implications might be near at Sandia National Laboratories. The lab is testing a concept called MagLIF (Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion), which uses...   Ask Slashdot: Teaching Typing With Limited Electricity, Computers?  From the muscle-memory department An anonymous reader writes "I am tasked with developing a service project to teach students in a Bangladeshi village how to type. The school has about 500 students, 12 computers donated to them in 2006, and a limited electricity supply. The...   MS Office 2013 Pushing Home Users Toward Subscriptions  From the deposit-a-nickel-for-every-word-you-type department An anonymous reader writes "Ars reports that Microsoft has announced pricing plans for Office 2013 that include a subscription-based model for home users. There will be a $100/year Home version that can be shared by up to 5 users and a $150/year...   Paypal Users In Argentina Can No Longer Make Domestic Transactions  From the beating-the-black-market department another random user writes with this excerpt from the BBC: "The online payment service said that from 9 October: 'Argentina resident Paypal-users may only send and receive international payments.' Last year the Argentine government announced...   Meet iRobot Founder Rodney Brooks's New Industrial Bot, Baxter   From the only-knows-one-song department First time accepted submitter moon_unit2 writes "Technology Review has the scoop on a new industrial robot created by famed robotics researcher Rodney Brooks. The robot, Baxter, is completely safe, extremely adaptable, and ridiculously easy to...   Google Bans Online Anonymity While Patenting It  From the best-of-both-worlds department theodp writes "'It's important to use your common name,' Google explains in its Google+ ground rules, 'so that the people you want to connect with can find you.' Using a 'secondary online identity,' the search giant adds, is a big Google+ no-no....   Verizon Offers Free Tethering Because It Has To  From the but-watch-them-brag-how-nice-they-are department jfruh writes "Most U.S. wireless carriers are trying to have it both ways on tethering or smartphones-as-hotspots — moving people from unlimited data plans to plans where they pay by the gigabyte, but then also charging them extra if they...   A Glimpse At Piracy In the UK and Beyond  From the bigbrother-now-with-fun-graphs department Zocalo writes "The BBC has a fascinating look into the music download habits of the UK population based on stats compiled by Musicmetric. The stats, gathered through the monitoring of BitTorrent swarms and geo-locating the IPs, shows the hotspots...   More Evidence That Multitasking Reduces Productivity  From the rub-belly-pat-head department bdking writes "A recent study by a Louisiana State University psychology professor adds more evidence to the argument that the human brain is incapable of performing numerous tasks without memory and productivity loss. 'In four separate...

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