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Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200. Register today! Learn More!  Learn More!    Linus Torvalds Answers Your Questions  From the read-all-about-it department Monday you had a chance to ask Linus Torvalds any question you wanted. We sent him a dozen of the highest rated and below you'll see what he has to say about computers, programming, books, and copyrights. He also talks about what he would have... Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF  From the gauntlet-has-been-thrown department DMA-BUF is a recent kernel feature that allows multiple GPUs to quickly copy data into each others' framebuffers. A use case would be the NVIDIA Optimus that pairs a fast GPU with an Intel integrated GPU, where the NVIDIA GPU writes into the Intel...   Mathematicians Extend Einstein's Special Relativity Beyond Speed of Light  From the carry-the-universal-constant department Hugh Pickens writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports that despite an apparent prohibition on faster-than-light travel by Einstein's theory of special relativity, applied mathematician James Hill and his colleague Barry Cox say the theory...   Why Do So Many Liberals "Like" Mitt Romney On Facebook?  From the strange-bedfellows department pigrabbitbear writes "Mother Jones reports that, 'In recent weeks, a host of liberal types have complained that their Facebook accounts have erroneously "liked" Romney's page, and some are floating the theory that the Romney campaign has deployed...   Why Eric Schmidt Is Wrong About Microsoft Not Mattering Anymore  From the I'm-feeling-better department First time accepted submitter Gumbercules!! writes "Eric Schmidt said he believes there is a 'Gang of Four' technology platform leaders — Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook — Microsoft isn't one of them. I wrote about why I believe...   US Looks For Input On "The Next Big Things"  From the talking-fruit department coondoggie writes "What are the next big things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy put out a public call this week...     Kurzweil: The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity  From the big-bigger-and-biggest-head department Nerval's Lobster writes "Futurist and author Ray Kurzweil predicts the cloud will eventually do more than store our emails or feed us streaming movies on demand: it's going to help expand our brain capacity beyond its current limits. In a...   Where Has All the Xenon Gone?  From the went-into-hallmark-mylar-balloons-by-accident department LucidBeast writes "Xenon, the second heaviest of the noble gasses, is only found in trace amounts in the atmosphere. Atmosphere contains less xenon than other lighter noble gasses. Missing xenon has perplexed scientists and it has been speculated...   Air Force Lab Test Out "Aircraft Surfing" Technique To Save Fuel  From the watch-your-spacing department coondoggie writes "It's not a totally new concept, but the Air Force is testing the idea of flying gas-guzzling cargo aircraft inline allowing the trailing aircraft to utilize the cyclonic energy coming off the lead plane — a concept known...   Prince of Sealand Dies At 91  From the interesting-character-fades-from-view department jdavidb writes "46 years ago, occupying an abandoned WWII platform off the coast of Britain, Paddy Roy Bates declared independence, naming himself Prince of the Principality of Sealand. Today, Bates has passed away at 91. Long time Slashdot...   Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Push To Production?  From the hold-on-we're-going-live department First time accepted submitter Stiletto writes "I work for a traditional 'old school' software company that is trying to move into web services, now competing with smaller, nimbler 'Web 2.0' companies. Unfortunately our release process is still...   Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability  From the cautious-cautious department Shortly after the release of the newest major version of Firefox, an anonymous reader writes with word that "Mozilla has removed Firefox 16 from its installer page due to security vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could allow 'a malicious site...   Facebook Confirms Data Breach  From the you-like-this department another random user writes "A researcher by the name of Suriya Prakash has claimed that the majority of phone numbers on Facebook are not safe. It's not clear where he got his numbers from (he says 98 percent, while another time he says 500...   Canadian Spying Case Proves Floppy Drive Isn't Dead Yet  From the who-spies-on-canada?! department An anonymous reader writes "The details of a Canadian spying case are coming to light, including the method of copying the sensitive data from the 'secured' computer linking five countries and the Russian handlers: Copy Data into Notepad; Save...   Australian Government Censors Draft Snooping Laws  From the all-the-better-to-see-you-with department coolstoryhansel writes "Stating that release of the draft legislation is not in the public interest [PDF] because it would prejudice decision making processes already in train, the Attorney General's Department has denied the release of the draft...

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