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Wastewater Into Energy
On September 21st, 2004 with 31 comments
fenimor writes "A lot of electric energy could be produced from a city's wastewater, researchers at University of Toronto have discovered. The research...
Science > Science,  Technology

Order in the e-Court!
On September 21st, 2004 with 245 comments
theodp writes "Every word spoken in the e-Courtroom where Branden Basham is on trial for his life appears immediately before the judge on a computer screen....
Your Rights Online > The Courts,  Technology,  Index

Windows Upgrade, FAA Error Cause LAX Shutdown
On September 21st, 2004 with 749 comments
fname writes "The recent shutdown of LAX due to an FAA radio outage was apparently caused by a Windows 2000 integration flaw, possibility related to an old...
IT > Bug,  United States,  Windows

More Cheap Aerial Photography
On September 21st, 2004 with 145 comments
ptorrone writes "If you have an old digital camera laying around and pick up a $1.50 Timer Chip from RadioShack or DigiKey you can turn it in to a great aerial...
Main > Hardware Hacking,  Toys,  Index

Fermilab Antimatter Lab to Hold Limited Tours
On September 21st, 2004 with 21 comments
chigun writes "Fermilab is shutting down its normal operations for maintenance for 9 weeks and during this time will be conducting tours of its facilities. ...
Science > Science,  Science

Large Scale Web Apps Built on Open Source
On September 21st, 2004 with 199 comments
prostoalex writes "Brad Fitzpatrick presented at OSCON with on overview of his little project. Interesting facts about the evolution of the Livejournal...
IT > The Internet,  Databases,  IT

Vehicles of Tomorrow?
On September 21st, 2004 with 663 comments
Human Factors Guy writes "We've seen here before car manufacturers putting more and more technology into cars, but what are the cars of tomorrow going to look...
Ask Slashdot > Technology,  Ask Slashdot

You Don't Know Jack about VoIP
On September 21st, 2004 with 101 comments
gManZboy writes "Phil Sherburne and Cary Fitzgerald, two senior technologists over at Cisco, have written an in-depth overview of VoIP for developers and the...
IT > Communications,  The Internet,  Wireless Networking,  IT

Overseas ISPs Blocked From US Voting Website
On September 21st, 2004 with 78 comments
An anonymous reader writes "The US Department of Defense is blocking many of the world's major Internet service providers from giving access to the web site of...
Politics > Politics,  United States

The Space Elevator - Public or Private?
On September 21st, 2004 with 403 comments
AtomicGoat writes "The Space Review reports that a Space Elevator may not get built without help from the U.S. Government, but the notion that 'the DoD can...
Science > Space,  United States

Green Housing Takes Root in Oregon
On September 20th, 2004 with 386 comments
baldinux writes "I was reading an article in the Portland Tribune which showcased the City of Portland's noteworthy 'Rose House' (1.8mb PDF) project, part of...
Science > Science,  United States,  Index

Why You Should Never Lose Your Digital Media
On September 20th, 2004 with 657 comments
kkrista writes "What would you do if you found someone's digital media card from their camera in your taxi? One such individual has decided to provide the...
Main > It's funny. Laugh.,  Index

Another Google Recruiting Technique
On September 19th, 2004 with 423 comments
An anonymous reader writes "The new edition of Linux Journal has a special insert: The GLAT (Google Labs Aptitude Test) is a Google recruiting quiz presented...
Main > Google,  Index

Are Journalism and Politics Inextricably Joined?
On September 19th, 2004 with 467 comments
An anonymous reader writes "Retiring figure Bill Moyers makes his case in a recent speech delivered at the Society of Professional Journalists 2004 national...
Politics > The Media,  Politics

Lost Nuclear Bomb Found Off Georgia Coast?
On September 19th, 2004 with 814 comments
securitas writes "Both CNN and ABC News report that a hydrogen thermonuclear bomb lost off the Georgia coast in 1958 may have been found. The 'Mark 15, Mod 0'...
Main > United States,  News,  Technology

Microsoft's Lobbying Priorities: Limiting Open Source
On September 19th, 2004 with 580 comments
MonkeyDev writes "In the story on cio.com, 'Mr. Gates Goes to Washington', the author says...'Microsoft cared little for politics until the Department of...
Politics > Microsoft,  Index,  Politics

Antarctic Telescope?
On September 19th, 2004 with 273 comments
angkor pastes "'A novel Antarctic telescope with 16-m diameter mirrors would far outperform the Hubble Space Telescope, and could be built at a tiny fraction...
Science > Space,  Science,  Index

O'Reilly's New Magazine for DIY Tech Projects
On September 19th, 2004 with 206 comments
sargon writes "O'Reilly will begin publishing a new magazine, 'Make,' in early 2005 which is aimed at the do-it-yourself crowd. To quote the home page: 'Make...
Main > Hardware Hacking,  Index

Doom 3 Demo Available
On September 19th, 2004 with 391 comments
sanderb writes "The Doom 3 demo is out (on Windows). It does not seem to be linked on the Doom 3 site yet, but is available from e.g. 3D Gamers (includes...
Games > First Person Shooters (Games),  Index

Sky Captain and the Films of Tomorrow
On September 19th, 2004 with 416 comments
professorfalcon writes "Foxnews.com has an interview with the stars of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. They talk about their experience hugging a green...
Main > Movies,  Sci-Fi,  Index

Hawaii Puts Old Computers To Work in Linux Labs
On September 19th, 2004 with 166 comments
johnp pastes "'As pressure mounts to meet state-mandated educational technology standards, some Hawai'i schools with limited budgets are getting updated...
Linux > Education,  Linux

Deaf Children Invent Language
On September 19th, 2004 with 226 comments
gmuslera writes "According to this story, Nicaraguan deaf kids, without knowing any existing sign language, invented their own language on their own, and it...
Science > Science

Hacking the RoboSapien
On September 19th, 2004 with 115 comments
unassimilatible writes "The RoboSapien is a cool humanoid robot toy with pretty decent dexterity and 67 pre-programmed instructions. But the folks at The...
Main > Robotics,  Hardware Hacking,  Index

Kryptonite U-Lock Security Flaw
On September 18th, 2004 with 552 comments
An anonymous reader writes "Once upon a time, a magic marker was able to defeat the Key2Audio copy protection scheme of older Sony CDs. Now, it has been shown...
Main > Security,  Index

Comparing Linux C and C++ Compilers
On September 18th, 2004 with 378 comments
ChaoticCoyote writes "I've posted a comparison of recent GCC versions (3.3, 3.4, and the coming 4.0) with Intel C++ 8.1, including several benchmarks and...
Developers > Programming,  Developers

File and Printer Sharing Insecure in XP SP2
On September 18th, 2004 with 365 comments
ProKras writes "German magazine PC-Welt has discovered a major security flaw in Windows XP SP2 when installing over SP1. The article says that 'with a...
IT > Bug,  Windows,  Index

Would You Bid for a Job?
On September 18th, 2004 with 602 comments
Roland Piquepaille writes "Several U.S. hospitals have found an innovative way to deal with nursing shortage. They post shift openings and the highest hourly...
Ask Slashdot > The Almighty Buck,  Businesses,  Ask Slashdot

Toorcon - 20 Years after Big Brother
On September 18th, 2004 with 7 comments
Dumpster Diver writes "Toorcon is San Diego's own hacker/security conference happening right around the corner. September 24-26, for two day the conference...
Developers > Announcements,  Security,  Developers

The File Sharing Report
On September 18th, 2004 with 302 comments
An anonymous reader writes "In July, Slashdot posted an article about the file sharing experiment, which was a database where users could report items they've...
Your Rights Online > Music,  The Almighty Buck,  Your Rights Online

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