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"Liquid Wood" a Contender To Replace Plastic

Ostracus recommends a Christian Science Monitor piece on the 40-year quest to find a replacement for non-biodegradable plastic. One candidate, written off 20 years back but now developed to the ... Slashdot - 11:09 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Web Scam Bilks State of Utah Out of $2.5M

KitB sends in a story in the Salt Lake Tribune that tells of a Web-based scam, resembling some used by Nigerian gangs, that snared the state of Utah. $2.5M was ... Slashdot - 9:12 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Rabbit Ears To Stage a Comeback Thanks To DTV

Jeffrey Breen writes "Like Monty Python's Killer Rabbit, cheap indoor antennas seem harmless to satellite and cable providers. But with the digital TV transition in the US, rabbit ears can ... Slashdot - 7:55 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Net Neutrality Still Lives

BuhDuh writes "Despite previous reports, and as subsequently discussed here, it appears that Sen. Feinstein's amendment (PDF) did not make it into the approved 'HR1' version of the stimulus bill ... Slashdot - 6:39 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Abraham Lincoln the Early Adopter

Hugh Pickens writes "On the 200th anniversary of his birth, President Abraham Lincoln's popular image as a log-splitting bumpkin is being re-assessed as historians have discovered that Lincoln had an ... Slashdot - 5:41 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Open Source Study Included In US Stimulus Package

gclef writes "Buried deep in the details of the US stimulus package is an interesting provision that might go a long way toward helping Open Source software break into the ... Slashdot - 4:10 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common

bfwebster writes "Here in Denver, we have E-470, a toll section of the 470 beltway, that uses the usual transponder attached to your windshield. Fair enough, and I make use ... Slashdot - 2:58 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Reverse Engineering a Missile Launcher Toy's Interface

nitro writes "A fairly in-depth technical report by the security researchers at TippingPoint was released on how to reverse engineer the proprietary protocol for controlling a USB missile-launching toy system. ... Slashdot - 1:44 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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New Bill Would Repeal NIH Open Access Policy

pigah writes "The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act has been reintroduced into Congress. The bill will ban open access policies in federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of ... Slashdot - 12:32 a.m. Sunday 15th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Red Hat Enlists Community Help To Fight Patent Trolls

Stickster writes "Back in 2007, IP Innovation filed a lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell. IP Innovation is a subsidiary of Acacia Technologies. You may have heard of them — ... Slashdot - 11:19 p.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Competition For the App Store Is Mounting

MojoKid writes "Right now the only real 'competition' to Apple's App Store is the Android Market. Presently, anyone using an Android-based phone can download applications from the Android Market, which ... Slashdot - 8:16 p.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

IBM Files Patent For Bullet-Dodging Bionic Armor

An anonymous reader writes with news that IBM has filed a patent for "Bionic body armor" that would protect a wearer from long-range gunfire by detecting the incoming bullets and ... Slashdot - 5:14 p.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Canadian Federal Government Mulling Open Source?

An anonymous reader points out a CBC report discussing a request from the Canadian government for information about open source software and free proprietary software. Evan Leibovitch, an advocate for ... Slashdot - 3:11 p.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Study Finds Gamers Prefer Control, Competence Over Violence

Science News reports on a new study which found that the violence in video games was not a significant contributing factor to players' enjoyment. Instead, the feelings of control and ... Slashdot - 11:15 a.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Microsoft Sued Over Vista-To-XP Downgrade Fees

Krojack writes with this excerpt from Computerworld: "Los Angeles resident Emma Alvarado charged Microsoft with multiple violations of Washington state's unfair business practices and consumer protection laws over its policy ... Slashdot - 10:22 a.m. Saturday 14th February 2009 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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