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Submission + - 'Grid' is Not the Answer to "Sameness" in Tablets (carrypad.com)

Submitted by Benz145
Benz145 writes: [Fixed link!] Fusion Garage, which had been teasing the tech world with a fake company (TabCo) for the last few weeks, revealed themselves on Monday, along with a new 10" tablet and a smartphone, powered by their own in-house operating system called 'Grid'. Grid is based on the Android kernel and can run Android applications natively, but won't have official access to the Android Market. CEO Chandra Rathakrishna said during the reveal that Apple's iPad is the only real tablet in town, that companies offering Android tablets showed nothing but "parody" and "sameness". Chandra then said that Grid was the answer to this sameness. I have to wholeheartedly disagree with Chandra’s remarks. There not only IS innovation in the Android tablet market, but even if there wasn’t, Grid is not the answer.
Science

Submission + - Scientists Develop Bulletproof Skin from Goat Milk (inhabitat.com) 2

Submitted by Elliot Chang
Elliot Chang writes: We know this sounds insane, but Dutch researchers claim to have just created bulletproof skin from goat milk. The researchers report that they genetically modified a goat to produce milk rich in the same protein that makes silk spiders’ fibers so strong. Apparently, the next step is to eventually introduce this protein into the human genome so that we can all be bulletproof.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot:How to Really get Started Programming 1

Submitted by Arch_Android
Arch_Android writes: Hello Slashdot! The last post on Computer Science curriculum got me thinking about my own, predicament, if you will. I'm 14 years old, and began programming when I was 11, in Python. Now, along the way, I've never really had any project to really "get into", so to speak. Mainly, I've been writing simple text editors, prime number calculators, chat servers, and other simple beginner projects. Now, I have a decent knowledge in Python and C, while I just need to learn some little syntactical things in Java and C++ (excepting STL. I can save that for later!). So basically, what I'm wondering is, where does an eager programmer go from here, and how did you really get into programming?
AT&T

Submission + - Sprint trying to block T-Mobile AT&T deal (tekgoblin.com)

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tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes: "The T-Mobile AT&T merger has been in the works for a little while now and Sprint has just officially filed to block the deal from being approved. Sprint specifically stated that the deal would create a duopoly in the US Wireless market and would cause AT&T stocks to rise to 44% from a previous 32%. Sprint even went as far as saying “The proposed transaction would produce no tangible public interest benefits and would impose serious anti-competitive harms that cannot be remedied through divestitures or conditions,” to the FCC today."
PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Sony Won't Invest As Heavily in PlayStation 4 (industrygamers.com)

Submitted by donniebaseball23
donniebaseball23 writes: Sony CFO Masaru Kato told investors this week that the company won't be looking to put the same kind of massive R&D into PS4 as they did with PS3. PS3's costs were astronomical because of Blu-ray and the Cell chip, but Sony's bottom line can't take another similar hit. Analysts are speculating that this will leave the door open for competitors like Microsoft. "PS4's hardware could be less impressive than the PS3 at its launch. I think Microsoft will really be able to put the screws to Sony in the next console war," Panoptic analyst Asif Khan commented to IndustryGamers.

Submission + - Canadian ISP to offer unlimited internet (theglobeandmail.com)

Submitted by Mistlefoot
Mistlefoot writes: Canadian ISP Shaw cable has just announced that they will be "facilitat(ing) the Netflixes and the YouTubes that customers obviously want" and "doubling the amount users can download while introducing new, unlimited plans." While details are sketchy Shaw recently changed High Speed Extreme from 15mbs/sec down and 1mbp/sec up to 25 and 2.5mbs/sec respectively with no rate increase.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot (slashdot.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I've been involved in a group of programmers working together with some new coding technology in "hack-a-thon" sessions. Everyone in the group contributed code and ideas to the project. I was not paid in anyway for my work or services, nor do I believe was anyone else. Now it appears that a venture capital group as taken an interest in the project and is offering to buy it. As I have no agreement signed with the guy the VC is talking to, it seems like I've been cut out of the loop. Do I have any recourse here? I want the project to succeed, but don't want to work hard to make someone else rich.
GNU is Not Unix

Submission + - Linus Torvalds Looks To End Linux 2.6 Kernel (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: With the Linux 2.6 kernel set to begin its 40th development cycle and the Linux kernel nearing its 20th anniversary, Linus Torvalds has expressed interest today in moving away from the Linux 2.6.x kernel version. Instead he's looking to change things up by releasing the next kernel as Linux version 2.8 or 3.0. "The voices in my head also tell me that the numbers are getting too big. I may just call the thing 2.8.0...So I'm toying with 3.0 (and in that case, it really would be "3.0", not "3.0.0" — the stable team would get the third digit rather than the fourth one."

Submission + - Corporations win class-action lawsuit case (latimes.com)

Submitted by Baseclass
Baseclass writes: Companies can block customers' class-action lawsuits, Supreme Court rules

Consumers have been able to band together to sue corporations, but the Supreme Court rules in a Southern California case that firms can force customers to arbitrate their complaints individually. The ruling is seen as a major victory for corporations.

I for one, do NOT welcome our new corporate overlords.
Sony

Submission + - Sony Stores closed due to Anonymous protest. (psgroove.com)

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j0ey2069
j0ey2069 writes: "Today is the day of the "Sony Boycott" that was organized by the underground online group known as "Anonymous". However, the photographs below suggest that Sony is not taking the demonstrations lightly.
Reports are coming in that Sony stores across Europe are closed for the day and it can be speculated that the closings are in anticipation of the demonstrations. Shoppers are being greeted with signs which state: "We are sorry the Sony Centre is closed" "We will be open as soon as possible" and "CLOSED DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES". Some of the stores are even being guarded by local Police and security guards. One can only imagine the amount of lost revenue due to these store closings."

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