Submission + - SPAM: Shuttleworth to Overhaul Desktop Notifications
Thelasko writes: Mark Shuttleworth is considering a controversial overhaul to the way Ubuntu manages notifications.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 153 declined, 80 accepted (233 total, 34.33% accepted)
Submission + - SPAM: Verizon employees snoop Obama's phone records
Thelasko writes: Shortly after the New York Times reported that Obama will have to give up his Blackberry when he becomes President, Reuters reports that Verizon employees have been looking through his phone records. Lucky for Mr. Obama, the phone records are for a phone he no longer uses.
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Submission + - SPAM: Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He
Thelasko writes: Due to security concerns, Obama will have to get rid of his Blackberry when he becomes President. [spam URL stripped]
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Submission + - SPAM: Consumerist Is For Sale 1
Thelasko writes: The consumer rigthts blog Consumerist, is for sale. Apparently it's parent company, Gawker Media, couldn't make the site profitable. I wonder why a website that posts the phone numbers and email addresses of corporate executives couldn't make enough ad revenue? Perhaps it will be the newest addition to SourceForge family.
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Submission + - SPAM: Can Obama Overcome the Urkel Effect? - TIME
Thelasko writes: Time magazine asks the question, "is Obama a nerd?"
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He would be the guy the jocks didn't choose to towel-snap, but he would kind of stand there looking disapproving while they towel-snapped. Whereas McCain would be more likely to towel-snap you, and Sarah Palin would make out with the guy who towel-snapped you.
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Submission + - SPAM: BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | E-mail error ends up on ro
Thelasko writes: We all remember the Chinese restaurant that suffered a translation error. It appears a street sign in Whales suffered a similar fate with an automated email response.
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Submission + - SPAM: Trojan virus steals bank info
Thelasko writes: The BBC has an article about a virus that is stealing massive amounts of financial information. [spam URL stripped]
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Submission + - SPAM: Why are oil prices dropping?
Thelasko writes: Why are oil prices down so much?
1) Decrease in overall demand (people are conserving or using alternatives)
2) Increase in overall supply (a new source of oil was found)
3) China has decreased consumption after the Olympics
4) Speculators ran out of funding due to the credit crunch
5) Government conspiracy (Bush administration? Elections?)
6) Other (please explain)
7) CowboyNeal sold his Hummer
1) Decrease in overall demand (people are conserving or using alternatives)
2) Increase in overall supply (a new source of oil was found)
3) China has decreased consumption after the Olympics
4) Speculators ran out of funding due to the credit crunch
5) Government conspiracy (Bush administration? Elections?)
6) Other (please explain)
7) CowboyNeal sold his Hummer
Submission + - SPAM: bin Laden hacked?
Thelasko writes: CNN has an interesting article about hacking Al-Qaeda websites.
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Submission + - SPAM: Royal Pingdom
Thelasko writes: Royal Pingdom shows us a list of 10 amazingly alternative operating systems. These operating systems come in all shapes and sizes, both open source and closed. Yes, the article includes screen shots of each.
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Submission + - SPAM: Tesla Motors Selects BorgWarner for Production of
Thelasko writes: An article in Marketwatch notes that the Tesla Roadster has released it's final transmission design for production. They have replaced the unreliable two speed gearbox with a one speed gearbox and some changes to the inverter.
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Submission + - SPAM: Coming This Fall: Free Textbooks - TIME
Thelasko writes: Time Magazine has an interesting article about a company that plans to give away textbooks for free. The company is called Flat World Knowledge and it's books are released under the Creative Commons license. [spam URL stripped]
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Submission + - SPAM: SEC sees conflicts of interest at rating agencies
Thelasko writes: A earlier Slashdot article discussed how coding errors at Moody's caused bonds to be mis-rated. Several comments on Slashdot noted that such a "bug" could actually be financially beneficial to credit rating agencies. Financial Times reports three bond rating agencies are being investigated by the SEC for conflict of interest.
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Submission + - SPAM: Type of Phone used
Thelasko writes: After the article on the new iPhone I am curious what kind of phones Slashdotters use. Since there are so many phones out there we will stick with major brands. The options are:
Apple
LG
Motorola
Nokia
Palm
RIM (Crackberry)
Sony Ericsson
OpenMoko (Neo1973)
CowboyNeal
Apple
LG
Motorola
Nokia
Palm
RIM (Crackberry)
Sony Ericsson
OpenMoko (Neo1973)
CowboyNeal
