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Slashdot http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2008, SourceForge, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2008-12-04T21:40:24+00:00 SourceForge, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Slashdot http://s.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ Opera 10 Alpha 1 Released, Aces Acid 3 Test http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Fy5cXA1jCzk/article.pl Khuffie writes "It seems that the upcoming version of Opera 10, of which the first Alpha has recently been released, has already passed the Acid 3 test with a 100/100. The only other rendering engine to have a complete score is WebKit, which can be seen in Google Chrome's nightly build. Opera 10 Alpha 1 will also finally include auto-updates, inline spell checking, and also sees some improvements to its built-in mail client, including much-requested rich text composition."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1955216&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1955216"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1955216&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FJFc9c9pMJ-88S_NTn5cFr62SAE/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FJFc9c9pMJ-88S_NTn5cFr62SAE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/Fy5cXA1jCzk" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-12-04T21:13:00+00:00 software now-it-sees-all-the-spiders-and-tastes-color tech 20 20,20,19,15,3,2,0 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1955216&from=rss Human Rights Court Calls UK DNA Database a 'Breach of Rights' http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5RiA9hDQ0Bg/article.pl psmears writes "Describing a judgment that is likely to rein in the scope of the UK DNA database, where at present the DNA of those arrested by the police is kept permanently (even if the people concerned are never convicted, or even charged), the BBC reports that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that keeping such people's DNA in the database 'could not be regarded as necessary in a democratic society.'" Reader megla adds a link to the full text of the judgement.<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/206245&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/206245"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/206245&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/DkzCtD_GMhKd_9qwMsK0rCGZjXE/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/DkzCtD_GMhKd_9qwMsK0rCGZjXE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/5RiA9hDQ0Bg" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-12-04T20:28:00+00:00 privacy could-have-saved-them-some-time yro 66 66,63,52,43,16,5,2 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F206245&from=rss Against Unknown Viruses, Avira AntiVir the Winner For Now http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZFtRbVA4Hi0/article.pl KingofGnG writes "AV-Comparatives, the Austrian team of experts dedicated to antivirus tests acknowledged as a reference point in the field, has published the second part of the mid-year comparative, an ideal addendum to the one already released last September. This time the aim is to evaluate the antimalware tools' effectiveness against unknown threats in a test scenario meant to prove the heuristic part and the generic markers of the on-demand scanning engines." The best in show (of 16 anti-malware packages evaluated), Avira AntiVir was able to find 71% of the unknown malware it was exposed to in the first week, dropping to 67% after the fourth.<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1922249&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1922249"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1922249&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MBkpaarNsZxSYt-Hq-2g24_ZQgs/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MBkpaarNsZxSYt-Hq-2g24_ZQgs/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ZFtRbVA4Hi0" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-12-04T19:37:00+00:00 security evolving-bleakosystem it 81 81,78,59,46,17,8,6 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1922249&from=rss New Hampshire Law Students Take On RIAA http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LjnoidIJqs8/article.pl NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "We have recently learned that another law school legal aid clinic has joined the fight against the RIAA. Student attorneys from the Consumer and Commercial Law Clinic of the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire, working under law school faculty supervision, are representing a lady targeted by the RIAA in UMG Recording v. Roy in New Hampshire. The case is scheduled for trial next Fall. That makes at least 4 law schools providing anti-RIAA defense services: University of Maine, University of San Francisco, Franklin Pierce, and, most recently, Harvard. Hopefully many more will follow. One commentator theorizes that this news 'will ... [encourage] professors and students at other law schools to take on hitherto defenseless people being pilloried by the corporate music industry.'"<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1826210&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1826210"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1826210&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3mbBYnKG7seS013P8O7Fj1AcZYI/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3mbBYnKG7seS013P8O7Fj1AcZYI/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/LjnoidIJqs8" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-12-04T18:54:00+00:00 court or-die-die-die news 109 109,105,87,66,20,10,7 http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1826210&from=rss Political and Technical Implications of GitTorrent http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/C1oVbowrLX0/article.pl lkcl writes "The GitTorrent Protocol (GTP) is a protocol for collaborative git repository distribution across the Internet. Git promises to be a distributed software management tool, where a repository can be distributed. Yet, the mechanisms used to date to actually 'distribute,' such as ssh, are very much still centralized. GitTorrent makes Git truly distributed. The initial plans are for reducing mirror loading, however the full plans include totally distributed development: no central mirrors whatsoever. PGP signing (an existing feature of git) and other web-of-trust-based mechanisms will take over from protocols on ports (e.g. ssh) as the access control 'clearing house.' The implications of a truly distributed revision control system are truly staggering: unrestricted software freedom. The playing field is leveled in so many ways, as 'The Web Site' no longer becomes the central choke-point of control. Coming just in time for that all-encompassing Free Software revolution hinted at by The Rebellion Against Vista, this article will explain more fully some of the implications that make this quiet and technically brilliant project, GitTorrent, so important to Software Freedom, from both technical and political perspectives."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1625226&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1625226"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1625226&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jGuT4-TwLgrhYOcavgDYdnN6zCg/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jGuT4-TwLgrhYOcavgDYdnN6zCg/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/C1oVbowrLX0" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T18:03:00+00:00 programming distribute-this-sucka tech 155 155,153,133,106,34,18,9 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1625226&from=rss Second Google Android Phone Revealed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/j-BZaXtb3LQ/article.pl KrispyDroid writes "The world's second Google Android phone has been unveiled &mdash; by an Australian-based electronics company called Kogan. It will ship worldwide on Jan 29. It looks like a surprisingly nice form factor, not unlike a Blackberry Bold. The phones will be sold without a contract at low prices &mdash; $A299 ($US192)."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1553250&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1553250"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1553250&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/d1XAobN9KymWfNOxlpeRnZeN_nA/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/d1XAobN9KymWfNOxlpeRnZeN_nA/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/j-BZaXtb3LQ" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T17:12:00+00:00 cellphones probably-will-give-you-cancer tech 107 107,104,88,71,33,18,13 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1553250&from=rss 'Greasemonkey' Malware Targets Firefox http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/aAsHRhwFw6Q/article.pl snydeq writes "Researchers have discovered a new type of malware that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox. The malware, dubbed 'Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A,' sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, registering itself as 'Greasemonkey,' the well-known collection of scripts that add functionality to Web pages rendered by Firefox. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more than 100 financial and money transfer Web sites, including PayPal, collecting logins and passwords, which it forwards to a server in Russia. Trojan infection can occur via drive-by download or download duping."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1536231&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1536231"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1536231&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sgGeS98x4HsbC4O3kcl1okKpMo8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sgGeS98x4HsbC4O3kcl1okKpMo8/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/aAsHRhwFw6Q" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T16:25:00+00:00 security oh-this-can't-end-well it 258 258,250,203,163,47,35,25 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1536231&from=rss Apple Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/GmwTGL6Wpnc/article.pl rgraham writes "From the article on Growler: 'Apple apparently believes that somebody else is behind Psystar, which might help to explain why a major law firm would take on what seems like a fly-by-night's case; also why Psystar has been so bold in continuing to sell its products. I knew this thing felt funny. As Alice in Wonderland might put it, "It gets interestinger and interestinger."'"<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1528233&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1528233"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1528233&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ANT9heBrTW-7Z4ZdoIZCXvk_5dc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ANT9heBrTW-7Z4ZdoIZCXvk_5dc/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/GmwTGL6Wpnc" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T15:47:00+00:00 court put-on-your-foil-hats apple 418 418,412,330,281,94,66,48 http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1528233&from=rss Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008 http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/WP7BCIdvRoI/article.pl krou writes "The Big Picture blog is running a Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar, where for 25 days (it started on the 1st of December), a new photo will be revealed from the Hubble Space Telescope."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1413215&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1413215"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1413215&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/67ifFrlupyZKT5Sx-iTVJLH0Hls/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/67ifFrlupyZKT5Sx-iTVJLH0Hls/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/WP7BCIdvRoI" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T15:02:00+00:00 space here-ya-go-bob science 39 39,38,29,22,9,5,4 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1413215&from=rss Google Was 3 Hours Away From DOJ Antitrust Charges http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NBau9WMw7CQ/article.pl turnkeylinux writes "Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer who would have been lead counsel for the government. 'We were going to file the complaint at a certain time during the day,' says Litvack, who rejoins Hogan &amp; Hartson today. 'We told them we were going to file the complaint at that time of day. Three hours before, they told us they were abandoning the agreement.'"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1412218&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1412218"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1412218&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/4LTE48_TbZRTfx4B82saoSvIEdM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/4LTE48_TbZRTfx4B82saoSvIEdM/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/NBau9WMw7CQ" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T14:21:00+00:00 google not-evil-we-swear tech 178 178,177,141,120,43,23,17 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1412218&from=rss 30 Minutes of Frank Miller's <em>The Spirit</em> Reviewed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/s4g3JlKzg9k/article.pl An anonymous reader writes "Thirty minutes of footage from Frank Miller's forthcoming The Spirit were shown to journalists in London yesterday. The description paints a picture of a highly stylized movie, somewhere between Sin City and Crimewave ..."<p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1312259&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/1312259"></a></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/1312259&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/z_QqhJjLPA7fDyezW_UeURgqhg0/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/z_QqhJjLPA7fDyezW_UeURgqhg0/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/s4g3JlKzg9k" height="1" width="1"/> CmdrTaco 2008-12-04T13:41:00+00:00 movies wish-i-got-to-see-it entertainment 74 74,74,61,43,15,7,4 http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F1312259&from=rss Python 3.0 Released http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/iVi3bzAI7kk/article.pl licorna writes "The 3.0 version of Python (also known as Python3k and Python3000) just got released few hours ago. It's the first ever intentionally backwards-incompatible Python release."<p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0420219&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/0420219"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0420219&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/V1nmT0pwhy7f8QPNXsnrt9PvA0A/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/V1nmT0pwhy7f8QPNXsnrt9PvA0A/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/iVi3bzAI7kk" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-12-04T12:57:00+00:00 programming break-out-the-cigars developers 247 247,236,197,145,55,33,23 http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F0420219&from=rss Apple Hints At Future Liquid-Cooled Laptops http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NEISeOKkV-A/article.pl Lumenary7204 writes "According to the Register, Apple recently received US Patent Application No. 20080291629 for a 'liquid-cooled portable computer.' The filing describes a system where a 'pump ... coupled to the heat pipe is configured to circulate the liquid coolant through the heat pipe.' All claims of obviousness aside (after all, PC enthusiasts have been using liquid and phase-change cooling for years), the existence of the patent application seems to indicate that laptop manufacturers are in agreement with physicists and engineers who say we are running up against the practical limits of air-cooling such compact pieces of equipment."<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0438232&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/0438232"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0438232&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3UCWE8se6IkNQHS6vvC6UBJP0Wk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/3UCWE8se6IkNQHS6vvC6UBJP0Wk/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/NEISeOKkV-A" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-12-04T09:25:00+00:00 portables cool-me-in-the-water apple 183 183,179,149,115,35,22,19 http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F0438232&from=rss Prescription Handguns For the Elderly and Disabled http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/LX-ymg4Na1A/article.pl Repton writes "Thanks to the Second Amendment, even the elderly have the right to keep and bear arms. The problem is that many of the guns out there are a bit unwieldy for an older person to handle. However, the inventors of the Palm Pistol are planning to change all that with a weapon that is ideal for both the elderly and the physically disabled. In a statement submitted to Medgadget, the manufacturer, Constitution Arms, has revealed the following: 'We thought you might be interested to learn that the FDA has completed its "Device/Not a Device" determination and concluded the handgun will be listed as a Class I Medical Device.' Physicians will be able to prescribe the Palm Pistol for qualified patients who may seek reimbursement through Medicare or private health insurance companies."<p><a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0433234&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/0433234"></a></p><p><a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0433234&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zx9v7TxLuEtudD27sfY5DkQ8ifw/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zx9v7TxLuEtudD27sfY5DkQ8ifw/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/LX-ymg4Na1A" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-12-04T07:12:00+00:00 humor take-two-bullets-and-call-me-in-the-morning idle 874 874,860,694,521,80,53,35 http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F0433234&from=rss A Look At Modern Game AI http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xVpoGPns6Wk/article.pl IEEE Spectrum is running a feature about the progress of game AI, and how it's helping to drive AI development in general. They explore several of the current avenues of research and look at potential solutions to some of the common problems. "The trade-off between blind searching and employing specialized knowledge is a central topic in AI research. In video games, searching can be problematic because there are often vast sets of possible game states to consider and not much time and memory available to make the required calculations. One way to get around these hurdles is to work not on the actual game at hand but on a much-simplified version. Abstractions of this kind often make it practical to search far ahead through the many possible game states while assessing each of them according to some straightforward formula. If that can be done, a computer-operated character will appear as intelligent as a chess-playing program--although the bot's seemingly deft actions will, in fact, be guided by simple brute-force calculations."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0510246&amp;from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=08/12/04/0510246"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/04/0510246&amp;from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/D6-QvypsbQ-SCMI5JPf07INHRB4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/D6-QvypsbQ-SCMI5JPf07INHRB4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/xVpoGPns6Wk" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2008-12-04T06:01:00+00:00 programming don't-let-major-get-the-railgun games 76 76,74,60,42,15,8,4 http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F04%2F0510246&from=rss Search Slashdot Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl
 

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