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Crash Chrome With 16 Characters - Slashdot

Crash Chrome With 16 Characters - Slashdot
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AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers - Slashdot

AVG Proudly Announces It Will Sell Your Browsing History To Online Advertisers - Slashdot
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UrlHosted Experiment: Host Content Within the URL - Slashdot

UrlHosted Experiment: Host Content Within the URL - Slashdot
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AeroVelo Breaks Human-powered Land Speed Record - Slashdot

AeroVelo Breaks Human-powered Land Speed Record - Slashdot
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Over 10,000 Problems Fixed In Detroit Thanks To Cellphone App - Slashdot

Over 10,000 Problems Fixed In Detroit Thanks To Cellphone App - Slashdot
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Don't Panic - End Poverty

Video "Hans Rosling asks: Has the UN gone mad? The United Nations just announced their boldest goal ever: To eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, already by 2030. Looking at the realities of extremely poor people the goal seems impossible. The rains didn’t fall in Malawi this year....
Source: gapminder.org


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MIT Master's Program To Use MOOCs As 'Admissions Test' - Slashdot

MIT Master's Program To Use MOOCs As 'Admissions Test' - Slashdot
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Researchers Unable To Replicate Findings of Published Economics Studies - Slashdot

Researchers Unable To Replicate Findings of Published Economics Studies - Slashdot
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The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret. “We live at a time of the greatest development progress among the

The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret. “We live at a time of the greatest development progress among the global poor in the history of the world,” notes Steven Radelet, a development economist and Georgetown University professor
Source: nytimes.com

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot

Google Releases Open Source Plans For Cardboard V2 Virtual Reality Viewer - Slashdot
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How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero - Slashdot

How Wind and Politics Pushed the Price of Texas Electricity Below Zero - Slashdot
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Private Medical Data of Over 1.5 Million People Exposed Through Amazon - Slashdot

Private Medical Data of Over 1.5 Million People Exposed Through Amazon - Slashdot
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Genetic screening for mental health grows rapidly despite little evidence tests work - The Boston Globe: New tests that

Genetic screening for mental health grows rapidly despite little evidence tests work - The Boston Globe: New tests that identify the best psychiatric drugs for patients based on their DNA have limited science behind them and lots of questions ahead.
Source: bostonglobe.com

The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? - Slashdot

The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? - Slashdot
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"Happy Birthday To You" Now Public Domain - Slashdot

"Happy Birthday To You" Now Public Domain - Slashdot
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Cassandra Rewritten In C++, Ten Times Faster - Slashdot

Cassandra Rewritten In C++, Ten Times Faster - Slashdot
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UK Man Gets Britain's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Drone Use - Slashdot

UK Man Gets Britain's First-Ever Conviction For Illegal Drone Use - Slashdot
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Why it's time for English rugby fans to stop singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Rugby World Cup starts on Friday, with

Why it's time for English rugby fans to stop singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: The Rugby World Cup starts on Friday, with the hosts England facing off against Figi at Twickenham. As you'd expect, the home side's fans will be out in full force, and singing their hearts out in support of Stuart Lancaster's...
Source: independent.co.uk

Bjarne Stroustrup Announces the C++ Core Guidelines - Slashdot

Bjarne Stroustrup Announces the C++ Core Guidelines - Slashdot
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