On August 21st, 2019 with 69 comments
dvda247 writes: Since there's the Nintendo Switch and previously there was the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable), should Microsoft make an Xbox Phone? There are...
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On August 15th, 2019 with 304 comments
New submitter dvda247 writes: A discussion of if people turn off their Windows 10 PCs anymore? Newer hardware and operating system changes make PCs work...
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On August 4th, 2019 with 356 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader shanen remembers the days of one-time software purchases, before companies began nudging customers to a subscription-based "software...
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On August 4th, 2019 with 235 comments
A while back some "bored developers and designers" started uploading their ideas for the worst volume control interface in the world. But now Slashdot reader...
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On August 2nd, 2019 with 118 comments
simpz writes: Does anyone know of a fairly inexpensive webcam that doesn't depend on a cloud service? A few years ago, you could buy a cheap webcam (with the...
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On July 28th, 2019 with 175 comments
dryriver writes:
People who are only mildly tech- or engineering-literate tend to think that innovation is really difficult and expensive, takes years to...
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On July 23rd, 2019 with 274 comments
tripleevenfall writes: At numerous points during my career in the tech industry, my workplaces have been affected by the suicide of an employee. Usually...
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On July 10th, 2019 with 109 comments
After years of its on and off interest in smartphones, Google today produces some of the best phones on the planet. The Pixel 3 and the 3 XL take better...
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On June 14th, 2019 with 307 comments
dryriver writes: If anybody remembers the good old Commodore 64, one thing stood out about this once popular 8-bit computer -- as soon as you turned it on, you...
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On June 2nd, 2019 with 252 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader Qbertino is your typical Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP) developer, and writes that "in recent years Docker has been the hottest thing...
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On May 20th, 2019 with 347 comments
united_notions writes: Last year, The Guardian ran an opinion article arguing that everyone should be allocated "an air mile allowance -- say enough for one...
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On May 18th, 2019 with 212 comments
Here's what dryriver wondered after hearing that the oldest Porsche T64 in the world -- built in 1939 -- was going to be auctioned:
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On May 17th, 2019 with 145 comments
dryriver writes: For capitalism to work for consumers in a beneficial way, the big players have to compete hard against each other and innovate courageously....
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On May 12th, 2019 with 437 comments
CaptainDork writes:
I'm a retired IT guy and ransomware was not a huge thing 3-5 years ago (at least few victims were self-reporting) and I'm very curious...
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On April 26th, 2019 with 230 comments
dryriver writes: A lot of people seem to believe that computers somehow need polygons, NURBS surfaces, voxels or point clouds "to be able to define and render...
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On April 26th, 2019 with 103 comments
In the not-so-distant future, pending regulatory approvals, self-driving cars will be everywhere. A handful of top companies are working to improve the...
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On April 18th, 2019 with 255 comments
AmiMoJo writes: It's time to buy a new chair so I'm turning to Slashdot for recommendations. The Herman Miller Aeron seems to be the go-to, much like the Model...
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On April 5th, 2019 with 214 comments
Slashdot reader shanen poses the question: if you had to give a TED Talk, what would you talk about? They write: Mostly based on my experiences at TEDx...
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On March 28th, 2019 with 194 comments
New submitter pecosdave writes: I need suggestions for commercially-made ARM systems that will work in temperature ranges from -35F to 140F (-37C to 60C) for...
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On February 5th, 2019 with 166 comments
Thelasko writes: Reading Kashmir Hill's series Goodby Big Five on Gizmodo made me consider switching to a custom Android ROM like LineageOS again. The...
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On January 29th, 2019 with 367 comments
dryriver writes: If you look at the last 15 years in tech, just about everything that could go wrong seemingly has gone wrong. Everything you buy and bring...
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On January 5th, 2019 with 201 comments
LinkedIn had 590 million members -- though back in 2016 Microsoft conceded that less than 25% of the service's members were active. Yet CNBC recently shared...
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On January 3rd, 2019 with 68 comments
dryriver writes: A relative of mine has been left with extremely low speech volume -- about 25% of a normal speaker -- and lack of high pitch capability after...
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On December 27th, 2018 with 185 comments
Several remarkable movies and shows hit the theaters and TV this year. We had "First Man", "Black Panther", new "Incredibles", "Avengers: Infinity War", more...
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On December 24th, 2018 with 255 comments
As we inch closer to the end of the year, we will be running a couple of year-ender posts in the next few days. We're starting with books. What were some books...
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On December 15th, 2018 with 101 comments
dryriver asks:
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On November 25th, 2018 with 263 comments
Slashdot reader Thelasko says his wife manages a small eight-person business -- but remains unhappy with the company's IT consultant:
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On November 22nd, 2018 with 363 comments
An anonymous reader writes: Hello all. I am looking to buy a good mechanical keyboard for my everyday usage — programming and writing. I see some good...
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On November 5th, 2018 with 221 comments
Longtime Slashdot reader King_TJ writes: I've worked in I.T. for almost 30 years now in various capacities, from bench PC technician to web page designer,...
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On November 2nd, 2018 with 134 comments
OpenSourceAllTheWay writes: Back when PCs were more boxy looking than today and people used floppy disks to store stuff, there were a bunch of prank apps...
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