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The Power of the R Programming Language
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BartlebyScrivener writes "The New York Times has an article on the R programming language. The Times describes it as: "a popular programming language used by a growing number of data analysts inside corporations and academia. It is becoming their lingua franca partly because data mining has entered a golden age, whether being used to set ad prices, find new drugs more quickly or fine-tune financial models. Companies as diverse as Google, Pfizer, Merck, Bank of America, the InterContinental Hotels Group and Shell use it.""<p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2316227&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/2316227"></a></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2316227&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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An anonymous reader writes "2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations of Venus, Saturn and Jupiter published in Sidereus Nuncius ('Starry Messenger'). To improve scientific literacy, the NOAO and NASA are promoting dark-sky initiatives in 2009 to draw attention to the problem of light pollution which obscures nearly all night sky colors and objects except for the moon and a few bright stars and planets. Project Illuminati is a Flickr project by James Cann to showcase the beauty of light pollution to raise awareness and educate fellow Earthmates to lower energy consumption and become more curious about our place in the universe."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2258259&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/2258259"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2258259&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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One Laptop Per Chewbacca writes "Nicholas Negroponte, the leader of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, has announced that the organization will be laying off half of its staff, cutting salaries of the remaining employees, and ending its involvement in Sugar development. The organization has had serious problems with production and deployment and has been fragmented by ideological debates as Negroponte shifts the agenda away from software freedom and towards Windows. Ars Technica concludes: 'The OLPC project's extreme dependence on economy of scale has proven to be a fatal error. The organization was not able to secure the large bulk orders that it had originally anticipated and fell short of meeting its target $100 per unit price. The worldwide economic slowdown has made it even more difficult for OLPC to find developing countries that have cash to spare on education technology.'"<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2212256&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/2212256"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2212256&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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BDew writes "The Presidents of the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering have commissioned a study on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program. In short, the Academies are asking why the nation has a civil space program (including human, robotic, commercial, and personal spaceflight). The study is intended to provide a strategic framework for the nation's activities in space that can provide consistent guidance in an increasingly interconnected world. The members of the study committee are interested in the views (positive or negative) of the general public, particularly those people with a scientific and/or technological interest."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2130209&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/2130209"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/2130209&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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A.B. VerHausen writes "Even though there's a whole new Web site devoted to understanding and using OpenID, some companies are dropping the login method altogether. OStatic is reporting that the 'free Web site network Wetpaint announced recently that it will no longer support OpenID as a login option for its wiki, citing low usage and high support costs as reasons.' Apparently, fewer than 200 registered users bothered with OpenID, and the extra QA and development time doesn't make it worthwhile to support. This can't come as welcome news on top of the internal issues the article mentions the OpenID Foundation is having now, too." I've actually been quite happy with OpenID, since I have spawned far too many username/password pairs over the last 20-plus years, but it's a major chicken-and-egg problem. Hopefully someone out there will build a better mousetrap ...<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1958202&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1958202"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1958202&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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petehead writes "The LA Times reports on regulations expected to pass in 2009 that will not allow energy-inefficient TVs to be sold in the state. 'State regulators are getting ready to curb the growing power gluttony of TV sets by drafting the nation's first rules requiring retailers to sell only the most energy-efficient models, starting in 2011... The regulations would be phased in over two years, with a first tier taking effect on Jan. 1, 2011, and a more stringent, second tier on Jan. 1, 2013.'" According to the Energy Commission's estimates, purchasers of Tier 1-compliant TVs would shave an average of $18.48 off their residential electric bill in the first year of ownership.<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1946223&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1946223"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1946223&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/5JQEjyPt8dwEYmB9fjpiqwsbOwY/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/5JQEjyPt8dwEYmB9fjpiqwsbOwY/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/vFL4bJ2f_Qc" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-01-07T20:38:00+00:00tvfree-markets-are-just-too-wacky-and-non-linearnews389389,381,349,289,57,31,18http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1946223&from=rssAll of Vietnam's Government Computers To Use Linux, By Fiat
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christian.einfeldt writes "The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications has issued an administrative ruling increasing the use of Free Open Source Software products at state agencies, increasing the software's use both in the back office and on the desktop. According to the new rule, 100% of government servers must run Linux by June 30, 2009, and 70% of agencies must use OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, and Mozilla Thunderbird by the end of 2009. The regulation also sets benchmarks for training and proficiency in the software. Vietnam has a population of 86 million, 4 million larger than that of Germany, and is one of the world's fastest-growing economies."<p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1940248&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1940248"></a></p><p><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1940248&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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An anonymous reader writes "There's a new rumor that Google is developing its own router. The company won't comment on the story, but it's been in the hardware business for a while and expanded its presence with Android. If Larry Ellison can go halvsies with HP on a server, then Eric Schmidt should certainly be able to make Cisco nervous."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1844239&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1844239"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1844239&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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OTL writes "You've heard the talk of 'Green' throughout the whole of 2008, but the way a product affects the environment will be a huge consideration in consumer buying habits, at least when it comes to gadgets. But, the CEA report also said that consumers are very skeptical about the green claims made by high-tech firms for their products. More than 38 percent of those interviewed by the CEA said they were confused by green product claims and 58 percent wanted to know the specific attributes that prompted hi-tech firms to label their products green."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1812210&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1812210"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1812210&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/IuzN8x_HiyG_bVmR3EKWJ1GY8GM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/IuzN8x_HiyG_bVmR3EKWJ1GY8GM/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/S5GuAgw2bz8" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2009-01-07T18:16:00+00:00earthhi-fi-jumpropesnews143143,139,116,87,32,18,13http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1812210&from=rss$30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs
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itif writes "This report takes a look at how many jobs you get if you invest $10 billion each in three different IT infrastructure projects — broadband, health IT and the smart grid. It argues that if you are going to be spending billions on a stimulus package, investing in 'digital infrastructure' creates more jobs than physical infrastructure (e.g. roads and bridges) in the short-term, and you get a whole host of other benefits in the long-term."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1621249&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1621249"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1621249&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/IfczpXkDgoVjdk_OYRIOUFSmTGk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/IfczpXkDgoVjdk_OYRIOUFSmTGk/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/bdJnN5NXejs" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-01-07T17:20:00+00:00governmenti'm-sure-they-won't-filter-anything-eithernews639639,631,525,426,83,47,28http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1621249&from=rssData Breaches Rose Sharply In 2008
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snydeq writes "According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, more than 35 million data records were breached in the US in 2008. Tracking media reports and disclosures companies are required to make by law, the ITRC noted a 47 percent increase in breaches last year at a range of well-known US companies and government entities. The majority of the lost data was neither encrypted nor protected by a password. A third of the breaches occurred at business entities. One in six breaches were attributed to insider theft, a figure that more than doubled between 2007 and 2008, ITRC said."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1554253&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1554253"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1554253&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FswGTMMDpihHQ3M9zQEbnrkIQrk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FswGTMMDpihHQ3M9zQEbnrkIQrk/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/BoEaaavdfdc" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-01-07T16:44:00+00:00securitymy-password-is-p4ssw0rdit4040,37,28,22,6,4,2http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1554253&from=rssApple's Life After Steve Jobs
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animusCollards writes "Slate ponders a post-Steve Jobs Apple, including possible successors, and the future is... boring. '..it's certainly true that Jobs' style is central to the company's brand and the fierce connection it forges with its customers. His product announcements prompt hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free press coverage and whip up greater and more loyal fans, generating ever-greater interest in the company. ... At some point, all that will end. Jobs will eventually leave the company. There are no obvious plans for succession; in addition to Schiller, observers finger Tim Cook, Apple's COO, and Scott Forstall, who helped develop Mac OS X and the iPhone's software, as contenders for the job. But Tuesday's keynote illustrated how difficult it will be for any of those guys to replace Jobs.'"<p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1511242&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1511242"></a></p><p><a href="http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1511242&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/X8aZvTFHz8rUuPRRNcaU55KEm_k/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/X8aZvTFHz8rUuPRRNcaU55KEm_k/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/UiF6aUUWcs8" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-01-07T15:59:00+00:00applecut-the-turtleneck-budget-in-halfapple330330,323,278,249,68,40,27http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1511242&from=rssRussia's Mars Mission Raising Concerns
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eldavojohn writes "Space.com has a blog on Russia's Phobos-Grunt project designed to explore the planet further. He voices concerns about part of this exploration that is dubbed LIFE (Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment) and backed by The Planetary Society that involves sending several samples of Earth's hardiest microbes to see if they can survive the round trip voyage. Space.com's correspondent Leonard David did some legwork to ensure that The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 was being upheld as it prevents cross-contamination between planets and receives some interesting responses from experts on this mission. The Phobos-Grunt mission will also deploy a Chinese sub-satellite 'Firefly-1,' which will attempt to figure out how water on Mars disappeared. Unfortunately, The United States is not taking part in Phobos-Grunt."<p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1447217&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1447217"></a></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1447217&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/OKcNNtts3CRoUtl02nxYj1uKLxg/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/OKcNNtts3CRoUtl02nxYj1uKLxg/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/bUTMLOvQ9fM" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-01-07T15:16:00+00:00spacewait-aren't-they-both-redscience212212,209,176,134,31,18,10http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1447217&from=rssPlaying Tetris Is Good For You
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An anonymous reader writes "Some UK researchers found out that playing Tetris is actually good for people with post-traumatic stress disorder, by interfering with memory. I wonder if playing Minesweeper is effective against boss-inflicted stress."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1355204&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1355204"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1355204&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
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SlappingOysters writes "Gameplayer has gone live with their best PC hardware configurations for Q1 2009. They've broken it into three tiers depending on the investor's budget. And while the prices are regional, it is comparative across the globe. The site has also detailed the 10 Hottest PC Games of 2009 to unveil the software on the horizon which may seduce gamers into an upgrade."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1330248&from=rss"><img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=09/01/07/1330248"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/07/1330248&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/pUswTEFKx3nMH_9LVt42GqbvYQs/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/pUswTEFKx3nMH_9LVt42GqbvYQs/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/6Nys9lHcepw" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2009-01-07T13:59:00+00:00hardwaredon't-we-post-this-every-few-monthshardware319319,316,256,204,51,33,21http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F07%2F1330248&from=rssSearch SlashdotSearch Slashdot storiesquery
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