Slashdot gets Digg-y

Slashdot.org released on Thursday a new feature designed to give more participation in the selection of articles to its users, who submit links to stories and comments about them to the site.

Called Firehose, the new interface lets readers see, for the first time, all the news articles that flow into Slashdot for evaluation by the site's editors. Additionally, readers will be able to vote on whether specific articles should or shouldn't be featured on the site.

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Gadget confession: Putting the pass in password

"My secret password on my PDA is.... Well, I don't have one, so when it asks for the secret pass-protected word no matter what you put in it is wrong. I just hit the enter button and like magic it gives me all I want in my protected folder."
-Anonymous

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Gadget confession: Sweet satisfaction

"I am giving up my body to little old ladies to get a couple bucks for my toys. It is amazing how many visits it takes to satisfy them. First it's the printer, then the monitor, and of course the cable modem always goes out with every storm. The cookies are ruining my body, but who can resist a sweet grandma."
-Anonymous

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Gadget confession: MmmBop baby

Addicts. Fanatics. Geeks. Call us what you will. We all have gadgets we can't live without, and so we have been encouraging readers to share their gadget passions as well as their deepest, darkest gadget secrets. Here's a sampling (names withheld to protect the innocent).

I have Hanson's MMMBop my iPod..... and I am 43.

I have gadgets that I have purchased and never opened, much less used.

I bought an iPod for my wife for Christmas and she knows nothing about it.

I use my web enabled, GPS camera cell phone simply as a phone!

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ITwhirled: Top 10 fashion suggestions for nerds ... The Book of Biff

WHAT'S WHIRLING
Feature: Here come our robot overlords
Out of IT: Dutch government proposes 'knee lock' for parolees
News: Wireless doorbell rings you in
She's a 10: Top 10 fashion suggestions for nerds
Geek Comic of the Week: The Book of Biff


THE GADGET CONFESSIONAL

"I always keep up with the latest gadgets that have or are coming out. I know which brands do what, the secrets that they have, etc., all very, very early on, as well as who has the best prices. Then I don't buy them. Well, sometimes I do, but usually its after almost everyone else has it. I act like an early adopter, but in practice I'm a late adopter. Even when I do buy, half the time whatever gadget it is ends up sitting around and collecting dust without use."
- Blitz, a software engineer from Ohio

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WHAT YOU SAID

Search has become so integrated into our daily lives that most of us don't give much thought to who may be watching. How often do you refrain from searching on a potentially embarrassing term?

13.2% - All the time. I'm very cautious about how I use search.
23.7% - Sometimes. I try not to do personal searches on company time.
63.2% - Never. I search with reckless abandon

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YOUR 2 CENTS

Do you YouTube?

- I watch, I post, I do it all
- I'm an avid watcher
- I watch the occasional video
- I have no interest in amateur video - mine or others

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