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Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House?

An anonymous reader writes "I run a small software consulting company who outsources most of its work to contractors. I market myself as being able to handle any technical project, but only really take the fun ones, then shop it around to developers who are interested.

Quadcopter Drone Network Will Transport Supplies For Disaster Relief

kkleiner writes "A startup called Matternet is building a network of quadcopter drones to deliver vital goods to remote areas and emergency supplies to disaster-stricken areas.

Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vulnerable To Cyberattack

An anonymous reader writes "Despite warnings that a cyberattack could cripple the nation's power supply, a U.S. Congressional report (PDF) finds that power companies' efforts to protect the power grid are insufficient.

Google Chrome 27 Is Out: 5% Faster Page Loads

An anonymous reader writes "Google on Tuesday released Chrome version 27 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The new version features a big boost to page loads (now 5 percent faster on average) as well as significant updates for developers.

Special Ops Takes Its Manhunts Into Space

Wired reports on a cluster of mini-satellites that will soon be launched into orbit that will assist U.S. special forces personnel during manhunts.

Aurora Attackers Were Looking For Google's Surveillance Database

An anonymous reader writes "When in early 2010 Google shared with the public that they had been breached in what became known as the Aurora attacks, they said that the attackers got their hands on some source code and were looking to access Gmail accounts of Tibetan activists.

Dart Is Not the Language You Think It Is

An anonymous reader writes "Seth Ladd has an excellent write-up of Dart: 'When Dart was originally launched, many developers mistook it for some sort of Java clone. In truth, Dart is inspired by a range of languages such as Smalltalk, Strongtalk, Erlang, C#, and JavaScript.

EPA Makes a Rad Decision

New submitter QuantumPion writes "The Environmental Protection Agency released draft guidelines last month that could significantly relax radiation hazard standards in the case of a radiological event in the United States by using risk-based decisions.

Ask Slashdot: Can Yahoo Actually Stage a Comeback?

Nerval's Lobster writes "Fresh off purchasing Tumblr for $1,1 billion, Yahoo has moved to the next stage of what's becoming a company-wide reboot: fixing Flickr, the photo-sharing service that it acquired in 2005 and subsequently allowed to languish.

3-D Printable Food Gets Funding From NASA

cervesaebraciator writes "According to Quartz, '[Anjan Contractor's] Systems & Materials Research Corporation just got a six month, $125,000 grant from NASA to create a prototype of his universal food synthesizer.