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scottbomb writes:
“At this point it would be premature for USCIS to speculate as to whether Southern California Edison’s participation in the H-1B program has violated laws,” Mr. Rodriguez wrote. “If facts come to our attention that indicate violations have occurred, USCIS will take appropriate action to maintain the integrity of our programs.”
Mr. Durbin and Mr. Sessions were not pleased with the brush-off.
“We did not ask for speculation; we asked for an investigation,” they said in a joint statement.
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scottbomb writes:
Just what we need a virus that can't be detected or removed, and apparently, just about every Intel motherboard made is vulnerable. From the article: It’s the Information Age apocalypse: What if, no matter how hard you tried, every computer on the market — from PCs to smartphones to fridges to cars — came pre-loaded with an irremovable backdoor that allowed the government or other nefarious agents to snoop on your data, behavior, and communications?
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scottbomb writes:
So apparently the Federal spooks are saving every single email they can get their hands on. SMS and IM communications are likely stored as well. These aren't just suspected terrorists or criminals. They likely have records on all of us. Maybe we should start emailing fake bomb threats and drug deals to each other, just to piss 'em off.
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scottbomb writes:
It will be interesting to see how long this new law lasts until it's struck down in either the AZ courts or the US Supreme Court. I can't help but wonder just how the AZ legislature thinks this will pass Constitutional muster.
From the article:
"The law, which is being pushed under the guise of an anti-bullying campaign, would mean that anything communicated or published online that was deemed to be “offensive” by the state, including editorials, illustrations, and even satire could be criminally punished."
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scottbomb writes:
The mere fact that 26,000 people are stupid enough to actually download and install this is frightening. According to the BBC, "More than 26,000 people have downloaded an operating system which members of the Anonymous hacker group claim to have created."
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scottbomb writes:
This is truly frightening. An entire business is threatened, and the dominoes fall on many other businesses all because of some alleged illegal activity by a handful of their customers. Don't you just love how Big Government is looking out for... you?
Quote from the linked page:
"SOPA may not have passed, but what happened shows that it is already being practiced. All they have to do is to ask Godaddy to take a site down. We have 2 millions user generated forms. It is not possible for us to manually review all forms. This can happen to any web site that allows user generated content."
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scottbomb writes:
This is perhaps the best op-ed I've read about the whole SOPA/PIPA controversy. The author challenges Hollywood to re-think their entire business model. It will undoubtedly fall on deaf ears, for now. But sooner or later, they will have no choice but to adapt.
From the article:
"Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it’s worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won.
It can’t, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling."
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scottbomb writes:
So who wants to be a marksman? The day may be approaching where anyone can pick up a gun, point and shoot, and hit a target with little to no training. Sandia National Laboratories have invented a bullet that guides itself to the target with a laser. An incredible engineering achievement, for sure.
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scottbomb writes:
Months before the debate about Internet censorship raged as SOPA and PIPA dominated the concerns of web users, President Obama signed an international treaty that would allow companies in China or any other country in the world to demand ISPs remove web content in the US with no legal oversight whatsoever.
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scottbomb writes:
So I fire up the Facebook page this morning to see they have changed the layout... AGAIN. Facebook has decided they know what I would consider a "Top Story" and has put all those posts to the top of my feed. Annoying as hell. Judging by the posts from many of my friends, they weren't impressed either.
It appears that Facebook has heard the outcry from the masses. This afternoon, it looks like they have changed it. Instead of them choosing what I consider a Top Story, I get to choose it. Now that's more like it.
From the article:
"“Starting today, it will be easier to keep up with the people in your life no matter how frequently or infrequently you’re on Facebook,” wrote Mark Tonkelowitz, an engineering manager at Facebook, in a post on the company’s blog."
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scottbomb writes:
In a PR move that is likely to be criticized as putting lipstick on a pig, Netflix re-brands it's DVD-by-mail business as "Qwikster". Personally, I prefer the a-la-carte pricing as I only use the streaming service for $7.99/mo.
From the CEO's blog:
"So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently. It’s hard for me to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary and best: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to “Qwikster”."
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scottbomb writes:
Well, that didn't take long.
"After only a few months at Google, Java founder James Gosling has left the search engine giant to go to a small startup company specializing in ocean-based robotics."
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scottbomb writes:
We all know that careless use of electricity is common cause of structure fires but who knew it can actually be used to extinguish a fire? It will be interesting to see if this technique can actually be used to fight fires on a larger scale than a controlled lab experiment.
