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Submission + - Alibaba Face Off With Chinese Regulator Over Fake Products (yahoo.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce on Wednesday issued a scathing report against one of the country's biggest stars, accusing e-commerce giant Alibaba of failing to do enough to prevent fake goods from being sold on its websites. SAIC said Alibaba allowed "illegal advertising" that misled consumers with false claims about low prices and other details. It claims some Alibaba employees took bribes and the company failed to deal effectively with fraud. Alibaba fired back with charges of bias and misconduct by accusing the SAIC official in charge of Internet monitoring, Liu Hongliang, of unspecified "procedural misconduct" and warned it will file a formal complaint. Such public defiance is almost unheard of in China. Apparently, Alibaba has long attained the too big to fail status.

Submission + - Microsoft to Invest in Rogue Android Startup Cyanogen

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft plans to be a minority investor in a roughly $70 million round of equity financing for mobile startup Cyanogen Inc.. Neither company is commenting on the plan but last week during a talk in San Francisco, Cyanogen's CEO said the company's goal was to "take Android away from Google." According to Bloomberg: "The talks illustrate how Microsoft is trying to get its applications and services on rival operating systems, which has been a tenet of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella. Microsoft has in the past complained that Google Inc., which manages Android, has blocked its programs from the operating system."

Submission + - FDA wants to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by MikeChino
MikeChino writes: In an attempt to curb outbreaks of two devastating tropical diseases in the Florida Keys, the FDA is proposing the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the area. Scientists have bred male mosquitoes with virus gene fragments, so when they mate with the females that bite and spread illness, their offspring will die. This can reduce the mosquito population dramatically, halting the spread of diseases like dengue fever.

Submission + - FCC Approved Change in the definition of Broadband (theverge.com)

Submitted by halfEvilTech
halfEvilTech writes: As part of its 2015 Broadband Progress Report, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to change the definition of broadband by raising the minimum download speeds needed from 4Mbps to 25Mbps, and the minimum upload speed from 1Mbps to 3Mbps, which effectively triples the number of US households without broadband access. Currently, 6.3 percent of US households don’t have access to broadband under the previous 4Mpbs/1Mbps threshold, while another 13.1 percent don't have access to broadband under the new 25Mbps downstream threshold.

Comment Re:What do you call a spade? (Score 1) 103

by zlives (#48932785) Attached to: Snowden Documents: CSE Tracks Millions of Downloads Daily

i agree, if it looks like a turd, smells like a turd... you don't need to do the taste test to call it a rose.

I don't really blame the ones in charge of going beyond the bounds. It is human nature to control, and when you have a semblance of control the brain works to tighten that grip even more, squeezing those in your grip into tighter and tighter control... until it all falls apart.
We should be coming up with contingency plans for when history repeats it self.

Shakespeare said it best, " there is a special providence in a fall of a sparrow... it will come"

Submission + - Need for oil the most important reason for interfering in another country's war (warwick.ac.uk)

Submitted by KCStymie
KCStymie writes: University of Warwick reports that researchers have for the first time provided strong evidence that support conspiracy theorists claims that oil is often the root cause for interfering in other countries civil wars. They found that the decision to interfere was dominated by the interveners’ need for oil over and above historical, geographical, or ethnic ties.

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