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Submission + - "Me On The Web": Google's Ploy To Fight Facebook (itworld.com)

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jfruhlinger
jfruhlinger writes: "Google understands people's worries about privacy online, which is why they're offering a new service called "Me on the Web," which will help you manage what people find when they search for you on Google. Or that's the pitch, anyway; in fact, says blogger Dan Tynan, the service is mostly a rebranded collection of old services and FAQs that aren't terribly effective. The real agenda seems to be to get you to sign up for a Google Profile, which is the search giant's attempt to out-social Facebook."

Comment Re:Something fishy here... (Score 1) 140

by InsertWittyNameHere (#36450376) Attached to: 15-Year-Old Sells Startup To ActiveState

Meet Daniil Kulchenko. He was an HTML programmer at age six. He was a freelance Linux systems administrator at 11. And at 15, he founded his first business: Phenona, a platform-as-a-service for building and hosting Perl applications.

There's a pic of him in there.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/activestate_buys_teen_programmer/
Canada

Submission + - Cdn IP Lobbyists Caught Faking Counterfeit Data (michaelgeist.ca)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Canadian IP Council, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's IP lobby arm, has been caught floating false claims about the scope of counterfeiting in Canada. Recent claims include citing a figure based on numbers the FBI rejects ($22.5 billion), a figure the Canadian police won't support ($30 billion), and when pressed on the issue, it now points to yet another source that upon review indicates it fabricated its claims.
China

Submission + - Chinese Moon Probe Ventures into Deep Space (xinhuanet.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: After completing its 6 month moon survey mission, China's second moon orbiter Chang'e-2 is found to be in excellent condition and has abundant fuel left, and so it is set off from its moon orbit into deep space, heading toward Lagrangian point L2 about 1.5 million kilometers away from the earth, or about 4 times farther out than the moon. The orbiter left its moon orbit at 5:10 p.m., according to the State Administration of Science,Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND). The probe is expected to perform exploration at L2. It is the first Chinese space craft venture beyond the moon and establish the country's capability in deep space exploration.
Cellphones

Submission + - WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer r (cnn.com) 2

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.

A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."

What that means is that right now there haven't been enough long-term studies conducted to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones are safe, but there is enough data showing a possible connection that consumers should be alerted.

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html

Submission + - Comcast and Rogers block The Pirate Bay (torrentfreak.com) 1

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iONiUM
iONiUM writes: "Starting yesterday, it seems Comcast and Rogers have blocked access to the pirate bay. This would not be the first time Comcast has blocked the pirate bay (and denied it). From the article: "The traceroute from Comcast connections stops at thepiratebay.piratpartiet.se, as it’s supposed to, but The Pirate Bay website does not appear. Further tests show that the blockade is not DNS related. What is actually causing the issue is uncertain at this point.""

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