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Submission + - Mexican hotel chain outsources IT to US (computerworld.com)

Submitted by cweditor
cweditor writes: Grupo Posadas has five data centers supporting more than 100 hotels and other lines of business, but it's moving almost all of those operations to a service provider in Texas. Could cloud service providers help the US become a destination for tech outsourcing instead of an exporter of tech jobs? One stumbling block: The US finds itself on the receiving end of protectionist legislation in other countries that discourages use of non-domestic IT service providers, says the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation.
Censorship

Submission + - Apple refuses to carry eBook that mentions Amazon (hollylisle.com)

Submitted by nam37
nam37 writes: Apple’s digital stores are known for their strict policies and painful approval processes; even the slightest error can get an author’s work barred from the company’s ecosystem. In a rather frightening story, author Holly Lisle, who is known for her online writing guides, described her recent conflict with Apple. Lisle’s latest book, “How To Think Sideways Lesson 6: How To Discover (Or Create) Your Story’s Market,” was rejected from the Cupertino-based company’s iBook store because it contained “live links” to an Amazon website. After the author removed the links, however, Apple rejected the title once more, telling her that the company wouldn’t sell her book because it mentioned an Apple competitor. As a result of Apple’s actions, Lisle has pulled all of her work from the iBooks store and no longer recommends the service.
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Apple's Mountain Lion: Three million downloads in 4 Days (pcr-online.biz)

Submitted by YokimaSun
YokimaSun writes: Apple just seem to be unstoppable at the moment with the release of Mountain Lion which is by far most successful OS X release in Apple’s history. Mountain Lion boasts over 200 new features including iCloud integration, AirPlay Mirroring, system-wide sharing, and soon Facebook Integration which will come in a later update. The upgrade price of $19.99 also has a massive bearing on why its so popular. Just a shame that Macbooks are so heavily priced.
Moon

Submission + - Apollo Moon flags still standing, images show (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by
TheNextCorner
TheNextCorner writes: "Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.

Each of the Apollo missions planted an American flag in the soil at their landing sites.

Scientists had previously examined photos of the Apollo landing sites for the flags, and had seen what looked like shadows cast by them on the lunar surface.

Now, researchers have studied photos of the landing sites taken at different points during the day (and under different illuminations) and have observed shadows circling the points where the flags are thought to be."

Comment Re:PeopleWare Strikes Back (Score 2) 117

by Reasonable Facsimile (#40105585) Attached to: Mobile Workers Work Longer Hours

What? People more productive?

Why? They are only: - away from noisy cubes. - away from hallway meetings. - saving time from a commute. - saving aggravation from a commute. - a few feet from their private bathrooms and break-rooms. (Not several hundred feet down a long, busy hall.)

BellSouth (now AT&T) also discovered a productivity boost among employees allowed to telecommute during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

The first two items are total productivity killers for me. I can't count the number of times I've had to put on headphones in an attempt to filter out co-workers' talking. Now if I could just get people to use complete, understandable sentences when they IM me, I'd get even more work done.

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