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Is Twitter Censoring Wikileaks Trends? 191

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, 2010 @10:28AM from the or-just-sick-of-it dept.

comforteagle writes "There are suspicions coming to the surface this morning that Twitter may be censoring WikiLeaks-related tweets from forming a trending topic. Why is still unclear at this point, as during Iranian protests a short while ago Twitter appeared to be in the fray of helping to spread the word. As of this morning it appears that Twitter may have some explaining to do. One of Twitter's engineers has chimed in over the weekend, but some aren't convinced."

Submission + - More CIOs Planning to Hire in Q1 2011 (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Monday December 06, 2010 @10:17AM

wiredmikey writes: In the first quarter of 2011, 11 percent of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) said they plan to add information technology (IT), and just 3 percent foresee cutbacks, according to a survey released today.

According to the survey, 84 percent of CIOs are at least somewhat confident in their companies' growth prospects in the first quarter, the same number reported in the fourth-quarter survey. In addition, more than half (54 percent) of executives said it is very or somewhat challenging to find skilled IT professionals today. The technical skill set most in demand within IT departments for a majority of CIOs (65 percent) is network administration. Windows administration (Server 2000/2003/2008) ranked second, with 61 percent of the response, followed by desktop support and database management, garnering 59 percent and 54 percent of the response, respectively.

Submission + - The Statistics of the Linux Kernel (h-online.com) 1

Submitted by eldavojohn on Monday December 06, 2010 @09:06AM

eldavojohn writes: The Linux Foundation has released a new report (PDF) titled "Linux Kernel Development – How Fast it is Going, Who is Doing It, What They are Doing, and Who is Sponsoring It." This is the third update to this report that gives us a statistical look at Linux development in the form of who, what and when. The report focuses on development since 2005 (about 5.5 years) and notes that we've had 6,100 programmers from over 600 different companies working on it yet 19% of changes are still from unaffiliated hobbyists (surpassing any single company). The report also says that on average there are "6,683 lines added, 3,774 lines removed, and 1,797 lines changed every day." And since 2.6.30, those numbers have really gone up: "6,683 lines added, 3,774 lines removed, and 1,797 lines changed every day." It's clear that Linux itself is growing, source activity is increasing and the number of participants is growing with the individual being the biggest contributor. Several news outlets are also reporting that a growing number of wireless companies are becoming more active — perhaps as a result of the Linux-based Android's success.

Submission + - Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies (usatoday.com)

Submitted by ra1482 on Saturday August 21, 2010 @08:02AM

ra1482 writes: Tobacco use on the silver screen peaked in 2005 and has been on the decline since, according to research that looked at the most popular films from 1991 to 2009.

Submission + - Next Nobel Prize to Manning & Assange? (twitlonger.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 21, 2010 @07:56AM

An anonymous reader writes: more of a sentiment, possibly widespread, than a "scoop.

I nominate Julian Assange and Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Giving Assange and Manning the Nobel Prize would:
- be appropriate, fitting, meet, and proper
- give the Nobel Committee back the credibility they lost when awarding it to Barack Obama
- restore the resultant tarnished value after the Obama award
- make the Nobel Peace Prize mean something again
- and who knows? It might keep Messrs Obama, Gates, and Mullen from killing each of them. http://bit.ly/WLdr3d

The immediate, public effect would be significant, and the secondary and tertiary ripples would serve to help this very difficult course-correction for the West that Mr. Assange described in his address to the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this year: http://bit.ly/OFF2010

Anybody got any more good reasons Assange and Manning (actually, Manning and Assange) should get this Prize? Feel Free to Chime In Anytime!

Cheers,
Dave Manchester
Soldier, Minstrel, Journalist, and Itinerant Fruit Picker

Submission + - The Associated Press: Report: rape investigation o (google.com) 1

Submitted by Suki I on Saturday August 21, 2010 @07:08AM

Suki I writes: STOCKHOLM — A Swedish tabloid says an arrest warrant has been issued for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, and officials have issued a statement "confirming media reports." The prosecutor's office in Stockholm "confirms media reports that a foreign citizen has been arrested in absentia" but doesn't name Assange. It says the arrest involves one count of molestation and one count of rape. The WikiLeaks Twitter page referred to Saturday's article in Expressen, which cites prosecutor Maria Haljebo Kjellstrand, as "dirty tricks." It says: "Expressen is a tabloid; No one here has been contacted by Swedish police. Needless to say this will prove hugely distracting." Assange was in Sweden last week.

From the Wikileaks Twitter page: Julian Assange: the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing.

Submission + - Ninth suicide at iPhone factory. (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by __aapspi39 on Friday May 21, 2010 @03:09PM

__aapspi39 writes: A ninth employee has jumped to his death at Taiwanese iPhone and iPad manufacturer Foxconn, China's state media reports. The 21 year old worker was the the eighth fatality this year. This raises questions as to whether the shiny finish of the lifestyle statements available from mega corporations are tarnished by such information, and whether the mistreatment of workers deserves to be highlighted when considering such firms.

Submission + - 30-year-old woman shows boobs to teen on XBox Live (kdvr.com) 1

Submitted by bluefoxlucid on Wednesday February 03, 2010 @10:18AM

bluefoxlucid writes: Penny Arcade commented today on a newscasting covering sexual predation on XBox Live. It seems getting on the Internet can result in talking to complete strangers; and some strangers may ask strange, sexual questions or--in the case of one 30-year-old woman talking to a 16-year-old boy--show you their boobs. As we all know, 16-year-old boys are severely damaged by the sight of boobs; breasts are horribly toxic to males until midnight of their 18th birthday.

Journal Journal: 2010.. 1

Journal by petril on Sunday January 24, 2010 @06:23AM

Wow.. long time has passed since the days I begun using Slashdot... I don't even remember when exactly did I start ./ 'ing.. Around 1996, perhaps?

And it seems like my last journal entry is from 2004... Damn. Oh well, here's another.. Maybe I'll be posting here next time in, say, 2015? What kind of world we are living on in that year, I just wonder.. :)

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