27312116
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Meshach writes:
The United States is asking scientific journals publishing details about biomedical research to censor articles out of feat that terrorists could acquire the information. The panel cannot force the journals to censor their articles, but the editor of Science, Bruce Alberts, said the journal was taking the recommendations seriously and would most likely withhold some information. Are we heading for another rorschach-style cheat sheet being developed?
26853830
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Meshach writes:
The terms of service for Microsoft's newly launched Windows Store allows the seller to remotely kill or remove access to a user's apps for security or legal reasons. The story also notes that MS states purchases are responsible for backing up the data that you store in apps that you acquire via the Windows Store, including content you upload using those apps. If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored.
26476578
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Meshach writes:
Google maps can now provide you with directions when you are inside airports, transit centers, and major shops in the United States and Japan. The service is available for Android phones and Google is encouraging businesses to upload their floorplans.
25838330
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Meshach writes:
The New York Times has an interesting article about how Google has revealed some of the inner workings of the Google Search service. The main change is that sites that are not in English will be translated then included in the search results. Google said it has also improved the way it recognizes official Web sites, like those published by the government, and will give those sites higher ranking in search results. Google does not usually reveal such details but the article speculates governments have been pushing for more transparancy.
25559136
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Meshach writes:
Interesting story at WSJ.com about how Barnes & Noble Inc. lobbied the Justice Department to open a new antitrust probe against Microsoft regarding their abuse of the patent system. BN saw Microsoft filing a slew of frivolous patents in order to stop the development of their handheld. Apparently MS attempted a similar racket against Google with the recent release of Android and Google complied but BN does not have the cash reserves of Google and is fighting back.
25487870
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Meshach writes:
Security researcher Security researcher Charlie Miller recently discovered a security hole in iOS software. To test the feature, Miller released a generic stock-checking app called InstaStock that could tap into his own server and grab bits of code to show that it worked. But according to Apple this violates the ToS of his contract and he has been fired.
24563972
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Meshach writes:
In the past ten years or so heightened security awareness has led to hackers having the potential to make large amounts of cash. The primary way to acquire said cash is to discover security vulnerabilities in large high profile systems and to charge whoever manages the system cash to reveal the vulnerabilities to them and not to reveal them to the hacker community at large. In addition to money such hackers often support politically charged situations like WikiLeaks.
24496888
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Meshach writes:
An interesting study has been published that claims that in most cases office saboteurs are motivated by envy. The research says that people who are jealous of others accomplishments are more likely to committing sabotage: monetary or power gain is not the primary factor.
24142638
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Meshach writes:
Interesting story out that scientists in Italy have discovered particles that travel faster then the speed of light defined by Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. This result could wrecks havoc on modern physics and maybe open the possibility of wormhole / time travel or other such fantasies.
24112996
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Meshach writes:
With the recent news my opinion of Julian Assange has...
- Gotten better
- About the same
- Getting worse
- Julian who?
24084790
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Meshach writes:
NASA is now saying that the dinosaurs were not killed by a giant asteroid. Turns out that the asteroid impact suspected to be the culprit hit the Earth 20 million years earlier then previously thought meaning that its consequences were long gone when the extinction took place. This news makes the ultimate reason behind the dinosaur's demise unknown.
23994468
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Meshach writes:
Recently Canada's telecommunications regulator revealed that net neutrality was failing and that throttling was taking place. Apparently several months later things have not improved and Canada's telecommunications regulator on Friday gave Rogers Communications Inc., mere days to stop throttling online games.
23552670
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Meshach writes:
Reports out of Canada that YouTube announced it's streaming video service is coming to Canada on the same day that Blockbuster Canada is finally going out of business. YouTube claims that the dates coinciding is entirely accidental.
22686258
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Meshach writes:
The much maligned facial-recognition feature of Facebook is going to be disabled to user located in Canada. Facebook declined to give a reason why the service is being selectively applied.
22661800
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Meshach writes:
Nearly every Windows installer says it right after you launch the installer: "It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this setup program". But I want to know is there anyone who does this? Moreover is this dire warning really necessary? Judging from the number of times I have skipped it I would say not.
