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Submission + - Who owns your health data? (wsj.com)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about how the data from Implanted health devices is managed and the limitations patients run into when they want to see the data. Companies like Medtronic plan to sell the data but won't provide it to the person who generated it.

Submission + - Hackers stole information from IAEA servers (sueddeutsche.de)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: A hacker group called "Parastoo" have broken into an International Atomic Energy Agency computer and released details of more than 100 IAEA experts. They are asking the experts to criticize Israel's nuclear arsenal. Original article in German here: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/un-atombehoerde-hacker-brechen-in-iaea-netzwerk-ein-1.1535207

Google translation:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8da9sd

Comment Next they'll off-shore them (Score 4, Interesting) 532

by porsche911 (#40124545) Attached to: Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter

I can see them off-shoring production to China and getting 100's a month. Their big problem is going to be training pilots fast enough.

As far as the "age" - it was a good design then and is still a good design. Upgrade the weapons to something more modern and they are going to be very dangerous on a battlefield.
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Submission + - Google-Oracle Jury (wsj.com)

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porsche911 writes: "The jury decided Google did make use of Oracle's Java interfaces, but was unable to reach a decision on whether that was protected under the so-called fair-use doctrine.

The jury did find separately that Google infringed a minimal amount of Java source code as it developed its Android mobile phone software, though the judge overseeing the case indicated Oracle would only be entitled to statutory damages as a result. "
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Submission + - IBM (cringely.com)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: Cringely has a series of blogs about IBMs plans going up this week. The first one talks about plans to double Earnings per Share by moving everything but Sales off-shore (i.e., India). Some great and still very applicable quotes from the late Steve Jobs about what happens when "content" people get pushed out by "marketing" and "accounting" folks.

Submission + - Economist on the death of distance (economist.com)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: Interesting article from The Economist on the bifurcation of jobs in America.
"While employment in retail trade is down by more than 300,000 jobs over the past decade, employment in "computer systems design and related services" is up nearly 400,000 jobs."

Submission + - Hacking is Important (randsinrepose.com)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: As usual, Rands nails the discussion in his bolt "Hacking is Important".

"Failure to create some form of predictability will result in chaos. Failure to create some sort of well-maintained Barbaric chaos inside the company guarantees that a fast-moving, ambitious, risk-taking and ruthless someone else — someone outside the company will invade, because they know what you forgot: hacking is important."

Submission + - The Computer-controlled future (spiegel.de)

Submitted by porsche911
porsche911 writes: Great article in Spiegel about the future with computers and the social impacts.
"the power of computers is growing so quickly that they will be capable of operating with absolutely no human involvement at some point in the future. Ford believes that 75-percent unemployment is a possibility before the end of the century."

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