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Submission + - US CEO says French workers have 'three-hour' working day (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by M3.14 on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @06:46PM

M3.14 writes: In a letter addressed to French Industrial Renewal Minister, US tyre manufacturing company CEO is writing (original FR article with English letter) that it would be stupid to buy any factory in France since workers don't really work full time. He'd rather buy cheap factories in India and China instead and import tyres back to France. This really places a question where is the equilibrium between unions and companies. In this case it definitely went all the way down on union side.

Submission + - Playstation 4 presentation livestream (noshitshurlock.com)

Submitted by

LatestGamingnews

on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @06:42PM

LatestGamingnews writes: "Watch the presentation of the upcoming Playstation 4 live on our Livestream from the event in New York"

Submission + - 19 Percent of World's Reptiles Slip into Extinction

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18, 2013 @08:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: A latest study from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) states that nearly 19 percent of the world's reptiles face extinction. This study was conducted in collaboration with experts from IUCN.

Submission + - New 'Zombie' Cells Outperform the Living in the Lab

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18, 2013 @06:59PM

An anonymous reader writes: For all fans that follow The Walking Dead, it turns out the dead may indeed outperform the living. Scientists have created "zombie" mammalian cells that function better after they die. Although creating "zombie" cells may seem like a dubious endeavor, it has quite a few practical applications. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico coated a cell with a silica solution. This created a near-perfect replica of the structure that could simplify a wide variety of commercial fabrication processes. In fact, the process allowed the researchers to preserve cells down to the minor grooves of its DNA.

Submission + - GameStop's Mayan Apocalypse (goozernation.com)

Submitted by kube00 on Monday February 18, 2013 @04:20PM

kube00 writes: The rumor mill is saying the next generation of consoles might not play used games. What does this mean for retailers such as Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy? Will gamers flock to the one console that can still play used games? GoozerNation speculates if the Mayan apocalyspse draws near for used game sales

Submission + - Is the iPad Making You FAT?" (mp3newswire.net) 1

Submitted by Hodejo1 on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:24PM

Hodejo1 writes: Cocooning is used to describe people who hide from the angst of the outside world by sequestering themselves in their living rooms. Modern media technology, from tablets to huge flat screens, has taken it all up to a new level, allowing people to work and entertain themselves without ever leaving the warm comfort of home. In what some now describe as super cocooning, consumers in 2012 spent sharply less on hotels (-21%), car rentals (-26%), restaurants (-16%) and tolls (-8%) than in 2011, while consumer spending on electronics exploded by 65% during the same period. "It does not take a brilliant intuition to figure out that super cocooning equals chunky couch potato. If super cocooning indeed adds to an already significant obesity crisis in this nation and if media devices feed super cocooning...well, you know what's going to come in the near future. Alarming little teasers on your favorite television news program along the lines of Is the iPad Making You FAT?"

Submission + - Facebook Hacks Points to Much Bigger Threat for Mobile Developers (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by

DavidGilbert99

on Monday February 18, 2013 @12:08PM

DavidGilbert99 writes: "Facebook admitted last weekend that it was hacked but assured everyone that no data was compromised. However following some investigation by security firm F-Secure, it seems this could be just the tip of the iceberg and that thousands of mobile app developers without the dedicated security team Facebook has in place could already be compromised.

The vector for the attack was a mobile developer's website, and the malware used likely targeted Apple's Mac OS X rather than Windows. Why? Because MacBook's are the laptop of choice of any discerning Silicon Valley engineer/developer."

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