Submission + - Sci-Fi Brothel (blastr.com) 1
ISoldat53 writes: New brothel in Nevada to offer sex girls dressed as aliens.
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 26 declined, 6 accepted (32 total, 18.75% accepted)
Submission + - UW unable to meet demand for CS students (nwsource.com)
ISoldat53 writes: The University of Washington has to turn away 4 out of 5 (500) students who want to get a CS degree because of lack of space. The state has no solution because of lack of funds to expand the school.
Submission + - You Thought software patents were a bad idea. (arstechnica.com)
ISoldat53 writes: The Supreme Court seems poised to extend patent protection to the medical profession making scientific correlations in medical practice patentable.
Submission + - The Patriot Act and the EU Cloud (zdnet.com)
ISoldat53 writes: Microsoft admits that the Patriot Act allows government access to data in it's cloud services even in Europe.
Submission + - WI Capitol blocks Pro-Union Web Site (rawstory.com) 1
ISoldat53 writes: State government workers are unable to connect to a pro-union web site ,defendwisconsin.org, from the wifi at the state capitol.
Submission + - Ease of publishing an ebook (huffingtonpost.com)
ISoldat53 writes: This article describes how easy it is to publish an ebook. The author details the costs to the writer for a major publishing house to publish a book and the savings to the writer by self-publishing. He looks to make the same profit selling the book at $2.99 on amazon.com as he does going though a publisher. The book is Kindle specific for now but the author describes how it can be purchased though amazon.com and converted for other readers. No DRM.
Submission + - US to fund software maker tied to Falun Gong (washingtonpost.com)
ISoldat53 writes: From the Washington Post "The State Department has decided to fund a group run mainly by practitioners of Falun Gong, a Buddhist-like sect long considered Enemy No. 1 by the Chinese government, to provide software to skirt Internet censorship across the globe. " Is this because US software developers don't want to make China mad?
Submission + - Comcast Awarded the Golden poo Award (consumerist.com)
ISoldat53 writes: The Consumerist has awarded Comcast the Golden Poo award for the worst company in America.
Submission + - Alaska Airlines to offer wifi
ISoldat53 writes: From the Alaska AIr newsletter: By the end of 2010, Alaska plans to have all of its aircraft outfitted with inflight wireless internet access. We recently announced our plans to install Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet system on all of our 737 aircraft. With Gogo, you will be able to check email, message friends, or surf away on your WiFi-enabled laptop or smartphone. Look for our WiFi-equipped aircraft and get ready to get online.
Submission + - The Ideal ISP (arstechnica.com)
ISoldat53 writes: Ars Technica has a story asking what the ideal ISP would be like.
Submission + - CIA says most voting machines can be hacked (mcclatchydc.com)
ISoldat53 writes: "The CIA, which has been monitoring foreign countries' use of electronic voting systems, has reported apparent vote-rigging schemes in Venezuela, Macedonia and Ukraine and a raft of concerns about the machines' vulnerability to tampering." mcclatchydc.com
Submission + - Anathem
ISoldat53 writes: Any reviews of Neal Stephenson's new book "Anathem?" Before investing the usual amount of time to one of Stephenson's book I'd like to know if it's worth it.
Submission + - Dell faces Class Action Lawsuit (cnet.com)
ISoldat53 writes: CNet reports that Computer maker Dell is now facing a class action lawsuit that alleges the company underpaid 5,000 call center employees.
Submission + - Track changes function in MS Word reveals secrets (talkingpointsmemo.com)
ISoldat53 writes: MS Word's "track changes" function used on a memo obtained by Rep. Henry Waxman to show that a deleted paragraph referred to a meeting where plans were made to hide evidence in an investigation of illegal arms shipment.
Submission + - Carl Icahn wants to oust Yahoo! Board
ISoldat53 writes: According to the paper this morning Carl Icahn who owns approximately 4% of Yahoo!'s stock wants to replace the Board of Directors. How can someone that owns only 4% of a company have so much power?
