31638193
submission
D H NG writes
"In a study by Careercast.com, software engineers retain their position as having the top jobs in 2012. The #1 and #2 positions remain the same from last year. One surprise entry was human resources manager in the #3 position. The worst job was lumberjack, beating out last year's roustabout."Link to Original Source
26902778
submission
D H NG writes
"The Arkansas Supreme Court had overturned a murder conviction due to a juror tweeting during the trial. Erickson Dimas-Martinez was convicted in 2010 of killing a teenager and was sentenced to death. His lawyers appealed the case on account of a juror tweeting his musings during the trial. Tweets sent include "The coffee here sucks" and "Court. Day 5. here we go again". In an opinion, Associate Justice Donald Corbin wrote "because of the very nature of Twitter as an... online social media site, Juror 2's tweets about the trial were very much public discussions." Dimas-Martinez is to be given a new trial."Link to Original Source
22398132
submission
D H NG writes
"After being ordered by the Belgian courts to "remove from its Google.be and Google.com sites, and in particular, cached links visible on Google Web and the Google News service, all articles, photographs and graphics of daily newspapers published in French and German by Belgian publishers", Google had removed all traces of the newspapers in question from all its search services. The newspapers, however, are crying foul, and alleged that it was done in retaliation for being sued for copyright violations."Link to Original Source
21363554
submission
D H NG writes
"Google announced that it recently uncovered a campaign to collect users' passwords. The campaign, apparently originating from China, affected what seem to be the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users including, among others, senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists. Google said it detected and has disrupted this campaign and has notified victims and secured their accounts, as well as notified the relevant government authorities."Link to Original Source
18957960
submission
D H NG writes
"Google had gone public with the results of a sting operations that it says showed Bing was copying Google results. Following the practice of cartographers adding fake data to their maps, Google created fake results for gibberish search strings (such as "mbzrxpgjys") and performed Google searches for those terms on computer with IE Suggested Sites and Bing Toolbar enabled. Sure enough, these results started appearing in Bing for those search terms. Microsoft did not deny the allegations."Link to Original Source
18721572
submission
D H NG writes
"While announcing its Q4 financial results, Google had also announced some changes in leadership. Starting April 4, Google co-founder Larry Page will replace Eric Schmidt as CEO. Sergey Brin will retain the title Co-Founder and Eric Schmidt becomes the Executive Chairman and retains his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors."Link to Original Source
18480124
submission
D H NG writes
"According to a new study by CareerCast.com, software engineers have the best jobs of 2011 in the United States, based on factors such as income, working environment, stress, physical demands and job outlook, using Labor Department and Census data. Mid-level software engineers make between $87,000 and $132,000 a year, putting them in the top 25% of the 200 professions studied by income. Software engineers beat out last year's number one job, actuary, which came in third, behind mathematician."Link to Original Source
13852746
submission
D H NG writes
"Barely two months after launching the Kin phones amid much hoopla, Microsoft has pulled the plug on the phones aimed at teens. "We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned," the company said. "Additionally, we are integrating our KIN team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from KIN into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones.""
12425422
submission
D H NG writes
"After the Data Protection Agency in Germany asked Google to audit the Wifi data that its Google Street View cars were collecting, Google discovered that it was inadvertently collecting more data than intended. Besides the SSID and MAC addresses, it was also collecting samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) WiFi networks. Google is asking a third party to review the software at issue, how it worked and what data it gathered, as well as to confirm that they deleted the data appropriately; and internally reviewing its procedures to ensure that its controls are sufficiently robust to address these kinds of problems in the future."Link to Original Source
12417822
submission
D H NG writes
"Four months after launching the Nexus One in an online-only web store, Google admitted that sales through this channel had not met its expectations. Google announced that it will soon be selling Nexus One through existing retail channels and convert the online store to "an online store window to showcase a variety of Android phones available globally.""
