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Calling Bullshit on Unpaid Internships 1

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes "'Getting an intern is so hot right now,' writes Stewart Curry. 'It's also bullshit 99% of the time. IrishStu also provides his list of Interning's Big Lies: 1. 'You'll get training.' 2. 'We might hire you after the internship.' 3. 'You get to work with an awesome team.' 4. 'It will look great on your CV.' 5. 'You'll make great contacts.' So, who does it really hurt, Stu? 'Here's who it hurts — interns. You have them working for nothing...Here's who it hurts — people who need a wage in order to survive...Here's who it hurts — companies that want to pay people a decent wage for work they do.' Inside Higher Ed also checks in on The Great Intern Debate."
Games

World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition-> 1

Submitted by Stoobalou
Stoobalou writes "Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its enormously popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft will be free to play for characters up to level 20.
WoW has always offered free trials of one of the world's biggest multi-player online games but previous offers have always been limited to a set number of days.
The new policy means that first-time visitors to Azeroth will be able to build an unlimited number of characters and classes up to level 20 at their leisure, although there will be some limitations."
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Comment: Crippleware for crippled hardware (Score 1) 103

Am I the only person who thinks Chrome OS, iOS and others are simply balkanizing the consumer market and making it twice as difficult for people to pick up different OS environments?

Never mind the OS, what about the applications? Can I run OpenOffice/LibreOffice/MS Office? Can I run Mathematica/Maple/Mathcad/Sage?

Why are we constantly pandering for crappy hardware like Atom processors and limited RAM?
Facebook

Facebook's War on Fake Profiles Hurts Real Victims->

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itwbennett
itwbennett writes "Blogger Dan Tynan just had his profile whacked on Facebook. Well, not his real profile, a fake one he created to 'test out Facebook apps and other features without affecting [his] real Facebook identity.' While Tynan acknowledges Facebook's rules about using fake identities are pretty clear, he also points out that there are bigger things at stake. Take, for example, Michael Anti, a Chinese human rights activist and journalist whose account was also wiped 'because despite publishing under the name Michael Anti for at least a decade, his legal Chinese name is Zhao Jing.' So while Zuckerberg's dog can have a Facebook account, 'people who would want to use Facebook as a medium for social change – like Chinese dissidents, or protestors in Tunisia and Egypt and Libya – cannot risk using their real names.'"
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Businesses

US Punters Play Hunt the iPad 2 as it Sells Out->

Submitted by Stoobalou
Stoobalou writes "Despite gloomy predictions of short lines and even shorter sales, Apple had a bumper US launch for the iPad 2.
Depending on which anal listing outfit from the long line of financial crystal ball gazers willing to have a stab at the sales figures you are prepared to believe, the Mac maker shifted anywhere between 400,000 and a million of the Second Coming of the iPad in its first weekend on sale."
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