10363238
submission
Jeian writes
"MSNBC reports that the Internet has been nominated for a 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The article states that "The Internet submission was backed by Shirin Ebadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her human rights work, and by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the $100 laptop project, One Laptop per Child.""Link to Original Source
1194365
submission
jeian writes
"The St. Petersburg Times ran a story over the weekend about the new face of IT outsourcing at Nielsen Media Research. Rather than relocating their IT positions overseas, Nielsen's management has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services to "import" foreign workers en masse, a move that has left many of Nielsen's discarded career employees feeling unhappy (to say the least.)
Is this something we can expect to see more of as the world gets smaller?"
377817
submission
Jeian writes
"Wired.com wonders — was the Mechanical Turk search for Steve Fossett effective? As one "Turker" put it, "I don't see any downsides to it, so long as people don't pester the professional search-and-rescue teams with poor leads." Unfortunately, Maj. Cynthia Ryan of the Civil Air Patrol says that's exactly what happened: "The crowdsourcing thing added a level of complexity that we didn't need, because 99.9999 percent of the people who were doing it didn't have the faintest idea what they're looking for.""Link to Original Source
177933
submission
Jeian writes
"According to Community Manager Eyonix, Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against gold-selling site Peons4Hire. Details are sketchy, but it seems they are demanding that Peons4Hire cease advertising in-game immediately. Depending on the outcome of the suit, it could set an interesting precedent for sites that sell virtual currency."
105094
submission
Jeian writes
"None other than Bill Gates has spoken out against tighter immigration policies in the US. According to Gates, the US is losing skilled immigrants to other countries that are easier to immigrate to. Among his comments: "I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft.""
30865
submission
jeian writes
"An article by The Independect calls the modern United Kingdom a surveillance state. From the article: "Britain has sleepwalked into becoming a surveillance society that increasingly intrudes into our private lives and impacts on everyday activities". The levels of surveillance described in the article almost make the Patriot Act look tame by comparison..."
26500
submission
jeian writes
"My Direct Democracy, a "liberal group blog", is trying out a new campaign tactic — Google bombing. From the article: "Searching Google for 'Peter King,' the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined 'King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.'" Google's policy has typically been to not intervene and let the algorithms work by themselves, but could this change if Google-bombing becomes a common tactic?"
