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Submission + - Steve Jobs against DRM. Pledge or Prank?

Submitted by

Henri Poole

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @01:46AM

Henri Poole writes: "DefectivebyDesign has just published an open letter to Steve Jobs, requesting that he put actions behind his recent thoughts on DRM and music, published last month on the Apple blog. Just hours after it was published, it had recieved over 1,000 signatures. With DefectiveByDesign's history of theatrics, it will be interesting to see how this is delivered to Jobs on April 1st. Got any fun suggestions?"

Submission + - DHS official criticizes 'PlayStation generation'

Submitted by

PetManimal

on Monday March 05, 2007 @11:21AM

PetManimal writes: "The Department of Homeland Security's research director, Jay Cohen, is unhappy about the state of science education in the United States, saying that the "PlayStation generation" wants immediate gratification and avoid math and science because these subjects are too hard. While there has been an undeniable downward trend in undergraduates studying IS/CS, the reason may have less to do with instant gratification than fears about slow IT job growth and IT careers being offshored to places like China and India. Bill Gates, in an opinion piece in the Washington Post, says there is a shortage of qualified technical workers in the United States. He claims the situation has reached a "crisis point", and the solution, besides boosting science and math education, is to increase the number of H1B visas."

Submission + - Another Crack in the Environmental Wall

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05, 2007 @10:04AM

An anonymous reader writes: Claude Allegre, one of France's leading socialists and among her most celebrated scientists, was among the first to sound the alarm about the dangers of global warming.
Has now changed his mind...

With a wealth of data now in, Dr. Allegre has recanted his views. To his surprise, the many climate models and studies failed dismally in establishing a man-made cause of catastrophic global warming. Meanwhile, increasing evidence indicates that most of the warming comes of natural phenomena. Dr. Allegre now sees global warming as over-hyped and an environmental concern of second rank.
More at http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html ?id=2f4cc62e-5b0d-4b59-8705-fc28f14da388&p=1

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