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Comment "Are you hiring?" (Score 1) 310

by kiracatgirl (#25511893) Attached to: How To Deploy a Game Console In the Office?
Why anyone would want to work for this company is beyond me. Why?

"We have employee monitoring software in use and need to track the usage of the console. So, it seems best to use a capture card along with some type of viewer utility. This would allow us to have a record of when and how long the console was used, in case anyone else in management ever has a problem."

Sure, I don't have a game console at work. But I don't have anyone breathing down my neck if I play some flash games or watch youtube videos or whatever during downtime. I'd much rather work someplace where I'm trusted to get my work done on my own (which I do) without excessive monitoring than someplace where they keep tabs on what their employees are doing "just in case". Free game console or not.
Google

Submission + - Google Geek's Famous Photos (nytimes.com)

Submitted by kiracatgirl
kiracatgirl writes: Here's a fun story about a relatively unknown Google employee and his hobby — taking photographs of himself with famous visitors to Google's headquarters. His gallery is posted on the walls at Google HQ, but is also available for our viewing pleasure at his online photo album.
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Submission + - Point and click Gmail hacking at Black Hat (tgdaily.com)

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not5150 writes: "Using Gmail or most other webmail programs over an unsecured access points just got a bit more dangerous. At Black Hat, Robert Graham, CEO of errata security, showed how to capture and clone session cookies. He even hijacked a shocked attendee's Gmail account in the middle of his Black Hat speech."
The Internet

Submission + - "Social" Computing: Badger's Paws Anyone?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: When Yahoo!'s Jeremy Zawodny recently asked What the heck is Web 2.0 anyway? he received a set of responses reminiscent of those garnered by The Reg back in 2005, which famously concluded, based on its readers' responses, that Web 2.0 was made up of 12% badger's paws, 6% JavaScript worms, and 26% nothing. Nonetheless, as Social Computing (SoC) widens and deepens its footprint, another Jeremy — Jeremy Geelan — has asked if we are witnessing the death of "Personal" Computing. SoC, Geelan notes, has already become an academic field of study. But isn't Social Computing too maybe just badger's paws?
The Internet

Journal Journal: Elevator effect on second life 167

Journal by razpones
There is an interesting video on npr on how real human reactions translate to the virtual world, it's interesting in the view of the question posted here about rape on second life . The video is about a little experiment on second life where the reporter gets together with a psychologist to see if breaking some unspoken human rules apply on the virtual world, such as staring or being too close
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Submission + - Nanotech tablecloth that charges your laptop

Submitted by moscowde
moscowde writes: Research scientists at the University of Tokyo have come up with a unique sheet-like material that can transmit electrical energy over a large area to nearby devices without the need for direct contact, so it can be made into a tablecloth or wallpaper and your appliance can be anywhere on a surface to get charged. The system uses organic molecules as transistors, microelectromechanical switches, and miniature copper coils to transmit energy using electromagnetic induction. http://www.justchromatography.com/general/world-wi thout-wires

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