| Tech Looks To Obama To Save Them From 'Just Sort of OK' US Workers | UK Police Warn Sharing James Foley Killing Video Is a Crime  Upgrade Your IT Savvy and Career - 100% Online. Ranked a Best National University by U.S. News, regionally accredited Florida Tech offers associates, bachelors and masters degrees in IT. Knowledge Really is Power. No ACT/SAT/GRE or GMAT required! Start today! Learn More! Find out the five key success factors for accomplishing your business objectives with big data, including tips for building a big data infrastructure that operates efficiently and securely, and delivers powerful performance, scalability, and manageability. Learn More! From the know-when-to-fold-'em department An anonymous reader writes: Philip Danks used a camcorder to record Fast & Furious 6 in a U.K. cinema. Later, he shared it via bittorrent and allegedly sold physical copies. Now, he's been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his actions. "In...  From the right-in-the-pride department theodp writes Following up on news that the White House met with big biz on immigration earlier this month, Bloomberg sat down with Joe Green, the head of Mark Zuckerberg's Fwd.US PAC, to discuss possible executive actions President Obama might... From the biggest-heatsink department vinces99 writes with news about a study that may account for a slowdown in air temperature rises. Following rapid warming in the late 20th century, this century has so far seen surprisingly little increase in the average temperature at the Earth's... From the do-not-pass-go department An anonymous reader points out that UK authorities have warned that sharing the video of the James Foley murder could lead to prosecution under anti-terror laws. Scotland Yard has warned internet users they could be arrested under terrorism... From the there-goes-the-boom department Lasrick writes The referendum on Scottish independence on September 18th affects more than just residents of the United Kingdom. All of the UK's nuclear deterrent is located in Scotland, and Alex Salmond and the Scottish government have pledged to... From the friendly-until-they-have-your-money department jammag writes: A new trend has emerged where tech companies have realized that abusing users pays big. Examples include the highly publicized Comcast harassing service call, Facebook "experiments," Twitter timeline tinkering, rude Korean telecoms... From the in-before-correlation-!=-causation department An anonymous reader sends word of correlation found between higher internet speeds and higher test scores. Quoting: The numbers—first crunched by the Internet provider comparison site HSI — show a distinct trend between faster Internet... From the do-you-want-to-be-a-virtual-pedestrian? department An anonymous reader writes Google has been testing its autonomous vehicles on U.S. roads for a while now. In fact, they're required to, by law. "California's regulations stipulate autonomous vehicles must be tested under "controlled conditions"... From the looking-forward-to-the-mobile-app department An anonymous reader notes coverage of research from the University of Michigan into the ease with which attackers can hack traffic lights. From the article: As is typical in large urban areas, the traffic lights in the subject city are networked... From the right-hand-thinks-the-left-hand-is-a-jerk department An anonymous reader writes: We've known for a while that NSA specifically targets Tor, because they want to disrupt one of the last remaining communication methods they aren't able to tap or demand access to. However, not everybody at the NSA is... From the they're-a-myth department An anonymous reader writes: I have an old phone with a battery that barely works anymore. My current phone's battery is mediocre — I can put up with it, but I've been thinking about getting a new one. My four-year-old ThinkPad holds less of... From the bet-you-wished-you'd-stuck-to-word-of-mouth department An anonymous reader writes: Terrorist organization ISIS has been in the news a lot lately for their hostile activities in Iraq and Syria. They've also been very active online, posting propaganda and photos on various social networking sites to try... From the teach-the-controversy department onproton writes Northern Illinois University recently began restricting student access to web pages that contain "illegal or unethical" content which, according to University policy, includes resources used for "political activities...and the... From the i'm-sure-the-marketroids-have-something-in-mind department gthuang88 writes: As the marketing hype around "big data" subsides, a recent wave of startups is solving a new class of data-related problems and showing where the field is headed. Niche analytics companies like RStudio, Vast, and FarmLink are... From the good-enough-for-an-A department SternisheFan sends this report from CNET: Researchers at the University of California Riverside Bourns College of Engineering and the University of Michigan have identified a weakness they believe to exist across Android, Windows, and iOS...  |
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