Some Mozilla Employees Demand New CEO Step Down; Minnesota Teen Wins Settlement After School Takes Facebook Password

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It is your one-stop shop for a recap of the top News for Nerds from the week.  Learn More!    Some Mozilla Employees Demand New CEO Step Down  From the why-you-don't-say department _xeno_ (155264) writes "Mozilla recently named a new CEO, Brendan Eich, and as commentators in that article noted, there could be some backlash over his private contributions to political campaigns. Well, it turns out that they were correct, and...   Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL?  From the stock-up-like-y2k department An anonymous reader writes "As most of us working in IT may know, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. Although this fact has been known for quite some time, XP is still relatively popular in companies and also enjoys...   Minnesota Teen Wins Settlement After School Takes Facebook Password  From the mandatory-everything department schwit1 (797399) writes "A Minnesota school district has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by viewing her Facebook and email accounts without permission. The lawsuit,...   Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way  From the shut-up-and-take-my-money department mendax sends this excerpt from a New York Times op-ed: "like Napster in the late 1990s, [torrent-streaming app Popcorn Time] offered a glimpse of what seemed like the future, a model for how painless it should be to stream movies and TV shows...   More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use  From the keep-you-eyes-on-the-road-your-hands-upon-the-wheel department schwit1 (797399) writes "Texting and driving is dangerous but a new survey finds talking on a cellphone while behind the wheel may be even worse. The National Safety Council's annual report found 26 percent of all crashes are tied to phone use,...   Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins  From the go-big-or-go-home department An anonymous reader writes: "Mining new Bitcoins is computationally expensive — you can't expect to do much on your standard home computer. Many miners have built custom rigs to mine more efficiently, but it was only a matter of time until...   Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy  From the price-is-them-mother-of-invention department cartechboy (2660665) writes "Sometimes we get carried away with sexy moonshot car tech--whereas most everyday gains are about reducing inefficiencies, piece by piece. Volvo's flywheel energy-recovery prototype is a great example of the latter--not...   Hacking Charisma  From the check-your-dependencies department An anonymous reader writes: "Steve Jobs had it. George Clooney has it. So does Don Draper. Charisma is intangible but powerful: the personality trait that's used to win friends and influence people. Olivia Fox Cabane wasn't born with it. She was a...   Anti-Game-Violence Legislator Arrested, Faces Gun Trafficking Charges  From the should-have-stayed-home-and-played-GTA department Several readers sent word that California State Senator Leland Yee was arrested today. He's accused of conspiring to traffic guns and commit wire fraud, to defraud citizens of honest services, and bribery. The complant (PDF) also names 25 other...   Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age  From the might-not-last-a-whole-week department First time accepted submitter chimeraha (3594169) writes "Synchronized with the northern winter solstice and the UNIX Epoch, the terran computational calendar contains 13 identical months of 28 days each in addition to a short Month Zero...   Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears  From the putin-actually-invented-it department wiredmikey writes: "Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday. Journalists spotted that ministers at a cabinet meeting were no longer...   Xbox One Reputation System Penalizes Gamers Who Behave Badly  From the good-news-for-everyone's-mothers department New submitter DroidJason1 writes: "Microsoft has added new 'player reputation scores' to each Xbox Live member's Gamercard. The scores are represented by icons consisting of the colors green, yellow, and red. The more hours you play fairly online...   Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will  From the ask-me-anything department samzenpus (5) writes "Founder of the computer anti-virus company McAfee Associates, John McAfee gained world-wide attention eluding Belizean authorities in the jungle. Since we last sat down with John, he's been working on a device that blocks the...   Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine  From the fake-fake-vs-real-fake department ananyo (2519492) writes "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine — possibly penicillin or derivatives of the antibiotic."...   Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint  From the to-a-tablet-near-you department An anonymous reader writes "At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go...       Follow us on Facebook Twitter Google+

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Job Automation and the Minimum Wage Debate; What Do You Consider Elegant Code?

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The answer is not obvious, but my best theory is that it has to do with...   What Do You Consider Elegant Code?  From the link-it-if-you've-got-it department lxrslh writes: "Since the dawn of computing, we have read about massive failed projects, bugs that are never fixed, security leaks, spaghetti code, and other flaws in the programs we use every day to operate the devices and systems upon which we...   Minecraft Creator Halts Plans For Oculus Version Following Facebook Acquisition  From the rash-decisions department An anonymous reader writes "Not one hour after the announcement of the the acquisition of Oculus Rift by Facebook yesterday, Markus 'Notch' Persson has announced that he has ceased all discussions about bringing it to Oculus Rift. 'I don't want to...   Tesla's Fight With Car Dealers Could Help Decide the Next Presidential Election  From the single-issue-electorate department Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Marcus Wohlsen writes that the most recent ban against Tesla selling cars directly from the company instead of through third-party dealers was enacted in New Jersey with the support of Gov. Chris Christie, a...   TSA Missed Boston Bomber Because His Name Was Misspelled In a Database  From the let's-blame-technology department schwit1 sends this news from The Verge: "Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the primary conspirator in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people, slipped through airport security because his name was misspelled in a database, according to a new...   UK Bans Sending Books To Prisoners  From the because-thoughts-are-dangerous department Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: "Alan Travis and Mark Tran report in The Guardian that new rules introduced by the justice secretary in the UK ban anyone sending in books to prisoners It's part of a new earned-incentives and privileges scheme, which...   Peter Molyneux: Working For Microsoft Is Like Taking Antidepressants  From the supertanker-sinks-more-slowly department SmartAboutThings (1951032) writes "Peter Molyneux is one of the most famous personalities in the history of gaming, especially recognized for having created God games Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Black & White, but also the Fable series. 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People can look forward to faster loading times and a little better performance than before. A...   Security for the 'Internet of Things' (Video)  From the my-kitchen-sink-has-been-hacked-and-is-spewing-hot-water-all-over-the-place department What happens when your oven is on the Internet? A malicious hacker might be able to set it to broil while you're on vacation, and get it so hot that it could start a fire. Or a prankster might set your alarm to wake you up at 3 a.m. - and what if...   NVIDIA Unveils Next-Gen Pascal GPU With Stacked 3D DRAM and GeForce GTX Titan Z  From the reinforcing-the-memory-hierarchy department MojoKid (1002251) writes "NVIDIA's 2014 GTC (GPU Technology Conference) kicked off today in San Jose California, with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang offering up a healthy dose of new information on next generation NVIDIA GPU technologies. 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Jimmy Wales To 'Holistic Healers': Prove Your Claims the Old-Fashioned Way; Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows

Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion   |  Researchers Find Problems With Rules of Bitcoin     How Secure Do You Feel? And what are you doing about it? We want to know about your IT security strategy. Take our two-question survey to let us know. Learn More! Jimmy Wales To 'Holistic Healers': Prove Your Claims the Old-Fashioned Way  Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion  Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree?  Researchers Find Problems With Rules of Bitcoin  Jimmy Carter: Snowden Disclosures Are 'Good For Americans To Know'  Mazda Says Its Upcoming Gas-Powered Cars Will Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars  3D Printing: Have You Taken the Plunge Yet? Planning To?  IRS: Bitcoin Is Property, Not Currency  Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows  White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection  Diablo 3 Expansion Reaper of Souls Launches  Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor  Remote ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash  Adam Carolla Joins Fight Against Podcast Patent Troll  Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company    Slashback -- The Best of Slashdot Get a weekly roundup of the most-discussed stories from Slashdot delivered to your inbox. It is your one-stop shop for a recap of the top News for Nerds from the week.  Learn More!    Jimmy Wales To 'Holistic Healers': Prove Your Claims the Old-Fashioned Way  From the why-not-just-petition-with-auras? department Barence (1228440) writes with this excerpt from PC Pro: "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has issued a sharp response to petitioners calling for his site to "allow for true scientific discourse" on holistic healing. The petition, currently running on...   Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion  From the what-on-earth department Several readers sent word that Facebook will acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion. Mark Zuckerberg says the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is the beginning of something big: "This is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present,...   Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree?  From the assume-the-identity-of-a-current-holder department First time accepted submitter AnOminusCowHerd (3399855) writes "I have an Associates degree in programming and systems analysis, and over a decade of experience in the field. I work primarily as a contractor, so I'm finding a new job/contract...   Researchers Find Problems With Rules of Bitcoin  From the ruining-everything-with-math department holy_calamity (872269) writes "Using game theory to analyze the rules of cryptocurrency Bitcoin suggests some changes are needed to make the currency sustainable in the long term, reports MIT Technology Review. Studies from Princeton and Cornell...   Jimmy Carter: Snowden Disclosures Are 'Good For Americans To Know'  From the easy-for-him-to-say department McGruber writes: "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter defended the disclosures by fugitive NSA contractor Edward Snowden on Monday, saying revelations that U.S. intelligence agencies were collecting meta-data of Americans' phone calls and e-mails...   Mazda Says Its Upcoming Gas-Powered Cars Will Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars  From the extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence department cartechboy writes: "One of the arguments for electric cars is that we are reducing greenhouse gases and emitting less CO2 than vehicles with an internal combustion engine. But Mazda says its next-generation SkyActiv engines will be so efficient,...   3D Printing: Have You Taken the Plunge Yet? Planning To?  From the well-have-you? department First time accepted submitter mandark1967 (630856) writes "With recent advances in working with different filaments (Wood filament, Nylon, etc) and price drops seen lately, I'm curious to know how many of you have decided to take the plung and get...   IRS: Bitcoin Is Property, Not Currency  From the cryptoproperty-doesn't-have-the-same-ring-to-it department An anonymous reader sends this news from Bloomberg: "The U.S. government will treat Bitcoin as property for tax purposes, applying rules it uses to govern stocks and barter transactions, the Internal Revenue Service said in its first substantive...   Microsoft Posts Source Code For MS-DOS and Word For Windows  From the historical-sources department An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft, along with the Computer History Museum, has posted the source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, and Word for Windows 1.1a. It's been a long time coming — DOS 2.0 was released for IBM PCs in 1983, and Word...   White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection  From the kind-of-sort-of department The New York Times reported last night that the White House is planning to introduce a legislative package that would mostly end the NSA's bulk collection of phone records. Instead, phone companies would be required to hand over records up to "two...   Diablo 3 Expansion Reaper of Souls Launches  From the stay-awhile-and-listen department Today Blizzard released the first expansion to Diablo 3, titled Reaper of Souls. The expansion continues the story with Act 5, which includes trips to Westmarch and Pandemonium. The level cap goes up to 70, there's a new class: the Crusader, and...   Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor  From the get-what-you-paid-for? department SmartAboutThings (1951032) writes "Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 2 tablet in October 2013 with several hardware upgrades, like the new 1.6GHz Core i5-4200U processor specifically optimized for longer battery life and increased performance....   Remote ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash  From the $$$-rofl-omg-$$$ department judgecorp (778838) writes "A newly discovered malware attack uses a smartphone connected to the computer that manages an ATM, and then sends an SMS message to instruct it to dispense cash. The attack was reported by Symantec, and builds on a...   Adam Carolla Joins Fight Against Podcast Patent Troll  From the save-penn's-sunday-school department First time accepted submitter tor528 (896250) writes "Patent troll Personal Audio has sued top podcasters including Adam Carolla and HowStuffWorks, claiming that they own the patent for delivery of episodic content over the Internet. Adam Carolla...   Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company  From the you're-not-cool-enough department sfcrazy (1542989) writes with news that fancier Google Glasswear is coming soon "Google has signed a deal with The Luxottica Group, the world's largest eyewear company (controlling 80% of the eyewear market). Luxottica owns Ray-Ban, Oakley,...       Follow us on Facebook Twitter Google+

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