I want one! (for my Ethical Hackers of
course)
"It seems Russia's defense
ministry doesn't trust Google's tablet computers: a new Android
device presented to a top Russian government official boasts
encryption and works with software and a global positioning system
made in Russia, the AFP reports. The OS has all the functional
capabilities of an Android operating system but none
of its hidden features that send users' private data to Google,
addressing concerns that data stored by Google
could slip into the hands of the US government and
expose some of their most secret and sensitive communications. Two
versions of the tablet will supposedly be made — one for
consumers and one for defense needs."
Who knew?
"Quebec police are on the hunt
for a sticky-fingered thief after millions of dollars of maple syrup
vanished from a Quebec warehouse. The theft was discovered
during a routine inventory check last week at the
St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse, where the syrup is being held
temporarily. The Federation
of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which is responsible for the
global
strategic maple syrup reserve, initially
kept the news quiet, hoping it would help police solve the crime
quickly."
Clearly TV over a cable owned cable is
different than TV over an Internet cable! Thanks for clearing that
up lawyer guys...
Broadcasters
Defeat TV Streaming Service
A federal appeals court is dealing a
death blow to an upstart service that streams broadcast television
over the internet, ruling that ivi Inc. is not a cable system and
therefore is not protected by the Copyright Act.
We've know this since the late 1960's,
but every so often we need to remind ourselves. (Yes, before the
personal computer and the world wide web)
Working
From Home? You’re a Better Worker
If you’re a U.S. worker, there’s a
10 percent chance that you work from home at least once a week, and a
4.3 percent chance that you work from home most of the time. And if
you’re one of those working from home, you’re likely a more
productive worker, at least according to a study
recently published by Stanford.
… During the 9-month study they
found:
- A 12 percent increase in productivity for the at-home workers. Of that increase, 8.5 percent came from working more hours (due to shorter breaks and fewer sick days) and 3.5 percent came from more performance per minute. The researchers speculate this was due to quieter working conditions.
- No negative spill-overs to the control group stuck in the office even though they had communicated that they wanted to work from home.
- A 50 percent decrease in attrition among the work-from-home group.
- Substantially higher work satisfaction as measured by a survey among the home group .
Almost every teacher I know already has
the guts of a book. Clean it up, add an intro and make some cash!
I’m sure that more
than a few of you readers have a half-written book or useful guide
you’ve put together to help people learn something.
You’ve probably wondered if it would be possible to make money off
of your book, or at least gain some exposure, by selling it as an
eBook on Amazon.
Well, the idea isn’t as far-fetched
as you might imagine. As long as you have already
created something worth reading, the process of getting it into
Amazon as an eBook isn’t that onerous. We’ll take you
through the basic steps today and you can be selling your eBook in a
few days. It’s easy!
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