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How The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked Us: A Detailed Timeline

Early Thursday morning, a Forbes senior executive was woken up by a call from her assistant, saying that she'd be working from home due to a forecast predicting the snowiest day of the year. When she ended the call, the executive saw on her Blackberry that she had just received [...]

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Hasnain says:

"Obesity may have harmful effects on the brain, and exercise may counteract many of those negative effects, according to sophisticated new neurological experiments with mice, even when the animals do not lose much weight. While it’s impossible to know if human brains respond in precisely the same way to fat and physical activity, the findings offer one more reason to get out and exercise."

Posted on 2014-03-07T06:17:49+0000

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Rereading the tea leaves in the Netflix-Comcast deal

<b>commentary</b> Commentators appear to have assumed the worst about Netflix's recently announced paid peering deal with Comcast. What's the real message in the deal? The Internet isn't broken. Read this article by Larry Downes on CNET News.

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I am Brian Greene, Theoretical Physicist & co-founder of World Science U. My obsessions: Space,...

Hi Reddit, My research focuses on some of the big mysteries: the origin of the cosmos, quantum mechanics and reality, the possibility of other unive...

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Gamasutra: Ramin Shokrizade's Blog - The Top F2P Monetization Tricks

Finally, I would like to relay that King.com feels that their use of data in their game is for the purpose of "optimizing fun", not profits...�

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Hasnain says:

"Research has shown that putting even one intermediate currency between the consumer and real money, such as a “game gem” (premium currency), makes the consumer much less adept at assessing the value of the transaction. Additional intermediary objects, what I call “layering”, makes it even harder for the brain to accurately assess the situation, especially if there is some additional stress applied."

Just reading that leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Posted on 2014-03-06T01:02:15+0000

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With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the Google Way | Wired Business | Wired.com

Another day, another report of a Windows price cut. Having lost the war for mobile computing, Microsoft is finally trading operating system revenue for ubiquity -- Google style.

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Hasnain says:

"Microsoft, it seems, is also following in the footsteps of Google operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS. Last week, The Verge reported that Redmond is preparing a free version of Windows 8.1, its latest operating system for desktop and laptop PCs."

Posted on 2014-03-04T23:25:28+0000

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For Runner With M.S., No Pain While Racing, No Feeling at the Finish

Despite a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis three years ago, Kayla Montgomery, 18, has gone on to become one of the fastest young distance runners in the country.

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“I make myself do it,” she said.

“I tell myself, ‘I know you’re tired and you can’t feel anything and it’s hard but you’re going to finish this.’ And then I do.”

Posted on 2014-03-04T23:24:01+0000

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Mandatory vacations in tech: better code, happier companies - The Sourcegraph Blog

Can a policy that banks use to combat insider fraud also make tech companies produce better products and happier employees? Sure. At Sourcegraph, our mandatory vacation policy requires everyone to completely disconnect from work for at least 2 weeks each year—no exceptions. We’ve instituted this pol...

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Hasnain says:

"Can a policy that banks use to combat insider fraud also make tech companies produce better products and happier employees? Sure. "

Posted on 2014-03-04T23:22:36+0000