Dell layoffs this week: 15,000 to be hit: report | ZDNet
Insiders say that Dell's anticipated layoff programme will begin this week, with roughly 15,000 employees due for the chop.
How In-app Purchases Has Destroyed The Industry
I don't like writing negative articles that don't include a solution to the problem but, in this case, there is no solution. The state of in-app purchases has now reached a level where we have completely lost it. Not only has the gaming industry shot itself in the foot, hacked off their other foot,…
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I fully agree with this. The games industry is in a bind when it comes to mobile, IMHO.
Posted on 2014-02-02T00:56:06+0000
absorptions: Mystery signal from a helicopter
Last night, YouTube suggested a video for me. It was a raw clip from a news helicopter filming a police chase in Kansas City, Missouri. I quickly noticed a weird interference in the audio, especially the left channel, and thought it must be caused by the chopper's engine. I turned up the volume and…
Academic Torrents
Academic torrents solves the problems of both sharing and downloading data by providing a distributed repository for datasets which is fast, scalable, and easy to use.
Observation of Dirac monopoles in a synthetic magnetic field : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
Magnetic monopoles[mdash]particles that behave as isolated north or south magnetic poles[mdash]have been the subject of speculation since the first detailed observations of magnetism several hundred years ago. Numerous theoretical investigations and hitherto unsuccessful experimental searches have f...
Lessons From McDonald’s Clash With Older Koreans
The clash between a McDonald’s in Queens and elderly Koreans who like congregating there offers lessons about aging communities’ needs.
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Posted on 2014-01-29T22:34:21+0000
Exclusive: Lenovo nears $3 billion deal to buy Google's handset unit — sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group is nearing a deal to buy Google Inc's Motorola handset division for close to $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, buying
How I lost my $50,000 Twitter username
Naoki Hiroshima is the creator of Cocoyon and a developer for Echofon. This post originally appeared on Naoki's Medium blog and has been republished with permission. I had a ...
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Posted on 2014-01-29T19:47:40+0000
Spate of brass misbehavior is roiling the U.S. military
Previously undisclosed documents detail a series of inquiries into high-ranking commanders’ misconduct.
6.8 GTFOSenders indicate a General Termination of Future Operations by sending a GTFO frame... - Hyp
This specification describes an optimized expression of the syntax of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP/2 enables a more efficient use of network resources and a reduced perception of latency by introducing header field compression and allowing multiple concurrent messages on the same con...