China using prisoners in lucrative internet gaming scam | World news | The Guardian
Labour camp detainees endure hard labour by day, online 'gold farming' by night
Hasnain says:
This is interesting... being forced to play World of Warcraft all night just to sell ingame gold...
Posted on 2011-05-27T09:57:13+0000
Memo to Foxconn Workers: “You Aren’t Allowed to Commit Suicide While Making iPads” – TechOrange Glob
Foxconn, China’s largest private employer, is responsible for churning out millions of Apple’s popular products like the iPhone and iPad. It also manufactures consumer electronics for companies like HP, Sony, and Nokia.
Nature News Blog: Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter
« Atomic agency outs Iran's nuke warhead project | Main
Hasnain says:
This is one reason for staying away from any sort of applied research.
Posted on 2011-05-25T23:42:25+0000
Physics of drinking dogs revealed
Dogs use the same complex technique as cats to lap up liquid, scientists are surprised to find.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/time-clocks.pdf
research.microsoft.com
Hasnain says:
A very interesting and accessible paper on time and synchronization in distributed systems.
Posted on 2011-05-25T12:52:54+0000
LLVM Project Blog: Amazing feats of Clang Error Recovery
blog.llvm.org
Forget The Streisand Effect, I Think We've Seen The Dawning Of The Giggs Effect | Techdirt
Well, well. A supposedly anonymous UK professional footballer has now sued Twitter, along with some Twitter users for supposedly breaking the "superinjunction" he bought in the UK. As you're probably aware by now, there's been a lot of attention paid to these superinjunctions in the UK, which the
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Posted on 2011-05-23T17:14:01+0000
Sony BMG Greece the latest hacked Sony site | Naked Security
Another Sony website has succumbed to an attack disclosing personal details of Sony customers. SonyMusic.gr was attacked through SQL injection and information disclosed on pastebin.com.
Laser smashes data rate records
A pioneering technique beats its own record for data rates, registering 26 terabits per second and using comparatively little power.
Letters of Note: I am only 6 but I think I can do this job
Fascinating letters. Interesting correspondence.
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Posted on 2011-05-19T10:05:22+0000