Missouri Bans Student/Teacher Friending Online
This coming August 28th, a new law goes into effect in Missouri prohibiting teachers from having any social contact with students via social networking sites such as Facebook, etc. The law enforces policies that have been in place for some time.
Senate Bill 54 is designed to protect children from sexual misconduct by teachers, compelling school districts to adopt written policies between teachers and students on electronic media, social networking and other forms of communication.
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Iceland Unveils Crowd Sourced Constitution
In what is a first among nations, Iceland will have a constitution that is written entirely by its own citizens on the internet. The proposed draft of the constitution was put up on its own website and suggestions for additions and deletions were made via Facebook, Twitter and other websites until it was decided upon and presented to Iceland's Parliament.
Iceland's original constitution was created in 1944 when the country gained independence from Denmark. The country's economic collapse in 2008 prompted calls for a rewrite with checks and balances to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.
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Remembering Your Loved Ones as Ammunition
This gives new meaning to the phrase "going out with a bang". A company named Holy Smoke will take human cremation ashes and pack them into the ammunition of your choice for a mere $1250 bucks. I'm sure you can think up some very creative uses for ash-packed shotgun shells.
One pound of human ash plus your bereaved cash will yield 250 shotgun shells, 100 rifle cartridges, or 250 pistol cartridges
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Apple Now Has More Cash Than the US Government
For the time being, Apple Corporation has more cash reserve than the US government by around $3 Billion dollars. Maybe Apple should just buyout the government and operate it as a for profit corporation for a change. Apple seems to be very good in that respect.
As of June 25, 2011, the company is now sitting on nearly $76 billion in case reserve.
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Small Flying Spy Drone Can Crack Wi-Fi and Cell Data
It's getting so you can't have a decent private conversation any longer….anywhere. Two back yard engineers have fashioned a small recon droid to fly undetected by electric propulsion and gather up phone conversations by use of an on board Linux computer system. All of this is quite legal according to present FCC rules. Hopefully this will eventually find its way onto a battlefield and leave the Twitter and Facebook crowd alone.
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20-Year-Old Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Sessions
There is definitely a lesson to be learned here and that would be that there is more to life than gaming. That may be heresy in the gaming world, but long term gaming sessions can take their toll. Game responsibly.
"Chris lived for his Xbox. When he got into a game he could play it for hours and hours on end, sometimes 12 hours in a stretch. He got sucked in playing Halo online against people from all over the world."
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System Administrator Appreciation Day
If you are the company IT guy and really wish to be royally thanked for doing your job well and in a timely manner, you better pack your bags and move to Russia. If you live in the US, chances are no one even wished you a nice day. I guess the best compliment an IT Admin can receive from your office clientele is 'who are you and what do you do around here'? The best results are the ones that go unnoticed. Anywho, we wish you guys the best and keep up all of the good behind the scenes hard work.
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Nintendo to Compensate Early 3DS Buyers
If you were one of the cutting edge buyers when the 3DS first came out, you are certainly not going to like hearing of the sudden price reduction of the units. To offset this possible consumer backlash, Nintendo is offering 20 free games to keep their customers smiling.
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AT&T to Throttle Speeds for Some Unlimited Data Users
Ask AT&T for a definition of the word 'unlimited' and the answer may just surprise you. For about 5% of the extreme data users on the AT&T unlimited plan, 'unlimited' will be what AT&T says it is. Throttling will begin on October 1st on many unlimited plans and once you hit the bandwidth threshold, reduced internet speeds will instituted until the next billing cycle.
AT&T says that this only affects 5 percent of the heavier data users on the service. These people use more than 12 times the rest of data users combined.
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Facebook to Pay Hackers for Bug Reports
Facebook is looking for a few good hackers to help find and fix problems with the website. The stipulation will be that Facebook gets the reports first and have time to act upon those reports. A new website was launched on Friday where 'researchers', a nice name for hackers, can sign up for the program. Facebook is offering monetary rewards for bug reports.
Company executives say that keeping good relationships with the hacker community is very important. Facebook has sponsored high-profile parties at the Defcon hacking conference for the past two years.
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SpaceX Eyes November 30 Cargo Launch to Space Station
With the passing of the Shuttle Program, a bit of a pall settled over the future of the United States' roll in space exploration in general and the International Space Station specifically. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), an American company based in California, announced the company would be sending a rocket to the ISS on November 30th and return to Earth. The space program is not dead, just hiding a bit in the private sector.
"The next flight of the Dragon we're going to go all the way and berth it to the space station, drop cargo off and bring stuff back," Reisman said.
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Malware Prefers Search Engines Over Porn Sites
In a study conducted by internet security firm Blue Coat System, malware purveyors prefer the easier pickings of search engines over porn sites as launching grounds for their malware deployment by a wide margin.
Almost 40 percent of malware hijackings start at search engines, especially within image results strewn with malware mines, what Blue Coat calls "Search Engine Poisoning."
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