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Vermont gets a gigabit network. And it only costs residents $35 a month Stacey Higginbotham, gigaom.com The telephone company that provided the copper service that in 1923 allowed Calvin Coolidge to be sworn in as United States President, at Plymouth Notch in Vermont, is trading its storied copper for fiber. VTel, a telephone compa… Vermont…
Suzanne Lucas, inc.com EVIL HR LADY How you pay your employees is governed by federal law. Violating it is easy, so be careful. Dear Evil HR Lady, If an exempt employee had to go to the doctor and missed an hour to three hours of work, can an… The Employment Law You Are Probably Breaking…
Bracelet For Human Rights Workers Sends Kidnapping Alerts to Facebook, Twitter By Francie Diep, popsci.com When activated, the device sends “Help!” messages social media accounts and nearby aid workers. Activists and aid workers who document government abuses or monitor elections often risk abduction by those who oppose their work. Now one… RT @PopSci: Bracelet for…
Sequencing The Genome Of Legal Documents To Make Them Readable BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com Unless you’re a lawyer, you probably don’t understand a lot of the agreements and contracts you sign. But Docracy hopes to even the playing field by letting you easily see which parts of a document are standard and where you might…
How Can I Save All My Work Emails for a Personal Backup? Melanie Pinola, lifehacker.com Dear Lifehacker, I’m leaving my job and want to take my work emails with me. I’ve been burned at jobs before, and it became very useful to have an email paper trail behind me. How can I save all the…
What to Do After You’ve Been Hacked Mat Honan, wired.com Whether you were hacked, phished, had malware installed or just don’t know what the heck happened but there’s somebody all up in your e-mail, here are a few good first steps to take following an incident. This is by no … Mat Honan What to…
The Companies and Countries Losing Their Data Our Editors, hbr.org With China hacking the US, the US hacking China, and LinkedIn and Facebook and credit card companies and Google and who knows who else all vomiting our data all over the web, I was intrigued when a new report on data loss ran across my…
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The State of The Guardian’s SOTU Infographic Is…Dumber By Emily Elert, popsci.com This chart tells you that “the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined” over time. The problem is, it’s wrong. Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama’s State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive… RT @PopSci: Cool infographic about the…
By Emily Elert, popsci.com Good guys can use social media to find out all about bad guys, and bad guys can use social media to find out all about you. In this screencast obtained by The Guardian, an investigator at the defense company Raytheon takes his viewers on … RT @PopSci: Raytheon’s terrifying people-tracking software…
The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That…
Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Safe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make…
government movement by Dennis O’Reilly, cnet.com In his first term, President Obama started to make good on his pledge to improve government transparency. But a truly open government depends on citizens actively ensuring that all public agencies share information and respond to feedback. Four… http://flip.it/o2uzr Related articles Has Obama Kept His Open-Government Pledge? (gantdaily.com) Has…
skyrill.com In democracies1, the driver of change is typically elections; in autocracies, it is typically biology. It is often said that autocratic leaders are therefore less likely to be educated. Leaders’ education level has been fou… How educated are world leaders? http://flip.it/ITeiQ http://flip.it/RfOhA How educated are world leaders? Related articles MECA Day One…In The…
Working in America geblogs.com Jobs are definitely a top of mind subject. Did you know that manufacturing jobs were the largest sector of employment in 1960, yet today the category has fallen to 6th place? In this interactive visualization, browse who has bee… RT @Periscopic: Very excited to announce the launch of our latest data…
Can a High-Tech ‘Biological Passport’ End Sports Doping Forever? Sam Laird, mashable.com Lance Armstrong says it helped scare him off performance-enhancing drugs forever. It’s already been implemented in track and field as well as cycling, and world tennis authorities are now considering adding it to their arsenal as well.It’s called … http://flip.it/ZpQkh Related articles WADA…
Buy or die: The survivalist approach to climate doom By Susie Cagle, grist.org Climate change is coming! Quick, buy more stuff!! That’s the advice from the New York Times Magazine feature “How to Survive Societal Collapse in Suburbia.” Wait, don’t laugh yet — we’ll get to that. First, meet Ron Douglas, a… RT @grist: A…
The world has ended, or just about. Now, what wine do you drink with broiled rats and steamed slug? By Sarah Miller, grist.org Finally, someone has written an important article about something that actually means something to me: what kind of wine we are going to drink with the disgusting vermin we have to eat…
Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras, 2TB DVR for $1,600 Zach Honig, engadget.com We don’t follow the surveillance space as closely as we do, say, smartphones or tablets, but this four-camera HD system from Swann Security does in fact seem to be the first 1080p-capable consumer product of its kind, so we’re here…
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Why would a biotech company keep a secret herd of goats? John Timmer, arstechnica.com These happy looking goats would undoubtedly not run afoul of USDA regulations. USDAThe typical image of a modern biological research lab involves high-tech machinery and table-sized microscopes; at most, there might be some dishes of cells or a fe… RT @arstechnica:…
The Government Open-Data Program At The Root Of Energy-Efficiency Startups BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com The Green Button program has forced utilities to standardize the way they present their energy use numbers to their customers. In turn, that data has caused an explosion of apps and services to help you save energy—and money. It’s only a……
The Haunting Math Of America’s War On Drugs [Infographic] By Colin Lecher, popsci.com Keeping people locked up ain’t cheap. In 2010, the U.S. spent a whopping $500 per second fighting the War on Drugs, and most people sent to prison for drug-related offenses are there for possession, not selling. The upshot? More than hal… http://flip.it/mkx9y…
Venom: The Bite That Heals By Jennifer S. Holland, nationalgeographic.com The Bite That Heals Scientists are unlocking the medical potential of venom. Michael decided to go for a swim. He was on vacation with his family in Guerrero, Mexico, and it was hotter than blazes. He grabbed his swimming trunks from… RT @NatGeoScience: The Bite…
Anti-Surveillance Hoodie And Scarf Prevent Drones From Tracking You By Clay Dillow, popsci.com Or, how to accessorize in Waziristan. The increasingly vast suite of surveillance tools available to state authorities has certainly given privacy advocates something to bristle at. In an exhibition launching this week, NYC-base… http://flip.it/6pCFQ Related articles The Anti-Drone Hoodie (hoodieblog.com) Stealth Wear:…
Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away Tafline Laylin, inhabitat.com Researchers with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) has released their findings that between 30 to 50 percent of all food produced or up to two billion tons is thrown away each year. The UK-based group claims that over-cautious sell by……
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