Use of 'language of deceit' betrays scientific fraud

The use of writing styles can reveal scientific research fraud.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26127-use-of-language-of-deceit-betrays-scientific-fraud.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Conline-news

California smartphone kill switch bill signed into law

California governor Jerry Brown has signed his state's smartphone kill switch bill into law. Companies wanting to sell handsets in the state now have to include a remote disabling option that lets you render a stolen device unusable. There are certain exceptions, primarily for incompatible older gear, but manufacturers face fines as high as $2,500 per phone if they don't follow the rules.

 
http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/25/california-kill-switch-becomes-law/

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NASA's New Horizons explorer for a rendezvous with Pluto

(CNN) - NASA's New Horizons explorer is hurtling through space on its way to the outermost reaches of the solar system for a rendezvous with the small, icy "dwarf planet" of Pluto and its five moons.

It's a staggering decade-long, 3 billion mile journey that started with the New Horizons launch in 2006. The space probe is expected to reach Pluto next summer, the only spacecraft to visit it. It's also only the fifth probe to ever journey so far from the sun across such vast reaches of space, according to NASA officials.

http://us.cnn.com/2014/08/24/us/nasa-pluto-neptune-voyages/?hpt=ob_mobilearticlefooter&iref=obinsite

 

The New Yahoo -- on the right path with CEO

CEO Marisa Mayer is doing the right things to make Yahoo successful. Interesting insights from former employee.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-former-yahoo-defends-marissa-mayer-2014-8?op=1

ITEXPO in Las Vegas, August 2014

See reviews and action at the conference here:
http://itexpo.tmcnet.com/west/photos-lv.aspx

SIP Trunking - The Future of Integrated PBX Communications

An excellent discussion of the advantages, choices in network services and premises equipment, pricing, and more:
http://www.intelepeer.com/downloads/SIP_Trunking_101.pdf

How NSA is Engaged in Internet Colonization

Routine port scans by government spy agencies and other nefarious groups look for your system vulnerabilities:
http://m.heise.de/ct/artikel/NSA-GCHQ-The-HACIENDA-Program-for-Internet-Colonization-2292681.html?from-classic=1


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How Verizon lets its copper network decay to force phone customers onto fiber

This seems to be the trend for the demise of the PSTN and POTS service.  The FCC and PUCs don't seem to be interested in protecting consumers interest in this rush to new technologies.  Granted there are advantages, but there are also major disadvantages such as uninterrupted power from the central office during power outages.  Also regulations are not in place to protect universal coverage and prevent arbitrary price hikes: 

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/why-verizon-is-trying-very-hard-to-force-fiber-on-its-customers/

Agile Software Development vs. Waterfall Methid

Agile development for a changing world

The adjective that's used to describe these processes is "agile." There are many different agile development processes, but all retain certain common features. Fundamentally, agile processes are designed around short development cycles, iterative improvement, and the ability to easily respond to change.

Iterative development processes of one kind or another have been around for almost as long as software development itself. The kinds of practices that have come to be known as "agile" proliferated in the 1990s, and the "agile" label was codified in 2001 when a group of developers published the "Agile Manifesto". 

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/how-microsoft-dragged-its-development-practices-into-the-21st-century/1/

7 steps to stronger, more secure passwords

A story from AP Mobile:

7 steps to stronger, more secure passwords

NEW YORK (AP) - Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that a Russian crime ring had amassed some 1.2 billion username and password combinations.  The Times report, based on information from Milwaukee-based Hold Security, called the data "the largest known collection of stolen Internet credentials." Hold's researchers did ...

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