FTC offers $50,000 prize for stopping illegal robocalls, we could have used this a few months ago
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 19th 2012 1:16PM Robocalling is considered a plague in the modern phone world, especially during an election year — and while you likely won’t get rid of all the pitches from political candidates anytime soon, most of the commercial calls are outright illegal. The Federal Trade Commission has devised a unique contest to help cut back on those law-breakers without having to chase down every shady...
Two unions ratify contracts with Verizon
Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have voted to ratify four-year contracts with Verizon Communications after contentious negotiations dating back more than a year. The CWA contract, covering 35,000 union members from Virginia to New England, will include an 8.2 percent compounded wage increase over the next three years, the union said in a press release Friday. The...
Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store
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Caltech laser accelerometer research may bring fine-tuned position tracking, grocery ads
By Steve Dent posted Oct 19th 2012 1:44PM One way that sensors can track your position without using an array of satellites is by measuring your acceleration as you move around — but unless you’re piloting a jumbo jet, current devices aren’t very accurate. Researchers at Caltech hope to change all that with a new, ultra-sensitive accelerometer they developed, which uses laser light to detect motion changes. The...
OS X Mountain Lion “Most Polished” Version Yet
Trying to write a review of OS X Mountain Lion is tricky. First of all, I had already written a review back in February, when Apple legitimately surprised the world with the revelation that the ninth iteration of OS X was just about ready to go. Granted, back then I only had a few days to play with an early build. But it was already pretty solid at that point. Now, months later, I’ve had a lot of time to play with Mountain Lion, and...
