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Bailout Bingo
On this opinion piece, the author makes the case for a forced bankruptcy of the top private people involved in the mortgage mess now at Fannie and Freddie, no bailout in other words, they eat the losses-as sometimes happens with speculation and is necessary to maintain market integrity- and the institution becomes nationalized and restructured as a pure public trust, based on a previous successful example, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation from the 30s.
CIA, FBI Push Social Networking for Spies
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NASA To Explore "Secret Layer" of the Sun
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Researchers Build Malicious Facebook App
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First look: Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 officially released
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3.1 alpha 2. This version adds support for the HTML 5 "video" element, better tab dragging, and other new features.
5 Years of RIAA Filesharing Lawsuits
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Google Turns 10
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Oregon County Moves To Four Day Work Weeks
Clackamas Coutny in Oregon (part of the Portland metropolitan area) has announced that most of its employees will now be working four days a week. Fewer work days means fewer commutes for the employees and less electricity and natural gas expenditure at the offices. According to a spokesperson, the change "demonstrates our commitment to sustainability."
Seinfeld-Windows TV Ad Anything But 'Delicious'
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MySQL Founder Monty Quits Sun (Or Not)
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The CPUs of the future? Alleged Intel roadmaps leaked
Unofficial roadmaps are always fun, especially when the company is Intel, and the roadmaps in question cover quite a bit of ground. Educated guesses inside, for your Friday reading pleasure.
Slashdot's Disagree Mail
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The Perils of Cutting Back
The U.S. Highway Trust Fund (HTF) was created by the Highway
Revenue Act of 1956, primarily to ensure a dependable source of
financing for the National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways and also as the source of funding for the remainder of
the Federal-aid Highway Program.
An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal
Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the
government to
ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday.
Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com
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Consumers dig mobile broadband: 3G device ownership up 80%
Adoption of 3G in the US has surged in the past year. Thanks to more and cheaper devices, the US now has more 3G customers than Western Europe.
Michael Moore skips box office, film heads straight to 'Net
Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to bypass movie theaters with the debut of his new film, Slacker Uprising. The movie will instead be offered online as a free thank-you to his fans, after which it will be sold on DVD. With more filmmakers experimenting with online distribution lately, major studios may be tempted to try it out too.
Amazon Opens On-Demand Video Store
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The Sims goes to the boardroom
Video games have come to the classroom—even to the venerable Harvard Business School. Instead of case studies, students are entering business simulations—with mixed results for the real world.
Best Shrinkable ReiserFS Replacement?
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This is war: insider describes how devs punish game journos
It's not rare to hear talk about the pressure developers put on game writers for favorable coverage. What is unusual is hearing someone from the other side describe how he or she can break game writers... and why they think it's perfectly ok to do so.