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The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail   |  Sexism In Science     Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed  The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail  Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Maps App, Recommends Alternatives  Sexism In Science  California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password  Microsoft Calls For $5B Investment In U.S. Education  EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach  Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi  Air Force Foresaw Fatal F-22 Problems; Rejected $100,000 Fix As Too Expensive  Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope  Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta  Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks  IPv6 Must Be Enabled On All US Government Sites By Sunday  Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions  ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails     Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed  From the onward-with-the-conspiracy-theories department sycodon writes "Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the film Innocence of Muslims, has been arrested and jailed in Los Angeles for probation violations. The situation is a win-win for the Obama administration, who can now appear to be...   The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail  From the auto-correct-going-on-the-offensive department Barence writes "A British man was jailed for 18 months for accidentally sending an explicit text message to his entire address book. 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans intended to send a text message to his girlfriend asking her for sex....   Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Maps App, Recommends Alternatives  From the just-rebrand-it-as-stylized-earth department TheBoat writes "Tim Cook has apologized for the company's Maps app in iOS 6. 'We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.' Cook said the company is continuing to...   Sexism In Science  From the objectivity-is-tough-even-for-experts department An anonymous reader writes with news of a recent paper about the bias among science faculty against female students. The study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, asked professors to evaluate applications...   California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password  From the californian-employees-like-this department J053 sends word that California has passed legislation making it illegal for both colleges and employers to request social media account access from students, employees, and prospective hires. "Assemblymember Nora Campos, who authored the bill,...   Microsoft Calls For $5B Investment In U.S. Education  From the throw-money-at-it department Dupple sends this quote from ComputerWorld: "Congress should invest $5 billion in the country's education system — particularly in math, science and technology education — over the next 10 years and pay for it with increased fees on...   EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach  From the listen-to-the-law department New submitter quippe writes in with some bad news for Microsoft. "Microsoft Corp will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer a choice of web browsers, the European Union's antitrust chief said on Thursday, which...   Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi  From the after-they-torrent-the-latest-episode-of-cops department An anonymous reader sends this quote from JournalStar.com: "The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has seen an increase in scammers using unsecured Wi-Fi connections to steal identities and mask their crimes during the past six months,...   Air Force Foresaw Fatal F-22 Problems; Rejected $100,000 Fix As Too Expensive  From the ounce-of-prevention department McGruber writes "The Associated Press is reporting that years before F-22 stealth fighter pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on the '60 Minutes'...   Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope  From the would-rather-by-half-a-jet-plane department derekmead writes "Data from the enormous Green Bank Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has been used to test some of Einstein's theories, discover new molecules in space, and find evidence of the building blocks of life and of...   Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta  From the time-to-play department An anonymous reader writes "In the third post to the new Valve Linux Blog, the Linux team has announced that starting next week they will begin their internal beta, with an external beta of 1000 users to begin mid 'some time in October.' There...   Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks  From the all-the-knowledge,-none-of-the-calories department bcrowell writes "California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 1052 and 1053, authored by state senator Darrell Steinberg, to create free textbooks for 50 core lower-division college courses. SB 1052 creates a California Open Education Resources...   IPv6 Must Be Enabled On All US Government Sites By Sunday  From the anybody-taking-wagers? department darthcamaro writes "Agencies of the U.S. Federal Government are racing to comply with a September 30th deadline to offer web, email and DNS for all public facing websites over IPv6. While not all government websites will hit the deadline,...   Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions  From the sweet-deal department An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have developed a way to create sugar batteries that store 20% more energy than lithium-ion cells. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder...   ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails  From the let's-take-a-look-mate department nemesisrocks writes "ASIC, Australia's version of the SEC, has called for phone call and internet data to be stored by Australian ISPs, in a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into mandatory data retention. Not only does the authority want...

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