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Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200. Learn More!    If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat?  From the all-about-the-benjamins department dcblogs writes "Despite the fact that technology plays an increasingly important role in the economy, IT wages remain persistently flat. This may be tech's inconvenient truth. In 2000, the average hourly wage was $37.27 in computer and math...   Richard Stallman: 'Apple Has Tightest Digital Handcuffs In History'  From the taking-applications-for-digital-houdini department jrepin points out a discussion with Richard Stallman in which he talks about how the Free Software movement is faring in light of companies that have been successful in the long term with very different principles, like Microsoft and Apple....   Over 1,000 Volunteers For 'Suicide' Mission To Mars  From the i-want-out department New submitter thAMESresearcher writes with a few updates on Mars One: "The Dutch company Mars One is organizing a one way mission to Mars 2023. In a press release that came out today, they say they have over a thousand applicants already. In the...   The Trouble With Bringing Your Business Laptop To China  From the laptops-are-the-panda's-favorite-food department snydeq writes "A growing trend faces business executives traveling to China: government or industry spooks stealing data from their laptops and installing spyware. 'While you were out to dinner that first night, someone entered your room (often a...   Microsoft Surface Struggles to Ship A Million Units  From the tim-cook-hexed-ballmer department zacharye writes "While some see potential in Microsoft's Surface tablet, most industry watchers appear to have written off the device at this point. Orders were reportedly cut in half following a slow launch, and Microsoft's debut slate has been...   New 25-GPU Monster Devours Strong Passwords In Minutes  From the om-nom-nom department chicksdaddy writes "A presentation at the Passwords^12 Conference in Oslo, Norway (slides), has moved the goalposts on password cracking yet again. Speaking on Monday, researcher Jeremi Gosney (a.k.a epixoip) demonstrated a rig that leveraged the...   Murder Is Like a Disease (No, Really)  From the and-the-only-cure-is-more-cowbell department pigrabbitbear writes "With a homicide rate historically more than three times greater than the rest of the United States, Newark, N.J., isn't a great vacation spot. But it's a great place for a murder study (abstract). Led by April Zeoli, an...   City of Heroes Reaches Sunset, NCsoft Paying the Price  From the old-mmos-never-die department KingSkippus writes "At midnight Pacific on Saturday, December 1, NCsoft shut down the City of Heroes servers for the final time. Since announcing the closure, a group of players has been working hard to revive the game by getting attention from...   Race To Mine Bitcoins Drives Enthusiasts Into the Chip Making Business  From the build-your-own-chips-to-build-your-own-currency department holy_calamity writes "MIT Technology Review looks at the small companies attempting to build dedicated chips for mining Bitcoins. Several are claiming they will start selling hardware based on their chips early in 2013, with the technology...   Brain Disease Found In NFL Players  From the do-you-mean-smashing-your-head-isn't-safe department SternisheFan sends this excerpt from ABC: "On the heels of the latest NFL suicide, researchers announced today that 34 NFL players whose brains were studied suffered from CTE, a degenerative brain disease brought on by repeated hits to the head...   US House Votes 397-0 To Oppose UN Control of the Internet  From the free-sandwich-with-every-vote department An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. House of Representatives voted 397-0 today on a resolution to oppose U.N. control of the internet. 'The 397-0 vote is meant to send a signal to countries meeting at a U.N. conference on telecommunications this...   MPAA: the Impact of Megaupload's Shutdown Was 'Massive'  From the not-biased-at-all department An anonymous reader writes "The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has declared that the Megaupload shutdown earlier this year has been a great success. In a filing to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the group representing...   As Fish Stocks Collapse, Overpopulated Lobsters Resort to Cannibalism  From the blame-rusty department The Maine lobster population is booming, but it turns out that's bad news if you're a little lobster: "'We've got the lobsters feeding back on themselves just because they're so abundant,' said Richard Wahle, a marine sciences professor at the...   Verizon Patents Eavesdropping Using Your TV For Ad Targeting  From the 1984-was-not-a-design-manual department MojoKid writes with news of the latest and greatest idea brought to you by a marketing department. From the article: "It's a patent that sounds like a plot description for a science-fiction movie or the result of Apple's Siri and Google's AdSense...   In the World of Big Stuff, the US Still Rules  From the particularly-our-food-and-religious-symbols department westlake writes "From Peoria, the WSJ a look at the giant trucks manufactured by Komatsu and Caterpillar. 'In certain areas — notably aircraft, industrial engines, excavators and railway and mining equipment — the U.S. exports far...

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