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Ford 'MyKey' to set limits on teen driving

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

The company will roll out a new feature on many 2010 models that can limit teen drivers to 80 mph, using a computer chip in the key. Parents also have the option of programming the teen's key to limit the audio system's volume, and to sound continuous alerts if the driver doesn't wear a seat belt.

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Gmail 'Mail Goggles' stymie drunk e-mailing

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

Kind of ridiculous: The Goggles can kick in late at night on weekends. The feature requires you to solve a few easy math problems in short order before hitting "send." If your logical thinking skills are intact, Google is betting you're sober enough to work out the repercussions of sending that screed you just drafted.

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Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Kaerast from Guardian UK

Richard Stallman on cloud computing: "It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign."

Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner

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Comparison of Android G1, iPhone share little in common

Posted by Jeff from Appleinsider

Pretty thorough technical comparison of G1 and iPhone. Nice diagram showing size of units vs. playing cards.

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Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' campaign created with Macs

Posted by Jeff from Appleinsider

Metadata found on Microsoft's creative copy used in its 'I'm a PC' ad reveals that the graphics were actually produced using Macs running Adobe Creative Suite 3. After the details were published on the Flickr photo sharing site, Microsoft scrambled to polish off the embarrassing details last night

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Op-Ed Columnist - Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

"Compare the massive destruction of wealth for shareholders to what he gets at the end of the day," said Lucian Bebchuk, the director of the corporate governance program at Harvard Law School. A central flaw of governance is that boards of directors frequently are ornamental and provide negligible oversight. As Warren Buffett has said, "in judging whether corporate America is serious about reforming itself, C.E.O. pay remains the acid test." It's a test that corporate America is failing.

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Palin's personal e-mail account hacked

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

Material described as e-mail from Palin's Gov.Palin@yahoo.com account have appeared on several Web sites, including one named Wikileaks.org, which archives hacked data. The e-mails posted there appeared relatively innocuous: one, purportedly from an appointee, urged Palin not to worry about negative press. In another, Palin appeared to offer sympathy to Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, a fellow Republican, for criticism he had received in the media.

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