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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Meet the coder who's running for Congress

Strike at IBM's China factory falters as hundreds quit jobs

Crane, sensor systems are key to removing Fukushima fuel rods

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March 11, 2014
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Meet the coder who's running for Congress

Dave Cole, who is running for Congress from New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District, shares his thoughts on bringing the scientific method into public policy, the unique problem-solving approach a developer could bring to the job, and how he is running his campaign out of GitHub.

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Issue highlights

1. Strike at IBM's China factory falters as hundreds quit jobs

2. Crane, sensor systems are key to removing Fukushima fuel rods

3. Facebook walks on optical networking's wild side

4. REVIEW: Lenovo Miix 2 8: A fast tablet that's short on features

5. In potential conflict with FISA court, California court wants NSA phone records kept

6. iOS 7.1 adds CarPlay, interface tweaks, accessibility enhancements

7. Class action suit filed against Google over children's in-app purchases

8. It's March 11th and TitanFall is finally here

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Strike at IBM's China factory falters as hundreds quit jobs

Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo takes over the factory. READ MORE

Crane, sensor systems are key to removing Fukushima fuel rods

While Japan on Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that left over 18,000 dead or missing, a huge crane has been quietly moving fuel rods out of a pool at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. READ MORE

Facebook walks on optical networking's wild side

As a company that draws more than 2 billion eyeballs per month, Facebook was a fitting harbinger of trends to come at an optical networking conference. READ MORE

REVIEW: Lenovo Miix 2 8: A fast tablet that's short on features

Aside from its speed and long battery life, little about this 8-inch device sets it apart from its strong competition. READ MORE

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In potential conflict with FISA court, California court wants NSA phone records kept

A court in California has prohibited the destruction of phone records collected by the government until further orders, raising a potential conflict with an order last week by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C. READ MORE

iOS 7.1 adds CarPlay, interface tweaks, accessibility enhancements

Lest you thought you might be waiting until iOS 8 for a new dose of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7.1 is here with a bunch of changes, enhancements, and updates. The upgrade's been in beta for a while, but it officially arrived on Monday. READ MORE

Class action suit filed against Google over children's in-app purchases

Google is facing a lawsuit over unauthorized in-app purchases on Android devices by children. READ MORE

It's March 11th and TitanFall is finally here

Microsoft and EA have been beating the TitanFall drum madly for months. Now the game is here and preliminary signs suggest that it's pretty darned good. Also, a sneaky way for you to get a copy for almost half off. READ MORE

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