- VLC 2.0 Released: What’s New, And An Interview With VideoLAN Developers
"Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux machines, VLC 2.0 is a major update that brings several new optimizations on the technical side, new features, and a brand-new Mac interface…" (dopost video_player vlc )
- Michael Gove under pressure over anti-gay sex education | Education | The Observer
"Education secretary says Equality Act does not extend to school curriculum – allowing faith schools to use homophobic material" (michael_gove education homophobia )
- Tesco asks government to change flagship jobless scheme | Business | The Guardian
"Work experience programme must be voluntary, says major employer amid complaints it is profiting from forced labour" (dopost government employment tesco )
- Gamestop to J.C. Penney Shut Facebook Stores: Retail – Bloomberg
"Last April, Gamestop Corp. (GME) opened a store on Facebook to generate sales among the 3.5 million-plus customers who’d declared themselves “fans” of the video game retailer. Six months later, the store was quietly shuttered. [...] Over the past year, Gap Inc., J.C. Penney (JCP) Co. and Nordstrom (JWN) Inc. have all opened and closed storefronts on Facebook Inc.’s (FB) social networking site." (dopost retail facebook )
- Slaves at the root of the fortune that created Richard Dawkins’ family estate – Telegraph
Richard Dawkins in "some of his ancestors did things that are repugnant today" shocker. (sunday_telegraph journalism richard_dawkins slavery )
- BSkyB’s internet TV plan is brilliant, a rare example of perfect timing | Media | The Guardian
"In essence, Sky is doing with its TV output what Amazon does with the Kindle: saying "we don't mind how you view our content. We just want to be the conduit so we benefit from your attention." Video-on-demand (VoD) for anyone prepared to pay, not just existing users of its pay TV service." (dopost disruption business_models business_strategy movies bskyb )
- The Sins of the Fathers [Also in Polish] – Richard Dawkins – RichardDawkins.net – RichardDawkins.net
"Yesterday evening I was telephoned by a reporter who announced himself as Adam Lusher from the Sunday Telegraph. At the end of a week of successfully rattling cages, I was ready for yet another smear or diversionary tactic of some kind, but in my wildest dreams I couldn’t have imagined the surreal form this one was to take." Richard Dawkins is on the receiving end of a lot of nonsense. (sunday_telegraph journalism richard_dawkins slavery )
- How Forbes Stole A New York Times Article And Got All The Traffic
"The original title was “How Companies Learn Your Secrets”. Kashmir Hill, a writer at Forbes, realized this and quickly developed a condensed version of the article with a far more powerful title: “How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did“. It cut out the crap and got to the real shocker of the story." (journalism nytimes forbes headlines )
- CloudStore Open for Business | | G-CloudG-Cloud
"Following Cabinet Office’s press statement at 9:30 on Sunday 19th Feb, we are proud to announce that the CloudStore is now live and ready for action! [...] Yes, it is hosted in the cloud – it’s on Microsoft Azure!" (launch dopost government cloud_computing )
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