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NYT: How to Get a Job at Google
Thomas L. Friedman in the NYT: How to Get a Job at Google part 1 and part 2 writes about criteria used by Google to hire personnel. They stress the importance of cognitive ability, leadership, humility and […]
Online trolls are psychopaths and sadists, psychologists claim
Worryingly, the description fits most of the populist politicians, too. I can ignore trolls or block them, but how do I block the Farages, Le Pens, Berlusconis, Grillos, Kaczynskis and Blochers, just to mention a […]
Berlusconi e la giustizia italiana
Per i cittadini italiani ci sono tre livelli di giudizio. Per Berlusconi si sta mettendo a punto un sistema speciale che, per non sbagliarsi, non limita il numero dei livelli disponibile e che si potrebbe […]
FT: Microsoft and Nokia: key questions
Microsoft and Nokia: key questions Microsoft and Nokia have a lot in common: they both had their respective markets to themselves, and they both managed to be cut down to size by the competition. And […]
David Simon on the Edward Snowden scandal
“Is it just me or does the entire news media — as well as all the agitators and self-righteous bloviators on both sides of the aisle — not understand even the rudiments of electronic intercepts […]
The Economist: Operators offer child-tracking devices
The Economist: “Many mobile operators offer child-tracking at extra cost, but the number of free tracking applications is growing fast. Parents in Japan and America are the keenest on such gizmos. Europeans, seemingly more relaxed […]
ADSL speed – update
A bit better, after upgrade to ADSL2+, but still not great:
Internet speed – Spain has a long way to go
If Internet access speed is an indicator of a country’s progress, Spain has a long way to go, even taking into account that I can only get 4 Mb/s in my area:
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60% of users use the same password across more than one online account
Dancho Danchev writes on ZDNET: Survey: 60 percent of users use the same password across more than one of their online accounts: “How often do you change your password? Do you share your passwords with family […]