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Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergei Aleynikov, who downloaded source code for the investment firm’s high-speed trading system from the company’s computers, was wrongly charged with theft of property because the code did not qualify as a physical object under a federal theft statute, according to a court opinion published Wednesday.
from Wired Top Stories
Tax Day is coming. If you’re looking for more expenses you can claim in hopes of a higher return, MSN Money notes that a hobby might just do the trick. More »
from Lifehacker
One of my new favorite sites is Fragile Oasis, a blog where astronauts write about their experiences in space and on Earth. Don Petit, an American who has taken so many of the amazing pictures that have graced not just this blog but have gone viral across the web, posted a nice description of taking star trail pictures on orbit. This one in particular is surpassingly beautiful:
Siiiigggghhhhh.
You can see part of the International Space Station at the top (I think that’s the lab section, with the node Destiny and the JEM facility, but I may be mistaken). The stars are blurred from motion, with the thickening on the right of the Milky Way, the combined light of billions of stars.
The slight motion blurring makes it look like the ISS is moving at warp speed over the planet. The Earth’s atmosphere is the thin green/brown haze over the Earth’s limb, with the top sharply defined by the aerosol layer. The red glow is interesting. That may be an aurora, but it might also be an internal reflection; Don shot this through the cupola window. Reflections …
from Discover Magazine
Fans upset with the outcome of Mass Effect 3 have been crying “false advertising” since the get go, arguing that the ability to “completely shape” their experience as promised by EA and BioWare never materialized. According to the Better Business Bureau’s Majorie Stephens, they were right. More »
from Kotaku
Sean Buckley contributed to this post.
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from Engadget
As surprised as they are now, they’re going to be extremely disappointed when they find out Jack Dawson wasn’t real.
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Fuel continue to be the largest operating expenditure for airlines and is expected to cost them an extra $40 billion this year. So, MIT’s developing a new style of aircraft that could run on as little as 30 percent as today’s 737’s. More »
from Gizmodo
