What Would It Take for Developers to Unionize?; Apple Hides Samsung Apology

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. What Would It Take for Developers to Unionize? Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers? Barack Obama Retains U.S. Presidency U.S. Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data Hot Comment: More mindless federal regulation From the Vault: Why Developers Are Switching to Macs Watch It: Slashdot Party People Poll Booth: On Daylight Savings Time What Would It Take for Developers to Unionize? Developers have resisted unionization because traditional workplace demands don't necessarily apply to them and existing unions are incapable of advocating for what developers care about most while at work: autonomy and self-management. Is this how most developers feel? Are there any issues big enough to get developers and techies to make collective demands or is it not worth the risk? Sound Off>> Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling In compliance with the UK Court of Appeal order, Apple posted its second Samsung apology on its UK website to say its original apology was inaccurate and link to a new statement. However, Apple had modified its site to ensure the message is never displayed without visitors having to scroll down to the bottom first. Sound Off>> Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers? Geekwire reports on the Microsoft Xbox Incubation team's patent-pending "consumer detector," which uses cameras and sensors like those in the Xbox 360 Kinect controller to monitor, count and in some cases identify the people in a room watching television, movies and other content. This could make it possible to charge for content based on how many people are in the room. Sound Off>> Barack Obama Retains U.S. Presidency U.S. President Barack Obama has won his bid for reelection. Of the so-called "battleground states," Obama carried Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire, which, along with all of the solidly Democrat-leaning states, was enough to push him beyond the 270 required for victory. Sound Off>> U.S. Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data The EFF recently filed a brief to try to recover files behalf of a former Megaupload user Kyle Goodwin. But the government filed its own brief, which includes an argument that you lose all your property rights by storing your data on the cloud. Sound Off>> More mindless federal regulation "Dammit, freedom isn't free. And if the price of my freedom to be entertained by buckyballs is measured in the lives of toddlers, so be it. And now, I think I'll go outside for a nice game of Jarts. Who wants to be goalie?" --by El Puerco Loco Read More>> Why Developers Are Switching to Macs Four years ago, InfoWorld reported that Macs have become the tools of choice for coders of all kinds, in large part due to Apple's decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development. But it has not been without a few aches and pains. Read More>> Slashdot Party People A lot of people in a lot of places celebrated Slashdot's 15th anniversary by getting together with other Slashdot readers in person. Here's video from one of the gatherings in the Tampa Bay part of Florida where party-goers enjoyed good food, good company and good old-fashioned remote-controlled helicopter battles. Watch the Video>> On Daylight Savings Time: I endorse it, and live where it's observed I endorse it, but live where it's not observed I don't care enough to care I dislike it, and live where it's observed I dislike it, but live where it's not observed Why aren't we just using Swatch Internet Time? Cast Your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.