NSA workers spied on significant others
Reuters: At least a dozen U.S. National Security Agency employees have abused secret surveillance programs in the past decade, most often to spy on their significant others.
Google data center expansion will cost $600M
Google is starting work right away on a $600 million expansion of its The Dalles data center.
Yelp says quarter of reviews are fake
BBC: The online directory and consumer review site, says a quarter of the reviews it receives could be fake.
Union members call ‘grand bargain’ a ‘grand theft’
Gov. Kitzhaber’s ‘grand bargain’ was hit by union members and environmentalists in its first public hearing.
OSU researcher gets onion grant
An Oregon State University professor landed a high-stakes food safety grant to study onions.
Online school grows in popularity in Oregon
Many Oregon students are turning to virtual public charter schools as an alternative.
Retirees testify against PERS cuts
Oregon’s special session hearings started with two hours of testimony on pensions.
Salem entrepreneurs develop kids email app
Two Salem residents will soon launch their startup company Cubtab, an email app for children as young as four.
Bill Gates calls Ctrl-Alt-Del a mistake
King 5: Bill Gates admitted in front of a live audience that the three-key logon system known as “Ctrl-Alt-Del” was a mistake.
Mars’ soil traps surprising amount of water
BBC: Analysis by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on Mars has found more water than expected saturating Martian soil.