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Swedish Tax Office Targets Webcam Strippers 384

Posted by samzenpus from the anything-for-my-job dept.
Sweden's tax authorities are cracking down on unreported webcam stripper income. They estimate that hundreds of Swedish women are dodging the law, resulting in a tax loss of about 40m Swedish kronor (£3.3m) annually. The search involves tax officials examining stripper websites, hours upon hours, for completely legitimate purposes. A slightly disheveled project leader said 200 Swedish strippers had been investigated so far, adding the total could be as much as 500. "They are young girls, we can see from the photos. We think that perhaps they are not well informed about the rules," he said.

Comment My Favorite Part... (Score 1) 346

by slicenglide (#25887631) Attached to: McDonalds Files To Patent Making a Sandwich
Is that they have all this built up like it's a novel new invention.... THE SANDWICH. Well if it was a novel product(meat, cheese, cheese, meat, bread on the outsides) we wouldn't have the name sandwich for it... and if it was a new way of making a sandwich(place bread on the inside, hold the meat with your hands) I might be more sympathetic. Every PB and J mom out there is prior art to this. They haven't even made an attempt to cut the crusts off here, or put a RFID tag in it... just describing out the process by which all fast food is made, has been made, and by which will be made for some time. Only sandwich that isn't prior art here is the Heavy Weapons guy's sammich.... which just materializes out of thin air. Every other sandwich would owe royalties in this case.

Comment Re:dupe (Score 1) 165

by slicenglide (#25627009) Attached to: MBR Trojan Approaching the 3-Year Mark
The company is always changing, something I haven't minded while working there. H.I.P.P.A compliance is something they take very seriously.. and the company is working towards being at the top of the game when it comes to customer privacy, and having great tools that take worry out of the equation for both the customer and the employee are always loved when they come through the chain.
Games

Miyamoto Gives Advice to Game Design Hopefuls 57

Posted by Zonk from the learning-from-the-zen-master dept.
grenada writes "As reported by Ars Techncia, Shigeru Miyamoto has some good advice for aspiring game developers. Instead of telling kids to focus on video games, he actually says that it's beneficial to diversify your education and personal interests. He says that meeting people and familiarizing yourself to different fields will give you the best perspective of the world in the long run, which will help in your game-developing career. 'While young people are still students, I think it is important for them to not just focus on something like programming or just focus on video games. Instead they should do things that you can only do while you are in college. Get out, meet people, and talk to people.'" As a follow-up, N'Gai Croal at Newsweek has up an interview he did with Miyamoto-san entitled the Artist's Way.
Windows

Microsoft Sued Over Vista Marketing 556

Posted by Zonk from the my-toaster-is-vista-capable dept.
daviddennis writes "According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a lawsuit alleges that Microsoft engaged in deceptive practices by letting PC makers promote hardware as 'Windows Vista Capable' even though they knew it could not run most of Vista's widely-promoted features. Microsoft responds by saying that the differences have been promoted with one of the most extensive marketing pushes in company history. 'In sum, Microsoft engaged in bait and switch -- assuring consumers they were purchasing Vista Capable machines when, in fact, they could obtain only a stripped-down operating system lacking the functionality and features that Microsoft advertised as Vista ... As a result, the suit said, people were buying machines that couldn't run the real Vista.'"
User Journal

U.S. Airlines to Offer In-Air Wi-Fi 252

Posted by Zonk from the careful-stewardess-i-am-blogging-this dept.
"Within the next year, US Airlines are going to be offering Wi-Fi service onboard flights. VoiP calls will be banned initially, but the article mentions that lifting the ban on cellphones may still be a possibility. 'AirCell will install equipment on airliners that will act as a WiFi hotspot in the cabin and connect to laptop computers and devices like BlackBerrys that have WiFi chips. In all, it will cost about $100,000 to outfit a plane with less than 100 pounds of equipment, and the work can be done overnight by airline maintenance workers, AirCell says. What makes the service particularly attractive to airlines is that they will share revenue with AirCell. The service will cost about the same as existing WiFi offerings. Mr. Blumenstein says it will charge no more than $10 a day to passengers. It will also offer discounted options for customers and tie into existing service programs like T-Mobile, iPass and Boingo. Speeds will be equivalent to WiFi service on the ground.'"

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