Don’t look now, but Katia—that’s pronounced KA-tee-uh—just tipped from intensely simmering over to boiling in the middle of the Atlantic, becoming the second named hurricane of the season. Katia’s creeping across the ocean at 18 miles per hour, about 1,050 miles east of the Leeward Islands (around 1,700 southeast of Bermuda) with maximum sustained winds
Continue reading …A Palo Alto woman provides a rare glimpse at the private side of her world-famous neighbor, a guy by the name of Steve Jobs. But Lisen Stromberg isn’t dishing up dirt. Instead, she offers a sweet tribute to Jobs as a regular dad in the neighborhood, attending backyard pool parties…
Continue reading …Facebook plans to join forces with Spotify, MOG, and Rdio to launch its long-rumored music service later this month, sources tell Mashable . Facebook won’t unveil the project until the Sept. 22 f8 developer conference, but it’s been a poorly kept secret—evidence of it was found hidden in the code…
Continue reading …Gibson Guitar CEO Says Feds Told Him Problems Would ‘Go Away’ if Labor Done in Madagascar
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The tale of the Gibson guitar raid — the one focused on the legendary guitar maker’s alleged importation and use of illegal wood — has taken an odd turn. Now CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is claiming the Feds told him that some of his problems “would go away” if the company used Madagascar labor. In an interview with Beck radio affiliate KMJ 105.9 in Fresno, California, Juszkiewicz told host Chris Daniel… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Business Insider Discovery Date : 01/09/2011 11:53 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …LulzSec and Anonymous police and FBI investigation sees two more arrested
September 1, 2011 No Comment
Two men arrested in South Yorkshire and Wiltshire as part of investigation into international online hacking gangs Two men have been arrested in connection with online attacks by hacking gangs Anonymous and LulzSec, Scotland Yard said. The men, aged 24 and 20, were arrested on Thursday in Mexborough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and Warminster, Wiltshire, for conspiring to commit offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Scotland Yard said the arrests were part of a continuing investigation in collaboration with the FBI, South Yorkshire Police and other law enforcement bodies, into activities of Anonymous and LulzSec, especially in connection with suspected offences under the cover of online identity “Kayla”. A spokesman said the men were arrested separately. He said the Doncaster address was searched by police and computer equipment was removed for forensic examination. Detective Inspector Mark Raymond from the Metropolitan Police’s Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), said: “The arrests relate to our inquiries into a series of serious computer intrusions and online denial-of-service attacks recently suffered by a number of multi-national companies, public institutions and gPressovernment and law enforcement agencies in Great Britain and the US. “We are working to detect and bring before the courts those responsible for these offences, to disrupt such groups, and to deter others thinking of participating in this type of criminal activity.” In a separate investigation two men were charged on Thursday over online attacks by Anonymous, Scotland Yard said. Christopher Weatherhead, 20, from Northampton, and Ashley Rhodes, 26, from Kennington, south London, have been charged with conspiracy to carry out an unauthorised act in relation to a computer. Police had already charged a youth from Chester aged 17 and student Peter David Gibson, 22, from Hartlepool, in relation to the same offences. All four will appear on bail at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on September 7. Anonymous LulzSec Hacking Crime guardian.co.uk
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Suicide bombers in Iraq have killed 12,000 civilians and 200 coalition soldiers since war began, study finds Suicide bombers in Iraq have killed at least 12,000 civilians and 200 coalition soldiers, according to a study. The research paper , by Dr Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks of King’s College London, the London-based Iraq Body Count and others, describes suicide bombs in Iraq as “a major public health problem”, killing significantly more civilians than soldiers. It is published as part of a Lancet series on the health consequences of 9/11. Among the reasons for the high civilian death toll is the difficulty of getting victims to hospital quickly enough for emergency treatment. The study finds children are more likely to die than adults if they are injured in a suicide bombing. Using data amassed by the Iraq Body Count, which collects verified reports of deaths and injuries, as well as other data on military deaths, the authors say more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians were injured by suicide bombs between 20 March 20 2003 and 31 December 2010, and 12,284 Iraqi civilians were killed in more than 1,000 suicide bombings. These amounted to 10% of civilian deaths and 25% of civilian injuries from armed violence in that period, they say. About a third of the Iraqi fatalities (3,963) were demographically identifiable. Of those, 75% were men, 11% were women and 14% were children. An Iraqi child died in at least 159 (16%) of the 1,003 suicide bombings and a woman or child in at least 211 (21%). In the same period, 200 coalition soldiers were killed in suicide attacks. Of those, 175 were from the US in 76 attacks, 16 were Italian in one attack, three were British in one bombing and four Bulgarians and two Thai soldiers died in one incident. “Suicide bombers in Iraq use suicide bombs strategically as cost-effective, precise, highly destructive weapons,” say the authors. The Iraqi civilian population suffers substantially because it is “a primary chosen target of suicide bombers and those who deploy them”. Iraq Middle East Global terrorism Sarah Boseley guardian.co.uk
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The Titans and Chris Johnson have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension ending the three-time Pro Bowl running back’s holdout. (Sept. 1)
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Madonna, in Venice for the premiere her film ‘WE’ about Wallace Simpson, says she relates to the American divorcee for whom Britain’s King Edward VIII gave up his throne. (Sept. 1)
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Click here to view this media MSNBC host Ed Schultz blasted House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and his “cronies” for forcing President Barack Obama to delay his speech on jobs from Sept. 7 to Sept. 8. Schultz speculated that Republicans wanted the speech moved until the next day to give the maximum exposure to a Republican presidential debate that is scheduled for Sept. 7. “Boehner and the Republicans have been hounding President Obama to lay out a jobs plan for months,” the MSNBC host noted. “Now, the very same people want the president to keep his powder dry so Rick Perry can have the spotlight to say stupid stuff?” He continued: “Once again, this President has smoked ‘em out. He has proven to the country one more time that he can’t even schedule a speech to the joint session of the Congress without it being obstructed, that he one more time has proven to the country that the Republicans, their number one priority is not in line with the priorities of the American people and that is jobs. They’re priority is their schedule, their tee time, their debate, their tax cuts, their deregulation, and they don’t give a damn, nor do they respect the president of the United States or the office.” “Even when it comes to a joint session of Congress, the Republicans want to lower the bar when it comes to class and respect and priorities in this country. Now, you tell me who is on your side tonight, folks. Is it Boehner? Is he on your side or is he on the side of his cronies in the House who are more concerned about their hectic schedule? Fact: They don’t give a damn about you working folks in America. And they don’t give a damn about creating jobs. And that’s why they’ve just been heckling from the stands and they’ve never been a player. And they proved it big time again tonight.”
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On Wednesday, NPR strongly hinted that they would bring their liberal bias into their special programming for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Their planned reports on the mass atrocity includes an investigation which scrutinizes the efforts of private firms guarding soft targets like sports arenas: “[The] investigation… suggests that these kinds of programs are disrupting innocent people's lives .” An August 30, 2011 press release on the public-funded network's website stated that “it has been said that America would never be the same after terrorist attacks took nearly 3,000 lives on September 11, 2001. A decade since the tragedy, how have the attacks affected people's lives and shaped America's collective outlook and future? Beginning September 5, NPR News offers a week of reports looking back at the events leading up to 9/11 and reflecting on the ways it continues to impact the nation.” The release included a list of highlighted programs during the upcoming week. The fourth item on the list is a program titled, ” Under Suspicion: An Investigation from NPR News and Center for Investigative Reporting .” It gave the following summary of the investigation, which will run on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and on NPR.org: Ever since 9/11, the nation’s leaders have warned that government agencies like the CIA and FBI can’t protect the country on their own – private businesses and ordinary citizens have to look out for terrorists too. Popular sites from shopping malls to sports stadiums have hired private counterterrorism firms to identify and then report “suspicious persons” to law enforcement agencies . A two-part investigation by NPR News and the Center for Investigative Reporting suggests that these kinds of programs are disrupting innocent people's lives . The Center for Investigative Reporting's left-of-center leanings are certainly indicated by the liberal media notables on their advisory board, including Seymour Hersh, Bill Moyers, and Mike Wallace. Also, George Soros's Open Society Institute is listed on the organization's website as one of their major funders. Open Society also donated $1.8 million to NPR earlier in 2011. Just days before NPR put out their press release, the New York Times spotlighted the soon-to-be-aired investigation in an August 25 article by Kathryn Shattuck titled, “9/11 in the Arts: An Anniversary Guide.” Shattuck used language almost identical to the press release in her summary: “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition” and NPR.org will offer a examination of private security teams hired by sites like shopping malls and sport stadium [sic] to report on “suspicious persons” and the resulting disruption of innocent people's lives . Check Web site for details: npr.org
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