Hackers have grabbed and published the names and email addresses of thousands of high-ranking security officials, handing them over to an anti-secrecy website, reports NBC News . About 3,000 names belonging to the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization for members of the intelligence community, were posted to…
Continue reading …AT&T flips 4G LTE live, nearly 97 percent of America wonders where the party is
September 18, 2011 No Comment
According to Ma Bell, AT&T covers 97 percent of all Americans. Of course, that’s including those “one bar of EDGE” places that are uncovered so far as reality’s concerned, but regardless of all that — there’s no denying that AT&T’s LTE launch is on the subdued side. With Verizon rolling out five times more LTE markets this month than AT&T is even launching with, the country’s largest GSM carrier definitely has some catching up to do. Regardless of the standings, the company appears to have (quietly) gone live with five LTE markets as of today, with Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas / Fort Worth and Houston getting first dibs. The source link below takes you to the new coverage map, as well as to a promise from the carrier to expand “4G LTE” (not to be confused with the other 4G, more accurately known as HSPA+ ) to 15 major metropolitan areas by the year’s end. Notice how rural areas aren’t mentioned, despite plenty of grandstanding near D.C.? Don’t worry, guys — it’s just Rethinking Possible . [Thanks, Marcus] AT&T flips 4G LTE live, nearly 97 percent of America wonders where the party is originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …
mayweather vs ortiz recap mayweather goes crazy in interview Floyd Mayweather Fight Vs. Victor Ortiz DjStylusUk says: Someone break down the mayweather fight for me??? I was way to drunk to even try and watch that lol
Continue reading …
TV station also plans to air shows about public safety after being ordered to scrap its hugely popular talent show Chinese television bosses are replacing the country’s equivalent of Pop Idol with programmes about housework and morally improving topics, after officials ordered them to scrap the talent show. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), the broadcasting watchdog, had previously imposed a cap on how much screen time such programmes could take up, saying that it was concerned about their impact on young viewers. The latest run of the hugely popular Super Girl contest finished on Friday. A spokesman for Hunan Satellite Television said it would not show any TV talent shows with mass participation next year because it had been accused of breaking time limits. “Hunan Satellite Television obeys the state watchdog’s decision and will not hold similar talent shows next year,” said Li Hao. “Instead, the channel will air programmes that promote moral ethics and public safety, and provide practical information for housework.” The show’s heyday was in the middle of the last decade, when up to 400 million viewers tuned in for the final and voted for their favourite contestants via text messaging and phone polls. But in 2007, SARFT decreed that talent shows could not be shown in prime time – between 7.30pm and 10.30pm – or screened for more than two hours a day. It also banned text voting – with some suggesting officials were concerned that the democratic method of choosing the winner was a bad influence. “I don’t think the content is really the important thing; it’s not that different from what goes on elsewhere,” said Jeremy Goldkorn, founder of Danwei.com , which follows Chinese media. “I think it’s more about clamping down on the uppity provincial station – making sure they don’t have a runaway hit that puts [state broadcaster] CCTV to shame. “I think CCTV is very wary when any provincial station has a breakaway hit and SARFT and CCTV are very close.” Hunan TV has a reputation as the boldest and most innovative of China’s broadcasters. It has often found success by picking up western formats and adapting them to suit a Chinese audience, launching versions of Strictly Come Dancing and Top Gear, among other hits. China is particularly strict in its controls on broadcast media and SARFT’s decisions can be startling to outsiders. Earlier this year an official from the watchdog denounced time travel dramas for their “frivolous” approach to history . China The news on TV Television Tania Branigan guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …
We’ve already seen an 11-minute walk-through video comparing a new Windows 8 beta tablet to an iPad 2 running iOS 5, but there are plenty of features Microsoft is cooking up that didn’t make it into the beta release of the OS. In a new video, Microsoft highlights a handful of currently unavailable applications that make use of the oft-praised Metro user interface Windows 8 borrowed from the Windows… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Boy Genius Report Discovery Date : 16/09/2011 19:52 Number of articles : 2
Continue reading …
Mayweather vs Victor Ortiz Knockout in Round 4 Mayweather vs Victor Ortiz Full Fight 18 september 2011 Floyd Mayweather vs Victor Ortiz KO KoolMFNJ says: I liked a @ YouTube video http://t.co/u1sUaVAy Beautiful Mayweather / Ortiz Knockout
Continue reading …
dennis hopper – bla bla bla!!!! blue velvet (1987) – one minute film school – music in movies – in dreams Dennis Hopper reccomended books for your iPad Celebsquid says: Dennis Hopper and who starred in super mario bros True Knowledge http://t.co/ed0DerV4
Continue reading …
In Aristophanes’ comic play Lysistrata (originally performed in Greece about 411 BC, but still shown regularly to this day), a group of women famously withhold sex from their husbands in an effort to end the Peloponnesian War. It’s a great idea (and makes for an incredibly bawdy theatre experience), but, as we remember thinking when Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Flavorwire Discovery Date : 17/09/2011 21:07 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …
Witnesses say at least 12 people killed and dozens wounded after security forces fire on protesters massed in Sana’a Medical officials say troops have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens. Witnesses say more than 100,000 protesters massed on Sunday around the state television building and government offices. They say security forces opened fire, along with snipers shooting down from nearby rooftops. Mohammed al-Abahi, a doctor at a field clinic, said at least 12 protesters were killed and as many as 200 wounded. He said many of the dead and wounded had bullet wounds to the face, chest and head. It was the first significant attack in weeks on Yemenis in the capital. The protesters have been demonstrating daily for more than seven months, demanding the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is still recovering in Saudi Arabia from an assassination attempt in June. Yemen Arab and Middle East unrest Protest Middle East guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hits north-eastern India and Nepal, damaging buildings and killing at least nine people A strong earthquake has shaken northeastern India and Nepal, killing at least nine people and damaging buildings. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, was felt across northeast India. It triggered at least two aftershocks of magnitude 6.1 and 5.3, Indian seismology official RS Dattatreyan said. He warned that more aftershocks were possible. At least four people in India’s Sikkim state were killed and an unspecified number of people were injured, state police chief Jasbir Singh told Associated Press. Nepal’s government said five people died and dozens were hurt there. The full extent of the damage was not immediately known because the region is sparsely populated, with many living in remote areas that were cut off by mudslides triggered by the quake, Singh said. TV stations reported collapsed buildings and cracked pavements in Sikkim’s state capital of Gangtok, 42 miles southeast of the quake’s epicentre. The Indo-Tibetan border police said two of its buildings had collapsed in Gangtok. Rescuers were searching for anyone pinned under fallen buildings in the city, which has a population of 50,000, Singh said. “We have sounded a high alert. Police are on the streets in Gangtok and other major towns,” he said. Electricity and some phone services were interrupted in the area. Power lines snapped in the West Bengal cities of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, which “are now in total darkness”, state chief minister Mamata Banerjee said. The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, offered to send troops to help, and summoned the National Disaster Management Authority for an emergency meeting. The air force sent five planes to help with rescue efforts. In neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh, the quake sent residents rushing out of their homes, offices and shopping centers. In Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, members of parliament who were debating the national budget ran out of the assembly hall into a parking area. They returned 15 minutes later and resumed their session. The quake was felt as far away as the Indian capital, with New Delhi residents rushing out of shaking buildings. Nepal India guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …