Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 19, 2007 at 1:07:00 PM CEST
Drei Tonnen Paradeiser verschwunden
Aus einem Folientunnel in Pamhagen sind drei Tonnen Paradeiser verschwunden - ein Diebstahl wurde angezeigt. Der Fall erinnert an den Sommer 2002, als Gemüsediebe zwei Wochen lang die Bauern im Seewinkel in Atem hielten.
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Topic: FUN - on August 19, 2007 at 12:36:00 PM CEST
Couple wanted to name son @
A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used @ symbol., much to the consternation of Chinese officials.
The unidentified couple and the attempted naming were cited Thursday by a Chinese government official as an example of bizarre names creeping into the Chinese language.
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Topic: NATURE - on August 19, 2007 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
The Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns resulting from a volcanic eruption. It is located on the North East coast of Northern Ireland, about 3 kilometres (2 miles) north of the town of Bushmills. Legend has it that the Irish giant Finn McCool built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner.
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Topic: PHOTO - on August 19, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
Moscow Underground Tunnels (HDR)
Here are some new HDR processed pictures with some 3D graphics elements of the underground Moscow tunnels by the photographer Alex Klochkov. It is necessary to notice, that these places are extremely dangerous, so don’t even try to go there by yourself.
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
Skype Works on Software Flaw Suspected in Worldwide Outage
Problems continued yesterday for Skype, an Internet-based phone company, as it tried to patch up a software glitch that left many of its 220 million customers disconnected.
Worldwide disruption spanning Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America began on Thursday, prompting rumors on the Web about the cause of the outage, including speculation that the service had been attacked by Russian hackers, or that the failure was the result of problems caused by a recent software update.
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:23:00 PM CEST
Skype and Patriot act maybe not hackers?
Original author: Mathaba Skype Problems: Coincidence or Result of Architecture Fix for the U.S. State? Posted: 2007/08/17 From: Mathaba Is it considerable coincidence, or a sign of modifications which would inevitably be difficult to execute without significant disruption? Around 2 weeks ago the Bush administration pushed through Congress a law to bolster the government's ability to intercept electronic communications without a court order. The so-called Protect America Act, which passed both the House and Senate by wide margins just before Congress went on its August recess, allows the government to intercept the phone calls and e-mails of people in the United States who communicate with people overseas, and for the first time, allows the government to intercept communications between foreigners which are merely routed through the United States, as well as conversations of Americans traveling abroad.
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM CEST
Why the Skype 0day exploit is a fake
A lot of people contacted me about my post on FD. No, I have no clue of what’s really going and I can happily live believing the official reports (http://heartbeat.skype.com/) on the issue. This is the complete message I posted to FD in reply to Valery Marchuk.
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Skype drop was the result of Russian hackers
The reason for yesterday's fall network Skype study Russians were burglars, told us one of the readers.
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:15:00 PM CEST
Skype Comes Back, Do You Still Trust It?
Skype was back up and running on Saturday, but the question remains if this week’s outage will have a lasting effect on the confidence people place in the service. Will anyone feel comfortable using Skype as their primary voice communications tool if a multi-day outage is possible?
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Topic: WEB - on August 19, 2007 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
VOIP TOOLBOX: 30+ VoIP Services
You can’t have failed to notice that Skype suffered major downtime this week. However, there many more VoIP service providers that enable users to make free or cheap international calls through computers, landlines or cellphones. Many of them offer social networking features plus easy embedding options in blogs and social networking sites.
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