Topic: TV - on November 20, 2007 at 5:47:00 PM CET
Schmidt & Pocher wegtreten
Ich habe jetzt 2 Mal „Schmidt & Pocher“ gesehen. Leider muss ich feststellen, dass dieser Pocher noch schlimmer als Stefan Raab ist.
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Topic: TV - on November 20, 2007 at 5:43:00 PM CET
Adam Curtis - The TV elite has lost the plot
Adam Curtis is one of the jewels in the BBC's crown - as well as one of its fiercest critics.
His documentaries are rich, complex histories of ideas that have surprised BBC executives with their popularity amongst younger viewers: his montage technique and visual jokes reward repeated viewings.
The Century of the Self told the story of how Freud's nephew invented modern public relations. The Power Of Nightmares described how the myth of the al-Qaeda "network" had to be invented so a terror trial could be heard under America's RICO laws. The Trap describes how reductionist and paranoid logic of game theory influenced psychology, biology and eventually social policy.
(Curtis is also an advisor to Popbitch)
Over two interviews with us, Curtis lays into a TV class that has lost its confidence, run out of ideas, and fallen back on "user generated content" as a salvation.
He explains how bloggers are bullies, warns of the snake oil salesmen of the internet's "new democracy", and suggests how to repair a BBC in crisis.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 20, 2007 at 5:41:00 PM CET
Cannabis Compound May Stop Metastatic Breast Cancer
A non-toxic, non-psychoactive compound in marijuana may block the progress of metastatic breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers in California.
"This is a new way to treat a patient that is not toxic like chemotherapy or radiotherapy. It is a new approach for metastatic cancer," said lead researcher Sean D. McAllister, an associate scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 20, 2007 at 5:38:00 PM CET
UK drugs trade tops £7bn, study shows
There are about 300 major drug importers into Britain, 3,000 wholesalers and 70,000 street dealers producing a turnover of £7-8bn a year, according to an internal Home Office estimate revealed today.
This official indication of the astonishing scale of the drugs trade in Britain, although very rough, has led Home Office researchers to calculate that by value it represents about a third of the size of the tobacco market in Britain and two-fifths of the trade in alcohol.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on November 20, 2007 at 5:36:00 PM CET
Policeman hijacks payroll plane
Police in Papua New Guinea have shot dead one of their own reservists after he hijacked a plane carrying nearly $2m he was meant to be guarding.
Two other alleged robbers were caught, and another two are being sought. Most of the money - payroll cash for a mine in Western province - has been found.
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Topic: Phone - on November 20, 2007 at 5:33:00 PM CET
Vodafone: iPhone Sucks... But, Hey, Why Won't Apple Let Us Sell Them In Germany!?!
Vodafone's German unit has convinced a judge there to ban the sale of iPhones by rival T-Mobile, claiming that Apple's exclusive deal with T-Mobile is somehow unfair. For such a poor experience, it certainly seems like Vodafone would have been happier if it had been Vodafone's poor experience, rather than competitors.
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Topic: WEB - on November 20, 2007 at 5:29:00 PM CET
Das Ende des Internets im Jahre 2010?
In den USA müssten bis zum Jahre 2010 angeblich 55 Mrd Dollar in neue Breitbandkabel investiert werden, damit das Netz die wachsende Datenflut in den Griff bekommt. Alleine Youtube würde 27 Petabyte pro Monat verbrauchen. Schuld sind die Nutzer, die Videos hoch- und runterladen und eigene Inhalte ins Netz stellen. Und wenn jetzt nichts an den politischen Rahmenbedingungen geändert wird, bricht das Internet in drei Jahren zusammen.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on November 20, 2007 at 11:10:00 AM CET
Offizielle Antworten vom BMI zur Online-Durchsuchung
Wenige Monate, nachdem wir die internen BMI-Informationen rund um die Online-Durchsuchung publiziert haben, gibt es jetzt eine Kurz-Zusammenfassung auf den Seiten des Bundesinnenministerium: Fragen und Antworten zum Thema Online-Durchsuchungen.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on November 20, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Neu im Bundes-Angebot: Die Einlader-Datei
Jede Woche eine neue staatliche Datenbank? Scheint fast so zu sein. Die Inititive der Woche ist eine “Einlader-Datei”. Laut der Taz soll zukünftig in einer speziellen Datei gespeichert werden, “wer einen visumpflichtigen Ausländer nach Deutschland einlädt”: “Wer einlädt, wird überwacht.”
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Topic: TV - on November 20, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM CET
Weeds: Showtime bestellt vierte Staffel
Der US-Kabelsender Showtime hat eine vierte Staffel der Serie bei den Produzenten der Firma Lionsgate in Auftrag gegeben. Hatte der Sender im letzten Jahr noch 15 Episoden bestellt, so kommt die jetzt getätigte Bestellung auf neue 13 Folgen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 20, 2007 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Homemade cocaine-smuggling sub
Colombian marines seized a makeshift submarine capable of smuggling up to 12 tonnes of cocaine through the Pacific to Central America, making it one of the largest such craft found, authorities said on Friday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 20, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Eight suspects in Cádiz cocaine network released with charges
Nine are in prison, in an operation which seized cocaine with a street value of almost 1.4 million €
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