Topic: POLITIK - on November 30, 2007 at 3:23:00 PM CET
Schlimmer als zu Sowjetzeiten
Nach den Vorstellungen des Kreml soll die Parlamentswahl zu einem einzigen Siegeszug von Präsident Putins Partei Einiges Russland werden. Putins Anhängern scheint jedes Mittel recht. In Medien ist schon die Rede von Auswüchsen, wie es sie nicht einmal zu Sowjetzeiten gegeben habe. Unmissverständliche "Wahlempfehlungen" habe es etwa für Staatsangestellte gegeben, denen mit Job- und Wohnungsverlust gedroht worden sei, sollten sie die "falsche" Wahl treffen.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 30, 2007 at 3:21:00 PM CET
Fraud, intimidation and bribery as Putin prepares for victory
The Kremlin is planning to rig the results of Russia's parliamentary elections on Sunday by forcing millions of public sector workers across the country to vote, the Guardian has learned.
Local administration officials have called in thousands of staff on their day off in an attempt to engineer a massive and inflated victory for President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party. Voters are being pressured to vote for United Russia or risk losing their jobs, their accommodation or bonuses, the Guardian has been told in numerous interviews with byudzhetniki (public sector workers), students and ordinary citizens.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 30, 2007 at 1:47:00 PM CET
DHS building handheld lobster spy-beam scanners
The world-famous US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working on astounding handheld lobster technology which could let operatives "see through walls, wood, concrete, earth, and steel". Just like lobsters can. (Hold on ...)
An article in the latest DHS Science & Technology Snapshots newsletter entitled "Eye of the Lobster" unveils the new kit, which resembles a handycam with a pistol grip and bulging orange lens on the front.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on November 30, 2007 at 11:02:00 AM CET
Widerstand gegen Onlinedurchsuchung in Österreich
Was in Deutschland mit dem Thema Vorratsdatenspeicherung gelungen ist - eine größere Bewegung unter Mithilfe aller Interessierten aufzubauen - scheint sich in Österreich gerade beim Thema Onlinedurchsuchung zu entwickeln. Die neue Plattform www.onlinedurchsuchung.at verfolgt jedenfalls eine ähnliche Stoßrichtung. Es gibt bisher zwei Mailinglisten und eine Plattform für die Beteiligung an einer Petition.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 30, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Cannabis-Legalisierer vernetzen sich
Eine Bürgerinitiative führt den "Kampf auf Millimeterpapier", am Wochenende fand das erste österreichweite Vernetzungstreffen statt – inklusive juristischem Fachvortrag.
"Die gesamte Drogendiskussion ist irrational. Die Gesellschaft braucht Sündenböcke, sie will diskriminieren", sagt Bernhard Amann. Doch der Vorarlberger Sozialarbeiter, Kommunalpolitiker und ehemalige Vorsitzende der österreichischen IG Kultur gibt nicht auf: Seit 2001 hat seine Bürgerinitiative, gemeinsam mit dem Verein "Legalize!", in Vorarlberg schon 15.000 Unterschriften gesammelt – gegen die "Inquisition", wie er sagt. Jetzt soll die Arbeit auf ganz Österreich ausgedehnt werden: "Es gibt eine halbe Million Kiffer in Österreich. Die Frage ist: Wie bringt man deren Hinterteile hoch?"
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 30, 2007 at 10:50:00 AM CET
Federal Court Rules Pot To Be Returned To Driver
Kha pleaded guilty to a traffic violation. The charge of possessing marijuana while driving was dropped after he produced a doctor's note approving Kha's use that he said was for severe back pain.
Despite objections by the prosecution, the judge ordered Kha's marijuana returned, according to the ruling.
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Topic: born rich - on November 30, 2007 at 10:44:00 AM CET
Strangest Ways to Change Up Your Bathroom
The bathroom always seems to conjure giggles or embarrassment depending on the topic discussed but I have never seen so many weird bathroom fixtures and accessories in my life.
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Topic: WEB - on November 30, 2007 at 10:26:00 AM CET
CBS to Pirate Bay: 'You're ok by us'
Last.fm, the music recommendation site owned by US media conglomerate CBS, has today given Pirate Bay the thumbs up to use its servers to add radio streams to BitTorrent searches.
The Swedish anti-copyright site has added a Last.fm widget to results pages as part of a new drop-down of extra information on artists (blog post here).
A spokesman for London-based Last.fm told The Reg that while it would not seek to endorse Pirate Bay, it has no control over who uses its API.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 30, 2007 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Hackers hijack web search results
A huge campaign to poison web searches and trick people into visiting malicious websites has been thwarted.
The booby-trapped websites came up in search results for search terms such as "Christmas gifts" and "hospice".
Windows users falling for the trick risked having their machine hijacked and personal information plundered.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 30, 2007 at 10:23:00 AM CET
Teenager arrested over '£9.7m computer hacking ring'
Police in New Zealand have questioned a teenager believed to be the ringleader of an international cyber-crime group.
The network is alleged to have infiltrated over one million computers and skimmed millions of dollars from people's bank accounts.
The teenager, who is 18, cannot be named for legal reasons but his cyber identification was "Akill".
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 30, 2007 at 10:21:00 AM CET
Hacker Uses Sony PlayStation 3 to Crack Passwords
Nick Breese, a senior security consultant at Auckland-based Security-assessment.com, has come up with a way to drastically increase the processing capability of cracking passwords, using a PS3.
By implementing common ciphers and hash functions using vector computing, Breese has pushed the current upper limit of 10--15 million cycles per second -- in Intel-based architecture -- up to 1.4 billion cycles per second.
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