Topic: VIDEO - on February 28, 2008 at 5:39:00 PM CET
Nokia Morph Concept
Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is energy harvesting and self cleaning .
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Topic: STRANGE - on February 28, 2008 at 12:27:00 PM CET
French ban on Red Bull (drink) upheld by European Court
Health concerns over the Red Bull energy drink were fuelled yesterday after Europe's highest court upheld a French ban on the product.
The fizzy drink has been linked to several deaths and some experts have criticised its high levels of caffeine and other stimulants.
Red Bull is Britain's best-selling energy drink, with 213 million cans consumed last year. It has been dubbed the 'clubbers' drink', and is often mixed with vodka. The popular adverts claiming that Red Bull 'gives you wings', have led to the brand being described as 'the Porsche of soft drinks'.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on February 28, 2008 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Schäuble will Online-Durchsuchung zügig ins Gesetz schreiben
Die Verfassungsrichter haben entschieden - Politiker der Großen Koalition drängen zur Eile: Das Urteil zur heimlichen Online-Durchsuchung soll rasch in ein Gesetz gegossen werden. Innenminister Schäuble verkauft sich als der große Gewinner - dabei hat er für seine Pläne einen deutlichen Dämpfer bekommen.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on February 28, 2008 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Österreichs "Bundestrojaner" strauchelt
Während das deutsche Verfassungsgericht den Behörden bei der Online-Durchsuchung enge Grenzen gesteckt hat, ist die österreichische interministerielle Arbeitsgruppe dabei, ihren Bericht für Innen- und Justizministerium zu finalisieren. Laut Vorsitzendem Bernd-Christian Funk ist nicht einmal erwiesen, ob die Methode überhaupt tauglich ist.
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Topic: MAKE - on February 28, 2008 at 10:07:00 AM CET
LP Cover Lover
We’ve actually organized our LP collections into cover categories...So we’re getting it together to show you the highlights and low points of our obsessive habit. To show you record covers that you don’t see everywhere else. Covers that might otherwise be lost to the junk heap of history.
We’ll also include some covers that are recognized as icons of graphic design and influencers of style. Covers that are quintessential in their own way and that are timeless and “cool...”
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on February 28, 2008 at 10:06:00 AM CET
Horngacher angeblich mit 0,88-Promille am Steuer erwischt
Der suspendierte Landespolizeikommandant Roland Horngacher soll nach einem Bericht der Gratiszeitung "Heute" (Donnerstagausgabe) mit 0,88 Promille am Steuer erwischt worden sein. Dem Blatt zufolge wurde er Mittwochmittag von einer Streife in Wien-Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus angehalten. Bei der Exekutive wollte dazu auf mehrfache APA-Anfrage niemand Stellung nehmen, der Anwalt von Horngacher war zunächst nicht erreichbar. Für Horngacher gilt die Unschuldsvermutung.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 28, 2008 at 10:05:00 AM CET
Polizei soll Informanten mit Marihuana belohnt haben
Bezahlung der besonderen Art: Die Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen sechs Beamte einer in der Drogenszene tätigen zivilen Einsatzgruppe der Bremer Polizei. Ihnen wird vorgeworfen, zwischen 2003 und 2007 in mehreren Fällen Haschisch an Hinweisgeber abgegeben zu haben.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 28, 2008 at 10:02:00 AM CET
Cola Wars in Mexico - Tzotzil Indians in Mexico know the dangers of globalization and soda pop.
Thousands of candles flicker in the dim chamber. The air is thick with the smoke from copal incense. On the altar, men in black wool tunics and white knee-length pants play solemn music on drums and gourds. Below them, a score of Tzotzil Indians chant in small circles on the pine needle-covered floor. In the center of each circle are candles, eggs, copal and pox—fermented corn mash—in an old glass container, stopped with a corn cob. And next to the pox is a half-liter bottle of Coca-Cola or Pepsi.
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Topic: WEB - on February 28, 2008 at 10:00:00 AM CET
Former FBI Agent Calls for a Second Internet
Former FBI Agent Patrick J. Dempsey warns that the Internet has become a sanctuary for cyber criminals and the only way to rectify this is to create a second, more secure Internet. Dempsey explains that, in order to successfully fight cyber crime, law enforcement officials need to move much faster than average investigators and cooperate with international law enforcement officials. The problem is various legal systems are unprepared for the fight, which is why he claims we must change the structure of the Internet
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Topic: VIDEO - on February 28, 2008 at 9:57:00 AM CET
Serious Drama, And Lots Of Stupidity, Behind Stage6 Shutdown
Yesterday San Diego based DivX announced the shutdown of popular video site Stage6, to the surprise and dismay of the site’s 17.4 million happy monthly visitors (the post on the shutdown has over 5,000 comments).
There’s lots of speculation around why DivX is shutting the site down, ranging from piracy issues to the spiraling CDN costs of streaming all that HD content. But what really happened, according to multiple sources, is that a ridiculous battle of egos at the DivX board level caused most of the team to simply quit. DivX, essentially, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Topic: SECURITY - on February 28, 2008 at 9:55:00 AM CET
British ISPs Hand Over Your Surfing Data To (Former?) Spyware Firm
Earlier this month, we noted that three large UK ISPs had agreed to a questionable deal with a startup named "Phorm." The ISPs would share all of your surfing data with Phorm who would then target advertisements to you based on your surfing patterns. We raised some privacy concerns, and noted that Phorm's claims that it would anonymize the data were laughable, since every "anonymized" data set seems to get quickly de-anonymized. In the comments to that post, one commenter noted that the story was even worse, as Phorm was merely the reincarnation of a spyware firm that had made a rather infamous rootkit.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 28, 2008 at 9:52:00 AM CET
Teenage Bot Herder Admits to Infecting Military Computers
Hacking for money again? Well not really in this case, more like script kiddying for money - modifying an ‘off the shelf’ malware/bot package to evade detection and then cashing in on spamware affiliate fees.
I guess they could have made much with a 400,000 bot network - by renting it out for DDoS attacks to online extortionists. Although legally that’s even more risky.
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