Topic: SCIENCE - on January 23, 2009 at 1:13:00 PM CET
Sind Sie Darwinist?
Evolution, Mutation, Selektion - in aller Welt wird Charles Darwins 200. Geburtstag gefeiert. Verstehen Sie, warum? Im SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Quiz werden Sie Evolutionstheoretiker.
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Topic: ART - on January 23, 2009 at 12:21:00 PM CET
Polizei verhaftet Dalí-Händler
In Spanien hat die Polizei einen Mann gefasst, der Werke von Salvador Dalí verkaufen wollte. Unter den sichergestellten Kunstwerken befinden sich vermutlich sowohl Fälschungen wie auch echte Arbeiten des Surrealisten, die als gestohlen galten.
spiegel.de Salvador Dalí – Fälschungen am laufenden Band [pdf]
„Niemand würde mich fälschen, wäre ich ein mittelmäßiger Künstler.“ Salvador Dalí.
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Topic: ART - on January 23, 2009 at 12:10:00 PM CET
81 works of art attributed to Salvador Dalì intervened in Estepona
A Frenchman who organised an exhibition in the Kempinski Hotel in Estepona has been arrested.
81 works of art attributed to Salvador Dalí have been seized by the authorities from an exhibition in the Kempinski Hotel in Estepona. The items were all up for sale.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 23, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM CET
Mac malware piggybacks on pirated iWork
Malware masquerading as part of Apple's iWork 09 productivity suite is targeting unsuspecting Mac users foolish enough to install pirated software downloaded on warez sites.
Once installed, iServices.A has unfettered root access, which it promptly uses to connect to a remote server over the internet, according to Intego, which sells anti-virus software for Macs. A secondary download installs malware that makes victims part of a botnet that's attacking undisclosed websites.
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Topic: Phone - on January 23, 2009 at 12:04:00 PM CET
Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry - t's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's 'super-encryption'
President Obama can keep his BlackBerry, making him the first sitting president to use email.
Barack Obama has resisted calls to relinquish his beloved handheld despite concerns over personal security, espionage, and presidential record-keeping.
"He has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends in a way that use will be limited and security enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate, but to do so effectively and to do so in a way that is protected," White House press secretary Roberts Gibbs told reporters on Thursday.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 23, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM CET
The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises
PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.
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