Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 3:12:00 PM CET
WEF-Gegner bauen Iglu-Dorf in Davos
Die Occupy-Bewegung erreicht Davos. Unter dem Motto «Occupy WEF» haben Aktivisten am Montag ein erstes Iglu auf dem Parkplatz der Parsennbahn gebaut. Während des World Economic Forum (WEF) soll dort das «Camp Igloo» der WEF-Gegner stehen.
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 3:09:00 PM CET
Protesters ready igloos to Occupy Davos
Occupy protesters with their sights set on the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering next week of the rich and powerful in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, unveiled their igloo accommodation on Monday.
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 2:56:00 PM CET
Reuters launch new magazine ahead of Davos WEF
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 2:49:00 PM CET
Annual Meeting 2012 25 - 29 January - Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
The contextual change at the top of minds remains the rebalancing and deleveraging that is reshaping the global economy. In the near term, this transformation is seen in the context of how developed countries will deleverage without falling back into recession and how emerging countries will curb inflation and avoid future economic bubbles. In the long term, both will play out as the population of our interdependent world not only passes 7 billion but is also interconnected through information technology on a historic scale. The net result will be transformational changes in social values, resource needs and technological advances as never before. In either context, the necessary conceptual models do not exist from which to develop a systemic understanding of the great transformations taking place now and in the future.
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 2:43:00 PM CET
Protesters vandalize SNB building ahead of Davos
Swiss police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men suspected of throwing red paint and scrawling "SMASH WEF" (World Economic Forum) in black graffiti on the walls of the Swiss National Bank.
Several people are believed to have smeared paint on two sides of the central bank building in Zurich during the night, causing damage in the tens of thousands of Swiss francs (dollars).
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Topic: EU - on January 19, 2012 at 2:31:00 PM CET
European Union Acts to Halt Hungarian Laws
Reawakening a debate on what the European Union should do when one of its members threatens its democratic principles, the bloc’s executive arm opened legal proceedings on Tuesday against Hungary, which critics contend is sliding toward authoritarianism.
It had been more than 10 years since the union faced a similar dilemma, when an Austrian coalition government included a far-right party. Austria was forced into semi-isolation when the bloc’s other countries severed political ties.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 19, 2012 at 1:18:00 PM CET
Feds: Ex-NSA analyst had top-secret-plus info on home computers
Computers seized from a retired National Security Agency analyst's home in 2007 contained information that is classified at a level beyond "top secret," officials said in court filings Tuesday.
A prosecutor and a senior NSA official made the claim to a federal court in Baltimore in response to a motion ex-NSA analyst Kirk Wiebe filed in November, demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation return items seized from Wiebe's Westminster, Md. home four-and-a-half years ago.
"Documents [found on hard drives in Wiebe's home] contain information that is currently and properly classified TOP SECRET//SI/REL to USA, FVEY," the deputy chief of staff for signals intelligence policy and corporate issues in NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate wrote in a declaration. The NSA official who signed the declaration (posted here) gave his name solely as "Steven E. T.," in keeping with an NSA policy of not publicly identifying most of its employees.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 19, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Iran Agrees to Return the U.S. Stealth Drone in Toy Form
Iranians won't return the advanced RQ-170 Sentinel drone downed in their country late last year but they will give the White House a toy replica.
On Tuesday, Iranian Radio Payam reported that a local company is manufacturing a toy version of the stealth drone one eightieth of its size that will be shipped to the White House. News of the toy brinkmanship was first reported outside Iran by Reuters' Mitrak Amiri, who happened to be reporting on a ban on Barbie dolls by the state's morality police (children's toys are a hot topic in Iran right now).
theatlanticwire.com defenceweb.co.za Iran: Morality Police Cracking Down On Barbie Dolls washingtonpost.com بازتاب تولید مدل مینیاتوری RQ-170 در رسانهها RQ-170 teribon.ir
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 19, 2012 at 11:19:00 AM CET
European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC) 2012 August 22-24, 2012
Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) research is an interdisciplinary research field involving academic researchers in information technologies, computer science, public policy, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and social and behavior studies as well as local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence experts, and information technology industry consultants and practitioners to support counterterrorism and homeland security missions of anticipation, interdiction, prevention, preparedness and response to terrorist acts. The annual IEEE International ISI Conference series (isiconference.org) was started in 2003.
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Topic: MUSIK - on January 19, 2012 at 11:14:00 AM CET
30 Jahre "Da Da Da"
Gagaga: Im Februar 1982 wurde die Provinzband Trio mit dem Nonsens-Song "Da Da Da" weltberühmt. Im Interview mit einestages erinnert sich Schlagzeuger Peter Behrens an die Entstehung ihres Hits - und spricht über Sexpuppen als Sängerinnen, blutige Bühnenrituale und den freien Fall aus dem Pop-Olymp.
einestages.spiegel.de Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha [wiki]
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 19, 2012 at 11:11:00 AM CET
“Die GEMA ist schuld”: Grooveshark schließt für Nutzer aus Deutschland – simfy übernimmt
Grooveshark, die “Schurkenseite” unter den Musikstreamingdiensten, ist für Nutzer aus Deutschland nicht mehr zugänglich. Verantwortlich macht der US-Dienst die hiesige Verwertungsgesellschaft GEMA. Eine Partnerschaft mit simfy soll die Nutzer entschädigen.
In den Augen der Musikindustrie ist der US-Dienst Grooveshark seit langem das schwarze Schaf der Streamingdienste und das derzeitige Ziel juristischer Attacken durch die Plattenfirmen. Anders als Konkurrenten wie simfy, Rdio oder Spotify besitzt Grooveshark keine Lizenzverträge mit Labels und Verwertungsgesellschaften, weshalb es der Branche ein Dorn im Auge ist.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 19, 2012 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Grooveshark Pulls Out Of Germany
Grooveshark’s ride to popularity has abruptly ended, at least in Germany. German users trying to access the website of the popular music streaming service Grooveshark are now greeted with an informational page telling them that the service has ended its operation in the country. According to the information, cost of operation reached a level in Germany that did not allow the company to continue offering their streaming music service.
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