Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 24, 2012 at 6:49:00 PM CET
MegaUpload Loses Top Lawyer After ‘Outside’ Pressure
A few days after top lawyer Robert Bennett announced he would defend MegaUpload vigorously in their upcoming trial, he has been forced to withdraw from the case. A source says that this drastic decision was made because the case conflicts with the interests of another client of Bennett’s law firm Hogan Lovells. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to conclude that the pressure most likely came from the entertainment industry.
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Topic: Webwar - on January 24, 2012 at 6:32:00 PM CET
American Defense Operations and Cyberspace
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Gen. Martin Dempsey - announced the release of the new American Operational Concept that reinforces the importance of space and cyberspace to military operations.
Operational access is the ability to project military force into an operational area with sufficient freedom of action to accomplish the mission.
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Topic: WEB - on January 24, 2012 at 6:24:00 PM CET
Hackers-for-Hire Are Easy to Find
Sitting in his Los Angeles home, Kuwaiti billionaire Bassam Alghanim received an alarming call from a business associate: Hundreds of his personal emails were posted online for anyone to see.
Mr. Alghanim checked and found it to be true, according to a person familiar with the matter. The emails included information on his personal finances, legal affairs, even his pharmacy bills, this person said.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 24, 2012 at 5:50:00 PM CET
Sir Richard Branson: 'Don't Jail Drug Users'
Just as prohibition of alcohol failed in the United States in the 1920s, the war on drugs has failed globally. Over the past 50 years, more than $1 trillion has been spent fighting this battle, and all we have to show for it is increased drug use, overflowing jails, billions of pounds and dollars of taxpayers’ money wasted, and thriving crime syndicates. It is time for a new approach.
Too many of our leaders worldwide are ignoring policy reforms that could rapidly reduce violence and organised crime, cut down on theft, improve public health and reduce the use of illicit drugs. They are failing to act because the reforms that are needed centre on decriminalising drug use and treating it as a health problem. They are scared to take a stand that might seem “soft”.
telegraph.co.uk '75% of my children’s generation have smoked cannabis': Richard Branson tells MPs drug issue is health issue, NOT crime problem sky.com video
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 24, 2012 at 5:47:00 PM CET
Magic mushrooms may help treat depression: How?
Feeling blue? Two new studies suggest taking a trip might help - but we're not talking vacations.
Tripping on "magic mushrooms" appears to change the brain in ways similar to antidepressants, the study found.
"We're not saying go out there and eat magic mushrooms," Professor David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacology researcher at Imperial College London and senior author of both studies, told Reuters. "But...this drug has such a fundamental impact on the brain that it's got to be meaningful - it's got to be telling us something about how the brain works."
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Topic: MAKE - on January 24, 2012 at 5:45:00 PM CET
Kickstarter: eye3, An Affordable Aerial Photography Drone
eye3 is a project to create a professional quality yet affordable flying robotic camera platform, or Drone. Almost anyone attempting to build a platform like the eye3 will be stunned by the complexity involved and the years of hands on experience needed to create a functional, safe device. The incredibly steep learning curve combined with the high cost of failure has kept this powerful tool out of the hands of thousands of creative people. We Can Make Aerial Photography Easy for You
My husband and I have been building, programming and flying these complex machines for many years, giving us the knowledge and experience to produce a high performance flying robot in a low cost kit that practically anyone can assemble. Cinematographers, journalists, scientists, hobbyists: eye3 has the power, stability, automation and precision you need to produce professional results.
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