Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 at 1:38:00 PM CET
EU data privacy regulations pose serious threat to UK business
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has raised industry concerns that the European Commission’s proposals for the comprehensive reform of data protection legislation could have serious financial consequences for UK plc.
The professional body, which represents the UK’s multi-billion pound direct marketing industry, fears that the EU’s new draft Data Protection Regulation poses a severe threat to the ability for UK businesses to use data to market their goods and services to consumers.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 at 1:37:00 PM CET
Proteste gegen ACTA verschärfen sich
Am Donnerstag haben Österreich und 21 weitere EU-Staaten in Tokio das umstrittene Handelsabkommen ACTA unterzeichnet, das unter anderem Internet-Provider dazu zwingen könnte, die Inhalte in ihren Netzen zu kontrollieren. Damit verschärft sich der Konflikt enorm, in Polen sind in den vergangenen Tagen bis zu 60.000 Menschen gegen ACTA auf die Straße gegangen.
"Wir sind belogen und betrogen worden", so Michal Wozniak, Mitglied der polnischen Bürgerrechtsorganisation Panoptykon, am Freitag gegenüber ORF.at. "Ich habe mich über die vergangenen zwei Jahre mit ACTA beschäftigt und habe an Treffen mit Premierminister Donald Tusk, (Digitalisierungsminister) Michal Boni und (Kulturminister) Bogdan Zdrojewski teilgenommen. Ich war dabei, als Tusk und Boni im vergangenen Mai versprochen haben, dass es mit ACTA nicht weitergehen würde, bis unsere Fragen beantwortet und der Prozess transparent gemacht wird."
help.orf.atZiB2-Beitrag zur ACTA Polish MPs wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA yahoo.com
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 at 1:36:00 PM CET
ACTA: Der Kampf um das Netz hat begonnen
Der globale Kampf um das freie Netz geht in die nächste Runde. Nachdem die amerikanischen Gesetzesinitiativen SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) und PIPA (Protect IP Act) durch konzertierte Protestaktionen von Google, Wikipedia und anderen Internetriesen zunächst vom Kongress-Tisch gefegt wurden, verlagert sich der Fokus der Netzöffentlichkeit nun auf Europa. Genauer: Nach Polen. Das Land gehört zu den ersten, die das umstrittene Anti-Produktpiraterieabkommen ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) unterzeichneten. Die Internetnutzer liefen Sturm und bedrängten die Regierung mit einer nie dagewesenen Welle von DOS-Attacken, Hacks und Protestkundgebungen.
Die Botschaft ist klar: FUCK ACTA
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 27, 2012 at 1:13:00 PM CET
For Newt, ‘World War III’ Is Just the Beginning
Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a large part of the news media. The former House speaker and presidential hopeful wants to bomb a significant part of the planet, too.
Gingrich is on the record favoring American military intervention from North Korea to Lebanon. He recently threatened cyberwar with China and Russia. And on Monday, he called for an all-out assault to topple the Castro regime in Cuba. With such a wide range of targets, no wonder Gingrich has consistently said that the U.S. is in the middle of “World War III.” His plans for overthrowing the Iranian government? Just the beginning. In fact, if President Gingrich encounters any little green men while building his moon base (!), they had better pray to their astral maker for mercy.
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Topic: War and Peace - on January 27, 2012 at 12:43:00 PM CET
Xianglong ("Soar Dragon") Drones renderings - China Military Report
Xianglong UAV is a large UAV researched and designed by China own . "Grand" high-speed high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Overall Length 14.33 m, a wingspan of 24.86 m, height 5.413 m, normal takeoff weight of 6800 kg, payload 600 kg body's life is tentatively scheduled for 2500Fh. Cruising altitude of 18,000 meters to 20,000 meters, cruising speed of more than 700 km / h; combat radius of 2000 to 2500 km
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 27, 2012 at 12:42:00 PM CET
NYPD Experimenting With Terminator Drones To Monitor NYC
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Topic: War and Peace - on January 27, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM CET
The Pentagon Is Doubling Down on Drones to Save Money
The Pentagon has a new game plan for a leaner military: fewer soldiers and more drones. Today, Defense Secretary Leon Panatta will unveil his department's $525 billion budget for the fiscal year of 2013, which includes $487 billion in cuts over the next decade. Details of the budget are beginning to leak out to reporters ahead of the press conference and, as a whole, paint a picture of a more specialized, low-profile military. Here's what we know so far.
theatlanticwire.com Pentagon taps students to build robots, drones
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Topic: nuclear power - on January 27, 2012 at 12:23:00 PM CET
Japan loses track of radioactive cows
Japanese authorities have lost track of nearly 3,000 dead cows suspected of containing high levels of radioactive caesium.
The cows ate rice straw contaminated in the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Last year Japan's health ministry ordered the testing of more than 4,500 beef cattle suspected of being contaminated with radiation.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 at 12:17:00 PM CET
Acta protests break out as EU states sign up to treaty
The UK and 21 other European Union member states on Thursday signed an international copyright agreement treaty called Acta (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), sparking more demonstrations by internet users who have protested for days both virtually and physically over fear it will lead to online censorship.
Following the signing, protesters rallied in the Polish cities of Poznan and Lublin to express their anger over the treaty. Lawmakers for the left-wing Palikot's Movement wore masks in parliament to show their dissatisfaction, while the largest opposition party the right-wing Law and Justice party called for a referendum on the matter.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on January 27, 2012 at 10:25:00 AM CET
Pic reunites Monty Python members
Members of Monty Python's Flying Circus are reteaming for "Absolutely Anything," a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce.
Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons voicing key roles as a a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do "absolutely anything" to see what a mess he'll make of things -- which is precisely what happens. There's also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does. Robin Williams will voice the character.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2012 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Uno-Mitarbeiter finden 16 Kilo Kokain
Die Ware lag versteckt in 14 ausgehöhlten Büchern: Bei den Vereinten Nationen in New York ist Kokain im Millionenwert aufgetaucht. Schmuggler hatten offenbar versucht, die Drogen per Diplomatenpost zu verschicken.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2012 at 10:23:00 AM CET
Cocaine Sacks Worth $2m Shipped To UN Headquarters By Accident
Two sacks of cocaine have been accidentally delivered to the United Nations’ New York headquarters.
The 16kg shipment from Mexico was hidden in hollowed-out books inside pouches which were stamped with forgeries of the organisation’s logo.
UN diplomatic pouches are not meant to be searched, but when sorters were unable to find an address on them, they simply forwarded them to the organisation’s headquarters.
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