Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM CET
Deutsches Militär unterstützt hochgerüsteten Grenzschutz in Saudi-Arabien
Das Verteidigungsministerium schickt "einsatzerfahrene Soldaten" zur Ausbildung an aus Deutschland gelieferten Drohnen. Die Bundesregierung gibt zu, dass diese "zu Aufklärungszwecken im Rahmen der Grenzsicherung" genutzt werden
Auch das Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt den zivil-militärischen Grenzschutz Saudi-Arabien. Hierfür werden saudische Soldaten in der Bedienung von Drohnen geschult, die aus Deutschland geliefert werden. Im Sommer wurde bereits offenkundig, dass die Bundespolizei saudi-arabische Grenzpolizisten an einem zwei Milliarden Euro teuren System zur Bewachung seiner 9.000 Kilometer langen Grenze ausbildet. Offensichtlich sind die aus Deutschland gelieferten LUNA-Drohnen in das System des Rüstungsgiganten EADS integriert.
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Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:30:00 AM CET
Drones, Dogs and the Future of Privacy
Just in case you haven’t seen the memo: Drones are coming to a city near you. They are arriving on these shores by the hundreds after serving in war zones overseas, and plenty of new models are on order to meet a burgeoning domestic demand.
Why now? Under a fresh mandate from Congress, the Federal Aviation Administration will begin to relax its restrictions around the domestic use of “unmanned aerial systems,” leading to greater use of drones by public agencies and, eventually, the private sector.
The FAA’s primary concern is safety; carelessly deployed drones might literally crash your dinner party or collide with other aircraft in the already crowded skies. But civil-liberty groups are worried about what they see as a greater danger: the specter of massive surveillance.
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Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:29:00 AM CET
Don’t Freak Out, But Iran Is Helping Venezuela Build Drones
Iran is planning to build drones for the Venezuelan military. Just so you know, it sounds worse than it is.
That’s according to Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, chief of U.S. forces in South America. According to Fraser, who spoke to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, the drones are to be manufactured in Venezuela with Iranian help and will likely be used for “internal defense.” The exact kind of drones isn’t clear. But the robots are probably too small to be armed.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 9, 2012 at 11:27:00 AM CET
Security: UK 'must plan for euro collapse'
Ministers should draw up plans to deal with a break-up of the eurozone "as a matter of urgency", a committee of MPs and peers has warned.
The joint committee on the government's National Security Strategy (NSS) said the full or partial collapse of the single currency was "plausible".
It said political unrest and a rise in economic migrant numbers could result.
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 9, 2012 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Obama admin: War is peace, IP negotiations are transparent
Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk touted the openness and transparency of negotiations over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the newer Trans Pacific Partnership. Both of those contain numerous copyright and patent provisions. Kirk's statements are sharply at odds with those of the treaties' critics, who say they have been shut out of negotiations.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 9, 2012 at 11:09:00 AM CET
Raspberry Pi Linux distro released, but the $35 computer faces new delays
The wrong jacks have been soldered to the Raspberry Pi boards and will have to be removed and replaced before the product can ship to end users. According to the foundation, the ethernet jacks are relatively easy to replace. The problem is that sourcing a sufficient quantity of the right ethernet jacks might take some time. This will be the second time that the Raspberry Pi project has suffered a minor delay due to component sourcing difficulties.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 9, 2012 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix Ready For Download
The Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix is ready for download! The recommended distro to run on the Raspberry Pi is a Remix of the Fedora open source software. The Remix is a distribution comprised of software packages from the Fedora ARM project, plus a small number of additional packages that are modified from the Fedora versions or which cannot be included in Fedora due to licensing issues – in particular, the libraries for accessing the VideoCore GPU on the Raspberry Pi.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 9, 2012 at 11:06:00 AM CET
WikiLeaks to Woodsy Horrors: The Must-See Films of SXSW
Woodsy horror, indie videogame documentaries, chess in Brooklyn, WikiLeaks, moon Nazis. This year's South by Southwest Film festival begins Friday and brings with it more films than any one person could watch in just nine days.
To help narrow down the potential viewing list for those attending the festival in Austin, Texas &mdash and give film fans elsewhere a sneak peek at some great upcoming titles — we scoured the SXSW Film slate to find the films we we're most looking forward to seeing at the annual event.
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Topic: WEB - on March 9, 2012 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Stakeout: how the FBI tracked and busted a Chicago Anon
"Script kiddie"—no hacker worth his salt wants to hear the term used to describe him. Anyone with modest computer skills can cause modest havoc using other people's code fragments, scanners, and infiltration tools, but this is little more than knowing how to point a gun in the right direction and pull the trigger. It lacks art. True hacking requires a deep knowledge of computer and network security, an ability to navigate around obstacles, and the willingness to be careful enough to always hide one's tracks. The script kiddies, they might be easy targets for the feds, but the true hackers? Shadows are their home.
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