Topic: COMPUTER - on May 21, 2012 at 1:22:00 PM CEST
Raspberry Pi gets snappy with camera add-on
While the the Raspberry Pi foundation continues to struggle to meet the demand for its £16 Linux machine, it has already revealed improvements. The latest: a prototype camera add-on.
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Topic: nuclear power - on May 21, 2012 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
5 Nuclear Sites That Could Launch War With Iran
This week, the U.S. and its allies will sit down with some of their arch-nemeses: the Iranians. The meeting in Baghdad is the definition of high stakes, as 2012 has been characterized by frequent speculation that Israel would bomb Teheran to prevent it from going nuclear, launching a war that would inevitably draw the U.S. in. That's something the U.S. doesn't want – the Air Force chief of staff has publicly questioned the wisdom of a bombing campaign – but big, unresolved questions persist about Iran's nuclear program, which Iran swears exists just to produce peaceful nuclear energy.
In particular, those questions primarily concern five installations that trouble the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world's nuclear watchdog. And unless you're a nuclear wonk, you probably don't understand them.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 21, 2012 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
High tide: Four tonnes of cannabis worth over $3million found floating off the coast of California
Nearly FOUR TONNES of cannabis has been found floating off the coast of Orange County, California by Harbour Patrol officers, according to reports.
The monster weed haul is said to have been packed into around 160 bales with an estimated street value of $3.6 million.
Border patrol agents told CBS Los Angeles that the mass of marijuana was discovered on Sunday after authorities had been informed about a “suspicious” sighting.
"Shortly before noon on Sunday, May 20, maritime law enforcement authorities received a tip about suspicious bales floating in the water off the coast of Orange County, near Dana Point," border patrol agent supervisor Michael Jimenez is quoted as saying.
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Topic: NATURE - on May 21, 2012 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
6.0M Earthquake In Europe And 6.0M Earthquake In Japan
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Topic: CARS - on May 21, 2012 at 11:12:00 AM CEST
Siemens-Konzept für Elektro-Lkw: Stromschlag von oben
Wenn über die Senkung des CO2-Ausstoßes diskutiert wird, stehen meist die Pkw im Vordergrund. Großes Sparpotenzial gibt es aber auch bei Lkw. Siemens hat jetzt ein System zu Elektrifizierung der Laster gezeigt. Dabei setzt der Automobil-Zulieferer auf eine mehr als hundert Jahre alte Technik.
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Topic: WEB - on May 21, 2012 at 10:08:00 AM CEST
Zuckerberg's post-IPO wedding is smart legal move
Getting married was a smart business move as well as a personal milestone for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, with the timing of the wedding, the day after the company's initial public offering, potentially proving particularly advantageous, California divorce lawyers said on Sunday.
Assuming the couple signed a prenuptial agreement, as most wealthy Californians do, Zuckerberg and Chan would have agreed exactly how to split assets, including his Facebook stock, if their marriage dissolved in future. Even without a prenup, the wedding's timing would help establish the value of their assets in the event of any future divorce battle, lawyers said.
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Topic: STRANGE - on May 21, 2012 at 10:03:00 AM CEST
JP Morgan Trade Losses Could Reach $5 Billion… Or More
When JPMorgan first announced that its CIO office had blundered into a huge trading loss, the number was pegged at $2 billion, though the company said it could go higher.
Then the loss was reported to be $3 billion.
And now....
$5 billion or more?
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 21, 2012 at 10:01:00 AM CEST
European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
This week's favorites post comes from Marietje Schaake, a Member of the EU Parliament, who has been called "Europe's most wired politician."
When Mike asked me to write a post about my favorite Techdirt posts of the past week, I was honored. Techdirt is one of the main blogs I read everyday to keep me informed about information law and policy developments. The Techdirt contributors focus on a number of areas of my work. That was the same this week.
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Topic: WEB - on May 21, 2012 at 9:59:00 AM CEST
FBI 'looking at' law making Web sites wiretap-ready, director says
Director Robert Mueller says FBI needs to be able to "capture communications" of people under surveillance, but declines to elaborate on renewed lobbying effort reported by CNET two weeks ago.
FBI Director Robert Mueller confirmed that the bureau has renewed its push for a new Internet wiretapping law, which CNET reported two weeks ago.
In an appearance this week on Capitol Hill, Mueller downplayed privacy concerns, saying the FBI's wiretap proposals -- social-networking Web sites and providers of VoIP, instant messaging, and Web e-mail are the primary targets -- would still require a court to be involved.
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 21, 2012 at 9:58:00 AM CEST
Legal highs making the drug war obsolete
If you want any evidence that drugs have won the drug war, you just need to read the scientific studies on legal highs.
If you’re not keeping track of the ‘legal high’ scene it’s important to remember that the first examples, synthetic cannabinoids sold as ‘Spice’ and ‘K2′ incense, were only detected in 2009.
Shortly after amphetamine-a-like stimulant drugs, largely based on variations on pipradrol and the cathinones appeared, and now ketamine-like drugs such as methoxetamine have become widespread.
Since 1997, 150 new psychoactive substances were reported. Almost a third of those appeared in 2010.
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