Thursday, 25. July 2013

Brickin' Incredible Lego Creations


From building imaginary cities to miniaturized movie characters, Legos provide endless possibilities for imaginative kids. The possibilities are endless, thanks to those colorful building blocks.

Some Lego creations take a couple of hours to construct, while future architects spend days mapping out their vision.

mashable.com

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NSA-Skandal: Piraten schalten auf Angriff


Können die Piraten doch noch von der NSA-Affäre profitieren? Zumindest geht es in einer Umfrage erstmals seit mehr als einem Jahr wieder aufwärts. Nun konzentrieren die Piraten alle Kräfte auf den Überwachungsskandal - mit teils schrillen Forderungen.

Hamburg/Berlin - Plötzlich ist sie wieder da: die Aussicht auf den Bundestag. Eine Forsa-Umfrage, in der sie von zwei auf vier Prozent sprangen, hat der gebeutelten Piratenpartei neuen Mut gemacht. Medienberichte, die unmittelbar über ein "Comeback der Piraten" fabulierten, kommen zwar zu früh. Fest steht jedoch: Die Piraten versuchen es nach zwischenzeitlicher Depression nun wieder mit voller Kraft.

spiegel.de

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Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys


Whether the FBI and NSA have the legal authority to obtain the master keys that companies use for Web encryption remains an open question, but it hasn't stopped the U.S. government from trying.

The U.S. government has attempted to obtain the master encryption keys that Internet companies use to shield millions of users' private Web communications from eavesdropping.

These demands for master encryption keys, which have not been disclosed previously, represent a technological escalation in the clandestine methods that the FBI and the National Security Agency employ when conducting electronic surveillance against Internet users.

cnet.com

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Spain train crash: Deadly accident filmed by security camera


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Tomato excuse for prostitute in car in Dudley


A man caught with a prostitute in his car told police she was there to show him where to buy tomatoes.

West Midlands Police said officers found the woman sitting inside Muhammad Ikhlaq's car while he withdrew £20 from a cash machine, which he said was to pay for tomatoes.

bbc.co.uk

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NSA-Überwachung: Pilz erstattet Strafanzeige


Wegen eines mutmaßlichen Geheimvertrages zwischen den US-Geheimdiensten CIA bzw. NSA und dem österreichischen Heeresnachrichtenamt (HNA oder HNaA) hat der Grüne Parlamentarier Peter Pilz Strafanzeige bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Wien eingebracht.

Der Verteidigungsminister bzw. der HNA-Chef hätten laut Pilz zu dem Thema im Parlament jegliche Information verweigert, deshalb habe er sich zu der Anzeige entschlossen, sagte Pilz am Donnerstag bei einer Pressekonferenz in Klagenfurt.Pilz beruft sich in seiner Anzeige auf den Paragrafen 319 des Strafgesetzbuches. Demnach ist jemand mit bis zu zwei Jahren Haft bedroht, der einen fremden Nachrichtendienst „wie immer unterstützt“.

Kurier

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Edward Snowden 'to stay in Moscow airport' says lawyer


Reports had suggested the US whistleblower had been granted documents that would allow him to leave the airport where he has been since 23 June

guardian.co.uk

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Blueprints Of NSA's Ridiculously Expensive Data Center In Utah Suggest It Holds Less Info Than Thought


For the last two months, we’ve been bombarded with stories about the spying information-collection practices of the NSA thanks to documents leaked by the agency’s most regretted contract employee, Edward Snowden. The degree of forced exposure has gotten to the point that the agency — whose acronym is jokingly said to stand for “No Such Agency” and “Never Say Anything” — actually issued a press release on Friday announcing that it got the legal sign-off for a fresh batch of “telephony metadata in bulk” from companies such as Verizon and AT&T – despite continuing controversy over that including the call records of millions of Americans who are non-terrorists and non-criminal suspects.

forbes.com

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