Topic: MUSIK - on October 18, 2013 at 3:09:00 PM CEST
Biggie, Big L, and Tupac mixed with Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 from 1837
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 18, 2013 at 3:08:00 PM CEST
Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia
Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said in an extensive interview this month that he did not take any secret N.S.A. documents with him to Russia when he fled there in June, assuring that Russian intelligence officials could not get access to them.
Mr. Snowden said he gave all of the classified documents he had obtained to journalists he met in Hong Kong, before flying to Moscow, and did not keep any copies for himself. He did not take the files to Russia “because it wouldn’t serve the public interest,” he said.
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Topic: WEB - on October 18, 2013 at 3:07:00 PM CEST
Abschaltung von Torrent-Suchmaschine: Isohunt-Betreiber verspricht Hollywood 110 Millionen Dollar
Mit der Torrent-Suchmaschine Isohunt lassen sich illegale Kopien von Filmen und Serien finden. Hollywood hat den Betreiber vor Jahren verklagt, nun hat der einem Vergleich zugestimmt: Er soll 110 Millionen Dollar zahlen und Isohunt schließen.
Eine der größten Torrent-Suchmaschinen im Netz stellt den Betrieb ein: Die Website Isohunt soll nach mehr als zehn Jahren abgeschaltet werden. Das kündigt der Betreiber, Gary Fung, in seinem Blog an. "Es ist traurig dabei zuzusehen, wie mein Baby geht", schreibt Fung. "Aber habe für die gute Sache gekämpft, ich habe das Rennen beendet und bin mir immer treu geblieben."
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Topic: WEB - on October 18, 2013 at 3:06:00 PM CEST
BitTorrent search site IsoHunt will shut down, pay MPAA $110 million
isoHunt, a search engine for BitTorrent files founded more than a decade ago, has agreed today to shut down all its operations worldwide. The company, founded by Canadian Gary Fung, has also accepted a judgment that it must pay the movie studios that sued it $110 million.
It's not clear how much of that the studios will actually be able to collect. According to a chunk of court transcript cited by Techdirt, the movie studios' lawyers estimated that Fung and his company had only "two million dollars to $4 million, $5 million at the most" that they could possibly pay.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 18, 2013 at 3:04:00 PM CEST
Europol sieht Gefahr in Teams aus Hackern und Schmugglern
Mindestens seit Juni 2011 beauftragten holländische Drogenschmuggler professionelle Hacker, um Computersysteme im Antwerpener Hafen auszuspionieren. Mit Hilfe der ausgespähten Daten verschob die Bande mutmaßlich Drogen im Wert von mehreren Hundert Millionen Euro. Rob Wainwright, Chef von Europol, sieht in dieser Kooperation eine neue Art von Kriminalität und hofft auf mehr Technikwissen bei der Polizei. Regierungen und Parlamente sollten aber zusätzlich Gesetze erlassen, mit denen die "Ausnutzung des Internets" bekämpft werden könne, berichtet die BBC.
heise.de Hafen von Antwerpen: Hacker halfen Drogenschmugglern beim Containerklau
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 18, 2013 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
Why Oreos Are As Addictive As Cocaine To Your Brain
A small new study suggests the brain responds to Oreo cookies quite like it responds to actual drugs – at least if you’re a rat. The “pleasure center” of the brain, the nucleus accumbens, apparently gets just as activated in response to Oreos as it does to cocaine and morphine, which could actually have some major public health implications. While the study was done in rats, the authors say it’s likely relevant to humans as well, and could explain why people have such a hard time resisting eating an entire sleeve of the cookies. The study, which will be presented at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference next month, also made another discovery: Rats, like humans, like to eat Oreo’s creamy center first.
forbes.com Student-faculty research shows Oreos are just as addictive as drugs in lab rats
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