Topic: PHOTO - on October 21, 2013 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Beautiful Timelapse - Helsingborg, Sweden
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 21, 2013 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
Uruguay to legalize, harvest and sell Marijuana at one dollar per gram
The government of Uruguay sets to one dollar the price of a gram of marijuana, which the state will harvest and sell when parliament passes a law promoted by the government of Jose Mujica. This law seeks to combat drug trafficking in the country.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 21, 2013 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Seattle thrift store finds 2.5 pounds of marijuana in donation bin
Despite the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington, Seattle police want to remind everyone that thrift stores can't resell donated bags of pot.
The department released a lighthearted press release on Friday to remind the public of the rules after employees at a thrift store in North Seattle found a large bag of marijuana in the donation bin.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 21, 2013 at 2:58:00 PM CEST
US spy agency 'taped millions of French calls'
France said on Monday it would "immediately" summon the US ambassador in Paris to respond to the "shocking" claims in Le Monde newspaper on Monday that the US NSA spy agency secretly recorded millions of phone calls made in France. Le Monde cited documents from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 21, 2013 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
How Belfast got stuck in to make artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada's Wish come true
Around 30,000 wooden pegs, 2,000 tonnes of soil, 2,000 tonnes of sand, plus grass, stones, string, and lots of elbow grease has gone into Wish – the UK and Ireland's largest land art portrait.
Located in the Titanic Quarter of the city, the portrait based on a photograph of an anonymous six-year-old Belfast girl, is best seen by helicopter, drone or when on a plane arriving into the city.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on October 20, 2013 at 2:34:00 PM CEST
Banker haben sich persönlich bereichert
Christian Böhler, Chef-Kriminalist der Kärntner Hypo, erklärt wie Deals zwischen "Provinzbankern und Schwerstkriminellen" liefen
Standard: Sie arbeiten seit drei Jahren die verdächtigen Geschäfte der Hypo auf. Ihre Leute haben 1100 Fälle analysiert und bisher rund hundert Anzeigen eingebracht. Schadensvolumen: eine Milliarde Euro. War die Hypo eine kriminelle Organisation?
Böhler: Nicht die Hypo, aber ihre wesentlichen Player. Von ihnen war jeder geil darauf, zu partizipieren – aber niemand wollte antizipieren, welche Folgen es hat, wenn man mit üblen Typen Geschäfte macht. Die Hypo ist nach dem Jugoslawien-Krieg vor allem in Südosteuropa rasant gewachsen.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on October 20, 2013 at 2:31:00 PM CEST
Hypo Group Alpe Adria: Ermittler wittert "größten Kriminalfall Europas" seit 1945
Die Hypo Group Alpe Adria entwickelt sich für Österreich und Bayern zum Milliardengrab. Der Chefermittler hält die Klagenfurter Skandalbank gar für einen Hort des organisierten Verbrechens - sie habe mit Schwerstkriminellen, Geheimdienstlern und bestechlichen Politikern kooperiert.
Wien - Der Fall der Hypo Group Alpe Adria ist nach den Worten des internen Chefermittlers Christian Böhler "der größte Kriminalfall Europas nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg". Ermittlungen in dieser Dimension habe es bisher nicht gegeben. "Wir haben mit unseren 15 Mitarbeitern allein 6,5 Millionen elektronischer Dokumente zu sichten", sagte Böhler der Wiener Tageszeitung "Der Standard". Die Banker der Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA) hätten in Südosteuropa oft mit Schwerstkriminellen, Geheimdienstlern, Militärs und hochrangigen, bestechlichen Politikern kooperiert. "Kleine Provinzbanker, die sich mit solchen Leuten ins Bett legen, müssen mit Problemen rechnen", sagte der Chefermittler dem Blatt.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 19, 2013 at 3:21:00 PM CEST
New EU rules to curb transfer of data to US after Edward Snowden revelations
New European rules aimed at curbing questionable transfers of data from EU countries to the US are being finalised in Brussels in the first concrete reaction to the Edward Snowden disclosures on US and British mass surveillance of digital communications.
Regulations on European data protection standards are expected to pass the European parliament committee stage on Monday after the various political groupings agreed on a new compromise draft following two years of gridlock on the issue.
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Topic: WAR - on October 19, 2013 at 3:19:00 PM CEST
The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux
When the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) puts to sea later this year, it will be different from any other ship in the Navy's fleet in many ways. The $3.5 billon ship is designed for stealth, survivability, and firepower, and it's packed with advanced technology. And at the heart of its operations is a virtual data center powered by off-the-shelf server hardware, various flavors of Linux, and over 6 million lines of software code.
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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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