Topic: POLITIK - on March 29, 2012 at 9:21:00 AM CEST
Gingrich begins charging $50 for pics at events
In a sign that his campaign is in need of fresh funds, Newt Gingrich on Monday began charging $50 to have a photograph taken with him following a campaign speech to Republican County groups here in the northernmost part of the state.
It was the first time the former House speaker has charged those attending one of his public speaking events to pose for a photograph with him. Lately, a member of his campaign staff has been snapping photographs of any interested attendee and later posting them online at the campaign's website, newt.org.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2012 at 9:19:00 AM CEST
US Navy will Konsolenspieler ausspähen
Die US Armee hat ein Projekt in Auftrag gegeben, das sich mit dem Auslesen von gebrauchten Konsolen beschäftigt. So will man auch nachträglich Chatlogs und persönliche Daten aus verdächtigen Geräten extrahieren können.
Nach dem erfolgreichen Videospiel Americas Army sucht das US Militär nun offenbar nach neuen Verwertungsmöglichkeiten für Konsolen. Die US Navy gab ein Projekt in Auftrag, das sich mit dem Sammeln von Informationen auf gebrauchten Videospielkonsolen beschäftigt. Dazu zählen neben Chatlogs auch Benutzerinformationen und andere gespeicherte Daten, die nachträglich extrahiert werden sollen.
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Topic: TV - on March 29, 2012 at 9:17:00 AM CEST
Sat.1 setzt Harald Schmidt ab
Ein halbes Jahr nach dem Neustart kippt der Privatsender seinen prominentesten Talker wegen Quotenschwäche aus dem Programm - Der Abschied vom Fernsehen könnte diesmal endgültig sein
"1,2 Prozent - oder wie mein Freund Thommy Gottschalk sagt: ' Willkommen in der Todeszone'." Die Häme von Harald Schmidt zielte Dienstagnacht auf das schlechte Abschneiden der FDP bei den Wahlen im Saarland.
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Topic: War and Peace - on March 22, 2012 at 9:23:00 AM CET
AH-64 Apache Crash Afghanistan after crazy maneuver
AH-64 Apache helicopter crash in Sharana, Afghanistan. The pilot was executing a maneuver known as "return to target". No one on the ground was killed and both pilots survived, possible criminal charges were laid.
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Topic: SECURITY - on March 20, 2012 at 1:40:00 PM CET
DI2E framework seeks to unite wealth of intelligence data
The first annual Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E) Conference “Converging the ISR Enterprise” spoke to the OUSD(I)’s strategy to build upon Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (DCGS) successes and expand them to include the Combatant Command’s (COCOM) Joint Intelligence Operation Center (JIOC) enterprise builds.
The conference agenda consisted of four Plenary Sessions, eight Panel Sessions, seventeen Workshops and six Technology/Networking demonstrations. Over 1,050 participants and 90 exhibiting technology vendors attended; including representatives from DoD, the Services, Combat Support Agencies (CSAs), multi-national representatives (AUS, CAN, NLD, GBR), industry, and academia. The conference provided a mix of strategic, operational, and tactical user perspectives focused on the need to integrate the DCGS and JIOC enterprises to support overseas contingency operations.
gcn.com ncsi.com DI2E - USGIF [pdf] Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Enabling Mission [pdf]
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Topic: TV - on March 16, 2012 at 11:07:00 AM CET
BBC bis ORF basteln an TV-Abruf gegen Geld
"Austria's Gold": Arbeitstitel für kostenpflichtige Internetplattform des Gebührenfunks - "Kommerzielle Verwertung der Archivbestände"
London/Köln/Wien - Zweimal zahlen für ein und dasselbe Programm? BBC-Generaldirektor Mark Thompson findet nichts dabei: "Das ist keine zweite Rundfunkgebühr. Bisher mussten Sie ja auch für die DVD bezahlen."
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 16, 2012 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Cookie-Skandal: Google drohen hohe Strafen
Google droht nach Informationen des „Wall Street Journal“ neuer Datenschutz-Ärger. Demnach nehmen Regulierer in den USA und Europa die Umgehung der Datenschutz-Einstellungen im Safari-Browser durch Google unter die Lupe. Vor allem in Amerika könne es teuer werden.
Der technische Trick, mit dem Google die Datenschutz-Einstellungen des Safari-Browsers von Apple umgangen hat, wird von Regulierern in den USA und Europa untersucht. Im schlimmsten Fall könne dem Internet-Konzern eine sehr hohe Strafe drohen, schrieb das „Wall Street Journal“ am Freitag unter Berufung auf informierte Personen.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 16, 2012 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark
Just how far will Google go to hide its custom-built data center hardware from the rest of the world?
In one Silicon Valley data center, the company is apparently so paranoid about competitors catching a glimpse of its gear, it’s been known to keep its server cages in complete darkness, outfitting its technical staff like miners and sending them spelunking into the cages with lights on their heads.
“Many [companies] try to keep things covered up. There’s a lot of valuable intellectual property in here,” says Chris Sharp, general manager of content and cloud at Equinix, as he walks through the company’s data center. “But we were always amazed by Google and the helmets.”
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 16, 2012 at 11:03:00 AM CET
Google Flushes Heat From Data Center With Toilet Water
Google is using toilet water to cool its data center in western Georgia.
In 2007, when Google first opened its massive computing center in Douglas County, Georgia, it cooled the facility’s equipment using the same water that’s pumped into the pipes of local homes. But at some point, the search giant realized that the water used by its evaporative cooling system needn’t be clean enough to drink.
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Topic: WEB - on March 16, 2012 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Turkey Bans Pastebin and Tinyurl
"Pastebin and Tinyurl have been blocked in Turkey. Pastebin was blocked last week by a court after the hacking of Turkish Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK). Four databases including email addresses and plain-text passwords stolen from BTK were posted to Pastebin last month, in retaliation for the blocking of Blogspot, Incisozluk (a popular Turkish community dictionary) and thousands of other websites. The more shocking ban was that of Tinyurl, a URL shortening service. Turkey currently blocks thousands of websites and is classified as one of the countries under surveillance by the 2012 Internet Enemies report (Pdf) published last week by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Topic: STRANGE - on March 16, 2012 at 10:55:00 AM CET
Authenticated electricity: Sony power outlets will charge you for charging
Sony is building a new kind of power outlet that raises a not entirely pleasant prospect—in the future, plugging a phone into a public wall socket might require authentication and take a chunk out of your bank account. But the technology will have many important uses, Sony says, from managing payments for recharging electrical vehicles to avoiding blackouts by intelligently regulating the use of power.
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Topic: Drone - on March 16, 2012 at 10:52:00 AM CET
Drone Attack: How We Might Willingly Embrace The Surveillance Society
It's striking how drones have passed from a mysterious weapon used to wreak destruction in distant lands to something that could well become a familiar sight in the skies of the US and Europe. Meanwhile, the technology is progressing rapidly, allowing drones to fly in synchronized swarms and even to be printed out by the sheet. But what might some of the effects on our daily lives be -- for example in the sphere of privacy?
That's what an interesting post by David Eaves begins to explore. As he points out, some uses of drones seem so sensible that it would be almost irresponsible not to adopt them:
"it is entirely conceivable that, in 5-7 years, there could be drones that would follow your child as he walks to school. You can of course, already choose to monitor your child by giving them a cell phone and tracking the GPS device within it, but a drone would have several advantages. It would be harder for someone to destroy or "disconnect" from your child. It could also record and save remotely everything that is going on - in order to prevent anyone from harassing or bullying them. It might even remind them to look both ways before crossing the street, in case they forget. Or, because of its high vantage point, it could pick out and warn your child of cyclists and cars they failed to observe. Once your kid is safely at school the drone could whiz home and recharge in time to walk them home at the end of the day. This may all seem creepy to you, but if such a drone cost $100 dollars, how many parents do you think would feel like it was "the responsible thing to do." I suspect a great deal."</p>
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