Topic: WEB - on March 13, 2012 at 2:18:00 PM CET
Transfer of Wikipedia sites from GoDaddy complete
After months of deliberation and a complicated transfer, the Wikimedia Foundation domain portfolio has been successfully transferred from GoDaddy to MarkMonitor. The portfolio transfer was formally completed on Friday, March 9th, 2012. The transfers were done seamlessly and our sites did not experience any interruption of service or other issues during the procedure.
As the provider of the 5th most visited web properties in the world, the Foundation cares deeply about who handles our domain names. We had been deliberating a move from GoDaddy for some time — our legal department felt the company was not the best fit for our domain needs — and we began actively seeking other domain management providers in December 2011. GoDaddy’s initial support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the controversial anti-piracy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, reaffirmed our decision to end the relationship.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 13, 2012 at 2:17:00 PM CET
Darpa Director Bolts Pentagon for Google
Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon’s premiere research shop to take a job with Google. Dugan, whose controversial tenure at the agency lasted just under three years, was “offered and accepted at senior executive position” with the internet giant, according to Darpa spokesman Eric Mazzacone. She felt she couldn’t say no to such an “innovative company,” he adds.
Dugan’s emphasis on cybersecurity and next-generation manufacturing earned her strong support from the White House, winning her praise from the President and maintaining the agency’s budget even during a period of relative austerity at the Pentagon. Her push into crowdsourcing and outreach to the hacker community were eye-openers in the often-closed world of military R&D. Dugan also won over some military commanders by diverting some of her research cash from long-term, blue-sky projects to immediate battlefield concerns.
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Topic: health - on March 13, 2012 at 2:14:00 PM CET
Indien zwingt Bayer in die Knie
Ein indisches Gericht bremst Bayer aus: Es zwingt den deutschen Pharmamulti, sein Patent für ein Krebsmedikament weitergeben. Damit kostet eine Behandlung künftig noch 175 Dollar pro Monat - statt 5500.
In einem wegweisenden Urteil zwingt Indien den deutschen Pharmakonzern Bayer zur Weitergabe eines Patents für ein Krebsmedikament an einen heimischen Hersteller. Das Mittel Nexavar soll dadurch in dem Schwellenland künftig nur noch einen Bruchteil des bisherigen Preises kosten.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 11, 2012 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running
The U.S. is investigating allegations that some officials in the Afghan Air Force, which was established largely with American funds, have been using aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country, American officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Two probes of the Afghan Air Force, or AAF, are under way—one led by the U.S. military coalition and another by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said.
"The nature of the allegations is fairly dramatic and indicated that [AAF officials] were transporting drugs on aircraft and transported weapons not owned by the government of Afghanistan for the use of private groups," said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, the command that is establishing and financing Afghan security forces, including the AAF.
wsj.com old shit Afghan opium production 'rises by 61%' compared with 2010 Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on March 11, 2012 at 11:07:00 AM CET
Austria Faces $1.3 Billion Bank Injection After ISDA Triggers Greek CDS
Austria is facing a capital injection of as much as 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) into KA Finanz AG less than two weeks after bailing out Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG. (VBPS)
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association yesterday ruled that Greece’s use of collective action clauses forcing investors to take losses under the nation’s debt restructuring will trigger default insurance payouts.
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Topic: Drone - on March 11, 2012 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Video: Israeli Drone Attacks on Palestinians
ХАМАС IAF Drone Sejeal Raining 9 - 10/3/12
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 11, 2012 at 10:23:00 AM CET
Dozens of Iraqi teenagers stoned to death for ‘emo’ haircuts: activists
Iraqi activists sounded the bell over the killing of dozens of teenagers by religious police for having “emo” haircuts.
Activists told the Cairo-based al-Akhbar daily that at least 90 Iraqi teenagers with “emo” appearances have been stoned to death by the Moral Police in the country in the past month. The violent crackdown against “emo” Iraqi teenagers came after the Iraqi interior ministry declared them as “devil worshippers.”
alarabiya.net At least 90 Iraqi teenagers stoned to death for “emo” haircuts
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 11, 2012 at 10:15:00 AM CET
“Leider geil”: Deichkind protestieren gegen Sperrung auf YouTube
Sooo, “Leider geil”ist jetzt auch gesperrt. Ob Plattenfirma, Youtube oder GEMA, egal wer dafür verantwortlich ist. Wir wollen, dass unsere Videos zu sehen sind. Regelt euren Scheiß jetzt endlich mal und macht eure Hausaufgaben.Ihr seid Evolutionsbremsen und nervt uns alle gewaltig..
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Topic: POLITIK - on March 11, 2012 at 10:13:00 AM CET
Den Katholiken geht das politische Personal aus
Kanzlerin und Präsident: beide Protestanten. Die Abkehr vom rheinischen Katholizismus, die sich in diesen Spitzenpositionen spiegelt, ist dabei paradoxerweise eine Folge der Säkularisierung. Evangelische Politiker kommen besser an beim Wähler - weil sie nicht von der Kirche her denken.
Nach der protestantischen Pfarrerstochter Angela Merkel haben wir jetzt in Kürze mit Joachim Gauck einen Bundespräsidenten, der sogar als evangelischer Pfarrer in der früheren DDR wirkte. Auch unter den anderen Namen, die als präsidiabel genannt wurden, finden sich vorwiegend Protestanten - wie der frühere Bischof Wolfgang Huber oder die frühere Landesbischöfin Margot Käßmann. Fast 500 Jahre nach der Reformation und den 95 Thesen Martin Luthers rangiert der politische Katholizismus nur noch unter ferner liefen.
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Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM CET
Deutsches Militär unterstützt hochgerüsteten Grenzschutz in Saudi-Arabien
Das Verteidigungsministerium schickt "einsatzerfahrene Soldaten" zur Ausbildung an aus Deutschland gelieferten Drohnen. Die Bundesregierung gibt zu, dass diese "zu Aufklärungszwecken im Rahmen der Grenzsicherung" genutzt werden
Auch das Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt den zivil-militärischen Grenzschutz Saudi-Arabien. Hierfür werden saudische Soldaten in der Bedienung von Drohnen geschult, die aus Deutschland geliefert werden. Im Sommer wurde bereits offenkundig, dass die Bundespolizei saudi-arabische Grenzpolizisten an einem zwei Milliarden Euro teuren System zur Bewachung seiner 9.000 Kilometer langen Grenze ausbildet. Offensichtlich sind die aus Deutschland gelieferten LUNA-Drohnen in das System des Rüstungsgiganten EADS integriert.
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Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:30:00 AM CET
Drones, Dogs and the Future of Privacy
Just in case you haven’t seen the memo: Drones are coming to a city near you. They are arriving on these shores by the hundreds after serving in war zones overseas, and plenty of new models are on order to meet a burgeoning domestic demand.
Why now? Under a fresh mandate from Congress, the Federal Aviation Administration will begin to relax its restrictions around the domestic use of “unmanned aerial systems,” leading to greater use of drones by public agencies and, eventually, the private sector.
The FAA’s primary concern is safety; carelessly deployed drones might literally crash your dinner party or collide with other aircraft in the already crowded skies. But civil-liberty groups are worried about what they see as a greater danger: the specter of massive surveillance.
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Topic: Drone - on March 9, 2012 at 11:29:00 AM CET
Don’t Freak Out, But Iran Is Helping Venezuela Build Drones
Iran is planning to build drones for the Venezuelan military. Just so you know, it sounds worse than it is.
That’s according to Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, chief of U.S. forces in South America. According to Fraser, who spoke to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, the drones are to be manufactured in Venezuela with Iranian help and will likely be used for “internal defense.” The exact kind of drones isn’t clear. But the robots are probably too small to be armed.
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