Topic: FUN - on January 20, 2012 at 4:36:00 PM CET
Even Better Than the Real Thing
The 10 best fake Twitter feeds on global politics.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on January 20, 2012 at 1:27:00 PM CET
ORF - Belegschaft stellte die Reputation einer gereiften Demokratie wieder her
Der ORF insgesamt geht aus dieser Auseinandersetzung gestärkt hervor, sein Direktor allerdings ist angeschlagen. Er ist der Verlierer dieser Job-Groteske. Er hat sein Gesicht verloren und muss jetzt um seine Glaubwürdigkeit kämpfen. [...] Es geht um politische Einflussnahme in einem angeblich unabhängigen Medium, das im Besitz der Republik steht, also den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern gehört. Diese Unabhängigkeit wurde - und wird - von der Politik nicht geachtet. [...] Darum ist der Sieg der Belegschaft über einen möglichen Büroleiter Pelinka umso größer einzuschätzen. Unterstützung aus der Politik gab es keine. Gar keine."
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on January 20, 2012 at 1:01:00 PM CET
ZiB-Redaktion - Das Protest-Video
Die Redakteurinnen und Redakteure des Aktuellen Dienstes in der ORF-Fernsehinformation protestieren für die Unabhängigkeit und für das Ende von partei-politisch motivierten Postenbesetzungen. 55 Mitarbeiter erheben ihre Stimme und fordern die Einhaltung des in der österreichischen Verfassung festgeschriebenen Rechtes auf Unabhängigkeit des ORF.
Für die Produktion dieses Videos wurde kein ORF-Equipment verwendet, sondern ausschließlich private Film-&Schnittausrüstung.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:51:00 PM CET
So werden Sie Lösegeld-Trojaner wieder los
Haben BKA, Bundespolizei oder Gema angeblich Ihren Rechner gesperrt? Dann sind Sie wohl Opfer eines Lösegeld-Trojaners geworden. SPIEGEL ONLINE zeigt, wie Sie solche Programme wieder löschen und erklärt die schmutzigen Tricks der Computer-Entführer.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 20, 2012 at 12:43:00 PM CET
What Is Ron Paul Thinking? Sues To Unmask Anonymous Internet Users
from the perhaps-he-doesn't-get-the-internet-so-much... dept
One of the key points behind Ron Paul's success in this Presidential campaign (as well as in 2008) was his reputation for actually "getting the internet" and making good use of it to promote his message and motivate and activate his supporters. But it appears that perhaps he doesn't quite get the internet that well. That's all I can think after reading the details of a dreadfully short-sighted lawsuit that he filed to try to unmask some anonymous internet users. Basically, some random internet users created a pretty dumb, racist and offensive anti-John Huntsman attack video, essentially questioning his "values" because he speaks Chinese.
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Topic: MAKE - on January 20, 2012 at 12:40:00 PM CET
DIY Drones
This is the home for everything about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Use the tabs and drop-down menus above to navigate the site.
This community created the Arduino-compatible ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, copters of all sorts, ground rovers, boats). The ArduPilotMega autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free Arduino-based UAV software systems, including:
- ArduPlane, a pro-level UAV system for planes of all types.
- ArduCopter, a fully-autonomous multicopter and heli UAV system.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM CET
Defense Ministry to Invest 5 billion rubles in Drones
The Defense Ministry has invested about 5 billion rubles ($158 million) with state-owned holding Russian Helicopters to develop three types of pilotless aircraft, unnamed sources told Gazeta.ru on Tuesday.
The first test models are expected to appear in 2015.
Russia has invested in drone technology before but has been largely unsuccessful in its attempts to create advanced models.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:38:00 PM CET
Miami-Dade Police Department's Drones Ready To Fly
The Miami-Dade Police Department finally stands ready to launch their two micro air vehicles, or MAVs, the next time a shooting standoff or hostage situation could use a bird's eye boost, more than two years after getting the drones.
"It has no weapons," said Sergeant Andrew Cohen, one of the county's 12 pilot officers. "It's just a camera, basically a flying camera."
About the size of an office waste-basket, the drones can fly as high as 300 feet, snapping still pictures and capturing video to send back to its remote operators on the ground.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Drones Over Alaska: Why Good Use Is Always On Thin Ice
Ask anyone in Nome, Alaska right now how they feel about surveillance drones and you’ll likely get unequivocally high praise. Had a remotely-piloted surveillance aircraft not been monitoring Bering Sea ice flows over the past week an emergency shipment of 1.3 million gallons of oil may not have reached the iced-in, snow-drifted town as soon as it did.
Don’t get the wrong idea. The drone, which was launched from Nome’s shores by University of Alaska – Fairbanks Geophysical Institute researchers, isn’t the sort of eye-in-the-sky most often associated with the U.S.’s various hulking, 40-foot wing-spanning reconnaissance planes that are cruising over the Middle East to keep tabs on suspected terrorists. The Aeryon Scout micro unmanned aerial vehicle resembles a “smoke detector with wings and legs,” according to the Anchorage Daily News, and is part and parcel of a rapidly expanding fleet of mid- to micro-sized sky robots being flown domestically for all manner of tedious or risky intelligence gathering gigs.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 20, 2012 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Army Foresees Expanded Use of Drones in U.S. Airspace
The Army issued a new directive last week to govern the growing use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or “drones” within the United States for training missions and for “domestic operations.”
“The Army’s unmanned aircraft systems represent emerging technology that requires access to the National Airspace System,” wrote Army Secretary John M. McHugh in a January 13 memorandum.
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 3:12:00 PM CET
WEF-Gegner bauen Iglu-Dorf in Davos
Die Occupy-Bewegung erreicht Davos. Unter dem Motto «Occupy WEF» haben Aktivisten am Montag ein erstes Iglu auf dem Parkplatz der Parsennbahn gebaut. Während des World Economic Forum (WEF) soll dort das «Camp Igloo» der WEF-Gegner stehen.
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Topic: Davos - on January 19, 2012 at 3:09:00 PM CET
Protesters ready igloos to Occupy Davos
Occupy protesters with their sights set on the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering next week of the rich and powerful in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, unveiled their igloo accommodation on Monday.
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