Topic: AUSTRIA - on January 14, 2012 at 1:21:00 PM CET
Aufruhr beim Österreichischen Rundfunk
Der Österreichische Rundfunk wehrt sich gegen die Einflussnahme politischer Parteien: ORF-Intendant Alexander Wrabetz wollte einen smarten 25-Jährigen an den Gremien vorbei zum Büroleiter machen. Dagegen haben über tausend Mitarbeiter des Senders nun eine Protestresolution unterzeichnet.
Unter dem Titel "Für einen unabhängigen ORF" zeigt in Österreich eine Unterschriftenaktion gegen parteipolitisch motivierte Postenbesetzungen den Unmut der Redaktionsmitglieder mit der Personalpolitik des Intendanten Alexander Wrabetz: "Während Dienstposten in den Redaktionen in längst unerträglichem Ausmaß reduziert werden, gibt es für Stellen, die zur Erfüllung parteipolitischer Wünsche neu geschaffen werden, offenbar Geld. Wir fordern von der Geschäftsführung alle Vorhaben, die das Ansehen des ORF als unabhängiges Medienunternehmen beschädigen, zurückzunehmen".
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on January 14, 2012 at 1:07:00 PM CET
"I Share Therefore I Am" - File Sharing in Sweden Becomes an Official Religion
Internet freedom has won the day in Sweden as the religion The Missionary Church of Kopimism has been officially recognized by the government, instigating a new discussion on legality, spirituality and the shaky fate of our greatest collective achievement to date: the Net.
"The copying and sharing of information shouldn't be illegal, but it should be encouraged," said 20-year old philosophy student and Kopimism founder Isak Gerson. Gerson may have tapped into not only the zeitgeist but also his peer group as well. Other Digital Natives can no doubt relate to this notion extremely well, as a huge portion of their lives have been nurtured and matured in the nest of information technology.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 14, 2012 at 1:06:00 PM CET
German Court: ISP Must Not Block Access To Foreign Sites, Even If They Are Illegal
Against a background where some European courts are telling ISPs that they must block access to certain sites (in Finland and the UK, for example), this news from Germany comes as a refreshing change (original German article in Der Spiegel):
Deutsche Telekom must allow access to online betting sites, even if they are illegal in Germany. So ruled the Cologne Administrative Court on Thursday.</p>
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 14, 2012 at 1:00:00 PM CET
Has Israel Been Killing Iran’s Nuclear Scientists?
Circumstantial evidence suggests the Mossad is responsible for a string of slayings of Iran’s nuclear experts, most recently Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan. At the very least Israel’s defense establishment would like allies to believe its spies have pulled off these “events that happen unnaturally.”
Six weeks ago in Washington, on the sidelines of a major U.S.-Israeli meeting known as the “strategic dialogue,” Israeli Mossad officers were quietly and obliquely bragging about the string of explosions in Iran. “They would say things like, ‘It’s not the best time to be working on Iranian missile design,’” one U.S. intelligence official at the December parley told The Daily Beast.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on January 14, 2012 at 12:58:00 PM CET
Handcuffed man steals police car
Blankenship was pulled over for speeding on Tuesday, handcuffed with his hands behind his back and put in the back seat of a police car after an officer reported seeing drug paraphernalia in his car, authorities said.
As the officer checked the suspect’s car, Blankenship drove off with the police car, which was found on Wednesday in a pond.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 14, 2012 at 12:48:00 PM CET
Netzzensur per SSL-Tunnel aushebeln
Wer Zensurmaßnahmen per Tunnel zu externen Proxy-Servern umgehen will, kann dafür Protokolle nutzen, die immer zur Verfügung stehen – etwa HTTPS. Ein speziell konfigurierter Apache-Webserver dient als externer Proxy.
Viele Unternehmen sowie manche Länder gewähren nur gefilterten Zugriff auf das Internet. Einen Ausweg aus solchen Sperren bietet ein externer Proxy unter eigener Kontrolle. Wenn die Zugriffe auf ihn wie gewöhnlicher HTTPS-Datenverkehr aussehen, funktioniert das durch die meisten Firewalls hindurch und minimiert das Risiko einer Entdeckung.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 14, 2012 at 12:47:00 PM CET
Malicious Software Attacks Security Cards Used by Pentagon
Chinese hackers have deployed a new cyber weapon that is aimed at the Defense Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and potentially a number of other United States government agencies and businesses, security researchers say.
Researchers at AlienVault, a Campbell, Calif., security company, said on Thursday that they had uncovered a new variant of some malicious software called Sykipot that targets smart cards used by government employees to access restricted servers and networks. Traces of Sykipot malware have been found in cyberattacks dating back to 2006, but AlienVault’s researchers say this is the first time Sykipot has compromised smart cards.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 13, 2012 at 4:16:00 PM CET
‘Facebook Security’ Phishing Attack Steals Accounts and Makes Threats
Facebook members are advised to be on the lookout these days for a malicious operation that’s designed to take over their accounts by requesting the user to confirm his identity and provide sensitive information.
"Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off Because someone has reported you. Please do re-confirm your account security by: [LINK] Thank you. The Facebook Team," reads the phony message.
Kaspersky Lab Experts came across this attack and analyzed it to find out how it works.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on January 13, 2012 at 3:57:00 PM CET
Korruption: Europarat kritisiert Österreich hart
Telekom Austria, Abfangjäger, Blaulichtfunk: Die Liste der heimischen Korruptionsverdachtsfälle, in denen Schmiergeld geflossen sein könnte, ist lang. Der Europarat verstärkt mit seinem aktuellen GRECO-Bericht über Korruption und Parteienfinanzierung den Druck auf Österreich, berichtete das Ö1-Morgenjournal. Schärfere Maßnahmen gegen Bestechung werden empfohlen, und zwar dringend.
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Topic: EU - on January 13, 2012 at 3:55:00 PM CET
German priest admits 280 counts of sexual abuse
A German Catholic priest has admitted 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys in the past decade, saying he did not think he was doing harm.
Named only as Andreas L, the priest told a court in Braunschweig that he had first abused the nine-year-old son of a widowed woman parishioner.
After being banned by his diocese from making further contact with the boy, he abused two brothers, aged nine and 13.
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Topic: LEGO - on January 13, 2012 at 3:51:00 PM CET
LEGO Saturn V Rocket
Here I am standing next to my model, I hope it gives an idea of scale!
120,000 bricks is the approximate count, and 5.76m tall.
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Topic: ART - on January 13, 2012 at 10:37:00 AM CET
PressPausePlay
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.
But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era.
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