Members of the Hutaree militia -- whose Web site says it is preparing for end times to "keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive" -- have been indicted on five counts, including seditious conspiracy and attempting to use weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, March 29, 2010
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
My6sense Intros Attention API for Hyper-Relevant Web
My6sense Intros Attention API for Hyper-Relevant Web
Content is coming at us from every direction in the form of streams, from blogs to tweets to social networks. These streams are combining to become information waterfalls of noise from practically every direction - noise because they are all shouting for our attention and demanding we choose them over updates from somewhere else. For some, this crashing sound has become information overload, as the demands from our data exceed the time we have available to give everything its appropriate attention. For the last nine months, I have been talking to you about my6sense's application for the iPhone, which watches my activity and senses what is most relevant to me, from my RSS feeds and my social streams. At the end of the last year, they became a Paladin client, and I have been working with them closely as they improve their digital intuition. Today, at the DEMO conference, they announce their new Attention API, which lets developers and service providers capture personalized relevance - and this, the ability to see my6sense-like sorting and impact throughout the Web, is what I have been waiting for. It is this Attention API that will help quiet the noise and start delivering clear signal from new ...
Monday, March 22, 2010
BBC News -
N Korea 'to put US man on trial'
North Korea says it will put a US citizen on trial for illegally entering the country, the state news agency reports.
The citizen was named as 30-year-old Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from Boston, the Korean Central News Agency reported.
His "crime has been confirmed", it said, without giving further details.
In late January, the North said it had detained an unidentified American. Last week, the US said the state had allowed a diplomat to visit the detainee.
The diplomat was from the Swedish embassy, which represents US interests in Pyongyang. American authorities have not named the US citizen concerned.
McDonald's Japan To Begin Training Employees with Nintendo DS, Software [McDonalds]
McDonald's Japan To Begin Training Employees with Nintendo DS, Software [McDonalds]
#mcdonalds "Get your greasy fingers off that DS Li—oh, you work here. Sorry about that. Please, continue with your McDonald's training."
So why would I buy a kindle now???
Amazon Shows Off Kindle for iPad
Amazon announces Kindle Apps for Tablet Computers (including Kindle for iPad), a rather polished e-reader application that both makes the Kindle itself look rather old-fashioned and explains why last week's Mac version was so unfinished: The Amazon developers have clearly been spending all their time on this ...
Met admits G20 unlawful arrests -BBC News
Met admits G20 unlawful arrests
The Metropolitan Police has paid damages to protesters it unlawfully arrested during the G20 protests.
The force paid £6,000 in damages to Hannah McClure and Andrew Rubens who were held during a raid on a squat.
The arrests came about when officers in riot gear broke up a meeting of some 60 climate camp activists during the April 2009 global summit in London.
Solicitors for the pair said that others demonstrators held during the same operation would now sue.
The Climate Camp anti-global warming group was one of the key protest groups involved in two days of G20 demonstrations centred on the City of London financial district.
Ms McClure, 22, and Mr Rubens, 23, had joined a meeting at premises at Earl Street on the edge of the Square Mile on 2 April.
Large numbers of police later arrived in riot gear and sealed off the street before detaining some 60 people who had been inside the building.
Malawi gay couple face full trial
Malawi gay couple face full trial
A judge in Malawi says that two gay men arrested in December after getting engaged have a case to answer.
Google releases web security scanner
Skipfish runs via a Linux / Unix command line. 
Google has released an open source scanner that allows web application developers to test their applications for security holes. The application, called Skipfish, offers a similar functionality to that of tools such as Nmapor Nessus, but it's said to be much faster. Using fully automated heuristics, it detects code that is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), SQL and XML injection attacks and many other attack types. The tool's comprehensive post-processing of the individual test results is designed to help with the interpretation of the final report.
Skipfish is a pure C implementation and according to Google, can easily process 2,000 HTTP requests per second – provided the tested server can handle such a high load. In individual tests across local networks, 7,000+ requests per second have reportedly been sent with a modest CPU load and memory footprint.
EFF Posts Documents Detailing Law Enforcement Collection of Data From Social Media Sites
Deeplink by Marcia Hofmann
<--Amazing to see IRS cited as setting a good example. Nicely done!
EFF has posted documents shedding light on how law enforcement agencies use social networking sites to gather information in investigations. The records, obtained from the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice Criminal Division, are the first in a series of documents that will be released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case that EFF filed with the help of the UC Berkeley Samuelson Clinic.
One of the most interesting files is a 2009 training course that describes how IRS employees may use various Internet tools -- including social networking sites and Google Street View -- to investigate taxpayers.
The IRS should be commended for its detailed training that clearly prohibits employees from using deception or fake social networking accounts to obtain information. Its policies generally limit employees to using publicly available information. The good example set by the IRS is in stark contrast to the U.S. Marshalls and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Neither organization found any documents on social networking sites in response to EFF's request suggesting they do not have any written policies or restrictions upon the use of these websites.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Word is this guy just quit. Congressman Nathan Deal
Also heard he was worried about a pre-existing condition. So now he
can go follow his dream... You're welcome.
can go follow his dream... You're welcome.
Create a smooth tabbed menu in jQuery
http://yensdesign.com/2008/12/create-a-smooth-tabbed-menu-in-jquery/
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PhotoNest: your Twitter stream, in pictures
PhotoNest: your Twitter stream, in pictures
Filed under: iPhone
I just tried out PhotoNest, a cool new way to view just the images posted to your Twitter stream. It picks up just the photos, and presents them in a slide format, captioned with the tweet they were posted with. You can quickly flick through and see what your friends are up to (based on the photos they ...
New Sprint ad shows iPhone using WiMAX... via Overdrive
New Sprint ad shows iPhone using WiMAX... via Overdrive
Your existing iPhone (yeah, even the original) can surf the information superhighway at 4G speeds. Today. Who knew, right? Sprint's Overdrive -- whic
Apple leads the App Store race with 170,000 apps
Apple leads the App Store race with 170,000 apps
Filed under: iPhone
Silicon Alley Insider has posted an interesting chart that shows the total number of apps available across various mobile platforms. As you can see from the chart, Apple's iPhone leads the pack by a longshot with 170,000 apps according to AppShopper.com. AppShopper typically lists more apps than Apple publicly states it has because AppShopper updates its numbers on a daily basis. As of today's count, AppShopper says Apple has approved 198,924 apps with 171,722 available to download. The discrepancy between the numbers accounts for apps that either the developers or Apple have removed from the App Store. Apple officially states that it currently has 150,000 ...
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wikipedia Gets Pretty with Articles iPhone App
Wikipedia Gets Pretty with Articles iPhone App
When it comes to accessing Wikipedia on your iPhone, there's no shortage of options. This week, a new app entered the arena dubbed Articles, and for users who value a solid interface and pleasant viewing experience, it's an excellent choice. ...
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