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A Minnesota man and his two sons were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight after the man sent a tweet complaining about being treated rudely by a gate agent. […] a tweet that read “RUDEST AGENT IN DENVER. KIMBERLY S. GATE C39. NOT HAPPY @SWA.” […] after he boarded, an announcement came over the Read more about Minnesota man asked to leave Southwest flight after critical tweet[…]
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The European Central Bank (ECB) said on Thursday there had been a breach of the security protecting a database serving its public website. This led to the theft of email addresses and other contact data left by people registering for events at the ECB. via ECB: ECB announces theft of contact information.
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In a court case in which the government (mr Plasterk) was taken to task for using NSA data – private information gotten through illegal means according to Dutch law – the NL courts have ruled that secret services can use this data freely, because “it’s important”. This is a bit like allowing evidence gained under Read more about NL courts allow illegally gotten private info to be used by secret service with no oversight.[…]
FossaMail is an Open Source, Mozilla Thunderbird-based mail, news and chat client for Windows, brought to you by the Pale Moon developer (and therefore not affiliated with the Mozilla Corporation). It is an optimized and reconfigured re-build of Mozilla Thunderbird ESR. via FossaMail.
In an unbelievably sane move, the UK has accepted that piracy exists and that cutting people from the internet won’t work very well. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of music trade body the BPI, said VCAP was about “persuading the persuadable, such as parents who do not know what is going on with their net connection.” Read more about UK: 4 strikes, not out, pirates![…]
The change, the most dramatic policy shift since Japan set up its post-war armed forces 60 years ago, will widen Japan’s military options by ending the ban on exercising "collective self-defense", or aiding a friendly country under attack. Abe’s cabinet adopted a resolution outlining the shift, which also relaxes limits on activities in U.N.-led peace-keeping Read more about Japan takes historic step from post-war pacifism, OKs fighting for allies | Reuters[…]
Design and build space ships, create an empire, explore the galaxy, fight invaders, trade, it has it all! Deep Space Settlement – a 4X RTS.
Download 3d printer templates for all kinds of stuff from here. Thingiverse – Digital Designs for Physical Objects.
De GEMMA Softwarecatalogus bevat het software-aanbod van ruim 130 ICT-leveranciers die zich committeren aan e-overheid standaarden. In de softwarecatalogus kunnen gemeenten eenvoudig hun eigen applicatieportfolio invoeren en een eigen applicatielandschap plotten. Gemeenten kunnen zoeken en kijken in elkaars applicatieportfolio om vervolgens ervaringen en kennis uit te wisselen. via GEMMA Softwarecatalogus.
Instructions and links to plans here! 3D Print Your Own Jet Engine – Imgur. Thank you General Electric!
The ships will be 65,000 tonnes at full displacement – over three times the size of the current Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers. Range; 8,000 to 10,000 nautical miles. Each ship has two propellers which together will output 80MW of power – enough to run 1,000 family cars or 50 high speed trains. 56m from keel Read more about Queen Elizabeth UK Aircraft carrier Key Facts released[…]
From 1972 onwards, until his retirement in 1984, he took extensive manuscript notes of many of the papers passing through his hands. Following his retirement he organised this material geographically and typed out systematic studies of KGB operations in different parts of the world in 10 volumes. He and his family and his archive were Read more about Massive 36 volume collection of KGB information given to the UK released to public[…]
the distributor (Source Interlink) decided to close its doors to magazine distribution after losing Time Inc.’s business. This caused us to scramble to find alternative methods of getting our magazine into stores around the world, a feat we accomplished without too much difficulty. But getting what was left of Source Interlink, now rebranded as “TEN: Read more about 2600 magazine ripped off by TEN: The Enthusiast Network[…]
A Chinese company has become the first to construct multiple buildings using 3D printers that extrude recycled building materials at breakneck speed. Using four huge 3D printers, Yingchuang New Materials Inc. was able to print the shells of 10 one-room structures in 24 hours and at a cost of only about $5,000 per building. The Read more about 3D printer constructs 10 buildings in one day from recycled materials[…]
The Dutch organisation for small / medium sized businesses (MKB Nederland) has set up a quick scan for companies dealing with private data, to have a look at the risks of using this kind of data. Privacy Quick Scan.
invisible.im is backed by some pretty big names in IT security. It’s not foolproof and it’s in the first stages, but it’s a start with great potential. New Instant Messenger Plans to Leave No Metadata Worth Harvesting.
Millions of legitimate servers that rely on dynamic domain name services from No-IP.com suffered outages on Monday after Microsoft seized 22 domain names it said were being abused in malware-related crimes against Windows users. Microsoft enforced a federal court order making the company the domain IP resolver for the No-IP domains. Microsoft said the objective Read more about Millions of dynamic DNS users suffer after Microsoft seizes No-IP domains[…]
Global Strategic Trends (GST) describes a strategic context for those in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider Government who are involved in developing long term plans, policies and capabilities. Without a strategic context there is a risk that planners, policymakers and capability developers may assume a future that adheres to preconceived thoughts and assumptions. Read more about Global Strategic Trends out to 2045[…]
Yup, read, write, compose, delete all messages! This isn’t going to be abused at all! Not! Google geeft derden toegang tot je Gmail-account – Webwereld.
The test that employed the Raytheon Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Capability Enhancement II, or EKV CE-II, successfully collided and destroyed an incoming ballistic missile warhead high in space, identifying its targets amongst decoys and countermeasures representative of a long-range North Korean ballistic missile. The $200 million test was considered critical for the future of the US-based Read more about US ballistic missile defense interceptor scores a direct hit in space | Defense Update:[…]
SHODAN is a search engine that lets you find specific computers (routers, servers, etc.) using a variety of filters. Some have also described it as a public port scan directory or a search engine of banners. SHODAN – Computer Search Engine.
Basically the interpretation is that since the servers on which these services are hosted are in foreign countries, they are classed as “external communications”, which allows them to intercept them indiscriminately as opposed to needing a warrant. This also applies to webmail services and Google searches. UK intelligence forced to reveal secret policy for mass Read more about UK Gov reveals legal framework for intercepting all citizens’ social media communications[…]
Sharp announces the development of the Free-Form Display, a device that can be shaped to meet a wide range of user needs thanks to the incorporation of IGZO technology and proprietary circuit design methods. Conventional displays are rectangular because they require a minimal width for the bezel in order to accommodate the drive circuit, called Read more about Sharp Develops Free-Form Display, Enables Vastly Greater Design Freedom for Displays[…]