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Record-breaking freefall advances space suit technology (video)
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Jumping to Earth from the edge of space is no mean feat. Not only are you dropping like a stone, there's also the minor issue of your blood boiling as you do so. These are challenges daredevil Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team will be taking head-on...
Two new Apple iOS apps to be announced today: Organize.app and…
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Fox News’ Clayton Morris today tweeted that he’s got word that there will be two new iOS apps revealed today: Just as a teaser, here are some things I expect today. Multiple sources tell me we’ll see at least two new native iOS apps from Apple.— Clayton Morris (@ClaytonMorris) June 11, 2012...
This Is Reporting? Fox News Ties Flame Malware To Angry Birds Because Both Use LUA
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We're often told that the big media companies need to be saved because of all the important expensive reporting work they do. And then we see something absolutely ridiculous, such as Fox News linking the infamous Flame malware to Angry Birds... because both use the LUA computing language (found via...
Roku adds BBC iPlayer to bolster UK launch
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When Roku said it would start shipping its media streaming boxes to the U.K. for the first time last month, there was a significant omission from the lineup of services it was offering — the BBC’s iPlayer. The iPlayer is the dominant force in Britain’s streaming TV landscape, available everywhere...
LulzSec leader Sabu reportedly worked with the FBI to turn in other members
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In what looks to be a massive blow to the loose-knit online collective LulzSec, the FBI has reportedly been working with the so-called leader of the group ‘Sabu’ to bring down its other members, Fox News reveals. This morning, police and law enforcement agencies worked together to apprehend five top-ranking members of...
Flame cyberweapon written using gamer code, report says
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Flame — a complex cyberweapon that forced Iran to cut off its Oil Ministry rigs from the Internet — was reportedly written using the same language as games such as Angry Birds. Fox News reports that the virus was written using the computer language LUA, which game programmers like because...
HuffPo Co-Founder Ken Lerer's Stealthy Startup Aims at CNN, Fox
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Ken Lerer helped build an Internet news powerhouse out of thin air. Now he wants to do it again. The Huffington Post co-founder, who sold his site to AOL a year ago, is working on another Web news startup. But Lerer isn’t trying to replicate his old site. Instead he’s...
Feature: Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world's smallest nation
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A few weeks ago, Fox News breathlessly reported that the embattled WikiLeaks operation was looking to start a new life under on the sea. WikiLeaks, the article speculated, might try to escape its legal troubles by putting its servers on Sealand, a World War II anti-aircraft platform seven miles off...
LulzSec leader working for us, says FBI
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Hacking group leader, identified as Hector Xavier Monsegur, revealed as FBI mole as five other alleged LulzSec members arrestedThe FBI has struck a major blow against hacking groups after arresting or charging five key members of the LulzSec hacking crew and revealing that the head of the group, who went...
Sky News is available from today in the US & Canada for the first time, via Livestation
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BSkyB’s Sky News will be made available for the first time in North America from today, the company has announced, with viewers in the US and Canada able to access the TV channel by subscribing to online TV news aggregation service Livestation for $2.99 a month. Sky News was launched...
Roku Becomes Pay TV's Streaming Box Of Choice, Raises $45 Million From News Corp, BSkyB, And Others
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When Roku first entered the streaming video market, it was seen as a boon for cord cutters, who could watch streaming content from online distributors like Netflix and Hulu Plus on TV. But lately, it’s begun courting app makers from traditional content producers, securing apps for premium networks like HBO...
Roku picks up financing from BSkyB, News Corp and more, keeps eye on the premium streaming crown
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The little media streamer company that could, Roku, has gained some powerful friends in its latest round of financing, with $45 million in funds coming from the likes of BSkyB, News Corp and another partner who would prefer to remain nameless at this time, as well as previous investors...
Top LulzSec members arrested, group leader reportedly acted as informant
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The LulzSec hacking group may have officially called it quits last June, but that doesn't mean it was able to escape the eye of law enforcement. As Fox News reports, today saw three group members arrested and two more charged with conspiracy -- a move that one FBI official described...
Google issued first license to test driverless cars
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Nevada is the first state to grant Google a U.S. license to test driverless cars. The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed on Monday that it had approved the company’s application to test autonomous vehicles on public streets. Google will be required to have at least two people in...
WELL DONE, MITT! As Governor Of Mass, Romney Banned The Assault Weapon Used In The Colorado Massacre
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In 2004, as Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney banned the sale of assault weapons like the one used to spray 50-60 bullets a minute in the Colorado massacre. On FOX News, Romney explained his position as follows: "I believe the people should have the right to bear arms, but I...
WELL DONE, MITT! As Governor Of Mass, Romney Banned The Assault Weapon Used In The Colorado Massacre
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s screencast of the online encylopedia’s porn problem
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Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left the online encyclopedia not long after it launched to the public, has seemingly embarked on a one-man crusade to rid Wikipedia of its pornographic content. See the man’s Twitter stream here. In a blog post last month, Sanger hit out at the lack of...
Viral With a Purpose? Upworthy Finds Serious Web Content Worth Sharing
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Upworthy launched today, a viral aggregator that promises to find interesting and shareable content on important topics. That is, topics more important than your average cat video or nip slip slideshow. Upworthy’s output is a stream of curated daily picks via email newsletter, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. The first two...
LulzSec leader "Sabu" worked with FBI since last summer
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The FBI has apparently turned "Sabu," who was the mastermind behind the pranksterish hacking group LulzSec, an Anonymous offshoot that went on a frenetic corporate hacking spree last summer. A handful of LulzSec members were taken into custody in the US and UK today as a result of Sabu's...
Chartbeat raises $9.5M round led by DFJ to help clients make the most of their real time traffic
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Another betaworks baby is growing up. Chartbeat, which helps customers measure the traffic to their websites in real-time, is raising a $9.5 million round led by Josh Stein at DFJ and Saul Klein of Index Ventures, who led the company’s seed round. The New York startup is looking to move...
Plinko Poetry hands-on (video)
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Don't lie, you love The Price is Right. There's no shame in it. Maybe you don't watch it religiously, but you get a thrill every time you see them break out the Plinko game. Now, what if you could combine that visceral thrill, with the absurdity of magnetic poetry,...
LulzSec leader Sabu turns FBI snitch, reportedly gives up five top hackers
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The head of the hacker group LulzSec has reportedly given up give five members of his own organization, which has strong ties to prominent hacking collective Anonymous. LulzSec came to prominence in mid-2011, with online attacks targeting the U.S. Senate, the CIA, Arizona police, Brazilian government sites, and online...
Wired Opinion: Can Brands Become Money-Making Publishers Themselves?
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Major brands are slowly discovering that e-commerce may not be the only revenue stream the digital world has to offer them. There may be gold for them in advertising as well. It has always been assumed by media industry pundits that brands could not become advertising-supported digital publishers because...
Doxed: how Sabu was outed by former Anons long before his arrest
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When the FBI arrested LulzSec leader Hector "Sabu" Monsegur, they did so in a hurry—hours before the arrest, Sabu was doxed, his identity posted to the Internet. With his name public, federal agents feared that he would start destroying evidence to protect himself, so they ended their covert surveillance...
All the latest on the unmasking of LulzSec leader "Sabu," arrests
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LulzSec mastermind "Sabu" was identified today as 28-year-old Hector Monsegur, who has been working with the FBI since being arrested last summer and pleaded guilty to computer hacking crimes. We're digging into court documents and planning detailed coverage of the story, but no one site can cover every aspect....
The morning lowdown 5-31-12
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Some of the stories people are talking about this morning… Obama video on Fox News criticized as attack ad (NYT/Media Decoder) Parker: Apple tried to keep Spotify out of the U.S. (GigaOM) How Netflix really did save the CW (paidContent) Wired to release inaugural issue on iPad (WWD) Kleiner Perkins’...
Screw Objectivity: Study Finds Opinionated Journalism Boosts Civic Engagement
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Veteran journalists who sing the praises of objective reporting have steadily lost ground to the media’s new guard of proudly opinionated voices, from broadcasters such as MSNBC and Fox News, to the growing menu of online news blogs. There’s been endless theorizing over whether objectivity should dominate reporting in the...
Insanity: Romney's Ad Featuring Obama Singing Al Green Shut Down Via Copyright Claim
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YouTube campaign videos get pulled over bogus copyright claims with alarming regularity. And now, as we're entering silly season for the US Presidential campaign, it means we'll be seeing more high profile takedowns. Back during the 2008 campaign, the McCain campaign even sent YouTube a letter trying to explain fair...
Look who Rupert follows on Twitter
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Rupert Murdoch may not have been on Twitter for long but he already has 195,897 followers, and probably more by the time you read this.But the media magnate follows just 19 users. And six of them are related to his own companies, such as The Sun, The Times, New York...
Chevy Volt battery life fail? Or Fox News fail? Somebody has the math wrong
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Pity the poor Chevrolet Volt. It’s built by GM, the company that took a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout. It’s a car that comes with a $7,500 government rebate. Now it’s being dissed by Fox News and chain-mailers for costing more to drive than a gasoline-powered car selling for a third as...
Not Lulzing Anymore: Five Hackers Charged in US, UK and Ireland
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Well it finally happened: The hacking troupe variously known as LulzSec and Anonymous appears to have been beheaded. Fox News is reporting that five people who function as the group’s leaders have been arrested in the US, the UK and Ireland. I’m working on getting copies of the criminal complaints,...
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