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Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops (AP)
AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.
Commuters walloped by strikes in France, London (AP)
AP - Strikes hobbled public transit across France and in London on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over government austerity measures.
Study: Aid after 2005 quake won trust in Pakistan (AP)
AP - The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did little to help despite the publicity they generated.
EU OKs new financial supervision deal (AP)
AP - European Union nations agreed to create new financial oversight institutions Tuesday, hoping to prevent a repeat of the government debt crisis that nearly left Greece bankrupt and brought the European banking system to its knees.
Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts (AP)
AP - Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
Afghan elections: Candidates flock to Kabul for safety (Time.com)
Time.com - More than 600 candidates are running for office out of Afghanistan's capital because it isn't safe to campaign in the provinces
Haye to face Harrison in 'Battle of Britain' bout (AFP)
AFP - David Haye will defend his WBA heavyweight crown against former Olympic champion Audley Harrison in an all-British bout set for November, organisers confirmed Tuesday.
2nd Afghan bank with Dubai ties defends links (AP)
AP - A top official at the company controlling Afghanistan's second-largest private bank says the firm's property investments in Dubai don't pose a risk like those that sparked a bank run at another Afghan lender.
Chavez's base, the poor, wobbles as election looms (AP)
AP - On a hilltop overlooking Caracas, dozens of shacks made of wood scraps and corrugated zinc have risen among tall weeds — a new slum tacked on to an old one as the poor face harder times in Venezuela.
Police arrest 286 for Mozambique price riots (AFP)
AFP - Police in Mozambique have arrested 286 people for violent protests against rising prices that left 13 dead and more than 400 injured during three days of unrest last week, authorities said Tuesday.
Pakistani Taliban threaten more suicide attacks (Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistan's Taliban on Tuesday threatened more suicide attacks on security forces and government offices, challenging authorities already overwhelmed by the worst floods in the country's history.
China tells state companies to explore Potash bid (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Australia PM Gillard handed power by independents (AFP)
AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades.
Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington.
The glittering Gulf states' dark labor secret (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The rise of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a now-familiar tale. Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth. Sparkling office towers and hotels sprang into the muggy air, the monarchs that rule these tiny emirates became bywords for financial excess, and newspapers described the region's economic "miracle."
Uganda: Democratic Reform and Security Top U.S. Agenda (Time.com)
Time.com - Pushing for electoral reform is tricky when the strongman in power is also a key ally against extremist violence
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Colorado wildfire destroys dozens of homes (AP)
AP - A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes — some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said early Tuesday.
Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires (AP)
AP - Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter.
Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip (AP)
AP - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.
Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months (AP)
AP - Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe — a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned.
Wrigley rooftops hurting as Cubs, economy struggle (AP)
AP - The crowded rooftop bleachers overlooking Wrigley Field stand as proof that no matter how bad the Chicago Cubs played, the ballpark was simply not big enough to hold everyone who wanted to see them play.
Protest over fatal shooting by LAPD turns violent (AP)
AP - A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant turned violent when some demonstrators threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to disperse.
Plane crash on NV street kills 1, injures 3 (AP)
AP - A small plane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighborhood Monday, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said.
Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio (AP)
AP - Jefferson Thomas was fast and athletic and often played pickup basketball with white students while growing up in Little Rock in the 1950s.
Army: Ex-soldier takes 3 hospital workers hostage (AP)
AP - A former Army soldier seeking help for mental problems at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded him to surrender.
US won't say if blowout preventer on way to shore (AP)
AP - The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore.
Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas (AP)
AP - Tropical Storm Hermine began to lose its punch as it pushed north Tuesday, after causing landslides in northeast Mexico and leaving one Texas town almost entirely without power.
Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use (AP)
AP - Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.
NY cigarette tax plans raise reservation tensions (AP)
AP - As New York Indian Nation leaders battle in courtrooms to preserve their tax-free cigarette market, tensions are rising on reservations, where the state's renewed efforts to tax sales to non-Native customers is viewed as yet another attack on Native American rights.
US investors seek pay for pre-WWII German bonds (AP)
AP - More than 80 years ago, Germany sold tens of thousands of bonds to American investors in an effort to recover financially from World War I. Later, Adolf Hitler used some of the money raised by those bonds to build the powerful Nazi war machine that would ravage Europe during World War II.
1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (AP)
AP - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.
9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder (AP)
AP - It is a place of sacrifice. A place of mourning. A place people pass by on their way to grab lunch. It's a place where tourists crane their necks to snatch a glimpse around barriers walling off an enormous construction site — which is also what it is.
USS Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival (AP)
AP - The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle.
Montana plane crash revives 'lap child' debate (AP)
AP - Federal transportation safety officials are using the deadly crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to revive a long-standing debate about whether small children should be allowed to travel on the laps of adults.
Counselors monitoring prison officers with PTSD (AP)
AP - John Brownfield Jr. became a corrections officer following deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Greeting card giant Hallmark heads for 2nd century (AP)
AP - Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments online.
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Obama unveils $50bn building plan
President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy.
Petraeus warns over Koran burning
The US commander in Afghanistan warns troops' lives will be at risk if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to throw copies of the Koran into a bonfire, but the pastor behind the stunt defends it.
Travolta extortion case dismissed
Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.
BP well 'poses no further risk'
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
Tropical storm Earl hits Canada
Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts.
Craigslist ends adult service ads
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
Kara DioGuardi leaves Idol panel
Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest member of the judging panel on American Idol to quit this year.
US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
BP blowout preventer 'removed'
BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
Plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Clinton warns on Mid-East talks
The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time".
Tennessee mosque fire 'was arson'
A fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a Tennessee Islamic centre was arson, investigators say.
"One more bottle and we go home," Axl tells Dublin
Guns N' Roses have walked off stage at a gig in Dublin after being booed and having bottles thrown at them by the crowd.
Aspen the question: wolves fail to stop tree decline
Wolves fail to halt aspen decline
Oracle hires HP's ex chief exec
Tech stars join forces as Oracle's Larry Ellison brings in former HP boss Mark Hurd to replace Charles Phillips.
US firm buys Realtime Worlds game
Part of collapsed computer games firm Realtime Worlds has been bought by an anonymous American company, administrators confirm.
BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
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An overview of Puerto Rico, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
Andrea Bocelli concerts to mark 9/11
Andrea Bocelli is inviting survivors of the attacks on 11 September 2001 in New York to concerts on the Amalfi coast.
Post-9/11 musical courts controversy
An independent filmmaker has sparked controversy by making a musical about New Yorkers coming to terms with the September 11 attacks.
Rare colour footage of the Blitz
Remarkable new footage of the the London blitz goes on show.
Earl hits Canada and outs power
Tropical storm Earl has hit the eastern Canadian coast, following a rapid acceleration.
They put their right feet in, they put their right feet out and broke the world Hokey Cokey record.
Obama announces US infrastructure plan
President Obama has announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a huge infrastructure project to create jobs and boost confidence in the American economy.
The military 'junk' left in Iraq
Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there.
"Ground Zero" Islamic centre causes debate
Plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York have triggered a debate across the US about the limits of religious tolerance.
US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb
What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?
How Silicon Valley's 'rich ecology' works
Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario, Canada
Canada provides backdrop for Kerouac's On The Road
A major new exhibition focuses on crucial four-year period
PayPal co-founder worked so hard he would sleep in the office
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In a recent interview with CNET, he reiterated that that pace continues: just last week Google search engineers met to consider 27 separate changes to the ...
Google experiments could limit competition for top search results
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News about the ongoing investigation on Google Search was revealed by Search Engine Land and it was Don Harrison (Google's Deputy General) who confirmed ...
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The founders of Facebook aren't the only game-changing geeks poised to have their story told on a movie screen. Michael London's Groundswell Productions has teamed with producer John Morris to acquire movie rights to the Ken Auletta book Googled: The End of the World As We Know it. They will use the book as the blueprint for a feature film that tells the story of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and the fast rise of the juggernaut web business that made them billionaires. (...)
"It's about these two young guys who created a company that changed the world, and how the world in turn changed the ...
Eric Schmidt talked to the Wall Street Journal:
"I don't believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time," he says. He predicts, apparently seriously, that every young person one day will be entitled automatically to change his or her name on reaching adulthood in order to disown youthful hijinks stored on their friends' social media sites.
(Would that even be enough to escape online detectives or future AIs which compare portrait photos, analyze a person's defining sentence structures and word usage, their location, social network connections and so on?)
[Thanks TomHTML! ...
German Guy Wants to Photograph Those Buildings People Want to Exclude from Google Street View
Spiegel reports that German photographer and IT consultant Jens Best wants to personally take snapshots of all those (German) buildings which people asked Google Street View to remove. He then wants to add those photos to Picasa, including GPS coordinates, and in turn re-connect them with Google Maps. Jens believes that for the internet "we must apply the same rules as we do in the real world. Our right to take panoramic snapshots, for instance, or to take photographs in public spaces, both base laws which determine that one may photograph those things that are visible from public streets and places."
Jens says that for his believe in the right of photographing in public places, as last resort h ...
Virus Game Attachments, Or Whatever It Is
Do these things have a name, and what do they typically do? Gmail is chronically bad at filtering them out (or perhaps they do filter out many but there's just too much of them). They usually come with an image attached, and as you can see in this case, a SWF attachment.
Looking for free sounds for a project of yours... say, atmospheric background noises, or a dog barking, or laughter, piano music, a squeaking door, or anything else? FreeSounds.org is a great collection of Creative Commons licensed WAVs, MP3, AIFF files and more. You can enter a whole lot of things into their search engine and get back a whole lot of great samples. You can hear a preview for every sound, and for downloading a quick registration will do.
Android Developers Lose Money Because Apps Can't Be Bought In Most Countries, Pingdom Says
Pingdom writes:
Google is talking about fighting piracy, but perhaps the first thing they should focus on is actually making it possible for users to buy apps. All users. Sounds rather logical, doesn’t it? So what are we talking about? The problem lies with Android Market.
You can only pay for apps in 13 out of the 46 or so countries where Android phones are available. For those of you who like stats, 13 in 46 works out to less than 30%. Contrast this with Apple’s App Store, which supports paid apps in 90 countries. This is a huge advantage iPhone developers currently have over Android developers.
Then again, from what I'v ...
Google's "Product Flops & Failures" Illustrated
Wordstream created a visual overview of what they call the "Google graveyard", that is, failed products. On the list are Google X, Google Catalog, Google Buzz and many more. (Nitpick: they call Google Answers the "answer to Yahoo Answers", though actually, Google Answers was made years before Yahoo Answers.) Then again, if you learn something from a cancelled product, perhaps in the end it won't have been a failure.
Also see the lost features of Google, and the Google Answers interviews.
Paul Graham On What Happened to Yahoo
Paul Graham tells what went wrong, from his perspective, with Yahoo. "When I went to work for Yahoo after they bought our startup in 1998, it felt like the center of the world. It was supposed to be the next big thing. It was supposed to be what Google turned out to be ... What went wrong?" According to Paul, "Yahoo had two problems Google didn't: easy money, and ambivalence about being a technology company."
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I like the iPad as a casual device in general, but I love it as a two-player gaming device. Think of a board game where the pieces are magically moving... a game you can take to the cafe, to bars, play in the bus, on the train, whereever!
With that in mind I created Ogs, which uses the great PhoneGap framework, allowing me to do it all in HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS. Please check out the video, and the game is now in the App Store.
NetworkWorld collected a couple of interesting quotes by Google boss Eric Schmidt on the subject of privacy and anonymity. He states that privacy is important, but shares some doubts over whether complete anonymity should/ will be granted in the future. Bruce Schneier on the other hand argues:
Here's the problem: The very companies whose CEOs eulogize privacy make their money by controlling vast amounts of their users' information. Whether through targeted advertising, cross-selling or simply convincing their users to spend more time on their site and sign up their friends, more information shared in more ways, more publicly means more profits. This means these companies are motivated to continually ratchet down the ...
Google Founders Were Disagreeing Over Interest-based Ads, WSJ Says
Company-internal disagreements are natural and likely healthy but I think it's interesting what they are about -- from the Wall Street Journal:
By late 2008, Google executives were preparing to launch ads targeted at users' interests. But the specifics still remained controversial.
Tensions erupted during a meeting with about a dozen executives at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters about 18 months ago when Messrs. Page and Brin shouted at each other over how aggressively Google should move into targeting, according to a person who had knowledge of the meeting. "It was awkward," this person said. "It was like watching your parents fight."
Mr. Brin was more reluctant than Mr. Page, this person s ...
Google & Verizon Proposal, and Net Neutrality
Google and Verizon released a proposal relating to net neutrality. They claim their efforts are for an open internet: "[T]here should be a new, enforceable prohibition against discriminatory practices ... Importantly, this new nondiscrimination principle includes a presumption against prioritization of Internet traffic -- including paid prioritization. So, in addition to not blocking or degrading of Internet content and applications, wireline broadband providers also could not favor particular Internet traffic over other traffic."
A user named QuantumBreakfast at Reddit on the other hand remarks:
Google South Korea Office Raided
ABC News writes:
South Korean police said they raided Google Inc's Seoul office on Tuesday on suspicion that the Internet search leader had illegally collected data on users.
Google has been preparing since late last year to launch its "Street View" service in South Korea and the data collection was related to the launch, police said.
In other Street View related news, German Bild claims that the following German cities will be street-viewable starting November this year (with more cities coming next year): Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Düs ...
German publication Wirtschaftswoche ("Economy Week") says that German manufacturer Microdrones has delivered a cam-equipped flying mini drone to Google. Microdrones boss Mr. Juerss is quoted as saying "We have good chances for a long term business relationship with Google" (is he just overly optimistic? Google wasn't available for comment to the magazine). According to him the drones "are superbly suited to deliver more up-to-date recordings for mapping service Google Earth." Another potential use mentioned by Juerss is inspecting wind farms.
If Google continues to exist I guess it's only natural they continue to expand their tools (same could be said for the world at large), lest l ...
Google's director of research Peter Norvig was interviewed by Slate:
Google has been remarkably successful at creating popular products. How does the company create a culture that's conducive to generating new ideas?
Well, we have great people, and that's a huge part of it. But I think the main thing is just trying a lot of ideas. We've built the ultimate system for making demos internally. If a startup company has an idea, it's like, "Well, I need a copy of the Web to make my idea work, I need a thousand computers, I gotta go raise money to do that." So they spend months or years r ...
