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Google Is Using The First Amendment To Push Back Against The NSA
Jun 19th
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com – Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Google is taking its fight for transparency and image rehabilitation one step further in the wake of the revelation that the government is collecting people's digital data in a sweeping program called PRISM . The Washington Post reported late Tuesday that Google is preparing to challenge a clandestine court's long-standing gag order over publishing the number of data requests the National Security Agency makes to collect emails, photos and other files people send over the Internet. Though Google has published transparency reports since 2009 , the company has long thought the current level of transparency doesn't go far enough. Earlier this year, Google won the right to tell the public the number of times it was sent "national security letters," or the federal requests to look at Americans' "metadata" (like who emailed whom) but not the files themselves (what the email said). Under pressure, the federal government last week gave major Internet companies permission to publish the numbers of requests authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to gather online correspondence, but only if that data was coupled with other requests made by local authorities. At the time, Google sent a letter to the FBI and Attorney General Eric Holder asking for permission to disclose more. "[G]reater transparency is needed, so today we have petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow us to publish aggregate numbers of n
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Jay-Z is back with ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail,’ free downloads for Samsung owners
Jun 17th
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Source: www.theverge.com – Sunday, June 16, 2013
It's been four years since Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 was released , but Hov is back next month, and this time with Samsung in tow. The new album is called Magna Carta Holy Grail, and Samsung has apparently inked a deal to give it away free to the first million Galaxy S III , Galaxy S4 , and Galaxy Note II users on July 4th at 12:01AM ET, 72 hours before the official retail release. People will be able to download the album with a free app that's coming to the Play store on June 24th. Developing… Continue reading…
Jay-Z is back with ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail,’ free downloads for Samsung owners
The empire strikes back: Disney readies a major Hollywood Studios expansion at Walt Disney World
Jun 15th
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Source: www.themeparkinsider.com – Friday, June 14, 2013 By Robert Niles: The Walt Disney Company invested a reported $ 1 billion remaking its under-performing California Adventure theme park , and was rewarded with an attendance surge of 23% last year , following the debut of the remake's centerpiece Cars Land. After that, the president of the Disneyland Resort, George Kalogridis, was reassigned to Florida , where he's now overseeing the Walt Disney Wo
The empire strikes back: Disney readies a major Hollywood Studios expansion at Walt Disney World
Design, And Insecurity, Is Back At Apple
Jun 11th
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Source: techcrunch.com – Monday, June 10, 2013
“Can’t innovate anymore, my ass.” The phrase uttered by Phil Schiller during today’s keynote got a few laughs from the predictably enthusiastic WWDC audience. To me it dropped like a ton of bricked iPhones. Let’s catch up. The last time we heard from Apple was at its absurdly aggressive September 2012 press event , where it introduced the iPad mini and refreshed an astounding number of its products in one fell swoop. The company’s stock was soaring at around $ 700 per share. Apple goes quiet for about nine months — the longest in recent memory. Its stock slides steadily, losing nearly 40% of its value. Samsung is said to have overtaken its position in the smartphone space. There are supply chain worries. And then the new refrain . We’ve heard it. Even people who don’t follow tech seem to have heard it: Apple just isn’t innovative anymore (the subtext clearly referring to Steve Jobs’s death in 2011). Well, it’s clearly gotten under Apple’s skin, and they’re doing something about it: launching an ad campaign to tell you how much they care about the design and user experience of their products. Wait, what? Let’s put aside for a moment that iOS 7 looks like the most stunning, thoughtfully designed new software product Apple’s shipped since, well, iOS. Go ahead and table the company’s fresh, cylindrical new Mac Pro that looks more like a minuscule jet engine than any desktop computer I’ve ever seen. Apple really seems to think we now b
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Mandela, 94, back in the hospital after recurrence of lung infection
Jun 8th
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Source: worldnews.nbcnews.com – Friday, June 07, 2013
Slideshow: Nelson Mandela: A revolutionary's life / View images of civil rights leader Nelson Mandela, who went from anti-apartheid activist to prisoner to South Africa's first black president. Launch slideshow By NBC News staff Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a recurrence of a lung infection, according to a statement released by the nation’s current leader . The statement said the 94-year-old Mandela was in serious but stable condition. “During the past few days, former President Nelson Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection,” said the statement by President Jacob Juma. “This morning at about 1:30 a.m. [7:30 p.m. Friday ET] his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital. He remains in a serious but stable condition." “The former president is receiving expert medical care and doctors are doing everything possible to make him better and comfortable,” it added. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and longtime political prisoner led the nation’s battle against the white-minority apartheid government. Mandela was the first president of the country to be elected following the fall of the apartheid system, leading his country from 1994 to 1999. He has a history of lung problems dating back to when he contracted tuberculosis while being held in the notorious Robben Island jail under the apartheid regime. Mandela has been in and out of the hospital severa
Mandela, 94, back in the hospital after recurrence of lung infection
Franklin Graham: I Wrote Obama About Being Targeted By IRS – But Never Heard Back From Him (Video)
Jun 8th
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Source: www.thegatewaypundit.com – Friday, June 07, 2013
Franklin Graham told Sean Hannity tonight that the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse , an international relief organization, were targeted by the IRS. The two groups were audited by the Obama IRS . His groups did not receive their tax exempt status until after the 2012 election. Franklin Graham said he sent Barack Obama a letter. “I wrote him a letter telling him I suspect that we were targeted and would he look into it but I have not received a reply.” It’s not the first time Obama snubbed Franklin Graham. The Obama Administration once banned Franklin Graham from speaking at the Pentagon.
Franklin Graham: I Wrote Obama About Being Targeted By IRS – But Never Heard Back From Him (Video)
Apple Wants Your Phone Back
Jun 6th
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Source: www.bloomberg.com – Thursday, June 06, 2013
Apple is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans say.
Apple Wants Your Phone Back
How Apple Can Bring Back All That Overseas Money (Comic)
Jun 6th
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Source: allthingsd.com – Wednesday, June 05, 2013
OBAMA SHOWS HE HASN’T JEWISH STATE’S BACK, RELEASES TOP SECRET DETAILS OF ISRAELI MISSILE BASE…….
Jun 5th
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Source: tundratabloids.com – Monday, June 03, 2013
Any doubters any longer? H/T: Zemira Eli Natan U.S. publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret By Sheera Frenkel | McClatchy Foreign Staff TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests. The Obama administration had promised to build Israel a state-of-the-art facility to house a new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3. As with all Defense Department projects, detailed specifications were made public so that contractors could bid on the $ 25 million project. The specifications included more than 1,000 pages of details on the facility, ranging from the heating and cooling systems to the thickness of the walls. “If an enemy of Israel wanted to launch an attack against a facility, this would give him an easy how-to guide. This type of information is closely guarded and its release can jeopardize the entire facility,” said an Israeli military official who commented on the publication of the proposal but declined to be named because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the facility. He declined to say whether plans for the facility have been altered as a result of the disclosure. “This is more than worrying, it is shocking,” he said. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Wesley Miller said he couldn’t comment on the specifics of the Arrow 3 base, but he said the United States routinely
OBAMA SHOWS HE HASN’T JEWISH STATE’S BACK, RELEASES TOP SECRET DETAILS OF ISRAELI MISSILE BASE…….
Video: Josesito Lopez looks back on Victor Ortiz fight, plus Lopez & Maidana visit LA Galaxy game
May 30th
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Source: www.proboxing-fans.com – Wednesday, May 29, 2013
As families across the country celebrated the Memorial Day Weekend holiday, WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Champion Marcos Maidana and top rated welterweight contender Josesito Lopez took a break from their respective training camps to attend Sunday's LA Galaxy game against the Seattle Sounders at The Home Depot Center Soccer Stadium, next to the Tennis Stadium that will host their June 8 fight which will be televised live on Showtime. Additionally, we have a special video for you here from Showtime, as Josesito Lopez looks back on his huge upset win over Victor Ortiz. Check it all out below. Video: Lopez Talks Ortiz Victory It's easy to forget how so many people counted out Lopez against Ortiz, and how that one performance has since vaulted him into the spotlight of the boxing world. As for the photos below, Maidana and Lopez took time to sign autographs, conduct interviews and appear on the field before the Galaxy's 4-0 win over the Sounders. Marcos Maidana (Left) and Josesito Lopez (Right) pose with the LA Galaxy mascot Cozmo. Maidana (Left) and Lopez (Right) sign autographs at the May 26, 2013 LA Galaxy game. Maidana poses at the May 26, 2013 LA Galaxy game at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Josesito Lopez poses with fans. Maidana vs. Lopez, a 12-round fight for Maidana's WBA Intercontinental Championship, and headlines a tripleheader which will take place on Saturday, June 8 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Cal
Video: Josesito Lopez looks back on Victor Ortiz fight, plus Lopez & Maidana visit LA Galaxy game



