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New York PostA geographically-challenged airport security agent nearly turned away a woman with a valid Washington, DC identification card — because she had no clue where the District was, or that it’s just as legit as a state. Ashley Brandt was traveling back …DC resident: TSA agent questioned if license from nation’s capital was valid […]
USA TODAYSuddenly we’re rolling in planets. Wednesday, scientists confirmed discovery of a whopping 715 new planets orbiting stars other than our own sun, nearly doubling the number of such planets on the books. Researchers have trumpeted the discovery of large …NASA discovers 715 new planetsCNNPlanet bonanza! Refined technique for planet ID nearly doubles total. (+video)Christian […]
Christian Science MonitorAstronomers have uncovered 715 previously unannounced planets after using a new technique for sifting through the first two years’ worth of data from NASA’s Kepler mission. Skip to next paragraph …HABITABLE orbit PLANETS DISCOVERED among 715 new worldsRegister715 New Planets Beyond Solar System DiscoveredRTT NewsPlanet bonanza: NASA announces discovery of 715 new worldsFox […]
AppAdviceApple’s Touch ID might seem ultra-secure to you and me (and way more so than our old “1234” passcodes), but businesses dealing in sensitive information seem to need a little more convincing. To meet concern over the security of the fingerprint scanning …TouchID explained: Apple shows how the iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner worksFirstpostApple explains how […]
FirstpostApple has put out a new document which has given a detailed explanation of how exactly the TouchID fingerprint scanner and the new A7 chip’s Secure Enclave work on iOS to ensure that user data remains protected. Details of this whitepaper by Apple were …Apple explains how the iPhone’s fingerprint sensor keeps your info secureEngadgetApple […]
Sydney Morning HeraldNASA has announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a “bonanza” of 715 worlds now known outside the solar system thanks to the Kepler space telescope’s planet-hunting mission. A new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of …Jackpot! NASA’s Kepler telescope finds ‘mother lode’ of 715 planetsLos Angeles TimesNASA […]
Early voting on crowded ballotsHouston Chronicle1 Voters must present photo identification to cast a ballot in person. Acceptable photo ID includes: a Texas driver’s license, a personal ID issued by the Department of Public Safety, a concealed handgun license, a passport, a military ID, a … and more …read more Source: Houston News From Google
Funding, Structure for Universal ID Cards in NYC Still UnclearThe Epoch TimesOakland mayor Jean Quan takes her photo as she registers for the new Oakland Municipal identification card in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 1, 2013. Oakland became the first city in the nation to offer a municipal identification card. New York City Mayor … and […]
Las Vegas SunLAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a 20-year-old Las Vegas man who died in a snowboarding accident at a southern Nevada ski resort. Clark County coroner’s officials say Christopher Jeffery Ruby died at University Medical Center after …Man dies in Mount Charleston snowboarding accidentLas Vegas Review-JournalVegas man identified in fatal Mt. Charleston […]
New York Daily NewsAaron Showalter/New York Daily News. A body found in a dumpster along a commercial stretch of Cutter Mill Road in Great Neck, Long Island may be that of Menachem Stark, a Brooklyn landlord who was believed to be kidnapped outside his Williamsburg …Kidnapped Hasidic man’s body found in dumpsterNew York PostMenachem Stark […]
Authorities ID 4 killed in apparent murder-suicideLas Vegas SunLas Vegas Sun
Police ID Victims Of 2 Oakland ShootingsCBS LocalOAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland police Monday released the names of two men who were fatally shot in separate incidents on Friday. Police said 26-year-old Aubert Gholston, of Oakland, was the man who was shot to death near Eighth and Campbell streets … and more …read more Source: […]
Fashion conscious principal inspired students’ inventionDenver PostSenior Joe Klein holds the plastic frame of a prototypical ID badge holder under development by technology students at the school. Stillwater HS fabrication lab students have been building a better identification badge and lanyard system. They have … and more …read more Source: Fashion News By Google
Manhunt Comes to and End For Atlanta, Tupelo Bank Robbery Suspectwhnt.com“We believe that this suspect is the same individual who is responsible for the attempted bank robbery in Atlanta, the robbery of the BancorpSouth in Tupelo, (MS), the shooting of Officer Joseph Maher, and the murder of Officer Gale Stauffer,” the …Police ID alleged Tupelo […]
I just read the blog post of a man named Simon Linder. Mr. Linder was sharing his take on the YouTube Content ID Controversy. The YouTube Content ID Controversy is such that videos which contain a small part of the content of another video are being hijacked by at times unscrupulous YouTube users who seek […]
In this Oakland News, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan doesn’t know this until now, but as of this writing she’s about to be deposed in a lawsuit where the person who filed it, a Donna White, claims that Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland’s Joaquin Miller Park is not meeting accessibility requirements for disabled visitors as per American […]
Las Vegas SunHe says police have not yet identified any suspects but witnesses reported seeing two men leave the home in a white minivan. Metro police ask anyone with information to call 702-355-5555. Las Vegas Sun reporter Brian Nordli contributed to this report.Man shot, killed in northeast Las VegasLas Vegas Review-JournalPerson hit by van in […]
BBC NewsTens of millions of Android users have been “deceived” by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said. GoldenShores Technologies took ID and location data from the millions using its Brightest Flashlight …Android Flashlight app rapped for leaking location informationInquirerBrightest Flashlight app on Android caught selling user data […]
abc7news.comSAN FRANCISCO — A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco on Sunday after arranging online to sell a PlayStation 4 has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 22-year-old Ikenna Uwakah. Uwakah, a Daly City resident, was shot at about …San Francisco: Sale of Playstation 4 video game system turns deadlySan Jose […]
Quantum Skynet Solutions, who’s website says is a “web hosting, programming, and small business consulting” is trying to capture Google AdSense revenues it does not have any business receiving. YouTube’s system of Content ID identification has a nasty loophole where almost anyone can file a claim against a video maker and try to gain control […]
YouTube, of which this blogger has been a YouTube Partner since 2008, and on YouTube since 2006, has a much-vaunted video “content ID” system. The trouble is, it ignores YouTube video producers fair use legal rights. Now,for those of you who don’t know what that is, “content ID” refers to picking out music or video […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are officially the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects. That headline is hard to find, so this blog post was made to help make that less of a problem. And with that, this blogger can now say that the end of my video was correct and that Mike Mulugeta and Suill Tripathy […]
UPDATE: Comic Con badges sold out at 10:40 AM, PDT. Comic Con 2013 is fast approaching, and Comic-Con 2013 Badge Sales commence today. Here’s the email this blogger (already registered as press) received from Comic Con International: Dear Comic-Con Member, Comic-Con 2013 badges go on sale at 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) February 16, 2013. […]
The City Of Oakland has suddenly adopted a head-in-the-sand, protectionist, and just plain stupid social media strategy that results in a series of wrong-headed approaches that don’t protect the elected officials it claims to help. Today, the City of Oakland issued another email announcing a press conference about its silly municipal ID program about three […]
The reports were, via CNN and NBC, that 24 year old Ryan Lanza was the Sandy Hook Shooter. But now, within the last hour, it was revealed that Adam Lanza, the brother of Ryan Lanza, was the Sandy Hook School Shooter, and Ryan’s in police custody – that’s the term. I can’t find any reliable […]
Stephanie McCaffrey, whose Twitter bio is “Just off the binky, time to get kinky,” for now, has destroyed her Boston College soccer career after posting insensitive Twitter Tweets about rival Penn State, with references to the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal that has come to color PSU’s image. Stephanie McCaffrey was BC’s second leading scorer, but […]
Ok, Election Day is tomorrow, and you’re undoubtedly concerned about the wave of attempts at trying to block your right to vote. Well, the fact is that, regardless of your party affiliation, it’s a good idea to know not just what your voting rights are, but what you need to have, and can do, to […]
This Jon Husted guy (pictured), the Ohio GOP Secretary Of State, is just not a good person in the view of this blogger. Husted, for years the darling of white supremacists at the website Stormfront, worked to try and block many Ohioans from voting, and undoutedly because he thinks some of them, mostly those who […]
Today is November 5th, otherwise known by Anonymous, the computer hacking human network, as “Guy Fawkes Day.” On this day, Anonymous plans to take down or expose any symbol of oppression as they see it. The inspiration for the day came from the 2006 movie V For Vendetta and the quote “Remember, remember the fifth […]
Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report and Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson, the man who made the decision to suspend the controversial Voter ID Law in that state for the November election, were separated at birth. Look at them. Stephen Colbert has a lot of explaining to do. Why does he look like Judge Robert Simpson? […]
The controversial Pennsylvania Voter ID Law that was approved six months ago has been killed for the election according to The Huffington Post. But, after the election, it’s to go back into enforcement – that doesn’t make sense. At any rate, what’s reported is that Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson postponed Pennsylvania’s controversial voter identification […]
It’s hard enough to be a TSA Agent without folks like the one I’m about to rag on present. Last week, my Mother and Stepdad were the victims of a robbery by two young black men in South Chicago, one who goes around in a mask that’s from the movie Scream. At any rate, they […]
David Glanzer is Comic Con’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, but every time we talk, I keep giving him a promotion to Vice President. It’s become a running joke that, one day, I’m going to really embellish. But the good-natured Glanzer enjoys the humorous opening as it lays the platform for a more serious […]
Ok, real quick, I’m pissed off with ID-PR, the public relations firm WIRED hired to handle the promotions and booking for the WIRED Cafe at the Omni Hotel. Look, I don’t give a flying rats ass how many celebrities WIRED Cafe has, it’s plain wrong to 1) send me a press release asking for coverage […]
Facebook stock has dropped from a high of $42.05 on the first day of trading to Tuesday’s new closing low of $28.80, losing $35 billion in value in the process, dropping from $115.227 billion to $78.912 billion. While observers point to a new round of trading on the options market, and others speculate that the […]