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Arizona’s concealed-weapon law takes effect

Jul 29

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Arizona’s concealed-weapon law takes effect
by Kevin Kiley – Jul. 29, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

Today is the day gun-rights advocates have had in their sights for a long time.

Starting today, Arizona residents at least 21 years old can carry a concealed weapon without a permit.

The change is part of a broad weapons law by state Sen. Russell Pearce passed by the state Legislature in April that eases restrictions on concealed carry and stiffens penalties for committing a crime while carrying a concealed weapon.

Regime deploys shadowy army of cyber-warriors

Jul 24

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Cyber Wars in Iran
Regime deploys shadowy army of cyber-warriors to take on dissidents on the web.
By Khashayar Nouri – Iran
IRN Issue 45,
23 Jul 10

The internet is often seen as the domain of dissidents and free spirits. But the Iranian regime like many others has long recognised the importance of winning the virtual propaganda war, and the talk for the last couple of years has been of an “Iranian Cyber Army”, a band of dedicated regime loyalists who attack opposition websites and other virtual targets.

Fictitious femme fatale fooled cybersecurity

Jul 19

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Fictitious femme fatale fooled cybersecurity
Intel, defense specialists fell for ruse in test

By Shaun Waterman
8:07 p.m., Sunday, July 18, 2010

Call her the Mata Hari of cyberspace.

Robin Sage, according to her profiles on Facebook and other social-networking websites, was an attractive, flirtatious 25-year-old woman working as a “cyber threat analyst” at the U.S. Navy’s Network Warfare Command. Within less than a month, she amassed nearly 300 social-network connections among security specialists, military personnel and staff at intelligence agencies and defense contractors.

China Stands Behind Its Net Censorship

Jun 09

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China Stands Behind Its Net Censorship

By: Geoff Duncan
June 8, 2010

A new white paper from the Chinese government defends the country’s rights to prohibit information that the government believes serves to subvert state power.
China is well-known to run the most sophisticated Internet censorship regime on the planet—dubbed The Great Firewall of China—that has been decried by many both within China and in the larger international community. Now the Chinese government has issued a new white paper defending the nation’s right to censor the Internet and prohibit the distribution of any information it believes to be harmful or a threat to the state’s power.

Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare

Jun 01

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Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare

By David Gelles and Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: May 31 2010 23:26 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:26

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.
The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee.

Chinese hackers target India’s data on Naxals

May 21

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Chinese hackers target India’s data on Naxals
Shuja-ul Haq
New Delhi, May 21, 2010

A joint investigation report by University of Toronto and Indian government has exposed China’s brazen hacking of New Delhi’s military secrets. Headlines Today has secured documents showing how the hackers stole secret information regarding security assessment on Maoists.

The documents were the outcome of a joint probe by cyber investigators from the University of Toronto and the Indian government. The report details how Chinese hackers accessed secret information from the computer of a member of the National Security Council secretariat.

Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies

Mar 19

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Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies
By Ellen Nakashima – Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 19, 2010

By early 2008, top U.S. military officials had become convinced that extremists planning attacks on American forces in Iraq were making use of a Web site set up by the Saudi government and the CIA to uncover terrorist plots in the kingdom.

“We knew we were going to be forced to shut this thing down,” recalled one former civilian official, describing tense internal discussions in which military commanders argued that the site was putting Americans at risk. “CIA resented that,” the former official said.

Bureaucrat Who Allegedly Hired ‘Jason Bournes’ Speaks

Mar 18

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This guy is an idiot.  Maybe there is some other objective for running his mouth, but most likely not.  Either way, this guy is acting the fool.  Mark this guy as a pariah, pull his clearance, and cut all ties.

Bureaucrat Who Allegedly Hired ‘Jason Bournes’ Speaks
By Nathan Hodge Email Author
March 18, 2010; 11:15 am

The Pentagon official who allegedly boasted of running his own private team of “Jason Bournes” is finally speaking out.

Google Pushes TV Initiative

Mar 18

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Google Pushes TV Initiative
Sony, Intel and Logitech Join Effort to Help Users Navigate Web-Based TV Offerings
MARCH 18, 2010
By DON CLARK and BEN WORTHEN

Google Inc. has lined up some big partners—including Intel Corp. and Sony Corp.—in the Internet giant’s recent quest to move its technology into the living room, people familiar with the situation say.

The joint effort, which is in its preliminary stages, includes software to help users navigate among Web-based offerings on television sets and serve as a platform for other developers to target in creating new programs, these people say. The technology could be included with future TVs, Blu-ray players or set-top boxes, they added.

Google to shut China search engine

Mar 13

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Google to shut China search engine
By Richard Waters in San Francisco and Kathrin Hille in Beijing
Published: March 12 2010 20:11

Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.

In a hardening of positions on both sides, the Chinese government also on Friday threw down a direct public challenge to the US search company, with a warning that it was not prepared to compromise on internet censorship to stop Google leaving.

China to bid on US high-speed rail projects

Mar 13

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China to bid on US high-speed rail projects
By JOE McDONALD (AP)

BEIJING — China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official said Saturday.

China has built 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) of high-speed rail for its own train system and President Barack Obama issued a pledge in November with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, to cooperate in developing the technology.

“We are organizing relevant companies to participate in bidding for U.S. high-speed railways,” Wang Zhiguo, a deputy railways minister, told a news conference.

China lobs charges back at United States

Mar 13

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China lobs charges back at United States
By Aileen McCabe, Canwest News ServiceMarch 13, 2010 3:08 AM

Not one to turn the other cheek these days, China issued a report Friday on human rights violations by the U.S.

A day after the State Department pointed the finger at China in its annual report on human rights abuses in 194 countries, Beijing responded in kind, accusing Washington of “posing as the world judge of human rights again.”

The Chinese said the U.S. continues to “turn a blind eye to, or dodge and even cover up rampant human rights abuses on its own territory.”

American cities fight for Google’s attention

Mar 10

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American cities fight for Google’s attention
By Tim Conneally | Published March 9, 2010, 6:13 PM

One month ago, Google put the word out that it was looking to build and test its own fiber-to-the-home networks in a couple of cities. The speeds would be up to 1 Gbps and the reach would initially be about 50,000 homes.

Immediately, hundreds of cities began making pitches to attract Google’s attention, some earnest, some outlandish.

Topeka, Kansas unofficially renamed itself “Google” for the month and garnered a considerable amount of attention; Sarasota, Florida quickly followed suit and re-named its City Island “Google Island”.

RF jammers and other electronic warfare technology to create $28.4 billion market over next decade

Mar 10

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RF jammers and other electronic warfare technology to create $28.4 billion market over next decade
Posted by John Keller

NEWTOWN, Conn., 9 March 2010. RF jammers and other electronic warfare (EW) technology will create a $28.4 billion market over the next decade, as purveyors of electronic countermeasures (ECM), radar warning receivers (RWRs), electronic support measures (ESM), and other EW systems produce about 45,000 systems, predict market analysts at Forecast International in Newtown, Conn..

North Korea’s “secret cyber-weapon”: brand new Red Star OS

Mar 10

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For screenshots, check out the original site, which is linked to below.

Not only does North Korea have “its own Internet” – a national information network independent from the US-based Internet regulator – it also has an operating system, developed under by order of Kim Jong-il.

Russian student Mikhail, who studies in the Kim Il-sung University and writes a blog has recently purchased the Red Star Operating System (OS) and tested it. Courtesy of Mikhail, RT gives you an opportunity to take glimpse at IT life of world’s most closed country.

Google announces business app store for Google Apps

Mar 10

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Google announces business app store for Google Apps
by Tom Krazit
March 9, 2010 6:15 PM PST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a storefront for Google Apps customers.

The Google Apps Marketplace will allow Google Apps users to purchase third-party applications to run atop the Google Apps suite, said Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google. Developers will have to pay a one-time $100 fee to list their applications in the store, and Google will get a 20 percent cut of all applications sold through the store, he said.

Google Tests TV Search Service

Mar 09

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Google Tests TV Search Service
By JESSICA E. VASCELLAR
MARCH 8, 2010

Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV.

The service, which runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites like Google’s YouTube, according to these people. It also lets users to personalize a lineup of shows, these people said.

Cyberwar declared as China hunts for the West’s intelligence secrets

Mar 08

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Cyberwar declared as China hunts for the West’s intelligence secrets
March 8, 2010

Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout NATO and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China.

The attacks have also hit government and military institutions in the United States, where analysts said that the West had no effective response and that EU systems were especially vulnerable because most cyber security efforts were left to member states.

Google Targets Microsoft With DocVerse Deal

Mar 08

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Google Targets Microsoft With DocVerse Deal
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO
MARCH 5, 2010, 7:11 P.M. ET

Stepping up its fight against Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. acquired DocVerse, a technology startup that allows people to edit Microsoft Office files online.

Google paid around $25 million for the San Francisco-based company, according to a person familiar with the matter.

In an interview, Jonathan Rochelle, group product manager for Google Apps, said Google acquired DocVerse to make it easier for people to transition from desktop software to online software. The latter is an area where Google is trying to get a leg up over Microsoft, with its Google Apps service, which includes online word-processing and spreadsheet software. He declined to comment on the deal’s price.

Microsoft Will Continue Chinese Strategy In Search, Cloud

Mar 06

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Microsoft Will Continue Chinese Strategy In Search, Cloud
By: Nicholas Kolakowski
2010-03-06

Microsoft executives have indicated repeatedly throughout 2010 that the company intends to stay in China and compete aggressively for the search and cloud-computing markets, despite some controversy between the Chinese government and Google earlier in the year that saw the search-engine giant briefly threatening to pull its operations from the country. Both Microsoft and Google lag behind homegrown Chinese search engine Baidu in that market, considered one of the world’s fastest-growing. Both Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Google CEO Eric Schmidt have reaffirmed their commitment to human rights within the context of doing business in China.

Soldier’s Facebook post about raid gets him jail

Mar 06

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Meanwhile, in the United States, the Department of Defense is loosening the security in regards to social networks … glorious!

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military has “unfriended” one of its own — after a combat soldier potentially updated Israel’s enemies on Facebook.

The military said Wednesday that a planned raid on a West Bank village was called off after the soldier disclosed its details online. The military said the soldier posted the time and location of the raid on his Facebook page, saying that troops were planning on “cleaning up” the village.

China rhetoric raises threat concerns

Mar 05

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China rhetoric raises threat concerns
By Bill Gertz
Friday, March 5, 2010

Recent statements by Chinese military officials are raising concerns among U.S. analysts that the communist government in Beijing is shifting its oft-stated “peaceful rise” policy toward an aggressive, anti-U.S. posture.

The most recent sign appeared with the publication of a government-approved book by Senior Col. Liu Mingfu that urges China to “sprint” toward becoming the world’s most powerful state.

China May Have to Accept Higher Iron Ore Prices, Angang Says

Mar 05

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China May Have to Accept Higher Iron Ore Prices, Angang Says
March 05, 2010, 7:07 AM EST

March 5 (Bloomberg) — Steelmakers in China, the world’s biggest buyer of iron ore, may have to accept a price increase higher than the 20 percent they expected for this year, Angang Steel Co. said.

“The price talks aren’t optimistic,” Chairman Zhang Xiaogang said in Beijing today while attending the National People’s Congress. Angang Steel is China’s biggest Hong Kong- listed steelmaker.

China Premier Details Economic Plan

Mar 05

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China Premier Details Economic Plan
By MICHAEL WINES
Published: March 5, 2010

BEIJING — Prime Minister Wen Jiabao crafted a portrait of a China on a steady course toward greatness on Friday, telling his nation’s unelected legislature that the government could expand social spending, increase lending, pour money into strategic industries and still meet its traditional 8 percent economic growth target in 2010.

But he also sounded a cautionary note, warning that the nation faced structural economic and social problems, and that China still confronts “a very complex situation” in the wake of last year’s global financial collapse.

Even if Google Uncensors Its Chinese Search, Microsoft has no Plans to Follow

Mar 05

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Even if Google Uncensors Its Chinese Search, Microsoft has no Plans to Follow
Talks between Google and the Chinese government quietly continue

Censorship is the name of the game in China’s media market. If you aren’t willing to filter out content the government finds unacceptable, you aren’t allowed to do business with the nation’s over 1 billion people. For most companies, that’s too tempting a target to miss. Blind compliance has been a typical precedent in the past.