Baiadha.amir (now public group)MASHBLE BLOG :At least a couple of us here at Mashable are fighting to keep off the “Blogger 15.” So where do technology bloggers turn for help when trying to lose weight? Web apps, of course! We’ve put together a list of over 25 Web apps...
Sometimes security begins at the most simple level."A researcher performing social engineering exploits on behalf of several U.S. banks and other firms in the past year has “stolen” thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. Joshua Perrymon, hacking...
Polar Shift to happen in 2012"In 2012 the next polar reversal will take place on earth. This means that the North Pole will be changed into the South Pole. Scientifically this can only be explained by the ...
Slip slidin' away!"A new intelligence decree handed down by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is drawing protests from human rights activists who say it could lead to serious violations of civil liberties and become a tool for cracking down on dissent.Chávez says the...
Here's some progress."The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praisedPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down onShi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda inIraq had never been closer to defeat."You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda...
The US has hurt China's feelings."An indignant China said Friday the U.S. "seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" when Congress passed a resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan dissent and talk to the Dalai Lama.Foreign Ministry spokeswoman...
The message that Florida's Highway Patrol is sending and what we're receiving are two very different things. They're talking crackdown, we're hearing "if you're caught driving without a license several times, we...
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"Hunter exits presidential race Hunter will announce later Saturday he is exiting the White House race.
NEW YORK (CNN) — Rep. Duncan Hunter has abandoned his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the California congressman said in a statement released...
It's amazing that everyone got out ok considering the amount of damage that happened to the building."A building on the Danforth was reduced to rubble overnight after it unexpectedly caved in, forcing residents to run for their lives.
Incredibly, everyone managed to scramble...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorPerhaps with crime and murders in the forefront, maybe Vancouver Police need some better direction. If Vancouver Police are serious and feel Jaywalkers are a going concern,...
If you think the North American Union is a conspiracy theory, think again and ask yourself why our US military is going to be involved in protecting this meeting in Canada."The US army is to enforce a huge security perimeter around the upcoming North American Union meeting in...
"First, the fashion police stopped 150,000. Then the press was warned. Now banks, students and unions are targeted.
By Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writer
June 10, 2007
Cracking down
Cracking down
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