February 2010
"Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in... →
A few key mysteries about the Antwerp diamond heist remain, most notably, how did the thieves get past the combination lock on the vault door and who else was in on the job?
Ice Falls Into Atrium in Sony Building -... →
NEW YORK (AP) — Fire officials say ice has broken through a glass atrium at the Sony Building in New York City and 10 people have sustained minor injuries.
UNLIMITED | CMU News-Blog | Lots more EMI... →
But what about deals from outside the record industry? Could this be the long predicted moment that one of the big web or tech players, with their large cash reserves, bolsters their position in the digital entertainment market by acquiring a sizable catalogue of content for themselves? Might a consortium of British companies mount a bid with the aim of keeping the UK’s last major music...
WatchVideo: Sony’s Hesse At Digital Music East - hypebot
AT&T gets NASA network contract - UPI.com →
NASA said the one-year, two-month contract includes three two-year options. It has a value of approximately $87 million if all options are exercised, officials said.
Music Ally | Blog Archive » Spotify gets into... →
it involves re-imagining a Hendrix performance at the Glastonbury Festival
Slashdot IT Story | US Unable To Win a Cyber War →
“The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in the exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel doesn’t bode well for the US. Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence, said to the US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday that if the US got involved in a...
Get a board of directors – even if you’re not... →
To me, the most important of these is that board members, unlike informal outside advisors, have a fiduciary responsibility to the company and, therefore, offer advice that is often better thought out and more responsible. After all, it’s their job.
http://www.governmentattic.org/3docs/NSA-SelHistDoc... →
Recently declassified NSA Historical Documents
Exclusive: How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web |... →
Team Bing has been focusing on unique instances where Google’s algorithms don’t always satisfy. For example, while Google does a great job of searching the public Web, it doesn’t have real-time access to the byzantine and constantly changing array of flight schedules and fares. So Microsoft purchased Farecast — a Web site that tracks airline fares over time and uses the data to predict when ticket...
“Many MBA’s see a startup as a way to make money and when they try to act...”
– On MBA’s - ghostwriter’s posterous
The REAL Steve McQueen Rolex Explained: Boxes &... →
What McQueen ACTUALLY wore was the higher grade (chronometer rated) version of your typical no-date Submariner, a watch called the Reference 5512 Submariner (the most common, non-chronometer rated Subs are ref 5513)
204 Brunswick Avenue for sale! →
t and i can finally have our own side as planned. we’re even willing to install a 1-way window.
jellybeanboom:
it’s so strange seeing the other half of our house for sale! <weeping and already missing the lovely reilly family!>
IfWeRanTheWorld →
We want to tap the single largest pool of untapped natural resource in the world: human good intentions that never translate into action. We need adventurers like you to generate actionplatforms and microactions, and then invite people to microact.
The Secret World of Private BitTorrent Trackers -... →
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Freedom of... →
An investigation was conducted by the FBI regarding the famous physicist because of his affiliation with the Communist Party. Einstein was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937 and 1954. He also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations.
Broad New Hacking Attack Detected - WSJ.com →
Starting in late 2008, hackers operating a command center in Germany got into corporate networks by enticing employees to click on contaminated Web sites, email attachments or ads purporting to clean up viruses, NetWitness found.
Captain Phil « mikeroweWORKS →
I guess it comes down to this. The world is desperate for authenticity. In business and in real life. In work and play. We crave it I think, because it’s in such short supply. Consequently, when we see it, we’ll wait for it. We’ll watch it on TV. We’ll stand in line for a chance to be near it. Fans, fishermen, CEO’s – we know authenticity when we see it, even if we’re not looking for it. And Phil...
"The Routes of Man": Roads that are changing the... →
A mixture of travelogue and essay, Conover’s vivid, smart and evenhanded book chronicles his journey down several of the world’s most perilous roads — ranging from frozen rivers to hyper-modern highways, from India to Peru — to discover how these roadways are changing the world and the lives of people who live along them.