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Submission + - Rogue Nokia Investors Call it quits (nokiaplanb.com)

Submitted by Desler
Desler writes: It seems that after only 36 hours of publicity the "rogue" investors have called it quits:

After reviewing the feedback we’ve received from investors on our Plan B, we have decided not to carry on with it. In the last 36 hours we were contacted by hundreds of individual shareholders (owning anywhere from 10 to 400,000 Nokia shares) pledging to support us by proxy voting or by personally attending the AGM. Nevertheless, the responses that we received from institutional investors were not encouraging. These institutions have a fiduciary responsibility to their customers and are legally bared from supporting radical initiatives like seating a bunch of kids on the board of directors. If they do not agree with Nokia’s plans, they are better off simply divesting and putting their money in other companies that better fit their investing strategy (which is exactly what they have been doing).
Security

Submission + - Who Is Anonymous' "Commander X"? Not This Guy (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruhlinger
jfruhlinger writes: HBGary, a security firm working with the FBI, earned the wrath of Anonymous by investigating their membership using data-mining techniques. But it turns out that perhaps those techniques don't produce the best results: Benjamin De Vries, the man HBGary apparently fingered as Anonymous' "Commander X," is an organic gardener who, in an interview with blogger Dan Tynan, says "I couldn't hack my way out of a paper bag."

Submission + - Police chief: Hack your kids' Facebook passwords (cnet.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The police chief of Mahwah, N.J., James Batelli, believes that you shouldn't be sitting there and wondering. He believes parents should be using any methods they can to spy on their kids.

According to NBC New York, Batelli, who is the father of a teenage daughter, says a parent's biggest mistake can be naivete.

Batelli reportedly sees nothing wrong with using spyware to monitor their every virtual move and hack their passwords to Facebook and any other site for which they might have a regular fondness.

Indeed, his detectives hold free seminars to teach parents how to install spyware on all their computers at home.

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How is this not a violation of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute?
Censorship

Submission + - Paul Haggis Vs The Church of Scientology (newyorker.com)

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: It's a lengthy read but Lawrence Wright at The New Yorker has released a 26 page expose on Scientology. In a world where such innocuous sounding words as "squirrels," "security-checked," "disconnection," "contra-survival," "suppressive persons," "clear" and "open season" carry very serious and heavy baggage, director Paul Haggis has exited after thirty four years of membership and massive funding. And now he speaks out at length of Scientology's controversies. From how celebrities were recruited with a 10% commission by a worker at Beverly Hills Playhouse to the current investigation by the FBI of physical abuse and human trafficking, Wright draws surrounding histories and accounts of the Church including Anonymous' crusade. The length of this article reflects the unusually large number (12 cases of physical abuse) of individuals cited as testimony of Scientology Leader David Miscavige's inurement and physical violence. The case remains open as the FBI collects data and testimony — especially in relation to Sea Org. Most disturbing are the disappearances of people that The New Yorker piece enumerates. The piece concludes with the author's interaction with the Church that results in several conflicting foundational statements from its stance on homosexuality (Haggis' original reason for publicly leaving it) to almost all details of L. Ron Hubbard's naval service and discharge. The article ends with Haggis' quote: 'I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don't know why I couldn't.' You can find summaries of the lengthy article and its suspected results along with corresponding reports listing politicians involved with the Church. Copyrighted work, leaked government documents, PS3 encryption keys and everything else has been posted on Slashdot but only the Church of Scientology has forced comments out of existence.
Android

Submission + - More Fun with Apple: Sony Reader iOS App Rejected (sony.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sony got caught by surprise recently when it's new Sony Reader application for iOS was rejected for Apple. iBooks? OK. Kindle? OK. Sony Reader — apparently not OK.
The Internet

Submission + - Best ISPs For Netflix

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: Netflix recently released its list of highest-performing ISPs in terms of streaming video performance. The company posted a chart that mapped out Netflix's streaming performance on U.S. ISPs between October 1 and November 15. According to the company Netflix's HD streams top out at 4,800 kbps and no one can currently sustain that on a stream from start to finish. Of the companies tested, Charter lead the pack with an average 2,667 kbps where as Clearwire was at the bottom of the list.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - I empty my recycle bin...

Submitted by
ichthus
ichthus writes: "Poll: 'I empty my recycle/trash bin..."

* Immediately
* Daily
* Weekly
* Never
* Don't have/never use
* Into Cowboy Neal's drawers (OR) Onto Cowboy Neal's head (OR) Into Cowboy Neal's MR. Fusion(TM) (OR) Something something Cowboy Neal blah"
Businesses

Submission + - Web Comics Controversies Leading into NY Con

Submitted by Snotty Pippen
Snotty Pippen writes: In a lot of dot-connecting, over at Lying in the Gutters, Rich Johnston combines a report of Business 2.0 looking into web comics and backing off, pending a big announcement from DC with of their VPs appearing at web comics panel at the New York Comic Con. At the same time, a college prof says DC should be making $4 million online and people are pissed at the Comic Con web comic speaker selection. A little further down in the column, Comixpress seems to be having issues paying people, too.
Security

Submission + - SETI@Home tracks stolen laptop, reunites couple

Submitted by yuna49
yuna49 writes: Thieves recently stole a laptop belonging to the estranged wife of a computer programmer in Minnesota. Luckily the husband had installed SETI@Home on the machine. He saw the computer appear on the SETI site three times in a week and gave the IP address to the authorities. This lead to the recovery of the laptop and a reconciliation between the estranged couple.

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