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Samstag, 30. April 2011

Bonus CineFiles: Family jewels, Irish tools and Indonesian cool!

Most weeks, I review more DVDs than the Indy can fit into print. You can look for extra write-ups here, on the IndyBlog.

Gene Simmons Family Jewels: The Complete Seasons 4 and 5 (NR)
A&E

While it is marketed as such, KISS frontman Gene Simmons' ?reality? show is anything but; this is as fraudulent and staged as your favorite network sitcom, minus the irritating laugh track. That being said, Family Jewels is one of the best sitcoms on TV, thanks to the completely likable cast of characters: Gene, the hapless dad; Shannon, the wise-cracking mom; Nick, the charmingly awkward son and Sophie, the upbeat daughter. In Season 4, the gang has a Sweet 16 party, plays the blues in Memphis, dons firefighting gear, trains for roller-derby and adopts a new puppy. Meanwhile, Season 5 starts off with Gene on tour and Shannon with (possibly) cancer, but, of course, things get back to goofy when Gene celebrates his 60th and gets involved with alligators, and goes to Comic-Con to pimp Nick's book. Cirque du Soleil even makes a creepy appearance. Purely disposable entertainment, to be sure, but it's purely disposable entertainment at its best.

Turning Green (R)
Image Entertainment

If you were to judge Turning Green by cover alone, you'd think you were in store for a brutal Boondock Saints rip-off. Upon viewing, however, we're treated to a quirky coming-of-age comedy that merely happens to feature crime in the slightest, most pervy of ways. Teenage American James is forced to move with his brother to Ireland after the death of his mother. While most of us would think that's awesome, he hates it and can't wait to get back to the ghettos of Boston. He spends most of his time masturbating and doing stupid bar tricks for quick cash, but when an opportunity to earn more arises via the local bookie, he jumps in and starts to kinda sorta learn the trade. And what does he do with it? He buys porno mags from London and creates a spank-book black market of sorts, and now the bookie wants his cut. So I guess it's more like the Poon-dock Saints, am I right?

Merantau (R)
Magnolia Home Entertainment

I've done my best here with CineFiles to highlight the best of the Thai action film boom, but, as that trend starts to wane, it's becoming pretty clear that the Indonesians are coming out of nowhere, delivering a brutal leg-sweep like the impetuous young Turks that they are to take the martial arts movie throne. First up is the exciting Merantau. Sure, the plot ? a young country boy heads to the big city to find himself, but only finds trouble from the local gangsters ? is a retread, especially of the Tony Jaa flick Ong-Bak, but you didn't come here for plot! You came for pure foot-to-face fight choreography, which it delivers in spades. Highlighting the very fluid Indonesian martial art of Silat, or, more specifically, Silat Harimau, Marentau may not become a classic, but it's definitely a hell of a start and should pique the interest of American action fans immediately.

Source: http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2011/01/24/bonus-cinefiles-family-jewels-irish-tools-and-indonesian-cool

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Remains of the Day: Hello, is your iTunes running?

Let?s start the week off right with a white iPhone sighting, an Apple commercial?s debut, and a whole new meaning for ?Google TV.? That and more in the remainders for Monday, January 24, 2010.

White iPhone 4 appears in AT&T?s online system (Boy Genius Report)

Boy Genius Report says that AT&T?s online account management system is now showing entries for 16GB and 32GB white iPhone 4s. (Apple?s latest word on the ivory phones? arrival pegged them�for spring 2011.) And here I was despondent that speculation was dead in the wake of the Verizon iPhone announcement.

New AT&T Verizon iPhone 4 Commercial (YouTube)

Speaking of the fast-approaching Bizarro iPhone, here?s Apple?s first commercial showing off the Verizon and AT&T iPhones side-by-side. I hope they?re not totally identical, or else we?re going to be really sad when we can?t make calls from our Verizon phone either.

$10K iTunes Winner Hung Up On Apple, Thought It Was a Prank [Exclusive] (Cult of Mac)

On the topic of interrupted phone calls, the woman who downloaded the ten billionth app from the App Store actually hung up when a representative from Apple called to congratulate her. Gail Davis thought it was a prank call, so she told the rep she wasn?t interested. Fortunately, the matter was eventually resolved and she received her $10,000 iTunes gift card. On the downside, poor Ms. Davis is probably now going to be second-guessing every e-mail she gets from a deposed Nigerian prince.

Exclusive: Apple Taps Former Navy Information Warrior for Global Director of Security (All Things Digital)

According to All Things Digital?s Arik Hesseldahl, Apple has hired security expert David Rice to be its global director of security. Previously, Rice worked as a Special Duty Cryptologic officer in the U.S. Navy and an analyst at the National Security Agency. So I guess it remains to be seen how he?ll do in a truly secretive environment.

Google?s Schmidt eyeing TV (New York Post)

And now for an Eric Schmidt chaser. The Google CEO, who last week announced his intention to step down from the role, has reportedly been talking with a CNN producer about hosting a show on the network. Allow me to share my short list of potential titles for the program:

Eric Schmidt, Ph.D.
Street View with Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt 360�, 24/7, 365, Live, Outside Your House Right Now
Creepy Time with Eric Schmidt
Schmidt My Dad Says

I think we have a winner.

Source: http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=26e1a7050637e16784fae6baecebb0c2

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Thai Lawyers' Ideas on Dealing With Virtual Crime in the Real World

(1888PressRelease) November 26, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand - Thailand corporate legal service BSA Law are pushing for a new system of Thai laws to help make cyber criminals far more accountable for their actions, saying that the internet has been largely 'lawless' to date.

BSA Law believes a range of measures working with current Thai law will help make cyber criminals more accountable, including:
- Utilization of the IMPACT service (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats), which provides training and liaison services to help countries work together to prosecute cyber criminals
- Harmonization of cyber laws across borders
- Training for Thai police in digital forensic techniques. Increasing, scientific evidence is needed for judges to prosecute those accused of cyber crime.
- Establishment of a national response team for cyber-incidents, so that there is an expert single point of contact for liaison with other countries.

Thailand is a member of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union, a body which works closely with global computer security.

Apisakde Kongkangwanchoke, senior partner at BSA Law, believes that efforts to regulate online activity to date have largely failed. "There are vital legal issues of jurisdiction at the heart of the problem, which have hamstrung many efforts to update Thai law for the cyber age so far," Mr. Kongkangwanchoke said.

"We would like to see a far more concerted effort towards resolving these issues. It isn't acceptable to have a platform on which many of us spend most of our lives, to be such a lawless arena," Mr. Kongkangwanchoke finished.

About BSA Law:

For nearly 30 years, Bamrung Suvicha Apisakdi Law Associates (BSA Law) has focused on providing reliable legal advice and services to the Thai and foreign business community in Thailand. BSA Law seeks to provide international standards of legal services while retaining the customs of the Thai business culture.

For more information please contact:

Jim Byrne
Business Advisor, BSA Law.
Email: jim ( @ ) bsalaw dot co dot th
http://www.bsalaw.co.th

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Source: http://www.1888pressrelease.com/thai-lawyers-ideas-on-dealing-with-virtual-crime-in-the-rea-pr-259965.html

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ONGC FPO may hit mkt on March 15

NEW DELHI: The Rs 13,000 crore public offering of staterun ONGC is likely to hit the market on March 15,a government official said on Monday.A tentative schedule has been drawn for the follow-on public offer,as per which the first road show will be held in Chennai on February 2 and the offer will hit the market on March 15, the official said after the kick off meeting of the FPO here on Monday.

ONGC will file the red herring prospectus by February 25,by when it hopes to have five more independent directors on the board to meet the Sebi's listing norm.Government plans to raise Rs 13,000 crore through sale of 5% stake in ONGC.Last week,the government had appointed Bank of America Corp,Nomura Holdings,HSBC Holdings,JM Financial Services,Citigroup and Morgan Stanley to handle the FPO.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/ONGC-FPO-may-hit-mkt-on-March-15/articleshow/7358121.cms

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At the End of the Right Wing Rainbow

During President Obama's major health care speech on Wednesday, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson (R) yelled out "You lie!" when President Obama said the legislation would not mandate coverage for undocumented immigrants.

This evening I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the President's remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the President's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the President for this lack of civility.

What else would you expect from an ignorant lying right wing nut job redneck congressman from� South Carolina, who couldn't control his hatred and rage during Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress in the House of Representatives.

Even though he was the one that lied about the proposal, he fails to admit it in his apology.

The non-partisan organization FactCheck.org has debunked the claim that health care reform would mandate coverage for illegal immigrants.

False: Illegal Immigrants Will Be Covered

One Republican congressman issued a press release claiming that "5,600,000 Illegal Aliens May Be Covered Under Obamacare," and we?ve been peppered with queries about similar claims. They?re not true. In fact, the House bill (the only bill to be formally introduced in its entirety) specifically says that no federal money would be spent on giving illegal immigrants health coverage:
H.R. 3200: Sec 246 ? NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS
Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Also, under current law, those in the country illegally don?t qualify for federal health programs. Of interest: About half of illegal immigrants have health insurance now, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, which says those who lack insurance do so principally because their employers don?t offer it.
"Misleading GOP Health Care Claims" July 23

It is very obvious to me how the right wing politicians avoided the real issues and challenges that have to be addressed in order to overcome the problems to put health care in order. Instead they have chosen once again to insult the collective intelligence of we the people.

They did this by misinforming the people with bullshit.� Saying that health reform would be the start of Death panels, federally funded abortion, forced sex change operations, insuring illegals, rationed health care, government takeover of all health care, socialism, communism just to name a few.

Instead of stepping up and helping to solve health care problems they (the right) made up propaganda to instill once again the only thing they know anything about, "fear" into the people that really didn't take that much to make them believers of this nonsense, they already hate the left and Obama to begin with and they picked on the elderly for the obvious reasons, they are the easiest to upset and to scare.

Tort reform which is a republican idea, in my mind is a good tool to help lower health care.� I also think that cross state buying of insurance is another good right wing idea.� Congress has included 161 other republican amendments� in the package� I don't know them all, are to be part of this bill.

It is time to change health care, it is time to care about the families being devastated by health issues, this is not the time for our representatives to be worried about insurance company profits.� It is time for both parties to stop taking money from big Insurance and Pharma.�

It is our time to be represented by the people we elected to help us. Or else we will all end up in that dirty little shit house at the end of the rainbow.

Source: http://www.thepoliticalpunch.com/2009/09/at-end-of-right-wing-rainbow_8773.html

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Gmail Tips: 5 Great E-Mail Timesavers

If you're one of Gmail's 193 million users worldwide, you probably rely on the service--and its add-ons--every day. Popular among users for its customization features, Google constantly adds to its arsenal of Labs and brings new features mainstream to simplify processes and save users time.

Here are five more useful Gmail tips, including how to access multiple accounts in one browser, schedule time zone changes and how to opt out of annoying conversation threads.

Five Can't-Miss Features that Boost Google E-Mail

How to Take Chat Off the Record; Archive Gmail E-Mails

Google's Top 10 Best (and Worst) Innovations of 2010

1. How to Grant Access to Your Gmail Account

If you own two Gmail accounts, say one for your personal correspondences and one for work, signing in and out between the accounts can get tedious. A new feature, called "e-mail delegation," has been available to Google Apps accounts for a while, but just recently become available to everyone else using Gmail.

This feature lets you grant access to someone--a personal assistant, for example--allowing them to read and respond to your e-mail on your behalf.

To do this, click on your "Settings" link in the top right corner of Gmail. On the "Accounts and Import" tab is a new section about halfway down where you can grant access to your account. Note that you can only add an e-mail address if the person is also a Gmail user.

After you click the link and add an e-mail address, Gmail will send a confirmation e-mail to the other user. Once he or she accepts, your helper can access your account, read and reply to e-mails on your behalf. Visit the same Settings page if you want to revoke this privilege.

2. How to Opt-Out of Conversation Threads

You've probably been involved in a conversation thread with 10 other people who "reply all," filling your inbox with messages. An easy way to leave this conversation is via Gmail's new feature, "Smart Mute."

With Smart Mute, continued conversations will only appear in your inbox if a new message in the conversation is addressed to you and no one else, or a new e-mail in the conversation adds you to the "To" or "Cc" line. Once you enable Smart Mute, it'll be active across all versions of Gmail--Web, mobile, etc.

To enable Smart Mute, visit the Settings link in Gmail, click the Labs tab, scroll until you see the feature, then click "Enable." Be sure to click Save at the bottom of the page. When you receive an e-mail that you'd like to mute, choose "More actions" from the Gmail toolbar and click "Mute." Visit the same place if you'd like to unmute a conversation, and receive messages from the thread once again.

3. How to Easily Schedule Events in Different Time Zones

If you travel frequently, keeping track of appointments in different time zones can be a headache. With Google Calendar's event time zones, you can specify the time zone for a given event, instead of guessing the difference in time. Events will appear on your calendar according to the current time zone you're in.

From Gmail, click the Calendar link and choose "Create event" on the left side of the page. Click the "Time zone" link, and choose the location of the event--no need to determine which time zone they're in; that field will update automatically. You can also choose separate start and end time zones for blocking out time when flying, for example.

4. How to Auto-Advance to the Next Conversation

Traditionally, when you open an e-mail in your inbox then archive or delete it, Gmail sends you back to your inbox, where all your other e-mails are visible. A feature in Gmail Labs, called "Auto-Advance" instead automatically opens the next conversation, eliminating the need to return to the home screen.

To enable Auto-Advance, visit the Labs tab under Settings. You'll have the option to go to the next conversation, go to the previous conversation, or go back to the thread list. Click Enable, then Save.

5. How to Toggle Between Two Gmail Accounts in One Browser

If you own or manage multiple Gmail accounts, traditionally you'd either have to log out of your current one in order to log into the other, or use multiple browsers to simultaneously access them. But Gmail's new "multiple account sign-in" feature ends that inconvenience.

Multiple account sign-in lets you sign in with up to two additional accounts, and toggle back and forth between them (or have a browser tab open for each of them simultaneously). Note that multiple account sign-in only works on desktop browsers right now.

To enable this feature, visit google.com/accounts and choose "Edit" next to "Multiple sign-in." You'll be required to check a few boxes denoting that you understand how to use the feature. When you're finished, visit your account page and click "Edit" next to e-mail addresses to add another account.

Kristin Burnham covers Consumer Technology, SaaS, Social Networking and Web 2.0 for CIO.com. Follow Kristin on Twitter @kmburnham. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline. Email Kristin at kburnham@cio.com.

Source: http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=d9943835a190fb99378cd2e3b9f099ee

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Gutsy Hacker Sells Access, Info

Artwork: Diego AguirreWant access to the administrator accounts to the U.S. Army or Italian government websites? Maybe you're just looking for personal information hacked from .edu websites. Either way, it can apparently all be yours for a price.

Imperva, a data security firm, discovered a hacker is selling alleged access to military, government and educational sites across the globe. Prices range from $499 for U.S. military websites to $55 for MySQL root access to the State of Michigan website.

Hacker's alleged conquests (click to enlarge screen)Imperva also reports that the hacker is selling personal information from the hacked websites at $20 for 1000 records. The hacker provides screenshots to prove access to personal information and access to the admin interface at a major university.

Imperva thinks the hacker was able to gain access through a code injection technique.

"The victims' vulnerabilities were probably obtained by SQL injection vulnerability automatic scanner and exploited in automatic manner, as the hacker published his methods in a post in some hacker forum," Rob Rachwald wrote in a post on the Imperva Data Securities Blog. (Good thing these guys are keeping an eye on the seedy underbelly of the Web.)

Former Washington Post reporter, Brian Krebs thinks the hacks are legit.

"I've seen some of the back-end evidence of his hacks, so it doesn't seem like he's making this up," he writes on his KrebsonSecurity blog.

Thanks to a few mostly-unaltered screenshots from Krebs' blog we are able to see the hacker is making more services available to those willing to pay.

The hacker will also "hack a normal website," scan a site for vulnerabilities for $2 and give you 3MB of random hacked accounts for $65. Check out the screenshot below to see his or her full portfolio of offerings.

Price list for claimed hacking services (click to enlarge)

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