TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran voiced defiance on Saturday in the face of Western condemnation over a new nuclear fuel plant, with a senior official saying the facility would soon be operational and make the “enemies blind.”U.S. President Barack Obama demanded on Friday that Iran come clean about its nuclear program or risk “sanctions that bite” after the disclosure of the new uranium enrichment plant under construction southwest of Tehran.On Saturday, Obama said the discovery of the facility showed a “disturbing pattern” of evasion by Tehran which added urgency to its planned talks with world powers in Geneva on Thursday.The West…
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Iran defiant in nuclear row ahead of Geneva talks
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AT&T looks to flip net rules debate on Google
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc said any new “net neutrality” rules imposed by U.S. regulators need to apply to Web companies like Google Inc as much as to phone companies to ensure a level playing field.In a letter Friday to the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau, the biggest U.S. telephone company argued that Google would have an unfair advantage if its Voice service is not subject to the same rules proposed by the FCC on phone operators.”To the extent ‘net neutrality’ is animated by a concern about ostensible Internet ‘gatekeepers,’ that concern must necessarily…
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USB group says iTunes can block Pre
Apple now has the support of a USB industry standards group in its battle to keep the Palm Pre from using the iTunes music service.The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) said in a statement Tuesday that Apple can block the Pre from connecting to iTunes. The group issued a letter to both companies warning Palm that further attempts to use iTunes would violate the group’s policy.The voice of the USB-IF is strong in this case since the group is responsible for issuing Apple the hardware vendor ID that lets its devices connect to iTunes via USB. Palm has used this process…
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US SEC: Protecting long-term investors a priority
WASHINGTON: The first responsibility of the US Securities and Exchange Commision is to protect long-term investors if their interests conflict 10 most trade-friendly economiesBen Bernanke: Face of the FedMore on Financial crisisEconomies out of recession with short-term traders, the head of the SEC said in a letter revealed on Monday. “I firmly agree that the commission’s focus must be on the protection of long-term investors,” SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said in a Sept 10 letter to Senator Ted Kaufman, Democrat of Delaware. Kaufman had asked the SEC to review what he called “questionable” developments in the structure of capital markets…
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Reliance insurance bid for Air India unfair: NIACL
NEW DELHI: Public insurer New India Assurance has accused the troubled NACIL of flouting the tender norms for about Rs 45,000-crore insurance cover for Air India’s fleet to favour a consortium led by an Anil Ambani group firm, which refuted the allegation. While NACIL declined to comment on accusations contained in a letter sent to it by New India Assurance, Reliance General Insurance said it had supplied all the information and documents desired by the aviation company for the tender. In its letter to National Aviation of Company of India of India Ltd (NACIL), New India Assurance Co said, “Tender…
Internet
Sex, ICANN, and Your Domain Name
It’s your domain, or so you say. One morning, you wake up tofind that it’s registered in someone else’s name.Can you prove it’s yours? Can you get it back?The sex.com storyOne morning, Gary Kremen woke up to find that the domain namesex.com, which he’d registered in , had changed hands andwas registered to ex- convict Stephen Michael Cohen. In ,Cohen had allegedly written a fake letter with a forgedsignature to Network Solutions, the registrar. He stated in thatletter that control of sex.com was to be turned over to him. In , the court found the letter to be fraudulent and…
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Simple, low-tech attack on Credit Unions
The National Credit Union Administration is warning all Credit Unions about malicious hackers and a low tech attack by mailing branches CDs with malware on them.
Using a somewhat dated but still effective Social Engineering attack, a package designed to look as though it was mailed by the NCUA is sent to the branch. The package contains CDs with the attacker’s malware on it, and an accompanying letter (PDF) which informs the branches, ironically, about phishing scams. The letter directs the personnel to review the “training material” on the enclosed CD. Once branch employees proceed as directed, the malware…
Facebook
How To Create A Facebook Note That Spreads Like Wildfire
This is Day 9 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Remember the viral Facebook note about “25 things about me”? If you don’t then you probably haven’t been on Facebook for long. The 25 things about me note spread through Facebook and touched millions of users before it eventually died out. The main ideas behind the note was similar to a chain letter. You write 25 things people don’t know about you and then tag your friends and ask them to write the note as well. The end result was…
Life
Write Love Letter
You want to learn to write love letter? Although possible, was considered to be ancient, but I do not have one when we know and can make a romantic love letter. Back to Nature, back to nature, back to the past. Experience how to write a beautiful love letterWell, for those of you who want to learn to make love letter, try the following tips:1. Create the atmosphere that supportsClean your desk, place a picture of you care about in front of you, and play the music you sweetie, you can create rileks. However, to make a sentence-a sentence that…
Finance
5 Easy Steps to Rebuild Your Credit after Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy often is the last ultimate solution for many debtors who have unbearable debts. With filing a bankruptcy, you will get rid of your debts instantly and relief you from the harassing call of your creditors.
Although bankruptcy has many undesirable consequences such as your bad credit record will remain on your credit report for 7-10 years, but with a little work, you can improve your credit even before these negative records expire. Here are five easy steps you can take to rebuild your credit.
Step 1:
Get to know your current credit status
The first step to rebuilding your…
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Parts: 4×20 VFD character display (NA204SD02)
Futaba makes vacuum florescent character displays that can be used as a drop-in replacement for common character LCDs. VFDs have a wider viewing angle, and generally look cooler.
Futaba’s character displays can be interfaced using the standard 8-bit or 4-bit parallel LCD interface, or a simple two-wire protocol. The protocol type is set by resistors on the back of the display, so it’s not particularly easy to change without a hot-air rework station. Today we’ll demonstrate a serially-interfaced VFD using the Bus Pirate.
Futuba VFD character LCD replacement (NA204SD02, $7.00). Datasheet (PDF).
VFD (pin #)
Bus Pirate
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Internet
Tips and Tricks To Getting Top Money for your Domain Names
Would you like to be that lucky person who sells their domainfor thousands or even a million dollars? It IS possible to findquality domains and resell them for huge amounts of money. Thetime is ripe for acquiring top domains and selling them. Nowthat the Internet Boom is behind us, valuable names expireeveryday. The best way to find these domains is to use serviceson the Internet such as DomainsBot to weed out the bad names. Orjust check out Hot Lists on sites like Namewinner or Pool. So what makes a "good" domain name? Usually short, single worddomains and – letter…
