V: Bigger. Better. Newsier. Headlines for March 31, 2011! Give ‘er a read!

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:57:50 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

Anonymous News Network: News Headlines — March 31, 2011
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V: Again, The Daily Show has a really interesting segment, this time interviewing a Libyan-born professor working at the University of Texas. I think it encapsulates both some very good reasons to intervene in Libya and not to intervene in Libya, and grapples with the broader issues of human rights interventions across the globe.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:40:02 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Again, The Daily Show has a really interesting segment, this time interviewing a Libyan-born professor working at the University of Texas. I think it encapsulates both some very good reasons to intervene in Libya and *not* to intervene in Libya, and grapples with the broader issues of human rights interventions across the globe.

Daily Show: Mansour O. El-Kikhia
www.thedailyshow.com
Mansour O. El-Kikhia urges President Obama to take a stance in changing the world order.

V: Jon Stewart on The Daily Show has a nice segment on GE’s legal tax-dodging and the labor movement. Give ‘er a watch.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:25:19 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Jon Stewart on The Daily Show has a nice segment on GE’s legal tax-dodging and the labor movement. Give ‘er a watch.

Daily Show: I Give Up – Pay Anything…
www.thedailyshow.com
Republicans want to give corporations a tax break from the nothing that they pay now.

V: China boosting its military spending by about 13% from last year, reportedly for "defensive" reasons. I guess that’s what you get when the world starts bucking at a hyperpower’s ascendancy: people start arming up more and more. Especially with the economic downturn, it becomes cheaper to buy up military hardware, which is in part why wars follow major recessions.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:06:16 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: China boosting its military spending by about 13% from last year, reportedly for “defensive” reasons. I guess that’s what you get when the world starts bucking at a hyperpower’s ascendancy: people start arming up more and more. Especially with the economic downturn, it becomes cheaper to buy up military hardware, which is in part why wars follow major recessions.

China Lays Out Vision for Military
www.nytimes.com
The plan tries to walk a line between trumpeting efforts to modernize and assuaging fears of expansionist aims.

V: A board has ruled that an openly gay U.S. sailor will not be discharged over the now-repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:39:51 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: A board has ruled that an openly gay U.S. sailor will not be discharged over the now-repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.

Openly Gay Valley Sailor Not Discharged – KMPH Fox 26 Central San Joaquin Valley News Source in Fres
www.kmph.com
Thursday, Petty Officer Second Class Derek Morado faced a separation board at the Lemoore Naval Air Station, with the task of recommending whether or not Morado should stay in the military.

V: Time Warner Cable ganked its iPad TV streaming app for the iPad because its content producers thought they could charge higher for an iPad experience. Sooo, only about two-thirds of the channels are now available through the app.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:35:58 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Time Warner Cable ganked its iPad TV streaming app for the iPad because its content producers thought they could charge higher for an iPad experience. Sooo, only about two-thirds of the channels are now available through the app.

Time Warner Cable Just Threw Its Customers Under The Bus
www.businessinsider.com
Probably the right move, business-wise. But still lame.

V: CNN has a nice segment about GE legally dodging taxes through "creative accounting." Do we really want the cream of the intellectual crop of our civilization devoted to figuring out how to wriggle out of responsibilities to share the burden?

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:26:47 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: CNN has a nice segment about GE legally dodging taxes through “creative accounting.” Do we really want the cream of the intellectual crop of our civilization devoted to figuring out how to wriggle out of responsibilities to share the burden?

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Watch the latest breaking news, politics, entertainment and offbeat videos everyone is talking about at CNN.com. Get informed now!

V: Not to kick ‘em while they’re down, but Faux Noise is down 20% in viewership compared to last year. Okay, maybe a little kick: "It looks like people are turning to REAL news."

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:20:01 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Not to kick ‘em while they’re down, but Faux Noise is down 20% in viewership compared to last year. Okay, maybe a little kick: “It looks like people are turning to REAL news.”

Glenn Beck Has Lost 30% Of His Viewers So Far In 2011 (FOX News Lost 21%)
www.businessinsider.com
Fear not, they are still number one.

V: The top domain-name regulator has rolled out a new top-level domain, .xxx, which ushers in a flood of new top-level domains such as .nyc, .redcross, .law, and others. This transition is expected to dramatically reduce the importance of .com as a top-level domain.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:13:17 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: The top domain-name regulator has rolled out a new top-level domain, .xxx, which ushers in a flood of new top-level domains such as .nyc, .redcross, .law, and others. This transition is expected to dramatically reduce the importance of .com as a top-level domain.

A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX Is Just the Beginning
mashable.com
ICANN’s approval of the .xxx extension will open up a new era of top-level website domain possiblities. Here’s a look at what may be in store for users, businesses, and brands.

V: Hacker News reports RIAA website brought down for about five hours by Operation Payback DDoS.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:03:29 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Hacker News reports RIAA website brought down for about five hours by Operation Payback DDoS.

Anonymous Hackers Shut Down Music Industry Website Over $75 Trillion Lawsuit ~ THN : The Hackers New
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The Hackers News is an online Hacker News Organisation. We propagate news specifically related to information security threats, Hacking threads and issues from all over the world

V: A new study finds air travel’s main impact on global warming is through the water contrails left behind forming insulating clouds.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:59:50 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: A new study finds air travel’s main impact on global warming is through the water contrails left behind forming insulating clouds.

Contrails impact climate more than planes’ carbon emissions
arstechnica.com
Worried about the carbon emissions of airplanes? You might want to focus on the water vapor instead.

V: Google has rolled out a "+1" button for search results, ads, and pages. Apparently, they’re also rolling out a pseudo-social network to back it up for recommendations and friend suggestions which honestly reminds me of StumbleUpon more than anything else.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:53:36 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Google has rolled out a “+1″ button for search results, ads, and pages. Apparently, they’re also rolling out a pseudo-social network to back it up for recommendations and friend suggestions which honestly reminds me of StumbleUpon more than anything else.

Everything You Need To Know About Google’s +1
mashable.com
A Google rep answers questions about the company’s +1 announcement today.

V: Firefox got a boost today with its "Do Not Track" option when the Associated Press decided to be the first to jump onboard with the new initiative.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:49:02 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Firefox got a boost today with its “Do Not Track” option when the Associated Press decided to be the first to jump onboard with the new initiative.

Mozilla’s Do Not Track header gaining ad industry support
arstechnica.com
The AP News Registry service has implemented support for Mozilla’s new Do Not Track header. Mozilla’s approach to enabling users to opt-out of tracking appears to be picking up some momentum.

V: Cool story, bro: Colombian drug runners built a fully functional, kevlar-coated submarine for smuggling cocaine into the U.S.

Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:43:00 +0000 by Anonymous News Network

V: Cool story, bro: Colombian drug runners built a fully functional, kevlar-coated submarine for smuggling cocaine into the U.S.

» Authorities in Awe of Drug Runners’ Jungle-Built, Kevlar-Coated Supersubs
www.wired.com
The drug cartels’ subs—called a quantum leap in technology—are notoriously hard to track and have shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine.