Thursday, July 4, 2013

NYT: The Government Is Tracking All Your Snail Mail Too

NYT: The Government Is Tracking All Your Snail Mail Too

Your email and phone call metadata certainly isn't private, but maybe you were holding out hope that good old fashioned snail mail somehow avoided big brother's living gaze. The Smoking Gun broke the bad news a month ago, and now the New York Times is confirming that nope, that's all being tracked too. Surprise surprise.

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Finnish startup Adaia set to launch pricey Android phones in 2014

Finnish startup led by exNokia employee to launch expensive Android phones in 2014

Nokia's turmoils, and subsequent mass layoffs, have freed up plenty of smart people in the Finnish workforce to do their own thing. Rovio with Angry Birds, Jolla with Sailfish and now Adaia. The 16-person startup, led by former Nokia employee Heikki Sarajärvi, plans to launch a range of premium Android handsets at some point in 2014 in the US, UK and of course Finland. By premium, we're looking at anywhere between $1,300 to $6,500, although we don't know if that's due to extra jewelery, extra durability or both. Why Android? Heikki says "there is no alternative", something we assume Stephen Elop would strongly disagree with.

While there are no pictures to share today, local publication Digitoday got a chance to play with a prototype. They say the phone has a 4.8 inch screen and features the ability to hot-swap batteries without needing to turn the device off, though admittedly that hasn't been fully ironed out yet. One thing that might potentially turn some people off, aside from the exorbitant price, is the phone's weight -- final units are estimated to come in at between 240 and 250 grams, which is 60 grams heavier than even Nokia's tank-like Lumia 920. We've reached out to Adaia to request pictures and find out what all that bulk consists of.

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Jaime Ray Newman Celebrates Her Baby Shower

"It was incredibly fun and also very emotional for us," the actress tells PEOPLE of the special occasion.

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Into the heart of CERN: an underground tour of the Large Hadron Collider (video)

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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
? Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

I've been to see ALICE -- though there was no looking glass to jump through, just a retina scanner and one very long elevator ride down into the earth. I've toured a CMS that has nothing to do with online publishing. I've even gently laid my body on the most powerful particle accelerator in the world and raised the ire of surrounding engineers in the interest of a good shot. I did all of this at CERN, the international particle physics laboratory located near Geneva, Switzerland. But you probably know it best as the birthplace of the world wide web and home of the Large Hadron Collider. And, yes, it was all exactly like a walking fever dream.

Gallery: CERN

Gallery: CERN CMS

Gallery: CERN ALICE

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Egypt: Morsi's 2 spokesmen quit

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Fireworks light the sky as opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't "meet the people's demands," giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. The banner at center, with Arabic writing, reads, "leave." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi wave national flags and his posters during a rally in Nasser City, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's powerful military warned on Monday it will intervene if the Islamist president doesn't 'meet the people's demands,' giving him and his opponents two days to reach an agreement in what it called a last chance. Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed for a second day calling on Mohammed Morsi to step down. Arabic reads " Mohammed Morsi for Egyptian presidency. " (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil)

Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi wave national flags during a protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2013. Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put forward a political road map for the country and ensure it is carried out. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

(AP) ? A foreign ministry official says two spokesmen for President Mohammed Morsi have quit in the latest defections from his embattled administration as protesters and the military challenge his authority.

The official says career diplomats Omar Amer and Ihab Fahmy have stepped down after nearly five months speaking on behalf of Morsi.

The official spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The move compounds the woes for Morsi as he faces massive protests calling for his ouster.

On Monday, six Cabinet ministers quit and the military gave the president a 48-hour ultimatum to work out his differences with the opposition or it will intervene and oversee the implementation of its own political road map. The ultimatum expires Wednesday.

Associated Press

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Vampire Overview

Overview:
Vampires are created by other vampires. One only turns into a vampire after having vampire blood enter their veins. This is often done deliberately, in a ritual, or by being bitten. The vampire turning the human will simply bite it's tongue, letting blood go into the human, turning them. Vampires require the blood of living humans to survive, and it is also addictive to them. The blood of the dead works like poison. Sometimes vampires live alone, or sometimes they hunt in packs.

Strengths:
+Faster and stronger than a normal human
+Sometimes has hypnotic abilities
+Often posses the ability to transform into mist, wolves, rats, or other things
+Stronger senses

Weaknesses:
+An oak stake to the heart
+Decapitation
+Dead man's blood
+Holy water (burns)
+Sunlight will instantly kill very weak vampires, but usually only works to sting them. To strong vampires, the sun only works to slightly blind them.

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Designers, Shadows Are Totally Fine in a Flat UI

Designers, Shadows Are Totally Fine in a Flat UI

This time, just a year ago, very few people knew the terms ?skeuomorphism? and ?flat design." We complained about the kind of leathery design of some apps on iOS and OS X, but in general, the UI of Apple?s mobile operating system was just fine. Then, in just a few weeks, everything changed?and suddenly flat design was the new style everybody was talking about.

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