Monthly Archives: April 2013

Supreme Court strikes down warrantless blood tests in DUI cases

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“Police following up on drunk driving investigations will no longer be able to draw their suspect’s blood without a court order authorizing the search, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.  In a 5-4 decision, with Justices Sonya Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy and Elena Kagan making up the majority, the court ruled that the natural expiration of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute ‘destruction of evidence,’ which would otherwise give officers cause for a warrantless search.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/supreme-court-strikes-down-warrantless-blood-tests-in-dui-cases/

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FoxConn will pay Microsoft royalties to produce Android, Chrome phones and televisions

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“Taiwan tech giant Hon Hai, parent company of FoxConn, will pay royalties to Microsoft to ward off a lawsuit over its production of devices using rival Google’s Android and Chrome platforms.  The licensing agreement protects Hon Hai from claims that the cell phones and televisions it produces and which use Android and Chrome infringe on Microsoft’s patented technology.  The Taiwanese company is the world’s largest contract electronics maker and assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, among others, in huge plants in China where it employs more than one million workers.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/foxconn-will-pay-microsoft-royalties-to-produce-android-chrome-phones-and-televisions/

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E-commerce in China: The Alibaba phenomenon

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“On its way to becoming the world’s biggest economy, China is passing another landmark. Its e-commerce market is overtaking America’s. And one giant firm dominates the market: Alibaba, by some measures already the world’s largest e-commerce company. Last year two of Alibaba’s portals together handled 1.1 trillion yuan ($170 billion) in sales, more than eBay and Amazon combined. Yet despite such extraordinary success, many people outside China have barely noticed the rise of this privately held behemoth.  That is about to change.  Soon, the firm is expected to announce details of its initial public offering (IPO).”

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573981-chinas-e-commerce-giant-could-generate-enormous-wealthprovided-countrys-rulers-leave-it

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Aereo could bring down broadcast TV

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“Could it really turn out that a company with a seemingly loopy business model — capturing over-the-air TV signals and streaming them to subscribers over the Internet — will be the thing that finally brings down the American broadcasting industry? Quite possibly.  Chase Carey, News Corp.’s (NWSA) chief operating officer, said Monday that if the company in question, Aereo, is allowed to continue, his company’s Fox Broadcasting, and all its affiliate stations, will stop broadcasting over the air and go all-cable. Those other networks, though, along with PBS and Fox, are fighting hard to put Aereo out of business. But so far, they’re losing their legal argument.”

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/09/aereo-could-bring-down-broadcast-tv/?iid=EL

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Bitcoin ATMs coming soon

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“42-year-old media entrepreneur Jeff Berwick hopes to bring Bitcoin ATMs to a city near you soon.  Berwick expects to put the first two ATMs in Los Angeles and Cyprus in the next two weeks and is choosing between several different retail locations in both areas. He added that orders are coming in by the hundreds from 30 different countries.  Berwick will charge roughly $10,000 to ATM operators to maintain the machines and then split fees with those operators. So far, Berwick has used his personal savings to develop the software and build out the first prototype. He is currently hoping to raise between $1 million and $3 million in outside capital.”

http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/04/investing/bitcoin-atms/index.html

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Reality Check: Did the FBI know about Boston bombing beforehand?

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Reality Check: Did the FBI know about Boston bombing beforehand?

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Sen. Chambliss: ‘We can’t just leave event security to communities’

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“Chambliss did say that security around the country would have to change for large public events, including greater involvement by the federal government.  ‘This was a soft target. It was not a target that was able to be totally protected,’ he said. ‘This particular incident is going to cause the administration and Congress to evaluate our overall security programs around the country, particularly for major events. We can’t leave it just to the communities that host these events to provide the security.'”

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/16/saudi_national_no_longer_person_of_interest_in_boston_bombings_no_other_suspects

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Israeli police head to US to aid in Boston Marathon bombing investigation

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“The investigation into Monday’s deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon has officially gone international: law enforcement officials from Israel have been sent to the United States to assist in the probe.  Israel Police Chief Yohanan Danino says he has dispatched officials to Boston, Massachusetts, where they will meet with Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and other authorities, the Times of Israel Reports.”

http://rt.com/usa/police-israel-investigation-boston-009/

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Boston Marathon Bomb Coverage Reveals Media Hypocrisy and Double Standards

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“In the last decade, the U.S. has occupied Afghanistan and Iraq while bombing Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, and Somalia, imposed blockades and sanctions that prevent the poor and elderly in foreign countries from acquiring food and medicine, and yet one can spend a great deal of time searching in vain for any faces, names, or accounts of the victims from the American press. Apparently these acts aren’t terrorism or mass murder, just ‘foreign policy.’ Why has the media covered this bombing with a fine-toothed comb, including bloody and grisly photos, yet it completely ignores the unspeakable violence when initiated by the state?”

http://www.policymic.com/articles/35823/boston-marathon-bomb-coverage-reveals-media-hypocrisy-and-double-standards

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Rogue Cop Assaults Elementary School Student

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“When Officer David Bailey grabbed a 10-year-old student by the back of his head and slammed it into the school cafeteria table, it is safe to say that student was not free to leave. On that afternoon, Bailey decided that his routine beat on the streets of Southeast D.C. extended into the hallways of Moten Elementary School.  Although Bailey was not a trained school resource officer contracted from the Metropolitan Police Department nor one of the three contract officers assigned to Moten at the time, his presence raised no red flags. Regular visits from the police in D.C. Public Schools had become ubiquitous.”

http://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform-free-speech-human-rights-racial-justice/rogue-cop-assaults-elementary

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