Wednesday, July 25, 2012

DOJ Sticks To Its Guns In Price-Fixing Suit Against Apple, Won?t Modify eBook Settlement

ibooksshotAccording to the U.S. Justice Department's latest filing in its suit against Apple and a number of major publishers over alleged price fixing in the eBook market, the DOJ won't make any major changes to its proposed settlement after receiving and analyzing 868 public comments about the suit. The settlement is currently under review in a federal court in New York and today's document outlines some of the public comments the DOJ received after the settlement was announced. Earlier this year, three of the publishers named in the suit (Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster) quickly agreed with the Justice Department's proposed terms and settled. Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group decided to fight the charges, however.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/J62DmQiPuqk/

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

'Dance Moms' star blasts haters as 'just jealous'

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By Marc Malkin, E! Online

"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller doesn't give a rat's behind what you think of her sometimes harsh way of teaching the young wannabes at her Pittsburgh dancing school.

"You know, the criticism is from the dance community and they're all just jealous that they don't have a show," Miller said at the Teen Choice Awards.

Oh?

"Come on," she said, "if Lifetime approached them, you don't think they would have said yes?"

READ: More from E! Online: Lifetime replaces Bristol Palin's 'Life's a Tripp' with 'Dance Moms' ?reruns

In February, "Dancing With the Stars pros" Derek Hough and Mark Ballas took to Twitter to voice their (very strong) disapproval of Miller's teaching methods.

"I'm sorry but this Dance mom show is straight up abusive," Hough tweeted. "Kids Run !!!!!! It ain't right. Child abuse isn't right. I'm livid right now...(There's) nothing productive about screaming and making little girls cry over being on the wrong foot."

Describing Miller as "crazy," Ballas tweeted, "Dance is meant to be fun and inspirational, not abusive. Kids are impressionable and I don't want young children being afraid to take up dance because of this lady."

Despite what we may see on the show (screaming fights, anyone?), Miller insists she actually stays out of the mommy drama. "I have to or I would lose my flippin' mind," she said. "I've been doing this for 30 years and before there wasn't one mom that traveled with us. The kids all had their money in an envelope and we left and we were gone all summer. We'd be in Orlando, Vegas, L.A. and so on."

Photos from E! Online: Reality TV hookups?

Yes, some were with her and walking the pink carpet at Teen Choice.

But Miller is willing to put up with her critics and the clients because of, well, the paycheck.

Asked how much longer she'd want to do the Lifetime show, Miller howled, "Until I pay everything off."

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PFT: Jenkins expected at Cowboys camp

Fred Jackson, Buddy NixAP

The Bills haven?t been to the postseason since Frank Wycheck threw the ball to Kevin Dyson on a late-game kickoff return, and Dyson then ran untouched to the end zone to polish off the Music City Miracle.

Buffalo?s pro football team has flirted with a playoff berth several times since then, but they haven?t been able to finish the job.? As the 2012 season approaches, the talk has become less about hope and more about expectation, week by week and for the full season.

?One thing Coach [Chan] Gailey has done is taken us from a team that hopes to win and hopes to have the ball bounce our way to a team that expects to win when we take the field,? safety George Wilson told Tim Graham of the Buffalo News.

G.M. Buddy Nix says that, when he returned to the Bills as a scout in 2009, he sensed that the organization was in a funk.? ?We needed a culture change,? Nix said.

?Sometimes you have to change a bunch of people, and that?s not an easy thing,? Nix explained.? ?If you get people who are complacent, whether they?re players or anywhere in the building, you try to get by that.? We went a year with most folks [at One Bills Drive].? But if they couldn?t make the change, then you make a change.?

Part of the change has been to get the right kind of players.? ?I don?t think you do that unless you emphasize all areas of life, not just football,? Gailey said.? ?We have guys that believe in doing things the right way.? It?s proven out.? We have very few incidents on our football team because I believe we?ve got the right kind of men.?

Wilson says that attitude has resulted in a disappearance of bickering among players.? ?We don?t have the locker-room-lawyer stuff that divides a team,? Wilson said. ?We don?t allow the friendly fire.? We try to protect each other, come to each other?s aid. But we hold each other accountable.? We don?t let anybody cut corners.

?We have good people in the locker room.? They want guys they can trust even when they?re not looking.? That changed the culture with the kind of men we have.?

None of it will matter if quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick doesn?t improve significantly under quarterbacks coach David Lee, or if the new Dave Wannstedt defense will be sufficiently disruptive, with the addition of Mario Williams and Mark Anderson.

But at least there?s reason for hope.? No, there?s reason for expectation.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/23/mike-jenkins-expected-at-cowboys-camp-on-wednesday/related

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Afghan in uniform kills three NATO contractors

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Business Owners! Who's Guarding Your Data? Don't Gamble When It

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By Peter Williamson

If you?re like many busy business owners, chances are you haven?t updated your online security in a while. Many business owners are willing to take a chance on whatever system they have in place and don?t even know:

? If it?s active ? If it automatically updates ? Whether it?s working

Most of us assume the security software is ?doing what it?s designed to do?: protecting our online presence, but guess what? It?s not enough to ?think? everything?s okay. Here are some things you can do to ensure you?re protected.

1) Microsoft has a collection of compatible antivirus vendors and a lot of them are free. And if you?re still running some old, and I do mean old versions of Windows, check out Windows XP on Google.

2) For you Mac users, try Sophos Anti-Virus or Norton?s iAntivirus.

3) And if you are Linux users, there?s help for you, too. Try Linux Anti-Virus .As an added measure, keep your firewall enabled.

Heads up, though. The firewall on Macs is strangely disabled by default, so be aware of that. There are few things more agonizing than having your security compromised or losing important data. Remember to:

1). Always backup you data. Think of it like a haircut. Once hair is cut, it?s hard to get it back. Same with data. Once it?s gone, it?s hard to get it back without backup. Are you backing up on an external drive? Just be sure to use an online file-sharing services like Dropbox to make sure those locations are also being protected.

2) Consider disconnecting automatic login and set the computer so that a password is needed to open it. It cuts down on convenience, true. But, your protection is worth a little inconvenience.

3) While sharing passwords or using clever ones is tempting, don?t. Case in point: hackers were able to crack Linked In passwords with everyone who used ?Link? as part of their password?

4) Don?t automatically download software that you know nothing about, just because the popup says you need it. Do the research.

5) Avoid questionable sites. Your business is your business, but going on socially unacceptable sites will increase your chances of a breach in security, exposing you to harmful software.

6) By the same token, avoid clicking on links you?re unfamiliar with. As busy business owners, we sometimes click at lightning speed through emails, only to open ones that can contain viruses that infect our computers and anyone we forward email to.

Not everyone is security savvy. Alert your friends and associates if something they have sent you is infected. By being aware of these protective measures and updating your online security, you can better ensure that precious time and important data won?t be lost.

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PJTatler: BBC Refuses to Recognize Jerusalem as Capital of Israel on Olympic Site http://t.co/p6tsVToY #tcot

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

US halts military aid to Rwanda over DRCongo mutiny

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