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All rights reserved2012-04-08T10:37:20-04:005http://news.yahoo.com/tech/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBritain’s Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992.html2012-04-08T14:37:20ZAssociated Presshackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6MABS6T2WdM2nzbr7CUiWg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/04/electronics-jpg_163857.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Future is Now” align=”left” title=”Future is Now” border=”0″ /></a>In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used by Kirk, Spock, and various red-shirted crew members to make detailed scans of unfamiliar planets and even less familiar life-forms. It can be used in sick bay to diagnose intergalactic patients, and in engineering to find which part of the warp core is [...]</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html2012-03-30T21:03:16ZThe Future Is Nowblogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6MABS6T2WdM2nzbr7CUiWg–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/04/electronics-jpg_163857.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Future is Now” align=”left” title=”Future is Now” border=”0″ /></a>In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used by Kirk, Spock, and various red-shirted crew members to make detailed scans of unfamiliar planets and even less familiar life-forms. It can be used in sick bay to diagnose intergalactic patients, and in engineering to find which part of the warp core is [...]</p><br clear=”all”/>Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-teen-sells-kidney-buy-iphone-ipad-072601309.html2012-04-07T07:26:01ZAssociated Presschinese-teen-sells-kidney-buy-iphone-ipad-072601309Like many traditional dishes,?great sushi is as much about the skill of the chef as it is the quality of the ingredients, and we all know by now that there’s no person on the planet that can match?the dexterity of ? <a href=”http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/04/06/sushi-making-robots-can-crank-out-tasty-fish-rolls-24-hours-a-day/”>Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>?</span></a>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/sushi-making-robots-crank-tasty-fish-rolls-24-223656501.html2012-04-06T22:36:56ZTechnology News Blogblogs/technology-blog/sushi-making-robots-crank-tasty-fish-rolls-24-223656501The life of the ludicrously rich in Japan is indeed tough. You get to go on?exotic vacations constantly, but each trip requires you to find a house sitter for your pet sheep. Thankfully, though, the well-off Japanese businessman has a ? <a href=”http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/04/06/what-the-friday-worlds-first-hotel-for-sheep-opens-in-japan/”>Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>?</span></a>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/friday-world-first-hotel-sheep-opens-japan-223308619.html2012-04-06T22:33:08ZTechnology News Blogblogs/technology-blog/friday-world-first-hotel-sheep-opens-japan-223308619Using a new computer-generated animation, James Cameron and fellow researchers fine-tune their theory of how the Titanic looked as it sank into the freezing Atlantic on April 15,1912. The two-night television event entitled Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron starts on April 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel.http://news.yahoo.com/james-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-170859983.html2012-04-08T17:08:59ZMashablejames-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-170859983<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” align=”left” title=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” border=”0″ /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html2012-04-08T18:05:42ZAssociated Pressapples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” align=”left” title=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” border=”0″ /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear=”all”/><p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zjZxArRl16.9ZwUj.eNT1g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41833378c1ad00090c0f6a706700d034.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group’s “Project Glass”, an early prototype of Google’s futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)” align=”left” title=”In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group’s “Project Glass”, an early prototype of Google’s futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)” border=”0″ /></a>If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html2012-04-06T17:54:16ZAssociated Pressgoogle-creates-spectacle-project-232427164<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zjZxArRl16.9ZwUj.eNT1g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41833378c1ad00090c0f6a706700d034.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group’s “Project Glass”, an early prototype of Google’s futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)” align=”left” title=”In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group’s “Project Glass”, an early prototype of Google’s futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)” border=”0″ /></a>If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.</p><br clear=”all”/>Driving is becoming so last century.http://news.yahoo.com/young-americans-less-likely-drive-203002275.html2012-04-06T17:07:52ZAssociated Pressyoung-americans-less-likely-drive-203002275Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook’s founder, is working with Bravo on a TV show about Silicon Valley.http://news.yahoo.com/bravo-plans-silicon-valley-reality-show-202626194.html2012-04-06T20:26:26ZAssociated Pressbravo-plans-silicon-valley-reality-show-202626194Popular restaurant finder Urbanspoon, with its trademark slot machine-style spinner, has undergone a massive overhaul and the result is an incredibly robust eating app. The shake-to-spin function is still present in the version for iPhone and iPod Touch, but now the app has added multiple filtering aspects for finding your next meal.http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11602-discover-haute-cuisine-with-the-latest-urbanspoon-iphone-update2012-04-08T17:30:00ZAppolicioustech/articles/11602-discover-haute-cuisine-with-the-latest-urbanspoon-iphone-update<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RbMzuqqTVy228_so0nnFNw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA–/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/96350880f8523e090c0f6a7067000bfc.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”FILE – This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)” align=”left” title=”FILE – This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)” border=”0″ /></a>Mike Wallace didn’t interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them.</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html2012-04-08T20:46:20ZAssociated Pressmike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RbMzuqqTVy228_so0nnFNw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA–/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/96350880f8523e090c0f6a7067000bfc.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”FILE – This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)” align=”left” title=”FILE – This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)” border=”0″ /></a>Mike Wallace didn’t interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them.</p><br clear=”all”/><p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QMQ6kwiN5C0Rptpzy80Uag–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA–/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b575956f64435090c0f6a706700467b.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”FILE – This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)” align=”left” title=”FILE – This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)” border=”0″ /></a>About 40,000 AT&T landline workers are staying on the job this week without a contract, their union said Sunday.</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html2012-04-08T19:17:22ZAssociated Presscontracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QMQ6kwiN5C0Rptpzy80Uag–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA–/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b575956f64435090c0f6a706700467b.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”FILE – This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)” align=”left” title=”FILE – This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)” border=”0″ /></a>About 40,000 AT&T landline workers are staying on the job this week without a contract, their union said Sunday.</p><br clear=”all”/>Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and other members of his government.http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-leaks-emails-hacked-tunisias-leaders-182916972.html2012-04-08T18:29:16ZAFPanonymous-leaks-emails-hacked-tunisias-leaders-182916972Apple Inc.’s iPad has dominated the tablet category. Now, when many consumers think of tablets, they only think of the iPad. Below is a list of other brand names that have become so popular that they’ve joined the world of common nouns. Some of the brands became so generic that they lost their trademarks.http://news.yahoo.com/glance-brand-name-goes-generic-124221990.html2012-04-08T18:07:20ZAssociated Pressglance-brand-name-goes-generic-124221990<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” align=”left” title=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” border=”0″ /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html2012-04-08T18:05:42ZAssociated Pressapples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” align=”left” title=”Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)” border=”0″ /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear=”all”/>April is National Poetry Month, when thousands of publishers, booksellers, non-profits and schools celebrate poetry and its cultural influence through readings, festivals and workshops.http://news.yahoo.com/7-mobile-apps-discovering-creating-poetry-180256501.html2012-04-08T18:02:56ZMashable7-mobile-apps-discovering-creating-poetry-180256501Using a new computer-generated animation, James Cameron and fellow researchers fine-tune their theory of how the Titanic looked as it sank into the freezing Atlantic on April 15,1912. The two-night television event entitled Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron starts on April 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel.http://news.yahoo.com/james-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-170859983.html2012-04-08T17:08:59ZMashablejames-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-1708599831. Sony SmartWatchhttp://news.yahoo.com/top-10-tech-week-pics-170646679.html2012-04-08T17:06:46ZMashabletop-10-tech-week-pics-170646679Meme machine Ryan Gosling (or someone pretending to be the heartthrob actor) has set up a Twitter account that encourages people to hunt for 200 Easter eggs hidden in New York City.http://news.yahoo.com/200-ryan-gosling-themed-easter-eggs-hidden-york-162441593.html2012-04-08T16:24:41ZMashable200-ryan-gosling-themed-easter-eggs-hidden-york-162441593Mashable’s?Easter egg hunt doesn’t involve colored eggs or chocolate. ?Instead, we’ve compiled some of the best Easter eggs from all around the web. ?Take a look and find some hidden digital treasures.http://news.yahoo.com/ultimate-digital-easter-egg-hunt-video-154735775.html2012-04-08T15:47:35ZMashableultimate-digital-easter-egg-hunt-video-154735775If you thought corporate titans spent all their time ensconced in ivory towers — too important to engage in social media — think again. Here’s a chart based on research that ranks the top 25 most social-media-active chief information officers (CIOs) of the Fortune 250.http://news.yahoo.com/top-25-most-social-cios-whos-most-active-151315401.html2012-04-08T15:13:15ZMashabletop-25-most-social-cios-whos-most-active-151315401LONDON (Reuters) – A British government website was disrupted on Sunday by an attack thought to be by activist hacker group Anonymous, whose previous high-profile targets have included the Vatican. The website of Britain’s Home Office, or interior ministry, (homeoffice.gov.uk) was out of action for several hours overnight and problems continued on Sunday, when visitors found the message “page not found”. “The Home Office website was the subject of an online protest last night,” a spokeswoman for the ministry said. …http://news.yahoo.com/uk-government-website-disrupted-hacker-attack-135619620.html2012-04-08T15:02:51ZReutersuk-government-website-disrupted-hacker-attack-135619620Britain’s Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992.html2012-04-08T14:37:20ZAssociated Presshackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992A bill introduced to the House of Representatives late last year could become the centerpiece of the next SOPA-style struggle between the tech community and Washington, D.C.http://news.yahoo.com/could-cispa-next-sopa-142911795.html2012-04-08T14:29:11ZMashablecould-cispa-next-sopa-142911795Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.http://news.yahoo.com/potential-employer-asks-facebook-password-133057706.html2012-04-08T13:30:57ZMashablepotential-employer-asks-facebook-password-1330577061. M&M “Sexy and I Know It” Super Bowl Commercial 2012http://news.yahoo.com/top-10-chocolate-ads-youtube-124718926.html2012-04-08T12:47:18ZMashabletop-10-chocolate-ads-youtube-124718926Famed 60 Minutes broadcaster Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93, CBS News announced Sunday, and fans and fellow journalists quickly took to social networks to express their condolences.http://news.yahoo.com/remembers-60-minutes-anchor-mike-wallace-114813429.html2012-04-08T11:48:13ZMashableremembers-60-minutes-anchor-mike-wallace-1148134291. 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The workers in AT&T’s traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. …</p><br clear=”all”/><p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuGF_0Q8Snytz6S_HQMrRw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T061839Z_1_CBRE8370HJJ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AFGHANISTAN-RECONCILIATION.JPG” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo” align=”left” title=”Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo” border=”0″ /></a>KABUL (Reuters) – Support is building among Afghanistan’s regional neighbors for a comprehensive peace process with the Taliban, but Pakistan’s backing and access to insurgent leaders are crucial to getting stalled talks on track, a top Afghan diplomat said. Jawed Ludin, the deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator in talks with Washington on an Afghan-U.S. strategic pact, also said the two allies were near agreement on a deal to curb controversial night raids by NATO troops on Afghan homes. …</p><br clear=”all”/>http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html2012-04-08T06:18:39ZReuterssupport-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897<p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuGF_0Q8Snytz6S_HQMrRw–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T061839Z_1_CBRE8370HJJ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AFGHANISTAN-RECONCILIATION.JPG” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo” align=”left” title=”Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo” border=”0″ /></a>KABUL (Reuters) – Support is building among Afghanistan’s regional neighbors for a comprehensive peace process with the Taliban, but Pakistan’s backing and access to insurgent leaders are crucial to getting stalled talks on track, a top Afghan diplomat said. Jawed Ludin, the deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator in talks with Washington on an Afghan-U.S. strategic pact, also said the two allies were near agreement on a deal to curb controversial night raids by NATO troops on Afghan homes. …</p><br clear=”all”/><p><a href=”http://news.yahoo.com/app-aims-spare-whales-ships-atlantic-164235539.html”><img src=”http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qJ83zAU1tHdfkenUIiz5BQ–/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3b5b4f8ce0702f090c0f6a7067006e46.jpg” width=”130″ height=”86″ alt=”FILE – In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The International Fund for Animal Welfare led the development of a new Whale Alert app for iPhones and iPads, which uses information from underwater microphones off the coast of New England to help mariners avoid striking the mammals. 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A Retirement Income Tax Breaks from Low-Taxed Dividends – Finance

Income from financial savings assist retirees fill out their retirement income requirements. Traditionally, the well-to-do have chosen municipal bonds for their tax-free income. But because of their tax-free condition, municipal bonds typically pay a considerably lower rate of interest than ?taxable? corporate bonds. However whether well-to-do or not, all retired persons require tax breaks. Some other income-based investments are generally taxed at normal income rates (up to 35%). However, the tax breaks on qualifying dividends makes high-dividend shares an attractive alternative for both average and wealthy retirees.

Ordinary dividend income is included to your other gross income. Following deductions and exemptions, your resulting ?taxable? income is subject to taxes at the income tax rate for your filing status. These tax rates have tax brackets that run from 10% to 35% based on how much after tax income you have.

However for 2012 you may be able to tax advantage of one of the great tax relief. Tax rates on qualifying dividend income? (as well as net long-term capital gains) might be as low as 0%, depending on whether your taxable income tax rate drops below the 25% bracket. The table shows the taxed income for the filing status that places you at the 25% income rate. Beneath that taxable income, your qualified dividends are tax-free; at or above it they are taxed at only 15% (These rates currently continue through 2012).
When do normal dividends become ?qualifying? dividends?

For a stock dividend to be taxed like a qualified dividend, you must maintain the stock for more than sixty times during the 121-day period that begins sixty days before the ex-dividend date. This just prevents you from purchasing the stock ?ex-dividend? when its cost temporarily falls due to the loss dividend. Put simply, so long as you are not a short-term investor, your stock returns will likely be qualifying dividends and therefore qualify for the tax break.

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Preferred stocks and high-dividend paying stock may function as an exceptional source of retirement income. Remember that stock payouts aren?t as secure as income from fixed income investments. In case you do purchase stocks for income, keep them long enough to make their dividends ?qualifying?. Then pay either no tax or only 15% through 2012.

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Improve Athletic Mental Toughness by Using Proven Training …

If you were thirsty, would you eat a piece of bread?

If your feet hurt, would you buy a new shirt?

If you didn?t have much money, would you go out and spend more money?

In all of the examples above I have given silly potential ?solutions? for the problems that were presented ? obviously none of the answers provided make any logical sense.? There is a sports connection in these examples, however, and one that applies specifically to the question millions of athletes face nearly every day of their lives.

?If I struggle with mental toughness, then I should do _______ to fix the problem.?

Ironically, what people put in the blank is as varied as there are people who compete in sports ? and in the vast majority of cases, the ?solutions? they come up with work just about as effectively as eating a piece of bread when you are thristy.

In other words, the solutions most people come up with when it comes to mental toughness don?t work.

Common Errors

When it comes to mental toughness, loosely defined as an athlete?s ability to develop self confidence, improve focus, and strengthen resiliency, I can provide a short laundry list of common things people do that simply do not work:

  • Practice more. Sure, more practice is usually a good thing when it comes to skill improvement, but if you think simply increasing practice time in an empty gym will help an athlete better perform under pressure in front of thousands of people you are likely mistaken.? As we all know, practicing alone is not a ?pressure? situation, so the challenge of performing in front of crowds will not improve by just adding more practice time.
  • Yell at the athlete. Usually after seeing an athlete choke enough times most coaches will eventually respond with some kind of heated verbal communication ? which can be encouraging or belittling.? Sure, this might get a kid?s attention, but it does nothing to teach him how to improve his confidence the next time he is called upon to help his team.
  • Try any and all unorthodox ways to magically help the athlete improve mental toughness. Rather than obtain authentic sport psychology mental skills training, some coaches and parents will resort to literally anything for some kind of a magical answer, including hypnosis, energy drinks, power bracelets, and just about any other new craze or fad that sounds good.

What?s really interesting about this discussion around improving mental toughness is that the overwhelming majority of athletes today (especially youth and interscholastic athletes) regularly experience challenges when it comes to confidence, motivation, focus, and resiliency ? yet only a small fraction of these athletes are able to actually find (and use) good sport psychology-based scietific training that specifically address these concerns!

So if your feet hurt, would you buy a new shirt?? Of course not ? but that?s exactly what you are doing if you think your son will magically all of a sudden learn how to control his emotions by simply having him shoot 100 more times in an empty gym.? In this example, the extra shooting might help his hand-eye coordination, but it will do little, if anything, for how he responds negatively when he misses shots in games.

Why Mental Toughness Matters!

What?s even more interesting about the concern of improving mental toughness is how invaluable it is as it applies to athletic proficiency and success.? Without perfect mind-body synchrony (that can only be achieved by controlling arousal, attention, and focus), thousands of athletes each day perform below their capabilities not because of their potential talent, but rather their inability to successfully improve their mental toughness!

If you are a coach or parent of an athlete, have you witnessed mental breakdowns, ?choking,? struggles with anxiety, anger outbursts, or athletes who perform much better in practice than they do in games?? If you answered yes to any of these, what have you done to help improve the situation?? Did you pick up a piece of bread when in fact you needed something to drink? If you told the kid to ?practice more? or to start wearing a power bracelet, in essence, you did.

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Medical insurance is an important requirement in today?s world, as we all want accessibility to the finest quality heath care treatment at a reasonable cost. However medical care, normal of therapy and healthcare prices will vary from place to place.Some locations get away from the selection involving privatised and subsidised health care bills methods as well as other will not. In many locations, the recruiters will handle your wellbeing insurance plan although in other countries you may want to indicate particular certification before you could be given treatment.Should you decide to relocate overseas, it would be far better to inform yourself on the subsequent topics:

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Roofing Repair Surrey – Roof Repair ? Purpose, Process & Prevention

Roof systems deteriorate from severe weather conditions like normal wear, improper design, building movement and much more. Roof inspection checklist is comprised of 3 P?s including purpose, process and prevention which homeowners should know.

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Tweet This Failure of roof structure can endanger safety of the occupants and the presence of roofing contractors play a significant role in correcting all the problems related to roofs through ideal methods of repair, replacement as well as maintenance.

Through this article, we’ll come to know about the purpose, process and prevention of roof repairs. Let’s discuss them one by one.

Purpose

Regular inspection of roof systems is required to detect the roof problems, protection of assets as well as maintenance of working environments for building occupants. With this purpose, the roofing contractors determine if the systems are working according to the intended functions. It also helps in identifying the main signs of deterioration, weakness or hazard. And finally it makes the experts to identify needed repairs.

Process

Maintenance or inspection process is classified as formal and informal inspection. The formal is meant to check the roofs are free of materials or snow annually. On the other hand, informal inspection means to inspect the roofs after every severe rain or wind condition.

The experts review and follow ideal roof safety procedures and enquire about the problem roof conditions. Before performing the inspection, they check the construction documents, past inspection reports & photographs, particulars of any replacement or repairs, etc.

If any moisture infiltration is found with the roofs, the professionals opt for the non-destruction inspection process. They get approvals of regional superintendant before following the detection or demolition work on any wall or ceiling.

In order to verify any alterations in the structure, they include test data and photographs in the report. This is meant to help future inspectors to understand the historic condition of the structure. And they also record and report inspection findings so as to keep the clients aware of present conditions of their building roofs and structure.

To correct the conditions, they develop a maintenance workplan. And they also follow such methods to minimize damage to the roof membrane and structure and also for the safety of professionals doing the maintenance task.

Prevention

Giving prevention the major priority can make one to stay saved from the huge expenses. Proper roof maintenance is beneficial in various ways. It can increase the life expectancy of the structure, save cost of roof replacement, etc. Adding to it, one can also remain unaffected from costly damage of assets.

Thus, with the above discussions, it can be said that professional roofing contractors follow ideal methods of roof inspection checklist including purpose, process and prevention.

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Content ? A Professional View of the Rehash Racket | Keyword …

Professional content writers have been looking at the ?automated rehash? market with a jaded eye and some amusement. For those who write SEO materials in particular, it?s like the fabulous copywriting software which was so popular for about 5 seconds a few years back. If you?re writing content for a subject like IT services in Brisbane or furniture hunting in Reykjavik, it just doesn?t work. Rehash is rehash, and internet users don?t like reading ?encores? of higher ranking materials they?ve already seen.

Auto rehash is based on the same basic premise as grammar software. It doesn?t and can?t contribute content value. It may rephrase well or indifferently. It can?t add content values, unless someone gets in there and physically adds content. Historically, ?manual rehash? didn?t work too well, either, until professional content writers were given these jobs.

If you?ve ever tried rewriting your own or someone else?s material, an important process kicks in automatically- Critical evaluation. If you have to rewrite a 700 word technical article to 95% new text content, translated into English so people can understand it, you become extremely conscious of the need for clarity and depth. The entire spectrum of the piece needs to be re-evaluated for that purpose, keeping the exact values of the information for readers.

Software can?t do that. It has no basis for re-evaluation of content matter. It can?t make the distinction between grammar and readability, either. It can?t relate to the readers. Sure, it can rephrase, but so what? ?The cat sat on the mat? and ?The cat is sitting on the mat? may be equally electrifying, life-changing reading, but who cares? Do people read articles for these things? Of course not.

SEO and rehashed content

If the above isn?t a death sentence for rehashes, there?s a double whammy for rehashing that is- Rehashing something written for SEO means dealing with the SEO values, keywords and Copyscape scenarios. A rehash simply can?t have the same values as the original. It also suffers by comparison with the prior piece.

SEO materials are written by professionals. The rehash is written by a piece of software. SEO writers and content writers are classified somewhere between technical writers and web specialists in terms of how they compose content and expertise. SEO articles are written for specific, tailored purposes for websites. Of any group of auto rehashes, most will be useless in terms of meeting SEO needs for that reason alone.

It doesn?t matter how you rehash or where you rehash, you?re already behind the eight ball.

It?s also possible to trash information with rewrites. Rephrasing can lose the sense of a sentence, or distort it, pretty easily. If you?re writing technical materials, the software may or may not know how to handle jargon, brand names or the sort of highly abbreviated IT-speak. If you want to do an article on computer repairs in Brisbane, it has to be case-specific, current, useful, and not just a cosmetic piece.

Web content clients simply don?t need rehashes. They need value for their sites and SEO. Rehashing is a racket, and it?s an unkind trick to play on people needing real content.

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Israeli chefs target every last crumb for Passover

In this Thursday April 5, 2012 photo, a worker of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa rabbinate immerses dishes from boiling water to remove remains of leavened food in one of the kitchens in Liliyot restaurant making it kosher for the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week. The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, cleaning away every last crumb, buying up doubles of kitchen utensils, and planning menus without bread or regular flour.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

In this Thursday April 5, 2012 photo, a worker of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa rabbinate immerses dishes from boiling water to remove remains of leavened food in one of the kitchens in Liliyot restaurant making it kosher for the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week. The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, cleaning away every last crumb, buying up doubles of kitchen utensils, and planning menus without bread or regular flour.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

In this Thursday April 5, 2012 photo, chef Noam Dekkers , in the back, watches workers of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa rabbinate blow-torch the grill stove in one of the kitchens in Liliyot restaurant making it kosher for the Jewish holiday of Passover, in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week. The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, cleaning away every last crumb, buying up doubles of kitchen utensils, and planning menus without bread or regular flour. Standing back right is chef Noam Dekkers. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012 photo, Israeli chef Noam Dekkers of Liliyot restaurant holds two versions of a fish dish, one kosher for Passover and another served on a piece of bread, right, at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week. The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, cleaning away every last crumb, buying up doubles of kitchen utensils, and planning menus without bread or regular flour. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ? The Jewish springtime holiday Passover is known as a festival of freedom, but its hallmark is a litany of dietary restrictions centered on not eating leavened bread for a week.

The rules are so elaborate that chefs who want to observe the ritual law must prepare weeks before, removing every last crumb, buying up new sets of kitchen utensils and planning menus without bread or wheat flour.

At Liliyot, one of Tel Aviv’s most prestigious kosher restaurants, chef Noam Dekkers oversaw his staff on Wednesday, their last regular day in the kitchen before the annual Passover scrubdown ? a process he calls “logistical mayhem.” The holiday begins Friday at sundown.

At the end of the day, Dekkers’ cooks threw away leftovers like chopped vegetables and fish. Then, they stored plastic cutting boards and boxes, locked grains away and scrubbed all steel cooking ware.

The following morning, city rabbis oversaw the final sterilization, when the restaurant staff blowtorched grease off the grills and dunked all the metal and glass cooking utensils into cauldrons of boiling water. As of Thursday night, Liliyot was kosher for Passover.

“Tel Aviv is a secular city,” said Dekkers, a nonobservant Jewish Israeli. “But quite a big part of the community keeps the Jewish religious traditions, especially of the holidays.”

The preparations at Liliyot are part of a nationwide frenzy as Jewish Israelis prepare for Passover with a binge of cleaning and shopping culminating in a holiday dinner Friday known as the seder.

Passover celebrates the biblical Exodus story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt.

God killed the first-born boys of Egypt after the pharaoh refused to release the children of Israel from bondage, but “passed over” the houses of the Israelites. Distraught over losing his son, the pharaoh let the slaves free, and the Israelites fled so quickly they did not have time to wait for their bread dough to rise before baking it.

So on Passover, observant Jews avoid bread and instead eat thin wheat crackers called matzoh to recall the Israelites’ flight.

Beyond the injunction on bread, observant Jews also refrain from eating grains like wheat, spelt, rye and oats on the holiday unless they’re in the form of matzoh. And Jews whose ancestors come from eastern Europe also steer clear of legumes and rice.

The Passover rules are in addition to regular kosher regulations that proscribe pork, require meat to be ritually slaughtered and forbid mixing of meat and dairy.

In Tel Aviv, about 950 businesses keep kosher year-round. Rabbi Shimon Baluka, director of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Rabbinate’s kosher department, says the Passover rules are so tough that only a third of the kosher businesses take the trouble to get certified. The others close for the holiday.

Besides the pre-Passover inspection, about 100 supervisors will ensure kosher restaurants stay to the rules during the holiday, Baluka said.

At Liliyot, beyond cleaning, keeping kosher for Passover means stripping the regular menu of any chametz, the catchall word for food not kosher for the holiday.

Dekkers said he changed his menu while trying to hew as much to the original as possible. For example, seared gray mullet served over black radish and a slice of chewy focaccia becomes kosher without the bread. The juicy rib-eye steak served with multicolored carrots is nearly untouched. Pasta dishes are gone.

The most important thing, Dekkers said, is to keep the food light with plenty of interesting produce.

“I don’t have a problem with heavy food, but I do have a problem with that heavy feeling after a meal,” he said.

Passover is the holiday most celebrated by Israeli Jews, according to a 2009 survey on religion conducted by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.

Even though only about 20 percent of Israeli Jews identify themselves as Orthodox, almost everyone attends a seder. And two-thirds of Israeli Jews refrain from eating chametz throughout the weeklong holiday.

To accommodate them, the Israeli food industry transforms. Snack manufacturers replace regular flour with matzoh meal. Cows eat corn and alfalfa instead of hay to prevent a stray grain of chametz from getting into milk. And supermarkets cover up non-kosher products with large sheets, meaning regular breakfast cereals and crackers will be hard to find.

For some, the rules can be liberating.

Pastry chef Avi Melamedson makes yogurt mousse, poppy cake and a flourless chocolate fudge on the holiday.

“I have placed a kind of veto on matzoh meal,” Melamedson said. “You can use great raw materials and get quality products without flour.”

Janna Gur, founder and editor of the Al Hashulchan (On the Table) food magazine, said that in contrast to more adventurous years, Israeli home cooks are currently focusing on their own family recipes from around the Jewish world.

“People got tired of trying to reinvent themselves with a completely new seder, and they are going back to tradition,” Gur said.

Because the Passover holiday is so sacrosanct in Israel, even bucking it takes special preparation.

Lior Hargil owns the Minzar pub in central Tel Aviv. It is one of the few establishments that will remain open on Friday night, when most Israelis will be eating the seder meal.

Hargil said he orders beer, which is not kosher for Passover, three weeks before the holiday, holding 200 kegs in a neighboring convenience store to take him through seven days when he cannot fill his taps. He freezes loaves of bread because most bakeries are shuttered, and stockpiles flour because most of the supermarkets nearby won’t sell it.

“I want a sense of order and a vacation and not to have to run around,” he said. And among secular Israelis, he said, “People actually want extra chametz.”

Associated Press

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