The Apple iPhone 4 product rollout is today, and while the innovative latest version of Apple’s flagship product is causing buzz for its new features, it’s getting even more for its problems.
While a weirdly placed casing antenna and a coating on the screen have caused reception and screen image issues, privacy problems not widely reported could give iPhone 4 buyers the most concern.
Apple’s new FaceTime feature on the iPhone 4 allows you to make a video call to someone else who can see your image and vice versa. It’s a real advance in communications, but with it comes a huge privacy problem.
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Bloomberg — The Justice Department is investigating whether any criminal or civil laws were violated in the BP Plc oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the biggest U.S. spill on record, said Attorney General Eric Holder.
“We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, anyone who has violated the law,” Holder said. “This disaster is nothing less than a tragedy.”
Holder announced the investigation today at a news conference in New Orleans, the same day President Barack Obama called the spill “the greatest environmental disaster of its kind in our history.” The president said, “My solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice.”
The spill began after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which London-based BP leased from Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd. to drill its Macondo well in the Gulf. Houston-based Halliburton Co. provided oilfield services on the well.
Holder, who said the probe “began some weeks ago,” declined to specify which companies are under investigation. He said he surveyed a portion of the damage, was briefed by Coast Guard officers and met with prosecutors for the areas affected by the spill.
BP’s stock nose-dived on Tuesday, losing nearly 15 percent of its value on the first trading day since the previous best option – the so-called “top kill” – failed and was aborted at the government’s direction. It dipped steeply with Holder’s late-afternoon announcement, which also sent other energy stocks tumbling, ultimately causing the Dow Jones industrial average to tumble 112.
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Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen has warned Israel it faced serious consequences if any Irish citizens were injured in a bloody assault on aid ships which left at least 10 activists dead.
Mr Cowen called for one of the last boats in the Gaza mission, the MV Rachel Corrie, to be given safe passage through the military blockade of the territory.
The Taoiseach’s veiled threat came as two deported Irish aid activists – Shane Dillon and a naturalised Libyan – were expected back in Dublin. (more…)
EPPICards are a popular tool in most States for paying such things as unemployment insurance and other social welfare checks. They function much like a debit card, each one attached to an individual person, and to an account with a certain amount of money in it. When the State pays the unemployment insurance, it is placed directly in the account and the amount of money available via the EPPICard increases.
There are currently 19 U.S. states that use Eppicard to process and distribute state payments. Recently, Eppicard users have been the target of phishing scams. Are Eppicards an effective way for states to distribute benefits?
Bamboozled was contacted by two more EPPICard users who reported trouble with Affiliated Computer Services, or ACS, the company that manages the EPPICard benefit card for New Jersey and 15 other states.
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Mike Russow is a big and mean UFC fighter who has a very large bone structure and a very heavy weight. The fighter is basically a wrestler and is known mainly for his wrestling moves and impressive arm and leg locks. Although Russow throws some punches occasionally in some fights but his punches are mainly slow and not very well placed. Thus he doesn’t stand a very good chance with his punches against a young and fast striker. Still he is a very technical fighter and relies more on the technique of takedowns and struggling locks, rather than aggression in punches and kicks. (more…)
Actor is held in the slaying of a Costa Mesa man, 26, and his tutor
Daniel Wozniak is accused of killing and dismembering Samuel Herr, then luring Juri Kibuishi to the victim’s apartment, murdering her and making it look as if she had been raped.Alarmed that he hadn’t been answering his calls over the weekend, Steve Herr drove to his son’s Costa Mesa apartment last Saturday night and opened the door, calling his name. In the bedroom he found the body of Juri Kibuishi, a 23-year-old Irvine woman he said had been tutoring his son in anthropology.
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Sunday Marks 25th NYC AIDS Walk
More than 45,000 people are expected to take part in New York City’s 25th annual AIDS Walk Sunday morning.
Organized by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the AIDS Walk has raised more than $110 million to fight AIDS in New York since 1986.
GMHC hopes to raise $5.3 million through this year’s event, which kicks off at 10 a.m. in Central Park.
2010 is the 25th year of the Aids Walk NYC. The money raised at the walk benefits GMHC. GMHC is the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.
Since 1986, the Aids Walk NYC has raised more than $110 million to fight AIDS in New York. There are many people who are walking in the Aids Walk NYC for the 25th time. 45,000 people are expected to walk the 10K walk through NYC’s Central Park tomorrow for the 25th Aids Walk NYC. (more…)
Dozens were hurt aboard the Andrew J. Barberi ferry in New York City this morning (Saturday, May 08, 2010) while approaching the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island. According to the city’s transportation commissioner, the ferry hit the cement pier because the throttle failed to engage preventing the crew from using the engines to slow down for landing. The Andrew J. Barberi was involved in a crash at the same pier that killed 11 people back in 2003.
Mechanical failure might be cause of Staten Island ferry crashing into dock
A mechanical failure may have caused a ferry to slam into a pier at the Staten Island St. George Terminal and leave 54 onboard passengers with minor injuries, authorities said.
“It was strictly a mechanical failure of the ship not being able to reverse its engine,” said Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro. “The engine did not respond.”
The 9 a.m. ferry, called Andrew J. Barberi, had 257 passengers and 15 crew members on board. Of those, 37 people were checked for injuries as a precaution, and 17 were hospitalized with minor injuries ranging from bruises to chest pains, authoritie said.
The ferry was traveling at about five to seven miles per hour when crew members realized it was about to hit Pier 5 at the terminal, which it did around 9:25 a.m.
Alicia Eason, 26, boarded a ferry for the first time with her husband, Jason, 30, to snap pictures of the Statue of Liberty. (more…)
In his first game back since he broke his toe in Game 4 of the Philadelphia Flyers’ opening round series, the left-winger came through with an overtime winner on Friday night at the Wachovia Center to give his team a 5-4 win and force Game 5 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins. (more…)
2 dead after shooting inside Old Navy store in the Loop
Chicago police confirm two people are dead in a shooting inside the Old Navy store in Chicago’s Loop at 35 North State (more…)