SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (UPI) — U.S. intelligence agencies are dysfunctional and are contributing to a “quagmire” in Afghanistan, a former CIA officer complained. Afghanistan – Central Intelligence Agency – Asia – Intelligence agency – United States
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Afghanistan a ‘quaqmire,’ CIA officer says
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Apple released a smaller, cheaper revision of its Apple TV that allows for streaming movie and TV programs over the Internet straight to your living room. While outright movie purchase itself has been done away with, consumers may purchase rentals as well as stream content from the Internet on the device. Realizing that complete control of the market was impossible, Apple made a somber bow to …
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Apple Launches Apple TV, Lets NetFlix Play
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Nevertheless, the fishing industry is a staple in Japan’s economy. And the Japanese are pissed. Dolphins and whales to them are like cows to us. Just look at the fisherman spearing these mammals. There is no hate in their actions. …
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'Dante's Inferno For Dolphins' | Joy Hog!
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Increasingly restrictive copyright and intellectual property laws, a secretive global trade agreement, and, it turns out, totally made-up facts and figures? Ok, Internet. It’s time to fight.
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It’s time to fight the copyright police state
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With four months left in the year, 2010 is already the deadliest year yet for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 321 have been killed so far (out of 485 total coalition deaths), compared with 313 deaths in all of 2009. As coalition troop size has increased, and moves have been made into Taliban strongholds, attacks are on the rise, and, according to General David Petraeus, “the footprint of the Taliban …
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Afghanistan, August, 2010
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This past month, much of the attention focused on Afghanistan centered on the release of thousands of classified documents from the war effort by WikiLeaks. While the consensus appears to be that nothing significantly new was revealed by the release, the picture painted by the documents remains rather bleak. NATO and the United States now have 143,000 troops in Afghanistan, set to peak at 150 …
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Afghanistan, July, 2010
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There’s nothing like an obscure regulatory issue to expose a rift in Hollywood’s ranks. The issue in question is Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposed “Third Way” — reclassifying broadband Internet access as a “communications service,” which would subject it to greater federal regulation. The point is to give the FCC authority to issue Net neutrality rules …
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Dueling Hollywood voices over Net neutrality
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The moniker chosen by the inter-industry Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem doesn’t reveal much about its purpose — to deliver movies and music to consumers through the Internet in a way that’s resistant to piracy yet compatible with a wide variety of devices. So it’s not surprising that the brand name the group is announcing today, UltraViolet, doesn’t tell consumers much about the …
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DECE turns UltraViolet
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Barack Obama may be the country’s most tech-friendly president ever, as comfortable discussing Net neutrality as Swiss neutrality. But his administration is caught in at least three pitched battles over intellectual property that could leave tech advocates wondering why they were so optimistic about his presidency. One fight stems from the secretive negotiations over the Anti-Counterfeiting …
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Fighting intensifies over how to enforce intellectual property laws [UPDATED]
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