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New Yorks borgmästare: Nu börjar det värsta.

Bilen som i lördags körde in i en folksamling i Malå och dödade en 13-årig pojke hade körförbud sedan augusti.

coondoggie writes "While complaints can be heard far and wide that it's hard to find the right IT security experts to defend the nation's cyberspace, the real problem in hiring security professionals is the roadblocks put up by lawyers and human resources personnel and a complete lack of understanding of geek culture, says security consultant Winn Schwartau. Take Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who has said the country can't find the right people for network defense. The real problem is a misunderstanding of computer geeks, their personalities, habits and their backgrounds, said Schwartau today during his talk at the Hacker Halted information security conference"

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Citing the desire for “changes that will encourage even more collaboration between the Company’s world-class hardware, software and services teams,” Apple announced today that Senior Vice President, iOS Software Scott Forstall is leaving the company in 2013. Also packing up, apparently immediately, is Senior Vice President, Retail John Browett, with CEO Tim Cook taking over his duties until a new head of retail operations can be hired. Jony Ive, senior vice president, industrial design, will start working with software teams to “provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company.” Eddy Cue assumes responsibility of Siri and Maps, in addition to overseeing the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore, and iCloud. Craig Federighi, who formerly headed up OS X development, will also lead iOS development. And Bob Mansfield, who abruptly retired in June only to return in an unspecified role a short time later, will lead a new Technologies group that combines all of Apple’s wireless groups.

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En kran vid en skyskrapa i New York har vridits snett av de kraftiga vindarna, och hänger farligt över 57:e gatan på Manhattan.

Storstäder stänger inför Sandy ankomst.

En man i 45-årsåldern skadades allvarligt när han körde omkull med en moped vid 21-tiden i kväll i centrala Kristinehamn.

Spårvagnstrafiken mot Angered i Göteborg stoppades en stund i kväll sedan spårvagnsförare blivit belysta med grön laser vid Hjällbo.

An anonymous reader writes "A shocking comparison of brain scans from two three-year-old children reveals new evidence of the remarkable impact a mother's love has on a child's brain development. The chilling images reveal that the left brain, which belongs to a normal 3-year-old, is significantly larger and contains fewer spots and dark 'fuzzy' areas than the right brain, which belongs to that of a 3-year-old who has suffered extreme neglect. Neurologists say that the latest images provide more evidence that the way children are treated in their early years is important not only for the child's emotional development, but also in determining the size of their brains. Experts say that the sizeable difference in the two brains is primarily caused by the difference in the way each child was treated by their mothers."