USA:s president Barack Obama kommer i morgon att utnämna Jim Comey till ny chef för den amerikanska federala polisen FBI, säger en källa på Vita huset.
jfruh writes "Foxconn is firmly identified in the public mind as the company that manufactures iPhones and iPads. But the company is looking to forge its own identity, and sees Firefox OS as the means to do so. To that end, Foxconn is hiring thousands of developers to help work on the open source phone OS and Foxconn's own suite of cloud services."
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Greklands president Antonis Samaras har inte lyckats nå en överenskommelse med stödpartierna i koalitionsregeringen om nedstängningen av det statliga tv- och radiobolaget ERT.
En jury bestående av sex kvinnor har utsetts för att döma George Zimmerman som sköt ihjäl en obeväpnad svart tonåring, Trayvon Martin, i Florida.
En man döms att betala 2,5 miljoner kronor i skadestånd till staten för att han placerat ut illegala spelautomater i butiker i Värmland.
Krasch på E 4 i Uppland. ”Flera vittnen till olyckan chockade”.
Polisen slog till mot ett mc-gäng i Malmö i eftermiddags.
En liten flicka och och en ung kvinna fördes i dag till sjukhus efter att ha blivit attackerade av en kamphund i Luleå.
Tmack writes "Not completely unexpected, Java6 has reached EOL. This tidbit shows up in Oracle's Java6 FAQ page, recommending everyone update to Java7: 'Oracle no longer posts updates of Java SE 6 to its public download sites. All Java 6 releases up to and including 6u45 have been moved to the Java Archive on the Oracle Technology Network, where they will remain available but not receive further updates. Oracle recommends that users migrate to Java 7 in order to continue receiving public updates and security enhancements.' Apple just pushed its update 16 which is Java6u51, likely to be one of their last Java6 updates."
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Rallies planned in 80 cities against high cost of living and excessive government spending on 2014 football World Cup.
Hökmark (M): Finansiell stabilitet viktigast.
First time accepted submitter benonemusic writes "Researchers have devised a means of making sound transmit easily through rigid surfaces, including walls. The process relies on creating small holes on a wall, and covering them on one side with a thin covering made from plastic wrap."
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Samtalen mellan Afghanistan och talibanerna har havererat innan de ens lyft från marken.
TheSHAD0W writes "It's been over a decade since Megatokyo was mentioned in a Slashdot story. Fred Gallagher, author of the long-running webcomic, has launched a Kickstarter for a Megatokyo Visual Novel Game. The KS has fared very well, funding its basic goal in less than four hours and covering most of the posted stretch goals in the first twenty-four. Fred also posted a half-joking stretch goal at a half-million dollars to include'"excessively romantic content,' wink wink nudge nudge. He may have been kidding, but there are some indications it might be reached."
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