En kraftig explosion har skakat ett område nära den nigerianska staden Damaturu där folk hade samlats för att titta på fotbolls-VM, uppger en myndighetskälla för nyhetsbyrån Reuters. Det finns inte omedelbart några bekräftade uppgifter om skadade eller döda, men brittiska BBC citerar uppgifter om skadade som har förts till sjukhus. Explosionen ska ha inträffat vid åttatiden på kvällen lokal tid.

En kraftig explosion har skakat ett område nära nigerianska staden Damaturu där folk hade samlats för att titta på fotbolls-VM, uppger en myndighetskälla för nyhetsbyrån Reuters. Det finns inte omedelbart några bekräftade uppgifter om skadade eller döda, men brittiska BBC citerar uppgifter om skadade som förts till sjukhus. Explosionen ska ha inträffat cirka åtta på kvällen lokal tid.

Sunni- och shiamuslimska politiska ledare i Irak efterlyser efter ett möte i Bagdad nationell enighet för att tackla den våldsamma kris som skakar landet. Ledarna - bland annat shiamuslimske premiärministern Nuri al-Maliki och parlamentets senaste talesman, den sunnimuslimske Usama al-Nujaifi - uppmanade folk att undvika våld mellan religiösa grupper och förbjöd ickestatliga aktörer från att ta till vapen.

En ornitolog och naturentusiast på jakt efter orkidén korallrot gjorde i helgen ett ovanligt fynd i skogarna utanför Ludvika: En färgglad, punkterad heliumballong - med avsändaradress på Staten Island, New York.

Nerval's Lobster writes: If rumors prove correct, Amazon will unveil a smartphone at a high-profile June 18 event in Seattle. According to a new article in The New York Times, Amazon's willing to take such enormous risks because a smartphone will help it sell more products via its gargantuan online store. In theory, a mobile device would allow customers in the midst of their daily routines to order products with a few finger-taps, allowing Amazon to push back against Google and other tech companies exploring similar instant-gratification territory. But a smartphone also plays into Amazon's plans for the digital world. Over the past several years, the company has become a popular vendor of cloud services and used that base to expand into everything from tablets to a growing mobile-app ecosystem. A smartphone could prove a crucial portal for all those services. If an Amazon smartphone proves a hit, however, it could become a game-changer for mobile developers, opening up a whole new market for apps and services. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has succeeded in the digital space largely by opening up various platforms—whether Kindle self-publishing or the Amazon app store—to third-party wares. It'll be interesting to see whether he does something similar with the smartphone. Early reports suggest Amazon's phone will be exclusive to AT&T.

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Nerval's Lobster writes: If rumors prove correct, Amazon will unveil a smartphone at a high-profile June 18 event in Seattle. According to a new article in The New York Times, Amazon's willing to take such enormous risks because a smartphone will help it sell more products via its gargantuan online store. In theory, a mobile device would allow customers in the midst of their daily routines to order products with a few finger-taps, allowing Amazon to push back against Google and other tech companies exploring similar instant-gratification territory. But a smartphone also plays into Amazon's plans for the digital world. Over the past several years, the company has become a popular vendor of cloud services and used that base to expand into everything from tablets to a growing mobile-app ecosystem. A smartphone could prove a crucial portal for all those services. If an Amazon smartphone proves a hit, however, it could become a game-changer for mobile developers, opening up a whole new market for apps and services. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has succeeded in the digital space largely by opening up various platforms—whether Kindle self-publishing or the Amazon app store—to third-party wares. It'll be interesting to see whether he does something similar with the smartphone. Early reports suggest Amazon's phone will be exclusive to AT&T.

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jppiiroinen writes: At the end of 2007, when Nokia still had huge market share with Symbian devices, they failed to disclose that somebody had stolen their encryption keys and extorted them for millions of Euros. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation has not been able to figure out who did it. "The blackmailer had gotten hold of the Symbian encryption key used for signing. The code is a few kilobytes in size. Had the key been leaked, Nokia would not have been able to ensure that the phones accept only applications approved by the company."

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jppiiroinen writes: At the end of 2007, when Nokia still had huge market share with Symbian devices, they failed to disclose that somebody had stolen their encryption keys and extorted them for millions of Euros. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation has not been able to figure out who did it. "The blackmailer had gotten hold of the Symbian encryption key used for signing. The code is a few kilobytes in size. Had the key been leaked, Nokia would not have been able to ensure that the phones accept only applications approved by the company."

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En kraftig explosion har skakat ett område nära nigerianska staden Damaturu där folk hade samlats för att titta på fotbolls-VM, uppger en myndighetskälla för nyhetsbyrån Reuters.

En elev har anmält en högstadieskola i Göteborg till diskrimineringsombudsmannen (DO).

Förra året upphörde kravet på tvångssterilisering vid könsbyte, trots det avslår JK de ansökningar om skadestånd som gäller sterilisering mot sin fria vilja. JK bedömer att fallet inte stämmer med skadeståndslagen. – Vi kommer forsätta att driva ärendet, säger Maria Sundin på RFSL.

En 15-årig pojke som sent i söndags kväll blev påkörd i en korsning i Nacka utanför Stockholm har avlidit på sjukhus, skriver Nacka Värmdö Posten på nätet.

jppiiroinen writes: At the end of 2007, when Nokia still had huge market share with Symbian devices, they failed to disclose that somebody had stolen their encryption keys and extorted them for millions of Euros. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation has not been able to figure out who did it. "The blackmailer had gotten hold of the Symbian encryption key used for signing. The code is a few kilobytes in size. Had the key been leaked, Nokia would not have been able to ensure that the phones accept only applications approved by the company."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

jppiiroinen writes: At the end of 2007, when Nokia still had huge market share with Symbian devices, they failed to disclose that somebody had stolen their encryption keys and extorted them for millions of Euros. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation has not been able to figure out who did it. "The blackmailer had gotten hold of the Symbian encryption key used for signing. The code is a few kilobytes in size. Had the key been leaked, Nokia would not have been able to ensure that the phones accept only applications approved by the company."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.