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Google hires Digg’s Kevin Rose
Google confirmed Friday that it has hired Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and other members of the team at his latest project, Milk, an incubator for startups making “apps” for mobile gadgets. The 35-year-old serial entrepreneur considered a Silicon Valley star will evidently be putting his skills to work on the…
No room for Don Draper in the age of digital advertising?
In post-recession America the role of traditional ad executives on Madison Avenue may soon be a thing of the past The iconic image of Don Draper in a sleek suit, martini in one hand, ad campaign in the other, will return to TV screens around the world when the fifth…
Smithsonian celebrates ‘The Art of Video Games’
Video games have come a long way since the first simple adventures of Mario and Pac-Man and now enter the realm of art in a major exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington that celebrates gaming’s rich creative side and the people behind a medium that’s still in…
Swiss end tax breaks, drive out millionaires, bring in more money
GENEVA — The region of Zurich, the home of Swiss banking, has lost nearly half its foreign millionaires two years after scrapping special tax breaks, according to official figures. Of the 201 foreign residents who benefited from the tax breaks which the canton scrapped in early 2009, 97 have decamped…
Alleged Afghan shooter identified in U.S. media
WASHINGTON — The US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan was identified Friday by a US official, and a picture emerged of a battle-hardened veteran who saw tough battles in Iraq. US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales had served three combat tours in Iraq, and was…
Father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl wins award for artificial intelligence
WASHINGTON — Judea Pearl, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 A.M. Turing Award. Pearl, 75, was being honored for “innovations that enabled remarkable advances in the partnership between humans and machines,” the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) said. The award, named for…
Air pollution could become China’s biggest health threat, expert warns
Jonathan Watts, guardian.co.uk Air pollution will become the biggest health threat in China unless the government takes greater steps to monitor and publicise the dangers of smog, the country’s leading respiratory disease specialist warned this week. Lung cancer and cardiovascular illnesses are already rising and could get worse in the…
Human rights groups call for investigation into killings of 15 LGBT teens in Iraq
Three major international human rights groups called on Iraqi authorities on Friday to immediately investigate a spate of brutal killings of teenagers widely perceived to be gay. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission said in a joint statement that the attacks, which…
Alleged British hacker accused of LulzSec attack on CIA website
Josh Halliday, guardian.co.uk An alleged computer hacker has appeared in court accused of conspiring with three British teenagers to bring down the websites of the CIA and Serious Organised Crime Agency. Ryan Ackroyd, 25, appeared at Westminster Magistrates court in London on Friday charged with computer hacking offences for the…
BBC to launch iTunes-style paid content strategy
John Plunkett, guardian.co.uk Corporation’s director of content Roly Keating says audience research confirms iTunes-style purchase scheme would be welcomed. Viewers are “very comfortable” with the BBC’s plans to launch an iTunes-style download service which would open up thousands of hours of never-before repeated content, according to a senior corporation executive.…
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