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November 11, 2011
As attacks on mobile devices skyrocket, the prospect of falling victim to a hacker seems like it’s no longer a question of “if” but rather “when.” Because we use our phones so often — 34 times a day according to one study’s estimates — we’re exposing ourselves and our data exponentially far more often than we used to, giving hackers that many more chances to break in. Last week, Juniper Networks reported a 400 percent increase in attacks on Android-powered phones between June 2010 and January 2011.
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A two-year legal battle over who was responsible for Michael Jackson’s sudden death came to a dramatic close Monday as a California jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Dr. Murray appeared to show no emotion as the verdict was read by court clerk Sammi Benson, but La Toya Jackson, the late pop icon’s sister, let out a loud, but short, scream.
A loud celebration erupted among Jackson fans outside of the downtown Los Angeles County courthouse, where emotions ran so high at least one woman fainted.
Murray was immediately handcuffed and taken away by deputies after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor denied bail.
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Federal airport screeners still find four to five guns at checkpoints on a typical day, the Transportation Security Administration’s chief told a Senate hearing Wednesday.
“Yesterday we found six, including one at … Bradley (airport in Connecticut) — a loaded gun with seven rounds in it, in a checked bag that (a passenger) was trying to get through,” Administrator John Pistole said.
Passengers typically say they forgot the weapon was in their bag, TSA officials said. But in one recent case, a passenger at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport tried to board a plane with two pistols, three ammunition magazines, eight knives and a hand saw in a carry-on bag, the TSA said. That passenger was arrested by local law enforcement.
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When you own a car, you spend time in it driving and sitting in traffic. You spend time parking it, washing it, cleaning it, and gassing it up. You spend time at work earning money to pay for the car, and also the gas, the repairs, taxes and registration.
In the end, the average American spends 4.4 hours per day either using the car, maintaining the car, or earning money to pay for the car. That same average American drives 7500 miles per year. That American probably believes that his car goes 75 MPH, but the math says that he averages 7500/(4.4*365) = 4.7 MPH (hour being hour invested for the convenience of easy mobility)
I don’t know about you, but I can ride my bike a lot faster. But to be fair, let’s do a strict comparison.
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