Real Estate Bubble
Bubble, what housing bubble?
Prospective home buyers are understandably a bit jittery these days with the ongoing talk of the potential housing bubble in Toronto and Vancouver, two of the country?s hottest real estate markets.
Austin Real Estate Networking Club to Host Big Networking Event on Thursday, ...
This Thursday is the Big Networking Event at the Norris Conference Center for the Austin Real Estate Networking Club!Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 The Austin Real Estate Networking Club is hosting it's yearly Big Networking Event this Thursday, May 17, from 7pm-9pm at the Norris Conference Center.In addition to networking, a typical Austin RENC event would also have a guest speaker who ...
Israel
Israel's sub fleet buildup will cost $1.8B
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 15 (UPI) -- Israel's accelerating drive to build up its submarine fleet is going to cost $1.8 billion for three state-of-the-art Dolphin class boats being built in Germany.
Cellcom Israel Announces First Quarter 2012 Results
NETANYA, Israel, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Cellcom Israel implemented efficiency measures, which led to a decrease of approximately NIS 80 million in expenses and contributed to improved results in the ...
Israel set to funnel quake aid to Palestinians
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel has set up a mechanism to funnel aid to the Palestinians in the event of an earthquake, though its emergency relief services would not deploy throughout their territory, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. A 5.5-magnitude quake rattled Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, reminding residents of their common vulnerability to the Syria-African Rift, a northern ...
Windsurfer Korzits waves flag for Israel in London
MICHMORET, Israel (Reuters) - Women's RS:X windsurfing world champion Lee Korzits is relying on her affinity with the waves to help her to an Olympic podium place in London, but the Israeli knows the unpredictability of her competitors could cost her more than a medal.
Linux / Open Source
White House denies arming Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama's administration has repeatedly said over the past few months that it won't ship arms to Syria's outgunned opposition, warning that doing so will only escalate the bloody conflict there. But the Washington Post reported Wednesday that the U.S. has been helping to coordinate shipments [...]
Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June
A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.
Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist
Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.
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UK Police Roll Out On-the-Spot Mobile Data Extraction System
Qedward writes "The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data 'within minutes' from suspects' phones while they are in custody. 'Ostensibly, the system has been deployed to target phones that are suspected of having actually been used in criminal activity, although data privacy campaigners may focus on potentially wider use.'"
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India's Proposal For Government Control of Internet To Be Discussed In Geneva
First time accepted submitter cvenky writes "The Indian Government is proposing to create an intergovernmental body 'to develop internet policies, oversee all internet standards bodies and policy organizations, negotiate internet-related treaties and sit in judgment when internet-related disputes come up.' This committee will be funded and staffed by the UN and will report to the UN General Assembly which effectively means the control of the internet passes on to World Governments directly."
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Ask Slashdot: Holding ISPs Accountable For Contracted DSL Bandwidth
mcleland writes "I'm not getting the bandwidth I paid for from my DSL connection. My '3mbps' fluctuates between about 2.7 during the day down to 0.1 or 0.2 in the evening according to speedtest.net. Let's assume DSL is the only viable option for broadband at my house and I can't really move right now (rural area, on north face of the mountain, no cable service, very poor cell coverage). This was discussed 6 years ago, but I'd like to see if there are any current thoughts on whether I'm just stuck or if there is some way to make the ISP hold up its end."
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Superflares Found On Sun-Like Stars
astroengine writes "Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the sun occurring on sun-like stars being studied by NASA's Kepler space telescope. The finding, culled from 120 days of observations of 83,000 stars, is the first to detail how often and how energetic flares on other stars can be. The discovery, however, raises a question about how the massive outbursts, believed to be caused by complex magnetic interactions, can physically occur."
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Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy
itwbennett writes "Geek advocate Wil Wheaton has written a blog post on the (legal) usefulness of BitTorrent, saying that the speed of his recent download of Ubuntu 12.04 should serve as a reminder that BitTorrent fills an important niche. Wheaton compares blocking BitTorrent to closing freeways because bank robbers could get away."
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