Leaked images from a BlackBerry fan site in China show what is allegedly the firm’s next smartphone, the BlackBerry R10. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen images of the phone find their way to the web as previous leaks have shown a white handset followed by one in red. … … Read More
French budget minister asks for email leaks that show wealthy politicos hiding money in offshore accounts
France’s new budget minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday asked media organisations involved in a global “Offshore Leaks” probe on tax havens to hand over any evidence they have to the judiciary. The call comes as the French government scrambles to contain a tax fraud scandal…
Does tar sand oil increase the risk of pipeline spills?
An oil flood through an Arkansas subdivision on March 29 is just the most recent example of pipeline problems in the U.S. In recent weeks, months and years diesel has leaked from a pipeline into wetlands near Salt Lake City; oil has spilled into the Yellowstone River in Montana; and about 20,000 barrels of oil have spewed into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. The question: Is the problem the pipelines themselves or what they carry?The answer may be an unfortunate combination of the two. Certainly, the infrastructure has issues. The U.S. is crisscrossed by more than four million kilometers of such pipelines, many decades old. These pipelines spring hundreds of leaks every year, most small. The pipelines can fail for reasons ranging from a backhoe inadvertently striking one to the slow but steady weakening from corrosion. “It’s not a matter of if, but when,” says Susan Connolly, a resident of Marshall, Mich., right near where the Kalamazoo River spill occurred in 2010 as a result of external corrosion.Continue Reading… … Read More
Windows Blue to be named Windows 8.1, improves Windows search
Microsoft is expected to discuss and possibly even release a public preview version of Windows Blue at its Build developer conference in San Francisco this June. But thanks to a couple of leaks we already have some ideas about what to expect. The latest tidbit comes courtesy of ZDNet’s Mary… … Read More
Is Jimmy Fallon NBC’s last best hope?
What a difference a few seasons makes. After a flurry of carefully placed leaks and scoops from inside sources, it appears NBC is preparing to anoint Jimmy Fallon the new host of “The Tonight Show” – and even move the show to its old home in the Big Apple.It’s been over three years now since NBC had its last very public and emotional meltdown over the throne of “The Tonight Show.” Conan O’Brien had moved to Hollywood and assumed the helm for a brief, fateful seven months before a network-wide attack of tsuris that gave the world the gloating late night return of Jay Leno and the phrase “Team Coco.” It was not the first time the Peacock had displayed its unwavering fixation on Leno as the One True successor to Carson – as anyone who’s watched Letterman play the droll role of jilted lover over the past two decades knows. But the O’Brien affair seemed to solidify NBC’s romance with Leno even further, planting him as firmly and permanently as host of “The Tonight Show” as a pope in the chair of St. Peter. And we all know how that turned out. Continue Reading… … Read More
Ahead of papal conclave, U.S. cardinals scrap press briefings over concern of leaks
The Vatican on Wednesday urged “greater reserve” ahead of the conclave to elect a new pope, as US cardinals scrapped their daily press briefings saying that “concern was expressed about leaks”. US cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and Francis George, the…
