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Monday, August 5, 2013
PA TV song calls to attack Israel, the "snake's head," with the rifle
Microsoft cuts Surface Pro tablet prices by $100
The Surface Pro.
(Credit: Microsoft)Microsoft reduced the price of its Surface Pro tablet this weekend by $100, a few days after revealing that it has spent more money on marketing the in-house tablet than it has generated in revenue.
The reductions, which were first reported by The Verge, cuts the price of Microsoft's 64GB and 128GB tablets to $799 and $899, respectively. The discounts come three weeks after Microsoft cut the price of its Surface RT tablets by 30 percent.
Sales of Surface RT tablets, which debuted last October, have been seen as tepid. The tech titan revealed on Tuesday that it has earned $853 million in revenue from its Surface tablets since their debut last fall. However, that is less than the $900 million the company had to pay for Surface RT inventory adjustments and also less than the $898 million Microsoft paid for Windows 8 and Surface advertising.
Even though Microsoft revealed its revenue from the Surface tablets, it did not release the number of units sold or specify the individual revenue from either the Surface RT or the Surface Pro. In March, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft likely sold around 1.5 million Surface tablets to date. Though 1 million of those sales were for the RT version, that number was about half of what Microsoft initially expected, according to Bloomberg.
In comparison, Apple reported last month that it sold 14.6 million iPads in the last quarter alone.
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57596910-75/microsoft-cuts-surface-pro-tablet-prices-by-$100/
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Kahne holds off Gordon to win at Pocono Raceway
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) ? Kasey Kahne got the jump on Jeff Gordon off the final restart with two laps left and pulled away to win at Pocono Raceway.
Kahne had the car to beat for the final half of Sunday's 400-mile race until a late caution bunched up the field. Gordon, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, took the lead and seemed poised to win his first race of the season. After the final caution, Kahne was strong enough this time off the restart in the No. 5 Chevrolet.
Kahne also won at Bristol this season. His win helped solidify his spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Gordon finished second on his 42nd birthday. Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five.
The top five cars were Chevrolets.
Kahne, Gordon and Earnhardt made it a strong day for Hendrick. Teammate and series points leader Jimmie Johnson was 13th after a blown tire knocked him out of the lead.
Kahne had stretched his lead to almost 8 seconds when a caution for debris came out with 12 laps left. Gordon, still winless this season, was strong in the No. 24 and zipped to the lead as he looked to extend his record for career wins at Pocono.
Matt Kenseth spun with four laps left to erase Gordon's lead and set up the thrilling finish. Gordon led again until Kahne ran him down and blasted by his teammate for the win.
So close to the checkered, this loss stung Gordon.
"We had them. We certainly had the position," he said. "I'm pretty disappointed I let him get inside of me on (turn) one."
Kahne also won at Pocono in 2008. He entered ninth in the points standings and need a win to make sure he'd at least qualify for a wild-card spot should he fall below 10th place. Kahne was third last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and seems to be heating up with five races left until the Chase field is set.
Kahne's 16th career win should make him a Chase lock.
Gordon, who has six Pocono wins, finished second last week and has three straight top 10s to also position himself for a spot in the 12-driver field. He had won at Pocono each of the last two seasons. When Gordon leads late at Pocono, he usually wins. Just not this time.
"I've given away a lot more races than I've won," he said.
Johnson, who set a track record in qualifying, again had the dominant car for half the race until he blew a front tire. A week after a slow, final pit stop cost him a win at Indianapolis, Johnson was done in this time by a tire issue that ended his chance to win. Johnson did stretch his points lead to 77 over Clint Bowyer.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kahne-holds-off-gordon-win-pocono-raceway-205921651.html
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Britain and Gibraltar draw battle lines over proposed ... - Online Betting
A new internet gambling dispute has raised its head between Gibraltar and Britain. With a lot of online betting companies running their operations in the tax haven of the British territory at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, their status may be placed under?pressure now.
The battle?lines have been drawn following?British Prime Minister David Cameron?s plan announcement that a 15 per cent tax will be placed on British customers?placing bets through Gibraltar based?betting sites.
Naturally the officials and the executives?operating in the territory?s online betting industry aren?t too happy at the news. The concern is that the proposed tax represents nothing but an unfair revenue take from the British Government, reaping the benefits from their operations in their tiny outpost. Britain doesn?t have?say over the trade?and industry issues in?Gibraltar,?who set their own taxes.?However, they?won?t have a say over what the British Government?do with their taxation on Britons residing in Britain.
The proposed new?tax from David Cameron, which he wants in place by December 2014,?has been designed to level the playing field for British bookmakers who take bets in Britain.?Anyone placing a bet in Britain is subject to?a fifteen per cent tax, but bets placed on?any of the many Gibraltar based sites aren?t.?The levies?required by Gibraltar based companies is a paltry 1 per cent in comparison.
The tax would be ?clearly against the common-sense logic of electronic commerce,? said Phill Brear, Gibraltar?s gambling commissioner. He said that about 60 percent of online bets by Britons were placed through Gibraltar sites. ?We now hear a lot of talk in the U.K. about creating a level playing field. But you can in fact never level the field between high-street shops and online services.?
If the plan does come in, then Gibraltar companies would then face the same rules as betting-shop operators back in Britain, like William Hill and Ladbrokes. However, because both William Hill and Ladbrokes have online operations based among Gibraltar?s online wagering industry, they would get ensnared by the new tax.
The change would put ?a huge and unwanted cost on our business,? said Steve Buchanan, who heads the Gibraltar operations of Ladbrokes.
So the taxation saving by moving?business to Gibraltar may now be trimmed.?Online betting exchange Betfair, when they moved their operations to Gibraltar in 2011,?announced that they would be?able to save around??20 million on taxes alone, because there are also other tax saving on?other aspects of business as well over there. The online betting industry is vital to Gibraltar.
Around 15 percent of Gibraltar?s $1.89 billion economy is provided through online betting, and gambling companies provide jobs for about 2,500 of Gibraltar?s 30,000 residents. Four more Gibraltar-based online betting operators entered the territory?over the last twelve months alone, raising the total to 25 ? each of which might operate several Web sites.
So this argument looks to rumble on for some time. On one side there is Gibraltar, who thinks that the protectionist measures by the British Government violates the Union?s free market rules, and could force punters to use less regulated?markets. On the other hand there is the British Government?trying to protect the British based operators who?are having to pay taxes anyway, and who also believe it will?help to control betting irregularities as well.
?These proposals will ensure that British consumers enjoy consistent standards of protection, regardless of where a gambling business is based,? the British minister for sport, Hugh Robertson, said last year.
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On Motorola's dance with the devil
I'll take my Moto X free of any carrier shenanigans, please
Like most everyone here, I was pretty excited to see exactly what Motorola had to tell us yesterday. After months of hype and countless rumors, I was curious about what they would, and could, offer up with the X Phone and how it would differ from all those rumors. You just knew they all couldn't be true.
As the news came in, I was pretty happy with the parts that were true. The specs and the new X8 computing system is something I'm excited to have a go with, allowing buyers to pick their color may sound silly but it will be a big hit with plenty of folks, and even the 720p screen was something I'm fine with. A screen is more than the ppi. But the killer feature, and one that matters most to me, was just not to be. That broke the deal.
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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/8d7o6kTb-LM/story01.htm
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Morsi supporters defy police warnings to disperse
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's military-backed government offered protection Thursday to supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi who end their two sit-ins ? widely seen as a first step toward dispersing the vigils on opposite sides of Cairo.
But the protesters responded defiantly: "Over our dead bodies!"
The standoff underscored the ongoing political crisis since the armed forces toppled Egypt's first democratically elected leader on July 3: thousands in the streets demanding Morsi's reinstatement, a government unable to exert its authority, and recurrent violence that has killed more than 260 people.
Rights groups, activists and politicians from rival camps, fearful of more bloodshed, tried to ward off any use of force, including a suggestion of putting a human chain around the protest sites.
International pressure grew for the interim government to release Morsi and create a process that includes his Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest political faction, which refuses to deal with the new authorities.
Despite a government warning that it would disperse the vigils, the Brotherhood and its supporters announced plans to organize new mass marches Friday, dubbed "Egypt Against the Coup."
Organizers of the sit-ins outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque in eastern Cairo and a smaller one near Cairo University's main campus in Giza say the protests are signs of the enduring support for the once-dominant Muslim Brotherhood.
But mass rallies called by the military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, on July 26 showed that a large segment of Egypt's population backs the armed forces' actions against Morsi. He was overthrown following demonstrations by millions who demanding that he step down after a year in office.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry picked up that theme, telling Geo TV in Pakistan that the military was "restoring democracy." He added that millions of people had asked the army to intervene because they were afraid Egypt would descend into violence.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to interim Vice President Mohammed ElBaradei, calling for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. "I also called for the release of all political detainees, including Dr. Morsi, unless there are criminal charges to be made against them," he said.
There was no sign of a break in the stalemate.
Security officials, pro-military media and some residents near the sit-in sites increasingly view the encampments as a menace, with authorities accusing protesters of stockpiling arms, torturing and killing suspected intruders, and scuffling with locals who voice complaints.
While the protesters insist their gatherings are peaceful, the sit-ins have taken on increasingly fatalistic religious overtones, and many of Morsi's supporters have expressed readiness to die for their cause ? defending him and Islam.
The only sign of security activity before sunset Thursday was an army helicopter that flew low over the protesters.
"The Interior Ministry ... calls on those in the squares of Rabaah al-Adawiya and Nahda to listen to the sound of reason, side with the national interest, and quickly leave," Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif said in a televised address.
"Whoever responds to this call will have safe passage and protection," he added.
The declaration followed a Cabinet decision Wednesday to charge the Interior Ministry, which controls the police, to disperse the sit-ins, arguing they posed a threat to national security and terrorized citizens.
But the protesters said they won't back down from their continued opposition to the military coup. They "will continue in spite of threats, and will not be made to back down from their right to peaceful protests and sit-ins, regardless of the strength of their opposition," a statement said.
From the podium outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque, one speaker shouted, "Did you see that the criminal army wants to break up the sit-in? Over our dead bodies!"
The crowd shouted in agreement: "The coup is terrorism!"
The demonstrators also chanted "Execute el-Sissi!" Loudspeakers blared songs supporting Morsi.
The protesters fortified the site, piling up sandbags at its six entrances and adding new guards who stood on alert with their helmets and sticks, sometimes climbing over the gates to check for movement. At one entrance, a second wall of concrete blocks, sandbags and tires was erected.
Medhat Ali, a teacher guarding the gates, said lines of men near the fences will be the first to warn of an impending attack.
"If they see military or police, they will alert us, and in no time the masses inside will pour in to sleep on the asphalt under their vehicles and troops," he said proudly. "We have nothing but some stones and our bare chests. We all have bid our families farewell. We will die here ? or Morsi returns."
Another protester, Magdi Shalash, dismissed the Interior Ministry warning, calling it an attempt to scare away supporters.
"This warning is like nothing. It is like air. We don't even listen to it," said Shalash, a university professor. "We will only leave as dead bodies."
Rally speakers and leading members of the Brotherhood urged more people to join the protest. In a video posted on the Brotherhood's Facebook page, Mohammed El-Beltagi urged those at home to "join us and get the honor of martyrdom."
An influential ultraconservative cleric gave an emotional appeal to authorities to avoid violence, which he said will only lead to a cycle of bloodshed.
"It is foolish to believe that the problem will end in one night and the conflict resolved in one battle," Mohammed Hasaan, said in a 17-minute recording made in a mosque and aired on Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, a pro-Brotherhood broadcaster.
"Beware of blood. It will be a curse on those who shed it. The military entering a conflict with Islamists is a loss for it and a real win for the Jews," he said, a reference to Israel.
A military spokesman said its troops are not taking part in the moves against the sit-ins.
Egyptian police have a track record of deadly crackdowns on street protests, and Wednesday's Cabinet move effectively gave security forces the mandate to act as they see fit.
The Interior Ministry had said earlier it would not clamp down on the protesters but will take gradual measures, including warnings and the use of water cannons and tear gas to minimize casualties.
The U.S. Embassy said it will be closed Sunday ? a normal working day. The U.S. State Department said it was shuttering its embassies and consulates throughout the Muslim world Sunday after receiving an unspecified threat. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf cited information indicating a threat to U.S. facilities overseas and said some diplomatic offices may stay closed for more than a day.
Members of rights groups, joined by activists, organized a visit to the sit-in in eastern Cairo to inspect the place, but it ended abruptly when it descended into a political argument.
In a Facebook post, Seif Abdel-Fattah, a former Morsi adviser, called on all national groups and rights organizations to "go down and encircle (the two sit-ins) with human chains to stop the flood of blood."
Meanwhile, a leading member of Tamarod, or Rebel ? the campaign that spearheaded the petition for Morsi to step down ? said it suggested that law enforcement officials inspect the squares to ensure there are no weapons. But Mahmoud Badr said his proposal was rejected by the pro-Morsi groups.
Late Thursday, a high-level African Union delegation visited the sit-in in eastern Cairo. The delegation had met on Tuesday with Morsi in a secret military facility where he has been detained since his ouster on July 3.
Privately, the Rabaah protesters acknowledge that their sit-in is their last bargaining chip against the military and loyal media that label the encampment as a launching pad for terrorists.
Islamic militants also have been stepping up attacks against security forces in lawless areas in the Sinai Peninsula, raising fears that extremists could exploit the anger over Morsi's removal to spread insurgency.
The Brotherhood has long been one of the most powerful political forces in Egypt, even during its decades in the opposition to autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak, himself ousted in a popular uprising in 2011. But after a series of election wins, including Morsi's narrow victory last year, the group has fallen from favor.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/morsi-supporters-defy-police-warnings-disperse-212009560.html
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