Bogus spy convicted for kidnap and theft (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Bogus spy convicted for kidnap and theft (Reuters)

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq (Reuters)

Militants Kidnap Iranian Diplomat in
Iraq (Reuters) 08/08/2004 07:25 PM
Reuters - Militants in Iraq have kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and accused him of inciting sectarian strife in a country deeply divided between the resurgent Shi'ite Muslim majority and the traditionally dominant Sunni Muslim minority.

Italian judge orders CIA team arrested
over kidnap (Reuters)

Italian judge orders CIA team arrested
over kidnap (Reuters) 06/24/2005 03:16 PM
Reuters - An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 people linked to the CIA for "kidnapping" an Egyptian terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt where he said he was tortured, judicial sources said on Friday.

Pfizer Says It Sues Web Site Selling
Bogus Lipitor (Reuters)

Pfizer Says It Sues Web Site Selling
Bogus Lipitor (Reuters) 04/12/2004 08:51 PM
Reuters - Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it filed a lawsuit against the operator of an Internet site selling an unapproved version of its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, the world's top-selling prescription medicine.

Man convicted in Mugabe Christmas row
(Reuters)

Man convicted in Mugabe Christmas row
(Reuters) 12/29/2004 08:05 AM
Reuters - A Zimbabwe man who blamed President Robert Mugabe for his inability to hold a company Christmas party has been convicted under tough security laws, the official Herald newspaper has reported.

Priest and nun convicted after car romp
(Reuters)

Priest and nun convicted after car romp
(Reuters) 07/29/2004 11:36 AM
Reuters - A Malawian court has convicted a Catholic priest and a nun of disorderly conduct after they were caught engaged in a sexual act in a parked car with tinted windows.

Convicted Bus Driver Must Watch Surgery
(Reuters)

Convicted Bus Driver Must Watch Surgery
(Reuters) 05/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - An Argentine bus driver must watch surgery being performed on a traffic accident victim as part of his punishment for striking and killing an 11-year-old boy, a judge said on Friday.

U.S. Soldier Convicted Over Shooting of
Iraqi (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Convicted Over Shooting of
Iraqi (Reuters) 03/31/2005 12:16 PM
Reuters - A U.S. court martial convicted an army tank company commander Thursday over the death of an Iraqi in a shooting which the soldier called a mercy killing of a wounded man, U.S. military officials said.

Oregon Soldier Convicted of Trying to
Aid Al Qaeda (Reuters)

Oregon Soldier Convicted of Trying to
Aid Al Qaeda (Reuters) 09/03/2004 12:20 PM
Reuters - A U.S. Army soldier was convicted of trying to aid al Qaeda by detailing ways to destroy U.S. weapons and kill soldiers to undercover agents, army officials said on Friday.

Priest, Nun Convicted After 'Sex Act' in
Car (Reuters)

Priest, Nun Convicted After 'Sex Act' in
Car (Reuters) 08/03/2004 09:23 AM
Reuters - A Malawian court convicted a Catholic priest and a nun of disorderly conduct Thursday after they were caught engaged in a sexual act in a parked car with tinted windows.

Police Officer with Handbag Fetish
Convicted (Reuters)

Police Officer with Handbag Fetish
Convicted (Reuters) 05/19/2004 10:40 AM
Reuters - A German court convicted a police sergeant with a fetish for women's handbags on 15 counts of theft and sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a court in the eastern town of Gera said Wednesday.

Two Officers Convicted for Musharraf
Life Attempts (Reuters)

Two Officers Convicted for Musharraf
Life Attempts (Reuters) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
Reuters - A Pakistani military court convicted two low-ranking army officers on charges of involvement in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf last year, a military spokesman said on Friday.

Taxi Driver Convicted for Ferrying
Bomber (Reuters)

Taxi Driver Convicted for Ferrying
Bomber (Reuters) 05/06/2004 10:17 AM
Reuters - An Israeli taxi driver who unwittingly drove a suicide bomber to an attack was convicted in a precedent-setting case that could make drivers responsible for their passengers' crimes, judicial sources said Thursday.

Convicted DC Sniper Appeals Verdict,
Death Penalty (Reuters)

Convicted DC Sniper Appeals Verdict,
Death Penalty (Reuters) 02/10/2004 05:29 PM
Reuters - Convicted sniper John Muhammad appealed his guilty verdict and death sentence in one of 10 fatal shootings that terrorized Washington, D.C. and argued his conviction was based on guesswork and emotion, not facts and law.

U.S. Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi
Walks Free (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi
Walks Free (Reuters) 04/01/2005 11:32 AM
Reuters - A U.S. army tank company commander convicted of shooting dead a wounded Iraqi walked free from court on Friday, although he was dismissed from the army for what he called a "mercy killing."

New Law Gets Tough on Identity Theft
(Reuters)

New Law Gets Tough on Identity Theft
(Reuters) 07/15/2004 01:26 PM
Reuters - President Bush signed legislation on Thursday that toughens penalties against identity theft, a problem that federal officials estimate cost U.S. consumers and businesses over $50 billion last year.

Piglet the penguin stressed by theft
(Reuters)

Piglet the penguin stressed by theft
(Reuters) 05/18/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - Thieves stole a rare penguin called Piglet from a sea life centre in northeast England and dumped it in a garden.

Country May Decriminalize Theft for the
Hungry (Reuters)

Country May Decriminalize Theft for the
Hungry (Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - Thou shalt not steal, say the Ten Commandments, but it might eventually no longer apply if you are starving in Venezuela.

China seeks to put a lid on manhole
theft (Reuters)

China seeks to put a lid on manhole
theft (Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - China's capital is testing a new kind of manhole cover to put a lid on rampant theft, Xinhua news agency says.

Putting a Lid on Rampant Manhole Theft
(Reuters)

Putting a Lid on Rampant Manhole Theft
(Reuters) 03/14/2005 06:13 PM
Reuters - China's capital is testing a new kind of manhole cover to put a lid on rampant theft, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

FBI Probes Possible Cisco Software Theft
(Reuters)

FBI Probes Possible Cisco Software Theft
(Reuters) 05/18/2004 02:59 PM
Reuters - The FBI is investigating the possible theft of source code from networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O), the agency said on Tuesday.

Microsoft Ex-Employee Sentenced for
Software Theft (Reuters)

Microsoft Ex-Employee Sentenced for
Software Theft (Reuters) 04/01/2005 07:52 PM
Reuters - A former employee of Microsoft Corp. was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution for selling the world's largest software maker's products for personal gain, federal prosecutors said.

UK Man Held Over Cisco Source Code Theft
(Reuters)

UK Man Held Over Cisco Source Code Theft
(Reuters) 09/21/2004 02:43 AM
Reuters - Police said on Monday they have arrested a 20-year-old British man on suspicion of stealing Cisco Systems source code, the basic instructions for the machines that direct Internet traffic across the globe.

Cisco Probing Possible Source Code Theft
(Reuters)

Cisco Probing Possible Source Code Theft
(Reuters) 05/17/2004 01:22 PM
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O) is investigating the possible theft of the source code that powers its networking equipment, the company said on Monday.

Oslo Police Charge Second Man in
'Scream' Theft (Reuters)

Oslo Police Charge Second Man in
'Scream' Theft (Reuters) 04/12/2005 01:53 PM
Reuters - Oslo police charged a second man Tuesday in connection with stealing the painting "The Scream" last year and said they remained hopeful of finding that and another missing masterpiece by Edvard Munch.

U.S. Senator Seeks Safeguards After
Identity Theft (Reuters)

U.S. Senator Seeks Safeguards After
Identity Theft (Reuters) 03/29/2005 07:58 PM
Reuters - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on Tuesday for more government protection against identity theft after a laptop storing nearly 100,000 Social Security numbers was purloined from a California university.

Life Halts in Village After Theft of
Koran (Reuters)

Life Halts in Village After Theft of
Koran (Reuters) 08/18/2004 09:04 AM
Reuters - Farms lie untended and workshops stand silent in an Iranian village after the theft of its 1,300-year-old copy of the Koran, Islam's holy book, state television reported Wednesday.

Security Provider Jailed for Identity
Theft (Reuters)

Security Provider Jailed for Identity
Theft (Reuters) 05/19/2004 10:40 AM
Reuters - A Connecticut man who installed home security systems has been sentenced to prison for using a client's personal information to finance a more than $200,000 spending spree, federal prosecutors said.

Police stumped by England cricket theft
(Reuters)

Police stumped by England cricket theft
(Reuters) 06/30/2004 12:43 PM
Reuters - Police are hunting a chance thief who stole money and credit cards from two of England's star cricket players on the eve of the team's seven-wicket thrashing by New Zealand.

Identity Theft, Internet Fraud Reports
Up in U.S. (Reuters)

Identity Theft, Internet Fraud Reports
Up in U.S. (Reuters) 01/22/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - Americans reported losses of $437 million last year to identity theft and fraud as scam artists made themselves at home on the Internet, according to federal statistics released on Thursday.

Teen Charged with Acropolis Marble Theft
(Reuters)

Teen Charged with Acropolis Marble Theft
(Reuters) 03/22/2005 04:51 PM
Reuters - A 16-year-old Canadian girl has been charged with theft after being arrested on suspicion of taking a piece of marble from the Athens Acropolis, her lawyer said Tuesday.

Oslo Police Focus on 'Scream' Theft
Motive (Reuters)

Oslo Police Focus on 'Scream' Theft
Motive (Reuters) 08/23/2004 08:39 AM
Reuters - Norway's police sought to nail down the motive behind the theft of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" on Monday amid criticism that Oslo's museum security was too lax after gunmen stole the picture in a dramatic daylight raid.

Corelli author loses plot in summerhouse
theft (Reuters)

Corelli author loses plot in summerhouse
theft (Reuters) 08/20/2004 11:44 PM
Reuters - Louis de Bernieres, author of the best-selling novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", faces having to rewrite the first four chapters of his new novel because his computer was stolen from his summerhouse.

Six charged over gunpoint kidnap

Six charged over gunpoint kidnap 03/30/2005 09:10 PM
Six people are charged with conspiracy to kidnap a Hartlepool businessman who was snatched at gunpoint last year.

Man arrested for suspected kidnap

Man arrested for suspected kidnap 04/13/2004 03:09 AM
Police arrest a man in connection with the disappearance of a 21-year-old woman missing for five days.

Kidnap warnings online

Kidnap warnings online 07/31/2004 05:31 AM
Gomemphis.com - Sat Jul 31, 06:51 am GMT

IT harnessed in kidnap case

IT harnessed in kidnap case 07/12/2004 10:48 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 13 2004 3:07AM GMT

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP)

Iraq Kidnap Reports May Be Exaggerated
(AP) 04/17/2005 08:54 PM
AP - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops had the town of Madain surrounded Sunday after reports of Sunni militant kidnappings of as many as 100 Shiite residents, but there were growing indications the incident had been grossly exaggerated, perhaps an outgrowth of a tribal dispute or political maneuvering.

Kidnap fears for lost tsunami boy

Kidnap fears for lost tsunami boy 01/04/2005 06:49 AM
Police in tsunami-hit Thailand search for a Swedish boy feared kidnapped by child sex traffickers.

Hackarmy sinks to new low with kidnap
hoax

Hackarmy sinks to new low with kidnap
hoax 08/04/2004 09:40 AM

Grok Description matches for Bogus spy convicted for kidnap and theft (Reuters)
GrokA matches for Bogus spy convicted for kidnap and theft (Reuters)

Monster's Tickle Fetish

Monster's Tickle Fetish 05/25/2004 11:47 AM
The employment specialist grabs a feather and learns how to Tickle.

Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Media
Stories of 2003-2004

Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Media
Stories of 2003-2004 09/07/2004 01:06 AM

projectcensored.org/publications/2005/index.html
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Usenix: Monkey see, Monkey do, Monkey
test Web site performance

Usenix: Monkey see, Monkey do, Monkey
test Web site performance 06/29/2004 05:23 PM
Google and student developers have created an open-source tool called Monkey that's used to predict the effect on Web site response times when network conditions change.

"Project Censored 2005 - Top 25 Censored
Stories"

"Project Censored 2005 - Top 25 Censored
Stories" 09/07/2004 02:01 PM

Cliff Muskiet's Stewardess Uniform
Collection

Cliff Muskiet's Stewardess Uniform
Collection 12/04/2003 07:13 AM
Stewardess Uniform Collection .. Hobby or Fetish? .. you decide ..

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Alleged Fake Stewardess Gets Jail,
Lashes (AP)

Alleged Fake Stewardess Gets Jail,
Lashes (AP) 12/22/2004 01:02 AM
AP - A Myanmar man has been sentenced by a Singapore court to four years in prison and six lashes with a cane after posing as a stewardess to pick up men in nightclubs and then stealing from them, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Intruder robs pensioner's handbag

Intruder robs pensioner's handbag 09/03/2004 04:30 PM
An 81-year-old woman is recovering after being robbed by a man at her home in south Belfast

Super Bowl Streaker Fined $1,000
(AP)

Super Bowl Streaker Fined $1,000
(AP) 06/22/2004 02:10 PM
AP - A streaker who delayed the second-half kickoff at the Super Bowl was fined $1,000 Tuesday but avoided any jail time.

Rugby Streaker Sentenced in Australia
(AP)

Rugby Streaker Sentenced in Australia
(AP) 02/18/2004 01:36 PM
AP - An Australian man who stripped naked before running onto the pitch during a rugby World Cup match between Romania and Namibia last October was ordered to perform community service after appearing in court on Wednesday.

"Masturbating" lingerie advertisement
banned (Reuters)

"Masturbating" lingerie advertisement
banned (Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - A magazine advertisement for lingerie that showed a scantily clad model apparently masturbating was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for being offensive.

Monkey Hear, Monkey Count

Monkey Hear, Monkey Count 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

Monkey-See, Monkey-Do; Maxtor ups their
warranties

Monkey-See, Monkey-Do; Maxtor ups their
warranties 09/05/2004 06:47 PM
In late July, Seagate was the first company to realize the errors of their ways and they increased their warranty coverage for consumer-oriented hard drives from one year to five years.

Streaker at Super Bowl Guilty of
Trespass (Reuters)

Streaker at Super Bowl Guilty of
Trespass (Reuters) 06/22/2004 09:15 AM
Reuters - A Texas jury on Monday found a British streaker guilty of criminal trespassing for racing onto the field during the Super Bowl in February with only a thong and a smile.

Supermodel Elle's lingerie ads spark
protest (Reuters)

Supermodel Elle's lingerie ads spark
protest (Reuters) 09/10/2004 09:28 AM
Reuters - A TV advert that features a lingerie-clad woman caressing a carving knife and then scrubbing blood from the floor is causing controversy, just days after it hit the airwaves.

eBay's Stellar '03

eBay's Stellar '03 01/22/2004 02:19 PM
Meg's company rolls into 2004 at full throttle.

"A fantastic mosaic"

"A fantastic mosaic" 04/25/2004 02:45 AM

Tickle a bug

Tickle a bug 08/20/2004 04:15 AM
TechTree Aug 20 2004 8:38AM GMT

Logic Pro 7 — “A Stellar
Upgrade”

Logic Pro 7 — “A Stellar
Upgrade” 03/22/2005 03:43 PM
“Logic 7 is a stellar upgrade to an already top-of-the-line digital audio workstation,” writes Len Sasso for Electronic Musician. “Many user requests have been fulfilled; there are a number of clever, time-saving new features; and the new plug-ins alone are worth the price of admission.” [Mar 21, 2005]

Sharper Image's Stellar Q1

Sharper Image's Stellar Q1 05/21/2004 10:13 AM
Do not underestimate the allure of the world's finest nose-hair trimmer.

Cool Masonic mosaic

Cool Masonic mosaic 03/14/2005 05:29 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Gary says: "I was over at the Masonic Center on Nob Hill on Wednesday and met up with some Brothers for lunch. Check out the mosaic window in the central lobby:

"Reminds me a bit of the Disneyland mosaic murals. This, though, incorporates bits of metal, parchment, felt, linen, natural foliage, and soil from all 58 counties of California and Hawaii. This technique is called “endomosaic," although Google isn’t showing any info on it. It was done around 1958. Swell, eh?"
Link

Mosaic Qmail Admin

Mosaic Qmail Admin 05/04/2004 04:41 PM
Development Restarted

She-Tech.com Combines Handbag
Sophistication with Form and Function in
its New Line of Women’s Laptop Cases for
Spring/Summer 2005

She-Tech.com Combines Handbag
Sophistication with Form and Function in
its New Line of Women’s Laptop Cases for
Spring/Summer 2005 04/11/2005 03:45 AM
Handbag sophistication meets form and function in She-Tech.com’s new line of women’s laptop cases for Spring/Summer 2005. Building upon the success of their debut line, She-Tech.com, an Atlanta-based designer and online retailer of laptop cases for women, once again bridges style, fashion, and function; this time by combining handbag craftsmanship with bold and bright textiles. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]

See The Monkey, Fear The Monkey

See The Monkey, Fear The Monkey 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
Minor one: added the webcam image to the right of the blog for kicks and giggles. I still gotta fix...

He likes it when you tickle him

He likes it when you tickle him 07/06/2004 04:58 PM
He likes it when you tickle him. A small but cute web thing.

A mosaic of soldiers who have died in
Iraq:

A mosaic of soldiers who have died in
Iraq: 04/24/2004 06:32 PM
A mosaic of soldiers who have died in Iraq: Below is a small version of an image I made. It's a mosaic composed of the photos of the American service men and women who have died in Iraq. No photograph is used more than three times. Here is a medium-sized version, 800 x 925 pixels. Here is the full-sized version, 1890 x 2209 pixels. I call the image 'War President':

Stellar Tantrums Beget More Stars

Stellar Tantrums Beget More Stars 06/05/2005 11:01 PM

Monster buys Tickle

Monster buys Tickle 05/25/2004 02:50 PM

One way to solve your social networking needs is to acquire.

Congrats to James Currier et al.

Mo nster Acquires Tickle, Inc..

Thanks ever so much to Peter Caputa’s, Monster Buys Tickle, who in turn attributes to Rafat Ali’s Paid Content, for the heads up on this announcement—as I was totally distracted by other events in my life today!

According to the Business Wire press release that was also in my newsreader:

Tickle has also proven to be a strong viral marketing engine, as more than 200,000 e-mails from Tickle members are sent each day encouraging others to join.

 ”The acquisition of Tickle brings a powerful new dimension to Monster, contributing proven consumer revenue-generating subscription offerings and unique interactive content that should enhance every site in our network of properties,” said Andrew J. McKelvey, Chairman and CEO of Monster Worldwide. “Tickle’s expertise in career assessment testing, networking and matching, combined with the viral nature of those businesses, dovetails perfectly with Monster’s vast user base. With scientific research at its foundation, Tickle adds yet another layer to Monster’s screening and hiring tools, providing recruiters a window into a candidate’s personality and work preferences that goes beyond past achievements to who they are and their fit within the hiring organization. As part of our long-term strategy, we have been committed to diversifying our revenue streams and to expanding our consumer online services. Tickle is the ideal business to help us achieve these goals.”

 The addition of Tickle’s services will enable job seekers on Monster to access a variety of career assessment tests ranging from “Right Job, Wrong Job” and ” Career Personality” to “Career Interest Inventory” and “The Corporate Culture Test” to learn more about their aptitudes, job skills and career goals. Based on the test findings, job seekers will be able to better determine which job positions are the best fit based on their individual profiles.

[The Social Software Weblog]

Tap & Tickle and Stick Shadows

Tap & Tickle and Stick Shadows 06/03/2004 12:37 AM

Wow!  This sounds cool.  Thanks Jonas!

S ocialighting It.

Well, I haven't heard back from Socialight, yet, but - gratuitous use of the term "social network" aside - this seems like a fun thing to try out. In a nutshell, Socialight is a cellphone application (currently for Symbian enabled phones), which provides the user with two distinct features - the suggestively named "tap & tickle" as well as "stick shadows".

The former simply boils down to a remote controlling of someone else's "vibrate" function, turning the target phone into a very high-tech version of an expensive handbuzzer. Tap the joystick (yes, this is suggestive, I know) and your target's phone will vibrate. Hold the stick, or shake it, and the tickling will go on for some time. Which is, btw, a nice way to drain someone else's batteries, if you're so inclined.

The latter is more interesting. "Sticky Shadows" are multimedia notes placeable virtually anywhere. A Socialight enabled phone crossing the location of such a note will retrieve and display the associated text, picture, sound, or video. This makes for a number of great uses. Virtual scavenger hunts are the more playful variants, location aware reminders ("Get milk while you're here, love Mum") or guided tours ("At this location, in 1953...") make for real world uses.

An interesting idea. I'll be waiting to test it out in actual scenarios. Once I do have it, expect a repetition of the infamous semacoding-the-city incident of 2004 :)

[a preponderance of evidence blogs]

Blaster clean-up tool was stellar
success - MS

Blaster clean-up tool was stellar
success - MS 01/23/2004 02:21 PM
1.4m pox-ridden PCs fixed within hours

Bogus spy convicted for kidnap and theft (Reuters)

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