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battle between the auto industry and the federal government over changes
to fuel economy regulations is exploding. Lawmakers in Washington want to
impose much more efficient standards on future vehicles that could see a fleet
wide fuel economy average of 62 mpg in effect by 2025.
Some in the automotive industry argue that the costs to reach the lofty 62 mpg
fleet wide average will be much higher than the cost of burning more fuel in
less efficient vehicles for consumers. Automakers have previously claimed that
the costs would have a dire impact on the industry.
A new
study by the Center for Automotive Research has been published and the
study claims that the rise in efficiency standards by 2025 to 62 mpg could add up
to $9,790 to the cost of a new vehicle and will reduce sales by 5.5 million
units. The report also claims that the resultant price increase would force a
reduction of 260,000 automotive industry jobs due to reduced demand for
vehicles by consumers.
On the other side of the battle, those pushing for the increased efficiency
standards claim that the tech needed to meet the efficiency standards would
only add $770 to $3,500 to the price of a new vehicle.
David Friedman,
deputy director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Clean Vehicles program and
supporter of the new efficiency mandate, said, "The Obama administration
should ignore this industry-advocate propaganda piece and focus on setting the
strongest vehicle efficiency and global warming pollution standards based on
credible scientific analysis."
President and CEO of the Union, Jay Baron, says that the main difference in
cost between the industry and government studies depends on how much the price
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Research, a market research and consulting firm that focuses on
global clean technology markets, conducted
a study that predicts 670,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will
sell annually by 2020.
auto companies are still focusing their development on electric
vehicles (EVs), and as many other
surveys indicate, the growth of electric vehicles are expected to
surpass fuel cell vehicles. However, Pike Research's study goes
against the grain saying otherwise. According to the study, the
U.S. will account for 134,049 annual FCV sales of the total 670,000,
putting them in the lead for fuel cell vehicle sales. China will be
in second place with 129,241 FCV sales and Germany will be in third
place with 126,783 total annual sales.
believe these are "overly optimistic" results and that Pike
Research is assuming that the appropriate refueling infrastructures
will be available by 2020. According to fuel cell industry analyst
Dave Hurst, "The entire growth of the fuel cell vehicle market
balances on two key elements: the growth
of hydrogen gas refueling stations and improvements in the
cells themselves."
improvements of fuel cells is in the works, the possible growth of
hydrogen gas refueling stations is here. Currently, there is only one
personal, zero-emission refueling station for FCV's that runs on
sunshine and tap water. It's called a residential hydrogen refueler,
and the only one that exists is hidden on the Torrance campus
of Honda R&D.
The residential
hydrogen refueler uses a 6-kilowatt array of thin-film cell
solar panels that "powers a machine the size of a
mini-refrigerator," which then "sips in H20 and breaks it
apart into hydrogen and oxygen gases." Next, the hydrogen is
pumped into the vehicle right at home with no fossil fuels or
pollution included.
Fuel Manager for American Honda Motor Co. Steve Ellis says that "the
ability to refuel a vehicle at home ranks third among the values
consumers see of owning an electric vehicle," and "saw the
same possibility could exist for hydrogen."
residential hydrogen refueler is 25 percent more energy efficient
than the electrolysis system Honda designed in 2001, and instead of
operating with a mechanical compressor or storage tanks, it'll only
require solar panels that fit the size of an average American roof.
In addition, the refueler can "support typical driving habits,
about 10,000 miles per year."
says it could take about five years before consumer's will see these
systems on the road. Manufacturers such as Daimler and Shell signed
an agreement in September acknowledging this five-year prediction. In
addition, General Motors,
Honda, Toyota, Mercedes and
some other automakers have noted that they plan to sell FCV's to
consumers as
soon as 2015.
five-year production goal and a potential growing infrastructure
makes Pike Research's figures seem more reasonable.


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geologists and space entrepreneurs are becoming increasingly intrigued by the
concept of lunar mining now that researchers have discovered an abundance of water on
the moon. But others are suggesting that many obstacles need to be overcome
before such a project can be executed.
discovery of lunar water has
raised questions as to whether other resources such as helium 2 and rare Earth
elements could be found on the moon as well. Now, certain countries are looking
to race to the moon.
Spudis, Ph.D., a lunar geologist and Senior Staff Scientist at the Lunar and
Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, has expressed interest in lunar mining and
has even devised a plan for returning to the moon despite the fact that the
Obama administration has no plans to return to the moon at all due to its cancellation
of the Constellation program. Spudis' plan involves "robotic
resource extraction and the deployment of space-based fuel depots" using
water from the moon before any humans return to its surface.
On the
other hand, Mike Wall, editor of SPACE.com, believes lunar
mining should not be attempted before ironing out a few technical and legal
issues. For instance, an international agreement consisting of property rights,
a salvage law and a mining law would be needed in order to decide who owns the
resources once they are extracted. The Outer Space Treaty does not allow nation
states to claim territories on the moon, but it does not
mention anything regarding resource mining, and laws need to be set before any
mining on the moon begins.
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lunar mining in motion. One proposal, which was published in the SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce, recommended
that "space faring countries" should claim and defend a large portion
of land around an established lunar settlement and sell the land to investors
on Earth, which could fund the commercial venture.
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If you're Radboud University's Bart
Jacobs, all that's required is a laptop and a
bit of RFID know-how.
Jacobs says that he and his team
used a "commercial laptop" to crack the encryption of and clone a widely-deployed Mifare Classic RFID smartcard.
Classic cards are often found in office-building access control systems,
wireless payment cards, and public transportation ticketing systems used by a
number of municipalities worldwide, including the London Underground.
Using a circular antenna and data
receiver hooked up to a standard laptop, Jacobs' team was able to download
encryption keys from Mifare RFID scanners stationed for ordinary use. They were
then able to steal smartcard data by waving the antenna -- which looks like a
loopy wand -- within a couple of inches of a legitimate card carrier, a process
called "skimming". Using sleight-of-hand techniques usually practiced
by pickpockets, the process of scanning a victim with the wand can be done
without their knowledge.
RFID smartcards transmit data
wirelessly over a low-strength signal usually limited to a couple of feet. A
video describing the process used for the Classic cards, originally discovered
in April, was posted to YouTube.
Jacobs' team tested the hack in two
scenarios: entering restricted-access areas of public-access, government
buildings in the Netherlands and hopping a day's worth of free rides on
London's subway system. Both tests ended successfully.
The Dutch government says it has
embarked on a campaign to replace the smartcards of its entire workforce since
learning of the attack, and stationed armed guards outside all its buildings.
Over 120,000 smartcards will have to be replaced, at a cost of "about €5
($8 USD) for each card."
"We take this extremely
seriously," said a spokesman for the Dutch Interior Ministry. "It's a
national security issue."
The Times Online notes that
over ten million of the Mifare smartcards are sold in the UK each year,
including six million given to pensioners for free access to public
transportation. CNET's Defense in
Depth says that the same model smartcards are used in Boston
transit's CharlieCard reusable ticket system, as well as public transportation
systems in Beijing, Madrid, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and New Delhi. While newer,
more secure systems are out, writes blogger Robert Vamosi, there are still half
a billion Classic smartcards in use worldwide.
The team's page on Radboud University's website says
that they are not aware of any technical solutions, short of replacing
applicable systems, for fixing the Classic's vulnerabilities.
"The cryptography is simply not
fit for purpose," said security researcher Adam Laurie. "It's very vulnerable
and we can expect the bad guys to hack into it soon, if they haven't
"You only have to walk down the
street to see contactless access control systems everywhere ... it used to be a
magnetic strip, now it's a card held up to a reader on the wall. A large
percentage of these will have Mifare technology and are very vulnerable to
attack. They should all be replaced."
With RFID finding an increasing
amount of use worldwide -- including in the United States, where it's seeing use in the next and latest generations of U.S.
passports -- privacy advocates are voicing their concern over the
technology, which can often be read at distances over 20 feet and can contain
sensitive biometric data. Recent legislation in the state of Washington outlawed
the practice of "skimming" for the purposes of identity
theft and fraud, but critics argue that the law will do little to actually stop
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OLED technology has been hailed for a couple years now as the future of digital display. OLED and its various derivatives have managed to live up to some of this hype in the mobile electronics market, but in the TV and display market they remain a rare and seldom seen species. In fact, to date only one manufacturer -- Sony -- has launched an OLED TV. And Sony's 11-inch XEL1 was a wallet-breaker priced at $2,500.
Now LG is set to also jump into the nascent OLED market. It may also manage to steal the size crown from Sony, unleashing a 15" OLED set onto the market. The set will begin shipping in December, according to an interview with Won Kim, LG's VP of OLED sales and marketing.
The set is expected to match the capabilities of the prototype unit, first unveiled in January. The prototype sported a fancy 1,000,000:1 contrast (same as XEL1), a 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution (better than XEL1), and a 30,000-hour shelf life (much better than XEL1, which degrades after 1,000 hours). It is also expected to be ultra-thin (the XEL1 is just 3mm thin).
The set will first launch in LG's home nation -- South Korea. Then it will slowly make its way to Japan and possibly the U.S., though no official launch date has been aired for these nations. The price is expected to be very high. There's also no word yet on the production numbers (Sony's XEL1 production has been relatively low with production, in the thousands).
However, LG isn't the only competitor with OLED launch plans for late this year or early next. Samsung says it has 14.1" and 31" displays "ready for production". The displays use a Fine Metal Mask (FMM) technology to achieve larger sizes or better character in smaller displays.
The 14.1" display is aimed at the laptop market and offers 1366x768 resolution, 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast. It'd be perfect for pricey high-end laptops like the Voodoo Envy or the MacBook Air as it's only 2.7mm wide and likely will be ridiculously expensive to boot.
The 31" set is set to enter the TV sector and will likely be even more expensive. Similar to its prototype showcased over a year ago, it is a bit thicker at 8.9mm. It offers an impressive FHD (1920x1080) image, 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast.
Samsung, however, has offered no clue when the upcoming "production" might start or when it will actually be arriving on the market. LG may be able to get the jump on Samsung, but look for Samsung to storm in early next year or even surprise with a launch late this year. Another X-factor is Sony. Sony has said it also is ready to produce larger sets, and has speculated in the past that it will launch them late this year or early next.


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touch it and the sides of the triangle, the process continuing
indefinitely. What is the sum of the areas of all the circles?
$2\wedge 3\wedge 4$ could be $(2^3)^4$ or $2^{(3^4)}$. Does it make any difference? For both definitions, which is bigger: $r\wedge r\wedge r\wedge r\dots$ where the powers of $r$ go on for ever, or $(r^r)^r$, where $r$ is $\sqrt{2}$?
A quadrilateral changes shape with the edge lengths constant. Show
the scalar product of the diagonals is constant. If the diagonals
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A Piece of the Past
There were some signs of the times, old and new, when the $1.2 billion American Heritage FCU held a grand opening for its new branch in Perkasie, Pa. The new branch features three drive-through lanes, five teller stations, an Internet café, free coin-counting machine and outside ATM.
The land on which the new branch was built was once home to a gas station and a Chevron sign discovered during the demolition of the old building was presented to one of the owners of the 1960s station – Gerry Robison – at the grand opening.
American Heritage now has 27 branches in Philadelphia, Bucks and Montgomery counties and serves more than 119,000 members at more than 700 sponsor companies.


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Sherod Halliburton New CEO at Manatee Community FCU
Manatee Community Federal Credit Union didn't have to look very far to find its new leader.
Sherod Halliburton, executive vice president at the Bradenton, Fla., credit union since 2012, has been tapped as the new president/CEO.
Halliburton succeeds longtime president Cindy Barco, who has retired after 35 years of service.
Prior to joining the over $25 million credit union, he served as executive director of the Bradenton Central Community Redevelopment Agency. He also served on the credit union board from 2007 to 2012 and has been credited with helping Manatee Community FCU become designated a Community Development Financial Institution.


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Aybar's clutch hit sends DR past US, into semis
Americans forced into elimination game after Kimbrel allows two runs in ninth
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
MIAMI -- The Dominican Republic is in the final four of the World Baseball Classic and Team USA has one more chance.
And outside Marlins Park on Thursday night, salsa continued to play long after Erick Aybar came off the bench in the ninth inning to drive home Nelson Cruz with a pinch-hit single off Craig Kimbrel that sent the D.R. to a 3-1 victory over the U.S.
"I thank God," Dominican manager Tony Pena said afterward, choking back tears. "I feel so emotional because this team has hung together since the first day. I don't think I'll ever again have a group of young men with the dedication, with the dignity in which they have represented our country."
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There's still much more to come. The 5-0 Dominicans are in the semifinals at San Francisco's AT&T Park, either against two-time defending Classic champion Japan on Sunday or the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Monday.
The Americans play Puerto Rico here on Friday at 7 p.m. ET to determine the second survivor from Pool 2.
Seeding for the pool will be decided in a 1 p.m. game here on Saturday. The top seed plays the Dutch, who have never advanced this far in the tournament, and the second seed faces the Japanese.
The championship contest is Tuesday at San Francisco. All the games are scheduled to be broadcast in the U.S. by MLB Network and ESPN Deportes.
The U.S. faced an elimination game this past Sunday at Chase Field in Phoenix and came from behind to beat Canada and advance to the second round. If you're looking for silver linings, the Americans already defeated Puerto Rico, 7-1, here on Tuesday night.
This time, it will be Ryan Vogelsong starting for the U.S. against Nelson Figueroa for P.R.
Team USA manager Joe Torre, who has faced his share of elimination games not only in this temporary job but in 12 years of managing the Yankees, said the Americans know what is in store for them.
"We've done this before and I really don't have to tell them anything," Torre said, after his team managed only six hits against five D.R. pitchers, all of them singles, only three of them coming after the first inning. "It was a tough game tonight and they beat our closer. There's not much you can say. There was tough pitching on both sides. I mean, I'm not going to have to talk to our guys. They came ready to play and they continue to play hard."
Beginning with starter R.A. Dickey, four U.S. pitchers held the Dominicans to six hits and a 1-1 tie when Kimbrel took the mound for the top of the ninth inning. The Atlanta closer had gone the entire 2012 season without allowing two runs or two hits in any of his 63 appearances. He wound up allowing two runs and three hits to the D.R.
In the big ninth-inning rally, Cruz opened with a double to right and then went to third on a Carlos Santana groundout. Aybar batted for Ricardo Nanita and lined a single to right, scoring Cruz. Aybar stole second as Alejandro De Aza struck out and then scored on a single by Jose Reyes.
"That's just the way it went today," Kimbrel said. "They got the momentum. Cruz got on with the double to start it off. Any time that happens, it's tough to rebound and get back. We had a chance against Aybar to possibly get the strikeout. It didn't happen."
Aybar was clearly upset when home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez called a strike on a 1-1 pitch that appeared well outside. Aybar hopped out of box and jawed with the umpire as many fans in the crowd of 34,366 hooted and hollered in anger.
But Aybar quickly pulled himself together and lined a 97 mph Kimbrel pitch to right for the game-winning single.
"As you can imagine, you have to have to focus on the pitch that comes after that one. That first pitch, I had to forget about that. I just calmed myself down," Aybar said.
"The only thing he could do is concentrate and put the ball in play," Pena added. "He just forgot about that pitch and put the focus where it should be."
From the outset, it didn't appear to be the Americans' night. Even before the game started, they lost third baseman David Wright. Their hottest hitter with a .438 batting average and a tournament-leading 10 RBIs was scratched from the lineup because of soreness on his left-side rib cage toward the back. He is being examined by the Mets on Friday in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Torre said afterward that he won't play on Friday night and is doubtful if Team USA advances to San Francisco.
Sans Wright, the only offensive threat for the U.S. came in the first inning. The Americans loaded the bases on three singles off Dominican starter Samuel Deduno and scored their only run when Deduno walked Eric Hosmer to force home Brandon Phillips. But Adam Jones whiffed looking to end the inning. Deduno settled down and allowed only three more baserunners and five hits in his four innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Meanwhile, Dickey, making up for his loss in the Pool D opener to Mexico, looked sharp. He mowed down the first four batters with his trademark knuckleball dancing. But with one out in the second, Dickey hung one to Hanley Ramirez, the former Marlin and current Dodger, who crushed his second homer of the tournament above the 427-foot sign in left-center, tying the score.
Dickey worked five innings, allowing five hits and the one run. He struck out four and walked one.
From there, it was a battle of the bullpens until Kimbrel cracked.
"My job is to go out there in the most pressure situation of the game," Kimbrel said. "I just wasn't able to get the job done today."
Neither did the U.S., which has one more chance. The D.R. is in.
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CommunityAmerica's Financial Planning Caters to Special Needs Children
To assist families that have children with special needs, CommunityAmerica Credit Union has enhanced its financial planning program.
Through an alliance with broker-dealer CUSO Financial Services LP, the $1.8 billion cooperative in Lenexa, Kan., has added the Special Needs Planning Center to its Financial Planning Services Group.
Formed to exclusively serve the special needs community, the center is dedicated to assisting families in coordinating their legal and financial planning with the intent of preserving government benefits such as Social Security and ensuring the continuity of quality care for their loved ones, according to CommunityAmerica.
Mike Haggerty, vice president of CommunityAmerica Financial Planning Services, said the center will help the credit union expand its reach to more families with children with special needs.
Scott Adams, founder of the Special Needs Planning Center, said the new services will have an impact for years to come.
"We believe the additional resources and the credit union's unparalleled community outreach and altruistic approach is a perfect match that will enhance the work we do to help Kansas City families and future generations live more fulfilling lives," Adams said.


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Pa. Merger Gains Member Approval
Members of the $7 million Community of Healthcare Employees Credit Union in Chambersburg, Pa., have approved to merge with the $441 million Patriot Federal Credit Union, also in Chambersburg.
Of the 28 members who cast votes at a special meeting last week, 21 voted in favor, seven voted against, according to CHECU. The credit union has 1,735 members.
The merger still needs to secure approvals from state and federal regulators.
Although CHECU is financially sound, serving its geographically diverse membership is challenging because of the credit union's size and limited resources, CHECU Board Chair Dennis Travers has said.
If the merger is approved by regulators, CHECU's branch office will close and the credit union's three employees will continue to work for Patriot FCU, the credit unions said.
Founded in 1973 as the Chambersburg Hospital Employees Credit Union, it was located in several small offices throughout the hospital. Over the years, additional employee groups joined the credit union and the name was changed to Community of Healthcare Employees in April 1996 and a main office was opened in June 2001.


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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Growls at the Masses
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The new operating system is named after the North America's "big cat", the cougar, which is sometimes referred to as a "Mountain Lion".
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Apple's latest PC OS gets even more iOS-like
Today Apple, Inc. (
) is the only real challenger to Microsoft Corp.'s (
) (perhaps) natural monopoly in the personal operating system space. Apple has its work cut out for it challenging Microsoft's
slick Windows 8
, which
launches later this year
]. In many ways Windows 8 "out-Apple's" Apple, adopting a eye-catching new rich multimedia user interface,
the Metro UI
. And the new OS isn't just eye candy -- it's brimming with hard base-level technical innovation as well.
I. Mountain Lion Prepares to Roam the Neighborhood
Apple isn't scared, though. It's continuing to march to the beat of its own drummer and is preparing for the launch of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the successor to
OS X 10.7 Lion
A small note -- this will be the first Apple OS X OS to
drop the "Mac"
from its name. In other words, OS X 10.7 was "Mac OS X 10.7", formally, while OS X 10.8 is simply "OS X 10.8".
While Apple is much maligned by critics who say its operating systems are glorified system updates, in reality Microsoft and Apple's approaches aren't that far apart. Microsoft, with Windows 8, has moved to a 3-to-4-year development cycle.
This narrowly mirrors Apple's development cycle. Apple follows a four-year model in which the first year sees a major release, the second year is skipped, the third year sees a minor release, and the fourth year is skipped, devoted to the next major release.
For example, OS X 10.5 "Leopard" -- a major release -- aired in Oct. 2007.
OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
-- a minor release -- aired in Aug. 2009. And OS X 10.7 "Lion" -- the next major release -- dropped in July 2011.
II. I'm Bringing Apps Back (Yea!)
"Mountain Lion" falls into the role of the minor release (and to boot, Lion wasn't as much of a "major release" as most had hoped), but nonetheless offers some interesting improvements. Namely, it continues Apple's push to make OS X more iOS-like, largely on application level.
Much like Google Inc. (
), Apple is pushing synced web-connected apps, which offers a redundant, contiguous flow of work, helping to prevent against computer crashes, power outages, and other evils. The approach also allows you to take your work on the go more easily, by accessing your current PC stream from your tablet or smartphone.
Apple is retiring its iChat messaging hub, in favor for the OS X implementation of iOS's iMessage, dubbed simply "Messages". The new hub will sync with your mobile hubs and allow you to carry out a cross-platform conversation with your friends.
Google Chat and AIM screennames/friends lists are both supported in the new hub, allowing you to easily import your contacts list. The client is capable of sending a variety of multimedia, including documents, photos, and HD movies, with a maximum file size of 100 MB. Apple promises full encryption on the messages and has baked into the software receipt notification, to let you know when your friend received that "
Like a Boss
" video.
The revamped Messages app takes advantage of the extra screen real estate by adding user avatars (pictures) next to the traditional "speech bubble" message graphical style (see: iPhone). These messages fall in the right pane. The left pane offers an overview of your currently running message threads. Threads with unread messages are indicated by a blue dot placed next to your buddy's picture. Multi-person chats are supported. And you can fully search your whole chat history, via the search bar on the top of the left pane.
You can try out Messages right now via a
Snow Leopard beta
Aside from Messages, Apple also is
bringing GameCenter
to OS X. The new platform will allow you to play multi-player games against users on iPhones and iPads. This is similar to the tract Microsoft is pursuing with Xbox Live's multi-platform gaming with Windows and Windows Phone gamers.
Of course, like its rival Microsoft, Apple's approach is predicated on developers porting their apps to OS X, most importantly revamping the controls to support a keyboard-and-mouse-equipped device.
Other iOS imports including Notes (think a slightly gimped version of Microsoft OneNote) and Reminders (a to-do-list app). You can pin reminders or notes to your desktop for easy access.
III. Security and Notifications
In perhaps its most overt acknowledgement of growing security concerns, yet, Apple is incorporating a web app vetting security guard called "GateKeeper". Web devs can apply for security certifications for their web apps, similar to submitting an app to the App Store. Untrusted apps will not be permitted to run without special user overrides and any developers found to be doing mischief will be promptly banned from the party.
While Apple's traditional approach to security problems on the Mac is to
pretend they don't exist
, the company finally appears to be
waking up to the danger
of third party platforms. After all, for all that it's maligned, true Windows-specific security flaws are in their minority. Some flaws are also sourced to Microsoft core apps (such as Internet Explorer), but the lion's share of them
come from third party platforms
like Adobe Systems Inc.'s (
) PDFs/Flash or Oracle Corp.'s (
) Java runtime.
Likewise, Apple's base OS has had
relatively few serious security holes
, traditionally, but its apps such as Safari have been the source of
some vulnerabilities
. And third party platforms -- as with Windows -- representing the biggest risk to user security in OS X.
Apple is also dropping iOS-like Notifications into the box. Notifications
came to Apple in iOS 5
, basically a copy of Google's Android notifications, with some improvements. To access them, you can either two finger downward swipe on the right side of your keypad (a multi-touch gesture) or click on the upper right-hand corner, as the element takes the current place of searchlight.
Users can customize how they want to receive notifications, including turning them off. Notifications will be tied to Game Center, Calendar, Reminders, App Store, Safari, Messages, Mail, and other core apps. Additionally, there's an an API to allow third party developers to make their own custom notifications, such as application update reminders.
IV. Share Sheets, Chinese, AirPlay Mirroring
Rounding out the list of what's new, Mountain Lion will feature improved support for Chinese. Chinese speakers will enjoy improved word and phrase suggestions, enhanced handwriting recognition, better autocorrect, and the ability to type in English without any extra keyboard configuration. Apple made the politically correct mood of making Baidu.com, Inc. (
) the search homepage for Chinese Macs. It also includes Share Sheets support for Chinese websites such as Sina Weibo (analogous to Facebook/Twitter), Youku (video hosting), and Tudou (video hosting).
What are Share Sheets? They're a new GUI element built into the APIs of Mountain Lion. It's an ever-so-slightly non-intuitive name, in that the "sheet" only appears after you click on the special Share Sheet
. So the Share Sheet is more of a share button.
The new "Share Sheet" [Image Source: Engadget]
It reappears in multiple apps, with actions changing slightly. But its general intent is to allow you to seamlessly share content -- say an article or an image you're working on -- without having to journey over to a web browser. Expect the standard fare -- Facebook, Twitter, email, etc. to be supported here.
The possibilities are thus far stifled by the fact that Apple appears to be trying to avoid using the sites and services of Microsoft and
its legal rival Google
-- especially the latter party. Thus it's unsure whether you'll be able to share with one-click from iMovie to YouTube via a Share Sheet button.
One final capability of Mountain Lion that was demoed was AirPlay Mirroring. Almost identical to the current implementation on the iPad, the feature will allow you to stream 720p video from your computer to your Apple TV, which in turn displays the results on your digital television.
Of course AirPlay Mirroring relies on you having AppleTV, and AppleTVs
have not sold well
. Thus its utility may be somewhat limited, but it will be appreciated by the small, but loyal AppleTV crowd.
Content will be able to stream directly from iTunes, reportedly, but it will black out your laptop screen. The odd move appears to be a concession by Apple to big media, who are unwilling to grant licenses to have two active screens playing the content at the same time.
V. Why OS X Still Matters
OS X 10.8 doesn't reinvent the wheel, but like Windows 8 it represents the transformation of the PC OS into a richer, more mobile-like experience. At its core is improved multi-platform syncing, and better notifications/reminders.
Apple's operating systems aren't for everybody, particularly due to the fact that it persists in forcing a first-party-only hardware model for its operating system,
zealously killing any would-be Mac clones
. But Apple is pushing the envelope somewhat in terms of OS usability and design, and in doing so is acting as catalyst and motivator to Microsoft. This motivation in turn has pushed Microsoft to make better products such as Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Apple also plays an important role as a middleman for some of these innovations, which start at the Linux level, but suffer in obscurity until Apple gives them a higher profile. In that regard, it is somewhat like Google, in giving Unix-like operating systems a loud voice in a market long dominated by Windows.
In that regard Apple may only have around 5 percent of the market [
], at last count, but it's a pivotal force.
Looking ahead Apple has an interesting decision to make with its next major release from a branding perspective. OS X 10.9 will be a major release, likely launching in 2013-2014. It will likely bear the name "Bobcat" as this is the only "big cat" name not to have graced an Apple product, yet. However Apple may opt to turn OS X 10.9 into OS X 11 -- as otherwise it will be stuck with the oddball OS X 10.10 minor release in 2016-2017.
(Note: Mountain Lion is another name for cougar... a name which has taken on some different connontations over the years.)
We shall see which road Apple takes.
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'Cornerstone' Release Annoucement
Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce that the limited edition 10" of 'Cornerstone' will be onsale exclusively in Oxfams top 50 music shops on Monday 16th November 2009.
'Cornerstone' is the second single from recent number one album 'Humbug', and features new track 'Catapult' as well as exclusive B-sides 'Sketchead' and 'Fright Lined Dining Room'. The 'Cornerstone' 10" will cost £4.99, and each single will come with a download code allowing fans to get an MP3 version of the songs for free.
Oxfam will also be giving away pairs of 'golden tickets' to the band's forthcoming UK tour in each area. 'Cornerstone' is also available in the bands online store here - http://www.arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk


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Government and public scrutiny of corporate corruption is at an all-time high. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been aggressively enforced by the U.S. over the last decade, generating unprecedented investigations into bribes paid by corporations, along with significant government revenue. The scale and scope of U.S. government activity has proved inspirational to other countries. It has generated regulatory frameworks in nations that include Canada, Brazil and the U.K., and it has driven aggressive national enforcement that uses existing laws and government agencies, notably in China.
Concurrently, member-funded NGO's such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and private watchdog organizations including Transparency International and TRACE have issued extensive guidance for governments and companies alike on best practices for anti-corruption compliance and legal frameworks. Global financial institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have promulgated their own guidance, bolstered by a zero-tolerance approach for graft and corruption with far-reaching penalties that include cross-debarment accords.
It would be natural to assume that we are moving gradually toward a comprehensive international standard on anti-corruption enforcement — at least where the 'sell side' of corporate behavior is concerned. After all, fighting corruption, like tackling climate change or tax evasion, represents a classic collective action problem. Pursuing a company for paying bribes can involve tracking transactions across borders, gaining cooperation of numerous regulatory bodies, and penetrating opaque ownership structures in tax havens. Anti-corruption laws need to be extra-territorial in scope, and international coordination is often essential for evidence gathering. It is therefore understandable for other countries to question why the U.S. government should benefit financially from legal action taken against a European company that paid bribes in Nigeria—and to introduce initiatives of its own. Anti-corruption laws enable governments to get a piece of the enforcement revenue, gain credit on the international stage, engage their general public, and scapegoat particular entities where needed.
An international standard could build on the emerging consensus around the prevention measures that companies need to have in place. The global reach of most national corruption laws means that multinationals need to pay attention to them all, so the bar is set high. The U.K. currently has the most draconian anti-bribery law in place, notwithstanding its unimpressive enforcement record, and has generated a corporate prevention ('adequate procedures') framework, echoed in the U.S. government's 2012 FCPA Resource Guide. There are clear compliance themes around the role of executive management, third party due diligence, risk assessment, and internal controls that can be used globally.
For all the local regulatory complexity, it might still seem that a de facto global standard is emerging. One would be welcomed by increasingly beleaguered inside counsel and compliance officers, who now need to understand and monitor the implications of every new law and initiative. It appears to be in everyone's interest.
However, a review of existing global initiatives paints a far less rosy picture of the prospects for an international anti-corruption standard. Critically, initiatives to establish one have all been led by Western governments or organizations, and they have failed to gain traction among critical emerging market players. The 1997 OECD anti-bribery convention, which requires signatories to criminalize bribery of foreign public officials and which monitors national enforcement, still lacks signatures from India, China, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia — some of the world's most significant economies. The move to create an international standard via the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has gained limited traction. The idea of an international anti-corruption court has only just been pitched, late in July, in the Washington Post.
A growing consensus by Western multinationals around standards of corporate behavior accompanies an increasingly commercial and risk-focused approach to the allocation of compliance budgets. Viewed through another lens, though, we are entering an era of greater fragmentation in the anti-corruption field. The BRICS countries and Southern powerhouses are implicitly questioning the premise of existing corruption laws, which focus on paying bribes to secure commercial advantage and are responsive to internal corporate controls. When the definition of corruption is widened from paying bribes for contracts or services to encompass the abuse of power for personal gain, the issue looks rather different. Western cultures with strong legal systems and good government capacity tend to subject their citizens to fewer demands for bribes by government officials, but they arguably use equally insidious techniques to drive competitive advantage. The U.S. lobbying system and the British education system are only two examples of systemic and privileged access to power. American public opinion about the level of corruption in political parties is at a level similar to those in Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is no coincidence that an anti-corruption crackdown is focused on pharmaceuticals in China, where rising healthcare and medicine costs, driven by multinational drug companies, have become a major source of public anger. From a Western standpoint, it easy to see China's anti-corruption crackdown as more politically motivated than the investigation of FCPA violations in the U.S. However, every government makes political choices about which aspects of corruption are important, and which cases to pursue.
Corruption is about the abuse of power. It is by nature highly mutable, open to interpretation, and subject to political risk. The past decade has seen the emergence of a procedural framework to measure and tackle the payment of bribes to government officials by corporate employees. This framework is useful and overdue, but it will not form the basis of an international anti-corruption standard in the foreseeable future. Instead, compliance departments need to get to grips with a new world order in which the national level anti-corruption agenda is key. Understanding corruption risk now requires a deeper dive into strategic, commercial and political considerations. Compliance needs to move out of the compliance department and become central to the corporate agenda.