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Thursday, June 6, 2013

U.S. prohibits the sale of Apple computers

The agency which is a quasi-judicial agency, reported on its website that issued a "limited exclusion order" for some devices of  Apple , such as mobile  iPhone 3  and  4  and the tablets  iPad  and  iPad 2As stated in the  document,  Apple  infringed a patent of  Samsung Electronics  in the manufacture of such equipment. The panel delivered a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist from AT & T models of the  iPhone 4 ,  iPhone 3GS ,  iPad 3G  and  iPad 2 3G.

Saudi Arabia blocks Viber

The Saudi authority that regulates telecommunications has decided to block in the country's service Viber IP telephony, with more than 200 million users worldwide. As reported by the Saudi journalist Ahmed Al Omran on his blog, the Commission for Communications and Information Technology (CITC, by its initials in English) has decided blonquear this service "as of June 5, 2013, as it does not currently meet with regulatory requirements and laws of Saudi Arabia." This is another attempt to control any application facilitates the ability to communicate using encrypted messages or Voice over IP (VoIP), difficult to control. Al Omran says that in March the CITC asked Internet providers mobile phone how to control encrypted messaging and VoIP applications such as Viber, Skype and WhatsApp, with the warning to block those services if such control was not possible.

The Pakistani prime minister calls for end of drones U.S.

The Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded an end to attacks by drones Americans on their territory. Sharif has made ​​this request during his first speech as 'premier' to the National Assembly, who had just confirm as head of government. "We respect the sovereignty of others. Therefore they should respect ours as well as our independence," he said, alluding to the operations they carry these drones. The missions of the drones are controversial, because they are directed against Islamist Taliban rebels and their allies of Al Qaeda in the northwest of the country, but in many cases causing "collateral damage". Regarding the election of Sharif, he received the support of three-quarters of the members of the National Assembly of Pakistan. The conservative leader of the Pakistan Muslim League take the reins of the country over the next five years. This is his third term of government, after two periods when he was prime minister during the 90's. On both occasions, Sharif had to leave the office before the end of the legislature, and in the second term his Cabinet was overthrown by a coup led by then army chief Pervez Musharraf in 1999.

Daughter of Michael Jackson tried to kill herself

According spread the website TMZ Paris Jackson, the 15 year old daughter of late singer Michael Jackson, was taken to hospital this morning. The girl tried to commit suicide. About 1:30 in the morning there was a 911 call from the house they live Paris in Calabasas, California. While the person who called 911 said it was a possible overdose, TMZ quoted the source indicates that Paris had multiple cuts on one wrist. On Tuesday night Paris wrote in his Twitter messages like "I wonder why tears are salty" and a snippet of the song "Yesterday".

Central Europe, mobilized by floods

Only in Germany there are 30,000 people evacuated. Another 20,000 in Czech Republic's largest flood since the Middle Ages the Danube, the Elbe and the Rhine , along with its many tributaries, has caused 15 deaths , as well as irreparable damage to the historic centers of many cities. Throughout Central Europe's cuts communication by rail and road and besides the rescue and evacuation is urgent to get water to many towns. In the Czech Republic have been evacuated 20,000 people and 23,000 firefighters work uninterruptedly since Monday. Krivousy, a small town just 30 miles north of Prague, has been completely flooded by the Vltava. "The situation is critical in the city of Usti" reports Czech fire spokesman, Nicole Zaoralova . "We hope that the situation on the Elbe River in northern Bohemia, in the region of Ustecko, further deterioration and more heavy rains are forecast for the weekend," he warns. The Elbe crossing the German border and enters Saxony, where 3,000 German soldiers hastily built levees. Some 30,000 people have been evacuated and are repeated situations where it is necessary to supply drinking water to entire populations, in addition to attending numerous recates. Downstream, cities like Dresden today also expect an increase in the water level, while the southern Länder has been declared "environmental catastrophe" and economic damage estimate yet, could tip the scales in favor of the recession, which the German economy had gotten around even now. Regional governments strive to improvise aid funds that are not subject to a heavy bureaucracy. In Bavaria, the Danube has exceeded Degegndorf defenses and a firefighter has died after suffering a heart attack while assisting in an evacuation in Wihelmsdorf. Back in Austria , in Vienna, the Danube level will peak over Thursday and hastily built levees up to 800 meters long. Its flow has reached a record high 10,600 cubic meters per second, well above the usual considered, about 2,000 cubic meters per second, according to the Water Department of the Austrian capital. And in Budapest , authorities have urged tourists Margaret Island in the center of the capital, leaving the hotels about to be flooded. As reported by the National Operating Body, the situation will continue until Monday and the country prepares to face extensive flooding.