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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

'Microsoft will disappear in five or ten years and Facebook in three "

The president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), Karsten Gerloff, has reported that "Google and Facebook are products, not customers" and has warned that those same companies, "without warning, are nurturing the secret services ". It has also held that "Microsoft will disappear in five or ten years" and Facebook, into three. In his speech, delivered at the Euskal Encounter held until Sunday in the BEC in Barakaldo (Bizkaia), Gerloff has criticized the multinational companies and has said that "some corporations steal our information. We do not just give them data but also our confidence as we thought it will protect our privacy ". However, it is alleged that these same companies, "without warning, are nurturing the secret services". "To them we are products, not customers . Your data is the product that sells Google ", he warned. The expert added that these multinationals "have caught our computers, our networks, and have erected above control structures", and explained that this division of labor "Facebook defines who we are. Amazon provides what we want and Google determines what we think". FSFE president has described the current situation of "treason" and gave as an example "delivery by Yahoo of confidential customer information to the Chinese government" . "Now they do it all," he lamented. He also lashed out at political leaders, who censors his "total lack of conscience" in matters relating to basic human rights . "Once we have understood how the internet works, they have become a tool of oppression. Now know that we listen, we are not free," he complained. Still, do not see so clearly the future of these companies. "If Google wants to survive long term, will have to reinvent itself. Microsoft have not already done so. So I think it will go away in five or ten years", said. On the other hand, considered that when Facebook "go downhill, it will be very fast." "A Facebook him three years.'s a mathematical law. Happened to MySpace and I know it will happen again", he predicted. The aim of the foundation is to "make people aware that you can decide what will be the technology of tomorrow and what kind of world we will live" . Therefore, the German expert said that "we must always be alert and observe the new systems." "You have to ask: Who is in charge?". She also stated that "you can do simple things" to avoid this control, such as building systems "that have no central point of control, in which each of us talk to each other. That is no longer a utopia" has señañado. Therefore, Gerloff encourages everyone "to put a server in each house . routers, for example, can function as small servers ". In this way, he said, "it would be possible to take other steps, such as leaving Facebook, or change the email to a small company." "Free software gives us the tools to do it," he assured.

The Syrian army weakened the rebels with the conquest of a key district of Homs

Joint forces of Bashar Assad and the Lebanese Shiite militiaHezbollah have managed to resume Monday Jalidiyeh district in Homs , which was so far the rebels' main stronghold in the city. For over a year, this district had been under the control of the insurgents and from here you were leading several regional operations against pro-government troops . In 2012, they were rather offensive and in recent months, absolutely all-fallback. The state news agency SANA has brought forward the news through its usual format and aseptic brief statement: "The army has restored security and stability along the streets of Jalidiyeh". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group near-revolution-has rejected in part the accuracy of this information. Abu Rami, an activist consulted Afp agency recognizes the notable progress of the Syrian forces, which would be controlled and 90% of the town - but insists there are still skirmishes on the streets of the department. "The escape [from the rebels] is the result of the use of powerful artillery bombardment from the air. [...] Jalidiyed have fallen, but not Homs. 've lost this assault, but not the war , "said Rami.According to his testimony, the neighborhoods of the old city of Homs would be still in the hands of the Free Syrian Army (SLA) and the scheme has now put the emphasis on the submission of Bab Hud. Since last night, state television was offering triumphalist tone images-and liberating - on account of the destruction that was accumulating in the streets of the district. Could check holes in the structures, staircases and windows burst, potholes in the ground, and so on. All this live and the passage of Bashar Assad troops, wielding two-star flag in hand. Possibly the most representative of all of these images has been the occupation of the mosque of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid , architectural history with nine domes and two minarets, which has been partially destroyed. The temple of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid was a symbol of the guerrillas.
This important victory over the 'Rebel Heart' was made ​​just a month after the Damascus-Beirut axis to conquer conjurase Homs-third largest city in Syria and formerly known as the capital of the revolution. Thunderbolt confirming the upward trend in this conflict regime, when only a year ago looked cornered on several fronts in the north and southwest. The sparse and poorly pertrechadas weapons you have the rebels by the fragmented opposition on the ground, basically between secularists and Islamists, has managed to make things easier Syrian forces and today, more than ever, seem to be getting the momentary advantage this war.
The province of Homs is the largest in the country and runs from the Lebanese border in the west to the borders of Iraq and Jordan in the east. The main value of Homs is its strategic locationon the map, place that also tend to spend much of the supply routes both. Connect Damascus with northern and western coastal provinces, predominantly Alawite population and loyal-on paper-to Bashar Assad. Already more than 100,000 victims in this war confirmed that began in March 2011.

Keys to follow Egyptian reality

The Arab country's new authorities have launched a tough campaign against Islamist forces, who beat in all popular referendum and parliamentary and presidential elections held in the last two years. From the night of July 3, when the coup was announced, there have been arrests of its leaders, closed TV channels or police repression of its manifestations.

Suppression and heavy-handed threat

On behalf of the alleged fight against terrorism, the Government is implementing a 'zero tolerance'. Yesterday, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim reassured that police will act with "decision and strength" after the command to fight "terrorism and violence" given on Friday in Tahrir population , following a request for demonstrations launched by the commander in chief of the armed forces Abdelfatah to SisiThe police apparatus threatens to dismantle Islamist camps, causing more bloodshed. "They have become the tactics used during the dictatorship of Mubarak 's coverage of the military now, "said Khalil al Anani to ELMUNDO.es, Egyptian political scientist and expert on the Brotherhood.

Emergency law on the horizon

Yesterday also interim president Adli Mansur took a step on the way to the return of the Emergency Law that some military sources quoted by local media have been considered likely. The 'rais' issued a decree delegated Prime Minister Hashem Beblaui, the prerogative to order military police arresting civilians. The measure could take effect only under the Emergency Law, the rule since 1981 and until May 2012 allowed prolonged detention without charges and undermined civil liberties.

Prosecution

Since the military coup, the courts have applied in the reckoning.Part of the leadership of the Brotherhood have been arrested and the rest of its leaders remain refugees in the camp Islamist mosque at Adauiya Rabea with a string of warrants. The symbol of this persecution is the former president Mohamed Mursi, missing.Military sources say that the deposed president is in a Department of Defense facility.
In the last three weeks, Mursi has been subjected to daily interrogations by military intelligence for new charges. The civil justice last Friday ordered remand against him for his alleged escape from prison in the first days of the revolt against Mubarak.For now, is accused of conspiring with Hamas; perpetrating "hostile actions against the country", murder and kidnapping policemen and prisoners and engineering the assault of Wadi Natrum prison. But facing new causes.

Exclusion Policy

The interim government, appointed a few weeks ago, does not include a single representative of the Islamist current. Even the Salafists (sticklers) of Al Nur, who supported the coup, agreed to participate in a cabinet that must guide the country until the holding of a constitutional referendum and parliamentary and presidential elections. In principle, the transition should be completed in early next year. The Muslim Brotherhood has refused to enter into a dialogue with authorities as "usurpers". Nearly a month after the coup, the determination has not changed one iota.

Media blackout and disinformation

The state media and private have enthusiastically embraced the generals. since the coup, have multiplied the emission of patriotic songs and speeches relaying military leader. The order is to glorify the military. The signs of major brands insist on "fighting terrorism" and images of mass protests Islamists have been vetoed. The Muslim Brotherhood, a few weeks in office, have become dangerous terrorists can be treated only by dint of brute force. Islamist television channels were closed minutes after the announcement of the coup. Internet is now his refuge.