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• Obama’s Account of New York Years Often Differs From What Others Say – The New York Times
• FCC to investigate, ‘take appropriate action’ on Colbert’s Trump rant | TheHill
• Court Orders Release Of Hillary-Obama Benghazi Emails – Vessel News
• Comey: Clinton aide Abedin sent many classified emails to Weiner – NY Daily News
• Watch SNL Mock Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough’s Furtive On-air Romance
• Murder Of DNC Staffer Seth Rich Is SOLVED – Here’s Who Did It… | Mr. Conservative | News, Political Cartoons, Breaking News, Republican Election News, Conservative Facts, Commentary, Current Events
• The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked | Technology | The Guardian
• Did Macron Outsmart Campaign Hackers?
• WikiLeaks on Twitter: “Obama DNI Clapper in Congress today: 3 intel agencies not 17 made Russia assessment (after thousands of “journalists” falsely claimed 17)”
• Four Reasons Why the Russia Story Isn’t Fake News – NBC News
• Oklahoma Republicans pass bill requiring state officials to call abortion ‘murder’ in public statements
• Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to investigate President Donald Trump’s business dealings with Russia
• Evidence Suggests Trump Will Be Impeached, Says Senator Leading The Russia Investigation
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• Emergency declared at US Hanford nuclear waste site after tunnel collapse — RT America
• Ron Wyden on Twitter: “Pre-January 20th concerns being borne out: https://t.co/C4JayOp1y5”
• FBI chief James Comey fired by Trump – BBC News
• News from The Associated Press
• F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump – The New York Times
• Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political storm | Reuters
• 10 Major FBI Scandals on Comey’s Watch :: Grabien News
• Trump accuses Cryin’ Chuck Schumer of hypocrisy | Daily Mail Online
• Russia showcases Arctic hardware in Red Square military …
• China says it has tested guided missile close to Korean peninsula | world-news | Hindustan Times
• Clapper indirectly indicts Huma Abedin’s handling of classified info
• Bradd Jaffy on Twitter: “TRUMP FIRES COMEY https://t.co/FmaTzz6Mnr”
• CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI’s Russia investigation – CNNPolitics.com
• In Trump’s Firing of James Comey, Echoes of Watergate – The New York Times
• Sessions was told to find reasons to fire Comey: reports | TheHill
• Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI’s Comey Over E-Mail Probe – Bloomberg
• Senate confirms Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general
• Inside the WH scramble to defend Trump on Comey – Axios
• Russia’s Top Diplomat Mines Comey Drama for Laughs
• Report: Comey requested more money for Russia investigation before his firing
• James Comey asked DOJ to increase resources for Russia investigation just before he was fired: Report – Salon.com
• Bret Baier on Twitter: “DOJ is pushing back hard- they say any reporting that Comey asked Rosenstein for more resources is “completely false” -now working Sen Intel https://t.co/VzcRqRxRpQ”
• Wednesday’s Developments on Comey: ‘He Was Not Doing a Good Job,’ Trump Says – The New York Times
• Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money laundering
• FBI agents in tears as news of Comey’s firing spreads – POLITICO
• News from The Associated Press

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Belkin users go offline all over the world due to a router design flaw, Facebook has a private chat app in the works, Adobe spies on you & Comcast gets a customer fired for complaining about their service.

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Borked Belkin routers leave many unable to get online | Ars Technica

Owners of Belkin routers around the world are finding themselves unable to get online today. Outages appear to be affecting many different models of Belkin router, and they’re hitting customers on any ISP, with Time Warner Cable and Comcast among those affected. ISPs, inundated with support calls by unhappy users, are directing complaints to Belkin’s support line, which appears to have gone into meltdown in response.

The reason for the massive outages is currently unknown. Initial speculation was that Belkin pushed a buggy firmware update overnight, but on a reddit thread about the problem, even users who claim to have disabled automatic updates have found their Internet connectivity disrupted.

Update: Belkin has given us the following statement:

Starting approximately midnight on October 7, Belkin began experiencing an issue with a service configured in certain Belkin router models that causes a failure when it checks for general network connectivity by pinging a site hosted by Belkin.

If your service has not yet been restored, please unplug your router and plug it back in after waiting 1 minute. Wait 5 more minutes and the router should reconnect. If you have any further issues, please contact our support at (800) 223-5546.

Facebook Readies App Allowing Anonymity – NYTimes.com

The company is working on a stand-alone mobile application that allows users to interact inside of it without having to use their real names, according to two people briefed on Facebook’s plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the project.

The point, according to these people, is to allow Facebook users to use multiple pseudonyms to openly discuss the different things they talk about on the Internet; topics of discussion which they may not be comfortable connecting to their real names.

There are many unknowns as to how the new app will interact, if at all, with Facebook’s main site. It is unclear if the app will allow anonymous photo sharing, or how friend interactions and existing friend connections will work.

Adobe spies on reading habits over unencrypted web because your ‘privacy is important’ • The Register

Adobe confirmed its Digital Editions software insecurely phones home your ebook reading history to Adobe — to thwart piracy.

And the company insisted the secret snooping is covered in its terms and conditions.

Version 4 of the application makes a note of every page read, and when, in the digital tomes it accesses, and then sends that data over the internet unencrypted to Adobe.

Adobe explained that the data it collects is for digital rights management (DRM) mechanisms that may be demanded by publishers to combat piracy, and gave a detailed list of what and why it needs such specific information:

• User ID: The user ID is collected to authenticate the user.
• Device ID: The device ID is collected for digital right management (DRM) purposes since publishers typically restrict the number of devices an eBook or digital publication can be read on.
• Certified app ID: The Certified App ID is collected as part of the DRM workflow to ensure that only certified apps can render a book, reducing DRM hacks and compromised DRM implementations.
• Device IP: The device IP is collected to determine the broad geo-location, since publishers have different pricing models in place depending on the location of the reader purchasing a given eBook or digital publication.
• Duration for which the book was read: This information is collected to facilitate limited or metered pricing models where publishers or distributors charge readers based on the duration a book is read. For example, a reader may borrow a book for a period of 30 days. While some publishers/distributers charge for 30-days from the date of the download, others follow a metered pricing model and charge for the actual time the book is read.
• Percentage of the book read: This information is collected to allow publishers to implement subscription models where they can charge based on the percentage of the book read. For example, some publishers charge only a percentage of the full price if only a certain percentage of the book is read.

Additionally, the following data is provided by the publisher as part of the actual license and DRM for the ebook:

• Date of purchase or download
• Distributor ID and Adobe content server operator URL
• Metadata of the book provided by publisher (including title, author, publisher list price, ISBN number)

Complain About Comcast, Get Fired From Your Job – Slashdot

When you complain to your cable company, you certainly don’t expect that the cable company will then contact your employer and discuss your complaint. But that’s exactly what happened to one former Comcast customer who says he was fired after the cable company called a partner at his accounting firm. Be careful next time when you exercise your first amendment rights.

• From the article:

At some point shortly after that call, someone from Comcast contacted a partner at the firm to discuss Conal. This led to an ethics investigation and Conal’s subsequent dismissal from his job; a job where he says he’d only received positive feedback and reviews for his work.

Comcast maintained that Conal used the name of his employer in an attempt to get leverage. Conal insists that he never mentioned his employer by name, but believes that someone in the Comcast Controller’s office looked him up online and figured out where he worked.
When he was fired, Conal’s employer explained that the reason for the dismissal was an e-mail from Comcast that summarized conversations between Conal and Comcast employees.

But Conal has never seen this e-mail in order to say whether it’s accurate and Comcast has thus far refused to release any tapes of the phone calls related to this matter._

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Steve Ballmer\’s legacy at Microsoft is controversial. We look over the long list of big and quiet successes and failures under his watch as CEO. Plus what we think the big problem facing Microsoft is going to be long term, and if they can really transform into a “devices and services” company.

Plus we’ll discuss the big problem with SourceForge, self taught programing vs structured schooling, your emails, and more!

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Instead, sources said Ballmer\’s timeline had been moved up drastically — first by him and then the nine-member board, including his longtime partner and Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates — after all agreed that it was best if he left sooner than later.

• Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Retire within 12 Months

\”There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,\” Ballmer, 57, said in a statement. \”We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team. My original thoughts on timing would have had my retirement happen in the middle of our company\’s transformation to a devices and services company. We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction.\”

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The big news this week is the just announced departure of Dan Stahl, Star Trek Online’s Executive Producer. We spend a few minutes chatting about the past, present, and future of the game in light of the recent news.

Plus we take a look at the STF upgrades, some new ship designs, and much more!

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