Microsoft's Halo Reach Game Exposed Too Early

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Halo Reach is scheduled for the
world's eyes on the 14th of
September, but showed-up on file
sharing sites.

The game is about players in the
role of an elite solider battling
for control of planet Reach.

This is the final chapter of the
series, which was developed by
Bungie for Xbox 360.

It's reported that the game was
exposed, leaked, after it was
opened to select journalists/
reviewers through Microsoft's
online Xbox store.

Videos of the game popped-up on
YouTube within hours of being
available.

"We are still investigating details
surrounding a claimed leak of Halo
Reach, and have nothing further to
share," Microsoft remarked.

People attempting to play unauthorized
copies of Halo Reach could face
sanctions, Stephen Toulouse cautioned
on Twitter- Director of Policy and
Enforcement for Xbox Live.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100824084009writ.nb/topstory.html

The End of Google's Wave

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will return.

The Wave has not seen the adoption we
would have liked, and elements of Wave's
technology- including drag/drop and
character-by-character live typing are an
open source. Users can "liberate their
content from Wave", Google explained in a
post last night.

Google stated it will stop development on
the Wave cross platform tool that was launched
in May of 2009.

The Wave design appeared to replace e-mail,
and other tools.

The problem was it didn't appeal to many, or
people didn't know about the Wave.

"Remember, we celebrate our failures. This
is a company where it's absolutely okay to
try something that's very hard, have it not
be successful, and learn from that," Eric
Schmidt, Chief Executive.

Unfortunately, The Wave was one of those
failures.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100805090512writ.nb/topstory.html

U.S. Killed 181 Insurgents- WikiLeaks Founder

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Julian Assange's, WikiLeaks founder,
web site stirred up debates about
classified information the public
should/shouldn't know.

"WikiLeaks aims to achieve political
reforms by getting out information
that has been suppressed to the public,"
Assange explained to Voice of America.

WikiLeaks web site posted classified military
documents spelling-out U. S. failures in
Afghanistan.

The documents were first released to The New
York Times, British daily, The Guardian and
German magazine Der Spiegel. They point to
a worse picture of the Afghan war than the
official public account, and include information
that Pakistan's intelligence services have been
helping the Taliban kill U.S. troops. Both ideas
have been discussed in the past.

The report could put U. S. citizens in harm's way,
and hurt national security.

"We have with-held approximately 15,000 reports
for further harm minimization process," he informed.
"We don't see anything here that is of tactical
significance. What we see is a lot of reports of
evidentiary significance that describe the cut/thrust
of the entire war over the last six years."

President Obama found out about the posting of the
documents last week, Robert Gibbs commented Monday-
White House Press Secretary.

The public release of the information was "a breach
of federal law," Gibbs said.

"We authenticate everything," Assange made-clear.
"To our knowledge, we've never been wrong. There
are no allegations by the rest of the press that
we've been wrong. We've never lost a source through
the process we go through."

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100727093440writ.nb/topstory.html

Household Cleaning Products Increases Breast Cancer Risk

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will return.

A new study pointed out that using
house-hold cleaning products increases
breast cancer.

Brody and her co-researchers conducted
telephone interviews with 787 women who
had been diagnosed with breast cancer,
and 721 women who didn't have breast cancer.
"We asked women about past use of cleaning
products in the past year, their typical
use," Brody explained.

Air fresheners and mold/mildew controlling
products were connected to increasing breast
cancer, Julia Brody, PhD, executive director
of the Silent Spring Institute, Newton
Massachusetts. She led the study.

"We found links to breast cancer for combined
cleaning products used, many different products
taken together, and air fresheners and mold and
mildew control products," she continued.

"For combined cleaning product use, the risk
is about twice as high for breast cancer for
women who said they used the most compared to
women who said they used the least."

Listing exactly how much of exposure could raise
risk is difficult to say, she admitted.

"This is a first look and there are cautions
about interpreting it," Brody said.

The article is published in the journal
Environmental health.

AT&T Faults iPhone

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AT&T faults iPhone for slow upload
speeds on 3G wireless gear from
supplier Alcatel Lucent.

AT&T in a statement, Wednesday, said
the software problem in Alcatel Lucent
is restricting data upload speeds from
smartphones.

"AT&T and Alcatel Lucent jointly identified
a software defect- triggered under certain
conditions- that impacted uplink performance
for Laptop Connect and smartphone customers
using 3G HSUPA capable wireless devices in
markets with Alcatel Lucent equipment,"
explained Jenny Bridges, spokes-woman.

"This happens to less than 2 percent of our
wireless customer base," Bridges continued.
"White Alcatel developed the software fix-
we are providing normal 3G uplink and consistent
performance for affected customers with HSUPA
capable devices."

AT&T isn't using Alcatel Lucent gear in all
of its network. The glitch is in certain regions
of the country like: New York, Philadelphia,
Washington D. C., Salt Lake City and Seattle.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100708060647writ.nb/topstory.html

Be fair, attentive, and customers
will return.

Federal regulators found toxic metal
cadmiun in Shrek drinking glasses -
a definite health risk.

The $2 dollar per glass, at McDonald
restaurants, promotional campaign for
Shrek Forever After movie has sold
millions of glasses.

People are asked to not let children use
them, and return the glasses for a refund.

"We've had a good, constructive two-way
dialogue with Rep. Jackie Speier- D-Hillsborough
office - and with the Consumer Product Safety
Commission," Walt Riker, McDonald's spokesman.

The events surrounding the recall started after
Rep. Jackie Speier was informed anonymously.

"Our children's health should not depend on the
consciences of anonymous sources," Speier declared.
"Although McDonald's did the right thing by recalling
these products, we need stronger testing standards
to ensure that all children's products are proven
safe before they hit the shelves. Cadmium is a toxic
substance that is extremely dangerous to the
developmental health of children."


Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100604170421writ.nb/topstory.html

Facebook's Unique Security Feature

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will return.

Facebook's unique security feature
has the goal of stopping hackers
from exploring user's personal
information.

The feature will recognize computers/
mobile phones that are permitted access
to Facebook accounts.

In case of unauthorized activity, log-ins,
a user is sent an e-mail or text message so
he/she can take action- stop the hacker before
information is stolen.

Let's say you're not at home, but you want to
access your Facebook account. You jump-on aunt
Molly's computer, or cousin's Ada's cell phone,
but worry it's a new device.

You'll, still, be able to access your Facebook
account. You'll, simply, have to answer a security
question.

"We're confident that these new tools and systems
will do a lot to prevent unauthorized logins and
the nuisance they can cause," Lev Popov, a Facebook
software engineer, wrote in a company blog post.
"As always, though, the first line of defense is
you. We need you to help by practicing safe behavior
on Facebook and wherever you go online."

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100517090717writ.nb/topstory.html