Grab your popcorn and set your DVRs, Crunchers: We hear producers of Saturday Night Live are working to get Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to appear in a sketch on this weekend’s broadcast, which will feature musical guest Nicki Minaj and Best Actor Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg received an Academy Award nomination this week for [...]
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Singapore hedge fund Artradis to close, founder to start new funds
January 25th, 2011 |
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Atradis Fund Management, once Singapore’s biggest hedge fund manager with about US$4.5 billion ($5.8 billion), plans to wind down its operations and return money to investors after it lost money in the last two years, co-founder Stephen Diggle said on Tuesday.
Diggle, however, plans to remain in the industry by turning his family office into a fund manager. He told Reuters he would set up two new funds and take over two of Artradis’s existing funds.
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Joe Francis Divorce? Christina McLarty Dumps “Girls Gone Wild†Founder Two Months After Wedding
December 29th, 2010 |
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Well, what do you know? Joe Francis’ marriage to busty newscaster Christina McLarty lasted a whole five minutes longer than we originally expected. Bravo! Word on the Curb has it that sometime between Thanksgiving and the last full moon, Christina made the miraculous revelation that she’s married to a sleazy slimebag and dumped her porn [...]
WikiLeaks founder turns writer
December 27th, 2010 |
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Julian Assange the founder of WikiLeaks has turned to writing because of what he claims are financial hardships. The Australian has announced he is to pen his autobiography to fight sexual assault charges in Sweden and to keep his organization afloat.
OpenBSD Founder: NetSec Probably Contracted to Plant Backdoors
December 22nd, 2010 |
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OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt wrote that a firm was probably contracted to put backdoors in OpenBSD project code, but it is unlikely the flaws made it very far if they existed. – The founder of the OpenBSD project said he believes a firm was
“probably contracted” by the government to write backdoors in the
OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework (OCF).
The statement was made Dec.
21 by OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt on the projects mailing list in
response to the ongoing discuss…
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Alleges Smear Campaign On “The TODAY Showâ€
December 17th, 2010 |
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On Friday, WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange — No. 3 on TIME’s list of the year’s Most Influential People — appeared in an interview with The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer, where he argued that “Something is wrong in Sweden and the US†regarding the manner in which investigations against him and his website are being conducted. [...]
Spain: Protests over WikiLeaks founder arrest
December 12th, 2010 |
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Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offenses.
Public, politicians defend WikiLeaks founder
December 11th, 2010 |
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The recent arrest of the founder WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has sparked protests by his fellow Australians.
Hundreds marched in Sydney, claiming sexual assault charges against him amounted to a violation of freedom of expression.
WikiLeaks founder is detained by UK court
December 8th, 2010 |
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains behind bars this morning after being refused bail at a London court over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden.
The 39-year-old will remain there until a fresh hearing on December 14.
WikiLeaks founder refused bail by UK court
December 7th, 2010 |
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WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been refused bail by a London court and will be remanded in custody until Dec. 14. This came after the Australian turned himself in at a police station this morning.
Arrest Warrant for “Sex Crimes” Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Is for “Sex Without a Condom”, NOT Non-Consensual Rape Using Force
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for “sex crimes”.Everyone assumed it was for rape.But it turns out it was for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom.As Newsweek wrote in August:A …
Faceboook Founder Mark Zuckerberg “60 Minutes†Interview Dec. 5
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Sunday on 60 Minutes: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in his first interview since the release of The Social Network, the feature film about him and the creation of his social networking empire that’s already generating Oscar buzz for Justin Timberlake. In an interview with CBS’ Lesley Stahl, Zuckerberg will talk about the controversial movie, which [...]
Swedish prosecutor seeks arrest of Wikileaks founder
November 18th, 2010 |
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A Swedish prosecutor has requested a court order to detain Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, RFE/RL reports. Assange is wanted for questioning on allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion.
The Style Merchants – Corporate moves
November 3rd, 2010 |
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Pang Seng Tuong has been appointed independent director/audit committee member wef Oct 25
Work experience: Founder/managing partner, Pinetree Capital Partners; co-founder, Westcomb Financial Group Ltd; founder, Raintree Ventures Pte Ltd
Wikileaks founder rape investigation reopened
September 1st, 2010 |
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A senior Swedish prosecutor has ordered the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Public Prosecutions Director Marianne Ny said there was “reason to believe a crime has been committed” and that the crime was classified as rape.
Wikileaks founder rape warrant canceled
August 21st, 2010 |
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Sweden has cancelled an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation. The Swedish Prosecution Authority website said the chief prosecutor had come to the decision that Assange was not suspected of rape but did not give any further explanation.
Wikileaks to publish more, some data removed
August 15th, 2010 |
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The founder of WikiLeaks says his group will not be threatened by U.S. officials, VOA reports. But the website will remove the names of “innocent parties” before publishing more secret military documents from Afghanistan.
Noble founder Elman hands over chairman role to Brown
July 30th, 2010 |
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Singapore-listed Hong Kong commodities firm Noble Group (NOBG.SI) on Friday said founder Richard Elman will hand over the chairmanship of the firm to Toby Brown. Elman will, however, remain with the firm he founded as chairman emeritus.
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Google AdMob Founder Upset over Being Locked Out of the iPhone
June 10th, 2010 |
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Google’s AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui is angry at Apple for preventing application programmers from using AdMob and Google’s mobile display ad technology on the iPhone and iPad. Apple ignited the fire June 7 by revising developer terms for its iPhone and iPad operating system to exclude developers from offering in-application ads on the iPhone using non-independent ad platforms. If Hamoui is correct that Apple’s revised terms will lock AdMob out of the iPhone, this would be a huge blow for his group; AdMob rose to power on the strength of the iPhone, which has shipped more than 50 million units to date. – The creator of Google’s AdMob unit lashed out at Apple for preventing application programmers from using AdMob and Google’s mobile display ad technology on the iPhone and IPad.
Apple ignited the fire June 7 by revising developer terms for its iPhone and iPad operating system to prohibit application…
Wikipedia’s Wales Scales Back Founder Flag After Angering Editors
May 17th, 2010 |
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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has given up his rights to block users, delete pages or protect pages on the online encyclopedia he helped build after drawing the ire of editors who felt he overstepped his bounds by yanking images he deemed pornographic from Wikimedia Commons. More than 300 Wikipedia editors signed this petition complaining about Wales’ actions. The hullabaloo started when Wales deleted and facilitated the deletion of thousands of images that some deemed pornographic, including images with children. – <p>Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has given up his rights
to block users, delete pages or protect pages on the online encyclopedia he
helped build after drawing the ire of editors who felt he overstepped his
bounds. </p>
<p>The hullabaloo, which Wales downplayed in tweets to the media, started…