Cuvînt-cheie: Hold the press!

Hold the press!

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 etichetat Hold the press!

Ninsoare zilnica obligatorie Spania – Administratia orasului Lepe, o mica localitate din sudul Spaniei, a decretat ca va ninge zilnic, timp de 15 minute, in piata centrala, in perioada sarbatorilor de iarna. Pentru ca locuitorii nu au mai trait experienta ninsorilor de Craciun de o jumatate de secol, iar temperaturile nu promit schimbari, administratia orasului a instalat pe balconul hotelului orasului doua tunuri care „bombardeaza” piata centrala zilnic, intre orele 20.00 si 20.15, cu fulgi dintr-o spuma sintetica. Prima ninsoare „fortata” a cazut deja in urma cu doua zile. Pentru a intari ideea de iarna, primaria a instalat in piata […]

The hacker who smashed computers 3

 etichetat cyberculture / Hold the press! / In English / jurnalism/jurnaliști / WreckRomania

Everybody knows about it by now: a young Romanian boy hacked NASA’s computers and he will be prosecuted in the US. But how much do we know about it? I mean, what did he actually do? „Hack”, „break codes”, „illegal access”, these are not words meant to inform us. For years, the same old stories about hackers emphasize their media-constructed image of „bad guys” who try to take over the world by sitting in front of their computer. So, what did Faur do? I’m sick and tired of all these second-hand vulgarized stories about hi-tech guys in the Romanian media. […]

Associated Press about Băsescovici

 etichetat Hold the press! / In English / WreckRomania

BUCHAREST, Romania: Pop by the Golden Blitz pub during happy hour, and you just might run into the president of Romania. He’ll be the one huddling with a confidant, hamming before the cameras, or dancing a friend around the room. Traian Basescu — unbuttoned, unorthodox, some say unpresidential — is shaking up the political scene in this ex-communist country accustomed to colorless, aloof leaders. On Jan. 1, the 55-year-old former sea captain will steer his nation into the European Union, an accomplishment he described in an interview with The Associated Press as „the destination port.” Yet the momentous achievement, which […]