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Bits Blog: 2 E-Mail Services Close and Destroy Data Rather Than Reveal Files

Bits Blog: 2 E-Mail Services Close and Destroy Data Rather Than Reveal Files


Bits Blog: 2 E-Mail Services Close and Destroy Data Rather Than Reveal Files

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:19 PM PDT

The shutdown of two small e-mail providers illustrates why it is so hard for Internet companies to challenge secret government surveillance: to protect their customers' data, the two companies essentially committed suicide.
    


Bits Blog: Trade Commission Orders Ban on Some Samsung Products

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:08 PM PDT

The International Trade Commission upheld a preliminary finding that Samsung's mobile products had violated two Apple patents. The decision, unless vetoed by President Obama, will result in an import ban on some devices.
    


DealBook: U.S. Said to Plan to Arrest Pair in Big Bank Loss

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 06:51 PM PDT

Government authorities plan to arrest two former employees suspected of masking the size of a multibillion-dollar trading loss.
    


U.S. to Reopen 18 of 19 Closed Embassies

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 06:03 PM PDT

Most of the American embassies closed this month because of worries about potential terrorist attacks will reopen on Sunday, the State Department said.
    


President Moves to Ease Worries on Surveillance

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 05:56 PM PDT

President Obama sought to take control of the surveillance debate, releasing a legal justification for domestic spying and calling for more scrutiny of National Security Agency programs.
    


Journalists in Syria Face Dangers of War and Rising Risk of Abduction

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 05:54 PM PDT

The Committee to Protect Journalists has reported at least 14 journalists who are missing or have been abducted, but the total number of kidnappings is believed to be much higher.
    

Mexican Tied to Killing of D.E.A. Agent Is Freed

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 05:47 PM PDT

Rafael Caro Quintero, a drug kingpin convicted of masterminding an American's death, was unexpectedly released from prison on Friday after his conviction was overturned.
    

Japan’s Debt Looks Like This: 1,000,000,000,000,000 Yen

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 05:06 PM PDT

Japan's soaring national debt has reached a new milestone, surpassing one quadrillion yen. That's a one followed by 15 zeros. The mind boggles.
    


The Saturday Profile: Ascending Heights of French Power, Trailed by Her ‘Otherness’

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:41 PM PDT

Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who is from French Guiana, is an outspoken woman of color in a position of considerable visibility and influence, in a country where few have come before her.
    

Sinai Blasts Kill Up to 5 Thought to Be Militants

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:26 PM PDT

Reports suggested that the explosions were the result of an Israeli missile strike that had been carried out in coordination with Egypt.
    

Turkish Pilots Kidnapped By Gunmen In Beirut

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:25 PM PDT

The attack could signal a further spread into Lebanon of the civil war in Syria, but no group immediately took responsibility for the abduction.
    


Zimbabwe Opposition Files Legal Challenge to Nullify Presidential Results

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:59 PM PDT

The Movement for Democratic Change contends that the party of President Robert G. Mugabe rigged the election in order to claim a landslide victory.
    


Cramming for Stardom at Korea’s K-Pop Schools

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:49 PM PDT

Private institutions have sprung up around the country to teach Korean pop music, and long-established music and dance schools have begun to get with the pop plan.
    

The Caucus: Highlights and Analysis of Obama’s News Conference

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:37 PM PDT

President Obama took questions from the news media about surveillance, immigration, the Federal Reserve and more on Friday afternoon.
    

Bodies of 3 Chinese Workers Found in a Kabul Apartment

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

The Chinese Embassy urged an investigation to determine whether its citizens were specifically targeted.
    

U.S. Drone Kills Five Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Five suspected militants were killed in an airstrike, the Interior Ministry said, in an escalating campaign against Al Qaeda's Yemeni branch after recent warnings of possible attacks.
    


Obama’s Press Conference

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:13 PM PDT

The president is taking questions from members of the news media.
    


Suburban London Father Is Revealed as a Fugitive Italian Mobster

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:29 AM PDT

A London judge on Friday denied bail to Domenico Rancadore, wanted by the Italian police since 1999 to serve a seven-year sentence for extortion and other mob crimes.
    


Israeli Drone Strike Kills 5 in Egypt, Officials Say

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:24 AM PDT

Egyptian security officials said an Israeli drone fired a missile in the northern Sinai peninsula, killing five suspected Islamic militants and destroying a rocket launcher.
    


The New Old Age: High Blood Sugar Linked to Dementia

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 10:23 AM PDT

High blood glucose levels are tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in a new study.
    

DealBook: America Movil Offers $9.6 Billion for Dutch Cellphone Operator KPN

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:48 AM PDT

The phone giant owned by the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim HelĂș offered to buy the remaining 70 percent stake in the Dutch cellphone operator KPN that it does not already own.
    


Saira Shah’s ‘Mouse-Proof Kitchen’

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:01 AM PDT

In Saira Shah's novel, life goes terribly awry for a couple who move to the Languedoc region.
    

‘The Village,’ a Novel by Nikita Lalwani

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:59 AM PDT

A BBC film crew struggles with making a documentary about an Indian prison village.
    

Movie Review: Lake Bell Stars in Her Directing Debut, ‘In a World’

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Lake Bell stars as an underused voice-over artist in her directing debut, the comic "In a World ..."
    


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