I think it's sad that Musk doesn't have (public) plans to actually work on the hyperloop. As many here have said in the past, him being behind the project is what moves it from fantasy to actually having a shot in a lot of people's minds.
It's probably smart of him to not start it himself though, as it's risky, and a failed venture of that sort could bleed uncertainty into the minds of investors when regarding his other ventures.
I dont know about that, but I know that he didnt cooperate with Fedaral Security Service:
>After mass anti-Kremlin protests broke out in the wake of the disputed December 2011 elections to the Russian parliament, the State Duma, Durov reportedly refused to comply with a request from the Federal Security Service (FSB) to block opposition groups from using the site. There appeared to be no immediate repercussions, but then in April of 2013, Durov was accused of hitting a traffic policeman with his car, with a video of the alleged incident appearing online. On April 16, VKontakte's main offices in central St. Petersburg were searched by police. Durov, who denies even owning a car, fled the country and has not been seen in public since.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov
While I agree that it is not due to skimming, I dont think it is database leak or breach. If it was, thieves would probably go for smaller transactions (since they are harder to notice ) on large scale. My guess is that she either got phished or shopped on compromised website. That could also explain hosting purchase.
Phishing for credit card information alone is extremely rare, as it doesn't make any financial sense to people whom are committing fraud, if someone were phishing they'd be interested in login information and identity data instead.
In my experience, most database breaches result in data being sold, not used. It's more profitable and results in far less risk (Ex: 100k cards @ $2/ea via anonymous payment methods) vs attempting to use the cards.
As such, the people who end up actually creating the transactions are usually low level individuals whom are trying to figure out a way to "cash out"
Not to say there isn't a chance you're right, but card data is cheaply and readily available elsewhere, which is why I don't think this was related to a phishing attack. If there were other signs (ex: bank logins compromised, credit inquiries, etc.) then I'd be much more inclined to agree. Either way, it's hard to come to a certain conclusion based on the information provided in the article.
Wow! I remember these guys from Micheal Moore's movie "Capitalism a Love Story".There is part about private jails for teenagers. It says that 6500 kids were unjustly convicted. Some kids were locked up even when probation officers objected to detention.
You can watch that part here: http://vimeo.com/39118828 00:30:30
Not really. Other companies are importing CDMA phones and are not banned by Samsung, because they paid licence for using patent. Apple and Samsung did a short negotiation about fees. Samsung asked 2.5% of cost of phone, Apple came back with 1$ or less. For time after that Samsung tried to talk with Apple about a fair deal,but Apple would always go back to 1$ or less price tag.
I can only repeat what others has said here on HN. The industry norm is for bilateral patent agreements, which both parties share their FRAND patents and only pay the difference in licensing fees. Apple do not have FRAND patents to trade with, nor do they want to use substitute any other patents in a trade.
Thus in a rather exceptional case, Samsung/Google is asking the full price, and Apple is refusing it.
Hmmm, Apple may not have hard FRAND patents, but they did have patents Samsung was interested in cross licensing in return for FRAND patent licenses. Seeing as how Apple is using various of those to club Samsung with (perhaps after Samsung first approached them), I can see why they didn't want to do such a deal, but....
I suppose we'll see how this all plays out in court, with this ITC fast track import ban nixed.
“We applaud the administration for standing up for innovation in this landmark case. Samsung was wrong to abuse the patent system in this way” - says Apple who made HTC one X banned from being imported in USA, because of patent infrigement.
