Burger King apologizes after Twitter hacking

Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo.

The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, and Burger King said it had reached out to Twitter to suspend the account. A Twitter spokesman did not immediately respond to a phone message left on Monday.

Late Monday, Burger King tweeted: "Interesting day here at BURGER KING, but we're back! Welcome to our new followers. Hope you all stick around!"

Burger King, which usually tweets several times a week, typically does so to promote sales on chicken sandwiches, or to ask questions such as how many bites it takes to eat a chicken nugget.

But just after noon EST on Monday, someone tweeted via Burger King's account, "We just got sold to McDonalds!" They also changed the icon to rival McDonald Corp.'s golden arches and the account's background picture to McDonald's new Fish McBites.

About 55 tweets and retweets followed over the next hour and a quarter, including some that contained racial epithets, references to drug use and obscenities. The account tweeted: "if I catch you at a wendys, we're fightin!"

Monday's appropriation of Burger King's Twitter account was a relatively mild example of cybersecurity problems, which are causing increasing concern in Washington and for industry. Media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post have all said this year that their computer systems were breached, while several NBC websites were briefly hacked in November. White House officials and some lawmakers are pursuing legislation that would make it easier for the government and industry to share information on how to defend against hacking.

Burger King didn't know who hacked the account, and no other social media accounts were affected, said Bryson Thornton, a spokesman for Miami-based Burger King Worldwide Inc. Its social media team and an outside agency manage the Twitter account, but Thornton declined to say how many people knew the account's password. Late Monday, Thornton issued an apology to the company's Twitter followers.

"Earlier today, our official BK Twitter Account was compromised by unauthorized users," Thornton said in a statement. "Upon learning of this incident, our social media teams immediately began working with Twitter security administrators to suspend the compromised account until we could re-establish our brand's official Twitter page. We apologize to our loyal fans and followers, whom might have received unauthorized tweets from our account. We are pleased to announce that the account is now active again."

Twitter acknowledged on Feb. 1 that cyber attackers may have stolen user names and passwords of 250,000 users. It said at the time that it notified users of the breach.

Competitors were sympathetic.

McDonald's responded on Twitter that it empathized with its Burger King counterparts. "Rest assured, we had nothing to do with the hacking."

"My real life nightmare is playing out" on Burger King's twitter feed, wrote Wendy's social media worker Amy Rose Brown.

Source: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/technology/article/Burger-King-apologizes-after-Twitter-hacking-4287722.php

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Your next 'Made in China' gadget - a nuclear reactor

Video: Page (1) of 1 - 02/18/13

By GrabNetworks

China's switched on its first new nuclear power plant since the Fukushima disaster, and is on track to displace the U.S. as the world's top nuclear energy producer by 2030. Up next: exports.

Source: http://business.itbusinessnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=2435996

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Android, iOS comprise 91.1% of the world?s smart phones ?IDC

eu.techcrunchAndroid, iOS comprise 91.1% of the world's smart phones IDCNine out of 10 smartphones in the world ran either Google's Android or Apple's iOS in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to figures from market intelligence provider International Data Corp. (IDC). IDC said Android and iOS combined for 91.1 percent ?

Read more at GMA News.

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The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari at the inauguration of the K.M. Mani Centre for Budget Studies, in Thiruvananthpuram on February 17, 2013. The Chief Minister, Kerala, Shri Oommen Chandy and the Minister of State for Human Resource Development,

The Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari at the inauguration of the K.M. Mani Centre for Budget Studies, in Thiruvananthpuram on February 17, 2013. The Chief Minister, Kerala, Shri Oommen Chandy and the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor and other dignitaries are also seen.

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Invicta Window Films Showcases Signal Defence Film at Upcoming London Counter Terrorism Expo

London, England (I-Newswire) February 18, 2013 - As counter terrorism strategies and technologies advance, governments, businesses and establishments need to understand how to best protect their assets, occupants and property against threats. In April 2013, the largest international event dedicated to Counter Terrorism is happening in London.

Unveiling its newest product into the market is Invicta Window Films. Invicta Window Films is the premier contractor of window films, blinds and manifestation graphics in the United Kingdom. The company is participating at the Counter Terrorism Expo in London in STAND B23.

Invicta Window Films will be introducing Signal Defence Film, which provides privacy and protection from electronic eavesdropping. The new product provides a secure work environment solution for sensitive information and asset locations such as boardrooms, executive offices, homes and automobiles.

"We invite all to see how our new Signal Defence Film provides privacy and security against electronic eavesdropping," says Invicta Window Films. "We will be holding two seminars in the shows Workshop arena," adds the company.

The seminar will also demonstrate the various levels of protection available using the Signal Defence Film. The new Signal Defence Film provides first level security features that include the Full Spectrum Window Protection, Laser Microphone Protection, RF Protection, TSCM/Eavesdropping Protection, RF Sheltering for Equipment and Personnel, Blast Protection.

Second level defence for walls, ceilings and floors is ensured by the Signal Defence Film's aluminium cladding, and the polyester mesh inter layer encapsulated between two layers of it. The Signal Defence Film is also designed to "tank" walls and ceilings to stop RF leakage through substrates other than glazed areas. Foil is intended to be adhesive applied and over-layered by plasterboard, carpet, and ceiling tiles.

Invicta's also provides third level defence with its Signal Defence Film by administering pro-active assessment on specific working areas and procedures to determine where and how the electronic dangers occur and then go about solving the issues.

Along with the new Signal Defence Film, Invicta also presents the Ultima Security Window Film, a window film combined with anchorage and containment systems that serve as high level protection from bomb blasts. It is an anti-vandal barrier and burglary window film solution, slowing down intruders and protection against smash and grab crime.

Visit STAND B23 at the Counter Terrorism Expo to find out more about the new Signal Defence Film from Invicta, or visit http://www.invictawindowfilms.co.uk for additional information.

About Invicta Window Films:
Established in 1995, Invicta Window Films are specialist contractors for the supply and installation of window films, blinds and manifestation graphics. With installation teams throughout the United Kingdom, the team offers a nationwide service and undertakes contracts throughout the world.

Company Contact Information
Invicta Window Films
Stuart Pritchard
Invicta House 7 Western Parade Woodhatch Reigate Surrey RH2 8AU England
Phone : 0800 393380

Source: http://www.i-newswire.com/invicta-window-films-showcases/213316

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West beats East 143-138 in NBA All-Star Game

HOUSTON? -- LeBron James had the ball in his hands and a comeback on his mind.

Kobe Bryant blocked those plans -- twice.

He may not leap like Blake Griffin, but Bryant can still get up when he needs to, especially when the defenseless part of the All-Star game is over and it's time to stop somebody -- even the league's best player.

Bryant blocked James' jumper, turning it into a dunk by Kevin Durant that helped the Western Conference put away the East 143-138 on Sunday.

On Michael Jordan's 50th birthday, the players most often compared to him turned the final minutes into a 1-on-1 duel, and it went to Bryant -- the guy Jordan said he'd pick between the two.

"It was a great block," Durant said. "I haven't really seen any MVP get a jumper blocked like that. It was a really great play.?

Chris Paul had 20 points, 15 assists and won MVP honors, and Durant scored 30 points. Griffin finished with 19, joining his Clippers teammate, Paul, in creating Lob City deep in the heart of Texas.

"You just want to play fast. I like to throw the lob. I like to see guys hit 3s," Paul said. "When we're out on the court with all that firepower, why wouldn't you want to make passes? You've got KD filling one of the lanes, you've got Blake, Kobe on the wing. There's nothing like it.?

Bryant added a second late block of James, the MVP of the 2006 game here after leading a big East comeback. This time, he scored 19 points but shot only 7 of 18 after making 60 percent of his shots in six straight games before the break.

"I'm known for my defense. I can defend. I'm pretty smart with my defense," said Bryant, who got the nod from Jordan over James based on his five championship rings. That's one less than MJ and four more than King James.

Carmelo Anthony led the East with 26 points and 12 rebounds.

"I think we played really good defense at the end of the game as a team," Durant said. "Kobe was really going with the ball. It's tough to stop LeBron, but he did his best. He was able to block a few of his shots. But CP did a really good job of keeping us in the game.?

The first dunk of the game came 16 seconds in, Paul throwing a pass to Griffin as part of the West's 7-0 start. The West led after each of the first three quarters, though was never ahead by more than eight points through three periods.

They finally pushed it into double figures early in the fourth fueled by former Oklahoma City teammates Russell Westbrook and James Harden, but couldn't put it away until a late run behind the guys from the city of Los Angeles -- who along with Lakers center Dwight Howard gave Los Angeles all but one of the West's starting spots.

Paul hit two 3-pointers, Bryant made a layup, and his block of James led to Durant's dunk that made it 136-126. Griffin had one last forceful dunk to help close it out, throwing a pass to himself off the backboard and climbing high in his neon green sneakers to slam it home and make it 142-134.

Harden had 15 points in his home arena, where the sights of the game were on the floor and the sounds were at the rim -- which shook repeatedly after thunderous dunks for most of the game before, as usual, players tried to make some stops down the stretch.

Players' sneakers were a variety of pastels and fluorescent colors that looked like they came right from Easter Sunday church, many clashing so badly with their multi-colored socks that they may as well have been created by spilling out random paint buckets.

James and Dwyane Wade wore purple, and Griffin's neon look was also sported by the usually not-so-loud Tim Duncan and Brook Lopez.

But the NBA's high-flyers sure could leap in them.

Durant slammed one down so hard at one point that he stumbled backward after landing, appearing woozy. He came in as the career leader in points per game with 28.3 and may have won a second straight MVP award if not for Paul's big finish.

But the Kobe-LeBron matchup down the stretch showed that even in an All-Star game, when it's time to determine a winner, the 34-year-old Bryant is all business.

"It was all in good spirit, man. It was just two guys that love to compete, love to go at it. So I had a lot of fun," said James, who at 28 has plenty of time to catch up to Jordan and Bryant in when it comes to NBA championships.

Bryant finished with only nine points but had eight assists. Griffin shot 9 of 11 from the field and didn't miss until trying to violently throw one down from a few feet away from the basket.

Indiana's Paul George scored 17 and Kyrie Irving had 15 for the East.

Not everybody had it so easy. Chris Bosh shot two airballs in the first quarter and was booed, tossed up another in the second, and had Tony Parker dribble the ball through his legs on defense. He was even pulled down the stretch by his own coach, Erik Spoelstra, right after Bryant blew right by him for a layup.

Bosh finished 3 of 9. Wade had 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting, the best performance of the three Heat players in the starting lineup. He and James helped the East pull out a two-point win in the 2006 game here, but the West didn't play Bryant-level defense back then.

"Second time in Houston, it was great," Wade said. "We didn't get the win, but we are all winners, because all 24 of us are All-Stars. So it was great.?

There were plenty of laughs, players performing comedic skits and poking fun at each other on the Toyota Center's massive overhead scoreboard. Even the celebrities that surrounded the court -- Westbrook almost crashed into Beyonce and Jay-Z while trying for a first-half steal -- seemed entertained.

Two of Houston's biggest basketball stars, Hakeem Olajuwon and Yao Ming, who was honored after the first quarter, and Olympic gold medalists Usain Bolt and Gabby Douglas were among the athletes who weren't in the game.

Players wore warmup jackets with patches commemorating their individual and team career accolades during a lengthy pregame that included a performance by Ne-Yo. They actually warmed up twice, needing to get loose again after watching and being introduced during the elaborate show.

The game capped a weekend of change in Texas, where David Stern presided over his final All-Star game as commissioner and players' association executive director Billy Hunter was voted out of office -- a result he seems likely to contest.

Boston's Kevin Garnett said before coming to Houston he thought his 15th All-Star selection would be his last, and turned it over to the young guys early. He played only 6 minutes of the first half before calling it a night.

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Source: http://www.nwcn.com/sports/West-beats-East-143-138-in-NBA-All-Star-Game-191635301.html

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London's Industrial Heritage

There are few factories close to the centre of London these days, Tate and Lyle sugar factory is on of the remaining ones. Of course, just up river you have the Tate Galleries, too.

Running on empty - I'm off on holiday for a while, without any new photos to cover, so here are some old ones from the archive. If you recognise them, well done, if you don't, then they are new and fresh.

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