pFiled under: a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/features/" rel="tag"Features/a, a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag"Microsoft Xbox 360/a/pcenterobject width="490" height="397"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ljd_hUxCfIamp;color1=0xb1b1b1amp;color2=0xcfcfcfamp;hl=enamp;feature=player_embeddedamp;fs=1"/paramparam name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/paramembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ljd_hUxCfIamp;color1=0xb1b1b1amp;color2=0xcfcfcfamp;hl=enamp;feature=player_embeddedamp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="490" height="397"/embed/object/centerWe admit it, the only reason we embedded the video above is because we knew it would make people pay attention to this post. No one ever emreads/em these anyway. We could type almost anything in this space and no one would notice. emFroodlegarb/em. emDunglesnout/em. See? Completely unnoticed. Find the latest news from X3F below, including our review of emPrince of Persia/em and a look at emBanjo Kazooie/em for Xbox Live Arcade. Also, emdimblefippy/em.br /br /span style="text-decoration: underline;"Community/spanbr / ul lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/03/x3f-tv-xbla-in-brief-banjo-kazooie/"X3F TV - XBLA in Brief: Banjo Kazooie/abr /emIn which bears fly, sort of/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/02/review-prince-of-persia/"Review: Prince of Persia/abr /emWelcome back, Prince/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/03/x3f-tv-prince-of-persia-platform-stringing/"X3F TV -- Prince of Persia: Platform Stringing/abr /emWho needs floors when you have walls?/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/04/x3f-tv-prince-of-persia-elikas-abilities/"X3F TV -- Prince of Persia: Elika's Abilities/abr /emSo, if she can fly, why does she need the Prince?/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/02/ask-x3f-treasured-memories-edition/"Ask X3F: Treasured memories edition/abr /emEasy ways to keep track of Achievements/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/01/x3f-impressions-lips-review/"X3F Impressions: Lips review/abr /emOkay game, awesome microphonesbr //em/li /ul uNews/ubr / ul lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/04/free-online-multiplayer-for-sfii-hd-uno-and-others-for-the-holi/"Free online multiplayer for SFII HD, UNO and others for the holidays/abr /emSee, Silver is good for something!/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/02/dont-mess-with-this-guy-he-built-a-real-lancer/"Don't mess with this guy, he built a real Lancer/abr /emNo, seriously, it's a real gun with a chainsaw on it/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/02/peek-inside-the-latest-halo-novel-the-cole-protocol/"Peek inside the latest Halo novel, The Cole Protocol/abr /emIf you can't play games, read about them/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/12/02/ms-admits-to-360-audio-problems-caused-by-nxe-working-towards-a/"MS admits to 360 audio problems caused by NXE, working towards a 'solution'/abr /emJust don't ask when it will be ready/em/li lia href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/11/28/edge-examines-xbox-turnaround-in-japan/"Edge examines Xbox turnaround in Japan/abr /emBut how long will it last?/em/li /ulp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/04/x3f-week-in-review-november-28-2008-december-4-2008/"X3F Week in Review: November 28, 2008 - December 4, 2008/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.joystiq.com"Joystiq/a on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:00 EST. Please see our a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"terms for use of feeds/a./pp style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"nbsp;/ppa href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/04/x3f-week-in-review-november-28-2008-december-4-2008/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1391653/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/04/x3f-week-in-review-november-28-2008-december-4-2008/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PXvcM-6_o_ZqVJnzHYc2oHuU-Wk/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PXvcM-6_o_ZqVJnzHYc2oHuU-Wk/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=3JivTIxf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=3JivTIxf" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?a=FsSsOHsf"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/joystiq?i=FsSsOHsf" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~4/qBb9To2QWfk" height="1" width="1"/

Young enlightened Egyptian bloggers write about their society's sex code, racism, bigotry, and lust after scandals - all in an attempt to make Egypt a better place to live in.

An Egyptian Citizen wonders where this country is heading:

بجد مش تهريج البلد دي رايحة على Ùين انا مش هتكلم عن سوزان تميم ولا عن مقتل ابنة ليلى غÙران انا هتكلم عن العن٠الي بقى موجود ÙÙŠ المجتمع اية دة Ùˆ كمان اخلاقيات الناس اتغيرت Ùˆ معدتش Ùية احترام لا لقناون ولا الانسان … الناس الي بتعلق ÙÙŠ المواقع الاخبارية بقى عندهم حقد طبقى ÙÙŠ المجتمع Ùˆ الÙقراء ÙÙŠ مصر بيجمعو كل الاغنياء على انهم حرامية Ùˆ انتهازين Ùˆ خونة Ùˆ بيحللو ان واحد يسرق. دة غير اية العن٠الي موجود ÙÙŠ المدارس اكتر من جريمة ÙÙŠ مدارس ÙÙŠ خلال شهر بين ضرب Ùˆ قتل هو احنا بقينا ÙÙŠ غابة ولا اية الواحد كمان مبقاش يمشي ÙÙŠ الشارع امن احسن يخا٠حد يطلع علية Ùˆ يسبتة بمطوة Ùˆ لما يروح يشتكي ÙÙŠ القسم مش بعيد الشرطة تلÙقلة تهمة ولا تعذبة دة غير ان الناس خلاص مش مستحملين بعض Ùˆ ماسكين على التاني كلمة او غلطة Ùˆ دة باين ÙÙŠ اشارة المرور اوي Ùˆ حتى الناس المتطرÙين ماسكين على اي واحد كلمة Ùˆ يقلبوها لطائÙية Ùˆ اعمال عن٠و يحللو اراقة الدم Ùˆ بيستغلو المظاهر Ùˆ بيحكمو على الناس بالمظهر الديني بجد الواحد مبقاش عار٠البلد دي رايحة على Ùين Ùˆ مين المسئول عن الكلام دة كلة اكيد مش الحكومة وحدها Ùˆ الشعب بردو مسئوول I am not joking; I am seriously asking where is this country heading? I will not talk about the murders of singer Suzan Tamim or daughter of singer Laila Ghofran. I will talk about the mushrooming aggression in our society. People's ethics have changed for now people respect neither law nor human beings … those who leave comments of news sites have revealed lifelong grudges against the more affluent segments of the society. The poor have unanimously agreed that the rich are thieves and they are worth mugging. Add to that, violence in schools in the previous month range from severe beatings to murder. Do we live in a jungle? One fears being held up in a street. One fears reporting an incident to the police for a bigger fear of being implicated in a crime one did not commit. Look at your neighbor in a traffic light and see how he is picking a fight .. we lost our tolerance. We no longer know where we are heading and who is responsible for this - definitely it is not the government single-handed … the people are equally responsible.

Lobna Khairy attempted to define the Egyptian Sex Code saying:

In almost every country there happens to be 2 taboos; politics and religion. But in Egypt and some Arabian countries, we couldn’t settle for less than 3; politics, religion and sex!

#1: The porn denial - Parents do not believe that their kids get their sexual education from porn

#2: Men - decent men who have no prior experience will not satisfy a woman

#3: Women - decent women who understand how babies are made are indecent

#4: Only a manly need - women do not need sex

#5: Milk him - to keep him

Denoting that sex is all that occupies their mind and hence if you want to keep your man, you better fulfill his physical appetite excessively or else he’ll be running down the streets searching for other women who can! How degrading is this for both males and females?

Mona Eltahawy reveals the Arab world's dirty secret when she tells a tale of racism:

I was on my way home on the Cairo Metro, lost in thought as I listened to music when I noticed a young Egyptian taunting a Sudanese girl. She reached out and tried to grab the girl’s nose and mouth and laughed when the girl tried to brush her hand away.

The Sudanese girl looked to be Dinka, from southern Sudan and not the northern Sudanese who “look like us”. She looked black African and was obviously in distress.

I removed my headphones and asked the Egyptian woman “Why are you treating her like that?”

She exploded into a tornado of yelling, demanding to know why it was my business. I told her it was my business because as an Egyptian and as a Muslim who was riding the Metro, her behaviour was wrong and I would not stay silent about it. I knew she was Muslim because she wore a scarf.

I told her that the way she was treating the Sudanese girl made the scarf on her head meaningless. Her mother asked me why I didn’t cover my hair and I replied that I didn’t want to be a hypocrite like her and her daughter.

As distressing as I found that young woman’s behaviour, I was even more distressed that the other women in the Metro car with us watched passively and said nothing. They made no attempt to defend the Sudanese girl nor to defend me when I confronted the Egyptian woman.

The racism I saw on the Cairo Metro has an echo in the Arab world at large where the suffering in Darfur goes ignored for two main reasons – firstly because its victims are black people and we don’t about those with dark skins and secondly because those who are creating the misery in Darfur are not Americans or Israelis and we only pay attention when America and Israel are behaving badly.

My argument on the Cairo Metro was a also a reminder of our double standards. We love to cry “Islamophobia” when we talk about the way Muslim minorities are treated in the West and yet we never stop to consider how we treat minorities and the most vulnerable among us.

For those of us who move between different worlds – where one day we are a majority as I am as a Sunni Muslim in Egypt and another we are a minority as I am as a Muslim in America – it is clear that to defend the rights of a Sudanese girl on the Cairo Metro means to defend my right on the New York Subway.

Insomniac wrote about bigotry hidden under thick layers of religious and liberal pretenses saying:

Coming from a religiously conservative family, I was brought up to take extra pride in my faith, even though I did not necessarily understand it enough to practice it properly. Almost everyone in my family (from both sides) has a meaningful name influenced by religion.

Until college, I used to go by my first name and my father’s middle name. That combination made my name sound perfectly neutral; people couldn’t guess my religion and accordingly treated me cautiously in fear of offending me.

Until I got veiled!

I was confronted by how cruel society can be, judging people by their looks. I realized that my neutral name and non-significant appearance shielded me from awkward moments. I realized it was a blessing having been treated with extra caution!

And no, it’s not the expected group of people who judged me, whatever that is. Against the general assumption, I travelled to the US the next summer, and I barely had any troubles because of my veil. Average Americans, aside from the “notorious” political agenda (which is not up to me to support or condemn), do not judge people based on their looks the way people do in Egypt (and perhaps the Middle East). We are such racists and bigots and the sad part is that we hide it under thick layers of fake religiousness and liberalism which we barely practice when unwatched.

Please meet those who judge me...

- Strictly religious Muslims who consider what I wear not hijab, and expect me to dress more modestly, and
- Pseudo-Liberals, either Christians or Muslims who seem to be very appalled by my veil!

Now I won’t go defending my choice or my religion because I don’t think those who judge me or my likes would either understand or appreciate what I have to say. All I can say is “SHAME ON YOU”, both parties.

I find both parties hypocrites, who miserably fail practicing what they preach and give their causes a horrible horrible names.

It used to hurt and offend me when I felt mistreated because of my veil, but then I realized something; it’s a unique way of blocking all the fakers and pretenders who can’t handle but judge me based on my appearance rather than my personality. To those people, I say it’s really your loss, touché!

Ahmed El Sabbagh wrote about the dishonest keyboard:

مطلوب لأعلى سعر كيبورد غير شريÙØ© تصلح لسب الأصدقاء والإبداع ÙÙ‰ تألي٠إتهامات باطلة والقيام بتلميحات قذرة وكتابة تعليقات مجهولة ØŒ ويشترط ان تكون متواÙقة للعمل مع مدوّن متÙرغ لإصطياد أخطاء الغير ØŒ وتألي٠قصص خيالية قذرة ووإشعال الÙتن ØŒ ودس السموم بين البشر
حيث لوحظ إن الكيبورد التى أمتلكها “بتستعبط” ولا تواÙÙ‚ على كتابة كلمات قذرة ØŒ وبها حرو٠معطوبة مثل حر٠القا٠والـذين والأل٠والراء والتاء المربوطة ØŒ وكلما حاولت كتابة كلمة قذرة بتÙصل باور والزراير بتعلق وبتعمل حركات قرعة وقد قمت بمحاولة شراء عدة كيبوردات وكلها بها Ù†Ùس العيب وقمت بإستبدالها أكثر من مرة ØŒ وظننت أن جميع الكبيوردات المتوÙرة حالياً من النوع الشريÙ

حاولت إصلاح الكيبورد ÙÙ‰ أحد محلات الصيانة Ùنظر لى Ùنى الصيانة شزراً وقال
دى موش معيوبة .. روح إتعلم القذارة وهى تشتغل زى الÙÙ„ .. عشان ده عيب يوزر

 

Wanted for the highest bidder: A dishonest keyboard that would come in handy when offending friends, getting creative in making up scandalous stories, posting dirty innuendos, and leaving anonymous comments. It has to be compatible with a full-time blogger whose sole business is finding fault with what other people write. It has to support him in his fire-starting filth-throwing poison-spreading mission.
The keyboard that I currently own plays games with my mind and refuses to type dirty words and every time I attempt to write one of those words it shuts down or hangs up leaving me at a loss for words. I tried buying several keyboards but they all seem to be similarly flawed - guess they only sell honorable keyboards nowadays.
I tried to get it fixed in one of the maintenance shops … the technician glared at me with anger and said “work on your dirty skills and it will work like a clock; this is a user error!”

Last but not least, Fantasia's World wrote about the qualifications of a scandal in the Egyptian media:(...)

New podcast released:

The PSP Show #84 - Sony Media Manager 3.0 (MP3 9.8 mb 10 minutes 40 seconds)
DOWNLOAD the podcast by right clicking on this link or press play and listen in your browser

there we go, I’m back, and managing to get one in before the end of the month - you lot should know by now I sometimes go walkabout (the secret is to check my Twitter for activity).

Anyway, that just means there is a lot to catch up on in the news, so pay attention in class, there’s new game releases (LocoRoco 2, Super Stardust Portable and Patapon 2), news on the latest firmware and the scanline issue in the PSP-3000, the descending levels of piracy, and the potentially climbing levels thanks to the Datel Lite Blue Tool.

And rather than a game review, I’m casting my eye over Sony’s Media Manager 3.0, a free utility released this month to check your PSP files under control and make your life easier.

http://psp.thepodcastnetwork.com/200...ia-manager-30/

Posted on behalf of Marcia Dority Baker

I had a great time leading the 24/7 Librarianship: Reaching Patrons with Digital Tutorials webinar for WebJunction. This was my first time teaching an online class with Wimba, which is really cool software. The best part of the webinar was interacting with library folk who wanted to join the presentation. I appreciate that people took time out their busy day to learn about digital tutorials.

So, what is a digital tutorial? A digital tutorial is a how-to guide for your library customers. It is anything that helps customers find and use information. Moving from the old “how to” VHS tapes to digital videos on the library website allows libraries to maintain contact with customers in a new way. During the “24/7 Librarianship” webinar, we discussed how libraries can use digital tutorials and spent time brainstorming what could work in participant’s libraries.

Some great ideas for digital tutorials included:

• how to ILL
• promoting author visits
• showcase your story time
• a poetry contest/slam
• library tour
• how-to do something library specific like use the self-check out
• finding tax forms
• previewing new compact shelving
• checking out e-books and resume writing

Digital tutorials are an opportunity to provide information to customers beyond the usual library hours. Learn and use the technology available at your library when creating a digital tutorial. Give yourself enough time and pay attention to the details. Find someone outside the project to review the tutorial and offer advice before it goes “live.” Finally, let library staff be innovative and have fun!

div class="rxbodyfield"p page="1" class="ArticleBody"As a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/459963"President-Elect Barack Obama/a looks for ways to deal with a shattered economy and an ongoing war on terrorism, security experts are urging him to pay attention to something that has a big impact on both: The nation#39;s growing -- and fragile -- cyberinfrastructure./pp align="right"a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/news;pos=imu;tile=6;sz=336x280;skey=patch_management;pkey=security;ord=123456789?" target="_blank" /img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/news;pos=imu;tile=6;sz=336x280;skey=patch_management;pkey=security;ord=123456789?" width="336" height="280" border="0" alt="" align="right"//a/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Potential adversaries have increasingly turned to a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/337713"cyberespionage/a as a way to find a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/462477"weaknesses in networks/a run by the U.S. government and the nation#39;s a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/451294"critical infrastructure providers/a ./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"b[ Learn how to secure your systems with Roger Grimes#39; a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/securityadviser/?source=fssr"Security Adviser blog/a and a href="http://www.infoworld.com/newsletter/subscribe.html?source=fssr"newsletter/a, both from InfoWorld. ]/b/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Meanwhile, retailers increasingly dependent on the Web for commerce have launched online transaction portals that rely on a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/412163"Web applications that are easily targeted/a by digital miscreants. Many of those features are increasingly accessible via popular social networking sites like a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/458070"Facebook/a ./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Realistically, most of the necessary improvements must be devised and deployed from within private companies and government agencies. But a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/467864/subject/Barack+Obama"Obama/a is in a unique position to lead on this issue and inspire others to fix the security holes, experts say./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"With that in mind, a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/"CSOonline has compiled/a a five-point list of areas Obama should focus on, based on feedback from security pros./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"strong1. Secure the Web appsbr//strongWith more and more people doing their shopping online, attackers will continue to ramp up attacks against the Web applications customers use to make purchases. Companies that allow sensitive customer data to fall into sinister hands face a world of hurt in terms of reputation and future business, and so Obama should use his bully pulpit to demand better security./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"quot;Obama [and his IT security advisors] needs to focus on securing Web applications that have largely been ignored by previous administrations,quot; says Mandeep Khera, chief marketing officer for security vendor a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/467864/subject/Cenzic+Inc."Cenzic/a . quot;With millions of hacking attempts on our government infrastructure every day and thousands of successful attacks against corporations through the Web site, government needs to step in and create stronger regulations to enforce the security of our Web sites.quot;/pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"strong2. Wipe the dust off of older regsbr//strongThat a security vendor would favor more regulation is of little surprise. But security regulations are very much on the minds of those polled -- and not the potential new regulations, either. Instead, some experts would prefer Obama put pressure on subordinates to revisit longer-standing regulations that are in need of a makeover./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"Former Cisco/WebEx CSO Randolph Barr, now working in the security division of Redwood City, Calif.-based financial application provider Yodlee, is among those who believe the Federal Information Security Management Act ( a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.csoonline.com/is_fisma_compliance_for_state_local_governments_too"FISMA/a ) is outdated, for example./pp page="1" class="ArticleBody"quot;The regulatory requirements for DIACAP/FISMA 805, etc., are catered more towards systems and software and not updated to reflect the innovation of other companies when it comes to selling software as a service and cloud computing, making it very difficult for an organization to be successful in partnering with the government,quot; Barr says. quot;Some time should be taken to revisit these regulatory requirements.quot;/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Sharing Barr#39;s concern about FISMA is Krag Brotby, a security architect who has worked for Xerox, TransactPlus (a JP Morgan subsidiary) and the Singapore government. He says FISMA compliance is in a dismal state of affairs in critical agencies, and a lack of training is part of the problem./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;FISMA compliance remains poor in some of the critical agencies and, coupled with substandard personnel proficiency, would seem to pose an unreasonable level of risk to the country,quot; he says. quot;Pushing ahead with training and certification of government security personnel should take priority as well as mandating FISMA compliance.quot;/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"strong3. Demand better security trainingbr//strongBrotby#39;s concerns highlight another weakness on the minds of many security professionals -- training, or the lack of it. Brotby has encountered what he calls a quot;significant percentage of IA (information assurance) practitioners and managers in the government and armed forcesquot; that haven#39;t been adequately trained to provide a reasonable level of security./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Barr listed education as one of his big concerns, and hopes the Obama Administration will push for security to be emphasized from middle school to college and beyond./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;From the perspective of what is taught in college to what is taught down at the middle school to high school level, in my opinion we don#39;t have a lot of programs that teach individuals the history of security and what we should be doing to better protect ourselves,quot; he says./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Since kids are increasingly learning via computers and the Internet, an education on the dangers of cyberspace and ways to secure oneself should be a natural part of the lesson plan, he says./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"strong4. Build a great cyber wall (against China and others)br//strongAnother item of concern for security pros is the increased level of a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/337713/Nation_States_Espionage_and_Counterespionage"cyberespionage between companies and countries -- most notably activity from China/a . Barr wants the Obama Administration to revisit requirements for restricting U.S. companies with a presence in China and other countries./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"quot;The concern cited in most cases [of cyberespionage] is stolen intellectual property and malware embedded in source code,quot; he says. quot;This is a danger regardless of where the code is developed, and cybersecurity should focus less on the geographic location of developed code and more on the controls in place to reduce the likelihood of a successful attack.quot;/pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"In other words, focus on building a stronger wall around the sensitive data so that protection is assured regardless of where the bad guys are attacking from./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"strong5. Give someone control (and make them accountable)br//strongThe final -- and arguably most important -- item Obama should focus on is giving government security officials some real power and a tougher code of accountability to go with it./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"Security industry veteran a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/410513"Richard Stiennon/a made the point in a a target="_blank" href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/34777"letter to Obama that ran in Network World/a , a sister publication of a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/467864/subject/CSO+Magazine"CSOonline/a ./pp page="2" class="ArticleBody"The first of his 10 suggestions is to issue and executive order establishing responsibility for cybersecurity with quot;real negative repercussions for those who fail to prevent breaches.quot; For civilians this means being fired; for the military this means court marshal, demotion, and expulsion for serious security breaches, a target="_blank" href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/467864/subject/Richard+Stiennon"Stiennon/a wrote./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"quot;Do not allow the blame to be foisted off on contractors. The only way that security gets implemented is if someone#39;s job is on the line,quot; he continued. quot;This goes all the way to the top, of course. Whoever you appoint to replace the current assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications must understand that security breaches imply failure and those responsible will be replaced.quot;/pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"strongThe Official Obama Planbr//strongThe following is a list of the incoming Obama Administration#39;s cybersecurity goals, taken from a target="_blank" href="http://change.gov/agenda/homeland_security_agenda/"Change.gov/a , the official site of the President-Elect. Does it reflect some of the suggestions listed above? We welcome feedback in the comments section of this article./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"-- Strengthen Federal Leadership on Cybersecurity: Declare the cyber infrastructure a strategic asset and establish the position of national cyberadvisor who will report directly to the president and will be responsible for coordinating federal agency efforts and development of national cyberpolicy./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"-- Initiate a Safe Computing Ramp;D Effort and Harden our Nation#39;s Cyberinfrastructure: Support an initiative to develop next-generation secure computers and networking for national security applications. Work with industry and academia to develop and deploy a new generation of secure hardware and software for our critical cyberinfrastructure./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"-- Protect the IT Infrastructure That Keeps America#39;s Economy Safe: Work with the private sector to establish tough new standards for cybersecurity and physical resilience./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"-- Prevent Corporate Cyberespionage: Work with industry to develop the systems necessary to protect our nation#39;s trade secrets and our research and development. Innovations in software, engineering, pharmaceuticals and other fields are being stolen online from U.S. businesses at an alarming rate./pp page="3" class="ArticleBody"-- Develop a Cybercrime Strategy to Minimize the Opportunities for Criminal Profit: Shut down the mechanisms used to transmit criminal profits by shutting down untraceable Internet payment schemes. 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Category: Games
Released: Nov 12, 2008
Price: $1.99

Description:
Choose your own photos from your iPhone's photo library and import them into Flipstr to make a personalized version of this classic memory card game. Flipstr comes complete with 10 challenging levels. Be sure to pay attention as the levels progress because the cards will start to have a mind of their own, and will zoom and slide to new positions! FEATURES -10 different challenging card matching levels -High score tracking per level. Try to beat your own high score! -Import your own photos into the game from the iPhone's photo collection -Built in images supplied if no photos are imported

Website: http://lhinteractive.com
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