Debt Ceiling Battle: Harry Reid’s Plan May Benefit Smartphone Users: "

The debt ceiling battle could produce an unlikely winner: smartphone users.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s current plan would direct the Federal Communications Commission to auction off highly valuable radio spectrum to wireless carriers desperate for more airwaves. Companies such as AT&T and T-Mobile USA say they need more capacity to keep up as their customers increasingly use iPhones, tablets and other portable devices to handle mobile applications, online video and other bandwidth-hungry services.

The plan could generate critical revenue for a government spending beyond its means. Congressional budget officials estimate the auctions would raise $13.1 billion for deficit reduction.

Reid’s proposal would also deliver a big victory to public safety officials: It would set aside airwaves and money for the construction of a nationwide wireless broadband network that would let police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers communicate with each other across agencies and jurisdictions.

“Spectrum auctions are a win-win-win,” said Tim Doyle, a spokesman for the Consumers Electronics Association.

But the proposal still faces significant hurdles. For one thing, a competing debt ceiling plan from House Speaker John Boehner, which will be voted on Thursday, contains nothing on wireless spectrum auctions. Boehner’s focus is on spending cuts, not finding new sources of revenue. What’s more, Reid’s proposal has run into major opposition from television broadcasters, which are under pressure to give up spectrum that would be sold to wireless carriers.

The haggling over wireless spectrum auctions comes as Congress rushes to try to agree on a plan to stave off an unprecedented U.S. default on its debt, which could have catastrophic consequences for the global economy. The Treasury Department has warned that the government will run out of money to pay its bills after Aug. 2 if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. Reid and Boehner are pushing competing proposals to lift the debt limit and slash spending.

No matter how the current fight plays out, many in Washington see spectrum auctions as an attractive way to chip away at the federal deficit.

Stifel Nicolaus analyst David Kaut, for one, says spectrum auction legislation has a good shot of passage in Congress – whether it is part of the current debt ceiling package, a deficit reduction measure down the road or even a stand-alone bill.

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WWE Diva Maryse Gets Restraining Order Against Alleged Stalker Lee Silber: "

WWE Diva Maryse, who real name is Maryse Ouellet, has a crazy stalker sending her scary messages. These have become so creepy that she fears for her life so today she got a restraining order against her alleged delusional stalker identified as Lee Silber. Keep reading to know the details about this story plus some of Maryse’s awesome photos and a great video after the jump.

Maryse

The 27 year-old Canadian WWE Diva Maryse is used to getting letters and messages from her fans, telling her they love her and how incredibly stunning she is, but when a certain fan becomes obsessive and starts to frighten that certain celebrity, he or she becomes their stalker. Poor Maryse is facing that scary moment as you and I talk.

This is how our friends at TMZ brought us the news. 61 year-old Lee Silber started to send letters to Maryse offering to give her money, and by money I mean ridiculously amounts of green bills, diamonds and properties. At first she thought it was some crazy guy with a twisted sense of humor but as time went by his messages started to get worse, to the point that he got her cell pone number and left her voice mails (tons of them). In one of them he allegedly told her he was coming to Los Angeles to get her. Fearing for her life and safety and hoping to continue with her life without fear, she made the decision to go to the L.A. County Superior Court and file a restraining order against Lee Silber, she will be back in court next week.

Some of Lee Silber’s creepy messages were posted via Facebook (first posted on September 2010), here are some…

Maryse my name is Mr. Silber my cell # is 305-xxx-xxxx, If you become my friend I can give you $450,000,000 as I own TX oil and skyscraper development properties for you!!!…

September 25, 2010

Maryse this is your friend Mr. Silber. Please call me at (phone deleated) I will give you outright: horses, cattle, if you can help me sell,lease my 20 acres of TX oil, mineral, skyscraper development properties in Hudspeth County,TX on the Wolfcreek Ranch for $500,000,000 with your international contacts I will have my attorneys guarantee you the $500,000,000 or you can have your attorneys guarantee you the $500,000,000

April 9th

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उस जानिब से जब उतरोगे तुम !!: "वो कौन सा लम्हा है जो तब्दील करता है आदमी को एक दूसरे आदमी में !वो कौन सी शै है जो धो देती है पिछले दागो को ...जाने क्या ऊँडेलती है
भीतर के बाहर सब कुछ छना-छना सा निकलता है ... .त"आरुफ़ कराती है नए
मानो से जो कहते है पिछला जो जिया ....सब" रफ -वर्क" था .
.क्या लोहे के बने थे सुकरात - या बुद्द ...या बायस होकर कोई जुदा रूह धकेली थी खुदा ने कबीर में ...! दुःख क्या अलार्म क्लोक"

Apple Fined $2,855 By South Korea Over Location Data: "

The fine, though small, marks the first time Apple has been punished by a regulator over the controversial location data collection which has sparked criticism in the United States and elsewhere.

The revelation in April that Apple’s iPhones collected location data and stored it for up to a year — even when location software was supposedly turned off — has prompted renewed scrutiny of the nexus between location and privacy.

Apple has since issued a patch to fix the problem.

Some 27,800 South Korean iPhone and iPad users are planning to launch a class action suit against Apple over the matter, while two separate U.S. groups have sued Apple, alleging that certain software applications were passing personal user information to third-party advertisers without consent.

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) ordered corrective measures on the South Korean operations of Apple and Google Inc, saying it has found loopholes in systems supposed to protect location information. It ordered the technology giants to encrypt location data stored in smartphones.



Apple Korea could have had its business suspended or been fined 3 percent of its location information revenue for failing to encrypt location data, or been fined up to 10 million won for collecting data without permission, the KCC said.

“Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so,” said Steve Park, a spokesman for Apple Korea.

Google Inc, a fierce competitor of Apple in mobile computing, has also faced criticism over reports that Android-based phones track the locations of users.

Google said that location-sharing on its Android mobile platform was strictly opt-in.

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Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt are Broke: "
The Hills stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have admitted that their “famous for being famous” careers are over. After forcing their way into the tabloids with increasingly bizarre storylines featuring extreme plastic surgery and a staged divorce, the couple have admitted that they are now broke and living at Pratt’s parents’ house.
According to the Daily Mail, the couple – known as Speidi – revealed that their dramatic break-up, divorce petition and eventual reconciliation was all part of a last-ditch plan to stay in the fame game.
“At that point, we were pulling our last cards,” Pratt said in an interview with gossip site Daily Beast .
“We felt the hot-air balloon losing its gas. And at that stage, our income would be selling the photo that would go along with the divorce.”At one point, the couple were raking in thousands of dollars for staged paparazzi photoshoots. Montag, who estimates that she spent $2million on an ill-fated pop career, also revealed that she regretted her infamous decision to have ten plastic surgery procedures in one day. Pratt is saddled with a wardrobe worth a cool $1million. Having become used to dining at some of the most exclusive restaurants in Hollywood, the couple now spend their time holed up in a house in Santa Barbara, eating Mexican food.Montag became famous in 2006 as Lauren Conrad’s sidekick in the MTV reality series, The Hills. Pratt joined the show in season two, winning Montag’s heart, but driving a wedge between her and Conrad. By season six, however, the show’s ratings had dropped and Pratt was banned after a highly publicised fight with one of the show’s producers.According to Pratt, the bust-up occurred when the show’s producers encouraged him to be violent towards his sister and co-star Stephanie Pratt.


“That’s when I snapped,” Pratt told the Daily Beast. “To the point when I said – and this is when the producers got scared of me – ‘You want me to punch my sister in the face? Are you trying to get me to kill you?’ I didn’t say, ‘I’m killing you.’ If I did, MTV would have had me arrested.”
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A British student has been found dead on a railway embankment after worried relatives reported her missing in Krakow, Poland.Kate Zaks, 21, was on a temporary work placement in Poland working as an intern in an art gallery as part of her history studies. Her family whom she was staying with raised the alarm after she failed to return to her apartment on Friday night.

The local authorities had already begun a search for the 21 year old girl when a passenger on a train contacted them after spotting a body on an embankment near to where she lived. It was later confirmed to be the body of Kate Zaks.


Police believe that the cause of death relates to the severe head injuries she sustained which appears to be a result of being struck several times with a blunt object.

A spokeswoman for the Krakow police has confirmed the victim had told her family she was meeting someone on the night she was killed. They questioned a 30 year old man, however he was released after they established he was not involved.

Her family have been informed and have flown out to Krakow to meet with the authorities. The foreign office has also been informed of the death and is in contact with the local police who are heading up the investigation.
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Ashley Tisdale Nice Abs Pictures: "

Ashley Tisdale is absolutely plain in every way. You wouldn’t be able to pick her out from a crowd if she was dressed in a monkey suit. Though that all changes when she shows off her hot little body. I’ll never be able to describe her face because it’s more forgettable than a Paul Walker movie but ask me about her stomach and I’ll be able to tell you every detail right down to the circumference of her mole. I’m like a pervy Rain Man.