News Brief
Guns And Self Defense
Gun control proponents want legislation that will restrict access to firearms. The rationale for such legislation is to reduce accidental shootings and the criminal use of guns against people. But if harm reduction is the goal, policymakers should pause to consider how many crimes–murders, rapes, assaults, robberies–are thwarted by ordinary persons who were fortunate enough to have access to a gun. Gun control proponents cannot deny that people use guns successfully against criminals, but they tend to play down how often such events take place. The purpose of this map is to draw more attention to this aspect of the firearms policy debate.
Virus Now In Email
There are some new virus that are installed on your computer when you open email. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2094982/Threat-new-virus-infected-emails-PC-DONT-open-attachments.html
From NASA: “Global temperature in 2011 was lower than in 1998.”
Temperatures in 2011 were lower than in 1998. from NASA: “Global temperature in 2011 was lower than in 1998.”
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2012/01/really-inconvenient-truth-earth-not-melting-after-all/2134091#ixzz1kZBOAysR
Microsoft Declares IE6 Dead
Now that less than 1% of the people in the United States use Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft has declared it dead.
Less than 1% of the people in Poland use it.
See Dead
Swine Flue Resistance Grows Causing Fears
Researchers are reporting an apparent spike in Australia in the number of seasonal influenza cases resistant to Tamiflu, the most commonly used antiviral drug.
Google Panda Survival Guide
This is an article that gives you an in depth look at what you have to do to your site to survive against the Google Panda updates . Read the google panda survival guide.
Sears Closes Stores
China Launches Own GPS System
China has begun operating a homegrown satellite navigation service that is designed to provide an alternative to the U.S. Global Positioning System and, according to defense experts, could help the Chinese military to identify, track and strike U.S. ships in the region in the event of armed conflict.Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203479104577123600791556284.html#ixzz1hpNgKC92
