Facebook: Breyer won't stand for board re-election

NEW YORK (AP) ? Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors.

Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Accel Partners, will stay on until the company's annual meeting on June 11.

Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook has eight other board members, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

In an emailed statement, Breyer said that after over eight years of board service, he's stepping aside light of other responsibilities, including his recent election to the Harvard University Corp. board.

According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week, Breyer also isn't seeking re-election to the board of retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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StackMob Builds Parse App Importer For Refugee Developers Fleeing Facebook's New Acquisition

Some developers got very angry and threatened to leave?mobile app backend platform Parse?when it was bought by Facebook yesterday. Hoping to capitalize, competitor StackMob has since released a Parse migration tool that makes it easy for devs to import their Parse apps. It’s a cutthroat game, this game of tech. When the Parse acquisition was announced, disgruntled developers flocked to Twitter, Hacker News, and our comments reel. Facebook pledged not to screw up the beloved development platform. While it won’t operate independently like Instagram, Facebook’s hands-off approach to the photo sharing app it bought a year ago should instill some confidence. Facebook’s director of product management Doug Purdy said in his statement about the acquisition that “We?ve worked closely with the Parse team and have seen first-hand how important their solutions and platform are to developers. We don?t intend to change this.” On the phone with me he reiterated that Facebook doesn’t intend to mess with a good thing. Still, developers’ complaints I read centered on two fears: 1. That Facebook would degrade the Parse service, potentially by?promoting?its own social integrations and app install ads too hard, and 2. That Facebook would spy on data coming into Parse, including what types of content people chose not to post to the social network. Wasting little time, StackMob launched an auto-importer for developers looking to move their apps elsewhere and published a blog post touting its advantages over Parse. StackMob CEO Ty Amell tells me the company had already been tinkering with a Parse importer, but when the acquisition was announced, it finished it up and made it accessible yesterday alongside a step-by-step guide. Then today the company began offering a Python script that turns the multi-step process into a single step. Amell explained to me, “Over the last few months we’ve seen an increase in people coming over from Parse. Once we heard they’d been acquired, we knew there was going to be a lot of backlash and uncertainty from mobile developers.?Facebook has a history of monetizing other people’s users, and charging through ads and other ways to access users. Parse not being independent any more is a pretty large concern for developers.” He says developers had two main questions about the acquisition. 1. Do developers still own their data? 2. What rights to privacy do developers have, and how will Facebook use their data? Amell says “Facebook has some pretty

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Editor's Letter: The new consoles are coming

In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news.

This week I'm writing from a special place: from the perspective of a Google Glass owner. Well, to be honest I'm not wearing them this exact moment -- I'm actually at 30,000 feet, making the most of a Gogo connection, and when your phone is in airplane mode there's not much point in wearing the headset. Unless, of course, you're looking for a conversation starter. In that role, the headset performs impeccably even when turned completely off.

It's been an interesting couple days wearing the headset around, days I'll continue to chronicle on the site because I know many of you are eager to know what Glass is like. I know this because I've had dozens of strangers come up to me and ask, "What's it like?" Suffice to say, Glass is very interesting and the potential is compelling, but right now the thing is somewhat frustrating in its limited functionality. That'll change real soon as more developers get to grips with the Mirror API.

Filed under: Apple, Samsung, Sony, Google, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, Nintendo

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Imation Personal S250 16GB Secure Drive

When it comes to securing data, few names carry as much weight as IronKey. Developed in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, and the first choice of actual government agencies, IronKey's reputation is well-earned. It's also now owned by Imation, so there's a slight change of name. That government-grade encryption is available to citizens as well, with the Imation Personal S250, the follow-up to the IronKey Personal S200.

Design
The S250 offers some of the strongest encryption available, with FIPS 140-2 level 3 certification meeting all requirements for use by civilian and military U.S. federal agencies. The construction is extremely rugged and ultra-secure. A solid, seamless metal enclosure is then filled in with epoxy, protecting it against both the elements and from attackers?moisture and dust are sealed out, while the epoxy filling makes it impossible to attack the internal electronic directly. The cap is also metal, with a rubber liner and gasket that extends the environmental protection to the USB plug, and keeps the cap securely attached.

The whole thing is ruggedized inside and out, made to military specifications and able to handle submersion in liquid, extremes in temperature and altitude, drops and bangs from absurd heights, and even handle 16Gs of force. For an extra dose of security, each drive is also laser engraved with a unique serial number, making it that much harder to swap out the key for an identical fake.

The hardware inside protects your data with as much?if not more?robust protection. The memory itself uses dual-channel SLC NAND Flash memory, which offers faster performance than the MLC flash modules found in most consumer grade drives, and lasts longer as well.

But the real protection lies in the encryption, which uses the renowned IronKey Cryptochip hardware encryption, certified for government and military-grade use as defined by Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2 Level 3). The chip is separate from the memory module and is a true-random number generator, creating all-but-theoretically-uncrackable encryption keys and using AES Cipher-Block Chaining. Without the correct password, there's no getting the data on this drive. Even trying to brute-force the password will end in failure?the drive data essentially self-destructs after 10 incorrect password entries.

The S250?including the encryption and onboard apps?is compatible with all major operating systems, including Windows (8/7/Vista/XP), Mac (OS X 10.5 and up), and Linux (2.6 and up). Imation covers the S250 with a one-year warranty, but given the rugged construction, it's unlikely you'll ever need it.

Features and Performance
Setting up the drive is simple, done by first opening the drive with the included IronKey Unlocker program?without it, the drive won't even register as a readable drive. It will prompt you to enter a password, and walks you through the process, including setting up a recovery email address to retrieve a lost password and prevent accidentally triggering a data wipe with too many incorrect guesses.

On the drive is a control panel, which offers a user's guide for detailed instructions, a secure backup program, and an identity management app for safely storing login and password data for online apps and accounts. It also offers a portable secure browser, a locked down version of Firefox that lets you browse the web with total peace of mind?each secure session creates an encrypted tunnel to a secure server maintained by Imation, and your local computer will be unable to store your cookies, browser history, or passwords.

In timed data transfer tests, the S250 demonstrated write speeds of 21MBps?a touch slower than the 24MBps claimed by Imation?and read speeds of 35MBps?exceeding Imation's claims of 31MBps. That puts it on slightly better footing than the Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy, which tested at 35 MBps (write) and 10 MBps (read), and notably faster than the consumer-oriented Editors' Choice, the Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G2 (16GB), which had an average of 21MBps read and 12MBps write speed.

One area where the S250 stands apart is price?at $329 for 16GB, it's by far the most expensive encrypted drive we've reviewed in recent months, coming out to more than $20 per GB. In stark contrast, the 16GB Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G2 has a list price of $25 for the entire drive. But if data protection is your primary concern, the Imation Personal S250 is far and away the best option available, and it's actually cheaper now than it has ever been?the previous iteration, the IronKey S200 sold for $79, for only 1GB of memory.

If you want to best security available, safeguarding you against hackers, thieves, and the elements with equal zeal, the Imation Personal S250 is Fort Knox. It will keep your data as safe as it can be, but that security and rugged construction comes at a steep price. If price is a concern, stick to our Editors' Choice Kingston DataTraveler Locker+ G2 (16GB)?but if you want the most secure drive you can buy, there's no choice better than the Imation Personal S250.

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Rumored First Picture of Olympus E-P5 Continues Vintage Design Trend

The very first picture of what is purported to be Olympus's upcoming E-P5 mirrorless camera has surfaced, and has more of the retro touches we have come to expect know and love. More »

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UK should do more to speed shale gas development - MPs

LONDON (Reuters) - MPs criticised the government on Friday for unnecessarily delaying development of shale gas, saying it should now encourage companies to come up with more accurate estimates of recoverable reserves.

The lack of progress over the past two years in exploration and development of UK shale gas is disappointing and needs to speed up, members of the influential cross-party Energy and Climate Change Committee in parliament said in a report.

Britain and some other countries have considered following the example of the Unites States, where development of shale gas has transformed its energy market.

"We do not believe that it was necessary to take so long to establish the safety of fracking," the report said.

Britain in the summer of 2011 temporarily banned all hydraulic fracturing (fracking) after several earth tremors were measured in an area near a shale gas exploration site in Blackpool, northwest England.

It lifted the ban in December 2012 on the condition of tighter monitoring rules after several expert reports advised a policy in favour of fracking.

The MPs urged the government to speed up policy to encourage shale gas work, which they said could help improve the security of Britain's energy supply.

Last month, Chancellor George Osborne promised generous tax breaks for shale gas developers and to help improve the industry's public image by involving local communities.

The MPs also concluded there was still too little knowledge about the amount of shale gas that can be technically recovered in Britain and that the government should encourage developers to carry out further analysis to make more comprehensive estimates.

An updated official projection of UK shale gas reserves is expected to be published before the summer, a spokesman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change said.

The committee also said that if the United States started exporting its surplus as liquefied natural gas (LNG), Britain may find it economically attractive to buy those supplies.

The substantial transportation costs mean, however, that the price for UK buyers will be significantly higher than prevailing U.S. prices.

Most estimates include onshore resources only, and committee members said in their report the government should consider giving tax breaks to offshore projects, which could hold more reserves in the medium to long term.

"This must be done before the UK's North Sea oil and gas platforms are decommissioned. Otherwise the opportunity to utilise the UK's offshore oil and gas assets may pass," they said.

(Reporting by Karolin Schaps; editing by Jane Baird)

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Hyundai Thinks Suicide Should Help Sell Cars: The Pipe Job Ad ...

Hyundai, the world?s fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the world, apparently believes showing a man trying to kill himself in one of their vehicles is good marketing. The ad, called ?Pipe Job? and created by the ad agency Innocean Europe, depicts a man taping a hose from a Hyundai ix35?s exhaust pipe into the cabin, trying to commit suicide.

It then shows the man sitting in the cabin, waiting to die.

A few frames later, the garage lights come back on, and the man opens the garage door. The tag line is, ?The New ix35 with 100% water emissions.?

Yes, very tasteful. Maybe if you were brain and dead and haven?t been alive for the past three decades. Nothing like making fun of people with mental illness, clinical depression, or a disability, is there Hyundai (and Innocean)??

Warning, we?ve included a copy of the video below. Do not continue on if you don?t wish to watch it.

I can imagine some of the other ideas that Hyundai and Innocean are also discussing right now:

• A cancer patient is shown dying in a hospital bed, and asks for one last drink of water. They wheel her out to the ix35?s exhaust pipe and instruct her to drink away.
• Lawn need watering? Just start up the ix35 and continually drive it around the yard, letting the water from the tailpipe drip onto the grass.
• A poor family is shown holding their cupped hands under the ix35?s tailpipe, dying for a drink of water.

Here?s the offensive video. You?ve been warned, so don?t view it if someone you know has died by suicide in this manner:

This ad has particular poignancy for me ? and I suspect tens of thousands of other people around the world ? as I knew someone who took their life via this method. Rob was my childhood best friend, and one of the primary motivations for me going into public education and advocacy as my career rather than providing individual psychotherapy to patients. He died November 8, 1990, and his death is a memory that I?m reminded of nearly every week as I work on the resources that go to make up this site.

Seeing such a vivid depiction of the end of a man?s life ? to sell cars no less ? is not just in poor taste. It is thoughtless, and even mean-spirited. As though human life is worth so little, we can demonstrate someone failing at taking their own life to help promote the attributes of this stupid pile of metal. A Hyundai.

Criticism of the Hyundai Video

The Hyundai ad is incomprehensible in an age where we are finally making inroads in the public understanding of mental illness? Of reducing the discrimination and prejudice against those who have one. A depiction of suicide in the media ? even when reporting on a news item ? can up the rate of suicides temporarily, referred to as suicide contagion. Did the ad agency who produced this ad even know that? Did they care?

Does it make a point? If one can get past the gruesome darkness of the ad, I suppose the point that you can?t kill yourself in this particular Hyundai is noted. But really? Out of all the options you have to demonstrate a car?s eco-friendliness, this is the one you go with?

Hyundai North America is distancing itself from its European counterparts with this statement:

We at Hyundai Motor America are shocked and saddened by the depiction of a suicide attempt in an inappropriate UK video featuring a Hyundai. Suicide merits thoughtful discussion, not this type of treatment.

Further criticism and commentary can be found over on this article by Matthew Herper, Update: Hyundai North America Disavows ?Particularly Graphic And Dangerous? Car Ad.

I just have to shake my head that this ad got through multiple levels of management review and approval in two different companies. Everybody probably was congratulating themselves on producing an ?edgy? or ?thought provoking? ad ? while trying to sell pieces of steel on wheels.

Dr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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