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Morning Xtra: Kutcher Pranks CNN, Military to Bomb Hackers?

by Chad Mumm on May 14, 2009 at 11:56 AM


Ashton Kutcher Returns To His Old Ways, Pranks CNN
After beating CNN in a race to one-million Twitter followers, celebrity tweeter-extraordinaire Ashton Kutcher harkened back to his 'Punk'd' days on Wednesday by making good on his promise to prank the cable news network. Kutcher unfurled a banner with his Twitter name across the CNN logo at the company's downtown Atlanta headquarters. Kutcher also promised to "ding-dong-ditch" CNN founder Ted Turner's house, but, since the billionaire media mogul lacks easily-accessible doorbells, Kutcher had to settle for leaving 800 boxes of Ding Dong snack cakes in front of a Ted's Montana Grill (the media mogul's restaurant chain). [From: CNN]

Military Could Bomb Hackers
With President Obama calling for a new military cybercommand, top commanders must establish a doctrine for an unprecedented military situation: How will the military respond to a major cyber attack on the U.S.? Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, told a group of reporters gathered at a press breakfast that the military isn't going to rule out any options in retaliating to an attack. That means that military force could be deemed an appropriate response. Could we see bombs dropped on foreign hackers in the future? [From: Wired]

New York Times Twitter Account Hacked
The New York Times quickly followed up with an apology yesterday after its Twitter account was hacked. With more than half a million followers, we wonder what would have happened if the hacker had opted to post a false news report, instead of a blatantly obvious spam message for a porn site? [From: Gawker]




Gmail's Newest Feature: Easy Contacts and Mail Import
If you aren't already using Google's Gmail, there has never been a better time try out the excellent Web mail service. Thanks to its new "Mail and Contact Import" feature, Gmail will automatically bring in your contacts and mail from your other e-mail accounts with no fuss. You can also forward mail from your old accounts into your new Gmail account for 30 days as a sort of trial run to see if you like the service. We made the switch, and have never looked back. [From: Geeksugar]

Will You Travel for Vacation This Summer?
The economy may still be slumping, but if you're a travel site, things may be looking up. At least KAYAK thinks so; the travel search site recently announced that 95-percent of the people it polled were planning on traveling this summer. We realize their survey isn't exactly unbiased, but it does prompt an important question: Could this be the end of the "staycation?" We turn to you, dear readers for answers: Are you planning on traveling for leisure this summer, or do you plan on staying home and doing some serious grilling-out and/or movie-watching? [From: Kayak]

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