Elizabeth Taylor dies age 79
Taylor dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure.
3000 apps released
App Store for Apple Watch releases 3,000 applications for travel, health, family, communication, fitness and work. It features Yelp, TripAdvisor, Fandango, Twitter and the NYTimes.
Given probation and fine
A federal judge sentences Petraeus to two years’ probation and a $100,000 fine for giving classified information to Broadwell. Petraeus:
I want to take this opportunity to apologize to those closest to me and others, including this court, for the pain my actions have caused.
Guided tour videos
This first series of guided-tour videos explain how to receive and respond to messages, personalize the screen and share emotions with other users.
Shooting ruled homicide
Orleans Parish Coroner Jeffrey Rouse rules police shooting of Glover outside a police substation in an Algiers strip mall days after Hurricane Katrina a “homicide”, instead of “undetermined”. Rouse bases the classification on a review of all available evidence and a review of court transcripts:
Having received additional information, it became very clear to me that the appropriate classification was homicide. That is simply from a medical standpoint, and simply means a death was caused by the intentional actions of another person. It is not a legal finding of manslaughter or justifiable or murder or anything of that nature.
Glover’s aunt Rebecca Glover declares,
It is a homicide. It always was a homicide.
Regulates fracking
AER issues rules to regulate fracking, and monitor and prevent earthquakes in the province. Alberta has the third proven crude oil reserve in the world, after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. All oil producers must show the impact of fracking, and implement a monitoring and response program. Jim Ellis, AER’s CEO:
While these seismic events have not impacted public safety, it is our job to take this precautionary step to ensure energy resources in this area are developed in a safe and responsible manner.
Combats Superfish
Lenovo offers a six-month subscription to Intel’s McAfee LiveSafe to customers with laptops infected with pre-installed Superfish adware. Lenovo:
This should eliminate what our industry calls ‘adware’ and ‘bloatware’.
Col. Paul Green dies age 91
Green, a Tuskegee Airman 99th Fighter Squadron in Italy, dies in Highland, California. Angel Green, his wife:
He (was) a very gentle, loving person, very generous.
Highland Councilman Sam Racadio:
He was a patriotic man. He loved America. He loved what we stood for. He was an example of what America offers to people.
Security measures announced
Lenovo announces future security measures after Superfish complaints.
Now, we are in the midst of developing a concrete plan to address software vulnerabilities and security with defined actions that we will share by the end of the week. What I can say about this today is that we are exploring a wide range of options that include: creating a cleaner PC image (the operating system and software that is on your device right out of the box); working directly with users, privacy/security experts and others to create the right preload strategy quickly; and soliciting and assessing the opinions of even our harshest critics in evaluating our products going-forward.
Superfish fix
Lenovo releases a tool to remove Superfish adware.
We are working with McAfee and Microsoft to have the Superfish software and certificate quarantined or removed using their industry-leading tools and technologies. These actions have already started and will automatically fix the vulnerability even for users who are not currently aware of the problem.
Superfish suit
Lenovo is sued in Federal Court for pre-installing Superfish spyware on personal computers, allegedly violating the Federal Wiretap Act. Lead plaintiff Jessica N. Bennett:
…it takes up bandwidth over an Internet connection, uses up memory on a computer, causes the loss of data, compromises computer security features and frustrates computer users.
Clark Terry born in St. Louis
Clark Terry is born to parents Clark Virgil Terry and Mary Scott. He is one of 11 children.
Clark Terry dies age 94
Terry dies in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after hospice care. Wife, Gwen:
Our beloved Clark Terry has joined the big band in heaven where he’ll be singing and playing with the angels. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and friends. Clark has known and played with so many amazing people in his life. He has found great joy in his friendships and his greatest passion was spending time with his students. We will miss him every minute of every day, but he will live on through the beautiful music and positivity that he gave to the world. Clark will live in our hearts forever.
Wins Florida 300
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver and Lilly Diabetes ambassador, wins at Daytona International Speedway. This is Reed’s first championship race.
For every kid that gets diagnosed with diabetes, or anything that says you can’t do something, just go out there and overcome it and do it.
