How to enable two-step verification for your Apple ID

Most people use their Apple ID account not only to house their iCloud contacts, photos, calendars, and other data, but to purchase content from iTunes and the App Store. That means that anyone who gets ahold of your account or manages to change your password could have access to your personal information and credit card information.

If you want to increase the security of your Apple ID, you can use two-step verification to add an extra layer of protection. By using two-step verification you'll need to reset your password with an already verified device or with a recovery key that's generated just for you.

Note: In order to enable two-step verification, you must have a current password that meets Apple's minimum standards of 8 characters complete with at least 1 number and 1 capital letter. If you have to change your current password in order to meet this standard, you'll have a short waiting period before you can enable two-step verification.

Here's how to set it up:

1. Open the Manage Your Apple ID page in another browser window - Link here
2. Now click on Manage your Apple ID.
3. Enter your login information in order to log in. If you've enabled login security questions, answer those in order to continue.
4. Once you're logged in, choose the Password and Security option in the left hand navigation bar.
5. The first option will now be for two-step verification. Click on the blue link labeled Get started...
6. You'll now see an explanation of what two-step verification is and what it does. Click on Continue after you've read everything on the screen. You'll have a few more prompts explaining what two-security does and does not do as well as some warnings about if you forget your password. Read them all and continue on through.
7. Once you get to the first step, you'll see a list of the devices that currently have access to your iCloud account. Tap on the Verify option next to the device that you'd like to verify.
8. Check your device for a four digit verification code.
9. Enter this number in your computer and you'll notice that device is now verified. Repeat this process for any and all devices in your account that you'd like to verify. You may also had a number for SMS recovery as well.
10. Now you will be given a recovery key that you'll need to save in a safe place in case you ever forgot your password and didn't have a verified device to reset it from. We'd suggest printing it out and saving it somewhere secure. You will need it for the next step so please remember to save it before continuing.
11. You'll now be asked to confirm the recovery key from the previous step to ensure that you've printed it or written it down.
12. Finally, agree to the terms and conditions of two-step verification by reading and checking the box confirming that you agree.
13. Lastly, click the Enable two-step verification button.
14. You'll now receive a confirmation screen that two-step verification has been enabled.
15. You can also confirm this by checking the Privacy and Security page and double checking that it shows two-step verification is enabled.

That's it. Two-step verification is now set up and your iCloud account will no longer ask for secret questions but require you to reset passwords from a trusted device in the future.

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Police probe Texas link to Colorado prison chief killing

DENVER (Reuters) - Police investigating the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, who was shot in what authorities said may have been a targeted killing, were looking into possible links between his death and a high-speed car chase and shootout in Texas on Thursday.

Tom Clements, who was appointed two years ago as executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, was shot on Tuesday night at his home in a secluded wooded area near the town of Monument, 45 miles south of Denver.

The killing prompted Colorado authorities to heighten security for state officials, including stepped-up patrols at the governor's mansion, the state capitol and other state facilities, State Patrol spokesman Trooper Josh Lewis said.

Colorado authorities have said the death may be linked to Clements' high-profile position and were investigating ties to a Texas car chase, but they gave few other details.

"The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is cooperating with the FBI and local authorities in Texas to determine if an earlier incident involving a high-speed chase is connected to the death investigation of Tom Clements," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

A Texas NBC affiliate reported that the driver of the car had shot and wounded a sheriff's deputy at a traffic stop and fired on other officers before a chase ensued. His car later crashed and he was shot by officers, the station reported, quoting police.

Wise County Sheriff David Walker told a news conference the driver was brain dead after the shooting, and authorities said Colorado was sending investigators to follow up. The Dallas Morning News reported that the car involved in the chase had Colorado plates.

Clements, 58, spent 31 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, where he became the No. 2 official.

Police have said the killing did not appear to be linked to any break-in or robbery attempt, and did not appear to be a random act of violence.

Authorities had said they were looking for a "boxy" two-door sedan seen idling near the house about 15 minutes before the first 911 call. The same car was reported a short time later traveling from the scene with a lone, unidentified occupant, they said.

Police were also looking for a woman, between ages 35 and 50, who may have been speed-walking on Clements' street about the time of the shooting and was considered a potential witness.

(Reporting by Keith Coffman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Greg McCune, Leslie Adler, Steve Orlofsky and Phil Berlowitz)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-probe-texas-colorado-prison-chiefs-killing-213513202.html

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Quantum computers coming soon? Metamaterials used to observe giant photonic spin Hall effect

Mar. 21, 2013 ? Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have once again demonstrated the incredible capabilities of metamaterials -- artificial nanoconstructs whose optical properties arise from their physical structure rather than their chemical composition. Engineering a unique two-dimensional sheet of gold nanoantennas, the researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that could play a prominent role in the future of computing.

"With metamaterial, we were able to greatly enhance a naturally weak effect to the point where it was directly observable with simple detection techniques," said Xiang Zhang, a faculty scientist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division who led this research. "We also demonstrated that metamaterials not only allow us to control the propagation of light but also allows control of circular polarization. This could have profound consequences for information encoding and processing."

The spin Hall effect, named in honor of physicist Edwin Hall, describes the curved path that spinning electrons follow as they move through a semiconductor. The curved movement arises from the interaction between the physical motion of the electron and its spin -- a quantized angular momentum that gives rise to magnetic moment. Think of a baseball pitcher putting spin on a ball to make it curve to the left or right.

"Light moving through a metal also displays the spin Hall effect but the photonic spin Hall effect is very weak because the spin angular momentum of photons and spin-orbit interactions are very small," says Xiaobo Yin, a member of Zhang's research group and the lead author of the Science paper. "In the past, people have managed to observe the photonic spin Hall effect by generating the process over and over again to obtain an accumulative signal, or by using highly sophisticated quantum measurements. Our metamaterial makes the photonic spin Hall effect observable even with a simple camera."

Metamaterials have garnered a lot of attention in recent years because their unique structure affords electromagnetic properties unattainable in nature. For example, a metamaterial can have a negative index of refraction, the ability to bend light backwards, unlike all materials found in nature, which bend light forward. Zhang, who holds the Ernest S. Kuh Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, where he also directs the National Science Foundation's Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center, has been at the forefront of metamaterials research. For this study, he and his group fashioned metamaterial surfaces about 30 nanometers thick (a human hair by comparison is between 50,000 and 100,000 nanometers thick). These metasurfaces were constructed from V-shaped gold nanoantennas whose geometry could be configured by adjusting the length and orientation of the arms of the Vs.

"We chose eight different antenna configurations with optimized geometry parameters to generate a linear phase gradient along the x direction," says Yin. "This enabled us to control the propagation of the light and introduce strong photon spin-orbit interactions through rapid changes in direction. The photonic spin Hall effect depends on the curvature of the light's trajectory, so the sharper the change in propagation direction, the stronger the effect."

Since the entire metasurface sample measured only 0.3 millimeters, a 50-millimeter lens was used to project the transmission of the light through the metamaterial onto a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for imaging. From the CCD images, the researchers determined that both the control of light propagation and the giant photonic spin Hall effect were the direct results of the designed meta-material. This finding opens up a wealth of possibilities for new technologies.

"The controllable spin-orbit interaction and momentum transfer between spin and orbital angular momentum allows us to manipulate the information encoded on the polarization of light, much like the 0 and 1 of today's electronic devices," Yin says. "But photonic devices could encode more information and provide greater information security than conventional electronic devices."

Yin says the ability to control left and right circular polarization of light in metamaterial surfaces should allow for the formation of optical elements, like highly coveted "flat lenses," or the management of light polarization without using wave plates.

"Metamaterials provide us with tremendous design freedom that will allow us to modulate the strength of the photonic spin Hall effect at different spatial locations," Yin says. "We knew the photonic spin Hall effect existed in nature but it was so hard to detect. Now, with the right metamaterials we can not only enhance this effect we can harness it for our own purposes."

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Net Entertainment launches Muse: Wild ... - Innovate Gaming

Online | 21st March, 2013 | Ta?Xbiex, MT | Muse: Wild Inspiration? ? Demo

Net Entertainment, leading provider of high-quality online casino games, announces the launch of its latest video slot, Muse: Wild Inspiration?.

Inspired by Ancient Greece, this new offering sees three muses lead players from a seaside village in the main game all the way up to the giant Mount Olympus in Free Spins. The three goddess characters represent art, music and literature and each has its own Wild feature.

It is a 5-reel, 3-row game with 25 fixed bet lines, which features one Wild Inspiration symbol that includes three different Wild features; an Expanding Wild, Sticky Wild and x2 Wild. Players are able to experience rich and colourful animations with Wilds to boost excitement on the reels that are substituted for the highest win combination possible on a select bet line.

Simon Hammon, Net Entertainment Chief Product Officer, said, ?Muse: Wild Inspiration is a really fresh offering from Net Entertainment and a fine example of how we are really driving the online casino market forward. There are a number of innovative features and we?re sure our players will love being transported back to Ancient Greece.?

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Founded in 1996 by one of Scandinavia?s leading off-line casino operators, Net Entertainment was one of the pioneers in online gaming.

The company does not have any casino operation of its own, nor any interests in such operations. This means that there are no conflicts of interest between Net Entertainment and its customers. Net Entertainment is a publicly traded company listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Mid Cap.

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Five things MMA fans should watch for at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

You've likely heard your friends and family talk about a big tournament that starts today. Surely, they were talking about the NCAA Divsion I wrestling tournament, which is happening this weekend in beautiful Des Moines, Iowa. Fighters such as Randy Couture, Phil Davis, Chael Sonnen, Josh Koscheck, Johny Hendricks, Tyron Woodley, Urijah Faber and many, many more UFC stars made their name on the mats first. Fight fans can watch wrestling all weekend on the ESPN family of networks, and here is what to watch for:

History could be made: Kyle Dake from Cornell is a three-time national champion, and he won each championship in a different weight class. If Dake wins again this year, he will be the first four-time champion with every title at a different weight class. But to win, he will have to get through Penn State's David Taylor, the returning champ at 165 lbs.

A change in the way the finals will air: Traditionally, Saturday night's finals start at 125 lbs. and work up to the heavyweight match as the "main event." This year, with so much interest in a potential Dake-Taylor match-up, the bouts will start at 174 lbs., and snake their way through the weight classes to end up at 165 lbs.

You aren't seeing double in Ohio State singlets: The Buckeyes have two no. 1 seeds in brothers Hunter and Logan Stieber. At 133, Logan is looking to repeat his 2012 NCAA championship. Younger brother Hunter took sixth last season, but earned the top seed with a record of 31-0.

Mizzou's big and little threat: The Tigers made history this year by beating Iowa for the first time in history, and they want to keep up their winning ways. Alan Waters is the no. 1 seed at 125 lbs., the smallest weight at the tournament, and Dom Bradley is no. 1 at heavyweight, giving Missouri bookend threats for national titles.

Penn State looking for three-peat: With stars like Taylor and Ed Ruth returning, Penn State is looking for their third straight national team title. They walked in ranked first, but will face challenges from Iowa powered by three-time national champ Matt McDonough, Oklahoma State with Jordan Oliver, Minnesota, Missouri, and Cornell, a school who has perfected the art of peaking at the right time.

Click here for more information on when and where you can tune in. If you have questions while watching, tweet me here as I'll be at the Wells Fargo watching the action.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/five-things-mma-fans-watch-ncaa-division-wrestling-160849715--mma.html

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1 dead, 5 rescued from CA racing sailboat accident

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? A sailor died and five others were rescued after abandoning a racing boat that lost its steering capability and drifted to an island off Southern California, where it was broken apart by crashing waves.

The Coast Guard says the crew issued a mayday call Friday night after the 30-foot sailboat's rudder failed and the craft began drifting toward the rocky shore of San Clemente Island.

Petty Officer Connie Gawrelli says the crew declined assistance from the Coast Guard and requested a tow boat. However, rough seas kept that boat from getting to them.

An organizer of the Islands Race says the crew encountered more bad luck when attempts to deploy a life raft and anchor the boat failed.

Gawrelli said the accident occurred amid 8-foot swells and strong winds.

Associated Press

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Bees get a buzz from caffeine

Friday, March 8, 2013

Scientists have today shown that caffeine improves a honeybee's memory and could help the plant recruit more bees to spread its pollen.

Publishing in Science the researchers show that in tests honeybees feeding on a sugar solution containing caffeine, which occurs naturally in the nectar of coffee and citrus flowers, were three times more likely to remember a flower's scent than those feeding on just sugar.

Study leader Dr Geraldine Wright, Reader in Neuroethology at Newcastle University, UK, explained that the effect of caffeine benefits both the honeybee and the plant: "Remembering floral traits is difficult for bees to perform at a fast pace as they fly from flower to flower and we have found that caffeine helps the bee remember where the flowers are.

"In turn, bees that have fed on caffeine-laced nectar are laden with coffee pollen and these bees search for other coffee plants to find more nectar, leading to better pollination.

"So, caffeine in nectar is likely to improve the bee's foraging prowess while providing the plant with a more faithful pollinator."

In the study, researchers found that the nectar of Citrus and Coffea species often contained low doses of caffeine. They included 'robusta' coffee species mainly used to produce freeze-dried coffee and 'arabica' used for espresso and filter coffee. Grapefruit, lemons, pomelo and oranges were also sampled and all contained caffeine.

Co-author Professor Phil Stevenson from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute, UK, said: "Caffeine is a defence chemical in plants and tastes bitter to many insects including bees so we were surprised to find it in the nectar. However, it occurs at a dose that's too low for the bees to taste but high enough to affect bee behaviour."

The effect of caffeine on the bees' long-term memory was profound with three times as many bees remembering the floral scent 24 hours later and twice as many bees remembering the scent after three days.

Typically, the nectar in the flower of a coffee plant contains almost as much caffeine as a cup of instant coffee. Just as black coffee has a strong bitter taste to us, high concentrations of caffeine are repellent to honeybees.

Dr Wright added: "This work helps us understand the basic mechanisms of how caffeine affects our brains. What we see in bees could explain why people prefer to drink coffee when studying."

Dr Julie Mustard, a contributor to the study from Arizona State University, explains further: "Although human and honeybee brains obviously have lots of differences, when you look at the level of cells, proteins and genes, human and bee brains function very similarly. Thus, we can use the honeybee to investigate how caffeine affects our own brains and behaviours."

This project was funded in part by the Insect Pollinators Initiative which supports projects aimed at researching the causes and consequences of threats to insect pollinators and to inform the development of appropriate mitigation strategies.

Population declines among bees have serious consequences for natural ecosystems and agriculture since bees are essential pollinators for many crops and wild flowering species. If declines are allowed to continue there is a risk to our natural biodiversity and on some crop production.

Professor Stevenson said: "Understanding how bees choose to forage and return to some flowers over others will help inform how landscapes could be better managed. Understanding a honeybee's habits and preferences could help find ways to reinvigorate the species to protect our farming industry and countryside."

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