UK court: Mulcaire must reveal phone hacking names

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 8, 2012 file photo, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire leaves Britain's Supreme Court in central London. Britain's Supreme Court says Wednesday July 4, 2012, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal who ordered him to hack mobile phone voice mails on behalf of a tabloid newspaper. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 8, 2012 file photo, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire leaves Britain's Supreme Court in central London. Britain's Supreme Court says Wednesday July 4, 2012, private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal who ordered him to hack mobile phone voice mails on behalf of a tabloid newspaper. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)

(AP) ? A private investigator convicted of hacking phones for a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid must reveal who at the newspaper ordered him to do it, Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Glenn Mulcaire was jailed briefly in 2007 for eavesdropping on the voicemail messages of royal aides on behalf of the now-defunct News of the World.

Hacking victims suing Rupert Murdoch's News International want Mulcaire to provide evidence for their cases. The case before the court relates to a lawsuit by Nicola Phillips, an assistant to PR guru Max Clifford, who claims her phone was hacked.

Mulcaire attempted to refuse to name names under laws that prevent self-incrimination, but five judges from the country's highest court unanimously rejected that argument.

The judges ruled that the defense against self-incrimination does not apply to "proceedings for infringement of rights pertaining to any intellectual property," and that Phillips' business voicemails fell into that category.

In a statement issued through his lawyer, Mulcaire said he would comply with the order, and would "consider with my lawyers what the wider implications of this judgment are, if and when I am asked to answer questions in other cases."

The judges did not set a deadline for Mulcaire to comply, but Phillips' lawyer Mark Lewis, said he expected him to reveal the name within the next three weeks.

Mulcaire and former royal reporter Clive Goodman are so far the only people convicted of illegal eavesdropping in a scandal that continues to shake Britain's media, police and political establishments.

The revelation that staff at the News of the World had routinely eavesdropped on the phones of people in the public eye in search of scoops led Murdoch to close down the 168-year-old newspaper, scuppered his bid for broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting and spawned a judge-led inquiry into media ethics and three major police investigations into media misbehavior.

More than 40 people have been arrested and several have been charged, including Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Murdoch's British newspaper division.

Police arrested three more people in early-morning raids Wednesday in connection with alleged bribery of police and other officials by journalists.

The Metropolitan Police did not name the suspects but said they were a 50-year-old woman, a 37-year-old man and a 46-year-old man who is a prison officer.

Associated Press

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How to handle a bad charge on a medical bill

By Mitch Lipka, Reuters

NEW YORK -- Yvonne Dailey opened a medical bill and was left scratching her head about why her insurance company didn't pay for the emergency treatment she received while suffering an asthma attack.

She knew the bill had to be the result of an error. But unlike most consumers who open a medical bill sent due to a mistake, she knew where to look and what to do. Dailey, 43, runs a medical billing company in Toms River, New Jersey, and she was able to see quickly that the explanation of benefits from her insurer showed the nebulizer treatment she received to help her overcome the attack was rejected. Why? Her diagnosis was incorrectly listed as "anxiety" instead of "asthma."

She reported the error to the insurance company, physician and hospital and was able to get the diagnosis code corrected. And the costs -- about $1,500 in all -- were then covered.

Medical billing is rife with errors like this. A recent study by the American Medical Association found that while billing accuracy has improved, one in 10 bills paid by private health insurance have mistakes. And with many more Americans headed toward insurance coverage in 2014 when many of the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act take effect, that just increases the possibility of error.

All involved want to minimize billing mistakes, says Dr. Kaveh Safavi, managing director of the consultancy Accenture's North American health industry practice, but they still occur because from the medical side, it costs money to correct errors.

So, what's a consumer to do? "You should really scrutinize your bills and ask questions," says Dailey.

It isn't easy or simple, but medical billing experts, including Joshua Greenberg, chairman and president of HealthCPA -- a healthcare finance consumer advocacy firm -- say consumers need to understand their ever-changing insurance coverage.

Here are some suggestions they have for preventing mistakes and spotting them when they do happen:

  1. Be sure your provider has accurate, up-to-date information on you, Safavi says. A mistake with something as simple as a middle initial or date of birth can lead to all sorts of billing problems. If you're admitted to a hospital, the same issues can multiply -- with so many separate bills being generated from a single stay -- so patient advocates recommend you try to get a friend or family member to help check paperwork while you're being treated.?
  2. Understand your insurance coverage. Knowing your deductibles and co-pays -- things you should check before you receive treatment (if possible) -- will help you spot when something might be amiss, according to the Healthcare Billing & Management Association. For instance, your insurance might cover 80 percent of the "usual and customary charges" for an out-of-network visit. That isn't going to be 80 percent of the total bill if the provider charges more than that industry standard, Safavi notes.?
  3. Keep track of what services you have received and what you've paid and keep the records, says Greenberg. Bills can come months later and it will be difficult to rely on your memory.?
  4. When you receive an "Explanation of Benefits" form from your insurer, don't just file it or toss it in the trash. Many in the industry, including Greenberg, note the importance of that document since it explains what is being paid for and what isn't. If it isn't being paid, that's the main opportunity to find out why.?
  5. Don't just pay a bill because you received one. Be sure that what's on it are items that you or your insurance company haven't already paid, Dailey says. Use your explanation of benefits to check against bills you might receive. Also, note that some medical practices will send out statements that look like bills prior to any insurance payments being applied, Safavi notes.?

Dailey says she has seen that a lot of times. "I find that the seniors don't review their statements," she says. They'll get a follow-up bill that crossed their payment in the mail and "they'll pay it again," she says.

In order to resolve errors, the key is to act quickly, those in the industry say. Bring the mistake to the attention of the hospital - or, if you receive multiple bills from multiple providers - contact all of them. A phone number for the billing department will typically be on the bill if there is an issue to be raised, Dailey says. Having documentation available can make a big difference, says Medical Bill & Claim Resolution co-founder Sunni Patterson. It will allow you to demonstrate that you've already paid, were charged twice or received a bill that you shouldn't have.

In addition, there are a growing number of companies like HealthCPA and Medical Bill & Claim Resolution that offer services to consumers to help them resolve medical payment issues. And there are other, newer entries like Simplee, which offers a free online platform where consumers can have all of their medical bills and insurance payments collected online and allow software to try to discover mistakes for them.

When you appeal a bill or are told that a problem is being corrected, follow up to be sure that it has, HealthCPA suggests. And whenever you receive a medical billing notice or benefits explanation, ask about anything you don't understand. "Patients really need to get involved and they don't," says Dailey.

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Chinese company claims Snow Leopard trademark, sues Apple

Good thing Apple doesn't manufacture iToothpaste and iDetergent

Earlier this year, iPads were pulled from shelves in numerous electronic stores in China due to a case filed by Proview, a Chinese company that used to own the iPad trademark in the country from the year 2000 up until the past few days. Apple paid a cool $60 million for the right to use the name iPad in China. Now, yet another Chinese company has sued Apple, this time for the Snow Leopard trademark.

A Chinese household chemical company called?Jiangsu Xuebao registered the trademark for Xuebao?? the Chinese characters for the word means "Snow Leopard"????back in 2000. The company has already filed a lawsuit against Apple in Shanghai, and the first hearing is scheduled on July 10. According to the lawsuit, Xuebao is seeking roughly $80,000 in compensation from Apple, an amount far smaller than the $400 million Proview asked for iPad.

But as one Chinese lawyer said, the court would most likely not rule in favor of Jiangsu Xuebao. Aside from the fact that Apple did not use the Chinese word for Snow Leopard in its Chinese website, Xuebao mainly manufactures household products like toothpaste, detergent, and shoe polish. It does, however, make touchscreen ad displays and mobile software for data entry. Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was released in 2009; Apple has since released version 10.7 Lion, and will soon release version 10.8 Mountain Lion.

This article was written by Mariella Moon and originally appeared on Tecca

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UK Universities Launch Cloud Supercomputer For Hire

This sounds just like the former teragrid [xsede.org] and open science grid [opensciencegrid.org] projects. Both of which saw reasonable useage from the scientific community. These things worked well for two reasons, one it is easy to get time on them for small research groups. Second, they allowed cluster owners to offer up idle cpu time to the project. A net win for every one.

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Iran mourns 1988 airliner downing by US warship

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UK Universities Launch Cloud Supercomputer For Hire

It is marketing lingo. The only important factor I can see distinguishing the cloud is that it abstracts away the physical infrastructure a bit more. Your code still has to execute on a physical processor somewhere, but as a customer you don't need to worry about exactly where this might be. It's much more dynamic, allowing the cloud operator to perform better optimisation and load-balancing. They might decide to relocate a bunch of their client's data from one continent to another, and the client wouldn't

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Lynx2Games Lets You Pass Along Used Games For Fun And Profit. Mostly Profit.

LynxSquare-Transparent-sm-darkA website called Lynx2Games.com has a new approach to buying and sharing that could help consumers avoid paying full price for video games. When people buy a games on the site, they're buying them in pairs ? there's a "borrower" and a "buyer" (friends can make a purchase together, or Lynx2Games can match up consumers interested in the same product). The borrower pays 25 percent and gets the game for the first three weeks, then they ship it to the buyer, who pays 75 percent and then gets to keep the game indefinitely. The average new console game costs $60, so that breaks down to $15/$45.

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