Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
February 14th, 2013Via: ZDnet: President Obama signed an executive order aimed at bolstering U.S. cybersecurity prior to tonight’s State of the Union address. The Order precedes a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “new threats.” It is the government’s latest move in attempting to deal with cyber threats, and the order has not undergone any public technical, […]
Raytheon’s Graphical Object Browser for Tracking People Over Social Networks
February 11th, 2013Via: Guardian: A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people’s movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites. A video obtained by the Guardian reveals how an “extreme-scale analytics” system created by Raytheon, the world’s fifth largest defence contractor, can gather vast amounts of information about people […]
DHS May Seize Electronic Devices from Americans Up to 100 Miles Inland from U.S. Borders
February 9th, 2013Via: Wired: The Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation’s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever — all in the name of national security. The DHS, which secures the nation’s border, in 2009 announced that it would […]
Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs
February 6th, 2013Via: AP: The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail cutback would begin […]
Germany: ‘Game’ to Destroy CCTV Cameras
February 6th, 2013Hide your face but then upload video of your crimes to a website? *chortle* I’d be astonished if this wasn’t a counterintelligence operation. As I was reading the piece, I was wondering if there were any upcoming protests in Berlin, because this activity would be a good way to come up with a list of […]
‘Between 60 and 80 percent of people’s time on the Internet at work has nothing to do with work.’
February 6th, 2013Not for long: Year after year, the software that runs computers and an array of other machines and devices becomes more sophisticated and powerful and capable of doing more efficiently tasks that humans have always done. Via: Kansas State University: Businesses must deal with weary-eyed office workers who are sitting behind computer screens and watching […]
Facebook: ‘Too Much Drama, Boredom and Scads of Irrelevant Information’
February 6th, 2013Via: AP: Too much drama, boredom and scads of irrelevant information are just some of the reasons Facebook users give for taking a break from the world’s biggest social networking site for weeks at a time, according to a new study. A report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project found that […]
British Army Uses Tiny Drones in Afghanistan; Just 10cm Long and Weighing 16 Grams
February 4th, 2013Via: Sky: British troops are using a nano drone just 10cm long and weighing 16 grams on the front line in Afghanistan to provide vital information on the ground. They are the first to use the state-of-the-art handheld tiny surveillance helicopters, which relay reliable full motion video and still images back to the devices’ handlers […]
World’s Largest Natural Sound Archive Is Now Online
February 3rd, 2013Via: Cornell: After 12 years of work, Cornell’s Macaulay Library archive, the largest collection of wildlife sounds in the world, is now digitized and fully available online. “In terms of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone in the world, this is really revolutionary,” said audio curator Greg Budney. All archived analog […]
Hackers in China Attacked The New York Times for Last 4 Months
January 31st, 2013Via: New York Times: For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees. After surreptitiously tracking the intruders to study their movements and help erect better defenses to block them, The Times and computer security experts have […]
