Archive for the 'Technology' Category
U.S. Lets China Bypass Wall Street Primary Dealers for Treasury Orders
May 22nd, 2012This is very interesting. Via: Reuters: China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury, in what is the Treasury’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, according to documents viewed by Reuters. The relationship means the People’s Bank of China buys U.S. debt using a […]
SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off for Space Station
May 22nd, 2012Via: AP: A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. The SpaceX company made history as its Falcon 9 rocket rose from its seaside launch pad and pierced the pre-dawn sky, aiming for a rendezvous later this week with […]
Microsoft to Charge Customers $99 to Remove OEM ‘Crapware’
May 20th, 2012This issue is definitely becoming more ridiculous as the profit margins disappear in the commodity PC meat grinder. I spend about fifteen minutes removing crapware from each new Windows based machine (Dell and Lenovo) that I prepare for use by a small company here. The good news is that uninstalling the stuff is simple using […]
Robert Reich to New College Graduates: ‘You’re F*cked’
May 20th, 2012I’ve excerpted what I think are the key sentences. Via: Robert Reich: So much of what was once considered “knowledge work” – the kind that college graduates specialize in – can now be done more cheaply by software. Or by workers with college degrees in India or East Asia, linked up by Internet. Related: The […]
Facebook IPO
May 19th, 2012Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Some emails have been coming in about the Facebook IPO. I don’t ever trade IPOs. As a 100% technical trader, there’s nothing to go on with an IPO. The values associated with the IPO are arbitrary and there is often VERY […]
Apple Sends Siri to Re-Education Camp Over Double Plus Ungood Statements
May 17th, 2012Via: BBC: The debate over “what is the best smartphone ever?” took an unexpected twist after Apple’s voice-activated assistant Siri appeared to favour the iPhone’s rival. Over the weekend, users of Siri were told the answer was Nokia’s Lumia 900. But Siri now responds to the same question with a jovial: “Wait… there are other […]
Britain: Met Police Uses ‘Quick’ Mobile Data Extraction System on Suspects’ Mobile Phones
May 17th, 2012Via: Computerworld UK: The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data “within minutes” from suspects’ phones while they are in custody. The capability would be particularly useful if the police force were to face a similar situation to the riots last August, which were reportedly […]
Quiet Eye: Magic 8 Ball System in Prometheus Advertising Video
May 17th, 2012This is for the upcoming film, Prometheus. A few influences for this clip: “An integrated system maintains an unblinking eye” Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) Future Attribute Screening Technologies Via: YouTube:
Google’s Bots Now Running Javascript They Encounter
May 17th, 2012Via: Ars: Google feeds its search engine’s index with site data from a virtual army of “bots”—Web-crawling applications that scour sites for content. But in the past, Google’s bots hit a wall when they ran into interactive content that was loaded through JavaScript—especially on pages that use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) to allow users […]
NBC: Revolution
May 15th, 2012Via: YouTube: Semi-Related: The E-bomb: Defence Secretary Warns Of EMP Weapons Threat
