Archive for the 'Technology' Category
NSA Running College Programs for Cyber Operators
May 23rd, 2012Via: Reuters: The National Security Agency is trying to expand U.S. cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations against adversaries on computer networks through a new cyber-ops program at selected universities. The cyber-ops curriculum is geared to providing the basic education for jobs in intelligence, military and law enforcement that are so secret they will […]
Army Readies Its Mammoth Spy Blimp for First Flight
May 23rd, 2012Via: Wired: Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army. The Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle — a football-field-size, helium-filled robot blimp fitted with sensors and data-links — should take to the air over Lakehurst, […]
And Now… Software Will Allow a Single Professor to Deliver, ‘Meaningful Education to Hundreds of Thousands of Students at Once’
May 23rd, 2012In ten or twenty years, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the majority of paid work in companies, that is, work that isn’t done by machines, being done by these “certificate” holders. They’ll live in ever expanding slums, autonomously policed by RoboCops and drones. They’ll have fast Internet and there will be Superbowl commercials about […]
Leap Computer Interface
May 23rd, 2012Via: Leap:
More Facebook IPO Antics
May 23rd, 2012“There is often VERY strong voodoo at work…” —Facebook IPO I don’t want to bore people with too many posts about this, but the stories are getting pretty interesting for being only a few days out from the IPO. Here’s The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO: The analysts cut their estimates […]
Iraqi Military to Buy U.S. Drones to Monitor Oil Fields
May 22nd, 2012Via: The Hill: American military drones are returning to the skies above Iraq more than five months after U.S. troops withdrew from the country. But this time, the drones will be operated by members of the Iraqi navy and will provide overwatch for the country’s oil platforms off its southern coast, U.S. officials in Baghdad […]
FBI Investigates Bomb Threat at Site of New NSA Data Center in Utah
May 22nd, 2012Via: AP: The FBI is investigating a bomb threat that halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Utah’s Camp Williams. FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram tells The Associated Press that agents are searching the site for anything suspicious. Research Credit: KL
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 […]
