Archive for the 'Technology' Category
China Projecting Holographic Images of City Skylines, Mountains, Trees [???]
June 21st, 2011Uh… Via: ITN: Spectacular images of mountains, buildings and trees have appeared in a mirage in China.
Millions of Bored Users Quit Facebook [???]
June 21st, 2011Quantcast and Alexa both show Facebook as the #2 destination on the Internet in the U.S., behind Google, so… Via: CNN: There’s no denying the cultural impact of Facebook. It has united almost 700 million people, including most of you reading this, becoming the greatest social introduction platform the world has ever seen. But there […]
Spying Devices Found on Thousands of Hong Kong Cars
June 20th, 2011Via: Discovery News: Note to drivers and passengers travelling through Hong Kong: Mum’s the word. Chinese authorities have allegedly been spying on Hong King motorists after a device installed on throusands of vehicles was discovered to contain hardware suitable for eavesdropping. According to a report in Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, recording devices were installed […]
Hiding Surveillance and Killer Drones in Plain Sight
June 20th, 2011Via: New York Times: Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects and birds. The […]
Bitcoin Flashcrash on Mt.Gox
June 19th, 2011Update: Mt.Gox User Database Stolen, Service Down There’s ugly, there’s fugly and then there’s… Via: Mt.Gox: [Update – 2:06 GMT] What we know and what is being done. It appears that someone who performs audits on our system and had read-only access to our database had their computer compromised. This allowed for someone to pull […]
NSA Allies with Internet Carriers to Thwart Cyber Attacks Against Defense Firms
June 17th, 2011Oh sure. Via: Washington Post: The National Security Agency is working with Internet providers to deploy a new generation of tools to scan e-mail and other digital traffic with the goal of thwarting cyberattacks against defense firms by foreign adversaries, senior defense and industry officials say. The novel program, which began last month on a […]
And Now… ‘Shit Burger’
June 15th, 2011Note the helpful label on the fridge. Via: Inhabitat: Yep, you heard me correctly — Japanese scientist Mitsyuki Ikeda has developed a “burger” made from soya, steak sauce essence, and protein extracted from human feces. Related: Yes Men Hunger Presentation [Thanks, Dennis]
Firewall for Medical Implants
June 14th, 2011Via: MIT News: Millions of Americans have implantable medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, 300,000 more people receive them every year. Most such devices have wireless connections, so that doctors can monitor patients’ vital signs or revise treatment programs. But recent research has shown that this leaves the […]
U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors
June 13th, 2011Mmm hmm. See: The American Culture Bomb: Satire from the Onion and a Long Forgotten U.S. Army War College Essay There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and […]
Britain: Sign Into the Dole Website with Facebook
June 13th, 2011Via: Register: Facebook and other social networks could be used by British citizens to sign into public services online, The Register has learned. A Cabinet Office spokeswoman confirmed to us this morning that the department was speaking to “a range of industry” about its ID assurance scheme, a prototype for which is expected in October […]
