Archive for the 'Technology' Category
NSA: New 1.8 Million Square Foot Building at Fort Meade
July 27th, 2010This is in addition to the new 1.5 million square foot facilities in Texas and Utah. Via: WBAL: A draft environmental impact statement said that a project by the National Security Agency will bring 6,500 workers to the Fort Meade area, challenging the area’s infrastructure. The NSA statement said the planned expansion will cost at […]
EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
July 26th, 2010Via: EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use activities. “By […]
Automated Debt-Collection Lawsuits Engulf Courts
July 26th, 2010Great innovations in the bucket shop economy. Via: New York Times: As millions of Americans have fallen behind on paying their bills, debt collection law firms have been clogging courtrooms with lawsuits seeking repayment. Few have been as prolific as Cohen & Slamowitz, a Woodbury, N.Y., firm that has specialized in debt collection for nearly […]
Emotiv Systems Neural Interface
July 22nd, 2010Via: TED: Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.
Joint Special Operations University: Blogs and Military Information Strategy
July 21st, 2010Via: U.S. Special Operations Command / Hosted at Cryptome (PDF): In this regard, information strategists can consider clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers or other persons of prominence already within the target nation, group, or community to pass the U.S. message. In this way, the U.S. can overleap the entrenched inequalities and make use of […]
Google Bends Over for China
July 21st, 2010Imagine my shock. Via: Washington Post: China renewed Google’s Internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site, an official said Tuesday. It was Beijing’s first public comment on its decision to allow Google to continue operating a China website following a public […]
WikiLeaks Blog
July 19th, 2010There’s not much on there yet: WikiLeaks Blog.
Top Secret America
July 19th, 2010Blah. The map doesn’t show the names of the companies. Additionally, according to the fine print on the map: “The locations of company headquarters have been adjusted to appear on the map within a mile of its actual location.” *shaking head* I guess this might deter some under-12-year-olds from figuring out the locations. You can, […]
Arizona: Hundreds of Thousands of Speeding Tickets Ignored by Drivers; Not Enough Process Servers to Handle the Load; Dozens of Speed Cameras Coming Down
July 13th, 2010Technofascism Blog is going again after a short break. Via: AZ Family: Dozens of photo-enforcement cameras on freeways throughout the state are coming down this week. A total of 76 cameras will cease operation on Thursday. The photo-enforcement program, which was meant to catch speeders on Arizona’s freeways, has been controversial from the beginning. The […]
Making Friends With a Robot Named Bina48
July 13th, 2010In case you need some comic relief this morning… I was waiting for an All Your Base related response, but it didn’t happen. Via: New York Times: Ten minutes into my interview with the robot known as Bina48, I longed to shut her down. She was evasive, for one thing. When I asked what it […]
