Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Ex-NSA Worker Charged in Classified Leak Case
April 16th, 2010Hmm. I’m throwing a tick in COINTELPRO because it strikes me as bizarre that someone at such a high level in the NSA allowed himself to get burned like this. Via: AP: A former senior executive at the National Security Agency was charged Thursday with lying and obstruction of justice in an investigation of leaks […]
Library of Congress Acquires Entire Twitter Archive
April 15th, 2010Via: Library of Congress: Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters or less will now be housed in the Library of Congress. That’s right. Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter’s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress. That’s […]
1Gbps Fiber Internet Connection for $26 in Hong Kong
April 15th, 2010Via: Ars: According to people like Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon’s CEO, the US is number one in broadband, no question about it. But one only has to look around the world to see just how specious such claims are. Take Hong Kong as an example. City Telecom made waves a few months ago with its US$13, […]
Homeland Security Wants Cellphones to Sniff for Bio Agents
April 13th, 2010Via: Danger Room: Your cellphone can already tell you where to find the nearest Starbucks or the most convenient subway station. But it might soon be smart enough to alert you to a toxic threat during your morning commute or coffee break, thanks to a new plan from the Department of Homeland Security. The last […]
Random Matrix Theory
April 12th, 2010Via: New Scientist: SUPPOSE we had a theory that could explain everything. Not just atoms and quarks but aspects of our everyday lives too. Sound impossible? Perhaps not. It’s all part of the recent explosion of work in an area of physics known as random matrix theory. Originally developed more than 50 years ago to […]
The Cove
April 12th, 2010I just saw The Cove. It’s worth a look on several levels. On the DVD, the “extra features” are really good too—must see for anyone who eats larger, predatory fish. Hint: You’re poisoning yourself.
Backyard Rocketeer
April 9th, 2010This one goes out to all of you who just can’t keep your inner freak down. Via: VBS TV: Juan Manuel Gallegos has a full stable of rocket-powered conveyances in the backyard of his Morelos home/laboratory.
Intel Brain Scan Analysis Software
April 9th, 2010Via: AP / USA Today: Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers — now some computers can do it, too. Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp., which drew back the curtain on […]
The Secret History of Silicon Valley
April 6th, 2010Via: Google Tech Talks / YouTube:
Unknown Budget, Unknown Purpose: U.S. Air Force Plans to Launch X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
April 4th, 2010Blank Spots on the Map: And then there was Dan Vanderhorst, who “has been the lead pilot on seven classified aircraft to date.” In fact, according to his biography, “Vanderhorst has made his career in the cockpit of so many classified aircraft, there is not much that we can say about him, on the record,” […]
