Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Hackers Take Control of Electronic Voting Machine Models Used in California
July 28th, 2007Via: San Francisco Chronicle: State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California’s voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems’ electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday. The researchers “were able to bypass physical and software […]
NASA: Space Computer ‘Sabotage’ Probed
July 27th, 2007This is pretty weird. Via: BBC: Nasa is investigating the apparent sabotage of a computer due to be flown to the International Space Station. The US space agency said the damage to wiring in a network box was intentional and obvious, but said it could be repaired before take-off on 7 August. Nasa stressed that […]
Sensitive Government Documents Exposed by LimeWire
July 27th, 2007Via: BetaNews: In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday, Gen. Wesley Clark – the former supreme commander of NATO forces and US presidential candidate, speaking as a board member of and advisor to security software company Tiversa – cited a study by his company revealing that in a period of […]
Womb-on-a-Chip May Boost IVF Successes
July 27th, 2007Via: New Scientist: Can conception, the most intimate of human experiences, be automated? Teruo Fujii of the University of Tokyo in Japan and his colleagues are building a microfluidic chip to nurture the first stages of pregnancy. They hope, eventually, to create a fully automated artificial uterus in which egg and sperm are fed in […]
FTC Abandons Net Neutrality
July 8th, 2007Via: Crooks and Liars: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to abandon net neutrality and allow telecoms companies to charge websites for access. The FTC said in a report that, despite popular support for net neutrality, it was minded to let the market sort out the issue. This means that the organisation will not […]
EMP Shopping Cart Locker
July 2nd, 2007If you know even a little about the critical and undefended infrastructures that make modern society possible, you might find this article funny, and not funny, all at once. Note on a Different Matter: These people mention Tor. Please read The Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity if you haven’t already re: Tor. Via: Instructables: Ever […]
Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation
June 30th, 2007Simulex Inc.’s Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation system is almost certainly how the priests of the technocracy are now maintaining “normal” operations. The system allows for terra scale datasets with granularity of results down to one node (individual). It has a physics engine for tracking any number of people (or other elements) in virtual […]
Doctors Back Microchipping Plan
June 28th, 2007Tell me another one. Via: Yahoo / AFP: Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, […]
Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil
June 26th, 2007This is some interesting news. I wonder how much electricity the machine requires!? Hopefully, the Indonesians will be at the top of the list of customers… Via: New Scientist: A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is […]
Bush, Senate Head for Showdown on Domestic Spying
June 22nd, 2007This nonsense theater isn’t going to go anywhere. This is an enemy collaborator congress. This is just a smoke and mirrors distraction. If these idiots would simply read the court documents related to the EFF’s case against NSA/ATT, they would see the clear and present danger that the regime in the White House represents. But […]
