Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Apple iPhone Development: Deception Tactics Used to Maintain Secrecy and Control
January 11th, 2007I looked at the news about Apple’s new iPhone and felt a bit like Gollum. I felt the evil pull of that thing reaching out to me. I closed the browser window and went on to something else. Later in the afternoon, I was at a house with a TV and saw a news piece […]
Microsoft Vista Developed with Help from U.S. National Security Agency
January 9th, 2007What exactly did NSA do for Microsoft? Well, that can’t be disclosed… Apple, Novell and other companies routinely request and get assistance from NSA… I almost fell out of my chair after I read this one. I was mumbling things. My wife was asking, “What? What’s that, Honey? Microsoft, did what?” Via: Washington Post, full […]
Introducing iTaser: The ‘Stylish’ Stun Gun
January 8th, 2007It’s not really called iTaser, but it will probably be all the rage with the Hollywood slapper set anyway. Via: BBC: US stun gun maker Taser is unveiling a sleeker version of its controversial weapon aimed at safety and fashion conscious members of the public. Available in pink, blue, silver and black, the gun fits […]
Solid State Drives for Laptops
January 5th, 2007I typically ignore the ceaseless grind of computer hardware developments, but this is pretty incredible. Solid state disk technology has been around for a long time, but only the top end government, military and corporate computing environments would demand, and be able to afford, such technology. See Texas Memory Systems. Solid state drives are about […]
The DNA So Dangerous it Does Not Exist
January 4th, 2007Commentary? This is the most frightening story that I’ve ever posted on Cryptogon. Via: New Scientist: Could there be forbidden sequences in the genome – ones so harmful that they are not compatible with life? One group of researchers thinks so. Unlike most genome sequencing projects which set out to search for genes that are […]
RUMOR: Aqua to be Replaced with Illuminous
December 11th, 2006Reddit This Illuminous. I thought I was being funny when I made this silly collage to go along with this story about OSX on Intel from 2005: Nerd World Order? Illuminous. You really couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. Man, I hope the install disk comes with a roll of tinfoil! Via: Apple […]
Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon
December 6th, 2006This weapon is old news, but note the tenacity with which the military carried out the Dr. Mengele inspired research. How many hundreds or thousands of people have dedicated their careers to this thing? What could have been accomplished if all of this time, effort and money was directed at non-evil objectives? This, actually, is […]
U.S. Government Terror Ratings Draw Outrage
December 3rd, 2006The enemy collaborator Democrats, who made all of this possible, along with the Republicans, are now squealing shock horror. Pathetic. Via: Yahoo/AP: A leader of the new Democratic Congress, business travelers and privacy advocates expressed outrage Friday over the unannounced assignment of terrorism risk assessments to American international travelers by a computerized system managed from […]
Biometric ATMs for Illiterate Indian Slum Dwellers
December 3rd, 2006Via MSN/Financial Times: Citigroup is rolling out a network of biometric automatic cash machines aimed at illiterate Indian slum dwellers, using the latest technology to woo the country’s millions of “unbanked” poor. The machines will recognise account holders’ thumbprints, eliminating the need for a personal identification number, and will have colour-coded screen instructions and voiceovers […]
Bush to Announce “Orbital Battle Station”???
December 2nd, 2006There’s no confirmation of this Pajamas Media story anywhere yet, but let the “Death Star” jokes commence anway: …sources inside the missile-defense community tell Pajamas Media that the Bush administration is planning to ask Congress to begin funding development of an “orbital battle station.†With these key developments, 2007 is set to be the biggest […]
