Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
GCHQ Also Accesses PRISM
June 7th, 2013It’s probably not just the U.S. and Britain. See Five Eyes, which also includes Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Via: Guardian: The UK’s electronic eavesdropping and security agency, GCHQ, has been secretly gathering intelligence from the world’s biggest internet companies through a covertly run operation set up by America’s top spy agency, documents obtained by […]
Nicaragua Gives Chinese Firm Contract to Build Alternative to Panama Canal
June 7th, 2013Via: Guardian: Nicaragua has awarded a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build an alternative to the Panama Canal, in a step that looks set to have profound geopolitical ramifications. The president of the country’s national assembly, Rene Nuñez, announced the $40bn (£26bn) project, which will reinforce Beijing’s growing influence on global trade and weaken […]
San Onofre nuclear Power Plant Closing Down
June 7th, 2013Via: CBS: The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California is closing, after an epic 16-month battle over whether the twin reactors could be safely returned to service, officials announced Friday. Operator Southern California Edison said in a statement it will retire the twin reactors because uncertainty about the future of the plant, […]
U.S. Government Clears Path for Iran to Back Orifice Itself
May 31st, 2013Via: Ars Technica: On Thursday, the Obama Administration lifted digital sanctions that for more than two decades have prevented companies that do business in the US from also selling or distributing digital goods—including mobile phones, hosting services, VPNs, and software updates—to Iran. Research Credit: almaverdad2
South Korea Halts Operations at Reactors Over Faked Certificates
May 28th, 2013Via: New York Times: South Korea was forced to turn off two nuclear power reactors on Tuesday and delay the scheduled start of operation at another two, after its inspectors discovered that the reactors used components whose safety certificates had been fabricated. South Korea’s nuclear power industry has been plagued by a series of forced […]
Is Google Going To Make Internet Access Available To Everyone?
May 24th, 2013Via: Bloomberg: Google (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt’s April 13 tweet was bold, ambitious, and a bit inexplicable. “For every person online, there are two that are not,” wrote the co-author of the book The New Digital Age. “By the end of the decade, everyone on Earth will be connected.” Commenters were flummoxed by Schmidt’s prediction. […]
TEPCO Seeks Permission to Dump Groundwater from Fukushima Plant Into Ocean
May 14th, 2013Via: Japan Today: Officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on Monday met with a Fukushima fisheries cooperative to seek its members’ permission to dump groundwater from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. The contaminated water storage has been a problem since early in the accident. TEPCO officials acknowledged last month […]
‘Syria Has Largely Disappeared from the Internet’
May 8th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Both Google and a Web security company called Umbrella Security Labs are indicating that the entire country of Syria may have been severed from the Internet. The outage appears to have begun at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time, or 9:45 p.m. in Syria. According to a blog post by Umbrella’s chief technology officer […]
Banana Republic: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Wins CA Rail Contract
May 5th, 2013Via: California Political Review: U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum won the first-phase construction contract for California’s high-speed rail. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you. If I didn’t witness the insanity and corruption in politics every day, I wouldn’t have believed this. “The Perini-Zachary-Parsons bid was the lowest received from the five consortia participating […]
‘Plastic Bags, Tape, Broomsticks Fix San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Leak’
April 30th, 2013Via: 10 News ABC: An inside source gave Team 10 a picture snapped inside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) showing plastic bags, masking tape and broom sticks used to stem a massive leaky pipe. San Onofre owner Southern California Edison (SCE), confirms the picture was taken inside Unit Three, but did not say […]
