Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
BP Gets Approval to Resume Drilling in Gulf of Mexico
October 22nd, 2011Via: BBC: BP has won approval to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, 18 months after a well blowout killed 11 workers and caused an environmental disaster. Regulators approved plans for drilling to depths of up to 6,000ft about 200 miles off the coast of New Orleans. US officials said in a statement: “Our […]
Duqu: Son of Stuxnet Hits European Computer Networks
October 21st, 2011Update: ‘Duqu’ Virus Likely Handiwork Of Sophisticated Government, Kaspersky Lab Says Via: Deutsche Welle: Wüest is one of the experts at Symantec, who is currently analyzing the source code behind Duqu. Symantec says it was alerted to the new threat on October 14 by a laboratory that has “international connections.” Since then, Symantec’s investigations suggest […]
Nasdaq Hackers Spied on Company Boards
October 21st, 2011Via: Reuters: Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq’s computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the matter. The new details showed the cyber attack was more serious than previously thought, as Nasdaq OMX Group had […]
Japanese Communities Record Chernobyl-Level Radiation
October 20th, 2011Some of the Geiger counters shown in the video max out. Via: ABC Lateline: Seven months on from Japan’s nuclear meltdown, thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes around the Fukushima nuclear power plant. And for many of them, the terrible realisation is sinking in that they may never go back. […]
Elevated Radiation Reports in Tokyo
October 13th, 2011Via: Kyodo: High radiation doses were reported Thursday in spots in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba Prefecture, both over 200 kilometers away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, with their readings found to exceed current dose levels in some evacuation zones around the plant. Airborne radiation of up to 3.35 microsieverts per hour was recorded […]
Government Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’
October 13th, 2011Do you notice how this technocratic theocracy is the same old snake handling and sky god worship, but with “science” and computers? Same result, it just doesn’t look like a Pentecostal revival. Instead of people speaking in tongues and waving bibles, technocrats in suits are telling us that the machines will find the terrorists who […]
With Ongoing Nuclear Disaster Hurting Tourism, Japan Will Offer 10,000 Foreigners Free Airfares to Visit the Country
October 11th, 2011Via: Telegraph: The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask would-be travellers to submit online applications for the free flights, detailing which areas of the country they would like to visit, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. The agency will select the successful entrants and ask them to write a report about their trip which will be […]
Japan: Plutonium Discovered 28 Miles from Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant
October 11th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Trace amounts of plutonium were found as far as 28 miles from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant, the first time that the dangerous element released from the accident was found outside of the immediate area of the plant. The science ministry report issued Friday comes just as the government lifted […]
Japan: Food Radiation Checker
October 7th, 2011Send the bill to Tepco? *groan* Via: Cnet: For many Japanese, food safety is an urgent concern in light of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, from which radiation has entered the food supply. Kyoto-based scientific equipment maker Horiba is trying to help with a radiation detector kit that can tell users […]
‘Unprecedented’ Problems with Bank of America’s Web Site
October 6th, 2011Customers closing accounts after the announcement of the $5 per month EFT card fee? There’s a bit of a movement underway to let Bank of America know how customers feel about that $5 fee. People are either emptying their accounts of funds, or closing their accounts completely. I’m very happy to say that my balance […]
