Archive for March, 2010
Microsoft Goon: The Internet is Dangerous – Tax It
March 4th, 2010Oh sure. Via: The Hill: A top Microsoft executive on Tuesday suggested a broad Internet tax to help defray the costs associated with computer security breaches and vast Internet attacks, according to reports. Speaking at a security conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Vice President for Trustworthy Computing Scott Charney pitched the Web usage fee as […]
U.S. Will Determine Who Can Board Some Canadian Flights
March 4th, 2010Via: Montreal Gazette: Starting in December, some passengers on Canadian airlines flying to, from or even over the United States without ever landing there, will only be allowed to board the aircraft once the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has determined they are not terrorists. Secure Flight, the newest weapon in the U.S. war on […]
Narus Develops a Scary Sleuth for Social Media
March 4th, 2010This is a jewel encrusted Magic 8 Ball. It looks like they used some of my paranoid ramblings for inspiration, then smoked a pound of crack and channeled Lavrentiy Beria with a Ouija board to devise the feature set. Via: Computerworld: Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data […]
Incidents at Level 4 Biosafety Lab in Downtown Winnipeg
March 4th, 2010Via: Vancouver Sun: It sits smack in the centre of downtown Winnipeg and contains some of the world’s deadliest pathogens behind air-tight walls and biosafety cabinets. But new documents reveal Canada’s National Microbiology Lab isn’t immune to leaks, spills and failures in restricted areas where lethal organisms are housed. Health Canada documents obtained through an […]
Fallujah Doctors Report Rise in Birth Defects
March 4th, 2010Via: BBC: Doctors in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are reporting a high level of birth defects, with some blaming weapons used by the US after the Iraq invasion. The city witnessed fierce fighting in 2004 as US forces carried out a major offensive against insurgents. Now, the level of heart defects among newborn babies […]
British Winter Was the Coldest for 31 Years
March 4th, 2010Via: Guardian: After suffering snow, sleet, rain and consistently freezing temperatures, the knowledge that the Met Office has officially recognised winter 2009-10 as the coldest in 31 years brings with it a certain grim satisfaction. Provisional figures from the forecaster show the UK winter ? which in forecasting terms lasts from the start of December […]
U.S. Navy Conceals Nuclear Weapons Production in California
March 4th, 2010I thought Pantex was the only facility where this type of work was done. If anyone is in a position to call BS on this Indymedia piece, let me know. Via: Indymedia: A U.S. nuclear weapons assembly plant in California is off limits to any kind of photography, information gathering, or reporting. Local residents are […]
Microsoft Windows 7 / Vista Advanced Forensics Guides for Law Enforcement
March 4th, 2010Via: Public Intelligence: Law Enforcement Sensitive Also On: Cryptome
Original Tenant of Building Allegedly Attacked by Joe Stack was Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
March 3rd, 2010Updating the Joe Stack post: UPDATE: Original Tenant of Building Allegedly Attacked by Joe Stack was Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation just happened to be Bobby Ray Inman, former Director of the National Security Agency and former Deputy Director of the Central […]
Greenhouse Gas Taxes to Push Gasoline to $7 a Gallon?
March 3rd, 2010Via: New York Times: To meet the Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $7 a gallon. To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving must simply increase, according […]
