Archive for April, 2011
Kickstarter for ‘The Last Cause’
April 22nd, 2011You might think that I have something to do with this project, but I don’t. However, I want to see it and I kicked in some money. Hmm. On the other hand, who needs Sci-Fi when people can use the Interwebs to crowdfund their film projects?! Kickstarter: The Last Cause
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
April 22nd, 2011Eileen sent $80 and AS sent $20. Thank you.
Both Apple and Google Receive Smartphone Users’ Locations
April 22nd, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Apple Inc.’s iPhones and Google Inc.’s Android smartphones regularly transmit their locations back to Apple and Google, respectively, according to data and documents analyzed by The Wall Street Journal—intensifying concerns over privacy and the widening trade in personal data. Google and Apple are gathering location information as part of their race […]
China: Thousands of Truck Drivers Riot in Shanghai Over Fuel Prices
April 21st, 2011ZeroHedge is right: China is now between a rock and a hard place: will it continue happily importing Bernanke’s inflation exports or finally retaliate. Unfortunately for its economy, the appropriately called “nuclear option” of revaluation, will leave it export economy flailing. So the real question: is China ready to migrate from an export-led to a […]
China Halts Fuel Exports to Ensure Domestic Supply
April 21st, 2011Some context is necessary on this story. China is a huge net oil importer. This is from the U.S. Department of Energy: China’s net oil imports reached about 4.3 million bbl/d in 2009, making it the second-largest net oil importer in the world behind the United States and for the first time surpassing Japan’s imports. […]
Pesticide Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ in Kids
April 21st, 2011Via: U.S. News and World Report: Three new studies draw a link between prebirth exposure to a class of pesticides widely used on food crops and lower intelligence scores in children. The effect is especially noticeable in kids from a California farming region where they and their mothers were also potentially exposed to pesticides through […]
U.S. DOLLAR INDEX: INTRADAY DOWNSIDE BREACH 74.170
April 21st, 201174.101. It’s on.
iPhone Keeps Secret Record of Everywhere You Go
April 20th, 2011Via: Guardian: Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronised. The file contains the latitude and longitude of the phone’s recorded coordinates along […]
Michigan Police Copying Smartphone Data During Routine Traffic Stops?
April 20th, 2011Via: Popular Mechanics: In Michigan, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a complaint alleging that Michigan State Police officers used forensic cellphone analyzers to snoop in drivers’ cellphones during routine traffic stops. PM talked to a Fourth Amendment expert to sort through whether that amendment’s protections against illegal search and seizure should stop […]
Gold Futures Top $1,500 on Outlook for Escalating U.S. Debt, Dollar Slump
April 20th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Gold futures rose to a record $1,500.50 an ounce as U.S. debt concerns weighed on the dollar, boosting demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver surged to a 1980 high. The greenback dropped against the euro on speculation that the European Central Bank will continue to raise borrowing costs as […]
