Archive for March, 2012
Texas: Two Children Found Living in Abandoned School Bus
March 15th, 2012Via: ABC / AP: The abandoned school bus had no engine and no front wheels. But there were crude curtains in the windows, an air conditioner and even bunk beds inside. So when a postal worker repeatedly ran across two unkempt children at the scene, she grew concerned and this week contacted authorities to report […]
“What’s the next ‘shocking’ headline: ‘Prostitution in Vegas!?’”
March 15th, 2012As many of you noticed, I took a pass on posting the boring op-ed piece about the Goldman Sachs vampire squid. Oh shock horror, the squid makes fun of blowing up their own customers. I mean, no shit, Sherlock. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole thing turned out to be a frontrunning setup for […]
Ex-Microsoft Employee Launches ‘Fixing Windows 8’ Initiative
March 15th, 2012It looks like Microsoft is going to Vista itself again, or worse, with Windows 8. If you’re responsible for supporting Windows users, you better be sitting down as you watch the video below. Hopefully, Microsoft will come to its senses and include a ‘Windows 7’ mode for mouse and keyboard users… Ah well, at least […]
Secret Organic Gardens for China’s Elite
March 15th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: At a glance, it is clear this is no run-of-the-mill farm: A 6-foot spiked fence hems the meticulously planted vegetables and security guards control a cantilevered gate that glides open only to select cars. “It is for officials only. They produce organic vegetables, peppers, onions, beans, cauliflowers, but they don’t sell […]
Awesome Power of Kickstarter: Digital Bolex Project
March 15th, 2012They’re triple the goal after just a couple of days. Via: Kickstarter: Related: Digital Bolex
FBI Issued Almost 300,000 National Security Letters Over the Last Decade
March 14th, 2012Via: Wired: National security letters are written demands from the FBI that compel internet service providers, credit companies, financial institutions and others to hand over confidential records about their customers, such as subscriber information, phone numbers and e-mail addresses, websites visited and more. NSLs have been used since the 1980s, but the Patriot Act expanded […]
U.S. E-Voting System Cracked in Less Than 48 Hours
March 14th, 2012Via: H-Security: Researchers at the University of Michigan have reported that it took them only a short time to break through the security functions of a pilot project for online voting in Washington, D.C. “Within 48 hours of the system going live, we had gained near complete control of the election server”, the researchers wrote […]
Marines Asked to Disarm Before Leon Panetta Speech; ‘Somebody Got Itchy’
March 14th, 2012Via: MSNBC: In a highly unusual move, around 200 U.S. Marines were asked to leave their weapons outside the tent where U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was set to speak during his trip to Afghanistan on Wednesday. Although the military said the order was not given in response to Sunday’s shooting of 16 Afghan civilians […]
US, EU and Japan Challenge China on Rare Earths at WTO
March 14th, 2012Via: BBC: The US, Japan and the European Union have filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization, challenging its restrictions on rare earth exports. US President Barack Obama accused China of breaking agreed trade rules as he announced the case at the White House. Beijing has set quotas for exports of rare […]
Visual Representations of Data from Smartphone GPS Logs
March 14th, 2012Alternate title: This Is How You Look to MAIN CORE. Via: Geoloqi Blog: These are images of map generated entirely from GPS logs gathered by various versions of the Geoloqi sample application for iPhone and Android for the past 3.5 years. Once gathered, the data was run through a custom script that projects the GPS […]
