Archive for April, 2012
Companies Pass IT Staff Emails Through Monitoring Software Designed to Spot ‘The Enemy Within’
April 16th, 2012Mmmkay? Via: IT World: The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on how IT departments are coping these days with the biggest threat to data security — namely, employees in the IT department. That the “enemy within” is the biggest threat to an enterprise is nothing new, but buried in the article was something […]
Briton Killed After Threat to Expose Overseas Financial Dealings of Chinese Politician’s Wife
April 16th, 2012Via: Reuters: The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in China was poisoned after he threatened to expose a plan by a Chinese leader’s wife to move money abroad, two sources with knowledge of the police investigation said. It was the first time a specific motive has been revealed for Neil Heywood’s murder […]
Cost of Insuring Spanish Debt Rises to Record
April 16th, 2012Via: Reuters: Spanish 10-year government bond yields broke above 6 percent for the first time this year on Monday as concerns over the country’s ability to keep its finances under control pushed debt markets back into “crisis mode”. Spanish yields were expected to rise further towards the panic-triggering 7 percent level beyond which debt costs […]
Google’s Sergey Brin: Web Freedom Faces Greatest Threat Ever
April 16th, 2012You know that we’re in deep shit when Sergey Brin sounds like he’s been reading Cryptogon. Via: Guardian: The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned […]
Dual-Focus Contact Lens Prototypes Ordered by Pentagon
April 15th, 2012Via: BBC: The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision. The lenses are designed to be paired with compact heads up display (HUD) units – glasses that allow images to be projected onto their lenses. Much bulkier HUDs are already deployed by the […]
Ikea Burbclave Going Up Outside London
April 15th, 2012Via: The Week: The Swedish furniture company will begin focusing on more than just home interiors as it designs and builds a residential area outside of London Ikea is truly expanding its horizons with its next project. Instead of designing bookcases and chairs, the Swedish furniture company is making a whole neighborhood. Its property-developing unit, […]
Tax Refunds Being Used to Pay for Bankruptcy Filings
April 14th, 2012Via: USA Today: Some Americans spend their tax refunds on high-tech gadgets and long-awaited vacations. Others use the cash to file for bankruptcy. More than 200,000 money-strapped households will use their tax refunds this year to pay for bankruptcy filing and legal fees, says a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The […]
Department of Homeland Security: Special Response Team
April 13th, 2012The vehicles are right out of Team America: World Police. Via: HongPong: A relatively monstrous SWAT style truck leads us to a whole new blob of police state developments, busy hands with little to do and a lot of hardware to do it.
London Data Center Readies Staff ‘Sleeping Pods’ for Olympics
April 12th, 2012So now it’s sleeping capsules in data centers. Wow. You may or may not know what a data canter sounds like. If not, here’s a one minute introduction. Hopefully, those cozy sleeping capsules come with hearing protection. I wonder what IT people will be willing to tolerate in another six years? Via: Data Center Knowledge: […]
Huddles: Goldman to Pay $22 Million to Settle SEC, FINRA Charges
April 12th, 2012Via: Reuters: The case stems from a practice at Goldman that came to light several years ago known as “huddles,” where stock research analysts met with the firm’s traders to share their best trading ideas. Those ideas were then passed along to preferred clients.
