Archive for June, 2012
Living Large in a Tiny House
June 17th, 2012Via: Yahoo Finance: Imagine living in a space that measures a mere 168 square feet, more than 14 times smaller than the average American home. That’s the reality for one family of four who, for the past year, has been living in their “Tiny House” tucked away in the rural mountains of Virginia. It’s here, […]
Ottawa Airport Wired with Microphones to Record Travelers’ Conversations
June 17th, 2012Update: Public Safety Minister Orders End to Airport Eavesdropping Pending Privacy Review Via: Calgary Herald: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has ordered officials to halt the planned electronic eavesdropping on air travellers’ conversations until a full privacy review is completed. “We have heard concerns from Canadians regarding the privacy impact of this practice,” Public Safety […]
China Launches Its First Female Astronaut Into Space
June 17th, 2012Via: PC Magazine: China on Saturday launched its Shenzhou-9 spacecraft carrying three astronauts, including Liu Yang, the first Chinese woman to travel to space. The Long March-2F rocket lifted off successfully from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 6:37 p.m local time and the Shenzhou-9 capsule separated from its booster shortly thereafter […]
Financial Firms Ready ‘Special Teams’
June 16th, 2012Via: New York Times: The banks are on high alert. Hundreds of employees at big firms, some part of special teams, will be on standby this Sunday, awaiting the results of Greece’s pivotal election. They are preparing for the worst case. The fear is that the vote will heighten the chances of Greece exiting the […]
France Bans Syngenta Pesticide Linked to Bee Decline
June 16th, 2012Via: Farmers Weekly: The French government has banned a pesticide linked to the decline of bees that is widely used to treat oilseed rape. Cruiser OSR, which contains the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam, was banned for use on oilseed rape by the French Ministry of Agriculture. Made by the Swiss agrichemical company Syngenta, Cruiser OSR is […]
Chinese Buy London Metal Exchange in £1.4bn Takeover
June 16th, 2012Via: Independent: One of Britain’s last great independent financial markets has agreed to sell itself to China. The 137-year-old London Metal Exchange has agreed a £1.4bn takeover from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) after a nine-month auction process which saw bids from InterContinental Exchange, CME Group and NYSE Nasdaq. The deal will mean massive […]
Saudi, Japan Deals Drive Record U.S. Arms Sales
June 16th, 2012Via: AFP: Boosted by massive fighter jet deals with Saudi Arabia and Japan, US foreign military sales have shot past $50 billion in a record-breaking year, a senior US official said Thursday. Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, underlined that the United States also hopes to boost sales with India, which is […]
NATO Special Op Forces Assault Tampa, Florida
June 16th, 2012Bread and… Via: NATO Channel: Research Credit: alvinroasting
Flame Uses Sneakernet Functionality Against Targets on Airgapped Networks
June 16th, 2012Via: Forbes: The program known as Flame has fascinated the cybersecurity industry with its sophistication and versatility as a Swiss-Army knife of cyberspying. Now researchers have discovered another unexpected tool in its data-stealing arsenal: You. Malware analysts at the security firm Bitdefender say they’ve found a unique capability within Flame’s code that would potentially allow […]
Could U.S. Cyberspies Have Moles Inside Microsoft?
June 16th, 2012Another possibility is that this is blowback from Microsoft’s recent collaboration with NSA. Via: PCPro: US government officials could be working under cover at Microsoft to help the country’s cyber-espionage programme, according to one leading security expert. The warning comes in the wake of the Flame virus that targeted key computers in the Middle East, […]
