Archive for November, 2012
‘Self-Boosting Vaccines’
November 25th, 2012Oh sure. Via: Ars Technica: The negative sides, however, are very substantial. Cytomegalovirus doesn’t normally cause symptoms in healthy people, but it tends to be active in very young babies and among those with immune defects, where it can cause serious complications. Herpes viruses cause unpleasant symptoms as well. Plus, with public acceptance of vaccines […]
ImgLikeOpera
November 25th, 2012ImgLikeOpera is a great Firefox addon for those of us with limited data capacity Internet connections: ImgLikeOpera allows load only the images that you want in Firefox browser. This extension is very useful for non broadband users. Features: – placeholders for blocked images (hi, LJ treads!); – (re)load image from context menu or Ctrl+rightMouseClick; – […]
U.N. Wants Drones
November 24th, 2012Via: AFP: The United Nations wants to use drones for the first time to monitor fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda has been accused of aiding rebels, officials said Friday.
U.S. Denies Malware Attack Against France
November 24th, 2012Via: Information Week: Did the U.S. government launch a “cyberattaque” against French government computers in the run-up to the 2012 French presidential election? That allegation was leveled at the U.S. government by unnamed French officials, according to a Tuesday report in the weekly French newspaper L’Express. It reported that computers belonging to top advisers to […]
Microsoft Files Patent for Augmented Reality Smart Glasses
November 24th, 2012Via: BBC: Work on digital glasses that overlay information on top of the user’s view of the world has been carried out by Microsoft. A patent applied for by the US tech firm describes how the eyewear could be used to bring up statistics over a wearer’s view of a baseball game or details of […]
France: The Time-Bomb at the Heart of Europe
November 23rd, 2012If I had to live in Europe, I’d still pick France. Via: The Economist: THE threat of the euro’s collapse has abated for the moment, but putting the single currency right will involve years of pain. The pressure for reform and budget cuts is fiercest in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy, which all saw mass […]
LAPD Prepares for Fat Zombie Rampage at Wal-Mart
November 22nd, 2012Update: Fat Zombie Rampage Stories Coming In Many people are sending in stories about bowling ball shaped zombies running amok. Feel free to post these in comments. As much as I’d like to watch the videos of these antics, I’ve run out of bandwidth for the month. The cycle turns over in about 12 hours. […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions in November
November 22nd, 2012Thanks to the readers who sent contributions in November: Pookie $75 MH $20 KW $50 SH CA$2 Thanks also go out to the owners of cmediaconcepts.com and myommu.org for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received a $180 commission as a result.
October Earnings
November 22nd, 2012Total earnings in October came to $1633.73. That’s a great result! In addition to the other October contributions already acknowledged, TB sent $25 and IK sent CA$8. Thanks to everyone who sent contributions and conducted business via Cryptogon’s affiliate relationships in October.
Pentagon Wants to Keep Running Its ‘Afghan Drug War’ From Blackwater’s HQ
November 22nd, 2012You’ll love this. Via: Wired: The U.S. war in Afghanistan is supposed to be winding down. Its contractor-led drug war? Not so much. Inside a compound in Kabul called Camp Integrity, the Pentagon stations a small group of officers to oversee the U.S. military’s various operations to curb the spread of Afghanistan’s cash crops of […]
