Archive for November, 2012
Broadwell Had Substantial Classified Data on Computer
November 15th, 2012Hmm. Via: Reuters: A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and national security officials said on Wednesday. The contents and amount of the classified material – and questions […]
Open Sourced: Google Engineer Builds Page-Turning Scanner Out of Sheet Metal and a Vacuum
November 15th, 2012Via: The Verge: For the past eight years, Google has been working on digitizing the world’s 130 million or so unique books. While the pace of new additions to the Google Books initiative has been slowing down, members of the team have come up with a new automated scanner design that could both make the […]
Bloated College Bureaucracies, Absurd Salaries, Higher Fees
November 15th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: J. Paul Robinson, chairman of Purdue University’s faculty senate, strode through the halls of a 10- story concrete-and-glass administrative tower. “I have no idea what these people do,” said Robinson, waving his hand across a row of offices, his voice rising. The 59-year-old professor of biomedical engineering is leading a faculty revolt against […]
Euro Zone in Second Recession Since 2009
November 15th, 2012Via: Reuters: The debt crisis dragged the euro zone into its second recession since 2009 in the third quarter despite modest growth in Germany and France, data showed on Thursday. The two leading economies both managed 0.2 percent growth in the July-to-September period. But the resilience could not save the austerity-hit 17-nation bloc from overall […]
Man Tasered by Police for Trying to Prevent His House from Burning Down
November 15th, 2012Via: WSTP: Daniel Jensen wasn’t running from the law, he was trying to protect his home from burning up. Yet, Pinellas Park Police tasered him in the process. Jensen and his attorney say it’s an excessive use of force. Jensen was still shaken and visibly emotional as he retold what happened last Thursday evening. He […]
LTE Networks Vulnerable to Simple, Inexpensive Attack
November 15th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: High-speed wireless data networks are vulnerable to a simple jamming technique that could block service across much of a city, according to research findings provided to a federal agency last week. The high-bandwidth mobile network technology LTE (long-term evolution) is rapidly spreading around the world. But researchers show that just one […]
Salt Lake City: Police to Wear Video Cameras
November 15th, 2012Can they turn the cameras off as they’re about to beat the shit out of someone or kill them for no reason? Via: KSL: Mounted on the side of a pair of sunglasses is what Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank says is the future of police work. The body cameras work like dash […]
Florida Twins Courted Generals and Racked Up Millions in Debt
November 14th, 2012[???] Via: Telegraph: Twin Florida socialites who are at the centre of the David Petraeus affair gained intimate access to America’s military and political elite through their high-rolling lifestyles even as they quietly racked up millions of dollars in debts and credit card bills. Jill Kelley, whose complaint over threatening emails prompted the FBI inquiry […]
Vegetative Patient Communicates with Scientists Via fMRI
November 14th, 2012Via: BBC: A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain. It’s the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care. Scott Routley, […]
Hamas Military Chief Killed in Gaza Air Strike
November 14th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Hamas has said an Israeli air strike in Gaza killed Ahmed Jabari, the head of its military wing, in an attack on a vehicle on Wednesday.
