Archive for December, 2012
Apple Shifting Some Manufacturing Back to U.S. from China
December 6th, 2012iMacs? Via: Bloomberg: Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to spend more than $100 million next year on building Mac computers in the U.S., shifting a small portion of manufacturing away from China, the country that has handled assembly of its products for years. “Next year we’re going to bring some production to the U.S.,” Chief Executive […]
Robot Completes World Record Pacific Crossing
December 6th, 2012Curious about the propulsion system? It harvests energy from the passing waves. Check this out: Via: Scientific American: Surviving stormy weather and a shark attack, the Wave Glider just entered the record books for the longest autonomous trip ever taken. On his first journey across the Pacific Ocean, Papa Mau was bitten by a shark, […]
EU Imposes Record $1.9 Billion Cartel Fine on CRT Manufacturers
December 6th, 2012Via: Reuters: The European Commission imposed the biggest antitrust penalty in its history on Wednesday, fining six firms including Philips, LG Electronics and Panasonic a total of 1.47 billion euros ($1.92 billion) for running two cartels for nearly a decade. The Commission said executives from the European and Asian companies met until six years ago […]
U.S. Army Demonstrates Black Hawk with Autonomous Flight and Landing Capabilities
December 6th, 2012Via: al.com: A specially equipped Black Hawk was recently used to demonstrate the helicopter’s ability to operate on its own. In the first such test of its type, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research’s Development and Engineering Center, based at Redstone Arsenal, flew the Black Hawk over Diablo Mountain Range in San Jose, Calif. […]
Russian State Media Reports USS Eisenhower Near Syria
December 6th, 2012Fox Reporting Syria’s Sarin Weapons in Ready State If this is true, I don’t see how the U.S. can attack these weapons; to do so would release the sarin. Right? Maybe someone from .mil can confirm: Will the U.S. attack binary sarin weapons that are in a ready state? Who the hell knows what’s actually […]
Dotcom Can Pursue Case Against Police, GCSB
December 6th, 2012Via: New Zealand Herald: Details of the top secret international spy agency ring known as Echelon will have to be produced after a new judgment in the Kim Dotcom case. The internet tycoon was also cleared to pursue a case for damages against the police and the Government Communications Security Bureau in a judgment which […]
U.S. Special Operations Unit Based at Blackwater Mercenary Camp in Afghanistan
December 6th, 2012Via: Wired: U.S. Special Operations Forces have a brand new home in Afghanistan. It’s owned and operated by the security company formerly known as Blackwater, thanks to a no-bid deal worth $22 million. You might think that Blackwater, now called Academi, was banished into some bureaucratic exile after its operatives in Afghanistan stole guns from […]
New DVR Will Target Advertisements Based on Recordings of Users
December 5th, 2012USPTO: 20120304206 Via: Fierce Cable: Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has filed a patent application for targeting ads to viewers based on information collected from infrared cameras and microphones that would be able to detect conversations, people, objects and even animals that are near a TV. If the detection system determines that a couple is arguing, a […]
‘U.S. Ready to Offer Mercenaries $10 Billion for a Drug-War Air Force’
December 5th, 2012Kill the competition. Steal their drugs. Profit. Via: Wired: Unsure how your private security firm makes money as the U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down? One option: Go into the drug trade — more specifically, the lucrative business of fighting narcotics. The State Department needs a business partner to keep its fleet of drug-hunting helicopters […]
Serbia’s NATO Envoy Branislav Milinkovic Leaps to His Death at Brussels Airport’
December 5th, 2012[???] Via: Independent: Serbia’s ambassador to Nato has committed suicide by leaping from a busy parking garage platform at Brussels airport, officials said today. A Serbian government statement said Branislav Milinkovic, 52, died instantly in the incident last night. A diplomat said Mr Milinkovic suddenly jumped from the 26ft (8m) to 33ft (10m) platform while […]
