Archive for October, 2014
Solar Power On Track to Be World’s Largest Electricity Source by 2050, Reduce Power Company Profits
October 6th, 2014Disclosure: I sell solar power systems for solarking.co.nz. Via: Computerworld: The sun could be the world’s leading electricity source by mid-century with the amount of new photovoltaic (PV) panel installations soaring at 100MW daily, according to a pair of new reports. The reports, issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA), stated that by 2050, PV […]
ISIS’ Ammunition Is Shown to Have Origins in U.S. and China
October 6th, 2014In other news, U.S. Helicopters Join Fight Against Islamic State in Iraq: The United States sent helicopters into combat against Islamic State targets west of Baghdad on Sunday, the first time low-flying Army aircraft have been committed to fighting in an engagement that the Obama administration officials has promised would not include “boots on the […]
U.S. Navy’s Self-Guided, Unmanned Patrol Boats
October 5th, 2014Looks like a remote controlled Ma Deuce up front. Via: AP: Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they’re protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy’s fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could one day help stop attacks like the deadly 2000 […]
Belgium: 45 Litres of Concentrated Live Polio Virus Solution Released Into the Environment
October 4th, 2014Via: ECDC: As reported to ECDC by Belgian authorities, on 2 September 2014, following a human error, 45 litres of concentrated live polio virus solution were released into the environment by the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in Rixensart city, Belgium. The liquid was conducted directly to a water-treatment plant (Rosieres) and released after treatment in […]
After Feigning Love for Egyptian Democracy, U.S. Back To Openly Supporting Tyranny
October 3rd, 2014Via: First Look: It is, of course, very difficult to choose the single most extreme episode of misleading American media propaganda, but if forced to do so, coverage of the February, 2011 Tahrir Square demonstrations in Egypt would be an excellent candidate. For weeks, U.S. media outlets openly positioned themselves on the side of the […]
Contact Lost With Planes One by One as FAA Fire Spread
October 3rd, 2014Via: Bloomberg: The first radio links with pilots were lost just as the pre-dawn crush of flights into Chicago began. Air-traffic controllers in a nondescript Federal Aviation Administration building about 40 miles from the city switched to backup channels. Then those failed. They tried emergency connections, which also went dead. Within minutes, radar feeds, flight […]
JPMorgan Hack Exposed Data of 83 Million Households and Small Businesses, Among Biggest Breaches in History
October 2nd, 2014Via: Reuters: Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the holders of some 83 million households and small business accounts were exposed when computer systems at JPMorgan Chase & Co were recently compromised by hackers, making it one of the biggest data breaches in history. The bank revealed the scope of the previously disclosed […]
Taps Running Dry in Rural California
October 2nd, 2014Via: New York Times: State officials say that at least 700 households have no access to running water, but they acknowledge that there could be hundreds more, with many rural well-owners not knowing whom to contact. Tulare County, just south of Fresno, recently began aggressively tracking homes without running water, delivering bottles to hundreds of […]
Doctor Dons Ebola Protection Suit to Protest CDC
October 2nd, 2014I have no idea where this is headed, or how real any of this is, but if you aren’t where you plan on being when the shit hits the fan, you better not wait until everyone else is trying to make it to the exits at the same time as you. Oh yeah, “Don’t panic.” […]
The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs
October 2nd, 2014Via: Wired: Like Nohl, Caudill and Wilson reverse engineered the firmware of USB microcontrollers sold by the Taiwanese firm Phison, one of the world’s top USB makers. Then they reprogrammed that firmware to perform disturbing attacks: In one case, they showed that the infected USB can impersonate a keyboard to type any keystrokes the attacker […]
