For Ousted Citigroup Chief, a Bonus of $12.5 Million
Rationalize this any way you like. There’s a lot of blame to go around these days; a lot of vocal …
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Driverless SUV wins $2 million at the DARPA challenge
The Tartan Racing Team, based at Carnegie Mellon University, walked away with a $2 million prize on Sunday for coming …
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Cool voice control technology
If you’ve been around PCs for anywhere near the number of years that I have, you’ve probably tried your share …
Ron Paul raises $2,000,000 in 14 hours
Some interesting things are happening in U.S. politics, and some old-fashioned, typical things are happening, too. I just wanted to …
AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance
When it comes to formerly secret surveillance technology, it’s not just who you know, it’s who knows someone who knows …
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A barrel of oil hits $80.00 (Updated)
Update on 9/18/07: $81.90 Update on 9/20/07: $83.42 Update on 9/21/07: $84.10 Update on 10/17/07: $87.40 Update on 10/18/07: $90.02 …
FEMA apologizes for faking news conference
from Randall Mikkelsen, for Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s main disaster-response agency apologized on Friday for …
Terror watch list swells to more than 755,000 names
The U.S. government’s terrorist watch list has swelled to more than 755,000 names, according to a new government report that …
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Southern California on fire
The winds are predicted to begin dying down today, but this fire season is far from over. Best wishes to …
Risking everything for change
Chess genius Garry Kasparov is running for office in his native Russia, on a platform of democracy. Since we know …
Time to abandon party loyalty
…because the Democrat and Republican leadership have long since abandoned you and me. The current retroactive-immunity action before the Congress received …
Status of the Shield
I’d just finished a chapter in my new book that concerned the U.S. Missile Defense Shield, and along came this …
