Aviation inventor Paul MacCready dies at 81
Here’s a guy who really embodied the essence of the inventor; someone who makes fact from fiction, and creates real, …
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Cool rocket video for a Friday
There’s something about watching the test-firing of a new rocket engine that really starts the day off right. Since it …
Point, Click … Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
An excellent article in Wired, by Ryan Singel The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs …
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U.S. domestic surveillance grid goes orbital
You’re seeing the cameras everywhere, right? On the corner, over the intersection, in stores and public places, and a lot …
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Book signing/reading at Barnes & Noble!
I’ll be at Barnes & Noble in Wheaton, IL this weekend, where I’ll read some selections, talk a bit about the …
Gee, where’s Dennis Kucinich?
Note to maverick presidential candidates, unannointed by the mainstream media: always stand in the middle at photo-ops. Who knows if …
Life imitates art: Hacker uncovers nuke plant vulnerability
Security researcher Scott Lunsford recently found that hacking into the SCADA-linked control system of a nuclear power plant was disturbingly …
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Visit retro videogame heaven
If you like old-school video games, I mean really old-school, you have to visit this incredibly cool site. Pong Story …
Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents
from Jamie Doward, for The Observer A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess …
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Stroll through the DigiBarn
This is a fascinating site for anyone interested in computer history. In fact, I take that back. Anyone who has a …
Chinese cyber-dissident jailed for four years
Oh, and his lawyer’s also been disbarred, supposedly for taking on one too many such cases… Despite China’s pledge to …
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Blows Against the Empire
A great article from Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker, on the amazing writer and reluctant futurist, Philip K. Dick. Of …
