From NetworkWorld.com US scientists this week got the go-ahead to build a roughly 1/3-scale model of a stratospheric airship that …
Continue reading Colossal spy airships get $400,000,000 reality check
At first glance this might not seem like such a big deal, but on reflection I think a human-versus-computer match …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that the Obama administration has now formally adopted the Bush administration’s position on NSA oversight …
From the Telegraph article, by David Barrett: A European Union directive, which Britain was instrumental in devising, comes into force …
Continue reading U.K. Internet records to be stored for a year
As regular visitors here can attest, I’ve been generally quiet over the past few months, and specifically quiet where the …
A lot of blame is being thrown around these days, and I’m surprised at how often the lowly consumer is …
It seems to be at only the contemplation stage, and evidently they won’t be recording what you’re saying, only who …
Continue reading Super database coming soon for British citizens?
The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency …
Continue reading Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending
Just weeks after we were so concerned about 700 billion dollars in proposed bailouts, passed under threat of all kinds …
Continue reading So it’s 7.5 trillion now. Do you feel bailed-out yet?
It’s not quite finished yet on paper, but it’s all there in my head, so it shouldn’t be too much …
From the Guardian Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on …
He was a founder (and the first chairman) of the Federation of American Scientists, but there’s a footnote in the …
