“Everything we thought we knew about X-ray images of the Sun is now out of date,” says Leon Golub from …
Continue reading New Telescope Discovers Energy Particles Flying around the chromosphere
The FBI apparently does not believe in due process when gathering phone records in terrorism cases. The agency has a …
This current book has had a number of titles since it was first “finished” in 2004. The title in the …
By Steve Lohr, New York Times March 19, 2007 John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that …
Continue reading John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies
Newer models have hard drives that record what has been duplicated from Gregg Keizer March 14, 2007 (Computerworld) — Photocopiers …
From Breitbart.com Google said on Wednesday it would begin routinely purging its data banks of information that identifies search engine …
Continue reading Google to bolster privacy of online searchers
AT&T and the government tell an appeals court that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy …
Continue reading Domestic Spying Too Secret Even for the Courts
According a report published today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University, only one in five government agencies …
From AP Washington – Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush’s authority to take military …
A new Department of Justice report finds evidence that the FBI violated the law dozens of times in its use …
Continue reading DOJ report finds Patriot Act ripe for abuse
There are soldiers’ wives selling blood to buy toys for their kids. There is a man selling non-functioning body armor …
Continue reading Ben Stein Digests Our Terrifically Broken Economy
SF author Ben Bova presents an essay on the prescience of science fiction, with particular emphasis on societal trends toward a …
