Tag: airports
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Public Reaches Breaking Point Point With TSA (Video)
Obama heads to Hiroshima to “pay respects”; DHS puts gas in the subway while the UK stages terror drills; and the public and the ports have had it with the TSA.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Obama In Hiroshima, US/UK Terror Drills, TSA’s “Breaking Point” (Audio)
Obama heads to Hiroshima to “pay respects”; DHS puts gas in the subway while the UK stages terror drills; and the public and the ports have had it with the TSA.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 12, 2016
Biometrics, invisible barcodes and crime-fighting robots + this day in history w/the Harrisburg Seven and our song of the day by Merz on your Morning Monarchy for January 12, 2016.
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Drone ‘near miss’ with passenger plane close to Heathrow airport investigated
from theguardian.com: Air safety chiefs have investigated the first near miss between a passenger jet and a drone near Heathrow airport, amid fears that drones could pose a danger to commercial flights. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB), which will publish its findings on Friday, is expected to record an incident risk rating of A –…
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FAA Allows Use of Electronic Devices Throughout Flights
from nytimes.com: Airline passengers can use electronic devices to listen to music, read and play games in “all phases of flight,” the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday, but using a cellphone to talk and text will still be banned. The changes will most likely take effect before the end of the year, the F.A.A. said,…
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‘Leap Second Bug’ Causes Glitches for Major Websites, Airlines
from datacenterknowledge.com: Computer problems with the Amadeus airline reservation system caused long lines and traveler delays at airports across Australia this weekend, as the outage wreaked havoc with the check-in systems used by Qantas and Virgin Australia. The outage appears to be related to the “Leap Second Bug” in which the addition of a single…
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3/24 defcon: mobile, micro, mystery, messenger
at&t to purchase t-mobile for US$39b; as strangling of the free internet begins continues* microsoft, feds pull plug on spam network* fbook traffic mysteriously passed through chinese isp* goldman programmer gets 8yrs for code theft* tracking your wi-fi trail at the airport* first tweet & other communication firsts* nasa ‘messenger’ enters orbit around mercury* chavez…
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defcon 11/19: arms race, web games, cern & biometrics
raytheon to provide cybersecurity across dod networks* obama said to be close again to naming cybersecurity chief*place your bets: is cyber czar announcement really near?*US cyber defenses full of holes* senate panel: 80% of cyber attacks preventable*web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’* icann attendees: america, surrender the root zone file!*nasa: the moon is…