Tag: technology
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zombie computers, pocket lie detectors & stolen laptops
zombie computers decried as imminent nat’l threatfrom threat level: Gangs of thousands of zombie home computers grinding out spam, committing fraud and overpowering websites are the most vexing net threat […]
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collateral 40: a bug’s life
from collateral news: This weeks episode is about remote controlled bugs, implanted micro-cameras and the Pentagon’s latest attempt to spy on terrorists … wait a few years and this new […]
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nga eyeing power grid
from upi/daily dose of terror: The agency that manages data from U.S. spy satellites is exploring ways to map the nation’s entire electric grid as part of efforts to protect […]
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oldest recorded voice heard for 1st time in 150yrs
from bbc: An “ethereal” 10 second clip of a woman singing a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years. The recording of “Au Clair […]
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1child, wall st mafia, fb-spy, mindread, bluebrain & moloch
premier says china will stick with one-child policyfrom afp: China will stick with its strict family planning rules, Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday, in an apparent rebuttal to officials who […]
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60 minutes heat ray, wikileaks again & the jfk materials
military heat ray gun zaps 60 minutes reporterfrom raw story: “You have to feel the ray gun to believe it,” says 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin, speaking about a non-lethal […]
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cyber storm II, silver dragon
‘cyber storm II’ stirringfrom fcw: During the second week of March, nine states, four foreign governments, 18 federal agencies and 40 private companies will participate in Cyber Storm II (110kb […]
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robotwars, saic, target cities, l-rad & vampire cams
automated killer robots ‘threat to humanity’from afp: Increasingly autonomous, gun-totting robots developed for warfare could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and may one day unleash a robot arms […]
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pakistan ‘sparks youtube outage’
from bbc: Pakistan’s attempts to block access to YouTube has been blamed for an almost global blackout of the video website for more than an hour on Sunday. BBC News […]
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critics attack sonic youth blaster
from danger room: Sonic blasters are all the rage these day, but one device used in the United Kingdom that specifically targets teenagers is attracting criticism, reports CNN: The Children’s […]
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cable cut fever grips the web
from threat level: Are underseas telecom cable cuts the new IEDs? After two underwater cable cuts in the Middle East last week severely impacted countries from Dubai to India, alert […]
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middle east internet blackouts spur geopolitical suspicions
bloggers says big event could be right around the corner, iran completely cut off from paul joseph watson: Unprecedented mass Internet outages throughout the Middle East and Asia after no […]
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looks familiar
from guardian: Scientists have developed a technique that dramatically improves the success rate of face-recognition computer systems.
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dix tricks, urban panic, nuke breach & homeschool security
playing tricks with the fort dix six?from time: “Now you see why we were going to sacrifice all for the sake of allah in jihad,” says the neatly handwritten note […]
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video: monkey mind-controlled robot
Witness the birth of our synth-simian overlords yourself… monkey brain controls walking ‘botfrom danger room: When our robotic overlords finally do take over, there’s a decent chance they’ll do it […]