// June 6th, 2013 // No Comments » // Politics and legal
Americans are expressing outrage at the revelation that from April to July of this year, the White House used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to obtain a secret court order for all phone records (records that show originating and terminating phone numbers, their location, time and duration but not “substantive content of any communication”) […]
// May 14th, 2013 // No Comments » // Astronomy and Space News
The US Office of Naval Research’s Ion Tiger, an experimental surveillance plane that utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell as its power source, flew for a record 48 hours. Yes, a full two days without refueling! The previous record of 26 hours, set in 2009, was shattered thanks to a new cryogenic storage tank filled with […]
// April 15th, 2013 // No Comments » // Technology
I enjoy hacking. The intrigue, digging through arcane protocol specs in order to discover some new architectural design flaw or idiotic programmer bug, and the excitement surrounding a mysterious hidden world that few are capable of experiencing, in my mind is akin to losing yourself deep in a software coding problem. I consider myself a […]
// April 10th, 2013 // No Comments » // Mobile
Android Authority and Sam Mobile have released performance results of the various Samsung Galaxy S4 variants and their findings are surprising. Recall that Samsung released three versions of the new Samsung Galaxy S4 – an American and UK version sporting a 1.9 Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, an “international” version operating off of a […]
// April 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
The House Intelligence committee is currently working to amend the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) whose stated aim is to “help the U.S government investigate cyber threats and ensure the security of networks against cyberattack”. Yes, the government that has already proven they cannot protect its citizens from cybersecurity threats now wants to […]
// March 18th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Twitter lit up on Sunday (3/17/13) after the History Channel’s airing of the popular miniseries, The Bible, showed the devil for the first time in the series. 13.1 million viewers couldn’t help but notice that Satan, played by actor Mehdi Ouzaani, looked oddly like United States 44th president, Barack Obama.
// February 6th, 2013 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
The Federal Reserve has openly stated that “one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the central bank were affected by the intrusion.” This comes after Anonymous announced via Twitter (@OpLastResort) that they had struck the Fed on Sunday accessing personal information, which included phone numbers, login […]
// January 28th, 2013 // No Comments » // Internet
According to Bloomberg, Google, who gets about 1,400 requests a month from U.S. authorities for users’ email and documents, is leading an effort to change key aspects of the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act in order to limit or prohibit government access to citizen’s private communications. Google’s chief legal officer told Bloomberg: “Given the realities […]
// January 24th, 2013 // No Comments » // Programming
The White House announced today that it will kick off a “National Day of Civic Hacking” on June 1 and 2 (2013) and is inviting those with tech know-how to use their coding skills to improve communities across the country. Participating government agencies will give hackers access to public data along with coding challenges that […]
// December 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
US Senators voted this morning to renew FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), a controversial act that allows warrantless wiretaps. The current authorization was set to expire on January 1, 2013. The re-authorization extends the bill through 2013 and for four more years beyond that. Three amendments were proposed and shot down yesterday allowing the bill […]
// December 10th, 2012 // No Comments » // Moves, TV, and Music News
Zero Dark Thirty (military speak for half past midnight and a reference to the time that the team of Navy Seals had successfully terminated Bin Laden’s life on May 2, 2011) has not even been released to theaters yet and it’s already racking up awards right and left. Amidst controversy over its portrayal of U.S. […]
// November 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
We have breaking news for you – a China vs. United States war is already taking place. And it’s occurring in the commercial workspaces of U.S. based companies as we speak. A remarkable story has developed regarding Solid Oak Software Inc.’s battle against the People’s Republic of China over Solid Oak Software’s controversial CyberSitter software […]
// November 15th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hacking and Security
As Senate Republicans shot down cybersecurity legislation backed by President Obama, the Washington Post is reporting that Obama signed a secret policy directive last month that will give the military and other government authorities the ability to act quickly if the country comes under cyberattack. Dubbed the “Presidential Policy Directive 20,” this classified document allegedly […]
// November 8th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Earlier this week, Puerto Rico residents voted to join the United States as the nation’s 51st state. President Obama has yet to comment on the vote but earlier comments indicated they would not oppose Puerto Rico being added as the 51st state. That begs this question though – what about the American Flag with its […]
// October 23rd, 2012 // No Comments » // Geek Humor
Obama triggered listeners’ funny bone last night with this quip responding to a criticism from Romney about the size of the U.S. Navy, Obama said: “You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of […]
// October 22nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment News
The Anti-Defamation League has been monitoring Middle Eastern cartoons in newspaper media during the 2012 presidential campaign and found the Arab and Muslim cartoons have been depicting the candidates – President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney – as subservient to Israel and the Jews. The anti-Semitic cartoons featured here an example of what they […]
