Category Archives: Technology

Chrome in the Clouds

Google is Beta testing its new Operating System, Chrome and getting lots of press for it. To get the OS tested by as many different people, Google is giving away netbooks with the Chrome OS installed. They are giving away … Continue reading

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A Merry Christmas the TSA Way

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Genocide via Driving a Hummer.

A marvelous case of overstating the case to curb carbon emissions in a 20 minute speach by Bolivian President Evo Morales at the UN Climate Conference in Cancun Mexico. The temperatures at Cancun were at record lows during the the … Continue reading

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Shedding some Light on CFLs

Folks on the left can have an inability to see from the right perspective. The Dallas Morning News attempts to shed some light on why some folks might not be thrilled with the feds demanding what kind of lighting we … Continue reading

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Keeping Secrets

Irony found at the Instapundit: DAVID BERNSTEIN ON WIKILEAKS: “The harm to U.S. diplomatic and military interests is said to be quite large. I’m glad Koh is sending Julian Assange of Wikileaks a stern letter of reprimand, that will show … Continue reading

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Keeping the Homeland Secure

The Department of Homeland Security shut down about 75 sites.  Some are are sites that offer inexpensive alternatives to expensive designer items.  Others sites that are search engines that help users find  torrent links on the web. Aside from the fact that domains are being … Continue reading

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Stuxnet 007

Maybe more like a job for James Phelps and the Impossible Mission Force: In the 20th century, this would have been a job for James Bond. The mission: Infiltrate the highly advanced, securely guarded enemy headquarters where scientists in the … Continue reading

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Facebook to anounce Email.

Facebook is to announce it’s “Gmail Killer”, Project Titan, Monday. Facebook’s secret Project Titan — a web-based email client that we hear is unofficially referred to internally as its “Gmail killer”. Now we’ve heard from sources that this is indeed what’s coming … Continue reading

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Square, Accepting Plastic on The Go

I don’t have a Smart Phone,  I’ve been reluctant to dump my functiona, although relatively disposable phone for the more expensive smart phones. Mostly though its not the price of the hardware that keeps me away. It’s the  price of … Continue reading

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Stuxnet Causes Microsoft to Demand more Network Security

The Stuxnet Trojan has MicroSoft getting defensive.  Steve Balmer Spoke at the London School of economics and warns of the threat that sophisticated malware presents to cloud computing : The advent of sophisticated new malware such as Stuxnet could hamper … Continue reading

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