FDA Requests Recall of Xiadafil VIP Tabs

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today requested that SEI Pharmaceuticals, of Miami, Fla., recall all Xiadafil VIP Tabs sold in 8 tablet bottles (Lot # 6K029) or blister cards of 2 tablets (Lot #...

Phishing gets sophisticated goes international

" Phishers have targeted users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time (Computerworld, Gregg Keizer May 20, 2008). People began receiving spammed messages yesterday telling them that they must correct a problem with...

Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary

Mother's Day is so commercial now. I'm stressing about what to get my mum tomorrow and the item that she wanted is all sold out so now I really am stuck.But what happened to the simplicity of giving your mum a...

Houston we have a "Credit" Problem, NASA Spending Spree

What Space Cases!  NASA Employees think its O.K. to use your money to buy toys."NASA employees have used government credit cards to ring up iPods, video games and even clothes from the agency's own gift shop,...

Record Number Of Schools Observe Day Of Silence

This year's 'day of silence,' in which high school students across teh country refrain from speaking to protest harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered students, attracted a record number of...

Veterans Affairs Buying Spree on your Dime

Veterans Affairs Buying Spree on your DimeNote: Politisite is a former employee of the VA Medical Center (pictured) in Augusta, Georgia.  The motto was, "Putting Veterans First".  It appears that some...

One billion RFID cards vulnerable to hacks

Cash is starting to look so much more attractive.  Then again, aren't they also putting RFID in the currency now?"Even as RFID tech grows more and more ubiquitous, fears about its safety and security haven't dwindled -- which is why we're just disappointed, not...

Debit cards for 20,000 welfare clients in BC

An interesting idea.  Would a loaded card be a dangerous item to carry around in sketchier areas though?"The B.C. government plans to issue direct-debit cards to more than 20,000 welfare recipients who don't...

Parents shocked by 'R-rated' Valentines for kids

Badass Valentine's cards marketed toward elementary school kids have parents and  teachers upset in schools across Canada. Many say the cards, distributed by Scholastic Canada, are inappropriate for...

Inspiring story about a Chinese Dissident recently arrested

"Tenacious, resourceful and possessed of a wry sense of humor, he used a handheld video recorder to capture the mundane routine of surveillance from his apartment: security agents eating boxed lunches, napping on lawn chairs and playing cards. They crowded around Zeng as she...

Don't Bank on Technology to Protect you.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Techno Experts in vacuum tube technology theorized that advances in transistors would now make Computer Technology faster , smaller and affordable for...

Diebold Voting Machine Failures During New Hampshire Primary

"Special to The BRAD BLOG by Dori Smith of Talk Nation Radio Early research into New Hampshire wards and towns which used Diebold's AccuVote Optical-Scan voting machines during last week's Primary reveals that...

The 'People's Choice Awards' Winners

"The "People's Choice Awards" took on a new format this year as a result of the writers strike. Instead of the normal set-up with an audience and the winners taking to the stage, the nominees were presented through the use of clips and filmed acceptances. Among the fan...

Watch the New Mac Pro...Go, Go, Go!

Apple has announced a new Mac Pro that is being hailed as the fastest Mac ever. Fair enough. But early adopters and Mac-addicts should take note: configuring that top of the line, top-speed zooming Apple tower is going to cost a purdy penny. "Apple has, just a week before...

Santa crucified to protest Christmas commercialism

I am never one to spread unfounded rumours, but I have surmised, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer was the Judas who turned him in, for a few pieces of kibble."Santa crucified to protest Christmas...

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