Pentagon planning base near Iraq-Iran border: report

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has plans to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to curtail the flow of Iranian advanced weapons to the Shiite militias. Maj.Gen. Rick Lynch ,...

Iran: Uranium Centrifuge Goal Reached

"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's president claimed Sunday that his country is now running 3,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium for its nuclear program—a long-sought Iranian goal that could add momentum to efforts to...

Singapore Minister to address Platts Energy Awards

New York (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Platts (http://www.platts.com/), one of the world's leading energy information providers and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), along with this year's sponsor, Logical Information Machines (LIM), will announce its...

RoboCop: Coming Soon to a City Near You

From the streets of Iraq to a city near you, robots are on the march..."Armed robots -- similar to the ones now on patrol in Iraq -- are being marketed to domestic police forces, according to the machines'...

Next step -- fix this or just forget the secret ballot?

This isn't vote caging, this is total voting transparency. This would be one of the only times when I would say transparency is unwanted, unhelpful, and should be illegal. By matching public records in Ohio, a privacy activist has been able to see how particular individuals...

Canada replaces Bridge Overnight

Ontario Construction Crews replaced a 4- Lane 50 year old bridge overnight. The concrete and steel bridge is a Canadian First."Out with the old and in with the new. The dingy and battered bridges that withstood...

D-Day for Electronic Voting Machines- UPDATE: They are IN!

"California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will decide today whether to ban new electronic voting machines for next February's presidential primary. No matter what she decides, it will make waves from Capitol Hill to county election offices."And now we wait with 'bated...

More California E-Voting Reports Released; More Bad News

"Yesterday the California Secretary of State released the reports of three source code study teams that analyzed the source code of e-voting systems from Diebold, Hart InterCivic, and Sequoia.    * Diebold systems    * Hart InterCivic...

Thousands Line Up for 'Idol' Auditions

"By ALLISON HOFFMAN Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO Jul 30, 2007 (AP)Thousands of people hoping to be the next Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson or even Sanjaya lined up outside Qualcomm Stadium on Monday as auditions for the seventh season of "American Idol" began. Some...

'$100 laptop' production begins

"Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines. Previously,...

Carbide plated tools and chipper parts

A carbide wearproof and brazed tool, tip, or part is proven to last 3 to 6 times longer than a steel tool. Carbide tools have a piece of durable carbide brazed to the tip of a steel shank. Most often this process is used on heavy-wear industrial machines like those found...

Those magnificient men in their flying wheelbarrows

There really are some weird people around. I got this from the website of a local paper in Hull, England.There's a video on that site. It's amazing!!"Those magnificent men in their flying machines may thrill at...

The Terminator: He'll Be Back!

More Terminator films are slated for production, though they will be unlikely to star Arnold "Give Me Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle" Schwarzenegger. "The 'Terminator' will be back, thanks to a new...

The Trojan Thumb-Drive

"Malware purveyors deliberately left USB sticks loaded with a Trojan in a London car park in a bid to trick users into getting infected. The attack was designed to propagate Trojan banking software that swiped...

Is this the most put upon looking dog you've ever seen?

"Dogs that can retrieve cash from ATMs and empty washing machines help disabled people lead more independent lives, but can they also help reform disruptive teenagers?  Midhurst in West Sussex is about as...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from