ISPs Tracking Your Online Life: The Myth of Privacy

Web users are generally concerned with privacy, but a recent study shows that most are unclear on exactly how much privacy hey have... or, more to the point, how much privacy they don't have. Never mind Google- your...

British Airways suspends flights to Pakistan

Expats living in Pakistani capital Islamabad are shocked and shaken after the massive suicide truck bombing attack at the Marriott Hotel which was so close to their life in Pakistan. Marriott was the place...

Call to Action Help Protect Water Resources World Water Monitoring Day Starts...

Organizations all over the world are joining together today to start the month long celebration of the annual World Water Monitoring Day, which is in aid of protecting the world's water resources."U.S. Environmental...

Ohio's Voting Machines Busted, and Won't Be Fixed

Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by...

California: Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Starts Fires

This is a scientific mystery. Why one patch of land hits 812 degrees and literally sets things on fire is under investigation."High atop a steep grass-covered mountain overlooking the Little Sespe Canyon near Fillmore, the earth is on fire. Wisps of smoke rise from a brown...

Make Your Own Surveillance State

Though massively decentralized, the citizenry of a developed country handily outguns its government in terms of surveillance equipment. Every cameraphone, every digicam can be used to watch the...

Extortion ?

Extortion is a crime you don’t hear about very often. A crime that drums up images of men with slicked hair, Armani suits and chuffer driven limousine but as the FBI has virtual eradicated the "mafia", extortion...

Indian Investment in Africa: In the Shadows of China

Benin's intro:  This is an article that I just penned about India's growing investments into Africa and against the backdrop of the even larger Chinese presence in Africa.  The main question that this...

Most Powerful Business Woman touts McCain on the Net

UPDATED  The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...

Spot the Spots: Biometric Penguin ID

All those penguins look pretty much the same. This problem has been baffling scientists who strive to track penguin migration and behavior without outwardly-visible tags. Their solution: computer-enhanced image...

CCTV : "Omnipresent and Not Helpful"

Security guru Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear, wrote the below article about CCTV cameras and their (in) effectiveness in solving crime. "To some, it's comforting to imagine vigilant police monitoring every...

Wireless System Links to Health Risks

Two years ago, innovation seemed to soar at a whole new level with the wi-fi technology that was suddenly widely available. Developers tried everything from wireless sensors to Livecast from mobile phones, generating...

Laptop/Desktop Hybrid

"Wow, I have seen parsecs worth of concept computer designs during my visit here on Earth, but nothing like this “B-membrane” design by Korean designer Won-Seok Lee. He has taken the need for a bulky monitors...

Canada: Air passengers to undergo 'virtual strip search'

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSo much for those mail order $4.99 X-Ray glasses, a new technology is in town for air travellers passing through this little burg Kelowna far in the British Columbia...

'Cannibal relatives ate boy alive'

The things people do when it seems justified some or other religious cult or belief is incredible. This time a cult that i've never heard of before the 'Grail' though the term of course is well known."A...

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