Former military officer says every Middle Eastern country now has Stuxnet-like malware Pete Warren guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 August 2012 06.54 EDT One expert compares the cyber-espionage programs to the Transformers franchise: they develop other functions when they get to where they… Read More ›
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RJ Ellory: fake book reviews are rife on internet, authors warn
Fake book reviews are rife on the internet and readers should be aware of the “fraudulent” practices of some writers, a group of leading British authors warn tonight. Authors Ian Rankin, Lee Child and Val McDermid were among the 49… Read More ›
Even as the death sentence of the Mumbai massacre’s lone living perpetrator was affirmed last week, murderous politicians show how medieval justice in India remains. By Dilip D’Souza.
Mumbai Massacre Perpetrator’s Sentence Affirmed Sep 3, 2012 4:45 AM EDT In Mumbai on August 29, activists of the Shiv Sena party distributed sweets. Which is what you usually do when there’s been a birth in the family, or a… Read More ›
Doctors told to quiz five-year-olds about abuse
Doctors should talk to children as young as five alone if they suspect they are at risk of neglect or abuse, under new guidance. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 7:00AM BST 03 Sep 2012 The General Medical Council has issued… Read More ›
Security rules for Democratic National Convention cause concern: Banned: handbags, backpacks, soda cans, drink coolers, scarves, bike helmets, baby strollers, and non-service animals” within the hundred-square-block event zone
By Muriel Kane Sunday, September 2, 2012 20:19 EDT A new ordinance for “extraordinary events” put in place by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention this week, have left attendees as well as… Read More ›
The era of cheap food may be over
By Larry Elliott, The Guardian Sunday, September 2, 2012 12:01 EDT The last decade saw the end of cheap oil, the magic growth ingredient for the global economy after the second world war. This summer’s increase in maize, wheat and… Read More ›
Debtors’ Prison Is Back — and Just as Cruel as Ever
By Ross Kenneth Urken Posted 12:25PM 08/30/12 –> To most of us, “debtors’ prison” sounds like an archaic institution, something straight out of a Dickens novel. But the idea of jailing people who can’t pay what they owe is alive… Read More ›
Keeping Your Site Alive
In Appreciation to our Friends at the EFF…Engineering Evil Denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly common phenomena, used by a variety of actors—from activists to governments—to temporarily or indefinitely prevent a site from functioning efficiently. Often, the… Read More ›
Thalidomide – Lies, Greed, Fabricated Data, Brainwashed Doctors, Lazy Press, and Smugness of profits made on the horrific horrors inflicted on children
Still no shame for thalidomide cover-up Victims of the drug scandal have been offered an apology, but Harold Evans, who was in charge of the Sunday Times and broke the story, says there is still no proper recompens Harold Evans… Read More ›
Bail hopes dashed of Christian girl in Pakistan blasphemy case
A judge has deferred hearing of Rimsha Masih over charges of burning sacred Islamic texts after legal wrangling Jon Boone in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Saturday 1 September 2012 09.16 EDT Lawyers leave a court in Islamabad hearing the case… Read More ›
Research Sheds Light On Scary New Surveillance Apps for Smartphones
August 31, 2012 | By Parker Higgins Following on the heels of last month’s first-ever public analysis of the elusive spyware FinSpy, security researchers at Citizen Lab have released an analysis of samples that appear to be FinSpy Mobile, the… Read More ›
One in a hundred children are ‘psychopathic’, warn researchers – and they say there is nothing parents can do to control them
Scientists say affected children lie, cheat, manipulate and commit acts of remorseless cruelty Traditional punishments have no effect on their behaviour By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:11:49 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:15:22 EST, 31 August 2012 Around 1 per cent… Read More ›
Police admit to infiltrating Occupy Austin, may have acted as provocateurs
By Muriel Kane Friday, August 31, 2012 21:26 EDT When the local offshoot of Occupy Wall Street began a five-month encampment in Austin, Texas last fall, the Austin police assigned at least three undercover officers to infiltrate the group and… Read More ›
Members of Congress Demand Answers for Homeland Security’s Unjust Domain Name Seizures
August 31, 2012 | By Trevor Timm This morning, a bipartisan group of Representatives, led by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), sent a pointed letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napalitano protesting the recent… Read More ›
Almost half of Americans have less than $10,000 left when they die
46% now die with £10,000 or less saved Many do not have cash to absorb financial ‘shocks’ such as big medical bills Single retirees more likely to be poorer By Sam Adams PUBLISHED:03:48 EST, 31 August 2012| UPDATED:09:08 EST, 31… Read More ›
Mysterious Wiper malware possibly connected to Stuxnet and Duqu/ targeting infrastructure in the energy industry
By Lucian Constantin | IDG News Service August 30, 2012 Kaspersky security researchers present their findings about Wiper malware affecting servers at Iran’s oil ministry in April Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered information suggesting a possible link between… Read More ›
EFF Sues for Answers About Illegal Government Email and Phone Call Surveillance
August 30, 2012 Government Withholding Information About Unconstitutional Spying at NSA Washington, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) today, demanding answers about illegal email and telephone call surveillance at the National Security Agency… Read More ›
Neuroengineers silence brain cells with multiple colors of light
For Immediate Release:January 6, 2010 * Reposted for Filing contact: Jen Hirsch, MIT News Office email: newsoffice@mit.edu phone: 617-253-2700 New tools show potential for treating brain disorders CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Neuroscientists at MIT have developed a powerful new class of… Read More ›
Amazon tribe massacre alleged in Venezuela
Village of 80 people was firebombed from the air, say activists, by illegal gold miners based in neighbouring Brazil Virginia Lopez in Caracas and agencie guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 August 2012 21.13 EDT A massacre has taken place of Yanomami… Read More ›
My doctor’s orders? Crisps, doughnuts and strictly no veg
*If we have a contest for worst medical advice EVER!!! I think we have a pretty good contender here – Engineering Evil By Jo Waters PUBLISHED:20:07 EST, 27 August 2012| UPDATED:20:07 EST, 27 August 2012 When Justin Hansen was told… Read More ›
Only about 33% of Lead Nurses use Evidence-Based Patient Care – ” the longer nurses had been working in health care, the less interested they were in learning more about evidence-based practice.”
Nurse Leader Resistance Perceived as a Barrier to High-Quality, Evidence-Based Patient Care COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers – including resistance from nursing leaders – prevent nurses from implementing… Read More ›
U.S. ‘withheld’ emails on WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning: defense
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, August 28, 2012 21:53 EDT FORT MEADE, Maryland — Lawyers for the US soldier on trial for passing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks on Tuesday accused the government of withholding emails about his pre-trial… Read More ›
As Google prepares to launch its smart glasses, one filmmaker reveals a chilling vision of what could happen if they are misused
By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED:09:45 EST, 28 August 2012| UPDATED:09:47 EST, 28 August 2012 They have been billed as the future of the way that we will interact with computers. But a new science fiction film suggests that augmented reality glasses… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin: the Russian president’s ‘life of four yachts and 58 aircraft’
Vladimir Putin once compared ruling Russia to being a “galley slave”, but four yachts that come with the job, not to mention palaces, aircraft and a wealth of luxury perks help explain his refusal to quit the presidency, leading … Read More ›
Hacking your BRAIN: Scientists reveal they can find out your pin number, and even where you live – all using a cheap headset
Technique uses a freely available headset often used to control games Researchers used it to watch for numbers a person recognised, which triggered a spike in a certain type of brain activity Say it could be used by police to… Read More ›
Site appeals against court request to hand over details of tweets relating to Occupy activist charged with disorderly conduct
By Dominic Rushe, The Guardian Monday, August 27, 2012 16:19 EDT Twitter has lodged an appeal against a New York judge’s decision that it must hand over detailed information related to an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct…. Read More ›
Republican party platform to target ‘hardcore’ porn
By Arturo Garcia Monday, August 27, 2012 13:50 EDT Despite their presumptive presidential candidate being endorsed by a porn star, a conservative media watchdog group says the Republican party platform will look to get tough on what it calls “the… Read More ›
Cannabis smoking ‘permanently lowers IQ’
Teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis are putting themselves at risk of permanently damaging their intelligence, according to a landmark study By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent Researchers found persistent users of the drug, who started smoking it at school, had lower… Read More ›
Robertson: Raise retirement age to 72 because ‘people really like to work’
Evangelist Pat Robertson weighed in the issue of Social Security’s long-term feasibility on The 700 Club Monday, advocating for the mandatory retirement age to be raised past 65 years of age, citing extended lifespans and advances in medicine. “Consequently [people]… Read More ›
Precise and persistent cell sabotage
Contact: Kevin Mayhood kevin.mayhood@case.edu 216-534-7183 Case Western Reserve University Control of siRNA could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged then unleashed as a… Read More ›
Merging tissue and electronics
For Immediate Release:August 27, 2012 contact: Sarah McDonnell, MIT News Office email: s_mcd@mit.edu phone: 617-253-8923 New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — To control the three-dimensional shape of engineered tissue,… Read More ›
Researchers develop sci-fi helmet that creates an alternative reality
By Mo Costandi, The Guardian Sunday, August 26, 2012 13:45 EDT Christopher Nolan’s 2010 blockbuster Inception is set in a distant future where military technology enables one to infiltrate and surreptitiously alter other people’s dreams. Leonardo Di Caprio plays Dom… Read More ›
Turkish health workers condone wife beating
Domestic violence is an inherent problem in Turkey, and healthcare workers are doing little to combat the prevalence of wife beating, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health. A survey of medical personnel reveals… Read More ›
60 Years of American Economic History, Told in 1 Graph
Jordan Weissmann – Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal In the 60 years after World War II, the United States… Read More ›
Sex education ‘doesn’t cut teen pregnancy rate’ claims academic
Sex education lessons and freely handing out contraception to young people has little impact on teenage pregnancy rates, according to a controversial study Unwanted pregnancies have proved “remarkably resilient to policy initiatives”, according to David Paton, professor of industrial economics… Read More ›
Ryan on abortion exceptions: Rape is just another ‘method of conception’
* I Keep no Political Affiliation: Pro or Free Choice, this statement in the WAY it was said requires greater clarification….Ralph Turchiano Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he personally believes that rape is just another “method of conception”… Read More ›
The case of Brandon Raub: Can the government detain you over Facebook posts? “Without a warrant or recitation of his Miranda rights, Raub was handcuffed and taken into custody” (U.S)
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2012 — Brandon J. Raub, a 26-year-old pro-liberty activist, former U.S. Marine, and Virginia resident, was arrested after authorities deemed his Facebook posts threatening. Citing an obscure statute allowing the involuntary detainment of a citizen for psychiatric… Read More ›
Monitoring Your Drug Use and Compliance through the Internet, with Electronic Smart Pills
The technology behind the so-called smart pill is slick — a sensor the size of a grain of sand is added to a medication. When ingested, it sends a signal through the patient’s body to a patch worn on the… Read More ›
Man fined £110 for sending abusive email to Tory MP [Profanity]
A man who abused a Tory MP in a crude email after the politician was headbutted by a rival at Westminster was fined £110 and ordered to pay £100 costs yesterday. Nicholas Scales told MP Stuart Andrew to “stop wasting… Read More ›
Child Porn, Coke Smuggling: Hundreds of DHS Employees Arrested Last Year (U.S.)
By Robert Beckhusen Email Author August 22, 2012 | Categories: Crime and Homeland Security Border Patrol agents smuggling weed and coke. Immigration agents forging documents and robbing drug dealers. TSA employees caught with child porn. Those are just a few of the… Read More ›
America’s Generosity Divide – Wealthiest are the Least Generous, Based on Discretionary Income
America’s Generosity Divide The Chronicle of Philanthropy. By Emily Gipple and Ben Gose The nation’s generosity divide is vast, according to a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study that charts giving patterns in every state, city, and ZIP code. In states… Read More ›
Northwestern scientists create chemical brain – Birth of Chematica
Northwestern scientists create chemical brain Giant network links all known compounds and reactions to create chemical Google on steroids Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network — a chemical Google on… Read More ›
Ausssie Man Jailed Over FaceBook Post
A central Victorian man who posted offensive personal comments about women on Facebook has been sentenced to four months in jail. David McRory, 22, of Bendigo pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to offend and publishing objectionable material online… Read More ›
Valley woman told she could not hand out free bottled water in summer heat Without a Permit (U.S)
By: Corey Rangel PHOENIX – The City of Phoenix could face a lawsuit if the city doesn’t apologize to a Valley woman for telling her she could not hand out free bottled water to people in the summer heat. Dana… Read More ›
Inside Capitol, Investor Access Yields Rich Tips
When Senate Democrats finally brokered a compromise over the proposed health-care law, a group of hedge funds were let in on the deal, learning details hours before a public announcement on Dec. 8, 2009. The news was potentially worth… Read More ›
Politics and Prejudice – Insights from Psychological Science
PRESS RELEASE August 20, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Mikulak Association for Psychological Science 202.293.9300 amikulak@psychologicalscience.org Politics and Prejudice – Insights from Psychological Science Tags: Personality/Social, Political Psychology, Prejudice, Social Groups New research from… Read More ›
eBay bans magic spells
eBay will ban sales of magic spells, potions, and curses as part of an effort to increase trust In a policy update it said sales of “advice, spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic services, prayers, blessings; Psychic, Tarot, Reiki, and other… Read More ›
Pakistan arrests 11 year old, mentally disabled Christian girl for alleged Qur’an desecration
By Jon Boone, The Guardian Sunday, August 19, 2012 20:06 EDT An 11-year-old Christian Pakistani girl said to suffer from a mental disorder could face the death penalty under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws, after she was accused by her… Read More ›
Dukan Diet inventor: the obese are mentally ill
* I will take the liberty to interject on this issue…. In my humble opinion even this doctor is wrong. While being lean and thin may be cosmetically desirable traits, they are still off base when it comes to evolution… Read More ›
Christian girl with Down’s Syndrome arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, August 19, 2012 11:09 EDT ISLAMABAD — A Christian girl with Down’s Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran, police and activists said on… Read More ›
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