Anonymous movement claims attack on US tear gas business LONDON (AP) – The website of a US firm whose tear gas has been employed against demonstrators in Egypt is the newest to be broken into by the Anonymous movement, hackers claimed Tuesday. By Nasser Nasser, AP A protester throws away a tear gas canister … [...] Read more »
Beaverton is the least romantic US city, Foursquare finds
Foursquare has determined that the city is the least romantic in the United States. According to this geeksugar post, Foursquare studied 1.5 billion check-ins on the location-based social app and looked for places deemed romantic. Think wine bars, flow... Read more »
US seeks to mine social media to predict future
SAN FRANCISCOThe U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Hundreds... Read more »
A somber conversation I had with my Iranian friend
I wrote: "Hi Elli! I just wanted to write to you and see how you and Fari are doing? It's been a while since we last talked; I miss you guys! I'm sure you have been following the news lately, and I'm sure you know how awful the relationship between Ira... Read more »
US entertainment lawyer casts doubt on Megaupload case
U.S. lawyers filed criminal charges against Megaupload so they could be tried in the U.S. However. It seems by making it a criminal affair the case may never make it to court. Files on their servers, even legitimate ones, will be deleted beginning this... Read more »
Video: STOP ACTA NOW! ~ Sign The Petition! – The New Threat To The Net
I created this short video to inform as many people as possible about ACTA in one quick and easy video. Please share this video in anyway you can, Twitter, Facebook etc. US, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, and many EU nations already signed this secret ... Read more »
Anonymous for the Good: Glenn Beck exploits hacktivists in right wing parody
Anonymous for the Excellent: Glenn Beck exploits hacktivists in proper wing parody Glenn Beck promotes correct wing Christian values in a strange parody of the international Web hacktivist collective identified as Anonymous. On Tuesday, Glenn Beck released “Anonymous for the Great,” a video parody based on the numerous videos Anonymous … Read a lot more [...] Read more »
The Mark Wahlberg controversy: Daughter of 9/11 victim says 'I think he wished …
The Mark Wahlberg controversy: Daughter of 9/11 victim says 'I think he wished … But a quote about Wahlberg's belief that he could have been aa real-life hero on 9/11 got all the attention: “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did,” he told the magazine. [...] Read more »
Shifting Priorities: Investing in Cybersecurity
Shifting Priorities: Investing in Cybersecurity According to a Congressional Investigation Service report, these emerging threats consist of cyber terrorism, debilitating US command over the electromagnetic spectrum, facilitation of terrorist operations, cyber crimes involving theft of intellectual … Read more on Across the Aisle (blog) Courses in cyber crime and anti-terrorism ordered The federal minister for [...] Read more »
Are High-Tech Cars an Ideal Target for Cyber Terrorists and Criminals?
Are High-Tech Vehicles an Ideal Target for Cyber Terrorists and Criminals? As technologies creeps its way into our everyday lives, criminals have devised new approaches to commit their acts: it's known as cyber terrorism, and it's so serious that the US military has even created a Cyber Command. Authorities now warn of a new way [...] Read more »
