Monday, August 30, 2010

The Next Big Move with Joe Fahmy (08/29/10) � Live Finance Video Network | StockTwits TV

The Next Big Move with Joe Fahmy (08/29/10) � Live Finance Video Network | StockTwits TV

Op-Ed Columnist - This Is Not a Recovery - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - This Is Not a Recovery - NYTimes.com:

"The important question is whether growth is fast enough to bring down sky-high unemployment. We need about 2.5 percent growth just to keep unemployment from rising, and much faster growth to bring it significantly down. Yet growth is currently running somewhere between 1 and 2 percent, with a good chance that it will slow even further in the months ahead. Will the economy actually enter a double dip, with G.D.P. shrinking? Who cares? If unemployment rises for the rest of this year, which seems likely, it won’t matter whether the G.D.P. numbers are slightly positive or slightly negative."

Building a Nation of Know-Nothings - NYTimes.com

Building a Nation of Know-Nothings - NYTimes.com:

"Take a look at Tuesday night’s box score in the baseball game between New York and Toronto. The Yankees won, 11-5. Now look at the weather summary, showing a high of 71 for New York. The score and temperature are not subject to debate.

Yet a president’s birthday or whether he was even in the White House on the day TARP was passed are apparently open questions. A growing segment of the party poised to take control of Congress has bought into denial of the basic truths of Barack Obama’s life. What’s more, this astonishing level of willful ignorance has come about largely by design, and has been aided by a press afraid to call out the primary architects of the lies."

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes

Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes:

"The company’s marketing materials say that its “primary purpose is to image vehicles and their contents,” and that “the system cannot be used to identify an individual, or the race, sex or age of the person.”"

Look at the sample image in this article and you can tell right away the driver of the truck is a man.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Suit alleges Disney, other top sites spied on users | Media Maverick - CNET News

Suit alleges Disney, other top sites spied on users | Media Maverick - CNET News:

"'Flash Cookies' are not affected when users try to remove traditional cookies with their browser's privacy controls.



'What's even sneakier,' Wired.com reporter Ryan Singel wrote then, is 'several services even use the surreptitious data storage to reinstate traditional cookies that a user deleted, which is called 're-spawning,'' This means that a user may kill a cookie, but some technologies will bring it back to life by assigning that cookie's unique ID to a new cookie."

Friday, August 13, 2010

Obama throws support behind controversial Islamic center - CNN.com

Obama throws support behind controversial Islamic center - CNN.com: "'That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances,' Obama said at a White House Iftar dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan."

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood | Reuters

Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood | Reuters: "In the Republican race, former prosecutor Buck was endorsed by conservative Tea Party groups and won despite being caught on tape complaining about Tea Party 'dumb-asses' who question whether Obama was born in the United States."