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The Federal Reserve’s recent and unprecedented actions in the realm of monetary policy have provoked a backlash among the American people. Trillions of dollars worth of loans and guarantees have been provided to Wall Street firms, while Main Street Americans … Continue reading →

from The Guardian In 1946 Observer editor David Astor lent George Orwell a remote Scottish farmhouse in which to write his new book. “The circumstances surrounding the writing of Nineteen Eighty-Four make a haunting narrative that helps to explain the … Continue reading →

Those behind the Zeus botnet recently decided to press the big red button, bluescreening 100,000 computers around the globe. Security experts aren’t sure why yet, although they have some ideas. read more | digg story

from National Geographic Thousands of miles above Earth, a cosmic chorus is filling the heavens with a mysterious, low frequency “hiss.” That’s the conclusion of scientists studying data from a set of NASA probes designed to monitor substorms — dramatic … Continue reading →

The Torpig botnet was hijacked by the good guys for ten days earlier this year before its controllers issued an update and took the botnet back. During that time, however, researchers were able to gain a glimpse into the kind … Continue reading →

From NetworkWorld.com US scientists this week got the go-ahead to build a roughly 1/3-scale model of a stratospheric airship that if completed in-scale will house a floating 15-story radar system capable of detecting and tracking everything from missiles to people … Continue reading →

The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. read more | digg story

An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently limited version of a program that would turn military spy satellites on the US, sharing imagery with other federal, state, … Continue reading →

The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the staggering financial industry. read more | digg story