Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Coming Superbrain

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Jack Henderson

from John Markoff at The New York Times Artificial intelligence is back in fashion, which raises the question: Will computer intelligence surpass our own? Others who have observed the increasing power of computing technology are even less sanguine about the … Continue reading →

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Momentum Builds For Ron Paul’s Fed Transparency Act, HR 1207

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Jack Henderson

The goal of this bill is simple: direct the Government Accountability Office to complete, before the end of 2010, an audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and of the federal reserve banks, and provide a … Continue reading →

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Inside the bad-ass world of military research

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Digg_Post

Few science teams can match the flash and audacity of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  Last week DARPA showed off 9 future projects that tackle building blazing, secure networks, longer-flying unmanned aircraft, faster vaccine delivery, and more. read … Continue reading →

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The case of the missing H-bomb

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Jack Henderson

I suppose the two books I’ve written (and the third that I’m working on now) are historical thrillers, in that there’s a lot of inter-mixing of things that actually did happen, with things that probably happened (though we may never … Continue reading →

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Forbes: Audit the Federal Reserve, by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Digg_Post

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 →

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1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Digg_Post

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 →

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G20 police ‘used undercover men to incite crowds’

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Digg_Post

from The Guardian An MP who was involved in last month’s G20 protests in London is to call for an investigation into whether the police used agents provocateurs to incite the crowds. Brake has produced a draft report of his … Continue reading →

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Botnet master hits the kill switch, takes down 100,000 PCs

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Digg_Post

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

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Earth’s Magnetic Field Hisses Due to Distant “Chorus”

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Digg_Post

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 →

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A Battle to Preserve a Visionary’s Bold Failure

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jack Henderson

from William J. Broad at The New York Times Published: May 5, 2009 A fight is looming on Long Island over the ghostly remains of Nikola Tesla’s biggest and most audacious project. read more

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Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Digg_Post

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 →

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