The US has become a complete surveillance state
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 18:59:08 -0700 | technology-news
The US government, as part the "war on terror," has erected an expensive and extensive surveillance empire, that monitors not just AP reporters but everyone's communications throughout the US and no doubt far beyond. In 2010 the Washington Post documented...
Yahoo's board approves an agreement for the purchase of Tumblr, WSJ
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 22:24:38 -0700 | technology-news
The board of the Internet giant Yahoo has reached an agreement to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr, as published in The Wall Street Journal today. According to sources familiar with the matter cited by the newspaper, Yahoo will pay...
American astronauts have completely eliminated ammonia leak from the cooling system on the ISS
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 00:25:34 -0700 | technology-news
American astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Thomas Mashburn during the spacewalk on May 11 failed to completely eliminate the major ammonia leak from the cooling system of one of the solar panels on the International Space Station / ISS /. It...
U.S. Air Force launched a GPS satellite navigation new generation
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 00:22:35 -0700 | technology-news
The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday launched a new generation of satellite navigation, which will join the constellation of the American Global Positioning System / GPS /. Carrier rocket "Atlas 5" / Atlas 5 / s device called GPS 2F...
Ammonia leak outside International Space Station fixed
Posted by: Avaline
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 11:04:33 -0700 | technology-news
Two astronauts fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station on Saturday. The leak was in the cooling system of the space station, and fixing it was of utmost significance, reports SPACE.com. NASA astronauts Christopher Cassidy and Tom Marshburn...
NASA astronauts trying to fix ammonia leak in space station
Posted by: wendyzachary
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 09:27:27 -0700 | technology-news
NASA is sending two of its astronauts to quickly fix an ammonia leak in a power system of the International Space System Saturday. On Thursday, ammonia snowflakes were detected in the space surrounding the space station. An urgent spacewalk was...
"Human surrogate" dummies to be used in testing non-lethal pain weapons
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 19:01:54 -0700 | technology-news
The Pentagon is busy testing pain weapons. Rather than using human guinea pigs as test subjects, the Pentagon will employ "human surrogate" dummies who will not complain or form a union to ask for greater risk pay premiums. The Pentagon...
Pentagon accuses Chinese military in cyberattacks
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 12:02:43 -0700 | technology-news
The Pentagon has alleged that China made several attempts to gain access to the US government’s sensitive information through cyberattacks. It is for the first time that the Pentagon has directly pointed finger toward Beijing’s government and military for allegedly...
Manned mission to Mars is NASA's topmost priority
Posted by: prabirghose
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 14:49:03 -0700 | technology-news
Speaking on the first day of the Humans 2 Mars summit at George Washington University, Charles Bolden, the administrator of NASA has said that a manned mission to Mars is its topmost priority. He went on to add that every...
Psychologist crossed the United States by plane, working on solar energy
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 14:38:09 -0700 | technology-news
Thus the first phase of this unique car trip from the West to the East Coast of the U.S.. "We did not give up on the schedule, the flight took place in excellent conditions, the pilot feels good," - reported...
U.S successfully tests a hypersonic cruise missile
Posted by: rsa76
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 13:22:11 -0700 | technology-news
In the U.S., over the Pacific Ocean successfully tested a hypersonic cruise missile "Ex-51-hey Ueyvrayder" (X-51A Waverider), Air Force officials said the country A missile launched from aboard a B-52 bomber, which took off from the air base, "Edwards" in...
Citizen Hearing on Disclosure begins in Washington DC
Posted by: SofiaAmbrosia
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 22:16:07 -0700 | technology-news
The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (CHD) began earlier today, Monday April 29 in Washington, DC to discuss extraterrestrial visitations to Earth and as well as the US government’s knowledge, involvement and perhaps consent to engage the people (and often animals)...
LivingSocial website hacked, 50 million customers' information compromised
Posted by: Dava Castillo
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 07:43:58 -0700 | technology-news
Owned by Amazon, LivingSocial daily deals site has had a massive cyberattack on its computer system. An email sent to employees spoke of “unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers.” This breach has impacted 50 million customers of...
Internet Sales Tax bill cruising through US Senate
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 11:34:11 -0700 | technology-news
The tax-free heyday of Internet shopping may be coming to an end. A bill is moving at broadband speed through the US Senate that would require all online retailers to charge sales tax on Internet purchases -- even in states...
(PHOTO) Nasa Mars Rovers Accidentally Draw Penis On Red Planet
Posted by: Pijush Mitra
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 11:09:19 -0700 | technology-news
NASAa’s Mars Rovers Have accidentally drawn a penis like image on the surface of the red planet. It is however not cleared which of the rovers has drawn the image and when. NASA’s twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity were...
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