Archive for July, 2011
Google Wasn’t Just Sniffing for Wi-Fi Base Stations
July 26th, 2011Via: Cnet: Google’s Street View cars collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other Wi-Fi devices around the world, a practice that raises novel privacy concerns, CNET has confirmed. The cars were supposed to collect the locations of Wi-Fi access points. But Google also recorded the street addresses and unique identifiers of […]
Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Chinese Billionaires
July 26th, 2011Via: Forbes: I’m no statistics whiz, but it seems to me that a Chinese billionaire dies every 40 days. China Daily reported Friday that unnatural deaths have taken the lives of 72 mainland billionaires over the past eight years. (Do the math.) Which means that if you’re one of China’s 115 current billionaires, as listed […]
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Maize Fields
July 26th, 2011Via: IB Times: In an effort to rid the country of Monsanto’s GMO products, Hungary has stepped up the pace. This looks like its going to be another slap in the face for Monsanto. A new regulation was introduced this March which stipulates that seeds are supposed to be checked for GMO before they are […]
Wealth Gap Between Whites and Minorities Widest in 25 Years
July 26th, 2011Via: AJC / AP: The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics, according to an analysis of new […]
Cryptogon Android App
July 26th, 2011Despite all the posts on Cryptogon about smartphones acting as tracking devices, many of you use them anyway. So, how about a Cryptogon Android app? A Cryptogon reader has created one and it’s available for free at Static Wave Studio. Thanks, Dave! I had nothing to do with the creation of this application. That’s another […]
Arkansas: Black Student Can’t Be Valedictorian
July 26th, 2011Via: Courthouse News Service: A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn’t let her mom speak to the school board about it until graduation had passed, the graduate claims in Federal Court. Kymberly Wimberly, 18, got only a single […]
Greece Nearing Default
July 25th, 2011Via: Washington Post: Moody’s Investors Service again downgraded Greece’s credit standing Monday, setting the stage for a likely declaration that the country is in default as a newly approved rescue plan moves forward. In the first review by a ratings agency of the plan approved by European leaders last week, Moody’s cast doubt on the […]
U.S. Taxpayer Money Funneled to the Taliban
July 25th, 2011Flashback: NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan Via: Washington Post: A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses. The unreleased investigation […]
EnviroMission Plans Massive Solar Tower for Arizona
July 25th, 2011I think I first mentioned this on Cryptogon around 2003. Glad I didn’t hold my breath. Via: Gizmag: An ambitious solar energy project on a massive scale is about to get underway in the Arizona desert. EnviroMission is undergoing land acquisition and site-specific engineering to build its first full-scale solar tower – and when we […]
‘The Knights Templar’: Mexico’s Newest Drug Cartel [???]
July 25th, 2011Don’t miss the one about La Santa Muerte. Via: Al Jazeera: Pictures of the latest objects seized by the police in the Mexican state of Michoacan, revealed that the mysterious ‘Knights Templar” drug cartel is more bizarre than most people imagine. There were four hooded tunics, with a red cross, a metal helmet, and a […]
