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Director James Cameron: ‘Morons’ at BP turned me down
James Cameron, the director of blockbuster films such as Titanic, The Abyss, The Terminator and Avatar, can return to his deadly female cyborg script now that the “morons” at BP have turned down his offer to help with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. “Over the last few weeks I’ve…
Apple sells two million iPads
Apple, now the largest US technology company by value, said today it had sold two million of its iPad tablet computers, outdoing even the iconic iPhone on its launch. Apple said it had sold 1.4 million iPads since it went on sale exclusively in the US on April 3. On…
House Republicans unhinge bills with amendments on molesters and porn
No one wants to be like poor Florida State Sen. Mike Bennett, who was forced to apologize last week after he “was caught on video viewing a picture of four young women in bikinis last week while his fellow senators were debating a bill dealing with abortion.” Sunshine State News…
IBM invents Earth-friendly plastic made from plants
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment. The breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that saves on energy, according to Chandrasekhar “Spike” Narayan, a manager of…
Federal agencies may expand internet monitoring to beef up cybersecurity
The federal government may be expanding its monitoring of online communications in the name of thwarting cyberattacks. A top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security said in an interview with CNET that it’s considering greater use of a federal technology that provides the department information in order to…
Colbert: Darkness outside proves ‘the sun has been destroyed’
Critics have pointed to a blizzard in the Mid-Atlantic states as the latest evidence that climate change is a hoax. Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert used his “advanced weather forecasting technology” to determine that the current winter conditions prove that the world will be cold and dark forever. Colbert announced an…
Watchdog says TSA misleading public on body scanning technology
The full-body scanners being installed at US airports are capable of recording, storing and transmitting the nude images they make of passengers, says the Electronic Privacy Information Center. EPIC, a watchdog group that monitors privacy in the digital age, has obtained documents showing that the Transportation Security Administration requires its…
‘Experts’ justify profiling, body scanners with familiar paranoid rhetoric
In the wake of the failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight, a large number of so-called experts have raised the ire of civil libertarians in their pursuit of increasingly draconian security measures. Appearing on Fox News Saturday, a retired U.S. general called for “very serious, harsh profiling,” singling…
Bush Administration relied on ‘Al Jazeera decoder’ for 2003 terror alert
The Bush administration raised the terror alert level to “high” during the 2003 winter holidays on the basis of a fake claim that Al Qaeda was passing messages to agents through a secret code embedded in TV broadcasts, says an investigative report at Playboy magazine. Aram Roston reports that Homeland…
US to ‘simulate’ technically impossible attack by Iran
In order to test its missile defense technology, the United States intends to defend against a simulated attack that, according to reports on Iran’s military capabilities, is not technically possible. Most prior tests of U.S. missile defense systems have been geared toward defending against a volley from North Korea. Sometime…
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