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- Britain releases its X-Files
- The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...
- Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Surveillance society needs privacy safeguards
- Writing in the Washington Post, Frank Baitman, of the British-based Petards Group, which develops advanced surveillance systems, says that the time has come for some federal legislation on how surveillance images are captured, stored and shared. As an increasingly sophisticated surveillance blanket covers more of the United...
- Tags: U.S., Video Surveillance, Industry, Video, Britain, Baitman, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- A round the pole tour: Canada, Alaska, Britain & your kitchen
- In Canada, the Green Party accuses the country's Prime Minister of backing a bogus plan that only pretends to follow the Kyoto protocol. And Greenpeace in Australia is accusing their government of supporting the move...all to please American President George W.Meanwhile up in Alaska they're studying an unusual new...
- Tags: Kitchen, Britain, Global Warming, Alaska, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Photos: Speed cameras vex U.K. drivers
- Cameras mounted alongside roads in Britain catch speeders in action--and take their share of abuse.
- Tags: camera, Britain, U.K.
- Image galleries 2006-10-27
- Combat Wings: Battle of Britain (exe)
- Destroy the Luftwaffe. There's something new in the air, and it's more than the hum of hundreds of aero engines. As the Luftwaffe launches its aerial offensive, the outnumbered Royal Air Force is scrambling to bring into combat new planes that will ensure victory over a stronger foe. Will they...
- Tags: Britain, Plane, Corporate Governance, Aerospace & Defense, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2006-10-06
- Photos: Britain's refinery inferno
- Satellite photos and images shot on the ground show the fire and smoke generated by Sunday's refinery explosion near London.
- Tags: refinery, Britain, satellite, London, photograph
- Image galleries 2005-12-12
- Photos: Britain's refinery inferno
- Satellite photos and images shot on the ground show the fire and smoke generated by Sunday's refinery explosion near London.
- Tags: refinery, Britain, satellite, London, photograph
- Image galleries 2005-12-12
- Rise of Nations Britain is Dying map (zip)
- This custom Rise of Nations scenario explores what might have happened if Napolean had taken Britain. You start with Britain in ruins and only five spies, but American ships have landed and promised to help fight against the French and Spanish forces.
- Tags: Britain
- Software downloads 2004-07-23
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- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom
- In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain. The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...
- Tags: Phone, Mr., Data Communications Bill, Internet, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things
- Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with thingsPublic and PrivateYet Britain has one of the largest systems of video cameras monitoring public spaces of any nation. Perhaps the British should blur faces in their cameras--or google should tap into the surveillance system and make it available...
- Tags: Channel management, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Californians weigh in on new law
- Californians weigh in on new lawHandsfree kits and drivingIn Britain the use of hand-held mobile phones has been illegal for almost 5 years. The law is barely enforced and thre are still plenty of people who disregard it. To be honest I suspect our over-reliance on law enforcement technology, such...
- Tags: Californians
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die
- Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-dieAmerica is finishedThis latest downturn coupled with the internet and lax foreign ownership laws means that the devaluation of housing, which would normally ultimately let poor Americans back...
- Tags: industry, Big 3, sales, therapy, Saturn
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry
- This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...
- Tags: Women, Information Technology, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-21
- There'a zero-emission car now, but you can't have one. BTW: the Pres doesn't wanna hear you "squawk" about gasoline prices.
- Clarity, courtesy Honda. Good news: Honda's now making a zero-emission car. Better news: they're shipping them from Japan to car-hungry Los Angeles. Bad news: even if you live in LA, you're not going to get one of these cars for a long time....
- Tags: Car, Honda Motor Co., Corn, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers
- The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...
- Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Dumbing down our math tests?
- Dumbing down our math tests?Two factors at work.One, the "we mustn't make anyone feel bad" syndrome.And, two, the old adage: Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. You and I both know there's more than a little truth in that saying.Combine the two, mix in a little union, and...
- Tags: Dumbing Down, math test, education
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- The insurers bid to fix health care
- The insurers bid to fix health carethe problem isthat no one wants to lay the blame where it belongs. Government. Because that would mean killing socialized medicine.Bingo!!Blanky doesn't want to admit that tort reform *is* needed. My sister is a doc...the cost to her for malpractice insurance is shocking....
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Socialized Medicine, insurance company, tort, health care, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
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