September 2010

Redesigning internet services for Big Brother.

September 27, 2010

Electronic surveillance (generally referred to as “wiretaps”) are a standard tool in a law enforcement officer’s arsenal. Without this capability, law enforcement organizations simply would not be able to identify key intelligence in complex criminal or national security investigations. It doesn’t take an episode of The Wire to illustrate just what kind of information law [...]

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No seven-inch iPad on the horizon.

September 27, 2010

The rumour bandwagon is loose, talking about an upcoming 7″ iOS tablet device. Steven Sande at TUAW notes that Apple has already created a rather broad range of iPods, begging the question as to whether they’ll do similar with iOS devices. Apple, however, has managed to turn the iPod line into four completely different products [...]

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Weekly tweets for 2010-09-26.

September 26, 2010

Why'd the producers of Dancing with the Stars ask Bristol Palin to participate? She's not a "star," and isn't a celebrity in her own right. # MI6 ‘Used Bodily Fluids as Invisible Ink’ http://bit.ly/9MJtMI # Michael Jackson-themed MMO: http://bit.ly/bPfRiq Our guess for classes? Zombie, Shape-Shifter, Plastic Surgeon, and Catholic Priest. # Hybrid car designs from [...]

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Weekly tweets for 2010-09-19.

September 19, 2010

USB balisong by Benchmade. Too bad it's made out of plastic. http://j.mp/bsDi0m # BioLab, a web-based platformer written without Flash: http://is.gd/fa6ln # The problem with CCP's upcoming World of Darkness (WoD) MMO is that it will be based on the new WoD, instead of the much better classic WoD. # Not sure why people are [...]

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iPad gobbling up laptop sales.

September 17, 2010

When we suggest that someone consider an iPad for basic home computing, we often still hear, “Why would I get an iPad instead of a laptop?” And this is followed with our typical explanation that 99% of what people need a computer for is a word processor and a web browser, and that because of [...]

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Rude dude deserves detainment.

September 15, 2010

Yesterday we caught wind of Paul Karl Lukacs getting detained at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) after returning from China this past April. It began with a simple question and answer. “Why were you in China?” asked the passport control officer, a woman with the appearance and disposition of a prison matron. “None of your [...]

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