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Osama bin Laden is Dead, US Troops Have His Body

May 2, 2011
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Just a few hours ago President Obama went on TV to tell the world that the US finally got Osama bin Laden. After a 10 year hunt spanning two Presidents, Obama is finally able to lay claim to the death of America’s public enemy number one. The predictions about how this will change things have [...]

A Summary of News From Japan: After the Earthquake and Tsunami

March 16, 2011
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I was trying to read up on all the latest updates in Japan as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami, so I thought I would combine my findings into a blog post to save everyone else a little time surfing around. Let me know if you find this helpful and I’ll try and [...]

LEAKED: The New Roboform for Android Application

February 4, 2011
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For those of you who’ve read my article on How I’d Hack Your Passwords, you eventually got to the part where I recommend using a password manager to organize and protect your passwords so you don’t use weak ones everywhere. Well, for years I’ve been recommending Roboform and even put together a Roboform Tutorial for [...]

A First Hand Account of the Egyptian Revolution

February 3, 2011
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If you’re like me, you don’t really know much about what is going on in Egypt. There has been a lot of news, but in the US it has also been somewhat overshadowed by the major storm that has been ravaging much of the country. Here in Dallas the city has been shut down for [...]

Leaking Naked Photos, Crotch Grabbing, and Other TSA Hobbies

January 18, 2011
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If you’re an experienced traveler, you may have noticed by now that the TSA has installed the full body scanners in basically every airport in the US. It was over three years ago when I reported that “The TSA is Going to Photograph You Naked!!!“, and the mandatory scanning has now gone into effect. “We [...]

The Life and Suicide of Bill Zeller

January 13, 2011
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Bill Zeller was a PhD Candidate at the Center for Information Technology Policy, which is part of Princeton University‘s Computer Science program. Last Sunday he took his own life and left a detailed suicide note explaining his rationale. If you’d like to learn a little more about Bill, you can visit his personal site (for [...]

Sarah Palin Wants Her WikiLeaked Secrets Just Like the Rest of Us!

December 26, 2010
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On November 29, 2010 after Julian Assange posted some leaked sensitive documentation on WikiLeaks, Sarah Palin ripped him a new one – equating him to a terrorist and questioning why the US Government didn’t hunt him down like a dog. Here is a quote taken directly from her Facebook page: Assange is not a “journalist,” [...]

The New WordPress User Association Launch

December 2, 2010
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I know that a lot of you have your own blog, and I’m willing to bet that the majority use WordPress to run it. So I’ve got some exciting news for you. Just yesterday we launched the new WordPress User Association to bring together resources and provide a place for those of us who use [...]

Liquid Glass – Coming to a Store Shelf Soon?

November 27, 2010
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A company is Germany has developed what they claim to be one of the most innovative, world-changing, technologies of all time. “Liquid Glass” is a product that supposedly can be applied to almost anything, and which coats the surface with a 100 nanometer thick layer of flexible, breathable, glass. Oh, and its completely harmless and [...]