How Did Israeli Spy Software Get Onto Critical FAA Computers?
January 28th, 2008
The deathly precision of the attacks and the magnitude of planning would have required years of planning. Such a sophisticated operation would require the fixed frame of a state intelligence organization; something not found in a loose group, like the one led by the student Mohammed Atta in Hamburg.
– Eckehardt Werthebach, former president of Germany’s Verfassungsschutz intelligence service, comments on the sophistication and complexity of the 9-11 attacks; from a conversation with Christopher Bollyn, December 2001
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Early 2008 MacBook Pro refresh expected
January 27th, 2008
Apple’s MacBook Pro line is to be updated with the new Intel Core 2 Duo processors by the first quarter of 2008, according to numerous leaked reports.
Based on Intel’s Penryn technology, the future processors will be much smaller (45nm) than the previous version (65nm), but will provide cooler-running and faster chips.
10 Reasons to Buy a DSLR Camera
January 26th, 2008
One of the most common questions I get as related to photography is “What camera should I buy?” Before I get into the reasons I recommend buying a DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera, I’d like to state why you should NOT buy a DSLR.
Read article here.
Best dSLRs under £500 (from Urban75).
COINTELPRO targets
January 25th, 2008
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a program of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States.
Here is a list of people and organizations who have been confirmed targets of the COINTELPRO program.
You’ll find some unlikely names like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Muhammad Ali there too!
Bad Movie Planet
January 24th, 2008
Cult films, b-movies, and schlock flicks from every genre gathered in a small corner of the universe that had been set aside for them. They called it…
Also check out The Unknown Movies section.
Short CG animation by Baginski
January 23rd, 2008
Baginski has been behind other projects such as “The Cathedral”, and is regarded as one of the greatest independent CG artists that this world has to offer. Honestly, this is stuff you would not normally find on any given day, as his work is some of the greatest I have ever seen. This plot involves a volunteer soldier that plummets to his death. A photograph is taken and sent by courier to a huge man, who adds it to his macabre collection.
Some of his other work can be found here.
Do’s and don’ts with babies
January 22nd, 2008
Very funny. check website.
Khalkhin-Gol: The Battle that shaped WW2
January 21st, 2008
In August 1939, just weeks before Hitler invaded Poland, the Soviet Union and Japan fought a massive tank battle on the Mongolian border – the largest the world had ever seen.
Under the then unknown Georgy Zhukov, the Soviets won a crushing victory at the batte of Khalkhin-Gol (known in Japan as the Nomonhan Incident). Defeat persuaded the Japanese to expand into the Pacific, where they saw the United States as a weaker opponent than the Soviet Union. If the Japanese had not lost at Khalkhin Gol, they may never have attacked Pearl Harbor.
The photography of Dutch photographer Arthur Mebius
January 20th, 2008
Australian teenage party goes wrong
January 19th, 2008
An Australian teenager who threw a wild party while his parents were away could face a hefty fine.
This is classic in my view….. see what you think??
http://www.heatworld.com/Article/3975/Funny+stuff/The+HYSTERICAL+story+gripping+Australia
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