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Submission + - Why Anonymous 'might well be the most powerful organization on Earth (nationalpost.com)

Submitted by wasimkadak on Sunday May 13, 2012 @11:56PM

wasimkadak writes: Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement.

It’s been a few weeks of encrypted emails back and forth, working out the security protocol to follow for interviewing Doyon, one of the brains behind Anonymous, now a fugitive from the FBI.

Doyon, who readily admits taking part in some of the highest-profile hacktivist attacks on websites last year — from Tunisia to Orlando, Sony to PayPal — was arrested in September for a comparatively minor assault on the county website of Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was living, in retaliation for the town forcibly removing a homeless encampment on the courthouse steps.

The “virtual sit-in” lasted half an hour. For that, Doyon is facing 15 years in jail.

Submission + - Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic (torrentfreak.com) 3

Submitted by

TheGift73

on Sunday May 13, 2012 @08:06AM

TheGift73 writes: "The Russian based “Pirate Pay” startup is promising the entertainment industry a pirate-free future. With help from Microsoft, the developers have built a system that claims to track and shut down the distribution of copyrighted works on BitTorrent. Their first project, carried out in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures, successfully stopped tens of thousands of downloads.

Hollywood, software giants and the major music labels see BitTorrent as one of the largest threats to their business.

Billions in revenue are lost each year, they claim. But not for long if the Russian based startup “Pirate Pay” has its way. The company has developed a technology which allows them to attack existing BitTorrent swarms, making it impossible for people to share files."

Submission + - Scientists Plan $1 Billion Ghost Town

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens writes

on Saturday May 12, 2012 @05:05PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Although a fully operation city with no people sounds like the setup for a dystopian sci-fi novel, the Boston Globe reports that the Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation will develop a $1 billion scientific ghost town near Hobbs, New Mexico to help researchers test everything from intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless networks to automated washing machines and self-flushing toilets on existing infrastructure without interfering in everyday life. Bob Brumley, senior managing director of Pegasus Holdings, says the town will be modeled after the real city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, complete with highways, houses and commercial buildings, old and new although unlike traditional cities, City Labs will start with its underground “backbone” infrastructure that will allow the lab to monitor activity throughout the 17-mile site. “The idea for The Center was born out of our own company’s challenges in trying to test new and emerging technologies beyond the confines of a sterile lab environment,” says Brumley. Since nobody lives in the Center's buildings, computerized systems will mimic human behavior such as turning thermostats up and down, switching lights off and on, or flushing toilets. The Center’s test facilities and supporting infrastructure may require as much as 20 square miles of open, unimproved land where the controlled environment will permit evaluation of the positive and negative impacts of smart grid applications and integration of renewable energies for residential, commercial and industrial sectors of the economy. Additional testing opportunities would include technologies emerging in intelligent traffic systems, next-generation wireless networks, smart grid cyber security and terrorism vulnerability. “It’s an amusement park for the scientists,” adds Brumley. "The only thing we won't be doing is destructive testing, blowing things up — I hope.""

Comment Re:Isn't it obvious? (Score 2) 180

by jvkenya on Monday January 09, 2012 @12:47PM (#38638540) Attached to: Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure

Kenyans pride themselves on being one of the few peaceful nations in the region of basket-cases. Yes, they have tribal clashes - but it's at the machete-and-torch level. They would never jeopardize tourism either, which is their biggest export.

Comment Re:You lie! It's sad. (Score 1) 180

by jvkenya on Monday January 09, 2012 @12:37PM (#38638372) Attached to: Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure

Exactly. Nairobi's cool climate is not the only one in Kenya - look north where it's semi-arid and one of the hottest, sunniest regions on earth. Spend some time in Lokichoggio or Lodwar and you'll see plenty of wide open space where solar would be ideal.

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