Google has taken business and finance search and simplified it with their new Google Finance search engine. With Google Finance you can easily get details on any publicly traded company, including stock quotes, news, scrollable stock charts, company overviews, financial summaries, management bios and compensation data as well as blog and discussion forum posts. Google […]
It’s Raining RFID Sensor Tags
According to a post on ubiks.net, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is developing a system whereby RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification Tags ) could be sprinkled from the sky over disaster areas that would send out alerts on locations of survivors. The post is reprinted below — The Japanese Ministry of […]
Satellite Images Becoming Faster and More Powerful
Much to the dismay of governments, nations and military leaders, the next generation of commercial imagery satellites will be even faster and more powerful than before, making public mapping sites like Google Maps and Google Earth even better for the general “spying” public. From a March 17, 2006 article on Wired.com — Critics of overhead […]
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Lexus Salesman Charged With Identity Theft
Identity theft can occur anywhere people have access to your personal information. The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that a salesman for Lexus of Orlando has been charged with identity theft of one of the dealerships customers and more charges may follow. You can read the entire article @ Lexus salesman accused of identity theft. […]
Googling Exposes CIA Operations
According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune and summarized by PC Pro News, a series of internet searches have revealed private and personal details on thousands of CIA operatives. From the article — The paper conceded to the CIA’s request not to publish either its findings or the methods it used. But it […]