Archives for the 'Internet' Category
Osama bin Bloggin
Published on 15 Sep 2009 at 9:05 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, al qaeda.
Look who’s blogging … it’s Osama! Apparently cave life gets a little boring. He’s also tweeting. Pretty savvy for a guy who’s spent the last eight years in a Waziri cave, once you get past, you know, the 14th-century mindset:
Extraordinary Powers
Published on 4 Apr 2009 at 9:53 am.
10 Comments.
Filed under Internet, Obama.
Mother Jones: Proposed bill would give Obama the authority to control traffic, shut down the Internet in an emergency.
Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?
Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office [...]
Cyber Attack
Published on 30 Mar 2009 at 7:20 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under China, Internet, military.
Linked to China. WSJ:
Security researchers said they have discovered software capable of stealing information installed on computers in 103 countries from a network that targeted government agencies.
The software infected more than 1,200 computers, almost 30% of which were considered high-value targets, according to a report published Sunday by Information Warfare Monitor, a Toronto-based organization.
Among the [...]
Mind Your Daughters
Published on 18 Mar 2009 at 11:01 pm.
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Filed under Boston, Hollywood, Internet, pervs.
Staties intercept 12-year-old runaway curbside at Logan International Airport, as she steps out of her cab, ticket in hand, headed for Hollywood with dreams of stardom. The ”16-year-old girl” she met on MySpace promised to introduce her to teen heart throbs. Boston Herald. Irony alert: She was saved by text messaging. Kids alarmed by the farewell [...]
Kindle Afire
Published on 18 Mar 2009 at 10:11 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Internet, books, geekism, media.
Future of newspapers? Maybe in some form. That’s the Kindle buzz. A variety of reviews follow, including one from a pal who is a reader here. No techno-geek, he’s a crusty old Vietnam vet.
Textual Harassment
Published on 8 Mar 2009 at 9:10 am.
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Filed under Internet, crime, culture, dummkopf!, language, love.
And the growing problems of kids and their phones. I’d add the Internet and people in general. Boston Herald:
Nigerian Email Scam Come-On Of The Week
Published on 5 Mar 2009 at 8:54 am.
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Filed under Internet, shameless opportunism.
“NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER.”
Sounds like Lagos is adjusting to the economic crisis. I think I got a ”STIMULUS FUNDS” one the other day. “NOCPW” is almost worth coughing up the lifesavings for. Especially since the current balance would be sneered at by a Nigerian.
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Google Glitch
Published on 1 Feb 2009 at 8:45 am.
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Filed under Internet.
I claim victimhood! It only lasted 30 minutes but I was traumatized when I couldn’t open up any online dictionaries.
Users of the social network tool Twitter who discussed the error reported their internet searches had returned to normal but that problems with Gmail remain. One Twitterer, BradBrownDotCom, joked: “The Google outage frightened me like a schoolgirl, [...]
Brave New World
Published on 12 Jan 2009 at 1:21 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Internet, media.
GlobalPost.com, an ambitious new project claiming 60-odd correspondents in 45 countries, promises:
Apocalypse Now
Published on 6 Jan 2009 at 9:28 pm.
4 Comments.
Filed under Internet, media.
Why wait, says Michael Hirschorn at the Atlantic, describing a post-pulp New York Times/print media industry and advocating an end to toe-dipping.
Steady Thumb At The Helm
Published on 26 Nov 2008 at 8:15 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, Obama.
ABC, via the Swamp, re Obama: tbh bing POTUS-elct sux! Obama to Secret Service, kma, he wants his Blackberry back. OMG, how’s he supposed to govern without web alerts and txts from his pals?
Brrrrrp.
“Excuse me, Vlad … b/f Bill Ayers says hi! Commies 4evr!”
lmao. Historic presidency would be the first with repetitive stress-injured Blackberry thumbs. w/e.
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Doctrinal Unfairness
Published on 15 Nov 2008 at 10:08 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Internet, media, moronocy.
FCC commissioner in Boston says “stay tuned” for developments in the Fairness Doctrine debate. Local right-wing talk machine denounces the left’s interest in squelching what they call the one part of the media where the left doesn’t have a headlock. Boston Herald:
Virtual Soap Opera
Published on 15 Nov 2008 at 9:31 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Internet, sex.
Real life marriage ends when UK hubby’s caught in virtual Second Life hanky panky a second time. Important reality/Internet interface roundup, with virtual detective work, virtual journalism, true love and virtual betrayal, starts with Globe and Mail’s actual rewrite:
Next Door Nightmare
Published on 18 Oct 2008 at 10:21 am.
No Comments.
Filed under Internet, crime.
Neighbors up on charges for unneighborly behavior. Online harassment, identity theft, false report. Boston Herald:
Lagos, Meet Whitey Bulger
Published on 6 Oct 2008 at 10:29 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Boston, Internet, money.
Gotta love those Nigerian Internet scammers. Sitting around all day, trying to come up with a good angle, writing letters so bad that anyone who falls for them deserves to lose all their $$$ in Lagos. But this one came from “Robert S. Mueller, Director FBI.”
Obviously this guy doesn’t know much about the FBI’s reputation around here.
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Lefties for McCain-Palin
Published on 17 Sep 2008 at 11:08 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, moronocy, pols.
Private Palin emails hacked and published. Roundup starts with lefty high fives and ends with lefty rage at lefty stupidity.
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iBook ‘Em, Danno
Published on 11 May 2008 at 7:10 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, stupid criminals.
Stupid e-criminals busted. via Herald.
Military Use of Cyberspace
Published on 8 May 2008 at 10:40 pm.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, al qaeda, hated Crusaders.
MEMRI: Islamist Internet forums teach wannabe Muj how to make and use explosives.
Lieberman, via VOA: We shouldn’t let them do that.
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Devoutly Yours
Published on 5 Mar 2008 at 9:54 am.
1 Comment.
Filed under Internet, asia, religion, sex.
Thai monks suspected of online monkey business.
“Villainous Practices”
Published on 6 Feb 2008 at 6:14 pm.
2 Comments.
Filed under Internet.
Let he who is innocent cast the first stone. I’m pretty sure I never pretended to be a Moroccan prince on Facebook, though.
Cut 3 If You Would Like to Speak With Someone in the United States
Published on 1 Feb 2008 at 9:49 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Internet.
On Deadline rounds up the news and speculation about Mideast cable cuts. They’re up to three, from Egypt to Dubai. Playing havoc with the Internet all the way from Cairo to Calcutta. Some people think its terrorists, trying to screw up us. Some people think its us, trying to screw up the terrorists. I think it might be [...]
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Nigerian Phishing Jackpot Hit In Tragic Child Neglect Case?
Published on 31 Jan 2008 at 9:38 am.
6 Comments.
Filed under Internet.
The possibility that a Nigerian Internet artiste may have just reeled in a green card appears to have been overlooked in what is otherwise a horrible case of child neglect.
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Rusty’s Internet Jihad
Published on 19 Jan 2008 at 8:45 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under GWOT, Internet, Jihad, dhimmi, hated Crusaders.
vs. Internet Jihad. Filthy infidel of a Crusader pig attacks righteous cyberMuj and the Dhimmi who provide them aid and comfort.
