Entries for September 2008
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Social Networking Sites Not Just for Friends — They're Also for the Feds
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| By Jana Winter | Fox News | Sept. 10, 2008
Guess who may be checking you out on Facebook, Wikipedia and MySpace? The Department of Homeland and the FBI are poring over non-verifiable profiles on the Web to help decide who should be allowed into the country and who may pose a threat to national security. Information is even being collected through Google searches, DHS and FBI sources confirmed to FOXNews.com. Read
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Fears grow of terrorist with ‘an American face’
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| By Robert Windrem | NBC News | Sept. 9, 2008
Al-Qaida, Taliban training Westerners at Pakistan camps, U.S. officials say. In a Frankfurt courtroom last week, authorities charged three German citizens with a plot to kill Americans, accusing them of targeting a dance club in Giessen favored by U.S. service members. The authorities said the plot had the potential to kill hundreds of people and that the men were inspired by the December 2002 attack on two discos in Bali, Indonesia, that left more than 200 dead. Read
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Cloud-seeding ships could combat climate change
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| By Edwin Cartlidge | Physics World | Sept. 4, 2008
It should be possible to counteract the global warming associated with a doubling of carbon dioxide levels by enhancing the reflectivity of low-lying clouds above the oceans, according to researchers in the US and UK. John Latham of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, US, and colleagues say that this can be done using a worldwide fleet of autonomous ships spraying salt water into the air. Read
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Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?
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| By Michael S. Malone | ABC News | Sept. 5, 2008
While we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged … and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister. Read
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