Oprah and Celine Dion make a dream come true for a 16 year old singer, Charice, who has an awesome voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdd-_Z2pRE&e
La Cumparsita
Elegant, talented and entertaining ice-skating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZO8V0LQWeY&e
Phone Radiation Scale From Environmental Working Group
This shows where your phone sits on the emmissions scale http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone?allavailable=1
The Australian Federal Police high-tech unit let Rome burn
The bad guys announced their intentions and still managed to get way with an attack on government IT. http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/AFP-s-high-tech-unit-let-Rome-burn/0,139023764,339298463,00.htm?ocid=nl_WIR_11092009_fea_l4&omnRef=1337
Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed
Next time you are eating at your desk, try not to think of multitude of germs lurking on your keyboard along with some other unpleasant debris. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-277938.html?tag=nl.e550
GM Foods are Flawed Scientific Dogma Run Amok
Dr. Pusztai’s earlier research into the effects of GM potatoes showed that rats suffered from weakened immune systems and stunted growth of their internal organs, including the liver, kidneys and brain, on such a diet. There is also compelling evidence indicating GM potatoes may cause cancer. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/05/Chickens-Not-Fooled-by-GM-Crops.aspx
Obama Appoints Another Fox to Guard the Chicken House
President Obama recently selected Michael Taylor, former chief lobbyist for Monsanto, as the new “food safety czar” at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Think about that: The former lawyer and lobbyist for the company that manufactured Agent Orange will now make decisions about America’s food supply.
Taylor is the man most responsible for getting recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) approved for use in dairy cows. That’s the stuff that fattens the cows to dangerously obese sizes, getting them ready for slaughter faster (By the way – Monsanto produces the growth hormone). Look here for the full text of this story soon. http://www.alsearsmd.com/past-issues.html
Regulators to freeze nuisance Triple Zero callers
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has begun blocking the mobile services of nuisance callers responsible for making non-genuine calls to the emergency hotline, Triple Zero. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/155170,regulators-to-freeze-nuisance-triple-zero-callers.aspx
Upgraded WordPress
Thanks to the good folk who create the WordPress blog software I use there has been an update made available that prevents the black hats from accomplishing their nefarious ends by tampering with blog posts. I have just done that update to this blog so you are safer than you were before. Happy surfing.
Battery breakthrough could cut recharging to seconds
Scientists at MIT have developed a new design for lithium batteries that could cut recharge times down to seconds. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/139755,battery-breakthrough-could-cut-recharging-to-seconds.aspx