Almost exactly a year ago, an attack on a major transformer substation outside of San Jose highlighted one of America’s most serious vulnerabilities: If the power goes off and stays off, our nation and the vast majority of its population
“It’s Official: We Are In a Tech Bubble. That was the March 11 headline in Fox Business News. Tech veteran Steve Tobak asked, “How can an industry full of so many brilliant and innovative people–an industry I was once a
California’s 17th congressional district, which includes parts of Silicon Valley and the East Bay, is rated as “Safe Democrat,” but it is the subject of fierce competition and charges of foul play on all sides in the 2014 primary. Each candidate–from
According to the New York Times, the world of computer engineering is a sexist one, where women are disparaged and made to feel like pariahs. The Times tells the story of Elissa Shevinsky, 35, who was outraged because her business
Many of you all posting here will whine that when it comes to productivity software, OpenOffice rocks, or Pages or Google Docs is all you need. I hear the same crap from pundits on all the tech podcasts. Apple and
On February 6, Google revealed not only its dramatic bias against conservatism, but against reality. How else to explain an email received by WorldNetDaily’s Joseph Farah with regard to the Google AdSense policy? The email announced that AdSense would be
On Thursday, CEO Brendan Eich of Mozilla was forced out of his job thanks to his $1,000 donation to the Proposition 8 pro-traditional marriage effort in California in 2008. At that point, he held the exact same position as Barack
As the stakes for control of Ukraine escalate, reports surfaced this week that individuals are selling U.S. food aid meant for Ukrainian soldiers on the internet, claiming to have American approval. The Department of Defense tells Breitbart News, however, that
Edward Snowden’s revelations that the National Security Agency is spying on millions of Americans’ Internet use has had a chilling effect on how Americans feel about using the Internet. A new poll found that almost half of Americans have restricted
The director of corporate giving for Google Inc. has resigned in protest from the board of a Christian aid organization after the charity reversed its decision to hire employees in same-sex marriages. As the Associated Press reported Thursday, Jacquelline Fuller
On Thursday, Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigned thanks to pressure by both the company infrastructure and the left over a $1,000 donation he made to Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that would have enshrined traditional marriage as the standard
A new Reason-Rupe poll to be launched Thursday morning indicates that 35% of Americans trust the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with their personal data, while only 10% trust Google and only 5% trust Facebook. In fact, while trust in the
Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovych sat down for an interview with the Associated Press. It is his first interview since resigning and even though he is friendly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he is not pleased Moscow annexed Crimea from
If a Christian man marries an atheist woman, and they name their child Noah after the Biblical hero, is Noah a Christian? It takes a great deal more than words to be a Christian, or even to truthfully call oneself
The world of political news was captivated by Thursday’s report of the arrest for gun trafficking of a famously anti-gun California state senator. Yet while most other news outlets reported the incident, Politico, an outlet that supposedly leads the nation
Every news item about human health has two dimensions: a personal dimension and a societal dimension. For example, take the case of Gerda Saunders, a University of Utah academic who is slipping into dementia. Her own story is a sad
Nate Silver’s predictions for the 2014 midterm elections have made many a fair-weather liberal friend turn on him. The FiveThirtyEight proprietor struck a particularly damning blow against newly-minted critic Paul Krugman in a wry column noting how rapidly Krugman turned
The Internet is a font of information. When you run a simple Google search for something, you generally get too many details, and have to separate the signals from the noise. Not so when looking for the precise location of
Two weeks ago in North Korea, guidelines were established for state-approved haircuts requiring that all male university students have the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un. “Our leader’s haircut is very particular, if you will,” one source told Radio
The likely death toll has risen to 24 from the devastating mudslide that smothered the town of Oso, Washington about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. On Tuesday, a crew comprised of 200 responders were using everything from heavy equipment and
The commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution has been the vehicle for expanding the power of the federal government ever since Wickard v. Filburn (1942), much to the delight of big-government liberals. In the Obamacare case of 2012, the Supreme Court
It’s hard to believe but after two years of warnings, 400million of you still run Windows XP on your computer. And on April 8th Microsoft is ending support. XP is finished – as in NO MORE SECURITY UPDATES for XP.
Chris Kluwe, the former Minnesota Vikings punter who has made more of a name for himself as a gay-marriage advocate, now believes the NFL should allow players to wear Google Glass to help reduce concussions. He made his comments at a
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s government on Saturday accused Twitter of allowing “systematic character assassinations” a day after social media users easily evaded a government attempt to block access to the network. The attempted crackdown came after links to wiretapped
On Friday, President Barack Obama and his top advisers met with top “Internet CEOs”–including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, and Dropbox’s Drew Houston–to discuss privacy issues after Zuckerberg and other tech leaders blasted Obama’s NSA for
Late Thursday, the Barack H. Obama Foundation, dedicated to building a presidential library in the President’s honor, is dropping the middle initial “H” and will now be called the Barack Obama Foundation. A spokesman for the newly named organization said
The attacks of anti-technology left-wingers in San Francisco are kicking into high gear with multiple, rowdy protests, bouts of property damage, and graffiti all across the city calling for the death of those “techies” who work for Google, Microsoft, and
February 2014 was a bad month for free speech. Two federal court decisions–addressing a controversial YouTube film and the rights of students to wear American flag clothing, respectively–and a pop singer’s act of self-censorship present a harrowing illustration of the
Scarlett Johansson, the actress considered to be Woody Allen’s latest “muse,” isn’t happy to be dragged into Dylan Farrow’s public accusations against the famed director. Farrow penned an open letter earlier this year accusing Allen, her estranged father, of molesting
Venezuela is in danger of being cut off from the rest of the world as air carriers consider cutting flights because the government refuses to pay them in currency other than the increasingly worthless Bolivar. Currently, international air carriers are
Despite left of center programming typical at major festivals, 2014’s South by Southwest (SXSW) featured programming that appealed to all viewers regardless of political affiliations. A few films even respectfully addressed religion, civil liberties and moral character in ways audiences
NSA leaker Edward Snowden participated in a Google Hangout hosted by the ACLU at SXSW. When asked about his NSA leak, he said he would absolutely do it again because he took an oath to protect the Constitution… Follow Pam
It is no accident that the so-called “architect” of the Common Core standards is now president of the College Board. Barack Obama’s plan to “fundamentally transform” education into the latest social justice iteration has hit a road block, and David
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo began the year making headlines by being the only voice in Albany talking sense to Bill de Blasio. The Democrat is closely allied to Hillary Clinton and a long shot in the polls, but his
Russian Special Forces faced off with members of the Ukrainian Navy today at a base located in the city of Sevastopol. According to a report, the Russians entered a Ukrainian Navy training base to collect weapons. When they tried to
Valeria Lukyanova has been in the news for wanting to make herself into the living embodiment of “Barbie. It’s said that the 28-year-old practices Breatharianism, an attempt to subsist on air and sunlight alone. ‘In recent weeks I have not
It’s not just truth that is elusive for Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama Administration when it comes to Obamacare, it is reality that is more elusive. In an interview with NBC News on September 30, 2013 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: “I think
This weekend the Labour Party held its so-called ‘special conference’, organised to give delegates a vote on a series of reforms concerning the party’s relationship with trade unions. Members travelled from across the country to the conference hall in East
Jimmer Fredette won the Wooden Award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the Naismith Award, the Adolph Rupp Trophy, and the Associated Press and National Association of Basketball Coaches player-of-the-year honors. Three years later, the Sacramento Kings eagerly negotiate a buyout with
