A catastrophic computer event is unfolding. Yesterday NetWitness Corp., a group of computer security researchers located out of Herndon, Virginia, discovered a massive, 75GB amount of stolen data accessed through the Kneber botnet. This spells trouble for computer users across the world and has...
On December 6, 2010, the whistle-blowing organization Wikileaks has published a list of places "vital to U.S. security." The latest release hit the Internet following the massive wave of controversy surrounding last week's release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. The most recent list states...
OPEC is the acronym for the “Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries”. It was established in 1960 with the mission and vision of unifying the world’s biggest oil producers in the midst of an oil crisis. At the time, Western oil companies were bullying countries to lower their oil prices....
Many countries invest quite heavily in their military. The worldwide average is $311 per capita, but this is by no means evenly distributed. Many countries will spend as many as thrice the amount. This is a list of the countries with the highest military expenditures, as computed as per capita (or,...
The UK's royal Prince Andrew and the U.S. are the hardest hit by the Wikileaks latest cache release. It seems that included in the 271,000 international diplomatic disclosure is revealing information regarding a profanity filled tirade by Andrew. The Duke of York presented "unmitigated patriotism,"...
Based on information provided by the US Department of Energy, 40 percent of the United States' energy requirements are being met through the use various petroleum products. This is a cause for concern among many people who think that the country should be implementing measures to slowly shift...
