May 31, 2010
FT.com / Technology – Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees. The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers... read more
May 31, 2010
The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
“This can’t be real” was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. This sinkhole just appeared in the Zone 2 of Ciudad de Guatemala. And it’s very real.A sinkhole is a natural depression caused by the removal of soil by water. This process can happen slowly, but sometimes the land just cracks open. In this case, it happened suddenly, caused by massive... read more
May 31, 2010
New records show some lobbyists are top fundraisers for political candidates
For more than a decade, Brian L. Wolff was the quintessential Washington insider, serving as one of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s closest aides as she rose through the House and helping to raise millions as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. But the fundraising didn’t stop once he left the DCCC. As a top lobbyist at the Edison Electric Institute, which represents major power... read more
May 31, 2010
Craig Medred: Gulf Oil Spill: The Technology Oil Executives Don’t Want to Talk About
Long before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, caught fire, sank and loosed a gusher of oil that would flow into the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history, the oil industry knew that — in the now famous words of the Apollo 13 astronauts — “Houston, we have a problem.” As oil drilling in the new millennium moved increasingly into deep waters off... read more
May 31, 2010
Underwater Oil Plumes Disputed By BP CEO Tony Hayward
VENICE, La. — Disputing scientists’ claims of large oil plumes suspended underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC’s chief executive on Sunday said the company has largely narrowed the focus of its cleanup to surface slicks rolling into Louisiana’s coastal marshes. During a tour of a BP PLC staging area for cleanup workers, CEO Tony Hayward said the company’s sampling showed... read more
