Month March 2006

The pretend opposition remains silent

Americans slightly in favor of censure proposal An American Research Group survey finds that 46% of Americans favor censuring President Bush “for authorizing wiretaps of Americans within the United States without obtaining court orders,” while 44% oppose the move. Yet…

Building a movment

Building an independent people’s movement, that’s what the upcoming “Global Days of Action” are about. Don’t sit back hoping the Democrats will rouse themselves from their coma and end the wars. They’ve amply shown themselves to be cowardly, complicit, corrupt,…

RFID chips vulnerable to viruses?

A group of European computer researchers have demonstrated that it is possible to insert a software virus into radio frequency identification tags, part of a microchip-based tracking technology in growing use in commercial and security applications. Details from the reseachers.…

More habaneros, please

Capsaicin, the stuff that turns up the heat in jalapeños, not only causes the tongue to burn, it also drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves, according to studies published in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research.

Encrypt your Internet phone calls

It’s called zFone, and it’s from Phil Zimmermann, a genuine Net hero. He brought us secure email encryption in the form of PGP. Now he’s doing the same for Internet phone calls. Both PGP and zFone are open source. That…