Month January 2011

What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas

Not surprisingly, Las Vegas is a “money laundering paradise.” There have been multiple high-profile drug busts with accompanying money laundering charges. The Las Vegas Review Journal profiles an IRS agent who helped the DEA make some of the busts. Of…

250 MW tidal power planned for India

It will be expensive compared to other types of power. However, a utility has agreed to buy the power using preferential tariffs. Tidal power is still in its infancy. As the technology develops, the costs will drop. Perhaps one day…

Stuxnet. The first real cyberwar attack

Stuxnet, as seemed obvious from the beginning, was written by a state power, two of them actually, the US and Israel. It succeeded in crippling centrifuges used by Iran in their nuclear facilities. It may also have made an attack…