Saturday 22 May 2010

Travel alert over Jamaica violence

Just in case you're thinking of going there.

Britain, the US and Canada have issued travel alerts warning of possible unrest and violence in Jamaica amid anger over the expected arrest of a man Washington describes as one of the world's most dangerous drug lords.

The capital Kingston has been jittery since prime minister Bruce Golding this week reversed his long-standing refusal to extradite Christopher "Dudus" Coke to the US on drugs and arms-trafficking charges.

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Fears for safety of walkabout Cameron



David Cameron is rejecting the advice of top security officials by insisting on walking around Whitehall, refusing police motorcycle escorts and demanding to be allowed to keep his BlackBerry smartphone.

There is increasing nervousness about the protection of the Prime Minister, who officials believe is making himself vulnerable to terrorists, lone obsessives and cyber-criminals.
Story here
My take on it
Please, don't do that Dave!!

Is YouTube's three-strike rule fair to users?

"Until I lost 900 videos, I never actually considered there was anything unsafe about trusting a company such as Google to protect my data. After all, who keeps photos in a shoebox anymore?"

Blogger Mark Kobayashi-Hillary has had his YouTube account removed after uploading a video from a gig by British comedian Jimmy Carr.
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Implanting Microchips into Insects. US Military Develops "Cybug Spies"

Miniature robots could be good spies, but researchers now are experimenting with insect cyborgs or "cybugs" that could work even better.

Scientists can already control the flight of real moths using implanted devices.

The military and spy world no doubt would love tiny, live camera-wielding versions of Predator drones that could fly undetected into places where no human could ever go to snoop on the enemy. Developing such robots has proven a challenge so far, with one major hurdle being inventing an energy source for the droids that is both low weight and high power. Still, evidence that such machines are possible is ample in nature in the form of insects, which convert biological energy into flight.
Full article here
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