A story in the Mercury News says 1,000 rats have been “rescued” from a home in Los Angeles by the Humane Society. They were just transported to a shelter in San Jose: San Jose was selected as the vermin Ellis Island because Andy’s had an empty 5,000-square-foot room. “It’s very hard to find a landlord … Continue reading Draft the Rats into TSA
Near field communication (NFC) technology for payments is hitting the silicon valley area, according to Near Field Communications World. They point out that Apple has spent recent months rushing through patents to try and lock down the profits for payment options on the iPhone. [In April 2010] we reported on Apple’s first four mobile payments … Continue reading NFC Payments Hitting Silicon Valley
The TV2 news station in Norway has been reporting lately that the American embassy in Oslo has very close links to Norwegian police. Some of the police working on the database records might even be employees of the US embassy. TV 2 avslørte onsdag at USA i all hemmelighet har bygd opp en etterretningsgruppe for … Continue reading Norway turns heat up on US ‘spies’
The Orange County Register posted a story called “Mystery deepens with video of ‘launch’ off O.C. For two days, readers have been debating the content of a series of images that appear to show a rocket launch — or a jet contrail, or something else — that appeared in the skies off Orange County… The … Continue reading Secret Missle Launch in California