http://qbit.cc Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:24:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://qbit.cc/snuggly-the-security-bear/ http://qbit.cc/snuggly-the-security-bear/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:56:00 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3087 ]]> http://qbit.cc/snuggly-the-security-bear/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/cia-money-behind-wi-fi-positioning-system-wps/ http://qbit.cc/cia-money-behind-wi-fi-positioning-system-wps/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:10:55 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2788 How amazing would it be if you could walk into a fast food restaurant and order that mid-morning bacon taco meal with Mountain Dew Big Gulp from your mobile device?  Just imagine… as you approach the restaurant, a menu pops up on your screen, the phone makes suggestions and helps you super-size your order, before [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/cia-money-behind-wi-fi-positioning-system-wps/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/apple-patenting-ai-trojan-for-use-in-mobile-devices/ http://qbit.cc/apple-patenting-ai-trojan-for-use-in-mobile-devices/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:22:47 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2709 While many of my pals have I-phones, I have no intention of getting one.  The interface is slick and it has all the features a person could ask for in a mobile device (and more), but the inability to remove the battery sends shivers up my spine. In this patent application, Apple claims it has [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/apple-patenting-ai-trojan-for-use-in-mobile-devices/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/wayne-madsen-wikileaks-is-a-cia-front/ http://qbit.cc/wayne-madsen-wikileaks-is-a-cia-front/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:34:34 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2502 ...on Wikileaks advisory board is Ben Laurie, a one-time programmer and Internet security expert for Google, which recently signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and has been charged by China with being part of a U.S. cyber-espionage campaign against China. ]]> http://qbit.cc/wayne-madsen-wikileaks-is-a-cia-front/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/nsa-in-the-limelight-today/ http://qbit.cc/nsa-in-the-limelight-today/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:08:02 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2250 NSA ... deliberately falsified intercepted communications in the incident to make it look like the attack on Aug. 4, 1964, had occurred]]> http://qbit.cc/nsa-in-the-limelight-today/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/facebook-adds-face-detection-for-photos-only-1-of-users-have-it-so-far/ http://qbit.cc/facebook-adds-face-detection-for-photos-only-1-of-users-have-it-so-far/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:52:29 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2172 Facebook is testing out a new face detection feature in its photo app]]> http://qbit.cc/facebook-adds-face-detection-for-photos-only-1-of-users-have-it-so-far/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/must-ndelete-facebook-profile/ http://qbit.cc/must-ndelete-facebook-profile/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:44:57 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1801 Facebook came after my time, and I learned better before getting entirely sucked into that. Ok scratch that.  I had a change of heart recently on this issue. I created a facebook app just for qbit.cc.  I don’t like using it for personal stuff but it can be useful for networking. Friendster and Myspace were [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/must-ndelete-facebook-profile/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/ http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:46:28 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1439 WMR has been told by NSA insiders that if the full extent of NSA’s illegal operations became public, the American people would go into a “state of shock.”]]> http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/patriot-act-reauthorized-under-cover-of-jobs-bill/ http://qbit.cc/patriot-act-reauthorized-under-cover-of-jobs-bill/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:55:42 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1379 A draft of the roughly $80 billion bill, obtained by POLITICO, has a wide range of tax credits and job creation ideas, but it also includes provisions unrelated to jobs, including a reauthorization of the Patriot Act, infusion of new money to the Highway Trust Fund and extension of the so-called doc fix. ]]> http://qbit.cc/patriot-act-reauthorized-under-cover-of-jobs-bill/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/its-never-too-early-to-think-about-spying-on-your-fellow-americans/ http://qbit.cc/its-never-too-early-to-think-about-spying-on-your-fellow-americans/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:11 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=755 How about the patriotic eagle guy? This is why I use a whitelist filter on my kid's web browser.]]> http://qbit.cc/its-never-too-early-to-think-about-spying-on-your-fellow-americans/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/new-cybersecurity-legislation-major-threat-to-free-speech/ http://qbit.cc/new-cybersecurity-legislation-major-threat-to-free-speech/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:14:13 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=263 Yet another in an unrelenting series of legislative attacks on liberty, this bill threatens to usurp ICANN and private domain registrars' control of DNS (Domain Naming System) in the US. ]]> http://qbit.cc/new-cybersecurity-legislation-major-threat-to-free-speech/feed/ 3 http://qbit.cc/unsubstantiated-ebay-put-skype-on-iphone-to-boost-price-of-nsa-backdoor/ http://qbit.cc/unsubstantiated-ebay-put-skype-on-iphone-to-boost-price-of-nsa-backdoor/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:42:06 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=247 The revelations come from a disgruntled eBay insider familiar with the matter, known to Reg handlers only by the randomly-assigned codename "Click Jezebel". This individual, already sickened by years spent living off the proceeds of artificially hyped repeat sales of bug-infested rugs and defective lava lamps, found the latest attempt to wring value from Skype a step too far.]]> http://qbit.cc/unsubstantiated-ebay-put-skype-on-iphone-to-boost-price-of-nsa-backdoor/feed/ 0