Al-Qaeda Uses PayPal, Orkut, MySpace

These popular sites double as terrorist networking sites and allow Osama bin Laden’s operatives to not only hide in plain sight but also spread propaganda, recruit new members, find fund-raisers and coordinate their activities. Terrorists also use electronic...

U.S. Military Has Chikungunya Vaccine

At its top secret medical facility, the U.S. military developed a safe and effective vaccine against the debilitating chikungunya [CHIK] virus, which infected 186,000 people, or 20 percent of Réunion’s population, 15,000 km (9,350 miles) away fromFort Detrick,...

Bush’s Symbolic Exit Strategy Blocked

He was visibly irked. A reporter dared to say the American president seemed “off [his] game.” He blamed it on jet lag and used his greatest weapon for dodging questions — exit from the stage. President Bush not only reached for the wrong door, but he...

Can a US$100 Laptop Change the Future?

Scientists at M.I.T. believe it will. How? By blanketing schools in poor countries with these screaming green, do-it-all, wireless laptops. When more than 10 million children die each year from preventable conditions (PDF), this eye candy seems like it should be the...

Everyone Should Have a MAV

You’re stuck in traffic and can’t see ahead of you. You need a closer look at your boyfriend and the mystery woman at a restaurant and use thermal imaging at an apartment complex after dinner. Or you’re engaged in urban combat and need an eye in the...

Tamiflu® Economics

Worldwide, about 122 people have caught avian influenza (A/H5N1); and 62 of them died). They came in direct, intimate contact with infected birds or with someone who was in intimate contact with poultry. As migrating birds brought the potentially deadly strain to the...

Notorious Spammer Found Dead

Notorious spammer and scammer, Vardan (Vardanovich) Kushnir, was found dead in his Moscow apartment with blunt trauma to his head.Vardan (Vardanovich) Kushnir, Russia’s most notorious spammer, was found dead in his Moscow apartment Sunday. According to Interfax,...

Vietnam and Human Rights

Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s historic visit to the United States signals a diplomatic step forward, but expatriates of the Communist country are urging President Bush to promote freedom and democracy. Mr. Khai is the first Vietnamese prime minister...