Hello again everyone, taking a break from busting up Paradiso minions to relax in my chair and flip through some news. Yes, then it is straight back to playing Bayonetta. Sad part? The guy who created it, Hideki Kamiya, will probably be more recognized for Bayonetta than the Devil May Cry series. Anyway, that’s a chat for a whole different series of articles not dealing with Tech Tuesday so let’s get to this shall we? I have bosses to kick around after all.
Lets play a game. We can call it…”This Sounds Like A Bad Idea” game. Got it? Good, now for the main star of this game this time around: the Department of Defense for the US. Starting to get a little nervous now hmm? What have they done? Well did you know that the DoD has declared Gmail as an accepted alternative for official use. You know, that whole situation fits the bill for this game waaay too well. Some things just should not be discussed outside of a closed network, if you want my opinion. This little tidbit of DoD practices comes to light with the recent hacking of multiple Gmail accounts. I give Google the credit that they do put up some strong security, but I have my doubts that is strong enough to have the DoD discussing potentially sensitive information with their service.
Digging through the pile of headlines, I came across something titled ‘Cyber Genome Project’ and noticed the mention of DARPA in the headline as well. Immediately had my interest, so I donned my bandanna and decided to infiltrate…and I think we’re done with the Metal Gear Solid reference right there. This new project by DARPA wants to create some way of imprinting a unique signature onto anything you create digitally so it can then be traced back to you. They cite DNA as their basis of this project since each person’s is unique. DARPA has stated that there will be workshops set up to test out this new tech for interested individuals in the US. Should be interesting seeing how this affects how things are copyrighted on the internet.
Apple has apparently been probing the TV networks to lower the price of the episodes they list on iTunes. Not a bad idea, and their reasoning behind it makes sense too. People tend to watch a video multiple times, the “value” of that video reduces over time so lowering the cost now will encourage more sales and make up for lost revenue later on down the road. Not a bad business move if you already have the crowd that iTunes has drawn to it. Apple is pushing for the networks to drop their prices of their shows down to a dollar. I’d consider paying a buck to see a show I happened to miss an episode of so I’m liking the sound of things so far, but honestly still am waiting to see a redesign of the iTunes program before I jump on a bandwagon anytime soon.
Well, I don’t have a funny video today. What I do have is your daily dose of lasers though. US military has been testing a drone, dubbed YAL-1, that has a laser mounted on it, the purpose of the laser is to shoot down incoming missiles. Sound cool? Of course it does, lasers are involved. Check out the thermal imaging from one of the tests.
And with that, I’m out. Time to kick around some bosses on Bayonetta then maybe finish Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment. Till next week.
