It looks like even the Chinese aren’t keen on giant gas-guzzlers either as the sale of Hummer collapses. I guess people who wish to give the middle finger to the environment will have to shop elsewhere.

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Feb 17

On MicroSD Problems

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Tom

Bunnie Huang is a blogger who works for the company that makes the chumby, an internet audio and video device that he designed. While he was in China overseeing manufacturing of the device, a large number began to fail quality … Read More →

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Feb 05

Google Asks N.S.A. to Investigate Cyberattacks — NYTimes.com

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Tom

Google Asks N.S.A. to Investigate Cyberattacks — NYTimes.com.

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Jan 24

U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Tom

Noted security expert Bruce Schneier says the Google attack by Chinese hackers wasn’t a defect in Internet Explorer but the result of a backdoor Google placed there to enable government search warrants on user data. In essence, it was functioning … Read More →