Cough, what can I say…it is simply the next step   Digital Immortality – Download the Mind by 2050 The wealthy will be able to download their consciousness into computers by 2050 – the not so well off by "2075 or 2080", claims futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson, head of the Futurology unit at BT. While it sounds like science fiction, Pearson is serious about his claim.  He believes that humans will achieve a kind of virtual immortality by saving their consciousnesses into computers within the next 45 years. "If you draw the timelines, realistically by...

Were 5 Unarmed and Wounded Iraqi’s Murdered By U.S. Marines? The truth about the U.S. Army is revealed… Shoot the Messenger Last November when a US marine shot dead an unarmed, wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque, the story created international headlines. In fact, it was the biggest scandal to hit the US military in Iraq since Abu Ghraib. What we still don’t know is what actually went on outside the frame of that now infamous image? Explosive Video Report From SBS Australia – Broadcast 04/20/05 In his first international interview, the journalist responsible for...

Surprised? Wrapping up his investigation into Saddam Hussein’s purported arsenal, the CIA’s top weapons hunter in Iraq said his search for weapons of mass destruction “has been exhausted” without finding any. Nor did Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, find any evidence that such weapons were shipped officially from Iraq to Syria to be hidden before the U.S. invasion, but he couldn’t rule out some unofficial transfer of limited WMD-related materials. He closed his effort with words of caution about potential future threats and careful assessment of this...

Well its nice to see animals can help? The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. “Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it,” said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for the suburban Phoenix SWAT team. “It would change the way we do business.” Truelove is spearheading the department’s request to purchase and train a capuchin monkey, considered the second smartest primate to the chimpanzee. The department is seeking...

Well this came as a bit of a shocker…! Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents...

So there have been many claims but this seems prettey official: Though the Register is also under the assumption that the Xbox 2 will be shown May 16 as well, rather than May 12 as reported in the story below. As they are on the Xbox 2 front. A memo alleged to have leaked out of games publisher Electronic Arts earlier this year pointed to a late 2005 release date for Microsoft’s next console, codenamed ‘Xenon’. Next month’s launch notwithstanding, PS3 isn’t expected to ship until Q1/Q2 2006, so Microsoft could very well want to get in ahead of its rival will a...

An interesting video that was on BBC 4 and is now availiable to watch on the ICH website: What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine. Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Related Links: ICH [ page/video ] BBC4 [ website ]

And I thought Americans were nice!! (sarcasm) Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were committed in Iraq? By Deborah Davies They are just some of the victims of wholesale torture taking place inside the U.S. prison system that we uncovered during a four-month investigation for BBC Channel 4 . It’s terrible to watch some of the videos and realise that you’re not only seeing torture in action but, in the most extreme cases, you are witnessing young men dying....