Daily Archives: June 23, 2014

US ballistic missile defense interceptor scores a direct hit in space | Defense Update:

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The test that employed the Raytheon Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Capability Enhancement II, or EKV CE-II, successfully collided and destroyed an incoming ballistic missile warhead high in space, identifying its targets amongst decoys and countermeasures representative of a long-range North Korean ballistic missile. The $200 million test was considered critical for the future of the US-based missile defense system, which suffered repeat failures in recent years.

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UK Gov reveals legal framework for intercepting all citizens’ social media communications

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Basically the interpretation is that since the servers on which these services are hosted are in foreign countries, they are classed as “external communications”, which allows them to intercept them indiscriminately as opposed to needing a warrant. This also applies to webmail services and Google searches.

UK intelligence forced to reveal secret policy for mass surveillance of residents’ Facebook and Google use | Privacy International.

Sharp Develops Free-Form Display, Enables Vastly Greater Design Freedom for Displays

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Sharp announces the development of the Free-Form Display, a device that can be shaped to meet a wide range of user needs thanks to the incorporation of IGZO technology and proprietary circuit design methods. Conventional displays are rectangular because they require a minimal width for the bezel in order to accommodate the drive circuit, called the gate driver, around the perimeter of the screen’s display area. With the Free-Form Display, the gate driver’s function is dispersed throughout the pixels on the display area. This allows the bezel to be shrunk considerably, and it gives the freedom to design the LCD to match whatever shape the display area of the screen needs to be.

via Sharp Develops Free-Form Display, Enables Vastly Greater Design Freedom for Displays | Press Releases | Sharp Global.