According to recently declassified information, many of the UFO sightings in the Nevada desert may be actually have been the A-12 Oxcart, a futuristic-looking spyplane.
A group of aimless youths in Maine thought it would be an awesome idea to break into an abandoned building, throw some molotov cocktails around, and film the whole thing -- complete with credits naming all involved, 'cause that's what you do in a movie, right? All well and good, right up to the part where they put it up on YouTube and got arrested.
The British government has released files kept for decades on UFO close encounters. Some have reasonable explanations, some are just silly, and some are genuinely creepy.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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