Feb
06
2010

FBI Tries To Track, Jobs Coming Back

The FBI wants to keep track of everything you do online and is putting pressure on ISPs to comply.

A revealing graph from Talking Points Memo shows a clear correlation between the recent slowdown in jobs lost and Obama’s presidency.

NYU is building a sister school in Abu Dhabi, but is [...]

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Jan
16
2010

Distribution Issues With Haitian Relief; US Government Jumps In Google-Chinese Beef

There are mounting security concerns in Haiti’s earthquake-hit capital as distribution problems continue to hamper getting aid to survivors. Authorities in the Caribbean country said as many as 200,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be rebuilt. Zoom in Haiti’s earthquake in [...]

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Jan
15
2010

Low-Speed Haitian Relief Stacks; Excessive Chinese Cyber Attacks

Cyber attacks disclosed by Google and Adobe that may lead Google to quit China highlight a sophisticated type of bespoke cyberspying that could be more widespread than previously thought. A Los Angeles law firm recently reported a cyber attack from China as well, and is representing a company suing China for allegedly stealing its [...]

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Dec
12
2009

Undermining Privacy Is Dangerous; Truths Can’t Be Suppressed

Top money managers at the Reuters Investment Summit said that the specter of sovereign default looms large for world economies in coming years, and the debt tsunami that has engulfed countries from the United States to Dubai poses a threat to recovery.

The long ordeal of Fouad al-Rabiah, an innocent man and a [...]

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Nov
16
2009

Obama To China: Forget Twitter, Free The Net

President Obama replies to a question about the internet in China, “I have never used Twitter,” the president said. “My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone. But I am a big believer in technology and I’m a big believer in openness when it comes to the flow of information. I [...]

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Nov
01
2009

Strange Captures & Sensitive Leaks

The world’s biggest problem: our hungry planet - one in every six on this planet is a hungry person.

Pakistani forces say they have seized control of the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan, one of the Taliban’s key regional strongholds.

For years, the Church of Scientology chased down and brought back staff members [...]

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Oct
30
2009

Celebrate The Net, And Now, E-Cigarettes

Sleep experts say habitually sleeping more than 10 hours can be indicative of other medical problems.

The chief minister of India’s Gujarat state Narendra Modi has tested positive for swine flu, a day after his return from a trip to Russia, officials say.

Eugenie C. Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, critiques creationist [...]

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