FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed from All Sides
FCC Julius Genachowski Image:J.D. Lasica/Wired Ryan Singel Wired The federal government’s new internet fairness rules — aimed at preventing the nation’s cable and DSL internet…
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Govt ‘creating vast domestic snooping machine’
Breitbart/AFP The government is creating a vast domestic spying network to collect information about Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and…
The Great Honeybee Conspiracy: EPA Complicit in Colony Collapse Disorder?
Jimmy Mengel Green Chip Stocks The humble honey bee is getting its fair share of buzz this year — which doesn’t bode particularly well for…
Newly Leaked Cable: Pope ‘quietly supportive’ of GMOs
Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post Just released yesterday, a November 19, 2009 leaked cable indicates Pope Benedict XVI supports genetically modified foods, though he…
The FCC’s Threat to Internet Freedom
‘Net neutrality’ sounds nice, but the Web is working fine now. The new rules will inhibit investment, deter innovation and create a billable-hours bonanza for…
After BofA Refuses To Process Wikileaks’ Payments, Wiki Warns Americans To Put Their Money “Somewhere Safer”
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge Bank of America just fired the preemptive escalation shot in its duel with Wikileaks. Late on Friday, America’s biggest mortgage lender,…
Open Source Operating System has FBI backdoor, claims contractor
Liam Tung IT News The cryptography of open source operating system OpenBSD was rigged with FBI-sponsored backdoors a decade ago, a former government contractor has…
Your Apps Are Watching You
A WSJ Investigation finds that iPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users Scott Thurm and Yukari Iwatani Kane Wall Street Journal…
Bank of America says cuts off WikiLeaks
Sandra Maler Reuters Bank of America was quoted as saying late on Friday that it was joining other financial institutions in declining to process payments…
UN Mulls Internet Regulation, Draws Criticism From Google, Others
Bianca Bosker Huffington Post Together with word this week that the Federal Communications Commission will be voting on net neutrality rules comes news that the…
UN mulls internet regulation options
John Hilvert IT News WikiLeaks sparks push for tighter controls. The United Nations is considering whether to set up an inter-governmental working group to harmonise…
DHS Implementing No Work List: Citizens Must Get Government Approval to Work in Private Sector Jobs
You’ve heard of no fly and no buy lists – get ready for no work lists. Millions of workers now must apply to the DHS…
Can Embarrassing the Elite get You Executed?
The wrong reaction to WikiLeaks Jason C. Ditz Detroit Free Press It has now been about two weeks since WikiLeaks began releasing its vast cache…
Science of man-made life can proceed: White House
image source AFP An expert panel convened by President Barack Obama advised vigilance and self-regulation as scientists seeks ways to create new organisms that could…