Angry China rejects blame for Gmail attack
© AFP/File Li Xin AFP BEIJING (AFP) – China said Thursday it was “unacceptable” to blame it for a cyberspying campaign which Google said…
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Big Media Tramples On Constitutional Rights to Protect Antiquated Business Model
Dees Illustration Hanni Fakhoury EFF In its ongoing battle against music piracy, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is backing a bill in the…
Australia shuns GM canola in response to consumer demand for non-GMO products
Jonathan Benson Natural News The biotechnology industry and its lackeys in the US government may be getting away with pulling a fast one on the…
Back from the Dead: The Internet “Kill Switch”
The American author William Faulkner once wrote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Tom Burghardt Dissident Voice And like a horde…
WHO Lists Cell Phones as Cancer Hazard
WHO says cell phones are a cancer risk Kurt Nimmo Infowars The United Nations’ health agency, the World Health Organization, now lists mobile phone use…
US ‘to view major cyber attacks as acts of war’
A major cyber attack on the US military in 2008 prompted major changes in how the Pentagon handles digital threats © AFP/File Atta Kenare AFP…
Google to show off mobile wallet for Android phones
Using a mobile phone is likely to ease queues BBC News Google is set to introduce a mobile payments platform that will turn its Android…
Terrorist ‘pre-crime’ detector field tested in United States
Screening system aims to pinpoint passengers with malicious intentions. Minority Report – 20th Century Fox/Dreamworks Sharon Weinberger Nature Planning a sojourn in the northeastern United…
From Bush to Obama, the snooping goes on
The Patriot Act’s section 215 – just renewed by Congress – permits almost unlimited powers of surveillance of US citizens Prison Planet image Dan Kennedy…
Twitter chief picked as Obama telecom advisor
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo © AFP/Getty Images/File Justin Sullivan AFP SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – US President Barack Obama named Twitter’s chief and a high-ranking…
Draconian Anti-Piracy Censorship Bill Passes Senate Committee
TorrentFreak The controversial PROTECT IP Act unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. When the PROTECT IP Act becomes law U.S. authorities and copyright holders…
Eli Pariser on “The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You”
Democracy NOW! The internet is increasingly becoming an echo chamber in which websites tailor information according to the preferences they detect in each viewer. When…
Censorship in the UK
Stephen Hershey Reality Sandwich Just last week, YouTube complied with the British government by censoring a video containing a protest against an apparent legal injustice….
Google unveils phone that can be swiped as a credit card
Daily Mail Google unveiled an app today that allows users to pay for goods with their mobile phones. In future customers will be able to…