Wiretapped phones, now Internet?
Charlie Savage The New York Times Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that…
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Computer attacks linked to a wealthy group or nation
Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON — A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by…
Warning over malicious computer worm
Joseph Menn and Mary Watkins Financial Times A piece of highly sophisticated malicious software that has infected an unknown number of power plants, pipelines and…
Bill would let feds block pirate websites worldwide
Copyright enforcement as censorship Dan Goodin — The Register US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow the federal government to quickly block websites anywhere…
Internet Justice: Bloggers Unite in Russia
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Global ‘internet treaty’ proposed
Claudine Beaumont The Telegraph The proposal was presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania last week, and outlined 12 “principles of internet governance”, including…
FDA won’t allow food to be labeled free of genetic modification: report
Raw Story ‘Extra labeling only confuses the consumer,’ biotech spokesman says That the Food and Drug Administration is opposed to labeling foods that are genetically…
If You Find Problems with Genetically Modified Foods… Watch Out!
Jeffrey M. Smith Mercola.com Arpad Pusztai Biologist Arpad Pusztai had more than 300 articles and 12 books to his credit and was the world’s top…
Where Has Journalism Gone?
S. Paul Forrest Activist Post This country is an amazing place. It is filled with wonders from natural to intellectual and everyday. When I leave…
Big Sis To Get Expanded Role in Policing the Internet
Democrats want “Kill Switch” bill passed this year Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Two cybersecurity bills that would hand President Obama the power to shut…
Homeland Security to Test Iris Scanners
Thomas Frank USA Today WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people’s eyes in…
Obama Touts Inefficient Program to Defend Stimulus: $1.4m per Green Job Created
Lithium Ion Car Battery: Dashboard News Activist Post Surely everyone would love to see cleaner energy programs in the U.S., especially given the environmental catastrophe…
Unusual Volume of Call Contracts Traded, Suspicion Rises
Shepard Ambellas and Alex Thomas The Intel Hub The abnormally high volume of call contracts that were traded in the last few days is highly…
The real 2001: Scientists teach robots how to trick humans
Niall Firth The Daily Mail It sounds like something straight out of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey But, in a chilling echo of the…