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With the Feds taking down Megaupload here’s some other file-sharing sites that could be next

The ripples following the takedown of Megaupload by the US government is still rippling through the tech industry with many wondering who could possibly be next. Considering the fact that the US government feels that it doesn't have ... continue

Feds shuts down Megaupload claiming more that $500 million in lost revenue

Well the other shoe has fallen folks. For those of you who may have forgotten Megaupload was that file-sharing site that got a bunch of big name artists to take part in a music video supporting Megaupload only ... continue

The White House heads to Twitter to battle the Republicans over tax extension

Every week it seems that the Republicans are butting heads with the Obama government over something and this past week has been no different as everyone involved is trying to get a payroll tax extension in place ... continue

US Defense Secretary Flies Home On Weekends, Each Trip Costs Tax Payers $30,000

When US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hops on a military jet to fly home to California from Washington on many weekends it costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $30,000 round trip, Panetta however only pays the price of a commercial ... continue

Baby with Diploma Receives Salary in Nigeria

This is corruption at its peak. A one-month old baby was reportedly on the Nigerian government payroll. The discovery was made as efforts are made to get rid the bureaucracy composed of bloated workforce with ghost employees. Garba Gajam, ... continue

Artist Overwhelms Government Agencies With Personal Data After Being Targeted

When Bangladesh-born artist Hasan Elahi was stopped at an airport in 2002 and then put through several months of scary interrogations he decided that hiding anything from the government was pointless. Instead of hiding his information Elahi ... continue

NSA getting into bed with Banks to help them fight hackers

Banks are having such a rough time these days. If it isn't customers getting pissed off over being charged to use their bank debit cards it's those nasty hackers breaking into their computer systems and making off ... continue

Google Refuses To Remove Police Brutality Videos, Complies With Other Government Requests

Google has refused to remove videos from their search results and YouTube service which show acts of police brutality however the search giant has agreed in the last six months to many government requests regarding the collection ... continue

So which big American telecom is the worst in data retention?

Everything you do on the web, from surfing websites to wasting your life on Facebook, downloading files to sending and reading emails, it all has to go through your broadband provider and they keep track of it ... continue

Democrats And Tea Party Members Team Up To Shut Down Stopgap Bill

It took an odd partnership but the Democrats and various members of the Tea Party worked together on Wednesday to vote down the GOP stopgap bill. The surprise defeat came at a vote of 230-195. Democrats were opposed ... continue

Americans Feel Alienated (As If No One Cares Anymore)

Are you an American? Do you feel alienated? Do you feel like your interests and concerns are not heard nor addressed by those people with power and influence? You are not alone. A Harris Alienation Index said that ... continue

Canadian internet privacy getting another screwing by the Harper government

Over the years of the Harper Conservative government in Canada there has been a constant push to give the police more power when it comes to getting information about you from your ISP. For the most part ... continue

Jiang Zemin Internet Searches Censored by Chinese Government As Health Possibly Fails

Chinese government officials have sensored searches for ailing leader Jiang Zemin for fear that issues regarding his health could lead to revolt and other actions in the country. The censorship began after Jiang, 84, was said to be ... continue

How to piss off the FBI? Hack their buddy’s Infragard site.

LulzSec seems to be on a bit of a tear lately. No happy with just hacking the hell out of Sony Pictures this past week they have now decided to give the FBI the middle finger by hacking ... continue

Tennessee Gov wins moron prize – makes it illegal to share your Netflix account

Every day it seems that governments, state or federal, seek out to prove over and over again just how much they do not understand how technology and the Internet work. To show just how brain dead these officials ... continue

Is your Senator in Hollywood’s back pocket when it comes to Protect IP?

First there was the COICA bill that failed to pass but it has been replaced by the new and *cough* improved Protect IP Act that admittedly fixed some of the problems with COICA but in return brought ... continue

[Video] Rep. Donna Edwards quotes White Stripes on House floor

So, the government is ostensibly shutting down this afternoon... over Planned Parenthood? Or something? Rep. Donna Edwards spoke about the matter of government shutdown on the House floor, citing lyrics from the White Stripes song "Effect and Cause" ... continue

Next up for Facebook and Twitter? Terror Alerts from US government.

We are seeing social networks like Facebook being used by police and other government agencies to alert people of events as they happen. From Amber Alerts to earthquakes around the world we are getting our news as ... continue

Obama wants you to clear that new domain name with the government

It's bad enough that we have Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seizing domains, including legal foreign domains, just because they think the sites are doing something illegal but now it seems that the Obama administration ... continue