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Wow, Twitter must be beta testing a spine

The title of this posts was inspired by an excellent post over at Threat Level by Ryan Singel but is says exactly what my thoughts were when I first read a few days ago that Twitter went ... continue

2011, Net Neutrality, A Couple of Misconceptions and Realities

If you want to start a passionate discussion in tech circles just mention Net Neutrality and FCC in the same sentence. If you want to get a lot of blank stares and shuffling of feet just mention ... continue

The Web becoming a police state courtesy of US Government and Entertainment business

Something terrible is happening on the Web and changing it into something that didn't exist even a year ago. This isn't just about the entertainment industry trade groups trying to turn back the clock on their rapidly ... continue

Sec. of Transportation on rampage, could include disabling cell phones in vehicles

Around 5,000 people, according to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, die every years due to using cell phones while driving. He feels it is so bad that the government may have to step in and required the ... continue

If anything should scare you to your very core it is this!

Never mind your mindless whining about privacy on the web. Never mind that you are already being tracked by your banks and credit card companies in ways that would make web advertisers blush. All the ways we ... continue

Has Wikileaks finally bitten off a secret too big?

Wikileaks - the exposer of all things secret - has been in the news for a variety of reasons the past month or so starting with their appeal for help keeping the site open. No sooner than ... continue

Canadian government shows why ubiquitous access for all is a pipe dream

Over the years as others have pontificated about how the Web will one day be everywhere and available to all I have for the most part pointed out the stupidity of this kumbaya Web 2.0 warm and fuzzy ... continue

Our data will always be misused

There is this Utopian viewpoint propagated by the social media mavens that while our personal data is one of our more important processions; both on-line and off-line, but we should feel safe with letting it become the property of companies and ... continue

The usual suspects are threatening to dismantle our Internet

We are coming up to a watershed moment in the existence of the Internet and very few people seem to care. Right now there are two separate events happening that will have a direct impact on both ... continue

Freddie Mac gave new CFO a $1.95 Million signing bonus

Considering the fact that the US, and the rest of the world, is still trying to recover from a recession one has to wonder why a company still under government governorship hands over $1.95 ... continue

An open letter to President Obama – Stay out of the newspaper business

See that slippery slope over there? That’s the slope you will slide down President if you even consider any legislation to “rescue” the newspaper industry. It is a never ending slope that will ... continue

The EU looking to head down Orwellian black hole

Under the guise of Project Indect, a five year research program that includes: Police Service of Northern Ireland, computer scientists at York University, and fellow researchers in nine other European Union countries, The EU ... continue

Mysterious Unsolicited Government Laptops Now Under Investigation

In the past week unsolicited HP and Compaq (another HP brand) laptops have been showing up at various US Governement agencies, with about 5 laptops arriving at each location in West Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming, and Washington. Now it ... continue

Who’s giving US governors free laptops?

Either has somebody has a really big heart and is trying to help out cash strapped governors some free HP laptops or some creative soul is trying a new way to source government secrets. ... continue

The White House goes Live on Facebook

I just saw this flash across my Twitter feed an thought it would be interesting for those Facebookers out there who want to keep up with what is happening at the White House. It ... continue

Tech and Politics – a changing landscape

Which ever way we turn we are seeing the hand of technology and the Web effecting change in ways we might not have considered even five years ago. Communities are being built on Facebook that ... continue

Your data safe from prying company eyes? Think again

While the reports of data breaches are probably only a fraction of the real number of times your personal data has been stolen from companies the fact that it happens is almost an accepted ... continue

Katrina and the continuing tragedy

Hurricane Katrina is now five years into our past and yet the cost in terms of being a social disaster and human tragedy continues on through until today and shows no sign of changing. ... continue

How to get Google in Korea to ban you – use a fake name

Government the world round are always trying to find new ways to get control over the Internet and the people using it. In Korea there is a state law that stipulates that if you run a web ... continue

The U.K. wants your Twitter chatter under surveillance

Not happy with pushing the EU Data Retention Directive which would make ISPs store communication data for 12 months Vernon Coaker, the U.K. Home Office security minister, now wants all social networking sites and ... continue

$250 plus a little war-driving equals stolen identities [VIDEO]

I don’t imagine that Chris Paget is the most popular person with the State Department or the proponents of RFID enhanced passports and driver’s licences. Especially since he has proven that with as little as $250 worth ... continue

Soldier’s Pillow Talk Getting NSA Hot

Even though I might not be an American and my point of view just a tad bias I have never believed that the Patriot Act would do anything to really make the country - or its people ... continue