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- Attorney general nominee says he will protect civil liberties
- Even as an administration that aggressively expanded warrantless surveillance and intelligence gathering enters its final year, the nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general spoke forcefully about the need to protect civil liberties, The Washington Post reports. Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey said at his confirmation hearing...
- Tags: Nominee, Civil Liberty, Attorney General, Workforce Management, Human Resources, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Google and child protection
- Google and child protectionDirty Christian group fingers in thisAssociating Google's refusal to hand over info on how their customer search the internet to not cooperating with Child pornography laws? That is exactly what these evil, christian right wingers want to do. They have enlisted all their crony news media to...
- Tags: child pornography, Google Inc., Usenet, civil liberty, newsgroup
- Discussion threads 2006-01-21
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- NSA and phone sex: Eavesdroppers listened to intimate conversations
- Military linguists have come forward to say that the intelligence services routinely listened in on Americans overseas calling home and on the communications of non-suspect groups like the Red Cross. And, they say, they listened in and even transcribed couples' phone sex, The New York Times reports. ...
- Tags: Phone, Phone Sex, Telecom & Utilities, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Anonymity and the Internet
- A case winding its way through a court in Pennsylvania attempts to pierce the veil of anonymity that protects web forum participants' ability to say whatever they want about public figures. Though I don't agree with the conclusions of the judge, I am not fan of anonymity of the...
- Tags: Anonymity, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- $236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...
- Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework
- Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicine
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...
- Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- How to read your FBI file
- How to read your FBI fileGood well-balanced articleNothing one-sided here. Those evil Bushies will stop at nothing when it comes to knowing everyone's secrets, won't they?Hey, pal, EVERYBODY thought Saddam had WMDs, even your heroes Kerry, Kennedy, and (shudder!) Pelosi. Seems that Saddam went to great lengths to convince...
- Tags: Federal government, FBI
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- RealDVD officially launches, so does lawsuit
- RealDVD officially launches, so does lawsuitThis is stupid. I already do this with AnyDVD and mymovies.Its essentially built into my movies if you pay for the anydvd software. On top of that.. you can also rip HD and Blueray.The only thing you cant do directly is burn the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Standing Up, RealDVD, DVD, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential election
- Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential electionInformation warfareThese tactics positively raise the noise level but I'm not sure they're making converts on either side of the political isle. I also believe the internet noise is also contributing to the general lack of civility in our social dialog as...
- Tags: Corporate governance, INTERNET, presidential election
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Go West young IT worker!
- Go West young IT worker!Greeley, not SouleNo one disputes that Greeley made the phrase famous:Greeley's editorial in the New York Tribune in 1865 was addressed specifically to young civil servants in Washington, D.C. who were complaining that the government didn't pay them enough, given the high cost of living in...
- Tags: Soule, Greeley
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy Thomas
- RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy ThomasHer turn nowI hope she turns around and files a MULTI MILLION dollar suit against the RIAA. If "offering a copyrighted work to the public" is a crime, then we must by definition force the closure of all public libraries. . .This poor...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, RIAA, Jammy Thomas, verdict
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- The first rule of Apple App Store is - you do not talk about Apple App Store
- The first rule of Apple App Store is - you do not talk about Apple App StoreWe All Are, And By All, I Mean MeRule #2 has to be that they don't talk about the reasons.Possible reasons: rejection of an app may be related to the deal they have with...
- Tags: Stevie-boy, APPLE FANBOYS, Apple Inc., Apple App Store
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?
- Hunt for Palin 'hacker': Journalism or mob mentality?So what are you advocating, anarchy?So, are you advocating anarchy where there are absolutely no constraints on moral, ethical, fair and legal behaviour?I am so sick of people who say that it's OK for a person to do something illegal, let alone it...
- Tags: Blogging, SECURITY, Koman, blogger, mentality, Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Outside school doesn't equal online carte blanche
- We all know that kids are careless with their online doings, paying little attention to privacy, safety, long-term job prospects, copyright infringement, etc. Now, a US District judge has ruled that kids can be specifically disciplined within school for certain online behaviors off school grounds. Ars...
- Tags: Profile, School, Productivity, Social Networking, Recruitment & Selection, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online
- Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted onlineWatSo you point out an unlikely scenario by putting forward an idea that is FAR MORE unlikely.Nice.Because a crime was committed...Because a crime was committed... Thats how you know when a Demoncrat is at work. Very simple.Devilcrats Strike againThe Demoncrats know they are...
- Tags: Sarah Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- BPA story gets all political
- BPA story gets all politicalWhat a shock!And you are surprised by this? You can't be that naive.Big business, and even small business, has been bed with politicians forever...on both sides. It’s just more pronounced with this current bunch of Nazis in Washington for the past seven plus years. You know...
- Tags: BPA, Nazi, TWAIN, BPA story, first study
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymity
- China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityClearly a crimefighting imperativeThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is such a nuisance.RE: China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymityHmmm, this is quite disturbing. While I can see the benefits in one hand I see abuses in the other. And the abuses I see...
- Tags: INTERNET, Internet service providers (ISPs), Spam, Now Let
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Hollywood preps new copyright bills
- Hollywood preps new copyright billsMy favorite part... is the civil forfeiture. This gets completely around the whole business of proving that a user actually committed copyright infringement and goes straight for the router, computer, etc. presumptively involved.Our County Sheriff and Prosecutor have been funding a lot of their operations...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, civil forfeiture, tax, forfeiture, taxpayer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Hollywood preps new copyright bills
- Declan McCullagh reports over at News.com that Hollywood is gearing up for another copyright expansion attack. Two major bills this time: No. 1 is the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, sponsored by Leahy and Specter, the ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It...
- Tags: American Library Association, Hollywood, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Federal Government, Tv & Home Theater, Purchasing & Procurement, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
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