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Senate Moves Forward on Orwellian Bill
Posted by theangryindian from globalresearch
n the wake of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins\\\\\\\' (R-ME) alarmist report, "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat," the Senate may be moving towards passage of the Orwellian "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" (S. 1959).
Conservatives Happier Than Liberals
Posted by theangryindian from Live Science
Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
Internet Archive's NSL Challenge
Posted by theangryindian from ACLU
FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional NSL Served on Internet Archive On November 26, 2007, the FBI served a National Security Letter NSL on the Internet Archive, a digital library. The letter sought personal information about one of the Archive s users, including the individual s NAME, address, and any electronic communication transactional records pertaining to the user. The NSL also included a gag order, prohibiting the Archive and its counsel from revealing the existence of the letter.
Abu Dhabi Aims to Build First Carbon-Neutral City : NPR
Posted by Mikep2 from NPR
Morning Edition, May 6, 2008 · In Abu Dhabi, there's an area of nothing but wind-swept desert. But 10 years from now, if all goes according to plan, a city of 6 square kilometers housing 50,000 people will rise in the United Arab Emirates - and it will be carbon neutral.
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
"After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal," Ballmer said in the letter.
The Decline and Fall of Quality on Digg
Posted by Jeff from Readwriteweb
Fueled partly by a need to counter false accusations from disgruntled community members who claim that Digg is rigged (i.e. that a core group of users decide what content is promoted), partly by the desire to encourage non-core members to participate more passionately, and partly by a need to affect a level of diversity and equality that would appear promising to potential acquirers, Digg has changed its algorithm again and again.
911 tragedy in Calgary reveals perils of VoIP
Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail
An ambulance was dispatched in response to a 911 call about a toddler in distress, but the Internet phone service said paramedics went to the address it had on file - a home in Mississauga - not the new home in Calgary where the distraught family waited in vain for help. The child died before an ambulance sent to the right place could get him to hospital Tuesday night.
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