‘Bloggers, podcasters and even anyone who posts updates on social networks such as Facebook all face being slapped with fines of up to €25,000 for publishing incorrect facts, if a bill that journalists’ organisations are calling “authoritarian” currently before the Italian parliament is passed. A provision within the government’s Media and Wiretapping Bill will extend Italy’s [...]

‘Imagine a form of encrypted communication so secure that it’s physically impossible to access it unless you’re actually at the location where you’re supposed to hear it. Quantum mechanics makes location-based cryptography possible – without any pesky codes or keys. The basic idea is simple – create an encrypted communication where your actual physical location is [...]

Group Calls for Hearings Into Google’s Ties to CIA and NSA ‘More information has emerged about Google’s relationship with the government and spook agencies. The revelations should come as no surprise.’ Read more: Group Calls for Hearings Into Google’s Ties to CIA and NSA

‘Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has capitulated to widespread concerns over his internet censorship policy and delayed any mandatory filters until at least next year. Academics, ISP experts, political opponents, the US government and a broad cross-section of community groups have long argued that the plan to block a secret blacklist of “refused classification” web pages [...]

‘The ongoing saga with Google censorship has continued today as it emerged that once again the search engine giant removed a key term from it’s trends pages. Alex Jones yesterday asked his readers and listeners to send the term ‘Google spies’ to the top of the trends charts in the latest effort to fight back [...]

-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream. -The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm. -You use 200 muscles to take one step. -The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man. -Your big toes have two bones each while [...]

The car, which is being developed by researchers at computer chip giant Intel, will record information about the vehicle speed, steering and braking along with video footage from inside and outside the vehicle. This would be automatically sent to police and insurance companies in the event of an accident to make it easier to determine [...]

‘The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency’s computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a “controversial opinion,” according to an internal email obtained by CBS News. The email was sent to all TSA employees from the Office of Information Technology on Friday afternoon. It [...]