‘Apparently the Department of Homeland Security is now authorized to rewrite and enforce copyright infringement laws. In a stunning precedent, the recent round of domain seizures to shut down websites that allowed illegal streaming of the Super Bowl also included a few other websites that were seized simply for linking to infringing content.’
Read more: DHS Seizes Websites for Merely LINKING to Copyrighted Material
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Homing Bird by Nat Daniels
Set in a corner of Lancashire and Sheffield
A story of family and friends; cops and capers; romance and…pigeons.
Think Emmerdale meets Only Fools and Horses…
A chapter is released every Monday
www.romanceroguesandpigeons.co.uk
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‘In a letter sent Monday, Consumer Watchdog asked Representative Darrell Issa, the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to investigate the relationship between Google and several government agencies.
The group asked Issa to investigate contracts at several U.S. agencies for Google technology and services, the “secretive” relationship between Google and the U.S. National Security Agency, and the company’s use of a U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration airfield in California.’
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/012411-consumer-watchdog-calls-for-investigation.html
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‘These days, no popular movement goes without an Internet presence of some kind, whether it’s organizing on Facebook or spreading the word through Twitter. And as we’ve seen in Egypt, that means that your Internet connection can be the first to go. Whether you’re trying to check in with your family, contact your friends, or simply spread the word, here are a few ways to build some basic network connectivity when you can’t rely on your cellular or landline Internet connections.’
Read more: Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It Down
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‘The Internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world.
Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance. Below are six basic ideas for those attempting to speak without falling victim to authoritarian surveillance and censorship, and four ideas for the rest of us who want to help support them…’
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‘Freedom of speech organizations are condemning a decision by the Saudi Arabian government to force all online ewspapers and bloggers to register with the Ministry of Culture and Information.
Under the new rules, to be introduced next month, all online writers – and this appears to include forums and even short messaging – will need a licence, valid for up to three years. The Saudi government says the move is simply designed to protect society – and points out that it was already censoring content anyway. Saudi Arabia has one of the highest numbers of bloggers in the Arabic world.
Applicants for a licence need to be Saudi, at least 20 years old and to have graduated from high school. They will also need ‘documents testifying to their good behaviour’. Editors of online newspapers will need to be approved by the Ministry of Information and Culture. Anyone caught blogging without a licence will be subject to a fine of up to 100,000 Riyal ($26,665), and/or a ban – possibly forever.’
Read more: Saudi Arabia Bans Blogging Without a Licence
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‘And so they trot out a “friendly, respectable face” for this deliberate destruction and depopulation, hoping we won’t notice the havoc being wreaked in front of our eyes, all the while making us think they’re doing us a favor and ‘pioneering our future’.
..And with a message straight from the Bilderbergers which seems to say.. ‘It’s time to step up the depopulation plan.’
Read more: The (Bill) Gates of Hell Foundation
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‘The Nintendo 3DS, which is due to be released next year, will give users the option of playing in 3D as opposed to the conventional 2D picture, without the need for 3D glasses. But in a statement on its Japanese website, the company cautioned that children under the age of six who use the new 3D functionality could suffer from stunted eye development as a result.
Designers have even equipped the handset with a parental lock that deactivates the 3D aspect and prevents children from being able to switch it back on. The company also advises all users take breaks from playing 3D games as frequently as every 30 minutes to give their eyes a chance to rest.
The advice to consumers follows warnings from television manufacturers that children, pregnant women and drunk people could experience symptoms from nausea to seizures from watching in 3D.’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8232753/Nintendo-warns-3DS-could-damage-childrens-eyesight.html
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