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Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogenic
Associated Press - Mon May 30, 2011
LONDON - An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing details from dozens of published studies. More»

FBI shut down three of largest poker sites
The Daily Mail - Thu Apr 14, 2011
Three of the largest online poker sites have been shut down by the FBI in a probe that could bring about the death of the internet gambling industry. More»

Military blocks access to popular video websites
Associated Press - Sun Mar 13, 2011
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's Cyber Command has shut down Defense Department workers' access to popular streaming video websites including YouTube, Amazon, and Googlevideo. More»

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange WILL be extradited to Sweden
The Daily Mail - Wed Feb 23, 2011
The founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, will be extradited to Sweden to answer sex attack allegations, a judge has ruled. More»

The US bank and the secret plan to destroy WikiLeaks
The Independent, UK - Thu Feb 17, 2011
The computer hackers collective Anonymous has uncovered a proposal by a consortium of private contractors to attack and discredit WikiLeaks. More»

Anonymous Takes Revenge On Security Firm For Trying To Sell Supporters' Details To FBI
Forbes - Sun Feb 6, 2011
If you thought Anonymous limited its cyber attacks to those who blocked WikiLeaks or suppressed free information, you would be wrong. More»

Shutting Down the Internet
PC Magazine - Sun Jan 30, 2011
There is a bill before Congress that is loosely referred to as the Internet Kill Switch that was introduced by Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins. More»

WikiLeaks Reveals BP's Other Offshore Drilling Disaster
Time - Sat Dec 18, 2010
A BP offshore oil platform suddenly shows signs of a potentially devastating leak. More»

iPhone-maker rallies workers after China suicides
Associated Press - Tue Aug 17, 2010
SHENZHEN, China - Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise morale following a string of suicides at the company's heavily regimented factories. More»

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
CNET - Tue Feb 9, 2010
WASHINGTON - The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. More»

Did Clean-Room Chemicals Cause Birth Defects?
KPHO-TV - Fri Feb 5, 2010
PHOENIX, Arizona - The picture of Bob and Janice Numkena's wedding day is old and faded, but Bob's memory of the day is clear. More»

Expert challenges UFO hacker's $700k bill
Computer Weekly - Mon Sep 21, 2009
The US inflated the $700,000 bill for damages it slapped on UFO hacker Gary McKinnon by stuffing it with costs incurred for patching the gaping holes the hacker had exposed in its computer security, according to a document filed with the Supreme Court. More»

Feds Freeze Poker Champ's Winnings
Associated Press - Thu Jun 11, 2009
On the Sunday before Memorial Day, David made the big time: Winning $10,000 in an online poker tournament made him eligible for the upcoming World Series of Poker, the game's premier event, where hundreds of players - amateur and professional - descend on Las Vegas from around the world to play for a multimillion-dollar pot. More»

Facebook's War on Nipples
Time - Wed Dec 31, 2008
The breast-feeding wars have long followed a familiar pattern: A woman gets thrown off a plane for nursing her toddler; she sues Delta. More»

CBS agrees to buy CNet for $1.75 billion
Associated Press - Wed May 14, 2008
NEW YORK - CBS agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. More»

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
Associated Press - Tue May 13, 2008
In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers. More»

US seeks terrorists in web worlds
BBC - Sun Mar 2, 2008
The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds. More»

Web site 'Wikileaks' shuttered over post
Associated Press - Mon Feb 18, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has set off a free speech tempest after shutting down a US Web site for posting internal documents accusing a Cayman Islands' bank branch of money laundering and tax evasion schemes. More»

Intel official: Expect less privacy
Associated Press - Sat Nov 10, 2007
WASHINGTON - As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. More»

US govt collects data on Americans overseas
AFP - Fri Sep 21, 2007
WASHINGTON - The US government is compiling electronic files on the travel habits of millions of Americans who take trips overseas, The Washington Post reported Saturday. More»

Law widens govt's right to listen in
USA Today - Sun Aug 5, 2007
WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Sunday that expands the government's power to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects, even as Democratic leaders criticized the law and vowed to change it. More»

California e-voting machines have more holes than Swiss cheese
The Register - Sun Jul 29, 2007
Hackers hired to evaluate the security of e-voting machines used in California found serious flaws that could allow for vote tampering in all three systems studied. More»

Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?
AlterNet - Tue Jul 24, 2007
In 2004, Floridians overwhelmingly voted to raise their state minimum wage after low-income advocates collected ballot petition signatures, registered thousands of new voters and turned out the vote. More»

Will Electronic Voting Reform Create New Ways to Steal Elections?
AlterNet - Sun Jun 3, 2007
This week, the House is expected to pass the first-ever bill regulating electronic voting. More»

$82 Buys E-Voting Secrets
Wired - Thu Feb 15, 2007
For a mere $82 a computer scientist and electronic voting critic managed to purchase five $5,000 Sequoia electronic voting machines over the internet last month from a government auction site. More»

Dell to Double Indian Workforce
BBC - Mon Mar 20, 2006
Computer giant Dell plans to double its Indian workforce to 20,000 over the next three years. More»

Google Ordered to Hand Over Data
BBC - Sat Mar 18, 2006
A federal judge has ordered internet search engine Google to turn over some search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the US government. More»

'Cyber Storm' Tests US Defences
BBC - Sat Feb 11, 2006
Vital US infrastructure including power grids and banking systems have been put under simulated attack in a week-long security exercise called Cyber Storm. More»

Annoy someone online - two years in jail?
ZDNet - Sun Jan 8, 2006
It's no joke - Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. More»

Powerful Government Accountability Office report confirms key 2004 stolen election findings
The Free Press - Tue Oct 25, 2005
As a legal noose appears to be tightening around the Bush/Cheney/Rove inner circle, a shocking government report shows the floor under the legitimacy of their alleged election to the White House is crumbling. More»

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