Computers
Apple Pulls Anti-Israel App.
Apple has honored a request from Israel to pull a free iPhone application from its online store that the Israeli government said incited...
Facebook to Launch Its Own iPad App
Facebook for iPhone is the most-downloaded iPhone app ever, but more than a year after Apple introduced the iPad, there is still a...
Read moreI.B.M. Releases New Graphene Circuits
I.B.M. researchers said Thursday that they had designed high-speed circuits from graphene, an ultra-thin material that has a host of promising applications, from...
Read moreFederal Govt Has Recruited One-Fourth of U.S. Hackers as Informants
The FBI and Secret Service have successfully infiltrated the underground world of computer hackers in the United States, and now 25 percent of...
Read moreService Versus Surveillance: Has Computer Technology Outpaced the Legal System?
First, the short version: Privacy? "Fuggedaboudit!" You can encrypt your messages, lock your laptop and password-protect your various accounts till your fingers fall...
Read morePrivacy Concerns About Apple’s iPhones and iPads
Apple, Inc. finds itself amidst controversy once again, this time provoking the criticism of privacy watchdogs which are demanding an explanation as to...
Read moreIs Your Gmail Safe From the G-Men?
Does the Fourth Amendment’s requirement that the government obtain a warrant to search one’s effects based on probable cause apply to e-mail communications?...
Read moreApple Bows to Pressure from Homosexual Activists, Pulls “Exodus” App
It didn’t take long for the folks at Apple to cave in. Following an aggressive petition campaign by homosexual activists, the computer giant...
Read moreFederal Judge Rules Against Copyright Trolls
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked an Illinois judge to quash subpoenas issued in a "reverse class action" lawsuit accusing thousands of...
Read moreHacker Group Takes On Fed, IMF, “Global Banking Cartel”
A group of decentralized hacker activists — or “hacktivists” — known as Anonymous announced a new plan on March 14 to take on...
Read moreIllinois Sales Tax Law Leaves Amazon Affiliates High and Dry
In its attempt to force online retailers to collect sales tax on items purchased in the Land of Lincoln, the state of Illinois...
Read moreFeds Plotted Invasion of Social Media
The federal government wanted to hire a “security” contractor to create software that would allow legions of fake profiles on social-networking services to...
Read moreApple’s Refreshed MacBooks Pro
Apple announced the release of a new line of refreshed, enhanced MacBook Pro laptops last week. The new MacBook Pros represent a boon...
Read moreSurveillance Blimp to Patrol Over Ogden, Utah
There are about 82,000 citizens of Ogden, Utah, and soon they will all live under the ever-watchful eye of the city’s new “Crime...
Read moreDoes the U.S. Have an Internet “Kill Switch”
One of the last acts of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's tyranny before he abdicated his 30-year reign was to pull the plug on...
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