Apple Removes Religious iPhone Application
Apple’s Application Store recently removed a religious iPhone application called the “Manhattan Declaration,” prompting protests from a Christian group. ...
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Hacked! E-Voting, E-Nightmare
In spite of rising security fears, 33 of our states are allowing some fax, e-mail, or Internet ballots this year. Adding to concerns...
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Social Networks, Personal Profiles
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with the help of UC Berkeley’s Samuelson Clinic, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against...
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CEO Schmidt Insists Google Is Not “Creepy”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently attracted attention with his strange vision of a technological utopia, which is an odd blend of the unimaginative...
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Google CEO Imagines a Dull Version of Utopia
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has once again found himself in the midst of controversy. This time, however, the controversy has nothing to do...
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Iris Scan Coming to Airports, Focusing Terror Hunt on Innocent
“The Homeland Security Department plans to test futuristic iris scan technology that stores digital images of people's eyes in a database and is...
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The Power of the Internet
When the Founding Fathers adopted the Bill of Rights guaranteeing that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or...
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In Philly, Blogging Brings Big Business License Bill
Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love. The home of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were drafted. The...
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Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You: RFID-embedded Bins in Cleveland
What was once a laughable plot of a late night science fiction movie, this nightmare of secret government implantation of microchips and the...
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iPad on Academic Probation
Pedagogy is defined as the art or science of teaching. In the age in which we live, there is as much of one...
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India Unveils $35 Tablet Computer
The nation of India has introduced a prototype computer it is hoping a company somewhere in the world will produce for the retail...
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Wal-Mart to Embed RFID Tags in Clothing Beginning August 1
Beginning August 1, men’s blue jeans and underwear sold at Walmart will carry electronic radio identification tags. The company, the world’s largest retailer,...
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Microsoft Plugged Into Russian Espionage
In what now reads like an ongoing Cold War spy novel, a new chapter unfolded last week when on July 13, U.S. officials...
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Big Brother: NSA’s “Perfect Citizen” Program
The National Security Agency (NSA) initiated another cyber-snooping program it dubbed “Perfect Citizen” with a $100 million contract for the Raytheon Corporation, according...
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Billions for Broadband, But Not One Sense of Liberty
This Independence Day weekend Americans have been reminded once again of the immortal words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths...
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