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 Send to email | Power to the data! in General |  By Rough Ty
el 27-Jan-2012 | Seth Finkelstein, a long-time crusader against online censorship, made what seemed like a jaundiced comment on my recent post Piracy and Privacy. I had raised the possibility that online activists, fresh from their SOPA fight, might now come to the support of efforts to give people more control over the personal information that companies collect and trade online. Will the activists rise up again? I wondered. To which Finkelstein replied: No. Or maybe, they will rise up AGAINST privacy, because they will be fed a line that this is going to Censor The Net. Turns out Finkelstein wasn't being jaundiced. He was being prescient. Shortly after he made his comment, a Harvard Law School blog posted a lathery rant, under the judicious title "More Crap from the E.U.," by Jane Yakowitz, a professor at the Brooklyn Law School. Yakowitz blasted the European Commission's new proposal to strengthen online privacy protections. Europe, she wrote, has been "flailing around" with internet regulation. It has enacted "miserable" policies. The EC's reasoning is "complete and utter hogwash." Its actions are "regressive." Its proposed new directive represents "a misguided attack on the information economy." Goodness. I think Professor Yakowitz must have eaten a bad mussel...
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| Power to the data! | | Seth Finkelstein, a long-time crusader against online censorship, made what seemed like a jaundiced comment on my recent post Piracy and Privacy. I had raised the possibility that online activists, fresh from their SOPA fight, might now come to the support of efforts to give people more control over the personal information that companies collect and trade online. Will the activists rise up again? [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Jan-2012 by Rough Ty in General
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| Apple in talks to power North Carolina data center site with solar farm |  Apple’s massive billion-dollar North Carolina data center, which received a failing rating in a Greenpeace report earlier this year, may soon be powered by a solar farm. The Charlotte Observer recently uncovered permit plans from North Carolina’s Catawba County that show Apple’s intentions to adjust the terrain on a 171-acre plot across from its data center. The plans are titled [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Oct-2011 by Todd Haselton in BusinessEnergyAppledata centerNorth Carolinasolarsolar farm
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| Apple in talks to power North Carolina data center site with solar farm | | Apple’s massive billion-dollar North Carolina data center, which received a failing rating in a Greenpeace report earlier this year, may soon be powered by a solar farm. The Charlotte Observer recently uncovered permit plans from North Carolina’s Catawba County that show Apple’s intentions to adjust the terrain on a 171-acre plot across from its data center. The plans are titled [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Oct-2011 by Todd Haselton in BusinessEnergyAppledata centerNorth Carolinasolarsolar farm
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| Verizon Wireless kills Pay as You Go data plans, data plans now mandatory |  This has been rumored to be coming but VZW E dropped the bomb on us all by leaking a Verizon Wireless document detailing some drastic changes to Verizon’s data plans. Starting November 14th, 2008, all new PDA / Smartphones will require a $29.99/month or greater data plan. Gone are the pay as you go [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 02-Nov-2008 by Kelly Hodgkins in GeneralVerizoncanceleddata blockdata planmandatoryPAYGverizon wireless
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