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| UK is not a surveillance society, MPs claim | | Well, not yet anyway
The Home Affairs Committee has called on the government to follow a “minimum data, held for the minumum time” approach to British citizens’ personal information in its long-awaited report into surveillance.
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| Hack a security camera with a helium balloon | This balloon-based anti surveillance camera project by Brooklyn-based artist William Lamson is an easy way to fool even the most sophisticated forms of surveillance technology. Helium filled rubber balloon set to the correct height and covered with enough static electricity to stick to any surface, such as a public camera. Now if only they made [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 31-Jul-2008 by Nerdblog in General Read 3 times. More hits in  |
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| The Transparent Society revisited | | Watching the watchers, ten years on
CFP 2008 A little over ten years ago, science fiction author David Brin stood up at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference and delivered the first draft of some of his 1998 book The Transparent Society. The crowd, he said Thursday, was “both helpful and actively hostile”.
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 | Thoughts From Kansas | Blogger | Weblog of a University of Kansas ecology and evolutionary biology student, fighting for progressive politics, evolution, and endangered species. Thoughts from Kansas You will notice that it lacks definiteness; that it lacks purpose; that it lacks coherence; that it lacks a subject to talk about; that it is loose and wabbly; that it wanders around; that |
| Seattle | | This Saturday, my NCSE colleague Peter Hess and I will be speaking with the skeptics in Seattle, talking about "'The best preventive of the evils now most dreaded': Defending evolution in a religious society." We will speak about the threat creationist attacks on evolution education pose to our society, and about the ways in which religion can aid in the defense of science education. The talk [..] Read complete article |  | Published 23-Oct-2008 by Thoughts in Chatter Read 2 times. More hits in  |
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| Malicious gossip could cost you your job | | Landmark ruling brings ‘informant society’ one step closer
A recent landmark ruling by the High Court takes the UK one step closer to becoming an “informant society” along the lines of the former East Germany or Soviet Union.
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 | Kotaku`s The Gamers Guide | Blogger | XBOX 360 Gamers Weblog
Gossip, news and leaks for obsessive gamers Kotaku As if you don't waste enough of your time in a gamer's haze, here's Kotaku: a gamer's guide that goes beyond the press release. Gossip, cheats, criticism, design, nostalgia, pred |
| Mattrick Reasserts Avatar-Inventin' Claim [Don Mattrick] | | I could have sworn we reported the almost laughable claim of Microsoft's Don Mattrick that he and not Nintendo invented ? yes, specifically that word ? avatars back with something called 4D Boxing in 1991. Going back through our archives, I can't find it. Doesn't matter, as he is still ins [..] Read complete article |  | Published 09-Nov-2008 by Owen Good in Don mattrick Avatars Wii Xbox 360 Read 0 times. More hits in  |
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| AT&T intros USBConnect Quicksilver | AT&T released a new flavor of USBConnect dongle today along with the claim that it’s the “world’s smallest” device of its kind. We’re not exactly sure if business users are going to factor this claim in when choosing a carrier or device, but we supposed they had to talk about something. The USBConnect Quicksilver is [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 15-Oct-2008 by Zach Epstein in AT&TAccessoriesLaptopsRetailLaptopConnectQuicksilverUSBConnect Read 0 times. More hits in  |
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| XOHM WiMAX from Sprint Dropping Next Month; No, Really | Beyond being Aubrey Huff’s favorite town in the world, Baltimore will another claim to fame beginning next month. If all goes according to plan it looks like Sprint will stay true to its recent claim as it prepares to unleash its long anticipated XOHM service next month. Sprint has named Baltimore as the preliminary launch [...]
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