Anonymous claims responsibility for downing/slowing of Facebook tonight
In some places across the world tonight, users are reporting Facebook outages or an extreme slownesss on Facebook. Yours truly …
The Next Subprime Loan Crisis
US and European regulators are essentially forcing banks to buy up their own government’s debt—a move that could end up …
Obama’s Backroom Deal With Drug Companies
Drugmakers led by Pfizer (PFE) Inc. agreed to run a “very significant public campaign” bankrolling political support for the 2010 health-care law, …
The Truth About Internet Piracy
I’m sure it is a common question at least thought about by everyone on both sides of the internet piracy debate. How much does internet piracy actually hurt the music and movie industries, and how much does it hurt the economy?
Anonymous Plans Protest for June 9 Against Indian Website Bans
Protests over blocking of websitesare likely to become strident with hacktivist group Anonymous planning demonstrations in 11 cities on June 9 for restoring internet freedom. The group had targeted governmentsites and corporate websites after several file and link sharing sites were blocked by authorities and internet service providers (ISPs) recently.
Illinois State Rep. Goes Insane in Epic Rant (VIDEO)
This video is of Illinois State Representative Mike Bost loosing in marbles during a floor speech yesterday. He throws papers, screams, punches the air, and flairs his arms — all the markings of a good epic insane speech.
Megaupload Lawyers want to have U.S. internet piracy charges dropped
Lawyers for popular file-sharing company Megaupload, accused of copyright theft and internet piracy, have moved to have the case thrown out in the United States and tens of millions of dollars of assets unfrozen, a U.S. counsel said on Thursday.
Syria rebel chief urges Annan to an end to the peace plan
Syria’s main rebel commander urged Kofi Annan on Thursday to announce that his peace plan has failed in order to free insurgents from any commitment to a truce deal, which the United States said may collapse and trigger a wider Middle East crisis.
Why Facebook Social Readers Suck
[media-credit id=8 align=”alignleft” width=”300″][/media-credit]It is no secret that the last five years have meant troubled times for the newspaper industry. …
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