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For the first time obesity is being called a disease by the American Medical Association.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that Google is tied up in a conspiracy stretching up to the very highest levels of American government. The pale blond hacker claimed that Google was a US government "echo".
Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests the court makes, arguing the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the government.
No box office smash, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks," captured the No. 4 spot in last week's most pirated movies roster, compiled by TorrentFreak, a news site covering all things torrent-related.
Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. ...
Apple joined other technology giants in disclosing details of government requests for customer data, pledging to try to “strike the right balance” between privacy and legal requests. Follows similar moves by Facebook and Microsoft.
Amazon has finally uploaded a variety of launch day bundles for the PS4, their pre-order guaranteeing delivery on the consoles release date.
INFILTRATION. SABOTAGE. MAYHEM. FOR YEARS GENERAL KEITH ALEXANDER HAS BEEN BUILDING A SECRET ARMY CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING DEVASTATING CYBERATTACKS. NOW IT’S READY TO UNLEASH HELL.
Prism explained... Fiber optic internet feed cables to major companies tapped by NSA BEFORE reaching the companies servers. Hence the name Prism. AT&T’s Role in Dragnet Surveillance of Millions of Its Customers AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA sui
Wired has put up a profile of Army General Keith Alexander, the director of the NSA.
al cuppett was a guest here at glpvc back in 2010 he talked about how he was found to be on one of those lists al cuppet video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNJk4heNDM
Google downplayed its role in a secret government surveillance program, detailing how it typically hands over data to federal officials. When faced with a court order, the tech giant said, it uses surprisingly simple and low-tech methods,
StartPage and its sister search engine Ixquick were launched in 2006 to staunchly defend their users' privacy and civil liberties. StartPage provides a private portal to Google results, while Ixquick provides private results from other search engine
A group of scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs are tired of waiting around for E.T. to get in touch.
Because - "It's never too early to start thinking about what you want to be when you grow up."
Paul Rosenberg (Freeoman's Perspective) on the NSA surveillance, where we are headed as a country - Mark Schmidter (activist jailed for 100+ days for passing out FIJA flyers) on his arrest - Stanislav Shalunov (Open Garden) on the technical aspects o
If you post articles to your Facebook wall that warn others about the dangers of vaccines, or Tweet links to the latest studies tying vaccines to autism through Twitter, the vaccine pushers of the world could soon know about it in real time. Accordin
Here are some things that can be implemented TODAY that will protect you from the NSA and other government entities. Like others, I find myself helpless to change anything in Washington, so it's time to take action by protecting ourselves.
Barack Obama has ordered his senior national security and intelligence officials to draw up a list of potential overseas targets for US cyber-attacks, a top secret presidential directive obtained by the Guardian reveals. The 18-page Presidential P
Now who didn't see that coming?
Former CIA director helping to bolster same surveillance system that brought him down
No matter how much movie studios may wish for one, there is no crystal ball that will predict how much money a flick will make at the box office.
When Google announced a supercharged fiber-optic Internet and TV service two years ago, many hoped the move would spur faster — and cheaper — Internet and TV options elsewhere in the country.
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants as part of a previously undisclosed program called PRISM, which allows officials to collect material including
When Google announced that its RSS reader service, Google Reader, would be shutting down on July 1, a part us died that day, especially since Google didn’t give a reason as to why they’re shutting it down.
More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them.
Researchers work to develop passwords so secret that only your unconscious mind knows them.
Depending on which social media outlet you view, the events taking place in Turkey vary from shocking displays of police brutality to peaceful images of young people dancing and singing.
If an online seller sends you photos of an item, run them through a malware scanner first — at least according to the FBI.