Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can’t Be Fired
(Associated Press) Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for...
View ArticleSwedish Pirate Party Launches Darknet
(Pirate Party Press Release) Today, the Swedish Pirate Party launched a new Internet service that lets anybody send and receive files and information over the Internet without fear of being monitored...
View ArticleWeb sites not liable for posts by others
(Associated Press) Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The ruling in favor of free online...
View ArticleNPR may lead fight against Internet radio royalty rate hike
(Chicago Tribune) Sounds like NPR may be the first to take action against the recent massive increases in the royalties Internet radio stations are obligated to pay to performers of the music they...
View ArticleAT&T Mulls Watching You Surf
(New York Times) AT&T is “carefully considering†monitoring the Web-surfing activities of customers who use its Internet service, the company said in a letter in response to an inquiry from the...
View ArticleTwitter Digest: 2009-05-29
Seattle Bikewise, crashes, hazards & theft geo-mapping for cyclists: http://www.bikewise.org/ # Sometimes I think the Internet exists to make up and assign holidays for all unclaimed dates on the...
View ArticleTurn Your Android Phone Into A Modem
This technique uses functionality that has been present on Android smart phones for some time, but it is often under-utilized or misunderstood Many tethering procedures elsewhere require special...
View ArticleWill SEO Kill Search Engines or Will Search Engines Kills SEO?
At heart what’s wrong with Search Engine Optimization? Make your content as accurate and accessible as possible so that it gets indexed correctly to help visitors find your site on the SERP. But in...
View ArticleSOPA/PIPA The Day After
Thanks to those that participating and publicized yesterday’s statement on the dangers of internet restriction and censorship. Although a lot of progress was made and attention raised, we should be...
View ArticleSelf-Hosted Feed Reader, Bringing Cloud Down to Earth
I’m a huge fan of feed readers (aka rss readers, news readers, etc). For someone that reads as many websites and sources as I do, there is simply no other way to keep on top of things. FlipBook and...
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