Is Your Gmail Safe From the G-Men?
Does the Fourth Amendment’s requirement that the government obtain a warrant to search one’s effects based on probable cause apply to e-mail communications? It all depends on where those e-mails are...
Computers
Apple Bows to Pressure from Homosexual Activists, Pulls “Exodus” App
It didn’t take long for the folks at Apple to cave in. Following an aggressive petition campaign by homosexual activists, the computer giant made the decision to pull an iPhone app...
Federal Judge Rules Against Copyright Trolls
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked an Illinois judge to quash subpoenas issued in a "reverse class action" lawsuit accusing thousands of people of illegally downloading pornography, and urged the...
Hacker Group Takes On Fed, IMF, “Global Banking Cartel”
A group of decentralized hacker activists — or “hacktivists” — known as Anonymous announced a new plan on March 14 to take on the Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund,...
Illinois Sales Tax Law Leaves Amazon Affiliates High and Dry
In its attempt to force online retailers to collect sales tax on items purchased in the Land of Lincoln, the state of Illinois may have just cost its treasury $5 million...
Feds Plotted Invasion of Social Media
The federal government wanted to hire a “security” contractor to create software that would allow legions of fake profiles on social-networking services to spy, promote propaganda, and smear enemies of the...
Apple’s Refreshed MacBooks Pro
Apple announced the release of a new line of refreshed, enhanced MacBook Pro laptops last week. The new MacBook Pros represent a boon for the Apple company, which is currently soaring...
Surveillance Blimp to Patrol Over Ogden, Utah
There are about 82,000 citizens of Ogden, Utah, and soon they will all live under the ever-watchful eye of the city’s new “Crime Blimp.” ...
Does the U.S. Have an Internet “Kill Switch”
One of the last acts of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's tyranny before he abdicated his 30-year reign was to pull the plug on the nation's entire Internet in a failed attempt...
Apple Produces New iPad
With Valentine’s Day just around and corner, finding that right gift that says “I love you” is not always so easy. For those looking to break with the traditional flowers and...
Hackers Shut Down Egyptian Regime’s Websites
A loosely affiliated network of hackers around the world known as “Anonymous” took credit for shutting down the Egyptian regime’s websites in support of anti-government protestors. The group is also targeting...
Air Force to Deploy Giant Blimp in Afghanistan
Nothing says 21st century technology like … a blimp. According to a story published by wired.com this fall, the Pentagon plans to deploy a “giant spy blimp” floating 20,000 feet above the...
Internet IDs Are On the Way
Under the guise of security, the Obama administration is creating an Internet ID for all Americans. The program for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace was announced last week...
Obama Plans for Federal Internet “Identity Ecosystem”
If the President Obama’s plans for the Internet are implemented by the federal government, Internet anonymity may soon be a thing of the past. The whole project has been given the...
Privacy Laws at Risk for Internet Users
Telecommunications and Internet companies are increasingly finding themselves in uncomfortable positions, caught between privacy laws that protect their consumers and law enforcement efforts that necessitate privacy invasion. As Internet and telecommunications...