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Pew Study Shows Bleak Future for Privacy Rights

The Pew Research group released a report on Thursday on the future of Internet privacy. The report, which details the responses of thousands...

C. Mitchell Shaw December 21, 2014

New York Governor Cuomo Bans Fracking

Bob Adelmann December 19, 2014

A consummate politician, all New York State Governor Cuomo needed was an excuse to ban fracking. ...

Cyber-attack at Sony Pictures Takes Strange Twist

C. Mitchell Shaw December 17, 2014

When Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked late last month, they — and many in the news media — were quick to blame North...

New Microsoft Security Fix Is Worse Than the Problem

C. Mitchell Shaw December 16, 2014

Microsoft is reporting that a recent Windows update is causing serious problems with many computers that have received it as an automatic update....

Facebook Fighting Bulk Search Warrants In Court

C. Mitchell Shaw December 15, 2014

Facebook is arguing before the New York Court of Appeals that it should be able to challenge warrants for users' account and profile...

Energy Junk Bond Investors Heading for the Exits

Bob Adelmann December 14, 2014

The Fed-fueled junk bond market bubble supporting the energy sector is bursting. ...

Apple iPod Antitrust Case Could Impact Future Of Digital Liberty

C. Mitchell Shaw December 13, 2014

Arguments have begun in a class action suit that claims Apple violated antitrust laws. What impact will ithis case have on the future...

Sony Pictures Blames North Korea for Cyber-Attack

C. Mitchell Shaw December 6, 2014

Sony Pictures was the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack late last month which crippled many of its computer systems. The company was quick...

Lower Crude Oil Prices Already Pinching Producers

Bob Adelmann December 2, 2014

The continuing decline in crude oil prices is shaking up the assumptions and presuppositions of producers, investors, and governments. ...

Internet Control: CFR/Chatham House Globalists Conclude Secret Summit, Issue Study

William F. Jasper December 2, 2014

The elite British globalist group the Royal Institute of International Affairs issues its report on international “governance” of the Internet, as the 2015...

China’s Main Internet Censor Addresses Tech Execs, Gov’t Officials in D.C.

C. Mitchell Shaw December 2, 2014

The new minister of the Cyberspace Administration of China spoke this morning at the seventh China-U.S. Internet Industry Forum in Washington, D.C. His...