PCs to developing world 'fuel malware' | The Register
PCs to developing world ‘fuel malware’ | The Register : Programs to send PCs to third world countries might inadvertently fuel the development of malware for hire scams, an anti-virus guru warns. Eugene Kaspersky, head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Labs, cautions that developing nations have become leading centres for virus development. Sending cheap PCs […]
Read MoreNet Neutrality Song
Net Neutrality Song: A new, downloadable song by Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and Michelle Lewis in favor of net neutrality. Nice, but the chorus sounds too much like it’s going to be “Hey Mr. Tambourine Man.” And coming on the heels of this gloomy analysis of the congressional vote — heck, they even got Alcee […]
Read MorePro wrestler miffed by pregnancy tests – Yahoo! News
Pro wrestler miffed by pregnancy tests – Yahoo! News: A professional wrestler claimed Friday that the state is intruding on her privacy by requiring her to provide proof from her doctor that she is not pregnant within a week of every match. ——- i think this is true, it is an intrusion of privacy, and […]
Read MoreThe Stranger | Seattle | Columns | Savage Love | Savage Love
The Stranger | Seattle | Columns | Savage Love | Savage Love: New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselvesâ€â€and to be treated by the health-care systemâ€â€as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon,” reports the Washington Post. “[T]his means all women between first menstrual […]
Read MorePatent reform hearing
Patent reform hearing: The Senate’s i.p. subcommittee (of the Judiciary Committee) held a hearing today on patent litigation reform. The hearing focused on the contours of a new post-grant opposition system. c|net has a recap. If you want to get up to speed on recent patent reform efforts, the Patent Reform Library at J. Matthew […]
Read More:: Douglas Rushkoff – Weblog ::
:: Douglas Rushkoff – Weblog ::: Faith = Illness. Why I’ve had it with religious tolerance. 4/30/2006 12:48:00 PM | Link So what’s a nice Jewish boy like me writing such a seemingly sacreligious comic book for Vertigo? My last column in Arthur magazine may cast some light on this issue.Okay, so let’s get into […]
Read MoreFOCUS ON SPY-CAM LANDLORDS By LEONARD GREENE – New York Post Online Edition: news
FOCUS ON SPY-CAM LANDLORDS By LEONARD GREENE – New York Post Online Edition: news: y 1, 2006 — Landlords are resorting to a new weapon in their war with tenants over rent stabilization – hidden cameras trained on an occupant’s door “The whole building is paranoid now,” said Bryan Lurie, who last week found a […]
Read MoreNuclear Bunker Buster (RNEP) Animation
Nuclear Bunker Buster (RNEP) Animation: The Nuclear Bunker BusterRobust Nuclear Earth Pentrator —– you have to wonder where our government gets its ideas. this seems right out of the 60’s, any non-moron can see what the UCS says is a likely and even highly probably prediction of events. So…. Why?
Read MoreUNESCO’s Basic Texts on the Information Society
UNESCO’s Basic Texts on the Information Society: Article 1 of UNESCO’s Constitution states that it will “collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by […]
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nightmare science: In short, the elite that has been created by practice of the scientific method uses the concomitant power not just to express the results of particular research initiatives, but to create, support, and implement policy responses affecting many non-scientific communities and intellectual domains in myriad ways. In doing so, they are not exercising […]
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