Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

The Intel Hub February 2, 2012 A test of a HEPA air filter stationed in California recorded radiation levels at 351% and 538% above normal background levels. The tests, conducted by the Enviroreporter, show levels much higher than normal background levels that are most likely coming from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It is clear that, [...]

by Mike Masnick While some Dutch ISPs have been ordered by a court to block access to The Pirate Bay (after fighting it in court for years), the order only applied directly to two ISPs: xs4all and Ziggo. BREIN, the local anti-piracy group, had then demanded that other ISPs also start blocking access. However, it [...]

Via: Infoworld: If the baboons [6] succeed in constraining speech and information flow on the broader Internet, the new Internet will emerge quickly. For an analogy, consider the iPhone and the efforts of a few smart hackers who have allowed anyone to jailbreak an iPhone with only a small downloaded app and a few minutes. [...]

Dear friends: I am pleased to bring to you Gerald Celente’s assessment of the threats posed to Internet freedom. Celente’s Trends Journal is one of the most insightful publications of our era. PCR Dees Illustration Paul Craig Roberts Activist Post Do you remember the Safe-Cyber instructions they taught you in the mandatory Computer Ed class [...]

White House bypasses Senate to ink agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs remove web content in US with no legal oversight Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Thursday, January 26, 2012 Months before the debate about Internet censorship raged as SOPA and PIPA dominated the concerns of web users, President Obama signed an international [...]

Vanessa Gera Sci-Tech Today January 25, 2012 Poland’s support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has sparked days of Internet protests by groups who fear it could lead to online censorship. Now several sites plan to go dark in protest. ACTA shares some similarities with the hotly debated Stop Online Piracy Act in the [...]

Mike Barrett Activist Post On December 9th a group of Internet hackers who go by the name Anonymous shut down biotech giant Monsanto’s public relations firm. Anonymous, who have temporarily shut down FBI and Justice Department websites are now targeting the GMO giant itself by attacking Monsanto.com. This group of hackers, seemingly working in the [...]

- People remember where to look up information – not the info itself – People actively forget information if they think they can look it up later – Tests on how people remembered items they would normally Google Rob Waugh Mail Online January 24, 2012 The Internet is becoming our main source of memory instead [...]

Daily Bell January 22, 2012 By now, people who use the Internet seriously, and even plenty who don’t, are aware of the arrest of six-foot-seven, 300-pound Kim Dotcom, an outsize figure in the business of facilitating Internet downloads. The problem with his company, Megauploads, according to the US Justice Department and the FBI that carried [...]

Steve Watson Infowars.com January 20, 2012 Following the announcement by the Department of Justice that it had shuttered file sharing website Megaupload last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today declared that the Senate vote on the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), scheduled for Tuesday, has now been postponed indefinitely. “In light of recent events, I [...]

Eric Blair Activist Post The cyber war escalated to a whole new level yesterday. The U.S. government shut down the popular website MegaUpload at the behest of corporate interests. The Feds accused MegaUpload of stealing $500 million in potential lost revenue from copyright holders. Almost immediately, the hacktivist group Anonymous retaliated by launching massive DDoS [...]

Bev Harris Black Box Voting January 15, 2012 In a major step towards global centralization of election processes, the world’s dominant Internet voting company has purchased the USA’s dominant election results reporting company. When you view your local or state election results on the Internet, on portals which often appear to be owned by the [...]

Internet addiction has for the first time been linked with changes in the brain similar to those seen in people addicted to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. In a groundbreaking study, researchers used MRI scanners to reveal abnormalities in the brains of adolescents who spent many hours on the internet, to the detriment of their social [...]

The Intel Hub January 11, 2011 WordPress, the website and blogging platform with over 60 million users, has publicly come out against the Stop Online Piracy Act. (SOPA) Tens of thousands of websites. as well as major players such as Google and Facebook, have already spoken out against this internet censorship bill and now, with [...]