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Hacking Egypt For Better Democracy

Having already covered how hackers from Anonymous have been taking part from afar in various middle east uprisings, it’s probably worth noting that some other folks are doing some cool hacking projects as well, including a Hackathon for Egypt effort, t… Continue reading

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Eric Schmidt: ‘Gang of four’ rules tech

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt at the D9 conference explains why Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook lead the consumer tech world. Originally posted at Rafe’s Radar

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Two Can Play At This Game: Samsung Wants To See Apple’s Next Gen iPhones & iPads

Last week, we noted that Apple had successfully convinced a court that Samsung should be forced to hand over unreleased prototypes of its new phones and tablet computers as part of its patent dispute with Samsung. In response, Samsung (which filed cou… Continue reading

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New Opera beta tightens password security

Opera adds password synchronization, Speed Dial extensions, and ‘Opera Next’ in the latest beta version of its browser. Originally posted at The Download Blog

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DailyDirt: In Money We Trust

Fiat money only has value because governments have established its value by decree. And the value of currencies can be reset — such as Brazil’s cruzeiro currency when it was replaced by the Unit of Real Value (URV). Here are just a few quick links on … Continue reading

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John Elway No Fan Of Punk Band Elway; Asks It To Change Name

A few weeks ago we wrote about how actor Kevin Spacey had his lawyers get threatening over an album from the band Cassettes Won’t Listen, because the album was called “Kevinspacey.” To deal with this, the band changed the album name to Evinspacey. N… Continue reading

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Spin Magazine Sends Cease & Desist To Twitter User @Spin

Two and a half years ago, we wrote about the question of Twitter squatters and other likely fights about who gets to own what Twitter names, and pointed to a suggestion from lawyer Erik Heels that there needed to be a clear Twitter user name dispute re… Continue reading

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Apple Sues Teen Who Sold Repair Parts To Make Your iPhone Into A Mythical White iPhone

People have been talking about a “white iPhone” for ages, expecting that Apple would eventually reintroduce a model with a white back, which it had on an older model. However, one enterprising teen started offing a conversion kit last fall that would … Continue reading

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Austrian Police Seize Computers From Tor Exit Node

Javier points us to the news that the police in Austria have seized a bunch of computer equipment from the home of someone running a tor exit node. The email is not entirely clear, but it sounds like someone used tor — via that exit node — to access … Continue reading

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NBC News Produces Propaganda Video Highlighting NBC’s Views On Domain Seizures

Can you trust one of the biggest companies supporting greater government domain seizures to fairly report on those government domain seizures and their impacts? Well, NBC Nightly News recently ran a report about the government’s domain seizures, which… Continue reading

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